1.F
句意:希尔夫人知道这一点,便尽力练习高音。
上句:She had a good voice, but some of her high notes sounded like a squeaky door.(她的嗓音很好,但她的一些高音听起来就像一扇吱吱作响的门。)
下句:But she didn't want to trouble the other members of her family.so she usually went for long walks along the road to practise her high notes there.
(但她不想给家里的其他成员造成困扰,所以她经常沿着这条路走很长时间,在那里练习她的高音。)
上句提到希尔夫人的高音有问题,下句她在路边练习高音,可知本句表示希尔夫人想要改善这一点,于是开始练习高音,F项符合语境,故选F。
2.A
句意:希尔夫人也很害羞。
下句:If she saw a car or a person coming along the road,she would stop and wait till they passed. (如果她看到一辆车或一个人沿着马路过来,她会停下来等他们过去。)
可知希尔夫人不想在练习高音的时候被人听到,因为她会感到害羞,A项符合语境,故选A。
3.D
句意:一天下午,一辆飞快的红色轿车从她后面开了过来。
下句:It was going so fast that she didn't hear it till it was only a few metres from her.(它太快了,直到离她只有几米远的时候她才听见。)
上文提到希尔夫人会在有车或者人经过的时候停止发出高音,可推测It指车,即一辆车快速地经过,D项符合语境,故选D。
4.G
句意:司机停了下来,下了车。
下句:He looked carefully at his tires to see if there was something wrong with them.(他仔细检查轮胎,看是否有什么毛病。)
可知司机误把希尔夫人的高音当成轮胎故障的声音,所以下了车检查轮胎,G项符合语境,故选G。
5.E
句意:希尔夫人不想告诉他那是什么声音。
下句:A few minutes later, the confused driver got back into his car and drove off.
(几分钟后,困惑的司机回到车里开走了。)
可知,司机最后仍然不知道“怪声”的来源,说明希尔夫人没有告诉他事实,结合上文提到希尔夫人很害羞,可知她不想让人知道那是她发出的声音。E项符合语境,故选E。