（浙江专用）2017届高考英语总复习 真题研练 Week 9 Friday（含解析）.docVIP

Week 9　Friday Task 1：请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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 didn’t __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 buyer’s bid.We knew it，__15__ we had to try. “Sold！” said the owner.Then he __16__：He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times；he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d __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.” That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are __20__， they are not strangers，only friends we haven’t yet met. 【语篇解读】　作者和未婚夫打算购置结婚的新房，他们经人推荐中意了一套房子，最终虽然出价比别的买家要低，但是主人还是把房子卖给了他们，因为房子主人看得出作者他们是真的喜欢他的房子。在作者看来，只要是善意的，人们彼此就不是陌生人，只是不认识的朋友而已。 1．A.needed B．limited C．enough D．large 答　B　[根据前面的But和后面的“none of