公共英语考试

【单选题】"＄ 160 for a parking ticket! I’m calling city hall about this. There must be some mistake." Nick thought (36) . "Yes, sir, there is a mistake," said the man at the city hall," (37) I’m afraid the mistake’s (38) . This ticket was for ＄20. However, the fine doubles every 30 days. It has been 90 days, so the (39) is now ＄160. You will have to pay that." Nick had the ＄20 and he (40) to pay the fine.But for some reason the ticket had gotten (41) in his pile of papers and unopened letters.
Nick had always been a (42) person. In the past six months, he had (43) to pay his electricity bill, (44) his jacket at the cleaner’s too (45) and had to pay for the "storage".A、job application form he had filled out was never (46) because it, too, was in one of his piles. "Get organized, man," his brother adviseD、"Plan what you (47) do, do it, and then (48) to be sure you’ve done it right."
Nick got a calendar with enough (49) to write on. He marked important (50) and times as reminders. "Nice job," said his brother. "Now (51) you do what you’re supposed to do (52) you’re supposed to." "That shouldn’t be too (53) with my calendar here," said Nick. "And read the small print on it (54) you get a ticket," added his brother. "Or (55) still, don’t get another.\
A．patient
B．tough
C．wasteful
D．careless

网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
[精解] 本题考查上下文语义的衔接。patient意为“耐心的”， tough意为“厉害的，艰难的”，wasteful意为“浪费的，不节约的”，careless意为“粗心的，马虎的”。根据上下文的语义，我们知道尼克是一个粗心大意的人。所以本题的正确答案为D。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>