Soon after Dave left university, one of his uncles, who was 1 and had no children of his own, died and 2 Dave a lot of money, so he decided to 3 his own company.
He found a nice 4 , 5 some new furniture(家具)and 6 . He had only been there for a few hours 7 he heard someone come towards the door of his office. “It’s my first 8 ,” he thought. He quickly 9 the telephone, and 10 to be busy 11 an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.
The man 12 at the door while seeing this was 13 , came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his 14 , then he said to Dave, “I’m from the telephone company, and I was sent here to 15 your telephone.”
1. A. ill B. rich C. honest D. luck
2. A. gave B. handed C. left D. promised
3. A. set up B. take up C. put up D. make up
4. A. office B. cinema C. theater D. school
5. A. bought B. carried C. managed D. lent
6. A. set in B. moved in C. moved out D. went out
7. A. as B. when C. while D. then
8. A. teacher B. boss C. customer (顾客) D. job
9. A. made up B. took up C. brought up D. pick up
10. A. pretended B. warned C. kept D. looked
11. A. writing B. answering C. calling D. saying
12. A. looked B. knocked C. hit D. waited
13.A. going on B. moving on C. speaking on D. keeping on
14. A. conversation B. gesture (手势) C. smoking D. fixing
15. A. repairing B. connecting C. making D. looking after
名师点评
本文是一篇笑话，故事生动有趣，但读后又不禁感慨万分——自作聪明，终会留下笑柄。
答案简析
1.B。根据下文left him a lot of money 的提示, 我们可推断他叔叔很富有，故选B 。
2.C。leave sb. sth. 是“留给某人某物”的意思, 故选C 。
3.A。set up 是“建立”的意思，take up 是“举起”的意思，put up 是“张贴”的意思， make up 是“打扮”的意思, 根据句意和下文,可知选A。
4.A。由下文可知选A 。
5.A。意为“买了些新家具，然后就搬进去了”。
6.B。move in 是“搬进”的意思。
7.B。意为“就在这时”。
8.C。Dave 开公司是为了接待顾客，因此选C 。
9.D。take up 是“占据”的意思，bring up是“培养”的意思，make up 是“编造”的意思，pick up 是“随意拿起”的意思。
10.A。假装忙于接一个重要的电话。
11.B。answer a call 是“回电话”的意思。
12.B。knock at door是“敲门”的意思。
13,A。go on 是“继续”的意思, keep on 是“坚持”的意思, 故选A 。
14.A。他拿起电话显然是讲话, 故选A 。
15.A。全文的喜剧效果全在于此，很显然电话坏了，需要修理。Dave 只是在假装讲话。