Question

【题目】I recently returned from a trip to Walt Disney World where my wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. While traveling ____ at 35,000 feet I could not help but be grateful to the people who ____ to the incredible flying machine. Looking out of the ____ , I could see a wide expanse of both earth and sky where limits were not seen in direction or space.

Rivers, valleys, mountains, and colors entered my mind ____ I sat and gazed at a scene that most passengers missed as they either slept or ____ what was beside them. What if they ____ being unaware of the world around them? What if they began to gather with focused intent to make a better world, to change the air, and to find ____ among nations? I saw out of my window nothing that ____ conflict or strife(斗争). ____ I saw was a world, a beautiful blue and white world, which surpassed the beauty of my wildest ____.

I ____ the plane and saw few people take the time to look and see that wonder. Some were reading worrisome news while ____ tended to their children. The stewardess(空中小姐) went about her duties in a(n) ____ kind of way. “What would you like to drink?” “What kind of snack would you like?” was her world.

What if we ____ just one minute to focus on the __ of this world and its people? What if we began to remove the walls that separate us __ each other and the outside world? What if peace was the focus of our __ for just that small amount of time? Would our world change? I feel the __ are found in the questions themselves. Why not begin to use focused intent to change, and __ the world of our dreams? It will __ only a few minutes each day. What a difference that would make!

【1】A. over B. back C. through D. abroad

【2】A. referred B. pointed C. used D. contributed

【3】A. door B. window C. seat D. glass

【4】A. before B. since C. as D. though

【5】A. ignored B. appreciated C. valued D. realised

【6】A. refused B. continued C. stopped D. risked

【7】A. conflict B. fault C. peace D. wonder

【8】A. read B. suggested C. said D. created

【9】A. How B. What C. Which D. That

【10】A. imagination B. expression C. mind D. confusion

【11】A. took up B. turned up C. went though D. looked around

【12】A. another B. others C. the other D. the others

【13】A. different B. automatic C. common D. unusual

【14】A. set aside B. set off C. set about D. take off

【15】A. kindness B. wildness C. beauty D. politeness

【16】A. off B. between C. with D. from

【17】A. desire B. thought C. attention D. dream

【18】A. answers B. problems C. ways D. changes

【19】A. increase B. improve C. renew D. control

【20】A. cost B. spend C. kill D. take

Answer 1

【答案】【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】C

【7】C

【8】B

【9】B

【10】A

【11】D

【12】B

【13】B

【14】A

【15】C

【16】D

【17】C

【18】A

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】【1】根据上文returned from a trip可知这是在归途的飞机上。

【2】Contribute to意为“对…有贡献”，符合原文语境“感激那些对这不可思议的飞机做出贡献的人。”

【3】根据常识可知，在坐飞机时只有朝窗外望去才能看见一片无垠的天地。

【4】这里的as引导时间状语从句。

【5】这里是和slept对应的，再加上下文可知是“忽略了”身边的事情。

【6】照应前文。

【7】这里是说在各个国家之间寻找和平。

【8】Suggest表示“暗示，表明”之意，符合语境。

【9】What引导主语从句，同时又在从句中做saw的宾语，表示“我所看到的”。

【10】这里表示这个世界美得远远超乎我的想象。

【11】从下文的提示词saw可知，这里是向机舱看了看。

【12】固定搭配。

【13】句意：表示空姐以机械的方式履行自己的职责。

【14】句意：如果我们抽出仅仅一分钟的时间来关注我们这个世界和人类的美好又会是怎么样的呢？

【15】此处指美好的世界和人类。

【16】Separate…from…，把…与…分开，符合原文语境。

【17】句意：如果在那一点点的时间里，和平时我们注意力的焦点的话又会怎样呢？

【18】句意：我感觉答案就存在于问题之中。

【19】表示改变并改善我们梦想中的世界。

【20】固定句式。