Mr. and Mrs. king have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by the bus station. They’re __1__ to everybody and have a lot of friends. They often __2__ the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people __3__ them and their friends often call on (拜訪) them and __4__ them. We can always hear their rooms are full of __5__ and quarrel.

　　It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next __6__. It was a little far from our town. So they had to __7__ earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After __8__ a few friends came to see them while they were cooking some __9__ and drinks for the picnic. Mr. king and his wife had to stop __10__ them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the __11__ on the wall. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious (焦急) but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. The woman thought for a few __12__ and had an idea. She said to her __13__， “Oh， it’s eleven o’clock! You’d better stop talking， dear! Our guests are anxious to __14__!

　　Mr. king heard this and stood up and said __15__ to the visitors and they left soon.

　　1. A. hadB. politeC. cold D. careful;

　　2. A. help B. hurtC. hitD. watch

　　3. A. knowB. understandC. meetD. like

　　4. A. play withB. fight withC. talk withD. catch up with

　　5. A. cryB. shout C. noiseD. laugh

　　6. A. morningB. afternoon C. evening D. laugh

　　7. A. go to workB. get upC. go to sleepD. open the shop

　　8. A. breakfastB. lunchC. supperD. meal

　　9. A. clothesB. bagsC. booksD. food

　　10. A. receiveB. to receiveC. receivingD. to accept

　　11. A. phoneB. photoC. clockD. picture

　　12. A. minutesB. daysC. weeksD. months

　　13. A. visitorB. husbandC. brotherD. father

　　14. A. go homeB. go to bedC. go shopping D. have a rest

　　15. A. helloB. goodbye C. sorryD. nothing

　　學而思名師點評

　　這是一則委婉地謝絕客人的故事， 這也是我們平時很容易遇到的事。

　　答案簡析

　　1. B。根據下文have a lot of friends可以推斷他們待人友好(friendly)。

　　2. A。他們幫助窮困的學生。

　　3. D。根據上文得知，別人都很喜歡他們。

　　4. C。talk with 表示聊天。

　　5. D。他們的家里總是充滿了歡笑。

　　6. A。根據下文他們要趕早班車得知是早上。

　　7. B。為了趕早班車他們不得不早起，故選get up。

　　8. C。這是一個星期五的晚上，故是晚飯后。

　　9. D。他們正在為第二天的野餐準備食物和飲料。

　　10. B。停下(手中的事)來做某事，用stop to do sth.，另外receive sb. 表示接待某人。

　　11. C。他聊得很盡興，以致于忘了時間，也就是忘了看墻上的鐘。

　　12. A。這里指很短的時間。

　　13. B。

　　14. A。表示時間已經不早了，客人們肯定著急要回家了。

　　15. C。丈夫向客人道歉，表示是自己忘了時間，這樣客人就不會尷尬了。

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