Question

【题目】My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina, to spend a week with my husband in Florida. We were about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months, and she her Dad terribly. As usual on the Charlotte-toMiami flight, the plane was totally . Because we did not get our boarding passes until we at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were by the aisle (过道). I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, we could be together. They , saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats.

Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boarding passes, and the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row refused to move elsewhere. She was very about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody to help her.

There were a troop of Boy Scouts on Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, "Ma'am, I think we can help you." He then five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without , and the mother's relief was obvious.

Kallie, however, was beginning to panic at the of not being next to me. I told her. that there wasn't anything I could do. , the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster, to me and asked, "Would you and your daughter like our seats?" to himself and the Scoutmaster. We traded seats and continued our trip, very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie's window seat.

【1】 A. worried B. excited C. anxious D. eager

【2】 A. loved B. considered C. imagined D. missed

【3】 A. full B. crowded C. empty D. overweight

【4】 A. reached B. arrived C. landed D. knocked

【5】 A. divided B. blocked C. separated D. connected

【6】 A. in case B. even if C. as if D. so that

【7】 A. prevented B. refused C. agreed D. promised

【8】 A. panic B. hurry C. rush D. seat

【9】 A. however B. otherwise C. therefore D. instead

【10】 A. too B. even C. ever D. also

【11】 A. concerned B. curious C. particular D. content

【12】 A. suggested B. offered C. provided D. supplied

【13】 A. duty B. watch C. board D. spot

【14】 A. took B. cost C. paid D. spent

【15】 A. convenient B. available C. probable D. comfortable

【16】 A. permission B. excuse C. apology D. complaint

【17】 A. thought B. end C. feeling D. sense

【18】 A. Immediately B. Puzzlingly C. Suddenly D. Amazingly

【19】 A. turned back B. turned around C. turned out D. turned away

【20】 A. sticking B. keeping C. waving D. Referring

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 B

【2】 D

【3】 A

【4】 B

【5】 C

【6】 D

【7】 B

【8】 A

【9】 C

【10】 D

【11】 A

【12】 B

【13】 C

【14】 D

【15】 B

【16】 D

【17】 A

【18】 D

【19】 B

【20】 D

【解析】【1】自己五个月没有见到丈夫，女儿没有见到爸爸，自然对这次旅行感到“兴奋”。

【2】miss“想念”。女儿五个月没有见到爸爸了，所以非常想念爸爸。

【3】根据下文的“换座位”和此处的副词totally判断，飞机满员, 但不能用“拥挤的”。

【4】arrived at the gate 到达门口，reach是及物动词，不能接at。

【5】根据上文的I could not get seats together判断，作者和女儿被过道分隔开了。divide表示把一个整体分成若干份。

【6】根据上下文的语意判断，we could be together 是目的，所以用so that, 意为“以便”。

【7】根据下文的 saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats 判断，他们“拒绝”了。

【8】be hi a panic“乱成一团”。一个妈妈带了三个孩子，又不能坐在一起，所以很慌乱。

【9】由于出错，“所以”一家人被分开了。

【10】作者请求换座位，对方拒绝了，这位女士请求换座位，对方“也”拒绝了。

【11】由于自己的孩子和陌生人坐在一起，所以妈妈很“担心”。

【12】根据she was in tears 判断，没有人帮她。offer to do sth 意为“主动提出做……”。

【13】on board “在飞机上”。

【14】根据下文的rearranging判断，此处应为spend time doing sth 句型。

【15】available意为“可用的；可得到的”。此处指“给她们腾出了足够的可以坐的地方”。

【16】上文曾谈到两个人不愿意换座位，而这些孩子们不仅同意换座位，而且还没有怨言。

【17】at the thought of 意为“一想到……”，是固定短语。

【18】请求跟别人换座，对方不换，而这时有人主动和作者换座，这是作者没有料到的，所以作者感到“惊奇”。

【19】turn around to me 意为“转向我”，turn back 意为“往回走”。

【20】那个人坐在Scoutmaster旁边，所以此处“指的是”他们两个人。