陕西专升本英语（完形填空）模拟试卷8
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My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were【C1】________ and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent【C2】________a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was【C3】________ our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look【C4】________ .
We finally did and it was love 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【C5】________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【C6】________ it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n)【C7】________— far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn\’t laugh at us. They renewed their offer【C8】________. It was also much more than we could afford, but far less than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a【C9】________message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the owners directly. We made our final offer, which【C10】________was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer\’s bid. We knew it,【C11】________ we had to try.
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1.【C1】(B)
A. needed
B. limited
C. enough
D. large
解析：该句意为“但是我们（买房子）的资金_________，而且在我们的预算范围内的房子似乎都不尽人意”。needed意为“被需要的”，limited意为“有限的”，enough意为“足够的”，large意为“大型的”。根据下文“我们对预算范围内可选的房子不满意”，前面指“买房预算有限”。故本题选B。
2.【C2】(A)
A. recommended
B. decorated
C. sold
D. rented
解析：该句意为“一位经纪人特别___________一套房子”。recommend意为“推荐”，decorate意为“装饰”，sell意为“卖”，rent意为“租用”。此处指“经纪人向我们推荐房子”，所以recommend符合句意。故本题选A。
3.【C3】(C)
A. below
B. within
C. beyond
D. between
解析：该句意为“尽管她对房子的描述听起来非常好，可是价格却我们可承受___________的范围”。below意为“在……下面”，within意为“在……内部”，beyond意为“超出”，between意为“在……之间”。根据语境，前后有转折，我们拒绝了听起来很不错的房子，是因为其价格超出了我们的预算。故本题选C。
4.【C4】(A)
A. at least
B. at most
C. at times
D. at hand
解析：该句意为“但她一直力劝我们_________去看看”。at least意为“至少”，at most 意为“至多”，at times意为“有时”，at hand意为“在手边”。根据语境，我们虽然拒绝了，但经纪人没有放弃，力劝我们至少去看下房子。故本题选A。
5.【C5】(B)
A. pride
B. happiness
C. challenge
D. desire
解析：该句意为“在这个家里我们感受到了婚姻带来的温暖和__________”。pride意为“骄傲”，happiness意为“幸福”，challenge意为“挑战”，desire意为“渴望”。根据空格前面的warmth 以及 and，可推断出空格处应该填 happiness。故本题选B。
6.【C6】(D)
A. which
B. why
C. that
D. what
解析：该句意为“但每天，我们都会坐在湖边，看着那幢房子，想象着生活在里面会是________样子”。空格处在从句中作like的宾语且表示“事物”，因此答案为what。故本题选D。
7.【C7】(B)
A. effort
B. offer
C. promise
D. profit
解析：该句意为“几天后，我们_________一个远低于要价的报价”。effort意为“努力”，offer意为“出价”，promise意为“承诺”，profit意为“利益”。由后面的their offer可知，空格处是“出价”。故本题选B。
8.【C8】(A)
A. instead
B. indeed
C. aside
D. higher
解析：该句意为“令人惊讶的是，屋主没有嘲笑我们。________他们更改了他们的报价”。instead意为“相反”，indeed意为“确实”，aside意为“在旁边”，higher意为“高等的”。此处表转折，只有instead符合句意。故本题选A。
9.【C9】(B)
A. relaxing
B. disappointing
C. pleasant
D. regular
解析：该句意为“第二天，我们收到一个________消息：另一个买家出价更高”。relaxing意为“令人放松的”，disappointing意为“令人失望的”，pleasant意为“令人愉快的”，regular意为“有规律的”。由“另一个买家出价更高”可知
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