2018届高考英语总复习 真题研练80 牛津译林版.docVIP

真题研练80 Task 1：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 (2015·天津)My fiancé(未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home.But our funds were __1__，and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory. One agent __2__ a house in particular.Although her description sounded wonderful，the price was __3__ our range，so we declined.But she kept urging us to have a look __4__. We finally did and it was __5__ at first sight.It was Our Home，small and charming，overlooking a quiet lake.Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners，a nice elderly couple，we felt the warmth and __6__ of the marriage within that home.As perfect as it was，the price remained too high for us.But every day，we would sit by the lake，looking at the house and dreaming of __7__ it would be like to live there. Days later，we made a(n) __8__—far below the asking price.Surprisingly，they didnt __9__us.They renewed their offer __10__.It was also much more than we could afford，but far __11__ than the original asking price. The next day，we got a __12__ message that another buyer had offered a much higher price.Even so，we decided to talk with the __13__ directly.We made our final offer，which __14__ was thousands of dollars less than the other buyers bid.We knew it，__15__ we had to try. “Sold！” said the owner.Then he __16__：Hes seen us sitting by the lake all those times；he knew how much we loved the place and that wed __17__ the years of work they had put into their home；he realized he would take a __18__ by selling it to us，but it was worthwhile；we were the people they wanted to live there.He told us to consider the __19__ in the price “an early wedding present”． Thats how we found our home and how I learned that when people are __20__，they are not strangers，only friends we havent yet met. 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述的是作者购买房子时与房东之间发生的感人故事。 1．A.needed B．limited C．enough D．large 答案　B　[根据前面的But和后面的“none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.”可知，我们的钱很有限，在我们价格范围内的房子都令人不满意。limited有