Bob and Annie had not known each other long before they became eager to get married:Bob because he wanted Annie and she because she could at least lead a life away from her1_____. When Mrs.Thompson 2_____ that they marry and live with her until they could get a 3 _____ of their own, Annie hesitated. Her idea of 4_____ had been something which 5 _____her a husband and an orderly, well-furnished home all at once. 6_____ she soon saw the 7_____ of this arrangement. She would, first of all, 8_____ from her present life into a house which was quiet and well run, not 9_____ her own; and she would be able to go on walking so that she and Bob could 10____ up all the more quickly for their own house. She would also get Bob, a good enough husband for any working-class 11_____:good-natured and 12_____ to be bent her way whenever it was 13 _____for her ends.
Things went well until her mother-in-law’s 14_____, when Annie had to give up her 15_____ and was at home all day. Her father-in-law became just a 16_____ figure in the house and 17____Bob became used to him, Annie began to find the old man’s constant 18_____in the house a source of growing annoyance(烦恼).
“He gets on my nerves, Bob,” she said. “And he hardly says a word all day.”
“Well, I suppose he has a 19_____ to do as he likes,” Bob said mildly. “It’s his house not ours.” But to Annie, now looking after the house 20_____ it were her own, it was beginning to seem the other way about.
小题1:1.
A．city
B．family
C．room
D．company小题2:2.
A．learned
B．thought
C．heard
D．suggested小题3:3.
A．stay
B．child
C．house
D．world小题4:4.
A．marriage
B．life
C．future
D．expectation小题5:5.
A．give
B．found
C．brought
D．searched小题6:6.
A．But
B．So
C．Instead
D．Besides小题7:7.
A．difficulty
B．advantage
C．trouble
D．result小题8:8.
A．leave
B．make
C．change
D．escape小题9:9.
A．of
B．on
C．like
D．for小题10:10.
A．earn
B．save
C．build
D．set小题11:11.
A．home
B．character
C．custom
D．girl小题12:12.
A．easy
B．ready
C．kind
D．lovely小题13:13.
A．necessary
B．right
C．important
D．helpful小题14:14.
A．illness
B．arrival
C．death
D．appearance小题15:15.
A．job
B．idea
C．decision
D．dream小题16:16.
A．active
B．funny
C．strange
D．silent小题17:17.
A．until
B．although
C．before
D．when小题18:18.
A．rest
B．work
C．presence
D．cough小题19:19.
A．right
B．way
C．wish
D．freedom小题20:20.
A．because
B．if
C．even though
D．as if
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:D
内容概要：本文讲述了一对新婚夫妇因无住房而与父母住在一起的情况，后来母亲去世了，留下了沉默寡言的父亲，儿媳于是感到了不自在。
小题1:Annie起初的想法是结婚至少可以离开父母生活。
小题2:从上下文和从句中谓语动词的形式可以推知。
小题3:由下文可知，Annie和Bob 当时还没有自己的“住房”。
小题4:根据后面的定语从句推知。
小题5:根据常识和上下文均可得出答案。
小题6:很快发现了和父母住一起有好处，此处意义上形成了转折。
小题7:下文描述的就是具体的“好处”。
小题8:根据意义可排除B、C，leave不与from连用，据此可排除A。
小题9:由escape 推知，Annie婚前住的房子远没有她想象中的婚后住房好。
小题10:和父母住一起，自己可以存一些钱（save up）用以买房，此处all the more是even的意思。
小题11:丈夫是相对于女人而言的。
小题12:ready to bend her away意为“乐于听从她”。这是一个好丈夫的品质之一。
小题13:此处ends表示“目的”。另三项在此不合逻辑。
小题14:由things went well until推知，空格处要填上一个消极意义的词，由公公单身一人，可联想到婆婆已“死”。
小题15:由at home all day推知，她放弃了工作。
小题16:下文有“he hardly says a word all day”。
小题17:小夫妻二人感受迥然相反。
小题18:公公不说话，也不出门，整天“出现”在家里，Annie颇觉烦扰。
小题19:right表示“权力”。由It’s his house not ours推知，Bob认为他父亲有权呆在自己家里。
小题20:从上下文来看，Annie一直是将住处当着自己的房子来管理的。