Use of English
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank.
On the night of the play, Albert was the hall early and he was already made-up long before the end of the first act. He certainly looked the part all night, he thought as he _1_ himself _2_ the mirror. He even _3_ if he should go out into the street to see what _4_ he made on people out there. Just for a _5_, of course.
Then he was seized with a sudden attack of stage fright. How could he _6_ all those people _7_ the audience? He put his head in his hands and tries to _8_ his lines. He had only a very small part, but his mind was a complete _9_.
A _10_ on the door made him _11_. He felt really alarmed. He was due to go to stage in the second act. Had he missed his entrance and _12_ the play for everybody? But it was only the producer, who noticed what a state he was in, she __13__he should go and stand near the stage where he could watch the play and follow in his script at the same time. I t was a good way of getting __14__ his nervousness, she said. She was right. It seemed to __15__. In fact, the more he watched the play, the more he became involved in it, so that he began to __16__himself part of it.
At last the moment came for him to go on stage. But suddenly the producer was by his__17__again.This time she looked worried as she placed a hand on his arm to restrain him __18_ . I’m afraid you’re going __19__. She said. They’ve jumped three pages of the script and have __20__your part out completely.
1.A. admired B. flattered C. gazed D. showed
2.A. on B. with C. at D. in
3.A. thought B. wondered C. hoped D. felt
4.A. force B. image C. impression D. reaction
5.A. fun B. game C. joke D. play
6.A. appear B. face C. meet D. see
7.A. between B. of C. with D. in
8.A. learn B. refresh C. remember D. remind
9.A. blank B. gap C. omission D. space
10.A. bump B. crash C. knock D. noise
11.A. to look up B. to look up C. looking up D. looked up
12.A. delayed B. ended C. ruined D. lengthened
13.A. ordered B. reminded C. suggested D. told
14.A. at B. over C. away D. through
15.A. do B. manage C. win D. work
16.A. push B. feel C. realize D. anticipate
17.A. shoulder B. side C. back D. place
18.A. on B. off C. out D. back
19.A. to disappoint B. to have disappointed C. to be disappointed D. have disappointed
20.A. forgotten B. lost C. missed D. omitted
解析：
1. A.
這句話的意思是：他贊美著鏡子中的自己。愛波特第一次登臺前，在鏡子前照了又照，含有自我欣賞的意味。flatter奉承，阿諛She only flatters you so you will help her. 她只是奉承你，以便你能幫助她;gaze vi.后面接名詞的時候和at連用;show 展示。只有admire 表示欣賞，可以用于別人，也可以用于自身。
2. D.
照鏡子的時候人的影子在“鏡子里”，用介詞in. on 表示在表面，是相互之間有接觸的。
3. B.
這句話的意思是：他甚至想知道是不是應(yīng)該走在大街上，看看人們對他的印象是如何的。
wonder后面常常跟由if或whether引導(dǎo)的從句。
4. C.
“給某人留下印象”make impression on sb.
5. C.
這句話的意思是：當(dāng)然只是開個玩笑。表示“開玩笑”，通常用joke或kid。我們也可以說：Just joking/ just kidding.
6. B.
這句話的意思是：他該怎樣面對觀眾呢?
7. D.
這里是說“觀眾群中的人們”，臺下坐的人們應(yīng)該屬于觀眾這一群體的，所以他們之間是一種包含或者從屬的關(guān)系，表示這種關(guān)系用介詞in。
8. C.
這位遠遠初次登臺演出，最初的興奮早已煙消云散，隨之而來的是緊張和恐懼，使他都想不起臺詞了。Remember 想起，記起，回憶;refresh 使精力恢復(fù);remind 提醒(sb of sth)
9. A.
這句話的意思是：他僅有很少的一部分，但是他的腦袋一片空白。我們通常用blank表示“毫無思緒，頭腦空白”。His memory is a blank. 他什么也記不起來。a blank mind空虛的心靈
10. C.
這句話的意思是：一陣敲門聲使他抬頭往上看了看。Knock這個詞兼有名詞和動詞的詞性。后面經(jīng)常和介詞at連用。這里用作名詞。
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank.
On the night of the play, Albert was the hall early and he was already made-up long before the end of the first act. He certainly looked the part all night, he thought as he _1_ himself _2_ the mirror. He even _3_ if he should go out into the street to see what _4_ he made on people out there. Just for a _5_, of course.
Then he was seized with a sudden attack of stage fright. How could he _6_ all those people _7_ the audience? He put his head in his hands and tries to _8_ his lines. He had only a very small part, but his mind was a complete _9_.
A _10_ on the door made him _11_. He felt really alarmed. He was due to go to stage in the second act. Had he missed his entrance and _12_ the play for everybody? But it was only the producer, who noticed what a state he was in, she __13__he should go and stand near the stage where he could watch the play and follow in his script at the same time. I t was a good way of getting __14__ his nervousness, she said. She was right. It seemed to __15__. In fact, the more he watched the play, the more he became involved in it, so that he began to __16__himself part of it.
At last the moment came for him to go on stage. But suddenly the producer was by his__17__again.This time she looked worried as she placed a hand on his arm to restrain him __18_ . I’m afraid you’re going __19__. She said. They’ve jumped three pages of the script and have __20__your part out completely.
1.A. admired B. flattered C. gazed D. showed
2.A. on B. with C. at D. in
3.A. thought B. wondered C. hoped D. felt
4.A. force B. image C. impression D. reaction
5.A. fun B. game C. joke D. play
6.A. appear B. face C. meet D. see
7.A. between B. of C. with D. in
8.A. learn B. refresh C. remember D. remind
9.A. blank B. gap C. omission D. space
10.A. bump B. crash C. knock D. noise
11.A. to look up B. to look up C. looking up D. looked up
12.A. delayed B. ended C. ruined D. lengthened
13.A. ordered B. reminded C. suggested D. told
14.A. at B. over C. away D. through
15.A. do B. manage C. win D. work
16.A. push B. feel C. realize D. anticipate
17.A. shoulder B. side C. back D. place
18.A. on B. off C. out D. back
19.A. to disappoint B. to have disappointed C. to be disappointed D. have disappointed
20.A. forgotten B. lost C. missed D. omitted
解析：
1. A.
這句話的意思是：他贊美著鏡子中的自己。愛波特第一次登臺前，在鏡子前照了又照，含有自我欣賞的意味。flatter奉承，阿諛She only flatters you so you will help her. 她只是奉承你，以便你能幫助她;gaze vi.后面接名詞的時候和at連用;show 展示。只有admire 表示欣賞，可以用于別人，也可以用于自身。
2. D.
照鏡子的時候人的影子在“鏡子里”，用介詞in. on 表示在表面，是相互之間有接觸的。
3. B.
這句話的意思是：他甚至想知道是不是應(yīng)該走在大街上，看看人們對他的印象是如何的。
wonder后面常常跟由if或whether引導(dǎo)的從句。
4. C.
“給某人留下印象”make impression on sb.
5. C.
這句話的意思是：當(dāng)然只是開個玩笑。表示“開玩笑”，通常用joke或kid。我們也可以說：Just joking/ just kidding.
6. B.
這句話的意思是：他該怎樣面對觀眾呢?
7. D.
這里是說“觀眾群中的人們”，臺下坐的人們應(yīng)該屬于觀眾這一群體的，所以他們之間是一種包含或者從屬的關(guān)系，表示這種關(guān)系用介詞in。
8. C.
這位遠遠初次登臺演出，最初的興奮早已煙消云散，隨之而來的是緊張和恐懼，使他都想不起臺詞了。Remember 想起，記起，回憶;refresh 使精力恢復(fù);remind 提醒(sb of sth)
9. A.
這句話的意思是：他僅有很少的一部分，但是他的腦袋一片空白。我們通常用blank表示“毫無思緒，頭腦空白”。His memory is a blank. 他什么也記不起來。a blank mind空虛的心靈
10. C.
這句話的意思是：一陣敲門聲使他抬頭往上看了看。Knock這個詞兼有名詞和動詞的詞性。后面經(jīng)常和介詞at連用。這里用作名詞。