历届高考完形填空语篇荟萃(11)

(十一)

Kate said "Hello" to Mr.Patel as she entered .She picked up a wire¹ basket and walked towards the back of the store where the rice was kept. The room was quite large and divided by three long aisles(过道),with rows of shelves full of goods³. Besides her and Mr. Patel there were only two boys in the store. They were both wearing long overcoats⁵. They looked rather strange because the overcoats were too big for them ."watch out," she heard one of them whisper⁶ to the other. She walked on to the next aisle² and found the rice she was looking for. Then she heard something else. It sounded like a box dropping on the floor. She looked through the small open space between goods on the shelf and saw one of the boys picking up a box. But instead of putting it in the basket. he dropped it into the inside pocket of his overcoat⁴. Kate looked back and could see Mr. Patel at the door checking through a list. Then she looked through the space in the shelf again. The boys still had their backs to her. They were putting something else into their inside pockets and then one of them said, "Let's get out of here." They moved away from her.
When she got to the door the two boys were in front of her. She watched them paying for the few things in their basket. They had both buttoned their overcoats. Mr. Patel did not seem to know what they had done. He even smiled at them as they were about to leave. Now, Kate decided⁷ to stop them.
简析：故事，记叙kate在商店亲眼目睹两个男孩偷东西藏在内口袋，并躲过店主的检查，最后决定阻止他们。

1 wire   

n.电线，电报，电信，铁丝网，金属丝；vt.用金属丝卷起，拍电报；vi. 打电报

参考例句：

• They will wire the new house for electricity.他们将给新房屋安装电线。
• Be careful,this wire is live.当心，这根电线有电。

2 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。

3 goods   

n.商品，货物

参考例句：

• He is loading the goods into the back of the car.他正把货物装入车的后部。
• The boy delivered the goods to the right house.那个男孩送货给要货的人家。

4 overcoat   

n.大衣；外套

参考例句：

• Do not leave off your overcoat;it is cold.不要把你的大衣脱下，天气很冷。
• Although it was so cold,he went out without an overcoat.天气虽然很冷，他没有穿大衣就出去了。

5 overcoats   

n.大衣( overcoat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Trying to sell overcoats in midsummer is a real mug's game. 大夏天推销大衣，真是白费力气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Old overcoats can be reconditioned. 旧大衣可以翻新。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 whisper   

n.耳语，密谈，谣传，飒飒的声音；vi.耳语，密谈，飒飒地响；vt.低声说

参考例句：

• Their voices fell to a whisper.他们的话音低到成了耳语。
• I've heard a whisper that he's going to resign.我听到了一个传闻说他准备辞职。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。