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单选题 A. by B. to C. with D. for

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】要求掌握It's ... for sb. (to do ...)这一结构。

单选题 A. lonely B. alone C. away D. busily

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】lived alone在这里表示“过着独身生活”。本句末尾实际上省略了不定式to do so。

单选题 A. terrible B. uncomfortable C. unusual D. bad

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】根据下一句所表示的疑问，这里首先是“感觉到异常情况”。表示这一意思应说 sensed sth．unusual，故选C。

单选题 A. locked B. opened C. broken D. fixed

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】根据下文的forced entry(强行闯入)，可知后门和窗户必定是锁上的，故选A。

单选题 A. scene B. show C. sign D. sight

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】the sign of forced entry表示“强行闯入的痕迹”。另三项词意不符。

单选题 A. anything B. nothing C. money D. jewels

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】在察看屋内之前不可能知道是否有什么物品丢失，故用anything。

单选题 A. looking B. examining C. searching D. checking

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】A、C两项不合句意，首先排除。examine和check两词均有“检查”之意，但略有差异，examine意为to test by asking questions，check意为to test by comparison，要知道东西少没有少，丢没有丢须通过数量核对，检查东西在不在原处，显然本题应选D为佳。这里checking作状语，表示伴随动作，checking后面实际上省略了whether any thing had been taken。

单选题 A. losing B. missing C. leaving D. disappearing

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】根据句子结构，这里需要的是宾语补足语，而这个宾语补足语表示的是状态，而不是一个正在进行的动作。四个选项中唯有missing是形容词，表示状态，意为“丢失了，不见了”，故选B。如考虑A，则应把losing改为lost，过去分词lost也可表示状态，表示与宾语之间的被动关系。这里missing=lost，但不能用missed。 leave和disappear为不及物动词，其现在分词和过去分词均不能用作宾语补足语。

单选题 A. same B. spare C. special D. usual

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】根据第一段中的as usual的提示，这里应选D，at her usual time表示“同以往的时间一样”。

单选题 A. Therefore B. However C. Instead D. Again

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】根据上下文“不是……而是……”这一意思，这里应用副词Instead。另三项均不合文意。

单选题 A. pushing B. letting C. pulling D. leading

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】A、C、D三项均不能与主语自身构成动宾关系。而选项B可以接反身代词作宾语。let sb．/oneself in/out是固定短语，意为“让某人进入/出去”。

单选题 A. appear B. follow C. happen D. continue

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】从上下文整体意思看，应选C，wait and see what would happen表示“等着看会发生什么情况”。下文就是接下来所发生的情况。

单选题 A. cooking B. making C. burning D. serving

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】“沏茶”英语是make tea，而不是cook tea，故选B。burn是“燃烧”，serve可理解为“供应”，不合句意。

单选题 A. the next moment B. for a while
C. in time D. at once

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】the next time表示“接下来”，指时间顺序。

单选题 A. Putting down B. Laying aside
C. Picking up D. Taking away

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】就这一句子来说，本题所提供的四个答案都是对的。像这样的题，不要胡乱猜测，匆忙作出选哪一个的决定，要继续往下读。一般情况下，下文某处肯定会有决定本题选哪一个答案的提示。本文54题所处的句子所提供的信息就决定了本题应选C。另三项所表示的意思都与下文不符。

单选题 A. towards B. away from C. from behind D. near

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】介词towards表示方向，句意是“她悄悄地向门口走去”。

单选题 A. pile B. set C. lot D. piece

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】a piece of wire表示“一根铁丝”。

单选题 A. knife B. hand C. letter D. key

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】根据54题后面的the hand，本题应选B。句意是: “铁丝通过信箱伸了进来，然后便是一只手”。

单选题 A. spread B. dropped C. poured D. covered

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】spread和covered与下文the water over..., 显然搭配不当，故首先排除A、D两项。动词drop意为to cause liquids to fall in drops(一滴一滴地滴)，这一意思不但不符合kettle，而且也不符合故事情节，故选项B也应排除。动词pour意为to cause liquids to fall in a continuous stream(泼，浇)，符合句意及情节，故选C。

单选题 A. A sad voice B. A strange noise
C. A warning shout D. A sharp cry

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】开水浇在手上发出的不可能是voice(排除A)，不可能是noise(排除B)，也不可能是warning shout(排除C)，而只能是sharp cry，故选D，表示“尖叫声”。

单选题 A. key B. kettle C. door-lock D. wire

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】根据上文提示，那只手拿着的是铁丝，故选D。

单选题 A. followed B. caused C. produced D. ended

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】尖叫一声，铁丝落地，手缩回，“接着便是逃跑的脚步声”，根据这一意思选A。句中which是关系代词，引导非限制性定语从句，which代表前面the hand was pulled back整个句子的概念。

单选题 A. before B. since C. until D. when

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】It wasn't long before ...是一个常用句型，相当于soon或before long，意为“不久”。

单选题 A. surpised B. admired C. inspired D. supported

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】根据句意，应选B。表示“深受钦佩”。

单选题 A. self-satisfaction B. self-protetion
C. self-respect D. self-service

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】在俱乐部深受钦佩的是她成功的自我保护行为。“自我保护”也正是这篇文章的中心思想。