(五)----记叙文
There once was a blind man who decided to visit Texas. When he arrived on the plane， he (1)_______ the seats and said， "Wow， these seats are big!" The person next to him answered， "(2)_______ is big in Texas."
When he finally arrived in Texas， he decided to visit a bar. Upon arriving in the bar， he (3)_______ a beer and got a mug (4)_______ between his hands. He exclaimed， "Wow these mugs are big!" The bartender replied， "Everything is big in Texas."
After a (5)_______of beers， the blind man asked the bartender where the (6)_______ was located. The bartender replied， "Second door to the right."
The blind man (7)_______ for the bathroom， but accidentally tripped over and skipped the second door. (8)_______， he entered the third door， which (9)_______ to the swimming pool and fell into the pool by accident. (10)_______ to death， the blind man started shouting， "Don't flush， don't flush!"
1. A. saw B. felt C. took D. touched
2. A. Everything B. Nothing C. Something D. All
3. A. took B. bought C. drank D. ordered
4. A. placed B. lain C. stood D. spread
5. A. few B. amount C. couple D. pair
6. A. bathroom B. living room C. waiting room D. kitchen
7. A. looked B. headed C. went D. searched
8. A. As a result B. In fact C. Instead D. So
9. A. turns B. opens C. gets D. leads
10. A. Starved B. Scared C. Moved D. Frozen
【解题导语】 本文是记叙文，主要讲述了一位盲人乘飞机去Texas进行访问时的笑话。最后要去厕所时却掉进了游泳池里，应了Texas人的一句口头禅：Everything is big in Texas。
【新词链接】 a couple of 一双、一对
look for 寻找
lead to… 通往……
【试题解析】
1. B felt 是“摸”的意思。
2. A 从第二段最后一句话可以得出此答案。
3. D 是“点菜、要……食品”的意思。
4. A 此处意为“把啤酒杯放在两只手之间”。Placed是过去分词做get后的宾语补足语。
5. C 只有couple在此表示具体的“量”。A few是“一些”的意思。
6. A 啤酒喝多了应该是找“洗手间”了。
7. A 短语look for意为“寻找”。
8. C 此处instead 意为“代替、相反”。
9. D lead to意为“通往”，get to“到达”，open to“朝……敞开”，turn to 意为“转向”。
10. B scared意为“害怕”，过去分词短语表示状态，他以为是掉进了“这么大的小便池里”，当然是“处于害怕的状态中”。
