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adj. 阴暗的，抑沉的，忧闷的
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In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want ads each day. Then one morning, as I was hanging out "Going out of Business" sign at the greenhouse, the door opened and in walked a customer. She was an office manager whose company has just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She was looking for potted plants to place in the reception areas and offices. "I don't know anything about plants," she said, "I'm sure in a few weeks they'll all be dead." Why was I helping her select her purchases? My mind was racing. Perhaps as many as a dozen firms have recently opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way. That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six o'clock that evening I had signed contracts with seven companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked out an agreement to lease the greenhouse from the owner's family. Business is now increasing rapidly. And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse.
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1. 选B）。此题属于故事性短文中针对人物及专有名词的细节进行提问。在浏览题干圈点专有名词greenhouse后, 迅速在文章里听到 "Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it." 可以得到关于greenhouse的两条信息：greenhouse的主人因心脏病突然死亡； greenhouse因无人接管而即将关闭。故选B)。
2. 选C）。此题属于故事性短文中针对时间、对应的事件及原因进行提问。解答此题的关键是在浏览所给问题的基础上，迅速得到关键词即时间状语when the customer walked in，在听短文时便可针对性地做出笔记以记录所给时间对应的事件，很容易捕获信息“… as I was hanging out 'Going out of Business' sign at the greenhouse，the door opened and in walked a customer.”故选C)。
3. 选C）。此题仍属于故事性短文中针对时间、对应的事件及原因进行提问。得到题干关键词when serving the office manager后，在文中获取 "Why was I helping her select her purchases? My mind was racing."故选C)。
4. 选A）。此题属于故事性短文中针对故事的寓意进行提问。文章讲了一个立志的创业故事，整篇文章将基调定在“奋斗”一词上。再由含有寓意的结尾句 "And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse."很容易得出正确选项A。故选A)。
| 重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
| gloomy | ['glu:mi] | |||
| bankrupt | ['bæŋkrʌpt] | 联想记忆 | ||
| construction | [kən'strʌkʃən] | 联想记忆 | ||
| announced | [ə'naunst] | |||
| greenhouse | ['gri:nhaus] | |||
| comment | ['kɔment] | 联想记忆 |
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