问题补充：
“Where is the bus? Why is it always late?” I asked myself. I was going to be late 36 the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. “Thank God, here it is!” The bus came round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the 37 where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I 38 the manager doesn’t notice.” But I was not 39.
“Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your 40 this time?” “I am afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “41up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your place at the counter(柜台). We’ll be opening in a few minutes.”
My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. 42 her was a young man of about 23. He seemed very43, and every few seconds he looked towards the main entrance. The girl drew some money and 44 about opening an account. I gave her necessary 45 and she went out. 46 I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something 47with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was frightened to see a gun sticking out of his coat. The next moment a loud noise 48my ears. Everything went black. I was falling… It seemed to be a long time 49I opened my eyes and I found myself in bed! 50shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. 51the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.
“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “ 52of your excuses! Start work at once!” To my 53the first customer was a girl 54a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The 55! Sometimes life is full of coincidences (巧合)!
【小题1】A．asB．butC．andD．or【小题2】A．hotelB．shopC．bankD．restaurant【小题3】A．believeB．thinkC．guessD．hope【小题4】A．luckyB．happyC．sorryD．angry【小题5】A．excuseB．ideaC．causeD．answer【小题6】A．HurryB．SetC．CatchD．Get【小题7】A．BeforeB．BehindC．BeyondD．Against【小题8】A．nervousB．shyC．calmD．angry【小题9】A．caredB．talkedC．askedD．worried【小题10】A．informationB．offerC．introductionD．support【小题11】A．AgainB．ThenC．ThusD．However【小题12】A．hiddenB．filledC．decoratedD．covered【小题13】A．tookB．closedC．filledD．came【小题14】A．beforeB．afterC．whenD．that【小题15】A．EvenB．StillC．JustD．Ever【小题16】A．As usual B．For one thingC．In factD．In general【小题17】A．LessB．PlentyC．MoreD．None【小题18】A．pleasureB．surpriseC．joyD．regret【小题19】A．ofB．withC．onD．in【小题20】A．dreamB．storyC．affairD．incidentC
答案：
(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】C。连词and表示递进。
【小题1】 C。从文章的后部分可以看出作者是在一家银行工作。
【小题1】 D。事实上作者上班已经是迟到了,他只是抱着希望此事不被老板发现才好。
【小题1】 A。从下一段一开始的句子可以看出老板发现了他迟到的事,他当然是“不走运”。
【小题1】 A。从老板说的那句Late again.讽刺的语句中,可以推出老板在责问他:“看你这一回还有什么可说的？”
【小题1】 D。get up起床。明天早点起床。
【小题1】B。在她身后behind是一个大约23岁左右的男孩。
【小题1】 A。他看起来非常紧张nervous。
【小题1】C。女孩抽出一些钱，要求ask about开一个账户。
【小题1】A。银行职员对顾客的询问通常是有关办理银行业务的“信息”information。
【小题1】B。承接上句,这里只能是“随后then”。
【小题1】 D。从下文可以看出那高个男子手中拿的是枪。在银行这种敏感的地方,他的枪必然是用纸cover“遮掩”起来了。
【小题1】 C。与ears相搭配的只有fill一词合适,表示两耳只听见“轰”的一声。
【小题1】A。before在……之前，在我睁开眼睛之前有好长一段时间了。
【小题1】B。从梦中惊醒过来;作者还在still因刚才梦中可怕的情景感到害怕。
【小题1】A。As usual像往常一样。
【小题1】D。没有none借口，开始工作。
【小题1】B。to one’s surprise令某人惊讶的是。刚走进柜台工作,就发现第一位顾客的穿着打扮,以及她身后的那男子手中拿着的东西竟与他梦中的情景一致。这种可怕的巧合能不使人感到“惊讶”吗？
【小题1】D。in穿红色衣服的女孩。
【小题1】A。dream梦。梦有时和生活中充满了巧合。
