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You are near the front line of a battle . Around you shells are exploding ;people are shooting from a house behind you .What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier .You aren’t 36 carrying a gun .You’re standing in front of a 37 and you’re telling the TV 38 what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter ,and it can be very 39 .In the first two years of the 40 in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫）,28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were 41 . What kind of people put themselves in danger to 42 pictures to our TV screens and 43 to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s 44 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s 45 you find the excitement .So when the first opportunity comes, you take it 46 it is a war.”
But there are moments of 47 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes ,when you’re lying on the ground and bullets （子弹）are flying 48 your ears ,you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling 49 after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be 50 .”
“None of us believes that we’re going to 51 ,” adds Michael. But he always 52 a lucky charm（护身符）with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.”Does he ever think about dying?“Oh, 53 ,and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this ,I 54 I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God 55 , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”
36．A．simply B．really C．merely D．even
37．A．crowd B．house C．battlefield D．camera
38．A．producers B．viewers C．directors D．actors
39．A．dangerous B．exciting C．normal D．disappointing
40．A．stay B．fight C．war D．life
41．A．injured B．buried C．defeated D．saved
42．A．bring B．show C．take D．make
43．A．scenes B．passages C．stories D．contents
44．A．belief B．dream C．duty D．faith
45．A．why B．what C．how D．where
46．A．even so B．ever since C．as if D．even if
47．A．fear B．surprise C．shame D．sadness
48．A．into B．around C．past D．through
49．A．returns B．goes C．continues D．occurs
50．A．there B．away C．out D．home
51．A．leave B．escape C．die D．remain
52．A．hangs B．wears C．holds D．carries
53．A．never B．many times C．some time D．seldom
54．A．consider B．accept C．promise D．guess
55．A．whispering B．laughing C．screaming D．crying |
答案
36.D 37.D 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.A 42.A 43.C 44.B 45.D
46.D 47.A 48.C 49.B 50.A51.C 52.B 53.B 54.C 55.B |
解析
36.解析：前面说，你在前线，你不是战士，所以后面的意思应该是“甚至没有枪”。
37.解析：本文是讲战地记者的，他们作报道应该站在镜头前。crowd人群，house房子，battlefield战场。
38.解析：对电视观众作介绍，用viewer。producer制片人，director导演，actor演员。
39.解析：后面讲了28个记者和摄影师死在战场上，因此，战地记者的工作是很危险的。
40.解析：前面讲战地记者，因此这里说的是前南斯拉夫战争。
41.解析：injured受伤。根据句意，28个人牺牲，成百上千的人受伤。bury埋葬，defeat打败，save解救。
42.解析：bring...to把……带给。
43.解析：story故事，经历。在报纸上报道的事情的经历常用story表示。
44.解析：dream梦想。从句意来看，成为外国记者是每个年轻记者的梦想，而不是belief信仰，duty职责，faith信仰、约定。
45.解析：where引导表语从句，表示地点。那是你发现激动人心的地方。
46.解析：even if即使，as if好像，even so即使这样，ever since从那时到现在。“机会来了你要抓住它，即使是一场战争”。
47.解析：后面讲到子弹飞过耳边，因此应该是fear，害怕。surprise惊讶，shame害羞，sadness悲伤。
48.解析：past经过。子弹飞过耳边，fly past your ears。into表示飞进，around表示绕着飞，through表示把耳朵打穿。
49.解析：前面讲到有害怕的感觉，所以应该“一会儿这种感觉走了（消失）”。return回来，continue继续，occur发生。
50.解析：意思是“下一次战争开始时，你还会在那里”。
51.解析：“我们没有人相信自己会死。”
52.解析：wear穿、戴。本句意思是“他戴着一个护身符”。
53.解析：后面说every time，说明是想过，所以选many times。
54.解析：这是向上帝祈祷，所以用“保证”，promise。
55.解析：上帝不相信你的话，所以应该是能听到他笑。whisper低语，scream尖叫，cry哭泣。 |
举一反三
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 36 the move, my father 37 us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 38 that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we"re 39 to Arizona."
The words, so small, didn"t seem 40 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a train moving across the country. I watched the 41_ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 42 mysteries(奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 43 into our new home.
44 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 45 explored(探索) our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring 46 and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You"d better not 47 that."
I turned around to see an old woman
"Are you new to this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, 48 , new to the entire state.
"My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 49 ? It must be quite a _50 after living in Boston."
How could I explain how I 51 the desert? I couldn"t seem to find the right words.
"It"s vastness," she offered. “That vastness 52 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert -- you can 53 how little you are in comparison with the world. 54 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”
That was it. That was the feeling I"d had ever since I"d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my 55 would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn"t touch."
36. A. During B. Until C. Upon D. Before
37. A. gathered B. warned C. organized D. comforted
38. A. hoping B. admitting C. realizing D. believing
39. A. going B. moving C. driving D. flying
40. A. good B. simple C. big D. proper
41. A. picture B. ground C. scene D. area
42. A. suggested B. solved C. discovered D. explained
43. A. settled B. walked C. hurried D. stepped
44. A. If B. After C. Once D. While
45. A. bitterly B. easily C. proudly D. eagerly
46 A as well B. as usual C. right away D. on time
47. A. move B. dig C. pull D. touch
48. A. of course B. in fact C. after all D. at least
49. A. desert B. city C. state D. country
50. A. luck B. doubt C. shock D. danger
51. A. found B. examined C. watched D. reached
52. A. why B. when C. how D. where
53. A. prove B. guess C. sense D. expect
54. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile
55. A. idea B. life C. home D. family |
In the summer vacation of 1997 , I was fixed with a job . I worked as a(n) 36 at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop .The fruit shop did 37 business . Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, 38 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars . Mr Breen 39 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up , always 40 me to carry it out to their car . They were clearly long-standing customers , and I 41 they must have stayed faithful to him 42 he had promised to sell good quality 43 . He had a way with them —I had to 44 that . He called every woman “madam” for a start , 45 those who clearly were not, but when he 46 it , it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded 47 in an old-fashioned way . He was a great chatter 48 . If he did not know them , he would greet them with a few 49 about the weather , 50 he did , he would ask about their families or make 51 , always cutting his cloth 52 his customers . Whatever their bills came to , be 53 gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite . He never 54 anything away . He was always looking for 55 for nothing .
36.A.operator B.assistant C.waiter D.secretary
37.A.good B.poor C.big D.usual
38.A.so B.when C.therefore D.but
39.A.sold B.knew C.gave D.sent
40.A.making B.letting C.getting D.keeping
41.A.wish B.insist C.declare D.suppose
42.A.when B.if C.because D.though
43.A.food B.fruit C.vegetables D.drink
44.A.admit B.expect C.announce D.promise
45.A.yet B.only C.just D.even
46.A.told B.said C.spoke D.talked
47.A.serious B.strange C.polite D.familiar
48.A.as well B.as usual C.either D.also
49.A.sayings B.questions C.words D.speeches
50.A.and then B.and so C.even if D.but if
51.A.preparations B.jokes C.repairs D.friends
52.A.according to B.due to C.instead of D.up to
53.A.never B.ever C.seldom D.always
54.A.took B.moved C.threw D.turned .
55.A.something B.anything C.somebody D.anybody |
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 36 , but I always knew he was 37 . He never criticized us, but used 38 to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I 39 as a child I said something 40 about somebody, and my father said, “ 41 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best 42 people, I would get the best 43 . From then on I’ve always tried to 44 the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very 45 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was 46 a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a 47 ：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, 48 any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad 49 me to go into law. And I’ve 50 regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, 51 I didn’t pursue my 52 . You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”
As 53 turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 54 for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad 55 me.
36. A. biologist B. manager C. lawyer D. gardener
37. A. strict B. honest C. special D. learned
38. A. praise B. courage C. power D. warmth
39. A. think B. imagine C. remember D. guess
40. A. unnecessary B. unkind C. unimportant D. unusual
41. A. Another B. Some C. Any D. Other
42. A. on B. in C. at D. about
43. A. in case B. by turns C. by chance D. in return
44. A. revise B. set C. review D. follow
45. A. understanding B. experienced C. serious D. demanding
46. A. taking up B. making up C. picking up D. keeping up
47. A. suggestion B. decision C. notice D. choice
48. A. and B. as C. even if D. as if
49. A. helped B. allowed C. persuaded D. suggested
50. A. always B. never C. seldom D. almost
51. A. rather B. but C. for D. therefore
52. A. promise B. task C. belief D. dream
53. A. this B. he C. it D. that
54. A. newspaper B. magazine C. program D. project
55. A. controlled B. comforted C. reminded D. raised |
What an exciting day it was for Jennifer and Valerie! They had been friends since Grade Three and had 41 many of their high school experience. Now they were driving together to their final high school event. Today was 42 day at Lamar High School. 43 they were close friends, they were different in many ways. Jennifer was a fairly 44 student while Valerie did just enough to get by and was mainly 45 in a good social life.
“Isn"t it 46 that we"re all finished?”said Valerie. “I"m really looking forward to having a good time this summer.”
“ 47 be nice,” Jennifer replied, “I"m afraid I"m going to have to work most of the summer to help pay for my college expenses.”
Jennifer"s parents had only a small 48 and she had made up her mind to have an occupation in which she could afford all the things her 49 could not.
Valerie, 50 , came from a fairly well-to-do family. She had little desire to work hard for 51 she had always taken for granted.
“I really don"t want to go to college for a while,” she 52 .
“My uncle runs a restaurant in the Bahamas and he has 53 me to spend a year there as a waitress. That should give me plenty of 54 for the beach.”
“It seems 55 I"ll really be going different ways now”, thought Jennifer.
41. A. learned B. obtained C. remembered D. shared
42. A. exam B. sports C. graduation D. working
43. A. If B. Because C. Although D. When
44. A. diligent B. polite C. active D. favorite
45. A. specialized B. relieved C. envied D. interested
46. A. certain B. great C. unfortunate D. annoying
47. A. Can B. Shall C. Must D. Need
48. A. income B. problem C. family D. differance
49. A. teachers B. parents C. friends D. relatives
50. A. in fact B. in a way C. as a result D. on the other hand
51. A. what B. whom C. that D. these
52. A. admitted B. complained C. invited D. screamed
53. A. helped B. assured C. proposed D. promised
54. A. peace B. work C. energy D. time
55. A. I B. we C. she D. they |
Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house. She 26 John very much. In her 27 he couldn"t do anything 28 . Every morning she would give him breakfast 29 bed and bring him the papers to 30 . It isn"t really true that he was too 31 to work-in fact he had tried a few 32 . First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to 33 at least six windows. Then he 34 a bus conductor and on his second 35 a passenger stole his bag with all the fare (车费) collected. He 36 lost his job as a postman 37 he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people"s houses. It seemed that there was 38 suitable work for him. So he 39 to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so 40 about this that she told the 41 to all her neighbours. “My John is going to be a soldier,” she said， “He is going to be the best soldier there 42 was, I can tell you!”
Then the great day came 43 he was to march past the palace in the parade (接受检阅的队伍). His 44 mother travelled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good 45 in the crowd.
The parade was full of sound and colour. But when John and his 46 came in sight some of the people watching 47 laughing at the one who couldn"t keep pace with the others as they marched along.
But Ella Fant , who was filled with 48 , shouted at the top of her voice, “Look at 49 ! They"re all out of 50 except my John! Isn"t he the best!”
26. A. depended on B. waited on C. trusted D. loved
27. A. hope B. eyes C. head D. beliefs
28. A. wrong B. great C. good D. strange
29. A. to B. at C. in D. by
30. A. check B. read C. keep D. sign
31. A. lazy B. young C. weak D. shy
32. A. ones B. years C. tasks D. jobs
33. A. rub B. drop C. break D. clean
34. A. followed B. met C. became D. found
35. A. day B. try C. route D. chance
36. A. thus B. even C. once D. only
37. A. even if B. so that C. because D. though
38. A. some B. such C. less D. no
39. A. began B. promised C. managed D. decided
40. A. excited B. worried C. anxious D. curious
41. A. incident B. change C. news D. matter
42. A. yet B. ever C. never D. just
43. A. where B. since C. when D. till
44. A. proud B. kind C. strict D. lucky
45. A. time B. position C. experience D. impression
46. A. neighbours B. army officer C. mother D. fellow soldiers
47. A. couldn"t help B. shouldn"t burst out C. stopped D. kept
48. A. sadness B. happiness C. surprise D. regret
49. A. them B. those C. that D. him
50. A. sight B. order C. mind D. step |
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