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单选题 [A] cured [B] met [C] taught [D] noticed

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] cure意为“治愈，治疗”；meet意为“遇到，碰见”；teach意为“教，讲授”。均与题意不符。notice意为“认出，觉察到，注意到”，根据上下文，“我”应是“注意到坐在我对面的人似乎神经很紧张”。

单选题 [A] turned [B] appeared [C] pretended [D] meant

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] turn意为“转动，转向，变得”，pretend意为“假装，装作”，常用pretend to do sth.；mean to do sth．意为“打算做某事”。它们放在这里与题意不符。appear意为“出现，显露，看来，好像”。坐在我对面的人应是“看起来”神经很紧张。

单选题 [A] admiring [B] screaming [C] pointing [D] staring

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] admire表示“钦佩，赞美”；scream表示“尖叫，纵声大笑”；point做动词表示“向，使对准”；stare表示(由于吃惊，好奇，害怕等对某人或某物)“瞪着眼睛凝视，盯着看”。根据下文，他重复那句话多次却念不好，所以当时一定是“正睁大眼睛盯着车厢里的一则广告”，stare符合题意。

单选题 [A] move [B] shake [C] touch [D] wave

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] move意为“移动，搬动”；shake意为“发抖，抖动，(使某人/某物)急速摇动或颠簸”；touch意为“触摸”；wave意为“波动，起伏，挥手致意”。在某人想念单词却又念不好时，只能是“手颤抖”(shake)。

单选题 [A] came back [B] went on [C] rushed over [D] looked over

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] come back意为“回来，返回”；go on意为“继续(做某事)”；rush over意为“跑过去，急忙去做某事”；look over意为“从…上看过去，参观，查看，检查”。根据下文，“我”去问他“你怎么了”，所以“我”一定是拿起药箱“急忙跑过去”了。

单选题 [A] generally [B] exactly [C] usually [D] naturally

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] generally意为“一般地，普通地，通常地”；exactly意为“确切地，精确地”；usually意为“通常地，惯常地”；naturally意为“自然地，天然地”。“我拿起药箱急忙跑过去了”，一定是去询问情况，故应问“你究竟怎么了”。在这里，exactly有强调的意味。如： What exactly is he up to?

单选题 [A] telling about [B] showing off [C] calling for [D] dealing with

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] tell常用的句型是tell sb．about/of sth．；show off意为“炫耀，卖弄”；call for意为“要求，需要，提倡，号召”；deal with意为“以某事物作为内容；讨论某事物”。根据常理推测，广告应是“宣传某一品牌衬衫质量好”，deal with符合题意。

单选题 [A] common [B] regular [C] famous [D] certain

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 作者在上下文中并没有提及“衬衫”的质量和知名度等问题，所以用common(共有的，普通的，一般的)，regular(规则的，整齐的，定期的)，famous(著名的)均不符合题意。certain(某一，某种，一定)更合适。

单选题 [A] admitted [B] said [C] proved [D] called

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 下文的“wilt，shrink，crease，or wrinkle”是广告的具体内容，故本句指广告上“说”。admit意为“准许…进入，接纳，承认，供认”，prove意为“证明，证实”，call意为“叫，称呼”，均不符合题意。say在这里意为“(说、符号等)表示(信息)”。

单选题 [A] what [B] how [C] talk [D] think

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] talk about意为“谈论某人/某物”，think about意为“回想或想起某人/某物”。how/what about表示(1)用以询问消息或征求意见；(2)用以提出建议。本句是对上一句的回应，所以应该问“怎么回事”。这种情况下常用what about。

单选题 [A] crazy [B] ahead [C] angry [D] back

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 根据上文“他正睁大眼睛盯着车厢里的一则广告”；“他的手开始颤抖”说明他情绪激动，所以用crazy(发疯的，疯狂的)来描述比用ahead(在前的，领先的)，angry(生气的)，back(后面的，背后的；反向的)合适。

单选题 [A] loud [B] alone [C] freely [D] completely

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 作者在下文中提到，我念了几次“wilt，shrink，crease，or wrinkle”，但总在某个地方出错，所以可以推测和作者说话的那个人也是不能流利、正确地说出这些词。本句意为：我能在心里默念这些词，但我不能流利地说出来。loud(响亮地)，alone(单独地，独自地)，completely(完全地，全部地)均不符合题意。

单选题 [A] truly [B] really [C] simply [D] particularly

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] truly和really意为“真正地，确实地”，particularly意为“特别，尤其，格外”，simply意为“简单地，朴素地，仅仅，只不过”。这里，“我”为了安慰“他”，说：“你当然能说出来，你只是(simply)有点紧张”。

单选题 [A] stop [B] give in [C] hurry up [D] look

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 根据上文，“你只是有点紧张”，能够推测“我”会鼓励“他”别泄气，再试试。所以选give in(向某人/某物屈服、让步、投降)合适。其他选项stop(停止，阻止)，hurry up(赶紧)，look(看)均不符合题意。

单选题 [A] covered [B] turned [C] hid [D] touched

单选题 [A] Talk to [B] Allow [C] Listen to [D] Show

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] “我”在下文重复了那几个词，所以这里“我”让“他”“听我说”(listen to me)，整件事情(念那几个词)是件十分简单的事。其他选项talk to me(和我谈话)，allow me(准许我)，show me(给我看)均不符合题意。