After supper Mrs. Bell felt hot and came out of the hotel. She got to 1 a week ago. She liked the city and went traveling there for 2 first time. Now she was walking along a quiet street when she saw a man working in a garden. She 3 to watch him carefully. The old man worked 4 and she was sure he was an able gardener. She liked to see him.
“I have a garden, too.” The woman said to herself. “ I 5 such a gardener. Why don’t you bring one to America?”
So she went into the garden and said she would pay him much if he 6 to go to America with her.
“ I’ll pay for your fare(费用), too.” said the woman. “ You’ll be able to get 7 soon in my country, I think.”
“ Thanks a lot,” said the old man, “but it’s 8 that I already have another position（职位）. I can’t give it up. I’ll have to work for you 9 they elect(选举) me next time.”
“Oh?” the woman said in surprise. “ 10 are you, then?”
“The president of France.”
小题1:A. Toronto B. Paris C. Moscow
小题2:A. a B. / C. the
小题3:A. ended B. went on C. stopped
小题4:A. slowly B. hard C. badly
小题5:A. need B. hope C. hate
小题6:A. disliked B. agreed C. believed
小题7:A. lonely B. happy C. rich
小题8:A. glad B. unlucky C. lucky
小题9:A. until B. unless C. if
小题10:A. Whose B. How C. What
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:C
题目分析：这篇短文描述了一个在法国旅行的美国人，游说一个园丁去美国为他工作的事情，没想到的是这个园丁竟然是法国总统。
小题1:根据下文“The president of France.”可知她是在法国旅行，故选B，巴黎。
小题2:序数词前一般要加定冠词the，故选C，第一次。
小题3:联系上文她正在街上散步，可知他停下来看着他，故选C，停止。
小题4:词义辨析。A.缓慢地B.努力地，困难地C.非常，严重地。结合语境可知这个老人工作很努力，故选B。
小题5:词义辨析。A.需要B.希望C.憎恨，厌恶。结合语境可知他需要这样一个园丁。故选A。
小题6:词义辨析。A.不喜欢B.同意C.相信。结合语境可知如果他同意和她一起去美国。故选B。
小题7:联系上文这位女士的描述可知她的意思是这个人会很快变得富有，故选C，富有的。
小题8:联系下文我有另一个职位，可知句意为，但是很不幸，故选B，不幸地。
小题9:连词辨析。A.直到B.除非，如果不C. 如果，是否。句意：如果下次他们不选我，我会为你工作。故选B。
小题10:联系下文可知上文是对职业的题文，故用疑问代词what，什么。选C。
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当做单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。