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 that all 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 a verycity.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 he had 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 wheremy brother 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：某天作者在公交车上与一个陌生人交谈，他问作者是否认识他的一个芝加哥的朋友。作者觉得这个问题很可笑，因为芝加哥是一个很大的城市。没想到陌生人还是继续他的话题。没想到继续聊下去之后，他们发现了许多巧合。作者竟然知道了陌生人的朋友的名字，而陌生人也知道了他哥哥的名字。 【小题1】A考查推理判断。由下文I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.可知此处陌生人与作者说的是他有一个朋友在芝加哥。故选A。 【小题2】C考查动词短语辨析。manage to do sth.设法做某事；try to do sth.尝试做某事；happen to do sth.碰巧做某事；want to do sth.想要做某事。根据语境可知，陌生人问作者是否碰巧认识他的朋友。故选C。 【小题3】D考查动词辨析。expect期待，预料；lie撒谎；talk谈论；joke开玩笑。根据下文的ridiculous可知此处作者认为他可能是在开玩笑。故选D。 【小题4】B考查形容词辨析。A.funny有趣的；B.serious严肃的，认真的；C.careful细心的；D.disappointed失望的。由本句转折连词but可知作者从他的表情中看出来他是认真的。故选B。 【小题5】D考查介词辨析。此处作者觉得自己不可能从数百万芝加哥人中碰巧认识他的朋友。out of从（数量）中，符合上下文联系。故选D。 【小题6】A考查逻辑推理。A.instead代替，而不是；B.actually事实上；C.indeed确实；D.exactly确切地； 由前文的ridiculous可知作者觉得陌生人的说法很可笑，自然的反应应该是嘲笑他，而空处后是作者对他笑了笑。所以空处应为instead，代替，而不是。故选A。 【小题7】C考查形容词辨析。A.clean干净的；B.messy混乱的；C.large大的；D.small 小的。此处作者告诉陌生人，芝加哥是一个非常大的城市。故选C。 【小题8】D考查动词辨析。A.begin开始；B.reject拒绝；C.refuse拒绝；D.drop落下，终止。根据语境可知此处作者希望他终止这个话题。故选D。 【小题9】C考查名词辨析。A.problem问题；B.choice选择；C.interest兴趣；D.work工作。句中提到了网球，这应该是陌生人朋友的主要兴趣。故选C。 【小题10】B考查副词辨析。句中提到他的朋友喜欢网球，后面提到了还有网球场，应该是递进关系。表示甚至还有网球场。故选B。 【小题11】A考查代词辨析。上文提到了在芝加哥只有两个人有网球场，而他的朋友是他们其中之一，此处of后用宾格形式，指人，故选A。 【小题12】B考查逻辑推理。A.regarding 关于；B.including包括；C.concerning关于；D.considering鉴于，考虑到。此处作者说，我知道好几个像这样的人，包括我的哥哥。故选B。 【小题13】A考查动词辨析。A.admitted承认；B.argued辩论；C.advised建议；D.announced通知。此处，这个陌生人承认可能有更多的私人球场。故选A。 【小题14】C考查逻辑推理。此处，此人承认可能有他想象的更多的球场。故选C。 【小题15】C 考查动词辨析。A.traveled旅行；B.studied学习；C.lived居住；D.worked工作。此处陌生人问我哥哥住在加利福尼亚哪儿。故选C。 【小题16】B考查逻辑推理。陌生人说这真是一个巧合因为他的朋友也在Sacramento度假，故选B。 【小题17】B考查逻辑推理。由上下文语境可知，作者的哥哥和陌生人的朋友同在Sacramento度假。上文提到了作者的哥哥是一个医生。故选B。 【小题18】A考查动词辨析。A.hired租用；B.visited拜访；C.designed设计；D.sold售卖。此处为作者的邻居在Sacramento度假时租了房子。故选A。 【小题19】D考查动词辨析。A.smiled微笑；B.nodded点头；C.cried哭泣；D.laughed大笑。根据下句中作者大笑可知此处陌生人大笑。故选D。 【小题20】B考查名词辨析。上文提到了陌生人大笑，此处应为，该轮到我大笑了。turn，轮流，顺次。故选B。 考点：考查故事类短文阅读