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【题目】As the drought seemed to be lasting forever, a small group of farmers were wondering what to do next. The rain was important not only to keep their crops____， but to support the townspeople's way of____. As the problem became more____， the local church felt it was time to get involved and called a prayer meeting to ask for____.

In what seemed a remembrance of a Native American____， the people began to arrive. After they were all____. The pastor(牧师)slowly____his way to the front to officially____the meeting.

Everyone was taking the chance to____with close friends. The pastor's thoughts when he____the front were on quieting those____and starting the meeting.

____he began to ask for quiet, he____through the crowd and he took____of an elevenyearold girl sitting in the front row.

Her face was shining____excitement, but she____sat in her place. Next to her, was a bright red umbrella, ____for use. The beauty and innocence of the girl made the pastor smile as he____the faith she had. No one____at the meeting had brought a(n)____.

They had all come to pray for rain, but she had come expecting God to answer with the needed rain.

【1】 A. wealthy B．healthy

C．powerful D．necessary

【2】 A. working B．remaining

C．staying D．living

【3】 A.usual B．urgent

C．common D．ordinary

【4】 A. rain B．help

C．money D．advice

【5】 A. ceremony B．contest

C．match D．celebration

【6】 A. covered B．occupied

C．crowded D．seated

【7】 A. found B．struggled

C．felt D．made

【8】 A. end B．close

C．begin D．hold

【9】 A. talk B．tell

C．say D．drink

【10】A. arrived B．reached

C．got D．hurried

【11】A. possible B．probably

C．patient D．present

【12】A. Though B．Until

C．While D．As

【13】A. got B．walked

C．looked D．saw

【14】A. hold B．sight

C．notice D．attention

【15】A. for B．with

C．by D．at

【16】A. quietly B．calmly

C．anxiously D．worriedly

【17】A. eager B．ready

C．anxious D．curious

【18】A. recognized B．promised

C．realized D．allowed

【19】A. even B．else

C．still D．also

【20】A. book B．pen

C．record D．umbrella

Answer 1

【答案】【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】A

【6】D

【7】D

【8】C

【9】A

【10】B

【11】D

【12】D

【13】C

【14】C

【15】B

【16】A

【17】B

【18】C

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】【1】从第二句的语义看，雨能有助于庄稼健康地生长。powerful“强大的”；wealthy“富有的”；necessary“必须的”；都不符合语义。

【2】way of living“生活方式”。

【3】urgent“紧急的；紧迫的”。正是由于问题变得紧迫了，所以才决定开会。

【4】根据下文可以看出他们召开这次集会的目的是为了求雨。

【5】ceremony“仪式”；contest“竞赛”；match“比赛”；celebration“庆祝会”。村民们聚集在一起的目的是为了求雨，所以他们要举行“仪式”。

【6】根据“牧师”到前面判断，此时应是“在所有的人就座后”。

【7】make one's way to...“朝……走去”。此处指“牧师从人群中走向前面”。

【8】牧师到人们的前面宣布“开始”会议。

【9】人们难得聚在一起，所以都利用这个机会同朋友交谈。

【10】reach“到达”；是及物动词。arrive后要加at；get和hurry后要加to。

【11】present是形容词，意为“出席的；在场的”，作后置定语。

【12】根据语义判断，此处表示“当……的时候”，while句子中的谓语动词不能是非延续动词。

【13】由于牧师已经到了人们的前面，所以不能用walk。look through“浏览”；此处表示大体上看了一遍。see through“看透”。

【14】take notice of“注意到”。牧师看了一下人群，注意到一个小女孩坐在前排。

【15】with在此表示原因，此处意为“她的脸由于兴奋而放着光芒”。

【16】根据前面的excitement和but判断，此处应用quietly, calmly表示心情平静，与excitement不相符。

【17】大家聚集到一起是为了“求雨”，小女孩拿着伞“准备着”下雨时用。

【18】realize意识到。牧师意识到小女孩所拥有的信念，也就是“会下雨的”，因为她带来了伞。

【19】no one else“没有别的人”，此处else修饰no one。

【20】Next to her, was a bright red umbrella处有提示。