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【题目】I came to Shawshank when I was just twenty，and I am one of the few people in the ______ who is willing to admit what he did．I ______ murder．I put a large insurance policy on my wife，who was three years older than I was，and then I fixed the brakes of the car her father had given us ______ a wedding present． It worked out ______ as I had planned， ______that I hadn’t planned on her stopping to pick up the neighbour woman and the woman’s son on the way down Castle Hill and into town．The brakes let go and the car crashed through the bushes，_____ speed．Bystanders said it must have been doing fifty or better when it hit the base of the Civil War statue in the town and burst into ______．

I ______ hadn’t planned on getting caught．My state has no death penalty，but I was tried for all three ______ and given three life sentences，to run one after the other．That fixed up any ______ of parole(假释)I might have，for a long，long time．The judge ______ what I had done‘an extremely evil crime’, and it was ,but it is also in the past now．

Have I ______ myself，you ask? I don’t know what that word means，at least as far as prisons and corrections go．I think it’s a politician’s word．It may have some other ______，and it may be that I will have a chance to find out，but that is the ______．．．

I was young，good—looking，and from the ______ side of town．I met a pretty，headstrong girl who lived in one of the fine old houses on Carbine Street．She got pregnant later．Her father was agreeable to the ______ if I would take a job in the company he owned and _____ my way up．I found out that what he really had in mind was keeping me in his house and under his thumb，like a disagreeable ______ that has not quite been housebroken and which may bite．Enough hate ____54__ piled up to cause me to do what I did．

______ a second chance I would not do it again，but I'm not sure that means I am transformed．

【1】A. prison B. town C. city D. situation

【2】A. attempted B. committed C. made D. admitted

【3】A. for B.with C.over D. as

【4】A.eventually B.roughly C. exactly D. especially

【5】A.besides B. except C. beside D. despite

【6】A.reducing B.building C. gathering D. rising

【7】A. flames B. crying C. laughter D. ruins

【8】A.even B.ever C.therefore D. also

【9】A. murderers B. deaths C. persons D.crimes

【10】A. chance B. choice C. case D. ability

【11】A. assumed B.regarded C. ensured D. called

【12】A. transformed B.skipped C.enjoyed D.resigned

【13】A. responsibility B. aspect C. meaning D. occasion

【14】A.case B. future C.problem D. dream

【15】A.rich B.other C. poor D.wealthy

【16】A. marriage B. relationship C. ownership D.engagement

【17】A. wind B. come C. work D.walk

【18】A. animal B. dog C. cat D. pet

【19】A. occasionally B. eventually C. permanently D. cautiously

【20】A. Given B.Considering C.Having D. Assuming

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【9】B

【10】A

【11】D

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】C

【16】A

【17】C

【18】D

【19 B

【20】A

【解析】试题分析：文章是一个罪犯的自白，讲述他犯罪经过和犯罪的原因，言语中充满了后悔。

【1】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. prison监狱，B. town城镇，C. city城市，D. situation形势，根据下文：I ______ murder．可知作者在监狱里面，所以选A。

【2】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. attempted试图，B. committed犯（罪），C. made做，D. admitted承认，commit murder犯了谋杀罪，所以选B。

【3】考查介词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. for 为了，B.with和，C.over在……上面，D. as作为，根据句意：这个汽车是她的爸爸作为结婚礼物给我们的。故选D。

【4】考查副词辨析和上下文句意理解。根据句意：所以选A.eventually 最终，B.roughly粗暴地，粗略地，C. exactly 确切地，D. especially尤其地，一切都确实按照计划地那样进行。故选C。

【5】考查介词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.besides除了（还有），B. except除了（没有），C. beside在……旁边， D. despite虽然，根据句意：除了我没有计划她停下接邻居，所以选B。

【6】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.reducing减少，B.building 建立，C. gathering聚集，D. rising上升，根据Bystanders said it must have been doing fifty or better可知汽车速度不断加快，故选C。

【7】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. flames火焰，B. crying 哭，C. laughter 笑， D. ruins废墟，根据：when it hit the base of the Civil War statue in the town可知汽车撞上雕像起火，所以选A。

【8】考查副词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.even甚至，B.ever曾经，C.therefore因此，D. also也，根据I hadn’t planned on her stopping to pick up the neighbour woman and the woman’s son可知作者也没有计划被抓住，所以选D。

【9】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. murderers杀人犯，B. deaths死亡，C. persons人， D.crimes罪行，根据planned on her stopping to pick up the neighbour woman and the woman’s son可知这次车祸死了三个人，故选B。

【10】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. chance机会，B. choice选择，C. case 情况，D.ability能力，根据句意：这就在一段很长很长的时间内封死了我假释的机会。所以选A。

【11】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. assumed假设，B.regarded 认为，C. ensure确保，D. called叫，称呼，根据句意：法官称我做的事情是非常邪恶的罪行，故选D。

【12】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. transformed转变，B.skipped跳过，C.enjoyed享受，D.resigned辞职，根据but I'm not sure that means I am transformed．可知这里是：我改过自新了吗？故选A。

【13】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. responsibility责任，B. aspect 方面，C. meaning 意义， D. occasion 场合，根据句意：这可能有其他含义，故选C。

【14】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.case情况，B. future未来，C.problem问题，D. dream梦想，根据句意：我可能有机会弄清楚，但是那是将来的事情。所以选B。

【15】考查形容词辨析和上下文句意理解。A.rich有钱的，B.other其他的，C. poor穷的，D.wealthy富有的，根据I met a pretty，headstrong girl who lived in one of the fine old houses on Carbine Street．可知作者来自贫穷的地方，故选C。

【16】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. marriage 结婚，B. relationship关系，C. ownership拥有权，D.engagement订婚，根据上文：a wedding present．可知她的爸爸同意了这桩婚事，所以选A。

【17】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。work one’s way up，通过努力一步步地升上去 ，故选C。

【18】考查名词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. animal动物，B. dog 狗，C. cat猫，D. pet 宠物，根据which may bite．可知作者的岳父对待他就像是宠物，所以选D。

【19】考查副词辨析和上下文句意理解。A. occasionally偶然地，B. eventually最终地，C. permanently 永久地， D. cautiously谨慎地，根据句意：足够的憎恨最后累积导致我做的事情。故选B。

【20】考查动词辨析和上下文句意理解。这里是过去分词做状语，因为I和give是被动关系，故选A。