her money but she refused to take any.
I'll never forget that wonderful lady who,through her __20__,filled my brief holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.
【解题导语】 本文为一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己2012年到佛罗里达奥兰多出席作者会期间受到热心人帮助的感人故事。
1.A.holiday B.ceremony
C.operation D.experiment
解析:选A。根据"an invitation to a writer's conference"可排除C项operation"手术"和D项experiment"实验"。结合上句中"I had just recovered from a serious illness"以及接下来的"might be just what the doctor ordered"可知选A项。医生给刚刚康复病人的医嘱自然是"度假",而不是"仪式"。最后一段中的holiday即为提示词。
2.A.kept B.went
C.dropped D.knocked
解析:选B。本句为部分倒装,将作状语的off前置了。正常的结构为:so I went off。go off(=leave off)出发;keep off远离,(使)不靠近;drop off落下,减少,(使)下车;knock off下班,完成,降低。根据上句中"I received an invitation to a writer's conference in Orlando,Florida"可知,作者是"出发"去参加作者会。故选B项。
3.A.intended B.promised
C.managed D.deserved
解析:选C。intend意图,打算;promise答应,许诺;manage设法;deserve值得。根据"was rather tiring,but"可知选C项。manage to do sth.意为"虽然费尽周折但设法做成某事"。句意:到达阳光州(指佛罗里达州)相当疲劳,但我还是成功地搭乘出租车到达了我的住处并安顿了下来。
4.A.hospital B.company
C.university D.accommodation
解析:选D。根据上文,作者是应邀来出席作者会,自然settle in的不是company或者university,更不可能是hospital,而是accommodation(住处)。下文"At the end of the day,she ______to take me back to my accommodation."中的accommodation也是提示。故选D项。
5.A.colleague B.passenger
C.suitcase D.taxi
解析:选D。外出自然是搭乘"出租车",本句的another taxi是承接上句的a taxi。故选D项。如果选择其他选项,则another出现得太突然,因为上文没有提及这些人或物。句意:第二天上午,我坐另一辆出租车到购物中心买了一些纪念品。
6.A.Instead B.First
C.Later D.Once
解析:选C。instead"相反",否定前者,肯定后者;first"首先",表示顺序;later"之后,随后",表示时间;once"一旦",表示时间或条件。根据语境,作者是在购物中心买了一些纪念品之后去一家咖啡屋吃午餐,两件事情都做了,可排除A项。went to a café to have lunch不属于buy a few souvenirs,不存在使用first来表示顺序或列举的情况;once用作副词,意为"一次,从前",讲不通;用作连词,则与but矛盾。故选C项。
7.A.classified B.occupied
C.decorated D.painted