Passage 2 （93年6月）
15
A He missed the appointment
B He arrived late
C He was sick
D He was very busy

16
A He was busy sightseeing
B He couldn’t reach Mr. Jordan’s office
C He didn’t want to see Mr. Jordan any more
D He didn’t want to take the trouble making it

17
A The trip didn’t to any good to his health
B The trip was a complete disappointment
C The trip was enjoyable but not fruitful in terns of business
D The trip helped him meet many interesting people

原文
I flew to San Francisco to take care of some business with Mr. Jordan. But as soon as I arrived, I got sick and couldn't meet with him. I had to call our appointment off, Then, when I felt better I thought about visiting him at his home, but he lived too far away. I tried to telephone him during office hours, but he was busy. The receptionist said that Mr. Jordan would call me back, but he didn't. I gave up trying to make a new appointment because it'wou1d take more time and effort than I wanted to spend. A few days later, I saw a man on the street who looked like Mr. Jordan, and I called out to him. It was someone else. When I returned to my hotel that day, I found a message, which said that Mr. Jordan had gone out of town on some sudden unexpected business, I was sorry I had missed seeing him , but I really enjoyed my sightseeing in San Francisco.

Question
15 Why couldn't the speaker meet Mr. Jordan when he got to San Francisco?
16 Why did the speaker give up making another appointment?
17 What do we learn from the story?

答案與分析
15 C 這句的考點是第二句話“But as soon as I arrived, I got sick and couldn't meet with him.”。 這里but是一個轉(zhuǎn)折提示詞，as soon as是一個時間提示詞。連續(xù)兩個很重要的提示詞，提示了考點的出現(xiàn)。Sick這個詞在C選項中又是原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)然就是正確選項。
16 D 這句的考點在I gave up trying to make a new appointment because it'wou1d take more time and effort than I wanted to spend。 這里because 是一個明顯的原因項提示詞，應(yīng)該不難聽出。但問題是選項對應(yīng)有點困難，我們必須理解這個句子。他說因為我不想再花更多的時間和努力了。言下之意也就是嫌太麻煩了，和D選項是一個近義復(fù)現(xiàn)。
17 C 這是一個考主題的問題，考點不一般不再開頭就在結(jié)尾。這里是在結(jié)尾I was sorry I had missed seeing him , but I really enjoyed my sightseeing in San Francisco. 沒有見到他很遺憾，但在San Francisco 的觀光還是很開心的。對應(yīng)了C選項。這句原文有一個but小詞，選項中也只有C項有一個but小詞，所以對應(yīng)還是非常完美的。