Question

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents in Texas. And every few summers, we’d __16__ the caravan (旅游团队), a group of Airstream trailer owners who __17__ together around the U.S. and Canada．

I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked __18__ to these travels. On one particular __ 19__ ，I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the backseat. My grandfather was __20__ . And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, and I hated the __21__.

    At that age, I’d take any excuse to make estimates(估计) and do minor __22__．At any rate, I decided to do the math for my __23__. I estimated the number of  cigarettes per days, estimated the number of __24__ per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I’d come up with a reasonable number, I poked my head  into the __25__ of the car, tapped my grandmother __26__ the shoulder, and proudly proclaimed, “At two minutes per puff, you've taken nine years off your __27__!” Because the ad said, every puff of a cigarette takes some  number of minutes __28__ smoker’s life．

I expected to be applauded for my __29__ and arithmetic skills. That’s not what happened．__30__, my grandmother burst into __31__. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. My grandfather was a highly intelligent, __32__ man. He had never said a harsh word to me. He pulled __33__ onto the shoulder of the highway. He stopped and got out of the car, __34__ me, and after a bit of silence，he gently and __35__ said, “Jeff, one day you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever.”   

1.A. take  B. join   C. attend    D. visit

2.A. work  B. study  C. travel     D. explore

3.A. forward    B. backward   C. toward    D. upward

4.A. holiday    B. research     C. trip      D. return

5.A. talking     B. reading     C. training   D. driving

6.A. scene      B. smell       C. band      D. type

7.A. arithmetic(算数)  B. question  C. game    D. problem

8.A. grandfather  B. grandmother  C. visitor    D. car

9.A. cases     B. smokes   C. kinds   D. puffs(烟头)

10.A. window   B. seat      C. back        D. front  

11.A. at        B. in        C. on           D. under

12.A. tour      B. life      C. distance       D. date

13.A. away     B. from      C. with         D. off

14.A. cleverness   B. coolness   C. happiness    D. ability

15.A. Eventually   B. Instead   C. Unfortunately  D. Though

16.A. words     B. laughters    C. tears       D. screams

17.A. stubborn   B. determined  C. lonely      D. quiet

18.A. over        B. in         C. away       D. up

19.A. noticed      B. looked     C. glared      D. glanced

20.A. angrily      B. excitedly    C. calmly    D. coldly

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】本文主要讲了我与祖父母和一些乘客一起去旅行，途中看到祖母吸烟，我计算了她的生命因为吸烟而减少的年数，使祖母很伤心。最后祖父告诉我，有时候善良比聪明更难

1.B 词义和上下文辨析。A拿，取；采取；接受（礼物等）；耗费（时间等）B加入C出席D拜访  句意：每个夏天，我们都会加入旅游团队  故选B

2.C 词义辨析。A工作B学习C旅行D探索  由上文的“旅游团队”知他们是一起旅行的。故选C

3.A 短语辨析。A look forward期望。。。B look backward 回头望C look toward 向前看 D look upward 向上看   句意：我很期望那些旅行者  故选A

4.C 词义和上下文辨析。A假期B研究C旅行D返回  句意：在一次特殊的旅行中  故选C

5.D 词义辨析。A谈话B阅读C训练D驾驶  句意：我的祖父子在驾驶。故选D

6.B 词义和上下文辨析。A场景B气味C乐队D类型   根据上下文可知，我不喜欢祖母吸烟的气味。故选B

7.A 词义辨析。A算数B问题C游戏D问题  句意：我做未成年人的算数  故选A

8.B 词义和上下文辨析。A祖父B祖母C拜访者D汽车 下文说“我”计算雪茄，则说明此处是与祖母有关的。故选B

9.D 词义辨析。A事例B吸烟C种类D烟头  句意：估计了雪茄的烟头  故选D

10.D 词义和上下文辨析。A窗户B座位C后面D前面   第二段中说“我”坐在后座，所以现在要把头伸到前面去。 句意：我把头伸到前面去  故选D

11.C 介词辨析。在肩膀上用on 故选C

12.B 词义辨析。A旅行B生命C距离D日期  句意：每两分钟你喷出一口烟，你就少了9年的生命。  故选B

13.D 短语辨析A take away 带走B take from 从。。。带来C take with带着 D take off 脱掉 使离开；(飞机)起飞；发起；起跳  句意：是吸烟者的生命离开  故选D

14.A 词义和上下文辨析。A聪明B冷静C开心D能力   句意：我期待为我的聪明而鼓掌    故选A

15.B 词义和上下文辨析。A最终B而不是，代替C不幸的D尽管   我的祖母没有表扬我反而哭了   选B

16.C 词义辨析。A话语B大笑C哭泣D尖叫   句意：我的祖母哭了起来。故选C

17.D 词义辨析。A固执的B有决心的C孤单的D安静的    由下文“我的祖父没有责骂我”可知我的祖父一直很安静。  故选D

18.A 短语辨析。A pull over靠在路边B pull in吸引；（火车）进站；节省；拘留C pull away（尤指车辆）开始移动D pull up 拔出来   句意：我的祖父把车靠在路边 故选A

19.B 词义辨析。A注意B看C怒视D扫视   句意：我的祖父看着我   故选B

20.C 词义辨析。A生气地B激动地C冷静地D冷酷地  由上文he gently可推出他温和冷静的对我说   故选C