单选题
Princeton, New Jersey, is a small quiet town of family homes, even though it does have a world-famous university. It is not a place (67) anyone would expect to see (68) characters on the streets. (69) day in 1940, a little girl in (70) saw a funny-looking man (71) towards her. His white hair was wild and (72) to be standing straight out. His (73) were much too big and seemed to have (74) pulled on like a blanket (75) him. He was short, had a big nose and deep-set eyes. He was (76) looking anywhere. It was (77) that he was thinking deeply. He almost (78) into the girl before he (79) her. He smiled at her, then walked on and went on (80) . The girl turned around to get (81) look at the strange old man. She noticed that he was wearing his (82) slippers (拖鞋). That night (83) dinner, the girl told her family about the strange, funny man she had seen. "He was almost (84) a character out of a fairy story," she exclaimed. (85) her surprise, her father put (86) his knife and fork, looked at her, then said, "my child, remember this: today you saw one of the greatest men in the world." The "strange character" was Albert Einstein, the world-famous scientist.
【答案解析】A little girl in Princeton saw a funny-looking man应该是B项coming (towards her)。这里直接排除C和D项,因为see sb. do sth. 或see sb. doing sth. 而对于女孩来说,朝她走来而不是走开,故A项也可排除。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题可以通过下一句His clothes were much too big and seemed to have…中得到启示,答案是seemed,因为两句结构一样。有时我们可通过上下文得知正确答案。