Question

完形填空 　　It must have been after two o’clock in the morning when the last guest took his leave, and 　　1　　 we had enjoyed their 　　2　　, my wife and I were quite thankful to shut the door on them．We left all the dirty dishes and glasses as they 　　3　　, and after opening a few windows to let some fresh air 　　4　　 and the smell of food out, we climbed into bed and 　　5　　． 　　I couldn’t have been asleep, for more than half an hour when I 　　6　　 with a strong smell of smoke．　　7　　 half asleep, I stepped into the living room, and there, 　　8　　 heavy clouds of smoke, I saw that one of the curtains was on fire．I 　　9　　 have closed the windows then without delay, but instead I tried to beat 　　10　　 the fire with a folded newspaper．When this 　　11　　, I hurried into the kitchen to bring a bucket(水桶)and filled it with water．At the same time I shouted to Barbara, who hurriedly 　　12　　 to summon(召喚)the fire brigade(消防隊(duì))before coming to help me．We had to work at top speed carrying buckets of water to 　　13　　 the fire from being spread．We had to keep it under control until the arrival of the firemen．　　14　　, they arrived in no time and they had little 　　15　　 in putting out the fire． (1) [　　] A． because B． yet C． though D． then (2) [　　] A． dinner B． stay C． gifts D． honour (3) [　　] A． were B． could C． had D． can (4) [　　] A． in B． out C． through D． with (5) [　　] A． fall asleep B． fell asleep C． go to sleep D． was sleeping (6) [　　] A． awoke B． took C． hurried D． breathed (7) [　　] A． Still B． For C． In D． With (8) [　　] A． with B． through C． in D． across (9) [　　] A． should B． could C． would D． must (10) [　　] A． out B． down C． up D． off (11) [　　] A． did B． finished C． failed D． gone (12) [　　] A． began B． phoned C． spoke D． cried (13) [　　] A． set B． make C． prevent D． get (14) [　　] A． Fortunately B． Unfortunately C． Fortunate D． Unfortunate (15) [　　] A． time B． difficulty C． money D． effort

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．B;3．A;4．A;5．B;6．A;7．A;8．B;9．A;10．A;11．C;12．B;13．C;14．A;15．B;
解析：

(1)	已經(jīng)是夜里兩點(diǎn)鐘，夫妻兩人都已經(jīng)非常勞累了，因此說(shuō)“盡管我們非常歡迎他們的拜訪，妻子和我對(duì)他們的離開還是充滿感激”。
(2)	從my wife and I were quite thankful to shut the door on them這句看，在此作者并非談?wù)撍麄儙��?lái)的禮物，而是說(shuō)他們的到來(lái)使我們很愉快。
(3)	leave something as it is意思是“放著某物不動(dòng)”或“保持原樣”。
(4)	根據(jù)意思應(yīng)該是讓新鮮空氣進(jìn)入屋子，讓味道散發(fā)出去。
(5)	fall asleep入睡fall的過(guò)去時(shí)為fell。
(6)	“我睡了不到半小時(shí)的時(shí)間就在這時(shí)被濃煙嗆醒。”with在此表示原因。
(7)	盡管被嗆醒，但當(dāng)時(shí)還處于半睡眠狀態(tài)。still“仍，還”。
(8)	根據(jù)上下文的意思可知是透過(guò)濃煙。故答案用through。
(9)	句意為“我本應(yīng)該趕緊關(guān)上窗子”。should have done表示本應(yīng)該做，然而卻沒(méi)有做。
(10)	“我想用一張卷起來(lái)的報(bào)紙將火撲滅。”beat out意為“撲滅”。
(11)	由常識(shí)可知，用一張卷起來(lái)的報(bào)紙將火撲滅是不可能的，所以失敗了。
(12)	從后文的summon the fire brigade看，Barbara此時(shí)在匆忙打電話。
(13)	阻止火蔓延。從空后的from being spread可得此答案。
(14)	fortunately幸運(yùn)地是，消防員很快趕到了。
(15)	“他們沒(méi)費(fèi)多少事就撲滅了火”，have little difficulty in doing something表示“在做某事時(shí)沒(méi)有什么困難”。