中考英語完形填空：自作聰明 終會留下笑柄

Soon after Dave left university, one of his uncles, who was 1 and had no children of his own, died and 2 Dave a lot of money, so he decided to 3 his own company.

He found a nice 4 , 5 some new furniture(家具)and 6 . He had only been there for a few hours 7 he heard someone come towards the door of his office. “It’s my first 8 ,” he thought. He quickly 9 the telephone, and 10 to be busy 11 an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

The man 12 at the door while seeing this was 13 , came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his 14 , then he said to Dave, “I’m from the telephone company, and I was sent here to 15 your telephone.”

1. A. ill B. rich C. honest D. luck

2. A. gave B. handed C. left D. promised

3. A. set up B. take up C. put up D. make up

4. A. office B. cinema C. theater D. school

5. A. bought B. carried C. managed D. lent

6. A. set in B. moved in C. moved out D. went out

7. A. as B. when C. while D. then

8. A. teacher B. boss C. customer (顧客) D. job

9. A. made up B. took up C. brought up D. pick up

10. A. pretended B. warned C. kept D. looked

11. A. writing B. answering C. calling D. saying

12. A. looked B. knocked C. hit D. waited

13.A. going on B. moving on C. speaking on D. keeping on

14. A. conversation B. gesture (手勢) C. smoking D. fixing

15. A. repairing B. connecting C. making D. looking after

名師點(diǎn)評

本文是一篇笑話，故事生動有趣，但讀后又不禁感慨萬分——自作聰明，終會留下笑柄。

答案簡析在下一頁：

1. B。根據(jù)下文left him a lot of money 的提示, 我們可推斷他叔叔很富有，故選B 。

2. C。leave sb. sth. 是“留給某人某物”的意思, 故選C 。

3. A。set up 是“建立”的意思，take up 是“舉起”的意思，put up 是“張貼”的意思， make up 是“打扮”的意思, 根據(jù)句意和下文,可知選A。

4. A。由下文可知選A 。

5. A。意為“買了些新家具，然后就搬進(jìn)去了”。

6. B。move in 是“搬進(jìn)”的意思。

7. B。意為“就在這時”。

8. C。Dave 開公司是為了接待顧客，因此選C 。

9. D。take up 是“占據(jù)”的意思，bring up是“培養(yǎng)”的意思，make up 是“編造”的意思，pick up 是“隨意拿起”的意思。

10. A。假裝忙于接一個重要的電話。

11. B。answer a call 是“回電話”的意思。

12. B。knock at door是“敲門”的意思。

13. A。go on 是“繼續(xù)”的意思, keep on 是“堅持”的意思, 故選A 。 #p#分頁標(biāo)題#e#

14. A。他拿起電話顯然是講話, 故選A 。

15. A。全文的喜劇效果全在于此，很顯然電話壞了，需要修理。Dave 只是在假裝講話。

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