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  It was a halfmile walk from our small house to the beach road,where the taxi would be waiting for us. But that morning Jane was much 1        She couldn't make that walk. And I couldn't 2        her. The path to the beach was steep and narrow and 3        at the water's edge. ,

  I was a stranger far from home. I didn't know where to 4        for help. But I needed it badly. I hurried down to the beach and I found help. Four fishermen were about to go out for their morning 5      . I told them about my sick little sister. Could they help me get her 6        the path?

  I hardly got the words out of my mouth before they 7        their boat back onto the sand. They climbed the hill with me. One looked at Jane and they 8        their heads. They talked softly to one another.

9       sick to sit in a chair," one said.

  "Better carry her 10        in bed," said another.

  An iron cot (简易床) 11 along the cliff!I was frightened. How could they do it? 12       the men told me not to worry. "Truly easy,truly 13      ," they said.

  They tied a rope to each leg of the cot. Each of them threw a rope 14        his shoulder and held the end in one hand. I understood what they meant to do. 15       they carried the cot down the path,they would use the ropes to keep the cot 16       . But what if one of the men slipped and lost his balance? What would happen to him―to the others―to 17      ?The men just smiled at my alarm. "That 18       will make us even more careful," they said.

  The men went down the path. Every 19       was a careful one. Always the cot was level,with never a bump. When they reached the beach road,they quietly lifted Jane into the taxi. 20      ,they stretched her out on the back seat.

  We made the morning train for Tokyo. And there an ambulance was waiting to take Jane to the hospital. The doctor told me that I had got my little girl there just in time. Jane would be all right soon.

(   ) 1. A. better   B. worse   C. heavier   D. happier

(   ) 2. A. take   B. collect   C. help   D. carry

(   ) 3. A. only   B. much   C. right   D. straight

(   ) 4. A. find   B. seek   C. turn   D. face

(   ) 5. A. catch   B. train   C. exercises   D. action

(   ) 6. A. beyond   B. up   C. down   D. toward

(   ) 7. A. put   B. laid   C. pushed   D. dragged

(   ) 8. A. shook   B. nodded   C. held up   D. dropped

(   ) 9. A. Very   B. Too   C. So   D. Truly

(   ) 10. A. sitting   B. lying   C. kneeling   D. standing

(   ) 11. A. took   B. brought   C. lifted   D. carried

(   ) 12. A. And   B. But   C. Then   D. So

(   ) 13. A. interesting   B. exciting   C. dangerous   D. safe

(   ) 14. A. over   B. on   C. through   D. across

(   ) 15. A. As   B. Because   C. Before   D. Since

(   ) 16. A. smooth   B. unchanged   C. level   D. unmoved

(   ) 17. A. me   B. Jane   C. themselves   D. thecot

(   ) 18. A. chance   B. matter   C. problem   D. time

(   ) 19. A. walk   B. step   C. foot   D. pace

(   ) 20. A. Anxiously   B. Quickly   C. Nervously   D. Carefully

Answer 1

本文讲述4个渔民帮助作者搬运生病的妹妹走过一段险峻而狭窄的山路的故事。

1. B但那天早晨简病得更重，她不能走过那一段路。

2. D我也不能"背"她，因为通往海滩的路太陡峭太狭窄。

3. C路就在水的边沿上。right用在介词短语at the water's edge前，加强语气。

4. C我不知要到什么地方寻求帮助。turn本意为"转向"，短语turn to有"求助于"之意。

5. A catch在此处意为渔民"捕捞"，此可指猎人的"捕获(物) "。即4个渔民正准备出海捕鱼。

6. C我请他们帮我把我的妹妹从小道运下来，到海滩边的路上来。

7. D未等我说完，他们就将船拖回岸边。drag 有"(用力) 拖"之意。push意为"推'"，不合情理。

8. A看到妹妹的病情，他们"摇摇头"，此处shake their head表示"病人病势重，有遗憾，恐于事无补"之意。

9. B病得太厉害，恐怕不能坐椅子。注意"too ...to"结构。

10. B让她躺在床上我们抬。此处lying in bed 是现在分词作方式状语。

11. D carry表示"搬扛"之意。

12. B但他们安慰我说，"很容易，很安全"，此处but表转折关系，是针对作者的担心而言的。

13. D见上条注释。

14. A他们把绳子斜套在肩膀上。这里不可以用through,through表示"从.... 中穿过"。

15. A as此处表示"当……之时"。

16. C level此处用作形容词，意为"水平的"，即他们通过用绳子来控制床处在同一水平的髙度，使病人不致被倾斜。

17. B作者最关心的是妹妹简的安危。

18. A这种可能性使得我们越发小心，此处chance意同possibility₀

19. B每一步都十分小心。

20. D小心地，他们将妹妹抬到车的后坐上去了。此处carefully表示这4个渔民不仅做事小心仔细，且有呵护(care) 之意。