题目内容
Through my school years I never imagined of falling in love. I wanted to stay __1__ just from watching my friends get mistreated(虐待)by their boyfriends all the time. On my junior year, I was just ___2__ 17 and my best friend decides to set me __3__ with a stranger I have never known. I was really lucky to even make it to the place because my parents were so strict __4__ me at the time. So we meet and not even __5__ to say. I wasn't too excited, I was totally nervous. At the time I knew there was __6___ in him I liked. I couldn't understand that __7__ inside telling me he was the one.
My senior year after school ended. He had to leave to the Marines and I __8__ go to Ohio. We both had decided to __9__ our relationship because we didn't think it work from far distance. It was all over. On my 20 birthday there was__10__ on the mail for me. The letter came from a Marine base with his name on it. It had __11__ him a long time to find me and he did. After that day he promised he__12__ let me go again.
Today he's my__13___, my best friend, and my hero. Within a million's miles away from me, he has kept his__14___. I love him with all my heart and I'm here waiting. He has deployed(部署,配置) overseas for 8 months and we only _15__by e-mail and sometimes calls on the weekends. Today and every up coming day I wake up with a smile just waiting for him to come back home safe.
( )1. A.alone B. single C. lonely D.pure
( )2. A. attending B. accepting C. turning D. receiving
( )3. A. up B. down C. off D. on
( )4. A. on B. at C. with D. to
( )5.A.a talk B. a word C. many talks D. many words
( )6. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
( )7. A. thought B. feeling C. mood D. idea
( )8. A. should B. might C. had to D. used to
( )9. A. end B. start C.remember D. forget
( )10. A.a man B. a letter C. news D. word
( )11. A. taken B. brought C. spent D. paid
( )12. A. seldom B. always C. never D. ever
( )13. A. workmate B. neighbor C.boyfriend D. husband
( )14. A. secret B. promise C. way D. hobby
( )15. A. talk B. meet C. see D. communicate
【答案与解析】
1. B 考查形容词。single意为“单身”,由前文I never imagined of falling in love可推知答案。
2. C 考查动词。turn 意为(时刻,年龄)超过,逾。
3. A 考查词语搭配。set sb. up意为“给某人介绍对象;撮合某人”。
4. C 考查词语搭配。be strict with sb.意为“对某人严格”。
5. B 考查文意理解。we meet and not even a word to say.意为“我们约会,可甚至一句话也不说”。
6. D考查不定代词及文意理解。…I knew there was something in him I liked.意为“……我知道他身上有我喜欢的某种东西”。
7.B考查名词及文意理解。feeling意为“感觉;感情”,意指上文所提及的there was something in him I liked。
8. C考查情态动词。由上文He had to…可推知答案C.正确。
9. A考查文意理解。由前文描述可知他们由于必须各奔东西(He had to leave to the Marines and I had to go to Ohio.),只好选择结束他们的关系。
10. B考查文意理解。由后一句The letter came from a Marine base with his name on it.可推知答案。
11. A考查词语搭配。It takes sb. time to do…意为花费某人时间做……。
12. C 考查副词及文意理解。…he promised he never let me go again.意为“他发誓不再让我离开”,与全文讲述的爱情故事符合。
13. D 考查文意理解。Husband意为“丈夫”,由后文Today and every up coming day I wake up with a smile just waiting for him to come back home safe.可推知答案D正确。
14. B 考查名词。promise意为“承诺”,由前文After that day he promised…可推知答案B正确。
15. D 考查动词。communicate by e-mail 意为“通过e-mail交流”,其他答案可一一排除。
One bitterly cold day, a snowstorm blew into our area. Needing firewood, I quickly set out with my best friend, Bruce, to look for a tree to cut down. I was glad to have Bruce along. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of dangers.
When I chose a big 23-meter-tall tree and prepared to cut it down, my best friend suddenly warned me, “Don’t cut down that tree! It’s too close to the power line!” I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I wanted to finish the job quickly and go home. So I began cutting down the tree. When the tree fell, there was no longer any doubt that my friend was right.
The tree caught the power line, bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all, electricity can’t travel through wood, so I could safely remove the tree. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree, pain ran up my arm and through my head. I had been shocked!
After I returned home and told my mother what had happened, she quickly called the power company. Workers from the power company soon arrived on the scene. One of them asked if I had touched the tree, and when I told him I had, his face turned pale.
“You should have been killed,” he said.
So why am I still alive? It was my boots that saved my life.
Within two hours, the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother.
Even though she was glad I wasn’t hurt, my mother was well serious with me. After all, I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.
Through this experience, I learned that it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective(观点). Taking the time to listen might actually save a lot of time and trouble. It certainly would have kept me from getting the “shock of my life”.
【小题1】The underlined word “disregard ” in the second paragraph means “________”.
A.pay no attention to | B.take notice of | C.consider | D.follow |
A.he was sure there would be nothing to happen |
B.he wasn’t sure whether Bruce was right and was anxious to go home |
C.he didn’t hear his friend’s warning at all because of the blowing wind |
D.he was angry with his friend and didn’t want to listen to him |
A.give an account of one of his terrible experiences |
B.make us know it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective (观点) through his experience |
C.tell us not to cut trees down any more |
D.remind us to be careful while working |
A.But for his boots, the writer would have died. |
B.The writer regretted having brushed off his friend’s warning. |
C.The writer knew nothing about electricity. |
D.When the tree was cut down, the writer realized his friend was right |