B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage.
Mr and Mrs White and their children were going for a holiday one day. And they had to arrive at the airport 1 11:40 a. m. “It takes us half an hour to get there by taxi,” Mr White said. “So we must get 2 at least by eleven o’clock. Nobody should be late.”
At ten to eleven, they were still packing things except(除了) Mrs White. She was sitting quietly on a chair in the garden, 3 the beautiful flowers and fresh air outdoors.
Her husband and children were very surprised that she wasn’t 4 at all. When the taxi arrived, Mrs White said to them, “Well, I know this was going to happen. 5 I went to bed last night, I had set the clock and watch twenty minutes early. So now we can go to the airport 6 without worrying about being late.”

()1. A. to B. on C. at D. in
()2. A. ready B. lucky C. angry D. brave
()3. A. planting B. watering C. picking D. enjoying
()4. A. in the garden B. in a hurry C. in the centre D. in a club
()5. A. After B. Because C. Before D. If
()6. A. safely B. quickly C. slowly D. quietly

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. C

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文完形填空，需结合语境、固定搭配及词汇词义来选择答案。先通读全文理解故事：怀特一家要去机场度假，需11:40前到达，坐出租车要半小时，因此得11点前准备好。到10:50时，除怀特太太外家人都在收拾，她却在花园享受户外景色，家人惊讶她不匆忙，原来她提前调快了钟表，可慢慢去机场。逐个分析每个空：1. 具体时刻前用介词；2. 需表“准备好”的固定搭配；3. 选符合“享受”的动词；4. 选表“匆忙”的短语；5. 选表“在…之前”的连词；6. 选表“慢慢”的副词。
【解析】
1. 考查介词辨析，具体时刻前用介词at，故选C。
2. 考查固定搭配，get ready意为“准备好”，符合语境，故选A。
3. 考查动词辨析，根据语境，怀特太太在花园里享受花和新鲜空气，enjoying符合，故选D。
4. 考查短语辨析，in a hurry意为“匆忙”，家人惊讶她一点都不匆忙，故选B。
5. 考查连词辨析，此处指昨晚睡觉前，用before，故选C。
6. 考查副词辨析，因为调快了钟表，所以可以慢慢去机场，slowly符合，故选C。
【答案】
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. C
【知识点】
介词用法、固定搭配、词汇辨析
【点评】
本文贴近日常生活，考查学生对语境的理解及基础词汇、语法的运用，是常见的完形填空题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5

C. Answer the questions.
Ray Kroc’s family was poor, so he worked in a fast food restaurant after school. The boss told him to clean the tables every day. Ray felt unhappy about it.
One day, during dinner, Ray said to his father, “I won’t go to the restaurant tomorrow. I’d like to be the boss. I don’t want to clean tables every day.”
His father told Ray to clean the table after dinner. Ray did the cleaning very quickly and carelessly. Then his father cleaned the table with a white cloth. The cloth looked very dirty.
Ray’s father said to him, “It’s not difficult to clean a table. If you can’t do an easy job well enough,
From then on, Ray never said anything bad about his cleaning job. He worked hard all the time. The boss was happy with his work and made him the boss of another fast food chain.
Ten years later, Ray opened his own restaurant company—McDonald’s.
1. What did Ray do in the fast food restaurant after school?

2. Why wouldn’t Ray go to the restaurant the next day?

3. How did Ray clean the table at home after dinner?

4. What was Ray’s father going to say in the blank?

5. When did Ray’s dream of being a boss come true?

1. He cleaned the tables/did the cleaning.
2. Because he felt unhappy about cleaning the table./Because cleaning the table was boring (not interesting/not fun, etc.)./Because he didn't want to clean tables every day.
3. Very quickly and carelessly./He cleaned it very quickly and carelessly.
4. how can you be a boss in the future?/you can't be a boss in the future./nobody thinks you can do a great job./it'll be difficult for you to be a boss (to do great things), etc. (Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)
5. Ten years later.

【分析】本题为英语阅读理解细节问答题，解题思路是：先通读全文把握主旨，再针对每个问题，根据题干关键词定位原文对应段落，提取匹配的关键信息，注意答案需符合原文语境，逻辑合理。
【解析】1. 由原文第一段“the boss told him to clean the tables every day”可知，Ray放学后在快餐店擦桌子，故答案为He cleaned the tables.
2. 由原文第一段“Ray felt unhappy about it”及第二段“I don’t want to clean tables every day”可知，Ray因不喜欢每天擦桌子，所以不想再去，故答案为Because he felt unhappy about cleaning tables and didn’t want to clean them every day.
3. 由原文第三段“Ray did the cleaning very quickly and carelessly”可知，Ray擦桌子又快又粗心，故答案为He cleaned the table very quickly and carelessly.
4. 结合父亲的话“ It’s not difficult to clean a table. If you can’t do an easy job well enough”及上下文语境，父亲想表达“连简单的事都做不好，将来当不了老板”，合理即可，如How can you be a boss in the future?
5. 由原文最后一段“Ten years later, Ray opened his own restaurant company—McDonald’s”可知，Ray的老板梦想十年后实现，故答案为Ten years later.
【答案】1. He cleaned the tables/did the cleaning.
2. Because he felt unhappy about cleaning the table./Because cleaning the table was boring (not interesting/not fun, etc.)./Because he didn't want to clean tables every day.
3. Very quickly and carelessly./He cleaned it very quickly and carelessly.
4. how can you be a boss in the future?/you can't be a boss in the future./nobody thinks you can do a great job./it'll be difficult for you to be a boss (to do great things), etc. (Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)
5. Ten years later.
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节信息提取
【点评】本题属于基础英语阅读理解题，主要考查学生从原文中定位并提取关键信息的能力，题目设置简单，只要认真阅读原文即可轻松作答。
【难度系数】0.8