河南专升本英语完型部分【语意连贯】1-8

James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so ___1____ that he didn’t know what to do with ___2___. The person who had gone in ___3____ him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. ___4______James. He felt ____5___ that she had already got the ____6___ . The problem was that he wanted his job___7____. It meant __8____ to him. He had ___9____ it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself ___10____ brilliantly at the interview and ___11_____ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling ___12___. He couldn’t ____13____ all those things he had ____14____ to say. At the moment, he almost decided to get up and __15___. But no—he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t.___16____ like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier come out looking very ___17____ with herself, she smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James ___18____ her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly ___19_____ that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs ___20____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.

1.A. healthy     B. nervous       C. careless    D. confident

2.A. the managing director  B. the woman  C. himself   D. the situation

3.A. by   B. with    C. before   D. after

4.A. Not like       B. So did    C. Do as  D. Do like

5.A. doutful         B. sure     C. angry     D. astonishing

6.A. reward          B. first     C. prize      D. job

7.A. hopelessly       B. naturally    C. easily        D. so much

8.A. everything       B. happiness     C. difficulty    D. nothing

9.A. dreamed of   B. learned of    C. thought about  D. talked about

10.A. explaining     B. performing    C. answering   D. writing

11.A. offered      B. asked for   C. being offered  D. being asked for

12.A. crazy      B. excited   C. probable    D. terrible

13.A. depend on     B. afford     C. believe in    D. remember

14.A. kept   B. been taught    C. planned   D. been supplied

15.A. leave      B. go in      C. prepare     D. practise

16.A. take back    B. put off     C. give up          D. put down

17.A. ugly    B. pleased      C. sad    D. pretty

18.A. noticed    B. loved    C. missed  D. hated

19.A. thought    B. hoped      C. wished    D. regretted

20.A. shaking      B. bending      C. walking    D. stopping

Key: 1----5 BCCAB    6---10 DDACB    11----15 CDDCA   16----20 CBDCA

【答案与简析】

1.B．面试前的紧张。

2.C．紧张的不能自己。

3.C．在他之前进入办公室的人。

4.A．James和他对比。

5.B．由于James感到她很自信，她自然得到了工作。

6.D．

7.D．他很想找到这项工作。

8.A．这项工作对他来说意味着一切。

9.C．在面试前他想了很多。

10.B．他想象自己在面试中表现地很出色。

11.C．imagine后用动名词。

12.D．他感觉很害怕，结果忘记他所准备地所有东西。

13.D．

14.C．

15 A。站起来离开。

16.C．

17.B.依后文的smile可知。

18.D．他以为她得到了工作，所以恨她。

19.C．虚拟语气。

20.A．紧张所至。

When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer(造酒人). He’d _____1___ his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, ___2___ had his father and grandfather before him. He didn’t want me __3____ near a vat(酿酒用的桶) of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good ____4___, went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that ___5___ me to study law and business at the same time.

In my second year of graduate school, I began to be ___6_____ that I’d never done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out. ___7____ , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t ____8____ till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.

I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to ___9_____. I finished Havard and got a high-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group. Still, after working there five years, I ___10___ , “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in ____11____ quality. Why not make good beer for ____12____ ? I thought.

I decided to give up my job to become ___13____. When I told Dad, he was ___14___, but in the end he ___15____ me. I called my beer Samuel Adams ___16____ the brewer and patriot who helped to start the Boston Tea Party. ____17____ I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the ___18____ out. Six weekd later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager(淡啤酒)won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined(注定)to be a brewer. My ___19____ to the young is simple. Life is very ___20___, so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.

1.A. wasted       B. spent        C. prevented       D. sent

2.A. seldom       B. never        C. so             D. nor

3.A. anywhere     B. anyway       C. anyhow        D. somehow

4.A. habits        B. teachers       C. grades         D. work

5.A. promised     B. convinced      C. advised        D. allowed

6.A. aware        B. content        C. amazed        D. desperate

7.A. Fortunately    B. Obviously     C. Possibly        D. Surprisingly

8.A. assure        B. decline        C. deny           D. wait

9.A. school        B. Colorado      C. my home       D. my decision

10.A. thrilled      B. stressed        C. wondered       D. sneezed

11.A. cheap       B. expensive       C. low            D. high

12.A. Englishmen     B. Europeans     C. the world      D. Americans

13.A. a lawyer     B. a brewer       C. an instructor    D. an engineer

14.A. astonished      B. satisfied        C. interested      D. anxious

15.A. hated          B. supported       C. raised         D. left

16.A. for            B. at              C. in            D. after

17.A. Therefore      B. Otherwise        C. Also          D. Yet

18.A. price          B. name            C. company       D. party

19.A. advice      B. lift          C. job            D. experience

20A. hard           B. busy             C. short          D. long

Key: 1---5 BCACD   6----10 ABDAC   11----15 CDBAB   16---20 DCBAD

【答案与简析】

1.B．度过一生。

2.C．他的父亲及祖父也是如此。

3.A．不让我接近有啤酒的任何地方。

4.C．得了好分数去了哈佛。

5.D．准许我学习法律和商务。

6.Ａ.考察短语be aware that…

7.B．

8.D．不能等到65岁。

9.A．

10.C．依后面的问句可知。

11.C．较差的质量。

12.D．

13.B．依第一段可知。

14.A．放弃自己的工作成为酿酒师，这使父亲很震惊。

15.B．最后父亲还是支持我。

16.D．

17.C．并且。

18.B．使出了名。

19.A．我对年轻人的忠告。

20.D．人生之路漫长。

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my ____1___ to get home. Sitting at the front makes you __2_____ out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

   Janie, the driver, tries to break the ____3____ atmosphere by striking the match of ___4_____ . I try to mind my manners and ____5____ listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, ___6_____, her conversation was worth listening to.

   “My father’s sick,” she said to no one in ___7___. I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitde and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?” With her eyes wet and her voice tight from ____8____ the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowered as she ____9____. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”

   I couldn’t respond. I was ____10____. My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great ____11____ my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, ____12____ still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go ____13___ that.

   Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was ____14____ her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as __15______ but a driver.

I suddenly felt I was very ___16____. I realized I had only thought of people as__17____as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by job and brushed her off as ____18_____.

For all I know, I’m just another person in ____19_____ else’s world, and may not even be important. I ___20_____ not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments to keep. Understanding people is an art.

1.A. anxiety        B. determination       C. decision        D. attempt

2.A. find           B. make              C. think          D. stand

3.A. unpopular    B. uncomfortable    C. unusual   D. unforgettable

4.A. fire            B. topic      C. conversation    D. discussion

5.A. politely     B. devotedly     C. carelessly      D. sincerely

6.A. however      B. therefore      C. thus          D. otherwise

7.A. surprise      B. common       C. silence        D. particular

8.A. fighting        B. avoiding        C. clearing       D. keeping

9.A. told           B. lasted         C. repeated      D. continued

10.A. for sure        B. at ease         C. in shock       D. in despair

11.A. mercy        B. pain         C. pity           D. disappointment

12.A. but           B. yet           C. and           D. or

13.A. over          B. round       C. through       D. without

14.A. almost       B. nearly            C. ever            D. just

15.A. something    B. anything       C. nothing         D. everything

16.A. sad          B. embarrassed     C. selfish      D. worried

17.A. far           B. long          C. much         D. well

18.A. unfit    B. unselfish      C. unnecessary      D. unimportant

19.A. everyone     B. someone     C. anyone          D. no one

20.A. must          B. may             C. can             D. should

Key: 1--5 ADBCA   6--10 ADADC  11--15 BCCDB    16---20 CADBD

【答案与简析】

1.A．坐在最前面急切地想回到家里。

2.D．由于坐在最前面被后面的人看着，所以使自己很显眼。

3.B． 司机通过对话的方式打破了尴尬的（不舒服的）情景。

4.C．参照3.

5.A．注意自己的行为，有礼貌地听对方说话。

6.A．我在忙于思考自己的一天。然而，我发现她的话值得听。

7.D．她没有刻意地对任何人讲。

8.A．控制自己的眼泪。

9.D．她继续说。

10.C．我很吃惊。

11.B．我想起父亲去世后，母亲陷入的痛苦。

12.C．并且也是如此。

13.C．考察短语go through.

14.D．只是。

15.B．anythig but 只是。

16.C．我突然感到我很自私。

17.A．考察短语as far as…根据。。。

18.D．认为她不重要。

19.B．别人。

20.D．表示自责。“不应该”