梗概：Brown夫妇收拾东西搬家时，邻居以为他们刚搬进来，过来欢迎他们．关键词：neighbors（邻居），friendly（友好的），surprise（吃惊），newcomer（新来的人），moveout（搬走）Mr

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梗  概：Brown夫妇收拾东西搬家时，邻居以为他们刚搬进来，过来欢迎他们．
关键词：neighbors （邻居），friendly （友好的），surprise （吃惊），newcomer （新来的人），move out （搬走）

Mr．and Mrs．Brown's（9）___was in a mess．It was full of boxes and luggage．They were very busy packing when they heard a knock on the door．Mrs．Brown went to open it and saw an old lady standing outside．The lady said she lived next door．Mrs．Brown invited her to come in and （10）___because things were all over the floor and there was no place for her to sit．The lady said it was OK，and she had just come to welcome them to be her（11）___ in this building．Before Mr．and Mrs．Brown could （12）___anything，the lady added that in some parts of the city，neighbors were not friendly at all，and that some people didn't know any of their neighbors，not even the ones living next door．It seemed to her that people in this building were very friendly and they were like one big（13）___．At last，the lady wished Mr．and Mrs．Brown a happy life here．Mr．and Mrs．Brown looked at each other in great（14）___．Then Mrs．Brown said，"But Madam，we are not newcomers to this apartment．We have lived here for two years．We're moving out （15）___．"

Answer 1

9．apartment    10．apologized   11．neighbors      12．explain 
13．family      14．surprise     15．tomorrow
9．apartment   考查名词．根据后句It was full of boxes and luggage屋子里都是箱子和行李，可知一篇混乱．
 10．apologized 考查动词．从后句可知，地上很乱，忙于坐地方，所以apologize意思是道歉．
  11．neighbors    考查名词，由前面可知，布朗一家是新搬到这的，所以an old lady 过来欢迎的．
  12．explain  考查动词．根据后面的介绍可知，他们不是新来的．所以explain是解释的意思．
13．family    考查名词，邻居亲如一家人．
  14．surprise    考查动词．听了老太太的介绍，他们感到很吃惊，因为自己一直在这里居住．
 15．tomorrow考查名词．正在收拾行李，明天即将搬家．