One day,Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley. 36
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One day,Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley. 36 seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy.The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 37 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38 ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 39 Raul. The thunder（雷声） was so loud that he buried his 40 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats（蹄声）.He 41 .There before him stood a tall, white 42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 43 . “Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A 44 feeling came over him. All 45 them the rain was pouring down, 46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 47 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 48 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 49 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 50 .
Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 51 him. “we have been 52 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 53 .”
“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I … wait. I 54 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 55 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”
36. A.Something B.Everything C.Anything D.Nothing
37.A.dropped B.fell C.rolled D.covered
38.A.Suddenly B.Strongly C.Quickly D.Hardly
39.A.beating B.blinding C.burning D.touching
40.A.nose B.hair C.neck D.head
41.A.looked up B.woke up C.lay down D.sat down
42.A.tiger B.horse C.lion D.elephant
43.A.lazily B.angrily C.coldly D.slowly
44.A.natural B.common C.strange D.bad
45.A.around B.beside C.through D.above
46.A.yet B.for C.so D.or
47.A.walking B.leading C.heading D.returning
48.A.them B.themselves C.him D.himself
49.A.shook B.waved C.held D.took
50.A.gone B.left C.followed D.lost
51.A.see B.meet C.beat D.ask
52.A.waited B.thought C.worried D.excited
53.A.yard B.wind C.grass D.rain
54.A.believe B.consider C.doubt D.forget
55.A.defeated B.caught C.damaged D.struck |
答案
36.B 37.C 38.A 39.B 40.D 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.C 45.A 46.A 47.C 48.D 49.B 50.A 51.B 52.C 53.D 54.A 55.D |
解析
36．解析：everything seemed to be all right意为“一切事情似乎是正常的”。下文中的yet表示转折，意为“然而”，表示一切事情似乎都正常，然而他感到有些确定和不安。something意为“一些事”。anything意为“任何事”，常用于否定或疑问句中。nothing意为“没有什么事”。
37．解析：roll意为“滚动”，指乌云在天空中翻滚。drop意为“使滴下，淌，落下”，常表示液体或物体滴下或降落。fall意为“落下；散落”。cover意为“覆盖”。
38．解析：suddenly意为“突然”，指某事突然发生，表示雷电来得非常突然。strongly意为“坚强地，有力地，大大地，猛烈地”。quickly意为“快速地”，表示动作迅速。hardly意为“几乎不”，构成否定句。
39．解析：blind意为“把……的眼睛弄花”，根据下文所提供的情景rubbed his eyes可判断出，由于雷电发出强烈的光芒，使Raul看不见眼前的东西。beat意为“打，拍，敲”。burn意为“燃烧”。touch意为“触摸”。
40．解析：bury one’s head in one’s hands意为“用手捂住头”，因为雷鸣电闪，使Raul感到害怕，所以他用手捂住了头。nose意为“鼻子”。hair意为“头发”。neck意为“脖子”。根据常识可判断出当雷鸣电闪时，人们通常会用手捂住头，而不会捂住鼻子、头发或脖子。
41．解析：look up意为“抬头看”。表示Raul听到马蹄声时，抬头看了看。wake up意为“醒来”。根据短文内容可判断出Raul并没有昏迷，所以不存在醒来的事。lie down意为“躺下”。sit down意为“坐下”。这都不是一个人在听到马蹄声所做的动作。
42．解析：horse意为“马”，从上文中的Footbeats可知，一匹白马来到了Raul面前。tiger意为“虎”，lion意为“狮子”，elephant意为“象”，都不符合短文提供的情景。
43．解析：slowly意为“慢慢地”，表示老人慢慢地回答说，符合上了岁数人的做事的状态。lazily意为“懒洋洋地，吊儿郎当地”，angrily意为“愤怒地”，coldly意为“冷冰冰地”。
44．解析：strange意为“奇怪的”，由于Raul与这位老人素昧平生，当他跟随老人走的时候，自然会产生奇怪的感觉。natural意为“自然的”。common意为“普通的”。bad意为“坏的”。
45．解析：around意为“在……的周围”，根据下文所提供的情景not a drop fell on them可判断出在他们的周围大雨浇灌下来。beside意为“在旁边”，through意为“穿过”，above意为“在……的上面”。下雨时，人们在雨中，不会出现雨在人的旁边、上边或穿过人的身体的情况。
46．解析：yet意为“然而”，表示虽然下着大雨，但雨点并没有落到他们的身上。for作连词时，意为“因为”，用于附带说明理由。so意为“因此”。or意为“否则，或者”。
47．解析：head意为“前进”，表示向Raul家的方向前进。walk意为“步行”，与上文所提供的情景Raul followed on his horse.矛盾，他们是骑在马上的，而不是步行。lead意为“带领”。return意为“返回”，不与back连用。
48．解析：因为这个句子的主语是he，所以要用反身代词himself。表示Raul发现自己在牧场门口。
49．解析：wave意为“挥动”，老人骑上了马，向Raul挥手。shake意为“摇动”，常用于shake hands，表示握手。hold意为“拿，握”。take意为“拿（走）”。
50．解析：gone意为“不见了”，含有一去不复返的意味。leave作及物动词时，意为“留下”，表示老人被留了下来，与短文的内容不相符合。follow意为“跟随”。lost意为“丢失的”，指原有的东西或人不见了，但有可能找回来。
51．解析：meet意为“迎接，出迎”，表示Raul的父亲跑出来迎接他。see意为“看见；看到”。beat意为“打，拍，敲”。ask意为“问”。
52．解析：worry意为“担心”，与介词about连用，表示担心某人。根据下文中的Raul的父亲的问话Are you okay?可判断出由于突降暴雨，父亲对他非常担心。wait意为“等待”，常与for连用，表示等待某人或某物。think about意为“考虑”。excite意为“使激动”。
53．解析：rain意为“雨”，out of意为“越出……的范围”，指从雨进屋去。yard意为“院子”。wind意为“风”。grass意为“草”。
54．解析：believe意为“相信”，表示相信某人某时某地所说的话，并不涉及对其总的评价，含有信以为真的意味。表示相信老爷爷过去曾经讲过的故事。consider意为“考虑”。doubt意为“怀疑”。forget意为“忘记”。
55．解析：strike意为“打，敲，击，殴；碰，撞，攻击，冲击”，指急促、突然、一次性地打击，也指用力地敲打。这里指受到雷击。defeat意为“打败”。catch意为“抓住”。damage意为“损害”。 |
举一反三
One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked 36 better than driving our truck, 37 this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(赊账) at the store.
Sixteen is a 38 age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly 39 of racial discrimination was 40 a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner 41 whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were 42 like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was 43 . We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner 44 us ?
At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded 45 I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my 46 to the cash desk, I said 47 , “I need to put this on credit.”
The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful 48 . But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure,” he said 49 . “Your daddy is 50 good for it.” He 51 to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”
The farmer nodded in a neighborly 52 . I was filled with pride. James William’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had 53 brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to 54 from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself 55 much to do wrong.
36. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
37. A. and B. so C. but D. for
38. A. prideful B. wonderful C. respectful D. colorful
39. A. intention B. shadow C. habit D. faith
40. A. thus B. just C. still D. ever
41. A. guessed B. suspected C. questioned D. figured
42. A. watched B. caught C. dismissed D. accused
43. A. generous B. honest C. friendly D. modest
44. A. blame B. excuse C. charge D. trust
45. A. until B. as C. once D. since
46. A. purchases B. sales C. orders D. favorites
47. A. casually B. confidently C. cheerfully D. carefully
48. A. look B. stare C. response D. comment
49. A. patiently B. eagerly C. easily D. proudly
50. A generally B. never C. sometimes D. always
51. A. pointed B. replied C. turned D introduced
52. A. sense B. way C. degree D. mood
53. A. earned B. deserved C. given D. used
54. A. receive B. expect C. collect D. require
55. A. very B. so C. how D. Too |
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant , waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive . Suddenly I 36 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction , 37 he knew me . The man had a newspaper 38 in front of him , which he was __39__ to read , but I could 40 that he was keeping an eye on me . when the waiter brought my 41 the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the 42 way in which the waiter and I 43 each other . He seemed even more puzzled as 44 went on and it became 45 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me . Finally he got up and went into the 46 . When he came out , he paid his bill and 47 without another glance in my direction .
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 48 . “Well,” he said , “that man was a detective (侦探) . He 49 you here because he though you were the man he 50 .” “What ?” I said , showing my 51 . The owner continued , “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I 52 say he looked very much like you ! Of course , since we know you , we told him that he had made a 53 .” “Well , it’s really 54 I came to a restaurant where I’m known ,” I said . “ 55 , I might have been in trouble .”
36．A．knew B．understood C．noticed D．recognized
37．A．since B．even if C．though D．as if
38．A．flat B．open C．cut D．fixed
39．A．hoping B．thinking C．pretending D．continuing
40．A．see B．find C．guess D．learn
41．A．menu B．bill C．paper D．food
42．A．direct B．familiar C．strange D．funny
43．A．chatted with B．looked at C．laughed at D．talked about
44．A．the waiter B．time C．I D．the dinner
45．A．true B．hopeful C．clear D．possible
46．A．restaurant B．washroom C．office D．kitchen
47．A．left B．acted C．sat down D．calmed down
48．A．wanted B．tried C．ordered D．wished
49．A．met B．caught C．followed D．discovered
50．A．was to beat B．was dealing with C．was to meet D．was looking for
51．A．care B．surprise C．worry D．regret
52．A．must B．can C．need D．may
53．A．discovery B．mistake C．decision D．fortune
54．A．a pity B．natural C．a chance D．lucky
55．A．Thus B．However C．Otherwise D．Therefore |
A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer 36 of Harvard’s president. But they were 37 by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 38 that the couple would finally become 39 and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 40 .
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 41 face. The lady told him, “We had a son that 42 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was 43 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to 44 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t 45 . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this 46 would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady 47 quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a 48 to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and 49 at the couple and then exclaimed, “ A building! Do you have any 50 how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was 51 , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 52 ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. 53 their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their 54 , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55 about.
36．A．lab B．library C．hall D．office
37．A．watched B．stopped C．followed D．interviewed
38．A．hoping B．finding C．realizing D．imagining
39．A．surprised B．disappointed C．worried D．troubled
40．A．hopelessly B．carefully C．unexpectedly D．unwillingly
41．A．pleasant B．funny C．cold D．sad
42．A．attended B．visited C．studied D．served
43．A．clever B．brave C．proud D．happy
44．A．set about B．set up C．take down D．take over
45．A．satisfied B．excited C．moved D．ashamed
46．A．house B．part C．garden D．place
47．A．explained B．expressed C．refused D．admitted
48．A．building B．yard C．playground D．square
49．A．laughed B．shouted C．glanced D．called
50．A．suggestion B．idea C．thought D．opinion
51．A．bored B．astonished C．interested D．pleased
52．A．department B．university C．business D．club
53．A．Once B．While C．Since D．Though
54．A．name B．character C．picture D．sign
55．A．talked B．knew C．heard D．cared |
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 |
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 |
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