Question

The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to

16　 an umbrella with her. She got on the bus to the town and before long it began to

rain．The rain had not stopped l7 the bus arrived at the market half an hour later．Mrs Grant

stood up and absent—mindedly(心不在焉地)picked up the umbrella that was l8 on the

seat in front of her.

A cold voice said loudly，“That is mine，Madam!”

Suddenly remembering that she had come out without her umbrella，Mrs Grant felt 19

for what she had done，trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant 20　

the owner of the umbrella was giving her．

When she got off the bus，Mrs Grant made straight for a shop where she could buy an

umbrella．She found a pretty one and bought it .Then she 21 to buy another as a present

for her daughter. Afterwards she did the rest of her 22 and had lunch in a restaurant.

　 In the afternoon she got on the homeward (回家的)bus with the two umbrellas under

her arm, and sat down. Then she 23 that, by a curious coincidence(巧臺)，she was

sitting next to the woman who had made her feel 24 that morning.

　　 That woman now looked at her，and then at the umbrellas. “You’ve had quite a good

25 ,” she said.

16. A. keep　　 B. bring　　 C. take　　 D. leave

17. A. before　 B. until　　 C. though D. when

18. A. hanging　 B. appearing C. dropping　 D. losing

19. A. angry　　 B. sorry　　 C. lucky　 D. glad

20. A. reply　 B．call　　　 C. suggestion D. look

21. A．promised B. decided C. agreed D. remembered

22.A.hiking　 B. shopping　 C. trying D. searching

23.A.meant　 B. explained　 C. saw　 D. forgot

24. A .jealous　 B. bored　　 C. satisfied D. uncomfortable

25.A.day　　　 B. meal　　 C .Journey D. present

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本文主要介紹了Mrs Grant在公交車上錯拿了一把雨傘，以及由此引出的幽默故事。

16. C根據前一句中的“Mrs Grant離開家時天空很晴朗“可知，她決定不帶雨傘，take an umbrella是固定搭配，因此答案為C。

17. D 根據后文她拿錯傘，可知當汽車到市場時雨還沒有停，“當....的時候”應該用連詞when，因此答案為D。

18. A 由外面正在下雨及關鍵詞“心不在焉的”，可知她應該是順手拿起“掛在”她前面的雨傘，因此答案為A。

19. B 等她知道拿錯傘后，一定是不好意思，因此答案為B。

20. D 傘主人此時的臉上應該是非常不高興，因為最需要傘的時候，它卻被別人給拿走了，因此答案為D。

21. B 本題題意為“然后她決定再買一把當作禮物送給女兒。”“決定”應該表示為decide，因此答案為B。

22. B 她去市場的目的是購物，因此答案為B。

23. C 她坐上車后才“看見”，故用動詞saw。

24. D本句句意為“她正坐在那個上午讓她感到尷尬的婦女旁邊，因此答案為D。

25. A 這正是文章的幽默所在，那個婦女以為Mrs Grant又拿錯了別人兩把傘，故諷刺她說“你今天太幸運了”。