I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed 1 I like, drinking tea and 2 those thick newspapers that are brought 3 the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the 4 I haven’t got time to read during my work time.
When I 5 the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is 6 of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to 7 and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of 8 by the telephone.
9 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair 10 boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and 11 when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.
Then there’s the 12 ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema 13 a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are 14 pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting 15 .
1. A. as long as B. as soon as C. as well as D. as much as
2. A. read B. reading C. to read D. am reading
3. A. from B. with C. and D. by
4. A. things B. books C. information D. knowledge
5. A. am reading B. have read C. had read D. read
6. A. the much pleasant B. the more pleasant
C. the most pleasant D. the very pleasant
7. A. sit B. catch C. get in D. take
8. A. trouble B. being troubled
C. troubling D. to be troubled
9. A. What to B. How to C. When to D. Where to
10. A. looking B. seeing C. looking at D. watching
11. A. fall asleep B. go to sleep C. go to bed D.get to sleep
12. A. supper B. friend C. evening D. work
13. A. whether there’s B. if there will be
C. when there has D. if there will be
14. A. so many B. such many C. a lot D. quite few
15. A. busier B. longer C. near D. away
名师点评
本篇着重介绍作者在周日把工作抛在一边，尽情享受周日的大好时光。其实，绝大部分人都有这样的生活体验，因此，在做该题时，常识会帮助你顺利解题。
答案简析
1. A。as long as表示时间上的要多长有多长 。
2. B。现在分词充当伴随状语，与前面的drinking并列。
3. D。newsboy是动作的执行者，所以用by 。
4. A。意为报纸之类的所有的东西。
5. B。强调已读完报纸。
6. C。通过上下文可知只有用最高级，意为“星期日的淋浴是一个星期中最令人愉快的”。
7. B。catch a bus 赶车。
8. B。被打扰，所以用被动式，of 后接动名词形式作宾语。
9. B。表示怎样度过下午是个问题。
10. D。watch sb. doing sth.。seeing也很具有迷惑性，但观看某人踢足球还是应当用watch。
11. A。入睡，睡着。
12 .C。下午过后，当然是夜晚就在眼前。
13. B。这里故意把if和whether放在一起，其实，我们需要的是“假如”，而非“是否”，故选择if，本句是一个条件状语从句，故用一般现在时。
14. B。 固定短语so…that,，such…that 另，many， much， little， few前用 so而不用such。
15. C。意为星期一早晨临近了。