2015 四川广安中学高考英语阅读类和短文改错训练（6）及答案完形填空。Many years ago, when I was a man in my twenties, I worked as a salesman for a piano company.We _1_ our pianos all over the state by advertising in small town _2_. Every time we advertise, we would receive a reply on a postcard which said, “Please _3_ me a new piano for my little granddaughter. It _4_ be red mahogany (红木). I can pay $10 a month with my egg money.” Of course, we could not sell a(n) _5_ piano for $10 a month. _6_ her cards kept on coming.A couple of years later, I _7_ my own piano company, and when I _8_ in that area, the postcards started coming to me. For months, I ignored (不理睬) _9_what else could I do?But then, one day I _10_ to be in the area. I had a red mahogany piano on my little truck. Despite knowing that I was about to _11_ a terrible business decision, I managed to find the old woman and took the new piano in her house and placed it _12_ I thought the roof would be least likely to rain on it. I told her and a little barefoot girl to try to _13_ the chickens off it, and I felt sure I had just _14_ a new piano.But the _15_ came in, all 52 of them as agreed, sometimes with coins. It was unbelievable!Then one day I was in Memphis on _16_ business. As I was sitting at the bar having a drink, I heard the most beautiful piano music behind me. I looked _17_， and there was a lovely young woman _18_ a very nice ground piano.She smiled at me, asked for requests, and when she took a _19_ she sat down at my table.“Arent you the man who sold my grandma a piano a long time ago？”I suddenly remembered. My Lord, it was her! It was the little barefoot girl!I did have to go to my room because men dont like to be _20_ crying in public.1A.made BsoldCfixed Ddelivered答案：B 从下文看，作者是卖钢琴。2A.books BvillagesCshops Dnewspapers答案：D 在报纸上做广告，由上文 by advertising 得出。3A.bring BlendCtake Dgive答案：A 公司送货上门，所以老太太要求把钢琴带来。4A.should BmayCmust Dcan答案：C 老太太语气坚定，要求钢琴必须是红木的。由上文得知。5A.old BnewCsecondhand Dgood答案：B 作者认为不能这样买一架新钢琴。由下文得知。6A.And BSoCTherefore DBut答案：D 与上文公司拒绝卖形成转折。老太太的订货卡片不断寄来。7A.owned BmovedCbought Dearned答案：A 从上下文看，作者拥有了自己的卖钢琴的公司。8A.worked BprogressedCadvertised Dsucceeded答案：C 从上文看是作者为自己的公司做广告。9A.it BthemCthis Dthat答案：B 此处考查指代，them 代替 postcards。10A.wanted BdecidedCstarted Dhappened答案：D 此处指作者碰巧来到老太太居住的地区。11A.make BgetCdo Dsend答案：A make 与下文的 decision 搭配， “做决定” ，作者认为这是笔糟糕的买卖。12A.when BthereCwhere Dthat答案：C where 此处引导地点状语从句，作者认为屋顶是最不可能漏雨的地方。13A.remain BkeepCleave Dstay答案：B keep 与下文 off 连用，作者嘱咐不要让鸡到钢琴上来。14A.given away Bput awayCdone away Dthrown away答案：D throw away“扔掉” ，作者看到老太太的贫穷境地，认为肯定收不回钱来，等于扔掉了一架新钢琴。 15A.payments BmoneyCpossessions Dcounts答案：A payments 指“付款；支付” ，老太太很讲信用，按约定的次数付款。52 次付清。16A.busy BfineCother Dlarge答案：C 作者到这个地方是为了别的生意。由常识得出。17A.up BaroundCforward Don答案：B look around“转回头看；到处寻找” ，因为音乐从背后传来，所以作者要转身。18A.having BperformingCenjoying Dplaying答案：D 在咖啡厅，自然是弹奏钢琴。19A.break BbreadCmenu Dlist答案：A break 此处意思是“暂停；休息” ，休息期间，姑娘与作者攀谈。20A.struck BheardCseen Dlaughed at答案：C 此时作者感动地要哭，赶紧回到自己的房间，因为男子汉不愿意当众被人看到哭泣。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C 和 D) 中, 选出最佳选项。(2013兰州市诊断，B)“I like your smile, but unlike you put your shoes on my face”. A charming way of saying “Keep off the grass”. But could you figure it out? Or this: “Wash Clothing Store” for laundry.They are both typical Chinglish, a combination of English vocabulary and Chinese grammar. Expressions such as “people mountain people sea”， means extremely crowded, and “give you some color to see”， meaning a punishment, are widely known and recognized.Chinglish has been attracting global attention in recent years as China grows rapidly in stature on the world stage, attracting both fans and detractors.The Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages Programme and English First China Company, a language trainer known as EF Education, jointly launched a campaign to root out poor grammar and misused vocabulary in downtown Beijing. They argue Chinglish is an embarrassment that we should let it die out at all costs.“It is meaningful, to allow the capital show its most beautiful historical and cultural heritage to the world.” Michael Lu, vicepresident of EF Education said, “since the launching of the campaign, foreign teachers and students had been very keen to volunteer participation.” He believed signs were very important in public services. “The signs in some old buildings confused foreign visitors.”Chinglish, although the target of much criticism, has also won supporters who regard it as an interesting way for foreigners to learn how Chinese people think and express themselves.“Many Chinglish logos carry Chinese elements and they will enrich the English language， ” 32yearold Oliver Radtke said. He had even published a book “Chinglish: Found in Translation， ” on the subject. About 50 000 copies of the book have been sold since it was published in 2007.Some Chinese university experts also side with Ching