题目内容
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Roland was a carpenter in America. He and Sheila had three 36 —two boys and baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out of the hospital for the last year because of infections and 37 problems. She was very weak and sick. The doctors were not 38 that she would live another year. w.w
39 Jessica was expensive. The family was deep in 40 . Things were bad. Roland saw no light at the 41 of this tunnel (隧道). Then he saw an ad in the newspaper: “Security guards 42 , $150,000 a year. ”
He called the number. The line was busy, but he 43 calling and finally got through. He was worried that the jobs were all taken, 44 they told him plenty of jobs were still available. They said they would give him two weeks of 45 in Texas. Then they would 46 him to Iraq for his assignment.
Roland told Sheila he had to take this job. He knew it was 47 ;he might get injured or killed, but the money was too good. 48 , the family would have full medical benefits, 49 would enable the baby to get the care she needed. Roland said if he survived the first year, he would 50 work there for one more year.
Sheila was 51 . She asked, “What if you get killed? What are we going to do without you?”
“You can’t 52 like that, honey,” he said. “You’ve got to think 53 . Think about how well off we’ll be in two or three years after I bring back all that 54 . This is the best thing I could do for this family.” Sheila 55 him and sobbed (呜咽地说) . “I don’t want you to go.”
Roland flew to Houston five days later. w.w
36.A.students B.friends C.workmates D.kids
37.A.other B.another C.puzzling D.strange
38.A.afraid B.satisfied C.confident D.sad
39.A.Thinking of B.Getting rid of C.knowing of D.Taking care of
40.A.debt B.danger C.thought D.surprise
41.A.top B.entrance C.bottom D.end
42.A.sold B.watched C.wanted D.welcome
43.A.stopped B.enjoyed C.kept D.finished
44.A.but B.and C.so D.because
45.A.holiday B.training C.work D.rest
46.A.invite B.drive C.expect D.fly
47.A.dangerous B.easy C.comfortable D.interesting
48.A.However B.Besides C.Therefore D.Otherwise
49.A.that B.which C.who D.where
50.A.luckily B.happily C.carefully D.probably
51.A.excited B.worried C.satisfied D.disappointed
52.A.think B.guess C.live D.work
53.A.active B.positive C.hard D.honest
54.A.time B.news C.money D.paper
55.A.took B.missed C.hugged D.left
36---55 DACDA DCCAB DABBD BABCC
解析36.答案:D. Roland和Sheila夫妇有三个孩子,从句末“two boys and baby Jessica”判断。
37.答案:A. 由于感染和别的一些问题,婴儿去年经常进出医院。
38.答案:C. 由于婴儿Jessica虚弱多病,医生对她是否能再活一年都没有信心(confident)。afraid意为“害怕的”;satisfied 意为“满意的”;sad意为“伤心的”。
39.答案:D. 要照顾治好多病的Jessica开销很大。短语动词thinking of意为“想到”;getting rid of意为“摆脱”;knowing of“了解到”。
40.答案:A. 治好Jessica的病要用很多钱,所以这个家负债很深。In debt“负债”; In danger “处于危险中”;In thought“在思考”;In surprise“吃惊地”。
41.答案:D. Roland处境艰难,他好象在隧道里看不到隧道尽头的光亮一样,觉得没有前景。Entrance“入口”; bottom“底部”。
42.答案:C. 本句是广告词,招聘保安一般说“Security guards wanted”,即Security guards are wanted 的省略。
43.答案:C. 电话占线,所以Roland就一直打。从本句前后部分(“The line was busy”和“and finally got through”推断他在不断的打电话.
44.答案:A. 考查连词。转折关系,他担心所有的工作被别人抢先得到了;但是还有。
45.答案:B. 从后一句看工作地点在Iraq,所以他们要在Texas对他进行两周的培训“training”。
46.答案:D. 他们将用飞机把他送到Iraq。Invite“邀请”,公司派员工去工作,不是邀请。 Drive“用车送”,从美国到伊拉克不和情理。Expect“期望”。
47.答案:A. 从后文“he might get injured or killed,”看出在Iraq工作是危险的(dangerous)。Comfortable“舒服的”。Easy“轻松的”。
48.答案:B. 工资丰厚而且全家可以获得全额的医疗救济金。Roland在告诉妻子他去Iraq工作的好处。However“然而”;Besides“而且”;Therefore“因此”;Otherwise“否则”。
49.答案:B. 非限制性定语从句修饰“full medical benefits”。
50.答案:D. probably“可能”。句意“如果第一年他工作下来了,他可能再在那儿赶一年。Luckily“幸运地”;happily“幸福地”;carefully “仔细地”。
51.答案:B. 丈夫要去危险的地方工作Sheila自然很担心(worried)。Excited“兴奋的”;satisfied“满意的“;disappointed“失望的”。
52.答案:A. 从上句“What if you get killed? What are we going to do without you?”看出Sheila担心,于是Roland劝她不要那样想(think)。Guess “猜测”。
53.答案:B. Roland劝她要有信心,往好的方面想。active “活跃的”;positive“乐观的”;hard“努力的”;honest“诚实的”。 w.w
54.答案:C. 艰苦工作,目的是拿回很多的钱。
55.答案:C. Sheila拥着丈夫哭泣。Took“带领”;missed“思念”;left“离开”