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- 第十五篇Helen and Martin海伦和马丁 With a thoughtful sigh, Helen tumed away from the window and walked back to her favouritearmchair.? (1 C) Would???)____her brother never arrive? For a brief moment, she wondered if she reallycared that much. 海伦若有所思地叹了口气，转身离开了窗户，向她最喜欢的扶手椅走去坐了下来。哥哥将永远不再回来了吗？这种想法在她脑海里迅速闪过后，她又想自己是否真的很在意他的到来。1. A) Could??? B) Should??? C) Would??? D) Ought1．C考查情态动词。根据句意“哥哥将永远不再回来了吗？”有“应该”“应”意思的B，D选项应该排除。只有would有“将要”的意思，符合句意。故选C。Over the years Helen had given (2 B) up?) -waiting for Martin to take an interest in her.Her feelings for him had gradually (3 B) weakened?)一??? until now, as she sat waiting for him, sheexperienced no more than a sisters (4 ? C) curiosity???) -__to see what had (5 A) become?)____? of 2her brother. 这些年来，海伦已经放弃了等待马丁对她产生兴趣。她一直坐那等他，对他的感觉到现在已经渐渐地变淡了。她所有的不过是—个妹妹的好奇心，想知道她的哥哥到底发生了什么事。 2. A) in??? B) up??? C) out??? D) away2．B考查介词搭配。此句句意为“这些年来，海伦已经放弃了等待马丁对她产生兴趣”。givein意为“屈服，让步”；give up意为“放弃”，符合句意；glve out意为“分发，公布”；give away意为“泄露，出卖”。故选B。3. A) depressed??? B) weakened??? C) lowered??? D) fainted3．B depress偏重表达“数量的减少或价值的降低”；weaken -般来说偏重”隋感”方面的减弱、变淡；lower偏重在“数量或质量”上的减少或降低；faint偏重于“视觉”的变淡、模糊。此句表达的是Helen对他的感情的慢慢变淡，故选B。4. A) wonder??? B) idea??? C) curiosity??? D) regard4．C此句表达的是Helen非常急切地想知道她的哥哥到底发生了什么事的一种“急切的好奇的”感觉，故四个选项中只有curiosity最贴切，故选C。5. A) become??? B) developed??? C) arisen??? D) changed5．A?? become of sb./sth.…．，是短语，意为“发生某种情况；遭遇……”。故选A。Almost without (6 B) warning )____,Martin had lost his job with a busy publishing company afterspending the last eight years in New York as a key figure in the US office. 几乎没有任何预兆的，马丁就失去了工作。他是一家出版社美国办事处的重要人物，那里非常忙碌，他在纽约最后的八年是为其工作的。 6. A) caution??? ??? B) warning??? C) advice??? D) signal6．B根据上下文可知，Martin在没有任何征兆的情况下就失去了工作。caution指“警察的口头警告”，advice意为“劝告、忠告”，signal意为“信号、暗号”，只有warnmg有“征兆、前兆”之意。故选B。Somehow the two ofthem hadnt (7 D) bothered)一??? to keep in touch and, left alone, Helen had slowly found her (8 . B) confidence?)____????????? in her own judgement growing.? 在某种程度上，他俩不会因为彼此的联系或不联系而烦扰