大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷409
词汇理解
One lunchtime, May Ward was doing her shopping in a local supermarket, when she suddenly slipped and fell. She was badly shaken and bruised but【C1】______nothing serious resulted. It turned out that she has slipped on some ice-cream which had been spilled on the floor. Two weeks later she wrote to the firm to claim compensation. She asserted that they had been negligent and【C2】______in not keeping the floor clean. The firm denied it and【C3】______that they had a proper system and【C4】______for keeping the floor clean.
Since Mrs. Ward felt that she was【C5】______to compensation, she sued the firm in the Law Courts. Here the firm claimed that it did not follow, just because someone has slipped on the floor, that they must have been negligent carrying out their duties. They said that unless the customer could prove how the ice-cream came to be on the floor, and how long it had been left there before the accident happened, she had not made out a proper【C6】______against them. But the judge took a different view. He said that the accident would not have happened at all if the firm had taken【C7】______care. It was up to the firm, he said, to provide【C8】______, that the accident did not【C9】______from any negligence on their part. They would【C10】______be in a better position than the customer to establish how long the ice-cream had been spilt and explain the circumstances to the Courts. The final result was that Mrs. Ward received ￡137 as payment for damages.
A)reasonable B)obviously C)evidence D)case
E)innocent F)inconvenience G)derive H)maintained
I)entitled J)arise K)careless L)unexpectedly
M)determine N)fortunately O)instructions
1.【C1】
N
解析：此处需要一个副词，评说伤势不重。词库中fortunately“所幸的是”符合句意。
2.【C2】
K
解析：填入此处的词与negligent为并列关系，应为形容词或分词。梅·沃德认为超市公司有疏忽之处，没有保持地面干净。可见，careless符合语义要求。
3.【C3】
H
解析：根据空格前的denied(否认)，可知此处需填入动词过去式。后面的“有一套合理的体系”说明这是公司在自我辩护，由此确定答案为maintained“坚持认为”。
4.【C4】
O
解析：此处应为名词，与前面的a proper system并列，是公司为自己辩护的理由。结合后面的“保持地面整洁”选择词库中的instructions，表示“保持地面整洁的指示”。
5.【C5】
I
解析：此处应填入形容词或分词，且能与介词to搭配。沃德太太把公司告上了法庭是因为她觉得有理由得到赔偿，填入的词应表“有权利”、“有理由”之类的意思，entitled符合条件，be entitled to sth．意为“有……的权利”。
6.【C6】
D
解析：不定冠词a提示此处需填入名词单数形式，而且能与make out形成搭配。超市公司认为：只有证明冰激凌如何丢在地上、落在地上多久后才发生事故，沃德太太才有理由起诉。case符合语意，make out a case意为“找到充分的理由”。
7.【C7】
A
解析：此处应填入修饰care的定语，可为形容词、名词或分词。法官认为公司如果处理得当，这类事件就不会发生。词库中reasonable符合句意。
8.【C8】
C
解析：此处应填名词作provide的宾语。句中he指上文提到的the judge，法官一般需要当事人提供“证据”，故用evidence。
9.【C9】
J
解析：did not提示此处应填入动词原形，且该词能与后面的from搭配。这里法官指出超市公司需提供证据证明事故不是由他们造成的，即提及了造成事故的原因，arise from“由……引起”强调起因，符合语境。derive虽能与from搭配，但derive from“从……起源”强调起源，不符合句意。
10.【C10】
B
解析：空格位于would和be之间，应为副词。上文提到，法官认为得由公司提供证据，再结合本句后面的better position，可知公司提供证据肯定比消费者要容易，obviously符合句意。
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