Question

【題目】A.noise B. shook C. some D. when E. Though

A public house which was recently bought by Mr. Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr. Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted (鬧鬼). He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange 【1】 coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. 【2】 Mr. Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that 【3】 villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr. Thompson 【4】 his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】E

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】試題分析：短文描述了伊恩·湯普森先生新買的公館鬧鬼的故事。

【1】句意：他告訴我一天晚上他睡不著，因為他聽到酒吧里傳來奇怪的聲音。strange奇怪的，形容詞修飾名詞；備選項中只有noise（噪音）一個名詞，根據句意語境，可知選A。

【2】句意：雖然湯普森先生在睡覺前把燈關掉了，但他們早上開了。本句前后是轉折關系，though盡管，表轉折或讓步；根據句意結構，可知選E。

【3】句意：當我建議一些村民一定來喝免費飲料時。villagers村民，復數名詞，需用形容詞或some等不定代詞修飾；根據句意語境，可知選C。

【4】句意：當我建議一些村民一定來喝免費飲料時，湯普森先生搖了搖頭。本句是時間狀語從句，主句缺謂語，需由動詞充當。shake搖頭，過去式是shook，根據句意結構，可知選B。