任务一 完形填空
Once a young man was travelling by train. It was a long and boring journey. As the
train was moving a lonely field, the people on the train looked out of the windows
. But when the train reached a turning, it became slow and people saw a
simple house. It was so easy to that everybody on the train turned to "enjoy" with
eyes wide . Some people even began to about it. The young man was also
amazed at the house.
On his return he the train at the nearest station and found his to the
house. Its owner said the of the train was trouble to him. He wanted to sell the
house, but would buy it.
Soon the young man 30,000 dollars on the house. Because it was facing the
railway bend(拐弯), he believed it was a good place advertisements. When the
train moved slowly past, the tired people on the train would be very interested in the
.
He tried to talk with some big companies and told them they could use it for
advertisements. At last a famous drink company took it and put up their signs. The young
man got 180,000 dollars for a three-year rent(租金). It made people .
This is a true story. It tells us that a creative is very important to people.
Many people learn a lot.
1. A. over B. under C. out D. across
2. A. sadly B. quietly C. politely D. angrily
3. A. but B. if C. then D. or
4. A. find B. hear C. hope D. think
5. A. close B. open C. closed D. opened
6. A. talk B. speak C. tell D. say
7. A. got on B. got up C. got off D. got away
8. A. address B. way C. key D. trip
9. A. voice B. whisper C. song D. noise
10. A. somebody B. something C. nobody D. nothing
11. A. cost B. paid C. spent D. took
12. A. with B. to C. by D. for
13. A. place B. house C. land D. room
14. A. surprised B. important C. bored D. afraid
15. A. activity B. notice C. trouble D. thought

1-5 DBCAB；6-10 ACBDC；11-15 CDBAD

1. 考查介词辨析。across表示“穿过（物体表面）”，火车穿过田野用across，故选D。
2. 考查副词辨析。旅途漫长无聊，人们安静地看向窗外，quietly符合语境，故选B。
3. 考查连词辨析。火车变慢后，人们看到了房子，then表示顺承关系，故选C。
4. 考查动词辨析。房子很容易被发现，find表示“发现、找到”，故选A。
5. 考查形容词辨析。eyes wide open是固定搭配，意为“眼睛睁得大大的”，故选B。
6. 考查动词短语。talk about是固定短语，意为“谈论”，符合语境，故选A。
7. 考查动词短语辨析。get off意为“下车”，年轻人在最近的车站下车去找房子，故选C。
8. 考查名词辨析。find one's way to...是固定搭配，意为“找到去……的路”，故选B。
9. 考查名词辨析。火车的噪音对房主来说是困扰，noise表示“噪音”，故选D。
10. 考查代词辨析。房主想卖房但没人买，nobody表示“没有人”，故选C。
11. 考查动词辨析。spend...on sth是固定搭配，主语是人，意为“在某物上花费……”，故选C。
12. 考查介词辨析。a good place for sth表示“做某事的好地方”，for表用途，故选D。
13. 考查名词辨析。火车上的人会对这个房子感兴趣，故选B。
14. 考查形容词辨析。年轻人靠房子赚了很多钱，让人们很惊讶，surprised表示“惊讶的”，故选A。
15. 考查名词辨析。这个故事告诉我们创造性的想法很重要，thought表示“想法”，故选D。