Passage 1
The dogsled race was about to begin. Julie's team of dogs was lined up at the starting gate. Julie stood behind them. The other teams were 1 up, too, and the dogs were excited. Julie kept her 2 on the clock. At exactly ten o'clock, she and the other racers shouted, "Mush!" The dogs knew that meant, " 3 !" They jumped forward and the 4 started!
Now Julie's team ran up and down over the snowy hills. They 5 only to rest and eat. They wanted to stay 6 of the other teams. The racers had to go a thousand miles across Alaska. Alaska is one of the 7 places on Earth. The dogs' thick fur coats helped 8 them warm in the cold wind. In many places along the way, the snow was deep. Pieces of ice were as 9 as a knife. The ice could cut the dogs' feet. To keep that from 10 , Julie had put special boots on their feet.
At first, the dogs seemed to 11 the sled very slowly. They were 12 getting used to the race. But on the third day out, they began to run more 13 . They worked 14 a team and passed many of the other racers. Once, one of the sled's runners fell into a hole and 15 .Julie could have given up then, but she didn't. She fixed it and they kept going.
When they finally reached the finish line, they found that they had come in the first place! It was a great day for Julie and her dogs.
( ) 1. A. lined B. called C. looked D. picked
( ) 2. A. runners B. hands C. eyes D. dogs
( ) 3. A. Begin B. Rush C. Hurry D. Go
( ) 4. A. play B. race C. game D. test
( ) 5. A. went B. ran C. stopped D. asked
( ) 6. A. tired B. ahead C. free D. afraid
( ) 7. A. highest B. wettest C. coolest D. coldest
( ) 8. A. keep B. find C. make D. leave
( ) 9. A. hard B. strong C. thick D. sharp
( )10. A. hurting B. coming C. happening D. cutting
( )11. A. push B. pull C. drive D. walk
( )12. A. still B. already C. usually D. almost
( )13. A. hardly B. happily C. quickly D. quietly
( )14. A. on B. as C. for D. with
( )15. A. died B. failed C. broke D. disappeared
答案解析
1. A 前句有:“Julie's team of dogs was lined up at the starting gate.”此处应选A,line up意为“(使)排成行”。
2. C 从上下文可知是要表达“看表”之意。用keep one-s eyes on表达持续、专注地“密切注视”。
3. D 由赛事的语境可推知,mush是go之意,即“快走”。
4. B 由首句“The dogsled race was about to begin”可推知“狗拉雪橈比赛开始了”,所以选B项。
5. C 由only一词可知,狗停下来只是为了休息和饮食,而stop to do sth.意为“停下来去做某事”。
6. B 因为“狗停下来只是为了休息和饮食”,所以能推知是要保持在其他队伍的前面,所以选B项。
7. D 阿拉斯加是世界上最冷的地方,同时与下文cold wind对应。所以选D项。
8. A keep sb. warm意为“使……保持温暖”。
9. D JJ的特点是“尖锐,锋利”,as…as表示同级比较。句意为:“像JJ 一样锋利。”
10. C keep... from doing的意思是“阻止做......”,并由上句“The ice could cut the dogs' feet”可知,是要阻止“狗的脚被割”的事情发生。
11. B pull意为“拉,拖”,符合句意。
12. A 此处still意为“不断地,渐渐地”。
13. C 由下文passed many of the other racers(超越其他参赛者)知道必须‘‘快’’跑。
14. B as意为“作为,如同”;雪橇、狗、人的协作如同团队。
15. C break的过去式broke,指雪橇的一块滑板“折断,损坏”。
Passage 2
In 1972 Richard Nixon was president. In order that Nixon would not be beaten by the Democratic Party and continue to be 1 , Nixon's men hired five spies to break into the Democratic Party headquarters in an office building called the Watergate. The spies' 2 was to put hidden microphones in the telephones of a few 3 people, so that Nixon's men could listen to their conversations from across the street.
One night the five men went 4 into the Watergate. One of 5 picked the locks on the doors and put heavy tape over the bolts(锁闩) to keep the 6 from locking again. The five men kept in touch with their lookout who was 7 for the police from a hotel across the street.
After the five spies had taped one of the locks, a young guard 8 the tape. He took the tape off and relocked the door. After he left, the spies came back, picked the lock again, and put the tape back 9 . A few minutes later the guard 10 the door again. When he saw that the tape had been put back again, he called the police.
The police sent two detectives 11 workmen. The lookout saw them go in, but he didn't 12 they were detectives.
When the detectives turned on all the lights and started to search, the lookout tried to 13 his friends. But he couldn't 14 them because they had turned off their radios to save the power! A few minutes later the police rushed into the headquarters with their guns 15 and caught the five spies.
( ) 1. A. president B. boss C. teacher D. chairman
( ) 2. A. interest B. question C. job D. talk
( ) 3. A. happy B. tall C. poor D. important
( ) 4. A. quickly B. immediately C. secretly D. peacefully
( ) 5. A. the detectives B. them C. us D. the guards
( ) 6. A. doors B. windows C. walls D. gates
( ) 7. A. looking B. waiting C. watching D. searching
( ) 8. A. recognized B. noticed C. mended D. realized
( ) 9. A. on B. up C. over D. down
( )10. A. checked B. observed C. judged D. struck
( )11. A. known as B. dressed like C. feeling like D. acting as
( )12. A. warn B. mind C. prove D. guess
( )13. A. find B. deliver C. radio D. phone
( )14. A. support B. reach C. serve D. discover
( )15. A. fixed B. pulled C. set D. drawn
答案解析
1. A 句意为“为了让尼克松不被民主党打败,继续做美国总统”,与前文president对压交。
2. C job意为“工作,任务”,符合题意。
3. D 根据文章逻辑可知,他们是要窃听“重要”人士的谈话内容。
4. C 进水门大厦,要秘密地行动。
5. B one of them指代前文已述的men,即spies。
6. A keep sth. from doing…是固定搭配,表示“防止……发生……”,句意为:“防止门再次被锁上。”
7. C watching for sth. 是固定搭配,有“监视,注视”之意。根据句意可知,这五个人必须和监视警察出入的人即放哨者保持联系。故选C。
8. B noticed意为“注意到”。
9. A put-.. on意为“把……放上去”。
10. A 句意为“几分钟后警卫员检查门锁”。“检查”用check,其他都不符合题意。
11. B dress like意思是“衣着(打扮得)像……”。句意为:“警察派了两个侦探,打扮得像工作人员。”
12. D 句意为:“放哨者根本没有猜想到他们是侦探。”选择guess最恰当。
13. C radio用做动词时有“用无线电联络”之意。句意为:“放哨者想用无线警告给他的朋友们。”
14. B reach表示“传到,收到”,其他选项都不符合题意,故选择B。
15. D 句意为:“几分钟后,持枪的警察迅速冲进总部,逮捕了达五个间谍。”drawn在此为“拔出”之意。
Passage 3
On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to 1 and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were 2 to go home. Some battled to 3 a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the 4 bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I 5 to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most 6 had stopped. After making my way 7 crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was 8 . Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to 9 the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the 10 . So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train 11 my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was 12 through, exhausted and 13 .
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer 14 I received an e-mail from Garth, my Director:
"I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and 15 reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their 16 to their jobs. Thank you. "
Garth's e-mail was short, but I learned more from that 17 message than I ever did from a textbook. The e-mail taught me that a few words of 18 can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic 19 had made me tired and upset. But Garth' s words immediately 20 me and put a smile back on my face.
( ) 1. A. break B. flood C. sink D. crash
( ) 2. A. forced B. refused C. adjusted D. gathered
( ) 3. A. order B. pay C. call D. search
( ) 4. A. climate B. scenery C. storm D. burden
( ) 5. A. used B. promised C. deserved D. happened
( ) 6. A. practice B. routine C. process D. service
( ) 7. A. to B. through C. over D. for
( ) 8. A. operating B. cycling C. turning D. rushing
( ) 9. A. check B. carry C. find D. board
( )10. A. street B. ground C. floor D. platform
( )11. A. paused B. crossed C. reached D. parked
( )12. A. wet B. weak C. sick D. hurt
( )13. A. ashamed B. discouraged C. surprised D. puzzled
( )14. A. while B. when C. where D. after
( )15. A. hardly B. casually C. absolutely D. eventually
( )16. A. devotion B. donation C. connection D. reaction
( )17. A. accurate B. urgent C. brief D. humorous
( )18. A. promise B. appreciation C. advice D. guidance
( )19. A. troubles B. signals C. rules D. signs
( )20. A. corrected B. supported C. amazed D. refreshed
答案解析
1. B flood意为“淹没”,符合题意。Break“中断,断裂”;sink“下沉”;crash“碰撞,坠落”。三者皆不合题意。
2. A 由于暴雨,很多要上班的人被迫回家。sb.比forced to do某人被迫做某事。refuse“拒绝”;adjust“调整,
校准,使,.,,,.适应”;gather“聚集,集合”。
3. C call a taxi叫出租车;order命令,订购(货物等),点(菜)。
4. C 从上文a terrible rainstorm可知是勇敢地面对暴风雨。climate指气候,不是具体某天的天气。scenery风景,景色;burden担子,负担。
5. D happen to be“碰巧是...…”,表示“我碰巧是那天早晨上班赶路的人的其中之一”。其他三个选项都能和不定式to do/be搭配,但意思不符。used to be曾经是;promise to do许诺做……;deserve to be值得是,应受……。
6. D 我意外地发现大部分地铁路线的服务都停了。practice实践,练习;routine常规,惯例,例行公事。process过程,进程。
7. B through指从内部穿过。Through crowds of people意为穿过人群。
8. A operate适行,工作;表示“终于找到一条还在运行的地铁线”。
9. D board the subway意为“上地铁”。board上(船、车、飞机)。
10. D 意为:有太多人等着上地铁以至于我甚至不能挤上去站台的楼梯。只有platform和地铁有关。
11. C 句意为:在过了好像一辈子那么久的时间后,火车终于到达了我(要到达)的站点。
12. A 因为下着大雨,所以应是“我”全身湿透了。与虚弱、疾病、受伤都不相关。
13. B 到达后的状态是精疲力竭的、气馁的,因为冒雨赶路的辛苦。
14. B be about to do... when固定句型,意为“正要做……这时……”。不能用其他词代替。
15. D eventually最终,终于。“我”的上司感谢我们做出努力,最终来报到上班。
16. A 句意为:有时候像这样,当员工们如此明显表现出他们对工作的忠于职守时,总是令人欣慰的。
17. C 通过上文的short可看出,信息是简短的。accurate准确的,精密的;urgent紧急的;humorous幽默的。
18. B appreciation“感激”,从上文可知上司给他写的是感谢信。意为“几句感谢的话有很大影响”。
19. A 从上文中的找车、挤车可以看出是交通上的麻烦事,而不是交通信号或规则。
20. D refresh使精力恢复,使精神振作。通过下文的“put a smile back on my face”可选择与上文的“tired and upset”相反的选项。
Passage4
The whole of the United States cheered its latest heroine, Ashley Smith. She showed her brave heart and wise mind in a life-or-death 1 .
Ashley is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was going into her 2 in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man 3 her to her door and put a gun to her side. "I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really 4 ," she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33. He was 5 of killing three people on March 11 and later of killing an agent. The local 6 were searching for him.
Brian tied Smith up with tape, 7 released(放开) her after she repeatedly 8 him not to take her life. In order to 9 the man down, she read him a best-selling 10 book. He asked her to repeat a paragraph in the book. And the two of them 11 one topic. "I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his 12 . He said he thought I was an angel 13 from God, and that we were Christian sister and brother, and that he was 14 , and that God led him to me to tell him that he had 15 a lot of people."
Ashley even cooked breakfast for the man 16 he allowed her to leave her house. Ashley said Brian was 17 when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage(报道) of the 18 for him. "I cannot 19 that's me on the TV," Brian told the woman. 20 , he let her go. Then she called the police.
( ) 1. A. situation B. manners C. magazine D. newspaper
( ) 2. A. company B. apartment C. district D. office
( ) 3. A. caught B. stopped C. followed D. took
( ) 4. A. attracted B. absurd C. disappointed D. scared
( ) 5. A. expected B. supposed C. suspected D. reminded
( ) 6. A. educators B. police C. citizens D. officers
( ) 7. A. and B. thus C. so D. but
( ) 8. A. begged B. required C. demanded D. ordered
( ) 9. A. rescue B. settle C. break D. calm
( )10. A. religious B. cultural C. scientific D. psychology
( )11. A. overlooked B. discussed C. previewed D. practised
( )12. A. respect B. trust C. kindness D. sympathy
( )13. A. given B. taken C. borrowed D. sent
( )14. A. lost B. defeated C. ignored D. discouraged
( )15. A. dissatisfied B. annoyed C. hurt D. destroyed
答案解析
1. A 句意:“她在生与死的情况下,展示了她勇敢的心灵和机智的头脑。”situation意为“情形,境遇”,符合文义。
2. B 根据下文的描述可知,这里是她要进家门。
3. C 句意为:“那个男人跟着她到她家门口,并用枪对着她。”follow‘‘跟随”。
4. D 根据常识,当那个男人跟着她到她家门口并用枪对着她时,她会害怕。
5. C 根据下文的叙述可知,这个男人是个杀人嫌疑犯。suspect意为“怀疑”,符合文义。
6. B 后面有“searching for”,可知是当地的警察在搜寻他。
7. D 前面说Brian用带子绑住她,后面说放开了她,前后句是转折关系,故选but。
8. A 这里是她乞求Brian不要杀她,beg意为“请求”,符合文义,故选A。
9. D in order to是固定搭配,表示目的。她为Brian读畅销书的目的是使他镇静下来。
10. A 由下文的“we were Christian sister and brother可知,他们读的是一本亲教的书。
11. B 后面是topic,可推知动词应该用discussed。
12. B 根据下文的叙述“that God led him to me to tell him that”可知,她赢得了Brian的信任。
13. D 句意为“他认为我是上帝派来的天使”。send意为“派遣”,符合文义,故选D。
14. A 下文有6‘God led him to me to tell him”,可知这里是说他迷失了人生的方向。
15. C 本句是说Brian开始对自己的行为忏悔,意识到他对很多人造成了伤害。
16. D 做早餐应该在他放她出去之前,故用before连接,反映出这两个动作的时间关系。
17. B 根据常识,给Brian这种杀人犯做早餐,Brian会感到很吃惊。
18. D 句意为“他们还一起看了电视里有关搜寻他的报道”。hunt在此作名词,意为“搜索”。
19. C Brian自己都不能相信电视上说的那个人是他。
20. B 句意为“最后他放了她,然后她就报了警”。 这是故事的结尾用eventually。
Passage 5
When my son was a young teenager, he and his friend set out on a bus across town to 1 skateboard axles (轴). They each had $20. When they arrived 2 , they discovered they needed more money to 3 bus fare and sales tax. They were 4 $ 3.75.
A branch of our bank was nearby, so they decided to go in and take out a 5 . The teller (出纳)told them that was not 6 , but that they could get a cash advance on their parents' credit card. So they 7 home, but got no answer. They 8 the teller again to see if anything more could be done. She referred them to the desk of the vice president. When he asked why the bank 9 give them a loan, they answered, "Because we're Boy Scouts(童子军)and good students, and very 10 . "He said that 11 they had no collateral(担保) , they would have to write out an IOU(借据) and 12 their names on it. They did, and he 13 gave them the money they needed to complete their 14 .
We found out later that this 15 man lent the boys his own money. (My husband called him the next day asking for the same terms on a home loan!) In talking with the man, we 16 that he had made many such loans, 17 a large one to a Navy wife whose allotment (分配) was delayed. He said he'd been 18 almost 100 percent of the time, and that the 19 to help others in this way was one of the most rewarding parts of his job.
My son and his friend hopped on the bus the very next morning. They paid off their loan and 20 received their IOU signed by the vice president. It was banking at its best.
( ) 1. A. purchase B. trade C. sell D. research
( ) 2. A. home B. abroad C. downtown D. church
( ) 3. A. buy B. cover C. cash D. pay
( ) 4. A. charged B. lacking C. absent D. short
( ) 5. A. loan B. deal C. debt D. business
( ) 6. A. possible B. enough C. necessary D. important
( ) 7. A. went B. telegraphed C. called D. informed
( ) 8. A. threatened B. challenged C. advised D. tried
( ) 9. A. would B. should C. could D. might
( )10. A. trustworthy B. clever C. urgent D. worried
( )11. A. unless B. even if C. although D. since
( )12. A. write B. print C. sign D. mark
( )13. A. in time B. in turn C. in hesitation D. in comfort
( )14. A. trip B. incident C. goal D. mission
( )15. A. wonderful B. honest C. unselfish D. wealthy
( )16. A. heard B. noticed C. learned D. sensed
( )17. A. comparing B. including C. borrowing D. trading
( )18. A. remembered B. ignored C. recognized D. repaid
( )19. A. reason B. opportunity C. possibility D. rights
( )20. A. thankfully B. immediately C. carefully D. proudly
答案解析
1. A 由下文“They each had $20”和‘‘they discovered they needed more money”可知,这里是说他们要买、购置。
2. C 由上文中“set out on a bus across town”推断可知。
3. B 句意为“他们需要更多的钱去支付车费和营业税”。4.D 根据上文中“they needed more money”推理,这里是表示他们还缺$3. 75。short常指“钱不足,短缺”。
5. A 根据常识,缺钱时去银行,应该是去贷款。
6. A 下文说“but that they could get a cash advance on their parents' credit card”,可知这里是说贷款是不可能的,故选possible。
7. C 由于他们听到银行营业员的话,想从家里拿父母的信用卡,下文说“but got no answer”,可知他们是给家里打电话。
8. D 根据常识,在这种情况下,他们是不会去威胁、挑战或者给出纳提建议的,应该是请求或抱着试一试的态度。
9. B 由下文他们向银行的副经理解释要银行给他们放贷的理由可知,这里应该是银行的副经理问他们“银行为什么应该给他们贷款”,故选should。
10. A 前面说“Because we- re Boy Scouts and good students”,可推知这里是说他们值得信赖。
11. D 下旬说要他们写借据,故此处应该是说要他们写借据的原因,since意为“因为”,符合文义。
12. C 根据常识,写借据当然要签名,故选sign。
13. B 根据常识,银符发放贷款是按照程序发放,故选in turn。
14. D 句意为“他发放给他们完成这次任务所需要的钱”。这里用动词不定式表示目的。
15. A 由文章结尾句“It was banking at its best"可知,作者对这件事的态度是非常赞赏的,这里应该也是对这个经理的行为表示欣赏, 故选wonderful。
16. C 前面说和这个经理交谈,这里应该是表示了解到。
17. B 前面说这个经理做过很多这种贷款,这里是说其中包括给一位遭受不公平对待的海军人员的妻子发放贷款。
18. D 由下文的“almost 100 percent of the time"可知这些贷款都偿还了。
19. B 句意为“用这种方式帮助他人的机会”,opportunity意为“……的机会”。
20. A 根据上下文推理:还完借款,他们应是很高兴地拿着借据走了。
Passage 6
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye along the highway I travel daily to work by car. I’ve noticed that it blooms only in the 1 hours—the afternoon sun is too strong for it. This spring, I 2 a wildflower garden in our yard. I can 3 out of the kitchen window while doing the 4 and see the flowers. I've often thought that those 5 blue flowers from the ditch (沟) would 6 great in our garden alongside other wildflowers. Every day I 7 past the flowers thinking, "I'll stop on my way home and 8 them. ""Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes 9 ..."
Whatever the reason, I 10 stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel (铲子) in the car one year to be used for that expressed 11 .
One day on my way home from work, I was 12 to see that the highway department had mowed(除草)the ditches and the pretty, blue flowers were 13 .I thought to myself, "You 14 too long and missed the good chance. You 15 have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago, we were 16 to learn that my husband's sister has a brain tumor(肿瘤). She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of 17 and distance, we haven't been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn't 18 but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the 19 between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time 20 to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
( ) 1. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. rush
( ) 2. A. bought B. started C. rented D. destroyed
( ) 3. A. walk B. run C. slip D. look
( ) 4. A. homework B. sewing C. dishes D. repairs
( ) 5. A. sunay B. lovely C. nicely D. lively
( ) 6. A. look B. sound C. smell D. feel
( ) 7. A. drove B. walked C. ran D. flew
( ) 8. A. plant B. water C. dig D. enjoy
( ) 9. A. wet B. worn C. bad D. dirty
( )10. A. seldom B. never C. always D. frequently
( )11. A. cause B. purpose C. destination D. manner
( ) 12. A. sad B. excited C. delighted D. lucky
( )13. A. lost B. done C. gone D. absorbed
( )14. A. desired B. waited C. expected D. saw
( )15. A. must B. will C. shall D. should
( )16. A. moved B. encouraged C. puzzled D. shocked
( )17. A. age B. time C. heat D. size
( )18. A. do B. help C. give D. take
( )19. A. position B. difference C. relationship D. similarity
( )20. A. missed, B. saved C. used D. left
答案解析
1. A 后面的破折号部分是解释说明的:the afternoon sun is too strong for it,可见下午阳光太强,故开花是在上午。
2. B 从后面的意思可知,“我”开办了一个花园。
3. D 后面说see the flowers,可见这是从厨房的窗户往外看。
4. C 因为是在厨房,doing the dishes(洗碗碟)比较合适。
5. B 可用排除法。C与D项都是副词,可以先排除,然后在A与B项中选。作者总想移植这些花,可见她认为花很“可爱”。
6. A 花主要是用来欣赏的,强调它的视觉效果。
7. A 文章第一句话提到作者是开车去上班的。
8. C 作者想停车,为的是把花挖出来带回家。
9. D 按常识判断,如果要挖这些花的话可能会把衣服弄脏。
10. B 不管是什么原因,“我”从来没有停过车把这些花挖出来带走。
11. B 为了把花挖走这个目的,“我”的丈夫甚至给了“我”一把折叠铲放在车内。
12. A 作者喜欢的花竟然被公路有关部门当做杂草清除了,她看了当然会感到难过。
13. C 根据前一句had mowed the ditches可知,这些漂亮的花不见了。
14. B 作者等得太久而丧失了这次机会。
15. D should have done表示“本来应该做,但实际上并没有做”,含责备之意。
16. D 丈夫的姐姐得了癌症,这样的消息 “令人震惊”。
17. A 前面提到作者丈夫的姐姐比他大20岁,所以主要是年龄和距离的关系使他们和姐姐之间显得不太亲密。
18. B can’t help but do sth. 为固定搭配,意为“情不自禁地做某事”。
19. C “我”情不自禁地由蓝色花朵的事联想到姐姐和“我们”之间的关系。
20. D left在此意为“剩下的”,过去分词用做后置定语,修饰time。
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