The 16 picked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and placed it on the small table in front of his 17 , who were a father and daughter, and put the lid on the cup with a clink．Apparently 18 of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving the 19 on the table．His two guests heard a chest of drawers opening and a rustling （飒飒响声）．
They 20 sitting in the living-room, the 10-year-old daughter, looking at the flowers outside the window．The father was just about to take his cup when the 21 came, right there in the living-room．Something was hopelessly broken．
It was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor．The girl looked 22 her shoulder at once, startled （吓一跳）, 23 ．It was 24 neither of them had touched it, not even a little bit．
The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room．He looked at the 25 floor and blurted out, “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter!”
The father started to say something．Then he muttered, “Sorry, I 26 it and it fell．”
“ It doesn’t matter,” the host said．
Later, when they left the house, the daughter said, “ Daddy, I saw your 27 in the windowpane （窗玻璃）．You were sitting perfectly 28 ．Why did you say…．”
The father 29 , “What then would you 30 as the cause of its fall?”
“ It fell by itself．The floor is uneven （不平）．It wasn’t steady when Mr．Li put it there．”
“It won’t 31 , girl．It sounds more 32 when I say I knocked it down．There are things people accept less the more you 33 them．The truer your story is, the less true it sounds．”
The daughter was 34 in silence for a while．Then she said, “ Can you 35 it only this way?”
“Only this way,” the father said．
16．A．owner B．host C．guest D．master
17．A．friends B．neighbours C．children D．guests
18．A．knowing B．remembering C．hearing D．thinking
19．A．thermos B．cup C．lid D．tea
20．A．enjoyed B．remained C．imagined D．hated
21．A．stranger B．host C．crash D．noise
22．A．around B．at C．behind D．over
23．A．staring B．watching C．shouting D．crying
24．A．helpless B．exciting C．strange D．terrible
25．A．broken B．steaming C．dirty D．flooded
26．A．touched B．used C．hit D．moved
27．A．face B．shadow C．reflection D．action
28．A．calm B．still C．silent D．straight
29．A．shouted B．whispered C．laughed D．repeated
30．A．tell B．make C．accept D．give
31．A．do B．suit C．go D．fit
32．A．fortable B．friendly C．acceptable D．agreeable
33．A．defend B．support C．discuss D．argue
34．A．kept B．shut C．worried D．lost
35．A．do B．explain C．make D．manage16-35 BDDAB CDACB ACBCD ACADB
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(答案→)16-35 BDDAB CDACB ACBCD ACADB
解析：16．B。与37小题构成对应关系，相对于“客人”的“主人”应用host；master作“主人”讲时，强调具有“控制别人的能力”。
17．D。
18．D。 think of“想到某事”。know of知道某事的有关情况；remember“记起”是及物动词，其后不须接of，故不选。
19．A。联系上文，主人拿起热水瓶，故离开的时候是把热水瓶放在桌上，而不是“茶杯”或“盖子”或“茶”。
20．B。主人离开后，客人“仍然”坐在那里。enjoy表“喜欢做某事”，imagine“想象”，hate “憎恶”都与题意不符。
21．C。父亲正要端杯子喝茶，这时候传来“破裂声”，有东西打破了，crash即“爆裂声”，“撞击声”，noise指嗓音；此句并不是指某人来了，故不能选A或B
22．D。look over one’s shoulder指“某人转头看”。
23．A。女孩转头看，盯着破裂的热水瓶，watch指下意识的观察，不合题意。
24．C。从后句中可以看出，他们并没有碰开水瓶，而开水瓶破了，故是“奇怪的事”。
25．B。破的是热水瓶，因此应该是“冒蒸气的地板”。
26．A。父亲解释是因为自己“碰了”热水瓶所以它破了。因此用touch。
27．C。reflection指镜子中或静水中的“映像”，从前文中我们可以知道女孩在窗前看花，因而是从玻璃中看到了她父亲的“映像”，而不是“影子”。
28．B。坐着不动用still。
29．C。父亲和女儿对这一事件发生原因的不同看法，父亲从成人的观点出发，觉得自己承担责任更好，女儿认为不应说谎，父亲觉得女儿天真，所以“笑着说”即laughed。
30．D。
31．A。do与 will连用常表“合适的”“有用的”“行”。
32．C。指“可以接受的”。
33．A。父亲向女儿解释原因。
34．D。女儿“陷入了沉默”be lost in silence。
35．B。“只能这样解释吗？”