Question

    The battle was followed by a terrible storm. Therefore, it wasn't until October 26 that Vice-Admiral(海军中将）Collingwood was  36  to send off his report to Britain  37  tile victory and Nelson' s death.

    He chose  38  the task one of the smallest ships in his fleet. Pickle.  39  by Captain Lapenotiere. In spite of  40  winds and rough seas, Pickle made the  41  of more than 1,000 miles in just over eight days,  42  Falmouth on the morning of November 4.

    From there, Captain Lapenotiere  43  a fast post chaise (轻便马车) to London, traveling   44   for 37 hours. He reached the Admiralty in Whitehall at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6 -- less than 11 days after he had.  45   Collingwood.

    Most of the officials had gone to bed  46  , but the secretary was still  47  in the famous Board Room. Lapenotiere hurried in and  48   the report with the simple words:" Sir, we have gained a great victory. But we have  49  Lord Nelson."

    Copies of the report were quickly made and  50   to the Prime Minister and King George III. A special edition of a  51  was rushed out and delivered all over the country.

    The atmosphere of public  52  for the victory was weakened by widespread sorrow for the   53   of Nelson.  As one poet later wrote: "The victory of Trafalgar was  54  . indeed, with the usual forms of rejoicing (欢庆),  55  they were without joy."

36. A. eager	B. anxious	C. able	D. sure
37. A. announcing	B. telling	C. mentioning	D. warning
38. A. with	B. from	C. for	D. among
39. A. seated	B. brought	C. owned	D. led
40. A. strong	B. weak	C. warm	D. light
41. A. distance	B. flight	C. voyage	D. march
42. A. leaving for	B. arriving at	C. staying in	D. sailing for
43. A. made	B. took	C. kept	D. sat
44. A. freely.	B. aimlessly	C. slowly	D. continuously
45. A. seen	B. found	C. told	D. left
46. A. long before	B. long ago	C. before long	D. long after
47. A. on leave	B. on business	C. at work	D. at sea
48. A. took over	B. handed over	C. gave out	D. turned out
49. A. defeated	B. beaten	C. missed	D. lost
50. A. sent	B. carried	C. suggested	D. written
51. A. book	B. newspaper	C. weekly	D. magazine
52. A. hope	B. search	C. desire	D. happiness
53. A. return	B. failure	C. death	D. injury
54. A. congratulated	B. celebrated	C. gained	D. reported
55. A. and	B. so	C. for	D. but

Answer 1

解析：

此文讲述了发生在1805年的Trafalgar战争结束后，Vice-Admiral Collingwood派人送急信的故事。从文体上看，本文属于记叙文，多数学生能看懂文章，体现了完型填空重点考查词汇在真实语境中的灵活应用。

36．C.上文中提到：The battle was followed by a terrible storm. Therefore, it wasn’t until October 26 that….。因此应选用(be)able,表示能够做到；eager, anxious表明心情焦虑，与上下文不符，而be sure to do 表示说话人认为某事一定会发生，这里明显说客观的天气条件，所以不符合上下文逻辑。

37．A．announcing表示“宣布（胜利）”。

38．C．原句可还原为He choose one of the smallest ships in his fleet,…for the task.

39. D。句意：他选择由Captain Lapenotiere率领的船Pickle来执行这项任务。

40．A．从in spite of和rough seas(波涛汹涌的海水）的所含信息推断，答案应该是A（strong winds强风）。

41．C．从上文的信息中的“船队，船，海洋”，考生应该知道本文讲述的航海中所发生的事情。

42．B．从第一段得知出发日期和第二段中的in just over eight days的信息，便能总结出此空应该选择“到达”，而A 和D 都表示出发/起航。C （在…逗留）不合符上下文意。

43．B．从文中的中文注释便知道是“乘坐…车”，而乘坐（车），常用take…to…。如take a bus/taxi(to the school)等。D（sat)是不及物动词，不用带宾语。

44．D．从上文的信息“她克服了恶劣的天气和其它航行困难尽快着陆”，便知他在争分夺秒，马不停蹄；本段最后一句也可证明这一点，所以可以容易地排除A，B，C。

45。D．这里作者再次计算从出发到Admiralty in Whitehall花费的时间。

46．A．从most of the officials had gone to bed看，句子使用过去完成时，所以选A。

47．C.从上文的信息most of the officials had gone to bed…，进行对比可得知，本句句意时：尽管大多数官员都已经上床睡觉，秘书怀子工作。

48．B．上文中已经很明确，Lapenotiere的目的是送报告。句意：Lapenotiere赶忙进来，然后提交报告并简明扼要地说…。

49．D．从第一段中…the victory and Nelson’s death的信息可以推断出本空应选D 项（lost失去）。

50．A．句意：报告很快复印出来并且送去给首相和乔治三世国王。

51．B．句意：一份特别版本的报纸马上印发全国各地。在选项中所给的几种印刷品中，最快的是报纸。

52．D．从下文的weakened by sorrow和 for the victory可推断应选D。

53. C.从第一段中…and Nelson’s death的信息可以得到启发。

54．B．这里通过某诗人后来的描述再现当时的情况，另外还可以考虑和词语victory的搭配来作出选择。

55．D．既然是再现当时的情况，诗人要说明欢乐的气氛大大减少。因此D 是正确答案。

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