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真题研练80

Task1：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

(2015·天津)Myfiancé(未婚夫)andIwereexcitedaboutshoppingforourfirsthome.Butourfundswere__1__，andnoneofthehousesinourpricerangeseemedsatisfactory.

Oneagent__2__ahouseinparticular.Althoughherdescriptionsoundedwonderful，thepricewas__3__ourrange，sowedeclined.Butshekepturgingustohavealook__4__.

Wefinallydidanditwas__5__atfirstsight.ItwasOurHome，smallandcharming，overlookingaquietlake.Walkingthroughtheroomsandtalkingwiththeowners，aniceelderlycouple，wefeltthewarmthand__6__ofthemarriagewithinthathome.Asperfectasitwas，thepriceremainedtoohighforus.Buteveryday，wewouldsitbythelake，lookingatthehouseanddreamingof__7__itwouldbeliketolivethere.

Dayslater，wemadea(n)__8__—farbelowtheaskingprice.Surprisingly，theydidnt__9__us.Theyrenewedtheiroffer__10__.Itwasalsomuchmorethanwecouldafford，butfar__11__thantheoriginalaskingprice.

Thenextday，wegota__12__messagethatanotherbuyerhadofferedamuchhigherprice.Evenso，wedecidedtotalkwiththe__13__directly.Wemadeourfinaloffer，which__14__wasthousandsofdollarslessthantheotherbuyersbid.Weknewit，__15__wehadtotry.

“Sold！”saidtheowner.Thenhe__16__：Hesseenussittingbythelakeallthosetimes；heknewhowmuchwelovedtheplaceandthatwed__17__theyearsofworktheyhadputintotheirhome；herealizedhewouldtakea__18__bysellingittous，butitwasworthwhile；wewerethepeopletheywantedtolivethere.Hetoldustoconsiderthe__19__intheprice“anearlyweddingpresent”．

ThatshowwefoundourhomeandhowIlearnedthatwhenpeopleare__20__，theyarenotstrangers，onlyfriendswehaventyetmet.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述的是作者购买房子时与房东之间发生的感人故事。

1．A.needed B．limited

C．enough D．large

答案B[根据前面的But和后面的“noneofthehousesinourpricerangeseemedsatisfactory.”可知，我们的钱很有限，在我们价格范围内的房子都令人不满意。limited有