Helen and Martin

With a thoughtful sigh, Helen turned away from the window and wa1ked back to her favorite armchair. __1__ her brother never arrive? For a brief moment, she wondered if she really cared that much.

Over the years Helen had given __2__ waiting for Martin to take an interest in her. Her feelings for him had gradually __3__ until now, as she sat waiting for him, she experienced no more than a sister's __4__ to see what had __5__ of her brother.

Almost without __6__, Martin had lost his job with a busy publishing company after spending the last eight years in New York as a key figure in the US office. Somehow the two of them hadn't __7__ to keep in touch and, left alone, Helen had slowly found her __8__ in her own judgment growing. __9__ the wishes of her parents, she had left university halfway __10__ her course and now, to the astonishment of the whole family, she was __11__ a fast-growing reputation in the pages of respected art magazines and was actually earning enough to live __12__ from her paintings.

Of course, she __13__ no pleasure in Martin's sudden misfortune, but she couldn't __14__ looking forward to her brother's arrival with __15__ satisfaction at what she had achieved.

1、

A、Could

B、Should

C、Would

D、Ought

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“她的兄弟不会再来了吗”，过去将来时，选Would。

2、

A、in

B、up

C、out

D、away

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“放弃等待”，选B，give up 放弃。

3、

A、depressed

B、weakened

C、lowered

D、fainted

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“她对他的感觉已经变弱了”，选weakened。

4、

A、gaining

B、reaching

C、starting

D、opening

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“她获得了越来越多的荣誉”，选gaining。

5、

A、for

B、by

C、with

D、on

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】 live on 以……为生，固定搭配。

6、

A、made

B、took

C、drew

D、formed

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 take pleasure in从……当中获得快乐，固定搭配，这里是否定形式。

7、

A、help

B、miss

C、fail

D、on

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 can’t help doing sth禁不住做某事，固定搭配。

8、

A、wonder

B、idea

C、curiosity

D、regard

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“一个姐姐的好奇想要知道……”，选curiosity。

9、

A、become

B、developed

C、arisen

D、changed

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 become of= happen to 发生，根据文章意思，选 become。

10、

A、caution

B、warning

C、advice

D、signal

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 根据文章意思，“没有任何警告”，选warning警告，预告。

11、

A、minded

B、concerned

C、worried

D、bothered

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】 bother to do很麻烦做某事，固定搭配。

12、

A、soft

B、fine

C、quiet

D、still

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】 根据文章意思，选quiet安静的，在这里是暗中的，未表露的意思。

13、

A、dependence

B、confidence

C、certainty

D、courage

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 根据文章意思，选B，confidence in对…的自信。

14、

A、Ignoring

B、Omitting

C、Avoiding

D、Preventing

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 联系下文，根据文章意思，“没有遵循父母的意愿”，选 Ignoring忽略，置之不理。

15、

A、along

B、down

C、through

D、across

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】 halfway through her course 她课程的一半，halfway through …的一半，固定搭配。

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