第十九篇

　　One day a police officer manager to get some fresh mushrooms.He was so 1 what he had bought that he offered to 2 the mushrooms with his brother officers.When their breakfast arrived the next day, each officer found some mushrooms on his plate.

　　“Let the dog 3 a piece first,”suggested one 4 officer who was afraid that the mushrooms might be poisonous.The dog seemed to 5 his mushrooms, and the officers then began to eat their meal saying that the mushrooms had a very strang 6 quite pleasant taste.

　　An hour 7 , however, they were all astonished when the gardener rushed on and said 8 the dog was dead. 9 , the officers jumpedsintostheir cars and rushedsintosthe nearest hospital.Pumps (泵) were used and the officers had a very 10 time getting rid of the mushrooms that 11 in their stomachs.When they 12 to the police station, they sat down and started to 13 the mushroom poisoning.Each man explained the pains that he had felt and they agreed that 14 had grown worse on their 15 to the hospital.The gardener was called to tell the way 16 the poor dog had died.“Did it 17 much before death?”asked one of the officers, 18 very pleased that he had escaped a 19 death himself.“No,”answered the gardener looker rather 20 .“It was killed the moment a car hit it.”

　　1.A.sure of B.careless about

　　C.pleased with D.disappointed at

　　2.A.share B.grow C.wash D.cook

　　3.A.check B.smell C.try D.examine

　　4.A.frightened B.shy C.cheerful D.careful

　　5.A.refuse B.hate C.want D.enjoy

　　6.A.besides B.but C.and D.or

　　7.A.later B.after C.past D.over

　　8.A.cruelly B.curiously C.seriously D.finally

　　9.A.Immediately B.Carefully C.Suddenly D.Slowly

　　10.A.hard B.busy C.exciting D.unforgettable

　　11.A.stopped B.dropped C.settled D.remained

　　12.A.hurried B.drove C.went D.returned

　　13.A.study B.discuss C.record D.remember

　　14.A.this B.these C.it D.they

　　15.A.road B.street C.way D.direction

　　16.A.how B.in that C.which D.in which

　　17.A.suffer B.eat C.harm D.spit

　　18.A.to feel B.feeling C.felt D.having felt

　　19.A.strange B.painful C.peaceful D.natural

　　20.A.happy B.interested C.surprised D.Excited

　　第十九篇答案+解說：

　　1.【答案】C

　　【解析】從上文中managed to get(表示好不容易買到新鮮蘑菇)，及后文offer to (=express willingness to)可知此處應選C項，意為：對……感到滿意(=satisfied with)。

　　2.【答案】A

　　【解析】有下文所發生的一切可知，此處應選A項，表示要與brother officers一起分享蘑菇的美味。

　　3.【答案】C

　　【解析】try a piece = try eating a piece.蘑菇的毒性是聞不出來的，故排除B項，另外可參見下文(這只狗吃了蘑菇)。

　　4.【答案】D

　　【解析】這位軍官建議先讓狗吃吃看，擔心蘑菇會有毒，由此可見他很細心。

　　5.【答案】D

　　【解析】從下文“the officers then began to eat their meal”可知，這只狗enjoy (eating)his mushroom。

　　6.【答案】B

　　【解析】修飾名詞taste的兩個形容詞之間存在轉折關系，故應選but, besides是介詞不能連接形容詞。

　　7.【答案】A

　　【解析】An hour later = After an hour表示一個小時后。

　　8.【答案】C

　　【解析】警官們大為吃驚，因為園丁沖進來，很嚴肅很認真地說那條狗死了。

　　9.【答案】A

　　【解析】一聽到狗死了，警官們立刻跳進車內，急駛向醫院，C項表示沒有思想就發生了，故應排除。

　　10.【答案】A

　　【解析】用洗胃器清除胃里的蘑菇，肯定是不好受的。Have a hard time (in) doing sth. = have difficulty (in) doing sth.。

　　11.【答案】D

　　【解析】remained in their stomachs = were left in their stomachs殘留在胃里的蘑菇。

　　12.【答案】D

　　【解析】Return = go back表示從醫院回到警察局。

　　13.【答案】B

　　【解析】有下文可知，他們回來后開始討論所吃蘑菇的毒性。

　　14.【答案】B

　　【解析】these指代pains,而they指代警官。

　　15.【答案】C

　　【解析】on one�餾 way to在去某地的途中。

　　16.【答案】D

　　【解析】當先行詞為way時，其定語從句引導詞不用how,而應用in which。that在從句中也可表方式作狀語，亦可將引導詞省去。

　　17.【答案】A

　　【解析】警官們以為狗是中毒死的，所以問：“狗死前，它遭受了很多痛苦嗎?”

　　18.【答案】B

　　【解析】feeling作謂語動詞asked的伴隨狀語。to feel可作目的狀語，但不用逗號;felt缺少連詞and,以構成并列謂語;having left表示發生在謂語的動作之前的動作，作原因或時間狀語。

　　19.【答案】B

　　【解析】中毒死是痛苦的，且上下文中用了suffer一詞。

　　20.【答案】C

　　【解析】園丁對警官問的問題感到吃驚，因為他知道狗死的真相——被撞死的。