Mrs. Jones was very interested in singing. She had a good, except that some of her high notes tended to sound like a gate, which someone had forgotten to. Mrs. Jones was very aware of this, and took every she could find to practise these high. As she lived in a small house where she could not practise without the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time, and practised her high notes there. Every time she heard a or a person coming along the, she stopped and until she could no longer be heard before she started practising again, because she was a person, and because she was sensitive about those high notes. One afternoon, however, a fast, open car came up behind her so and so fast that she did not hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most notes at the time, and as the car passed her, she saw an anxious suddenly come over its driver’s face. He put his brakes on violently, and as soon as the car stopped, he jumped out and began to all his tires carefully. Mrs. Jones did not dare to tell him what the noise he had heard had really been, so he got back into his car and drove off as as he had been when he stopped.
试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，主要叙述了Mrs. Jones有一副唱歌的好嗓子，但是高音总是很沙哑，性格也比较内向，然而她很想练习自己的高音，因此发生了在路边练习高音所遇到的趣事。 【小题1】考查名词词义辨析。A嗓音，歌唱声；B响声，噪声，吵闹声；C声音，响声；D音调，音符，单音。文中表示对唱歌有兴趣，而且有一副好嗓音。High note:高音，故选A。 【小题2】考查动词辨析。A关上，紧闭；B打开；C维修，修整；D擦油。Like a gate, which someone had forgotten to oil,高音就像一扇忘了擦油的门，结合上下语境A、B、C不符合句意，高音应该是打开更好的，故选D。 【小题3】A长处；B弊端；C弱点；D优点。根据前一句话，可以推断出她已经意识到自己的缺点、弱点，这并不是一个弊端。Be aware of 意识到，故选C。 【小题4】考查语法。依据took every she could find to practise应是抓住机会去练习自己的高音，A. take time从容进行; B. take chance抓住机会，C take person人权; D. take place发生；故选B。 【小题5】考查名词词义辨析。本文第一句话中就有提示high note高音，B歌曲，鸣声；C迹象，符号，手势；D声音，响声，都不符句意，故选A。 【小题6】考查动名词辨析。A预防、阻止；B伤害；C干扰、打断；D损害、伤害、破坏；句意为她住在一个小房间里练习并不会对其他家庭造成干扰。其余三项语意不对。故选C。 【小题7】考查语境理解。前文中提到在乡村路边散步，就可以推断出应该是车，而且后文中也提到car,故选B。 【小题8】考查名词词义辨析。A小径；B大街、林荫大道；C街道；D公路、马路，根据“she usually went for long walks along the country roads”得出答案，故选D。 【小题9】考查动词辨析。A等待；B预期、盼望；C困惑；D茫然，搞糊涂的。她停下来并且 直到再次练习时不被听到，所以应该是等待，故选A。 【小题10】考查形容词辨析。A勇敢的；B害羞的；C普遍的；D与众不同的，独一无二的。 “no longer be heard before she started practising again, 以及 because she was sensitive about those high notes.”可以推断出她不敢在大家面前练习，所以应该是害羞的，其余选项与上下文意思不符。故选B。 【小题11】考查副词辨析。A小心地；B轻轻地、温柔地；C快速地；D默默地、静静地。根据后面一句“so fast that she did not hear it”可以说明是静静地快速开过以至于没有听到。故选D。 【小题12】考查形容词辨析。文章中开头提到她的嗓音沙哑，就像一扇忘了擦油的门，本人又很害羞，这时发现车开过应该是很难发出音符来。要根据上下文来理解题目，不能断章取义。故选C。 【小题13】考查名词辨析。A表情、脸色；B结局、结论、推断；C印象、特徽、压印；D行动、情节。“she saw an anxious suddenly come over its driver’s face”在司机脸上看见焦虑的应该是表情。故选A。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。“and as soon as the car stopped, he jumped out and began to all his tires carefully.”“tire”作名词译为轮胎，可数名词。车一停下来就跳下车，应该是检查轮胎，因为上一句提到司机是焦虑的，选项中洗、观察、修理是不符合句意的。故选D。 【小题15】考查形容词辨析。“Mrs. Jones did not dare to tell him what the noise he had heard had really been,”因为Mrs. Jones没有告诉司机真正听到的是什么声音，而司机也检查了轮胎没有问题，但是分明是听到了声音，所以司机是感到困惑的。故选C。 考点:考查人物类短文阅读。