Question

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying. Mark helped the boy pick them up.   16   they were going the same way, he carried them for the boy. As they walked, Mark knew the boy’s name was Bill. Mark   17   discovered that he loved computer games, baseball and history and that he was having a lot of   18   with his other subjects.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited in   19   Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed   20   with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They   21   to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice and then   22   ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before they finished school, Bill asked Mark if they could have a talk.

Bill   23   him of the day years ago when they had first met. ‘Do you   24   wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?’ asked Bill. ‘You see, I   25   out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had planned to   26   from home and I was going home to pack my things. But after we spent some time together   27   and laughing, I realized that   28   I had done that, I would have   29   a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You   30   my life.’

1.A. After          B. Since            C. Although     D. Until

2. A. also          B. still            C. always       D. almost

3.A. questions      B. ideas            C. trouble      D. doubt

4.A. from           B. with             C. to           D. for

5. A. quickly       B. proudly        C. freely         D. pleasantly

6. A. continued     B. hoped            C. preferred        D. offered

7.A. all                B. both         C. every            D. none

8. A. removed           B. reminded     C. asked            D. described

9. A. ever          B. soon         C. even         D. never

10.A. checked           B. took         C. cleaned      D. put

11. A. run away     B. take away        C. put away     D. pass away

12.A. reading           B. playing          C. talking      D. watching

13.A. before            B. if               C. while        D. as

14.A. forgotten     B. made         C. became       D. lost

15.A. helped            B. saved            C. changed      D. improved

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.B

【解析】【主旨大意】迈克在回家的路上遇到了一位想辍学的学生比尔，就把他送回家并且和他谈心、玩耍，结果成了好朋友。朋友的热情点燃了比尔的生命火花，正是这个动力使比尔重新走进了学校的大门，然后坚持到毕业。

1.考查连词。 由于他们走同一条路，他就帮着小男孩拿着这些书。

2.根据文意：迈克不但知道小男孩的名字，还进一步知道他喜欢的科目。表示意思递进一层。

3.与此同时，迈克还了解到对于其他的学科，比尔感到有些困难。

4. 他们到达比尔的家后，招待迈克喝可乐，看电视。

5.由于谈笑风生，因此那天下午在愉快的氛围中度过。

6.他们继续彼此见面，在一起吃了一两次午饭。

7.因为故事中只有两个人，因此用both。

8.考查固定词组。Remind of意思是“使某人想起-----”。

9. 根据句意：你是否曾经想知道那天我为什么带着那么多的东西回家？

10. took 我带走我的物品是因为我不想给其他人留下一团糟。

11. run away我曾经想离家出走，run away是跑开的意思。

12. taking动词的用法，spend doing sth。

13.if现在我意识到：如果那样做了，我就会丢失一位新朋友。

14. lost 联系28同时理解。

15. saved 你挽救了我的生命。