A boy is about to go on his first date, and is nervous about what to talk about. He asks his father for advice. The father （1）_______, "My son, there are three subjects that always （2）_______. These are food, family, and philosophy."

The boy picks up his date and they go to a soda fountain. （3）_______ ice cream sodas in front of them, they （4）_______ at each other for a long time, as the boy's nervousness builds. He remembers his father's advice, and chooses the first （5）_______. He asks the girl:" you like spinach？"She says “No,” and the silence returns.

After a few （6）_______ uncomfortable minutes, the boy thinks of his father' suggestion and （7）_______ the second item on the list. He asks, "o you have a brother？"gain, the girl says “No” and there is （8）_______ once again.

1. A. asks B. replies C. tells D. talks

2. A. do B. help C. work D. affect

3. A. For B. Besides C. Without D. With

4. A. stare B. glare C. smile D. laugh

5. A. advice B. question C. word D. topic

6. A. more B. another C. other D. most

7. A. turns on B. turns to C. turns away D. turns over

8. A. smile B. nervousness C. silence D. anxiety

9. A. uses B. takes C. asks D. plays

10. A. lesson B. advice C. promise D. order

【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】 本文是記敘文，主要講述了一個(gè)男孩子機(jī)械地使用父親提議的話題，在第一次約會(huì)時(shí)鬧出的笑話。

【新詞鏈接】 ask sb. for sth. 問某人要某物。

stare at 凝視，長(zhǎng)時(shí)間看

plays his last card 打出最后一張牌

【試題解析】

1. B 根據(jù)故事開頭提供的情景：He asks his father for advice。

2. C 此處的work意為“奏效”。

3. D 介詞復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)“with+賓語(yǔ)+賓補(bǔ)”可以表示狀態(tài)、條件等。

4. A 此題區(qū)別不同方式的“看”，stare at 意思是：凝視，長(zhǎng)時(shí)間看。

5. D 聯(lián)系上下文，他父親提供了三個(gè)話題。

6. A 此題考察more的表達(dá)方式，意思是“又過了幾分鐘”。

7. B 根據(jù)句意，turns to是“轉(zhuǎn)向……”的意思，最貼切。

8. C 聯(lián)系故事情節(jié)的發(fā)展，得到否定回答之后接下來是“沒有人講話”了。

9. D 短語(yǔ)plays his last card意為“打出最后一張牌”。

10. B 與文章開頭的第二句話asks his father for advice相呼應(yīng)。