题目内容
For several years, we lived at the end of a long Texas country road. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my little boy would ask permission of his mother to take his black ? ? and his daddy’s walking stick, to make the half-mile ? ? from the house to the fence which ? ? the beginning of the dirty driveway.
?? One day, I was busy with my business and was ? ? for about an hour, completely forgetting about the ? ? little boy down the road who might be ? ? for his daddy.
?? On my way home, the rain was so thick that I could not ? ? ten feet in front of me. All I could ? ? was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. ? ? , the downpour began to abate(减弱). It was only a drizzle(细雨) by the time my car turned the last ? ? and approached the final street between me and a warm home and nice meal.
? ? ? , I caught sight of my little boy, who was ? ? an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in the other, and was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to lighten the ? ? of a little boy.
?? As I stopped the car and ? ? the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and ? ? with cold, but he never ? ? the rain, nor the hour-long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I missed you. I am so glad you are home.”
?? Last year, we ? ? to a wonderful new home provided for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road. ? ? , I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, that ? ? has occurred in my mind.? ? all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.
1.A. bag????????????? B. dog????????????? C. umbrella????????????? D. toy
2.A. journey????????????? B. flight????????????? C. effort????????????? D. ride
3.A. discovered????????????? B. explained????????????? C. marked????????????? D. described
4.A. controlled????????????? B. trained????????????? C. delayed????????????? D. bothered
5.A. hopeful????????????? B. grateful????????????? C. careful????????????? D. faithful
6.A. waiting????????????? B. sending????????????? C. searching????????????? D. calling
7.A. drive????????????? B. see????????????? C. feel????????????? D. hear
8.A. stick to????????????? B. think of????????????? C. pick up????????????? D. hold on
9.A. In fact????????????? B. In surprise????????????? C. At once ????????????? D. At last
10.A. moment????????????? B. corner????????????? C. street????????????? D. way
11.A. All of a sudden????????????? B. Believe it or not?????????????
C. To my pleasure????????????? D. For seconds
12.A. holding????????????? B. taking????????????? C. folding????????????? D. carrying
13.A. body????????????? B. head????????????? C. face????????????? D. hand
14.A. closed????????????? B. locked????????????? C. knocked????????????? D. opened
15.A. worrying????????????? B. nervous????????????? C. trembling????????????? D. anxious
16.A. noticed????????????? B. doubted????????????? C. judged????????????? D. mentioned
17.A. moved????????????? B. turned????????????? C. returned????????????? D. traveled
18.A. Therefore????????????? B. Besides????????????? C. Otherwise????????????? D. However
19.A. time????????????? B. scene????????????? C. act????????????? D. sight
20.A. With????????????? B. For????????????? C. Like????????????? D. Among
1.B
2.A
3.C
4.C
5.D
6.A
7.B
8.B
9.D
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.C
14.D
15.C
16.D
17.A
18.D
19.B
20.C
【解析】
试题分析:文章讲述作者的小儿子每天都在路口等作者回来,甚至一个大雨的傍晚,孩子依然忠诚的等待在路口,那个场景让作者时常想起,一生珍惜。
1.考查名词辨析:A. Bag包,B. Dog狗,C. Umbrella伞,D. Toy玩具,从下文的:I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog.可知儿子会带上黑狗去路口等他出差回来,选B
2.考查名词辨析:A. journey旅程,B. flight航班,C. effort努力,D. ride骑车,乘车,从作者的家到路口有半英里的路程,此处 make a journey 为固定短语。选A
3.考查动词辨析:A. discovered发现,B. explained解释,C. marked标志,D. described描述,driveway 通常指从自家车库通向大路的车道,而大路通常用栅栏围起来,所以栅栏就“标志着”通向家这段脏路的开始。选C
4.考查动词辨析:A. controlled控制,B. trained训练,C. delayed推迟,D. bothered麻烦,根据下文的大约一个小时判断,他是被生意耽误了,从下文的“nor the hour-long wait”也可看出该答案。如选其他选项,与前面的 one day 语义不符。选C
5.考查形容词辨析:A. hopeful有希望的,B. grateful感激的,C. careful小心的,D. faithful忠诚的,,孩子每天傍晚都去路口“等”他。所以是很忠诚的,选 D
6.考查动词辨析:A. waiting等待,B. sending送,派,C. searching寻找,D. calling打电话,叫,作者忙着生意,也就“完全”忘了孩子等他的这件事情。选A
7.考查动词辨析:A. drive看车,B. see看见,C. feel感觉,D. hear听见,此处意为“雨下得很大,看不到前面 10 英尺远的地方”。选B
8.考查词组辨析:A. stick to坚持,B. think of想到,C. pick up捡起,D. hold on别挂断,此处用“我只想……”与前面的“完全忘记”相呼应。选B
9.考查词组辨析:A. In fact事实上,B. In surprise惊讶地,C. At once立刻,D. At last最后,前面提到雨下得很大,后面提到雨下得小了起来,所以用“最终;最后”。选D
10.考查名词辨析: A. moment时刻,B. corner角落,C. street街道,D. way道路,根据动词 turn 判断,他转了最后一个“弯”。由于路是用栅栏围着,所以用 corner。选B
11.考查词组辨析:A. All of a sudden突然,B. Believe it or not信不信由你,C. To my pleasure使我高兴的是, D. For seconds有几秒钟,突然我看见了小儿子,选A
12.考查动词辨析:A. holding举着,B. taking带走,C. folding折叠,D. carrying携带,儿子一只手举着伞,一只手拿着爸爸的拐杖,选A
13.考查名词辨析:A. body身体,B. head头,C. face脸,D. hand手,从前面的句子:was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile可知是脸上的微笑点亮了他的脸,选C
14.考查动词辨析:A. closed关闭,B. locked锁,C. knocked敲,D. opened打开,根据后面的“ran into my arms”判断,此处作者“打开”了车门。选D
15.考查形容词辨析:A. worrying令人担心的,B. nervous紧张的,C. trembling颤抖的,D. anxious焦虑的,由于下雨,而孩子的身上又淋湿了,所以孩子冷得“发抖”。选C
16.考查动词辨析:A. noticed注意到,B. doubted怀疑,C. judged判断,D. mentioned提到,根据下文的“只是说”可知,孩子没有“提到”下雨和等了那么长时间。选D
17.考查动词辨析: A. moved搬家,移动,B. turned转变,转弯,C. returned回来,D. traveled旅行,根据下文的“a wonderful new home”和“no longer have a long countryroad”可知,他们“搬家”了。选A
18.考查副词辨析:A. Therefore因此,B. Besides此外,C. Otherwise否则,D. However然而,根据语意判断,上下文是转折关系,所以用 however,意为“然而”。选D
19.考查名词辨析:A. time时间,B. scene????????????? 场景,C. act行为,D. sight视野,景色,儿子在雨中等他及对他说的话使作者难忘,所以他的“思绪”经常回到当时的情景。选 B
20.考查介词辨析:A. With和…一起,B. For为了,C. Like象,D. Among在…中间,就像人生中很多事情,发生过要永远珍惜。选C
考点:考查故事类短文
Disposing(处理)of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it.As more and more people choose to live close together in cities,the waste-disposal problem becomes increasingly difficult.
During the eighteenth century,it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a dump site.Residents or trash haulers(垃圾拖运者)would transport household rubbish,rotted wood,and old possessions to the site.Periodically some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried.The unpleasant sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by.
Factories,mills,and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of.Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted remains into the water.Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem.
Several facts make these choices unacceptable to modern society.The first problem is space Dumps,which are now called landfills,are most needed in heavily populated areas.Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose.Property is either too expensive or too close to residential neighborhoods.Long-distance trash hauling has been a common practice but once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere,cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is almost nonexistent.
Awareness of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal.Pollution of rivers,ground water,land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste.The amount of waste,however,continues to grow.
Recycling efforts have become commonplace,and many towns require their people to take part.Even the most efficient recycling programs,however,can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city’s reusable waste.
【小题1】The most suitable title for this passage would be ______.
A.Places for Disposing Waste | B.Waste Pollution Dangers |
C.Ways of Getting Rid of Waste | D.Waste Disposal Problem |
A.burying it | B.recycling it |
C.burning it | D.throwing it into rivers |
A.Farm areas accept waste from the city in modern society. |
B.There is cheap land to bury waste in modern society. |
C.It is difficult to find space to bury waste in modern society. |
D.Ways to deal with waste in modern society stay the same. |
A.draw people’s attention to waste management |
B.warn people of the pollution dangers we are facing |
C.call on people to take part in recycling programs |
D.tell people a better way to get rid of the waste |