One day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me he had a good in Chicago and he wondered if I to know him.For a moment, I thought he might be ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was.I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to think thatall the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But,, I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was abig city.He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to the subject and talk about something else.But he was silent for a few minutes, and then began to tell me all about his friend. His friend's main in life seemed to be tennis, and hehad his own tennis court.A lot of people have swimming pools, yet only two people have private tennis court and his friend in Chicago was one of.I told him that I knew several people like that, my brother, a doctor in California. He _that maybe there were more private courts in the country he realized, Then he asked me my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had the house next to my brother's house. “Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He and said,“Yes. Would your brother's name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my to laugh.“Yes,” I replied.
试题分析：本文讲述作者在公交上遇到一个陌生男人，男人谈起他在芝加哥的朋友，最后发现他的朋友以前是作者的邻居且现在住在作者兄弟隔壁的故事。 【小题1】考查细节理解。根据后文all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.在芝加哥的数百万人里我可能曾经遇到他的朋友，可知那个陌生人告诉我他在芝加哥有个好朋友，故选B 【小题2】考查动词词义辨析。A经营B尝试C碰巧D想要，根据句子he wondered if I to know him陌生人告诉我他在芝加哥有个好朋友之后，便想知道我是否碰巧认识他，故选C 【小题3】考查动词词义辨析。A期望B撒谎C谈论D开玩笑，根据前文陌生人问我是否碰巧认识他的好朋友，而芝加哥人那么多，作者以为陌生人是开玩笑的，故选D 【小题4】考查形容词词义辨析。A有趣的B严肃的C谨慎的D失望的，根据句子,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was 作者以为陌生人是开玩笑，但从他脸上的表情作者看出他是严肃的，故选B 【小题5】考查介词词义辨析。A反对B在…之外C超过D副词，远离，根据句子 all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.芝加哥数百万人之外我可能曾经遇到他的朋友，故选B 【小题6】考查副词词义辨析。A然而B事实上C确实D准确来说，根据句子, I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was abig city.作者本想说在芝加哥这么多人里遇到你的朋友这是很荒谬的，然而作者没有这么说，他笑了笑提醒他芝加哥很大，故选A 【小题7】考查副词词义辨析。A如此B太C非常D如此，根据句子reminded him that Chicago was abig city作者提醒男人芝加哥是一个非常大的城市，故选C 【小题8】考查动词词义辨析。A开始B拒绝C拒绝D扔掉、掉落，根据句子He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to the subject and talk about something else.But….他点头，我以为他会换个话题谈论别的事情，drop the subject表示换个话题，故选D 【小题9】考查名词词义辨析。A问题B选择C兴趣D工作，根据句子His friend's main in life seemed to be tennis网球属于兴趣，故选C 【小题10】考查副词词义辨析。A仅仅B甚至C曾经D当然，根据句子he had his own tennis court.前文说网球是他的兴趣，他甚至还有自己的网球室，故选B 【小题11】考查代词。根据句意only two people have private tennis court and his friend in Chicago was one of.此处缺宾语，且指代的是前文出现的two people，要用them，故选B 【小题12】考查插入语。根据句子I told him that I knew several people like that, my brother, a doctor in California，including表主动，意为包括…故选B 【小题13】考查动词词义辨析。A承认B争论C建议D宣称，根据句子He __that maybe there were more private courts in the country he realized前文说作者知道有几个人也有私人网球室，男人就承认也许有更大多的私人网球室，故选A 【小题14】考查关联词。 根据句子He _ _that maybe there were more private courts in the country he realized男人承认也许还有更多私人网球室比起他所意识到的，故选C 【小题15】考查关联词。根据句子Then he asked me my brother lived in California.此处为宾语从句，从句中缺少状语，且是表地点的状语，要用where表示在…地方，故选C 【小题16】考查关联词辨析。A是否B因为C然后D尽管，根据句子When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year当我说Sacramento，他说那是一个巧合因为他的朋友去年在Sacramento度假，故选B 【小题17】考查细节理解。根据句子he lived next door to a who had a tennis court in his backyard.前文作者说自己的兄弟是医生，可知男人的朋友隔壁就是一个有私人网球室的医生，故选B 【小题18】考查动词词义辨析。A租用B拜访C设计D卖，根据句子because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had the house next to my brother's house.作者隔壁邻居去了Sacramento并租了作者兄弟隔壁的房子，故选A 【小题19】考查动词词义辨析。A微笑B点头C大叫D大笑，最后交谈后发现男人的朋友就住作者兄弟隔壁，且以前是作者的邻居，男人就大笑了，故选D 【小题20】考查固定搭配，It is sb’s turn to…归某人….男人笑完后，作者也发现了这一事实，于是换作者笑了，故选B 考点：考查记叙文阅读