四、完形填空。
Mr and Mrs Smith's house was full of suitcases, packages and boxes. They were 1 checking their luggage(行李) when there was a ring at the door. Mr Smith went to 2 it and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The lady said that she lived in the house beside theirs, and that she had come to welcome them to their new home.
The Smiths invited her in after saying sorry for the state(状态) of the house. “Oh, never mind,” she said. “Do you know in several parts of this 3 neighbours are not all 4? There are some streets where people do not 5 their neighbours, even their next-door ones. But in this street everybody is friendly to 6 else. We are one big, happy family. I'm 7 that you will be happy here.”
The well-dressed lady got a surprise(惊讶) when she came to visit the house the 8 time, because she found a quite 9 family in it. When she visited it last time, Mr and Mrs Smith didn't have the courage(勇气) to tell her that they were not the new owners of the house, 10 the old ones who were going to leave.
1. A. free B. busy C. pleased D. happy
2. A. answer B. serve C. see D. guess
3. A. house B. street C. town D. time
4. A. busy B. lonely C. safe D. friendly
5. A. know B. understand
C. hate D. think
6. A. anybody B. nobody
C. no one D. none
7. A. sorry B. worried C. sure D. afraid
8. A. first B. exact C. next D. same
9. A. famous B. different
C. young D. old
10. A. so B. but C. and D. because

1. B be busy doing sth. 意为“忙于做某事”。
2. A 史密斯先生去应门。answer 在这里表示应答之意。
3. C 你们知道这个镇上的一些地方邻居并不是都很友好吗？
4. D 根据后文可知，这个镇的一些街道上邻居并不是都那么友好。
5. A 根据语境可知，人们不认识他们的邻居，甚至是他们隔壁的人。
6. A 根据“We are one big, happy family.”可知，在这条街上，每个人都对别人很友好。
7. C 根据语境可知，那位女士可以肯定史密斯夫妇将会在这里过得很愉快。
8. C 根据 When she visited it last time 可知，此处指当她下一次来到这个房子的时候。
9. B 根据 The well - dressed lady got a surprise 可知，她发现现在房子里的是一个完全不同的家庭。
10. B 根据语境可知，史密斯先生和史密斯太太不是房子的新主人，而是将要搬走的原主人。“not... but...”意为“不是……而是……”。