本篇阅读材料的难度属中等，全文约426词，因此建议阅读时间（含做题）为13分钟。阅读要求：认真阅读短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 One day while waiting for my husband， I noticed a most beautiful Cadillac pull in the lot（停车场）. It was powder blue and sleek（有光泽的） looking， the kind of car you dream about. I was busily admiring the car， when I noticed the driver. 1 ， she was probably the prettiest woman I had ever seen off the movie screen.
She 2 the spot beside our car and it was all I could do not to stare. There was a 3 resemblance（相像） to Liz Taylor， with black hair and smooth skin. Our eyes made 4 and she smiled at me. Her eyes were as 5 as the sea， and teeth like an even row of pearls. She was wearing a light blue shirt that just matched her
6 . Peeking through her long， softly curled hair I could see her gold earrings. 7 had to be gold to shine like that.
Sitting there 8 my jeans， shirt and hair in a pony tail， I wanted to cry. 9 some people have it all？
Many 10 when I failed to sleep， I would think about the beautiful lady. I wondered if she and her husband ate out， and 11 they dined， and what she was wearing. I wanted her to 12 the car and let me see her full length.
Weeks later， while sitting in our 13 parking lot and holding my book， I watched her 14 the top of it. She was waiting and when her husband came， she called to him. They spoke a few words and he opened the car door for her to step out. I could see clearly that she haltingly（跛地） walked around to the passenger side very slowly， 15 on a walking cane. Sitting sideways in the car， she 16 one leg with her hands and then the other one. The beautiful lady had a prosthesis（假肢） on the left leg and a brace on the right leg.
For weeks I had 17 this woman and her way of life， 18 I had been able to walk three miles to our car！
I prayed for forgiveness all the way home. The lady， who I thought had everything，
19 . How lucky I was to have my parents， the ability to walk， run or dance through life！ I would not have traded places with the beautiful lady for 20 .
When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you， don’t be fooled.
1. A. Honestly B. Contrarily C. However D. Therefore
2. A. put through B. put into C. pulled through D. pulled into
3. A. striking B. hitting C. moving D. touching
4. A. contract B. contact C. impact D. content 5. A. yellow B. red C. blue D. green
6. A. pearl B. hair C. skin D. teeth
7. A. It B. He C. She D. They
8. A. by B. on C. in D. to
9. A. How about B. What could C. How could D. What about
10. A. nights B. days C. hours D. months
11. A. why B. that C. what D. where
12. A. get away from B. get out of C. get in D. get inside
13. A. ordinary B. common C. usual D. general
14. A. over B. through C. on D. at
15. A. holding B. leaning C. supporting D. lying
16. A. removed B. put C. lifted D. held
17. A. envied B. hated C. respected D. inspired
18. A. however B. when C. since D. while
19. A. wouldn’t B. did C. had D. didn’t
20. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. none
【答案与解析】
1. A。从第二段作者对这位女士大加褒奖可知这里没有转折之意，排除B、C两项。该句夸奖这个女人漂亮，和上下文之间也没有因果关系，排除D项。四个选项中只有A合乎语境意义，意为“真诚地，公正地，老实说”。
2. D。她将车停在我旁边的车位上。pull in/into意为“把车停到……”。
3. A。striking意为“惊人的”；hitting意为“击中”；moving和touching意为“令人感动的”。句意为：她长得和伊丽莎白·泰勒惊人地相似。
4. B。句意为：我们目光相对视了一下。contact意为“接触”；contract意为“合同”；impact意为“影响”；content意为“内容，满足”。
5. C。根据常识，颜色与大海相比应为“蓝色的”。
6. C。根据常识，应该是衣服很衬皮肤。
7. D。这里考的是代词，they指代的是“earrings”。
8. C。这里“in”意为“穿着”。on也可表“穿着”。但我们说某人穿着什么衣物应该是sb. in sth.或者sth. on sb.。
9. C。这是一个完整的句子，句意为：怎么可能有人如此完美？
10. A。根据后面接的从句意义“夜不能寐”，故应是晚上时间。
11. D。dine作为“就餐”讲，是不及物动词。根据上下文的逻辑，“我想知道她和丈夫是否出去吃饭了，就餐的地点和她的穿衣打扮”。
12. B。根据上文可知，这位女士没有从车上下来，因此作者想她“从车上出来”，以欣赏她的全貌。
13. C。根据语境意义，几个星期后，我们又将车停在“往常的”停车位上。
14. A。我拿了本书坐在那里看，从书的“上边”向她望去，故选over。
15. B。因为她的脚有些跛，故“拄着”手杖，四个选项中只有lean和on搭配贴近语义。
16. C。根据下句的提示：她的左腿是假肢，右腿上带着夹板。所以她需用手“搬起”脚。
17. A。在此之前，作者一直“羡慕、嫉妒”这位女士的美貌和夫妻间的恩爱。此时这才明白她竟然是残疾。
18. D。这位女士的美貌一直让作者嫉妒，但却是个残疾人，“而”作者却能走，能从三英里外走到车子这儿来。这里女士的残疾和作者的健全之间有对比之意，所以用while。
19. D。根据句子的结构可知，who I thought had everything是个定语从句，后面接的是主句的谓语。为了避免重复，用助动词did代指had，但根据逻辑意义，应为否定句，故选D。
20. B。作者不会用她所拥有的东西去和那个美丽女子做任何交换。
【难句分析】
1. Weeks later， while sitting in our usual parking lot and holding my book， I watched her over the top of it. 几个星期后，我们停在往常的停车位上，我坐在车里，拿着我的书，从书的上边向她望去。
这是一个复杂句子。weeks later是个时间状语；while sitting in our usual parking lot and holding my book是非谓语动词短语，作时间状语；over the top of it是介词短语，作状语。
2. When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you， don’t be fooled. 当你见某个人看上去似乎比你过得好时，别想当然。
这是个主从复合句。When引导的是时间状语从句，who引导一个定语从句；than you是比较状语；don’t be fooled是个祈使句。
