2025年廣西工程職業(yè)學院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024年參考題庫含答案解析

2025年廣西工程職業(yè)學院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024年參考題庫含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調整）一、單選題(共50題)1、材料Itwasgettingdarkandsnowwascomingdown.Joewasdrivinghome.He'dbeenunemployedsincethefactory(1).Mostofhisfriendshadleft,buthestayedon.（2）,hewasbornhere.

Suddenlyhesawaladystandingonthesideoftheroadand（3）.Shewasworried.Noonehadstoppedto（4）forthelasthour.Joeknew（5）shefeltandsaid,“MynameisJoeandI'mheretohelpyou.”Allshehadwasaflattyre,（6）foranoldlady,thatwasbadenough.Joechangedthe（7）,buthegotdirtyandhishandshurt.ShewantedtopayJoeandsaidany（8）wouldhavebeenallright.Joeneverthoughttwiceaboutthemoneyandthereweremanypeoplewhohad（9）himahandinthepast.Hehadlivedhislifethatway.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtopayhim（10）,thenexttimeifshesawsomeonewhoneededhelp,shecouldgivethatpersontheassistancethathe（11）,

Latertheladywentina（12）decoratedrestauranttoeatinahurry.Thecashierwaslikethetelephoneofanout-of-workactor—itdidn't（13）much.However,thewaitress,whowasnearlyeightmonthspregnant(懷孕的),broughtacleantoweltoherwitha（14）smile.Theoldlady（15）Joe.Afterthewaitressbroughtthechangefroma100-dollarbill,shefoundthelady（16）andsomethingwrittenonanapkin,“（17）oncehelpedmeout,thewayI'mhelpingyou.（18）youreallywanttopayhimback,don'tletthechainoflove（19）withyou.”

That（20）thewaitressgavehersleepinghusbandasoftkissandwhispered,“Everything'sgoingtobeallright,Joe.”第2空填（）。(1分)A、InallB、AfterallC、ForallD、Atall正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查短語辨析。inall意為“總共”;afterall意為“畢竟；終究”;forall意為“盡管；雖然”;atall意為“根本；全然”。此處指他沒有離開，畢竟這是他出生的地方。故選B。

2、IfI（）amathsteacher,I（）makemathslearningeasierandmoreinteresting.(1分)A、were;wouldB、am;willC、was;wouldD、were;will正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查虛擬語氣。句意為：“如果我是數(shù)學老師，我會讓數(shù)學學習變得更簡單更有趣一些?！眎f引導的虛擬條件句，與現(xiàn)在事實相反時，從句的謂語動詞用過去式(be通常用were),主句用should/would/could/might+動詞原形。故選A。

3、Inafewyears'time,there________thousandsoftreesonthehill.

(1分)A、willhaveB、willbeC、isgoingtohaveD、has正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意:幾年以后,山上將會有好幾百課數(shù)。根據(jù)句型Therebe表示“有”,根據(jù)時間狀語inafewyears可知用一般將來時wilibe，故選B。

4、Wouldyoupleaseopenthewindow?________________.

(1分)A、It'smypleasure.B、Youarewelcome.C、WithpleasureD、pleasure正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查情景交際。上句：請你打開窗戶好嗎？下句：很樂意。問句中用would是表示客氣，語氣比will婉轉，不是過去將來時，可知答案為CWithpleasure很樂意。

5、You'dbetternothangoutafterschool________tellingyourparents.Theymayworryaboutyou.

(1分)A、byB、withC、withoutD、after正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意：在沒有告知你父母的情況下，你最好不要放學以后閑逛，他們可能會擔心你?？疾榻樵~辨析。by通過；with有；without沒有；after在……之后。根據(jù)題干中“Theymayworryaboutyou.”講到父母可能會擔心你，由此推出要用一個表示否定含義的介詞，表示“沒有告知父母”，用without符合題意。故選C。

6、Myfatheris_______teacherinChengduVocationalSchool.

(1分)A、anB、aC、amD、/正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意：我父親是成都職業(yè)學校的一名老師。根據(jù)語義，teacher是由輔音開頭的，冠詞要選擇a,所以選B"

7、IfI（）Alice,I（）themthetruth.(1分)A、was;wouldtellB、were:wouldtellC、am;willtellD、is;willtell正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查虛擬語氣。句意為：“如果我是Alice,我會告訴他們真相?！眎f引導的虛擬條件句，與現(xiàn)在事實相反時，從句的謂語動詞用過去式(be通常用were),主句用should/would/could/might+動詞原形。故選B。

8、Shallwe________somechickenwingsandorangejuice?

(1分)A、eatB、drinkC、haveD、toeat正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析havesome是固定句式，表示吃點我們要雞翅和橙汁嗎？

9、Englandisa(an)（）country.(1分)A、spokenEnglishB、English-speakingC、EnglishspokenD、speakingEnglish正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查合成形容詞。句意為：“英國是一個說英語的國家?！薄懊~+現(xiàn)在分詞”構成合成形容詞，可位于名詞前作定語，修飾名詞。English-speaking為合成形容詞，意為“說英語的”,符合句子結構。故選B。

10、Onethirdofthestudents（）from（）.(1分)A、is;thenorthB、is;northC、are;thenorthD、are;north正確答案選項：參考答案：C

11、—Howoldisshe?—________.

(1分)A、Yes,sheisB、Sheis20C、No,sheisnotD、Sheisadoctor正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意為：她多大了。根據(jù)題意故選B。

12、—How（）isitfromXi'antoTai'an?—It'slessthan3（）flight.(1分)A、long;hour'sB、far;hour'sC、long;hours'D、far;hours’正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查特殊疑問詞辨析和名詞所有格。句意為：“—-從西安到泰安有多遠?—不到三個小時的航程。”howlong意為“多長”,提問長度或一段時間；howfar意為“多遠”,提問兩地之間的距離。根據(jù)答語“不到三個小時的航程”,可知是提問兩地之間的距離，所以排除A和C;根據(jù)空格前的“3”可知，應用hour的復數(shù)形式hours,修飾名詞flight要用名詞所有格，以s結尾的復數(shù)名詞的所有格直接在s后加撇號”`”。故選D。

13、材料

Inchoosingafriend,oneshouldbeverycareful.Agoodfriendcanhelpyoustudy.Youcanhavefuntogetherandmakeeachotherhappy.Sometimesyouwillmeetfairweatherfriends，Theywillbewithyouaslongasyouhavemoneyorluck，butwhenyouaredown,theywillrunaway.HowdoIknowwhenIhavefoundagoodfriend?Ilookforcertainqualitiesofcharacter,especiallyunderstanding,honestyandreliability.

Aboveallelse,Ilookforunderstandinginafriend.Agoodfriendtriestounderstandhowanotherpersonisfeeling.Heisnotquicktojudge.Instead,hetriestolearnfromothers.Heputshimselfintheotherperson'splace,andhetriestothinkofwaystobehelpful.Heisalsoagoodlistener.

Atthesametime,however,agoodfriendishonest.Hedoesnotlookforfaultsinothers.Henoticestheirgoodpoints.Inshort,afriendwilltrytounderstandmeandacceptme.

Anotherqualityofafriendisreliability.Icanalwaysdependonagoodfriend.Ifthetellsmehewillmeetmesomewhereatacertaintime,Icanbesurethathewillbethere.IfIneedafavor,hewilldohisbesttohelpme.IfIamintrouble,hewillnotrunawayfromme.

Thereisafourthqualitythatmakesafriendspecial.Aspecialfriendissomeonewithwhomwecanhavefun.Weshouldenjoyourlives,andwewouldenjoyourfriendship.ThatiswhyIespeciallylikefriendswhoarefuntobewith.AgoodfriendlikesthesamethingsIlike.Weshareexperienceandlearnfromeachother.Agoodfriendhasagoodsenseofhumor,too.Helikestolaughwithme.Thatishowweshareinthejoyofbeingfriends.AndIknowthatheislookingforthesamequalityinme.

WhenImeetsomeonewhoisreliable,honest,andunderstanding,IknowI'vefoundafriend!

Good

friends

need

to

___.(1分)A、

always

point

out

each

other'smistakesB、

be

helped

with

moneyC、

understand

each

other's

feelings

D、

have

money

or

luck正確答案選項：參考答案：C

14、TheUnitedNationsaremakingconstanteffortstopromotesustainableagricultureandensurearegularaccesstosafeand________foodtochildrenmainlyinAsiaandAfrica.

(1分)A、standardB、multipleC、nutritiousD、universal正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：聯(lián)合國正在不斷努力促進可持續(xù)農(nóng)業(yè)，并確保主要是亞洲和非洲的兒童定期獲得安全和有營養(yǎng)的食物。A、standard標準的；B、multiple多個的；C、nutritious有營養(yǎng)的；D、

universal普遍的。根據(jù)上文“TheUnitedNationsaremakingconstanteffortstopromotesustainableagricultureandensurearegularaccesstosafeand”可知，促進可持續(xù)農(nóng)業(yè)是為了確保兒童獲得安全和有營養(yǎng)的食物。故選C。

15、材料After20yearsofmarriage,mywifewantedmetotakeanotherwomanoutto（1）.Shesaid,“Iloveyou,butIknowthisotherwomanlovesyoutoo.”

Theotherwomanthatmywifewantedmetovisitwasmymother,whohasbeenawidow(寡婦)for19years,butmybusylifehadmadeitimpossibletovisither（2）.ThatnightIcalledto（3）heroutfordinner.

“What'swrong?Areyouwell?”she'asked.Mymotheristhetypeofwomanwhosuspectsthatalatenight（4）isasignofbadnews.

“Ithoughtthatitwouldbepleasanttospendsometimewithyou,”I（5）.

Shethoughtaboutitforamoment,and（6）.Duringthedinner,wehadanagreeableconversation—（7）extraordinarybutrecenteventsofeachother'slife.

Beforewe（8）,shesaid,“I'llgooutwithyouagain,（9）onlyifyouletmeinviteyou.”

Afewdays（10）,mymotherdiedofaheartattack.It（11）sosuddenlythatIdidn'thaveachancetodoanythingforher.Afewdaysafterthefuneral,Ireceivedanenvelopewithare-ceipt(收據(jù))fromthesameplacewheremotherandIhad（12）.Anattachednote（13）:

“Ipaidthisbill（14）.Iwasn'tsurethatIcouldbethere;butnevertheless,Ipaidfortwo（15）一oneforyouandtheotherforyour（16）.Youwillneverknowwhatthatnightmeantforme.I（17）you,son.”

Atthatmoment,I（18）theimportanceofsayingintime:“ILOVEYOU”.Giveyourfamilythe（19）theydeserve,becausesometimesthingscannotbe（20）till“someothertime”.第6空填（）。(1分)A、agreedB、refusedC、promisedD、nodded正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查動詞詞義辨析。agreed意為“同意”;refused意為“拒絕”;promised意為“承諾”;nodded意為“點頭”。根據(jù)下文可知，作者邀請母親一起吃飯，母親同意了。故選A。

16、Iwouldsuggestthey（）toSheshanStateResort.

(1分)A、willgoB、goC、havegoneD、went正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查虛擬語氣。句意為：“我建議他們去余山國家旅游度假區(qū)。”suggest表示“建議”時，后面的賓語從句使用虛擬語氣shoulddo,其中should可省略。故選B。

17、材料Azero-wastelifeisalifestylethathardlycreatesanyrubbish.ZerowastewasfirstsuggestedbyaFrenchwomancalledBeaJohnson.Herideais:livealifeandtrynottocreateanyrubbish;usedifferentkindsofwaystosavetheenvironment,suchasstoppingtheuseofone-offobjects;givingunwantedthingstoothersordonating

thesethingstoorganizationsliketheRedCross.Azero-wastelifefollowsthe6Rrule—Refuse,Reduce,Reuse,Repair,RecycleandRot.ChenYuan,27,isdeeplyinterestedinthisidea.

SheandherboyfriendJoehavelivedinBeijingformanyyears.OverAugust-OctoberwhenChenfollowedtheruleofzerowaste6R,sheandherboyfriendbothproducedonlytwocansofrubbish.NowthecouplehaveopenedasmallshopinBeijing,wheretheyusewoodproductstotaketheplaceofplasticonesandclothbagsprintedwithenvironmentallogos.Thestorealsohassecond-handbooksandCDstomakethebestoftheusedthings.Thezero-wastelifestyleisnotforascetics(苦行僧).Itisjustaroundus.Chenexpectssomeofherfriendstojoinherontheroadtozerowaste.Thepassageismostprobablyfrom______.

(1分)A、anadB、anewspaperC、astorybook

正確答案選項：參考答案：B

18、Lookingabouttheclassroom,Pettywassurprisedtofindshedidn'tknow（）(1分)A、someB、anyC、noneD、every正確答案選項：參考答案：B

19、Wegotoschool7:00____themorning.

(1分)A、on;inB、at;inC、on;atD、in;at正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析時間前面用at,inthemorning是固定搭配

20、材料

“MarkTwain”wasthenameusedbySamuelLanghomeClemens.Hewasbornin1834anddiedin1910.Hisfatherwasalawyer,butaverypoorone.ThefamilywassopoorthatSamueldidnothavemuchschooling.Hehadtolearnallthathecouldfromthepeoplehemet.HisfatherdiedwhenSamuelwasveryyoung,andthentherewasevenlessmoneythanbefore.

ManyofthemeninthispartofAmericaworkedintheshiponthegreatRiverMississippi,andhedidthishimselfatonetime.Wheredidhegetthename“MarkTwain”?Itcamefromthegreatriveritself.Itwasactuallypartofthecriesusedbymenworkingintheship.Whenamanshoutedtohisfellowworkers“Bythemarktwain!”,hemeantthattheriverwas“twomarksdeep”there.Samueloftenheardthesewordswhenhewasyoung,andheusedthemasapennameallhislife.

DuringhisworkontheMississippihemettravelersofallkinds,andthishelpedhimagreatdealwhenhestartedwriting.Whenthewarstarted,SamuelleftthereforNevadawithhisbrother.Later,hebecameagoldminer,buthenevermademuchmoneyatthetime.Hesoonsawthatlifeinthegoldmineswasnotforhim.HethentriedwritingforthenewspapersinNevada,andthisseemedmorehopeful.Hefoundthathecouldwrite.

SamuelwenttoEuropein1867andlatergotmarriedthere.Hethenspentmostofhistimewriting.HeisnowalwaysknownasMarkTwain,andmanypeopledonotevenknowthathisfamilynamewasClemens.HebecamethegreatestAmericanwriterofthetime,becausehecouldmakehisreaderslaugh—athingwhichfewwriterscando.

Whatgavehimagreatdealwhenhestartedwriting?(1分)A、

His

poor

childhood.

B、

The

Mississippi.C、

All

kinds

of

travelers

he

met.

D、

His

experience

as

a

miner.正確答案選項：參考答案：C

21、I（）themessagetohimassoonashe（）backtomorrow.(1分)A、give;cameB、willgive;willcomeC、willgive;comesD、give;willcome正確答案選項：參考答案：C

22、--Excuseme,（）?--Justgostraightalongthisroadandit'llbeonyourright.(1分)A、CanyoutellmewhereistheRainbowsupermarketB、CouldyoutellmehowtogettotheRainbowsupermarketC、CanyoutellmehowshouldIgettotheRainbowsupermarketD、CanyoutellmewhereshouldIfindtheRainbowsupermarket正確答案選項：參考答案：B

23、—Canyoutellme________?—Yes,Inthelanguagecenter.

(1分)A、wherewillthespeechcompetitionbeheldB、wherethespeechcompetitionwillbeheldC、whenwillthespeechcompetitionbeheldD、whenthespeechcompetitionwillbeheld正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意：——你能告訴我演講比賽將在哪里舉行嗎？——是的，在語言中心。?考查賓語從句。tell后缺少直接賓語，用賓語從句，賓語從句用陳述語序，排除AC；再由Yes,Inthelanguagecenter.可知問地點，用where引導賓語從句，排除D。故選B。

24、—DoyouknowwhereAndywasborn?—NIheardshe___fromGermany

(1分)A、iscomingB、hascomeC、comesD、iscome正確答案選項：參考答案：C

25、Jack（）hishomeworkyet,sohewon'tgooutwithhisfriends.(1分)A、finishesB、hasfinishedC、doesn'tfinishD、hasn'tfinished正確答案選項：參考答案：D

26、Alargecrowdofpeople（）waiting（）thebusstop.(1分)A、are;forB、is;forC、are;atD、is;at正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“一大群人正在公共汽車站等著?！眕eople為集合名詞，作主語時謂語動詞要用復數(shù)形式，所以排除B和D;thebusstop意為“公共汽車站”,屬于地點名詞，其前應加表示地點的介詞at,所以排除A。故選C。

27、—Ithinkwearingseatbeltsisveryimportantforroadsafety.—（）(1分)A、That'sallrightB、I'msorryC、That'sagoodideaD、Iagree正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查情景交際。句意為：“——我認為系好安全帶對于道路安全很重要。我同意。”That'sallright意為“沒關系”;I'msorry意為“對不起”;That'sagoodidea意為“那是個好主意”;Iagree意為“我同意”。根據(jù)“Ithinkwearingseatbeltsisveryimportantforroadsafety.”可知對于別人的正確觀點表示贊同，故選D。

28、—Dowehavetoreadanythingnextweek,MrWu—Sure,You________toreadBlackBeautyfrompages58to85.

(1分)A、wereexpectedB、willexpectC、areexpectingD、areexpected正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析句意：——吳老師，下周我們一定要讀一些什么嗎

——當然，你們要讀《黑駿馬》從58頁到85頁?？疾橐话悻F(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)。根據(jù)上文“Dowehavetoreadanythingnextweek,MrWu

”結合“Sure,You…toreadBlackBeautyfrompages58to85.”可知主語和謂語動詞expect之間存在邏輯上的動賓關系，因此用被動語態(tài)，句子時態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時，因此用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)，即be+動詞的過去分詞，主語是you，be動詞用are，expect的過去分詞是expected，故選D。

29、Eatingtoomuchsweetsandchocolates（）mealsisbadforyou.(1分)A、amongB、acrossC、betweenD、for正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查介詞。句意為：“在餐與餐之間吃太多糖和巧克力對你身體不好?！眀etween指在兩者之間，空格處指在兩餐之間。故選C。

30、Theyworkedinthefielduntilthesun_________.

(1分)A、setdownB、setC、setoffD、setdowntilehill正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析他們在田里工作，直到太陽落山。thesunset表示太陽落山。

31、—Ms.Wang,I'mafraidIcan'tfinishtheworkintwodays.—Don'tworry.I'llgiveyou（）days.(1分)A、twoanotherB、twomoreC、moretwoD、twomany正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查數(shù)詞。句意為：“王女士，我恐怕兩天內完成不了這項工作。——別擔心。我再給你兩天時間。”another+數(shù)詞=數(shù)詞+more,表示“再幾個”。故選B。

32、—Canyouworkoutthisproblem?—Ican't.（）(1分)A、Norcan'tMaryB、SocanMaryC、NeithercanMaryD、Socan'tMary正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查倒裝句。句意為：“——你能解決這個問題嗎?不能。Mary也不能?！庇⒄Z中，表示前者所說的情況也適合后者，表示否定時，可用句型“Neither/Nor+be/助動詞/情態(tài)動詞+主語”。根據(jù)“Ican't.”可知，應該是表示否定的倒裝句且用情態(tài)動詞can。故選C。

33、Theperformancewasn'tinterestingatall,so（）peoplelikedit.(1分)A、alittleB、fewC、littleD、afew正確答案選項：參考答案：B

34、I'mnotinterestedinthenewmovieatall，________itisverypopular.

(1分)A、becauseB、ifC、sothatD、eventhough正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析句意:我對這部新電影一點也不感興趣，雖然它是非常受歡迎的。because因為;if如果;sothat以便，所以;eventhough雖然﹔盡管。根據(jù)上下句:我對這部新電影一點也不感興趣，雖然它是非常受歡迎的。逐個帶入選項，只有D選項的意思最合適。故選:D。

35、從下列選項中找出其括號部分與所給單詞括號部分讀音相同的選項。（）clim(b)(1分)A、jo(b)B、de(b)tC、o(b)jectD、descri(b)e正確答案選項：參考答案：B

36、Sometimeswegetluckywhenwedosomethingwrong.______,sometimeswedon’t.Ioftenwonderwhatbecameofthosewhodidn’tmakeittograduation.Thesurestwaytostayoutoftroubleistoavoiditinthefirstplace.

(1分)A、AnyhowB、FurthermoreC、StillD、Therefore

正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：有時候我們做錯事是很幸運的。但，有時我們卻不是。AAnyhow總之，無論怎樣；BFurthermore此外，而且；CStill但；DTherefore因此。根據(jù)句意“有時候我們做錯事是很幸運的”和“有時我們不是”可知前后文為轉折關系，所以應用still(但)連接，故選C。

37、—Wouldyouliketofillinthe_____form?—Sure.Thankyou.

(1分)A、applyB、appliedC、applicantD、application正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析您要填寫申請表嗎？fillin填寫，applicationform申請表

38、Thankstoourgovernment,theareasonthewestcoastofTaiwanStraitare________rapidly．

(1分)A、developB、developedC、developingD、development正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析多虧了我國政府，臺灣海峽西岸地區(qū)發(fā)展迅速。正在進行時，所以用C

39、--I'msorryIcan'thelpyou.--（）.(1分)A、NotatallB、Itdoesn'tmatterC、ThankyouallthesameD、I'msorrytohearthat正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意：對不起，我不能幫你。沒關系。在對方不能幫助的情況下，也要說沒關系，表示感謝的話，故答案選C.

40、--DoyouthinkMr.Avin___late？——No.Thehigh-speedtrainisusuallyontime.

(1分)A、wasB、willbeC、wouldbeD、hasbeen正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析你認為Avin會晚嗎？不，高鐵通常是準時的。通過——No,thehigh-speedtrainisusuallyontime．這句話可以看出Avin去火車站坐火車不會晚因為火車不準時，進而說明還沒有晚點，所以不能用過去式和現(xiàn)在完成時，只能用將來時．故此應選B。這個題目有一定的難度，因為它沒有明確的時間標志，只能通過上下文加以判斷，這類題目必須仔細閱讀和分析來確定時態(tài)．然后再根據(jù)不同的時態(tài)的結構作答．

41、Theplanwasdiscussedin（）internationalmeeting.(1分)A、aB、anC、theD、/正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查冠詞。句意為：“這個計劃在一個國際會議中心被討論?！辈欢ü谠~a/an表泛指，a用于以輔音音素開頭的單詞前，an用于以元音音素開頭的單詞前；定冠詞the表特指。“國際會議”首次被提到，表泛指，且international以元音音素開頭，所以用an。故選B。

42、Hewasmade________14hoursadaylastyear.

(1分)A、workB、workedC、toworkD、working正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析make為使役動詞,在主動語態(tài)中后面接動詞原形,被動語態(tài)中后面接動詞不定式。

43、Beijingisreallyawonderfulcityandwe’vedecidedtostayfor______week.

(1分)A、anyB、otherC、anotherD、some正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意：北京真是一個很棒的城市，我們已經(jīng)決定再呆一個星期。A、any任何；B、other別的東西；C、another再一，又一；D、some某些，若干。此處表示“要再呆一個星期”，表示“又一，再一”。故選C。

44、材料After20yearsofmarriage,mywifewantedmetotakeanotherwomanoutto（1）.Shesaid,“Iloveyou,butIknowthisotherwomanlovesyoutoo.”

Theotherwomanthatmywifewantedmetovisitwasmymother,whohasbeenawidow(寡婦)for19years,butmybusylifehadmadeitimpossibletovisither（2）.ThatnightIcalledto（3）heroutfordinner.

“What'swrong?Areyouwell?”she'asked.Mymotheristhetypeofwomanwhosuspectsthatalatenight（4）isasignofbadnews.

“Ithoughtthatitwouldbepleasanttospendsometimewithyou,”I（5）.

Shethoughtaboutitforamoment,and（6）.Duringthedinner,wehadanagreeableconversation—（7）extraordinarybutrecenteventsofeachother'slife.

Beforewe（8）,shesaid,“I'llgooutwithyouagain,（9）onlyifyoulet