Question

【題目】 Yesterday, a salesman called me to sell his phone plans. I was at work and while I usually don’t like spending time on those things, I _______ myself that I couldn’t talk yet and _______that he call me back at 6 pm.

That’s what he did. So we talked about 20 minutes. He _______ to me his different phone plans. While listening to him, sometimes I was _______in my thoughts. I gave several “hmm hmm”, as a sign of agreement and to _______that I was still there. Sometimes, I felt a bit_______. But I stayed calm and _______ until the end of the discussion.

Finally, he said the following to me: “Thank you, Olivier. You are the first person in a long time with whom I had an enjoyable conversation. _______, people shout at us and slam down the phone. Today, since 10 am, I hadn't had a phone _______ without an offense (觸怒). I know you had a long day at work and you could have __________ in front of your TV. But you listened so carefully to me. I am __________ and I sincerely thank you.”

It set me thinking. He had been the __________ of verbal violence (語言暴力) all through his working day. Physical __________ do not exist in this situation but dehumanization (非人性) seems to happen. __________, he was only doing his job. I felt a sense of __________ that I hadn't treated him so rudely.

【1】A.foundB.excusedC.remindedD.forgave

【2】A.repliedB.agreedC.suggestedD.ordered

【3】A.explainedB.admittedC.apologizedD.reported

【4】A.stuckB.involvedC.interestedD.lost

【5】A.announceB.ensureC.confirmD.imagine

【6】A.impatientB.discouragedC.concernedD.nervous

【7】A.generousB.reliableC.cheerfulD.polite

【8】A.UnexpectedlyB.UsuallyC.EventuallyD.Similarly

【9】A.meetingB.interviewC.conversationD.appointment

【10】A.relaxedB.sleptC.talkedD.played

【11】A.annoyedB.proudC.touchedD.curious

【12】A.proofB.targetC.supporterD.result

【13】A.activitiesB.exercisesC.disabilitiesD.conflicts

【14】A.YetB.BesidesC.OtherwiseD.Instead

【15】A.honorB.lossC.reliefD.trust

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】D

【8】B

【9】C

【10】A

【11】C

【12】B

【13】D

【14】A

【15】C

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章講述了，一個(gè)電信公司銷售員給作者打電話推銷電話套餐，作者借口自己無法說話，并建議他之后再打，晚上，作者接到了電話，銷售員很感動(dòng)并感謝作者的耐心，因?yàn)殇N售員經(jīng)常在工作期間成為了語言暴力的對象。

【1】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：但我借口自己還不能說話。A. found發(fā)現(xiàn)；B. excused借口，找理由；C. reminded提醒；D. forgave原諒。由上文的I was at work and while I usually don’t like spending time on those things可知，作者是借口不能說話。故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：并建議他下午6點(diǎn)給我回電話。A. replied回答；B. agreed同意；C. suggested建議；D. ordered命令。由上文語境可知，作者借口不能說話，所以建議銷售員在下午6點(diǎn)給他回電話。故選C項(xiàng)。

【3】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：他向我解釋了他不同的電話套餐。A. explained解釋；B. admitted承認(rèn)；C. apologized道歉；D. reported報(bào)道。由上文的So we talked about 20 minutes可知，他們聊天了，所以銷售員會對作者解釋不同的電話套餐。故選A項(xiàng)。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：在聽他的時(shí)候，有時(shí)我會陷入沉思。A. stuck堅(jiān)持；B. involved卷入；C. interested感興趣；D. lost失去。由下文的I gave several “hmm hmm”可知，作者并未認(rèn)真聽講，而是陷入沉思，lose in one’s thoughts固定搭配，意為“陷入沉思”。故選D項(xiàng)。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：我給了幾個(gè)“嗯哼”，表示同意，并確認(rèn)我還在那里。A. announce宣布；B. ensure確保；C. confirm確認(rèn)；D. imagine想象。由上文的I gave several “hmm hmm”, as a sign of agreement和下文的I was still there可知，作者用hmm hmm確認(rèn)自己還在聽講。故選C項(xiàng)。

【6】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：有時(shí)候，我覺得有點(diǎn)不耐煩。A. impatient不耐煩的；B. discouraged泄氣的；C. concerned擔(dān)心的；D. nervous緊張的。由下文的But I stayed calm可知，作者不耐煩但還是保持了冷靜。故選A項(xiàng)。

【7】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：但在討論結(jié)束前，我一直保持冷靜和禮貌。A. generous慷慨的；B. reliable可靠的；C. cheerful令人愉快的；D. polite禮貌的。由上文的I stayed calm可知，此處意為保持冷靜與禮貌，才結(jié)束對話。故選D項(xiàng)。

【8】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：通常，人們對我們大喊大叫，然后砰的一聲關(guān)上電話。A. Unexpectedly意外地；B. Usually通常；C. Eventually最終地；D. Similarly相似地。由上文語境可知，作者是第一個(gè)長時(shí)間聽他講話的人，可知，通常人們對銷售員大喊大叫然后掛電話。故選B項(xiàng)。

【9】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：今天上午10點(diǎn)起，我就沒有一次毫無冒犯的電話交談。A. meeting會議；B. interview面試；C. conversation對話；D. appointment約定，約會。銷售員是電話銷售員，由上文的You are the first person in a long time with whom I had an enjoyable conversation可知，此處意為“電話對話”。故選C項(xiàng)。

【10】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：我知道你工作了一整天，你本可以在電視機(jī)前放松一下。A. relaxed放松；B. slept睡覺；C. talked談話；D. played玩。由下文的in front of your TV可知，作者本可以在電視前放松的（但作者選擇了聽銷售員推銷電話套餐）。故選A項(xiàng)。

【11】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：我很感動(dòng)，我真誠地感謝你。A. annoyed惱怒的；B. proud驕傲的；C. touched感動(dòng)的；D. curious好奇的。由下文的I sincerely thank you可知，銷售員很感動(dòng)，所以感謝作者。故選C項(xiàng)。

【12】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：他在整個(gè)工作日都是語言暴力的目標(biāo)。A. proof證據(jù)；B. target目標(biāo)；C. supporter支持者；D. result結(jié)果。由上文的people shout at us and slam down the phone可知，銷售員成了語言暴力的目標(biāo)。故選B項(xiàng)。

【13】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：在這種情況下不存在身體沖突，但似乎發(fā)生了非人化的事情。A. activities活動(dòng)；B. exercises練習(xí)；C. disabilities殘疾；D. conflicts沖突。由上文的He had been the __12__ of verbal violence (語言暴力) all through his working day可知，不存在身體沖突。故選D項(xiàng)。

【14】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：然而，他只是在做他的工作。A. Yet然而；B. Besides此外；C. Otherwise否則；D. Instead代替。由語境可知，前后兩句表轉(zhuǎn)折，應(yīng)用Yet。故選A項(xiàng)。

【15】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：我沒有對他那么粗魯，感到如釋重負(fù)。A. honor榮耀；B. loss失落；C. relief放松；D. trust信任。由下文的I hadn’t treated him so rudely可知，作者沒有對銷售員粗魯，所以作者感覺如釋重負(fù)。故選C項(xiàng)。