发布时间： 2016年03月10日
Helen and Martin
With a thoughtful sigh, Helen turned away from the window and wa1ked back to her favorite armchair. __1__ her brother never arrive? For a brief moment, she wondered if she really cared that much.
Over the years Helen had given __2__ waiting for Martin to take an interest in her. Her feelings for him had gradually __3__ until now, as she sat waiting for him, she experienced no more than a sister's __4__ to see what had __5__ of her brother.
Almost without __6__, Martin had lost his job with a busy publishing company after spending the last eight years in New York as a key figure in the US office. Somehow the two of them hadn't __7__ to keep in touch and, left alone, Helen had slowly found her __8__ in her own judgment growing. __9__ the wishes of her parents, she had left university halfway __10__ her course and now, to the astonishment of the whole family, she was __11__ a fast-growing reputation in the pages of respected art magazines and was actually earning enough to live __12__ from her paintings.
Of course, she __13__ no pleasure in Martin's sudden misfortune, but she couldn't __14__ looking forward to her brother's arrival with __15__ satisfaction at what she had achieved.
1、
A、Could
B、Should
C、Would
D、Ought
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“她的兄弟不会再来了吗”，过去将来时，选Would。
2、
A、in
B、up
C、out
D、away
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“放弃等待”，选B，give up 放弃。
3、
A、depressed
B、weakened
C、lowered
D、fainted
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“她对他的感觉已经变弱了”，选weakened。
4、
A、gaining
B、reaching
C、starting
D、opening
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“她获得了越来越多的荣誉”，选gaining。
5、
A、for
B、by
C、with
D、on
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 live on 以……为生，固定搭配。
6、
A、made
B、took
C、drew
D、formed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 take pleasure in从……当中获得快乐，固定搭配，这里是否定形式。
7、
A、help
B、miss
C、fail
D、on
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 can’t help doing sth禁不住做某事，固定搭配。
8、
A、wonder
B、idea
C、curiosity
D、regard
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“一个姐姐的好奇想要知道……”，选curiosity。
9、
A、become
B、developed
C、arisen
D、changed
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 become of= happen to 发生，根据文章意思，选 become。
10、
A、caution
B、warning
C、advice
D、signal
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“没有任何警告”，选warning警告，预告。
11、
A、minded
B、concerned
C、worried
D、bothered
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 bother to do很麻烦做某事，固定搭配。
12、
A、soft
B、fine
C、quiet
D、still
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 根据文章意思，选quiet安静的，在这里是暗中的，未表露的意思。
13、
A、dependence
B、confidence
C、certainty
D、courage
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 根据文章意思，选B，confidence in对…的自信。
14、
A、Ignoring
B、Omitting
C、Avoiding
D、Preventing
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 联系下文，根据文章意思，“没有遵循父母的意愿”，选 Ignoring忽略，置之不理。
15、
A、along
B、down
C、through
D、across
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 halfway through her course 她课程的一半，halfway through …的一半，固定搭配。
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