2021年全国甲卷
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It’s the seaside birds that deserve at least part of the blame for getting Nick Burchill blacklisted at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, Canada.
Burchill was _____21_____ at the hotel on business and planning to _____22_____ some friends in the area. They had asked him to _____23_____ some pepperini (辣香肠) from back east. So he _____24_____ a suitcase full of pepperoni. As he was _____25_____ that it would be too warm, he _____26_____ it out on the table near an open window. He thought his pepperoni was _____27_____ and well chilled (冷却) and he _____28_____.
That’s when things went _____29_____. “I remember walking down the long _____30_____ and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls,” Burchill said in a recent letter of _____31_____ to the 4-star hotel. “The seagulls immediately went _____32_____. They rushed to the window, 30 or 40 birds all trying to _____33_____ at the same time, and pepperoni—everywhere. The curtains were falling down, the lamps were falling down. It was a real _____34_____.”
Older and wiser now, Burchill chalked up the incident to youthful indiscretion (莽撞).
“I have _____35_____ and I admit responsibility for my _____36_____,” he said in the letter. “I come to you, _____37_____, to apologize for the damage I had _____38_____ caused and to ask you to _____39_____ my lifetime ban from the hotel.”
His letter _____40_____. Banned from the hotel since 2001, Burchill is now welcome to come back, the Fairmont said.
21 A. studying B. staying C. looking D. packing
22 A. visit B. help C. follow D. make
23 A. sell B. have C. bring D. taste
24 A. filled B. locked C. abandoned D. lost
25 A. surprised B. pleased C. excited D. worried
26 A. dug B. cleared C. cut D. laid
27 A. delicious B. safe C. soft D. ready
28 A. left B. nodded C. waited D. regretted
29 A. far B. funny C. wrong D. blind
30 A. beach B. driveway C. hall D. table
31 A. application B. apology C. request D. invitation
32 A. hungry B. dead C. missing D. wild
33 A. wake up B. get out C. take off D. break in
34 A. mess B. puzzle C. fight D. challenge
35A. recovered B. retired C. escaped D. matured
36 A. suffering B. plans C. madness D. actions
37 A. hands in pockets B. nose in the air C. hat in hand D. feet on the ground
38 A. indirectly B. deliberately C. cautiously D. secretly
39 A. replace B. remember C. reconsider D. renew
40 A. arrived B. worked C. ended D. disappeared
答案及解析：
21 B. staying
解析：根据上下文，Burchill在酒店应该是为了商务出差，所以是"staying"(暂住)。
22 A. visit
解析：根据后文提到的他要见一些朋友，所以他是计划去"visit"(拜访)他们。
23 C. bring
解析：朋友们要求他从东部地区带来一些辣香肠，所以是"bring"(带来)。
24 A. filled
解析：他带了一个装满辣香肠的行李箱，所以是"filled"(装满)。
25 D. worried
解析：因为他担心香肠会太热，所以是"worried"(担心)。
26 D. laid
解析：他把香肠放在桌子上，所以是"laid"(放置)。
27 B. safe
解析：他认为香肠是安全的并且已经冷却，所以是"safe"(安全的)。
28 A. left
解析：他放置好香肠后就离开了房间，所以是"left"(离开)。
29 C. wrong
解析：接下来发生的事情出了差错，所以是"wrong"(错误)。
30 C. hall
解析：他沿着长长的走廊走回房间，所以是"hall"(走廊)。
31 B. apology
解析：他写了一封信给酒店道歉，所以是"apology"(道歉)。
32 D. wild
根据语境可知，海鸥们变得疯狂起来，因此选项D“wild”符合语境，表示疯狂的。其他选项的意思分别是：hungry饥饿的;dead死的;missing失踪的，均不符合语境。
33 B. get out
根据语境可知，海鸥们都想同时飞出去，因此选项B“get out”符合语境，表示出去。其他选项的意思分别是：wake up醒来;take off起飞;break in闯入，均不符合语境。
34 A. mess
解析：现场一片混乱，所以是"mess"(混乱)。
35 D. matured
解析：他现在年纪大了，也变得更明智了，所以是"matured"(成熟)。
36 D. actions
解析：他承认对自己的行为负责，所以是"actions"(行为)。
37 C. hat in hand
解析：他是谦卑地来道歉的，所以是"hat in hand"(表示谦卑)。
38 A. indirectly
根据语境可知，Nick Burchill间接地造成了酒店的损失，因此选项A“indirectly”符合语境，表示间接地。其他选项的意思分别是：deliberately故意地;cautiously谨慎地;secretly秘密地，均不符合语境。
39 C. reconsider
解析：他请求酒店重新考虑对他的终身禁令，所以是"reconsider"(重新考虑)。
40 B. worked
解析：他的信起了作用，所以是"worked"(起作用)。
