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Recently,I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive,the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight __1__ before setting down. High desert winds had __2__ the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be __3__ the city for a few minutes waiting to __4__. We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened __5__ there might be a few bumps(颠簸).We11,that few minutes turned into about forty-five minutes,including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车) __6__ by comparison. The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt __7__ and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess,that's not a good thing to have happen in a(n) __8__ space because it only __9__ to increase the discomfort of the situation.

About twenty minutes into the adventure,the entire airplane became very __10__.There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be __11__ noticed.Every passenger simply held on for dear life...except one. A __12__ was having a good time! With each bump of the __13__, he would let out a giggle(咯咯的笑)of delight. As I observed this,I __14__ that he didn't know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his  __15__. He neither thought about the past nor about the future. Those are what we grown-ups have learned from __16__.He was __17__ the ride  because he had not yet been taught to fear it. Having  understood this,I took a deep breath and __18__ back into my seat,pretending I was __19__ on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even  __20__ to  giggle once or twice,much to the chagrin(懊恼)of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.

1. A. mistake  B. delay  C. change   D. wind

2. A. forced     B. warned  C. swept      D. reminded

3. A. watching  B. visiting  C. circling     D. crossing

4. A. arrive     B. enter  C. stop         D. land

5. A. if       B. though  C. because      D. while

6. A. light    B. pale    C. easy         D. quick

7. A. sick     B. nervous  C. angry      D. afraid

8. A. empty   B. narrow  C. secret      D. open

9. A. happens  B. continues  C. fails     D. serves

10. A. quiet   B. hot   C.  dirty        D.  crowded  

11. A. partly  B.  gradually  C. shortly  D. clearly

12. A. pilot   B. baby  C.  guard  D.  man

13. A. seats         B.  passengers

C. flight         D. airplane

14. A. realized  B.  hoped      C.  agreed       D.  insisted

15. A. health   B. safety        C. joy           D. future

16. A. teachers  B. books       C.  experience    D.  practice

17. A. learning   B.  taking    C.  missing       D.  enjoying

18. A. sat       B. lay         C. went          D. rode

19. A. nearly     B.  finally    C.  really        D.  suddenly

20. A. attempted  B.  managed   C.  wanted      D.  decided

1. 解析:选B。根据 “High desert winds...to close all but one runway”可知,因沙尘暴关闭所有的跑道,只留一条,故应为延时降落。

2. 解析:选A。因为沙尘暴迫使(force)机场关闭跑道。warn警告;sweep打扫,席卷;remind提醒,均不符合题意。

3. 解析:选C。飞机在等待降落的过程中应该是绕城市盘旋,故应选C。watch用于动态的场面;visit参观,拜访;cross横穿,均不符合题意。

4. 解析:选D。根据上下文句意可知,飞机要绕城市盘旋几分钟以便等待着陆。

5. 解析:选C。句意为:我们被告知仍在座位上坐好,系好安全带,因为飞机可能会有几次颠簸。此处应为because引导的原因状语从句。

6. 解析:选B。make...pale by comparison使……相形见绌,此处用以强调飞机在空中极不稳定。

7. 解析:选A。句意为:像过山车一样的剧烈运动使旅客恶心而不得不用呕吐袋。sick恶心的;nervous紧张的;angry生气的;afraid害怕的。

8. 解析:选B。此空前的that指的是using airsickness bags,也就是发生在飞机上狭小空间内的呕吐,因此选用narrow(狭窄的),后面的space指的是飞机内部空间。empty空的;secret秘密的,均不合题意。

9. 解析:选D。在这种情形下本来就很难受,在飞机上呕吐使得这种难受更加强烈。serve意为“起……作用,用作……”。

10. 解析:选A。根据后文中“a sense of anxiety and fear”可知,人们都很紧张、焦虑,在这种情形下飞机上的人一定是静悄悄的。

11. 解析:选D。飞机上的焦躁不安,应该是能够很明显的被观察到,故选clearly。

12. 解析:选B。此处应是“baby”,和下文“we grown-ups”形成对比。

13. 解析:选D。由文意可知,飞机的每一次颠簸让孩子体验坐过山车一样的感受,孩子发出咯咯的笑声。

14. 解析:选A。句意为:我通过观察,才意识到这个孩子并不知道他应该害怕或是担心自己的安全。

15. 解析:选B。此处表示,为他的安全担心。

16. 解析:选C。成人都是从孩子时代过来的,是成人的亲身经历让他们知道孩子不知道什么是害怕和担心。

17. 解析:选D。因为孩子不知道害怕,自然是在飞机的颠簸中享受坐过山车般的快乐。

18. 解析:选A。sit back into my seat意为“坐回到我的座位上”。

19. 解析:选C。句意为:我坐回到我的座位上,假装真的坐上了过山车。nearly几乎;finally最后;suddenly突然,均不符合题意。

20. 解析:选B。句意为:我甚至咯咯地笑了一两次。作者应该是真的笑出了声,才让邻座的手拿呕吐袋的人懊恼。managed to do做成了某事。

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Each time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. "Yes, honey. Of course." she said.

    "Can we write him a letter?"

    She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, "Yes."

    My heart jumped. "How? Does the mailman go there?" I asked.

    "No, but I have an idea." Mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for.

    "Just wait, honey. You'll see." Mom told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and even about what happened in a story I had read. For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive. I gave the letter to Mom. She read it over, and a smile crossed her face.

    She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped (缠绕) the balloon string. We went outside and she gave me the balloon. It was still raining.

    "Okay, on the count of three, let go. One, two, three."

The balloon, carrying my letter, darted upward against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.

Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he suffered, he'd persevere, dart up, and finally transcend (超越) this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was hereditar. I prayed to be a balloon.

When the girl asked her mother if they could write to her father, her mother _________.

    A.felt it hard to answer       B.thought her a creative girl

    C.believed it easy to do so        D.found it easy to lie

When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father, she _________.

    A.jumped with joy                  B.became excited

    C.started writing immediately              D.was worried that it couldn't be delivered

In the eyes of the author, what was the rain like?

    A.An incurable disease.           B.An unforgettable memory.

    C.The hard time her father had.                D.The failures her father experienced.

What would be the best title for the passage?

    A.An unforgettable experience     B.The strong red balloon

    C.Fly to paradise                          D.A great father

Each time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. “Yes, honey. Of course.” she said.

    “Can we write him a letter?”

    She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, “Yes.”

    My heart jumped. “How? Does the mailman go there?” I asked.

    “No, but I have an idea.” Mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for.

    “Just wait, honey. You’ll see.” Mom told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and even about what happened in a story I had read. For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive. I gave the letter to Mom. She read it over, and a smile crossed her face.

    She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped (缠绕) the balloon string. We went outside and she gave me the balloon. It was still raining.

    “Okay, on the count of three, let go. One, two, three.”

The balloon, carrying my letter, darted upward against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.

Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he suffered, he’d persevere, dart up, and finally transcend this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was hereditary. I prayed to be a balloon.

1.What does the underlined sentence imply?

A. When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother felt it hard to answer.    

B. When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother thought her a creative girl.

C. When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother believed it easy to do so.        

D. When the girl asked if they could write to her father, her mother found it easy to lie.

2.When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father, she _________.

A. jumped with surprise                     B. became excited

C. didn’t know how to write                           D. was worried that it couldn’t be delivered

3.In the eyes of the author, what was the rain like?

A. An incurable disease.                              B. An unforgettable memory.

C. The hard time her father had.        D. The failures her father experienced.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. An unforgettable experience.                     B. The strong red balloon.

C. Fly to paradise.                       D. A great father.

 

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。

My own "truest" Christmas stands out from all the others, which is the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest.Recently divorced, I had no   36   and was on my way to the employment office.It was pouring, but I had no umbrella, for my old one had   37   apart, and I could not afford another one.

I got in a streetcar and there   38   the seat was an umbrella leaning with a silver handle  39with jewels.I had never seen anything so lovely.I   40   the handle and saw a name carved there.The   41_procedure would have been to   42   the umbrella to the conductor, while I   43   to take it with me and find the owner myself.

Then I   44   a telephone book for the name on the umbrella and got it.A lady answered my call and she was so   45   that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house.There, she wanted to give me a(an)   46   , but her excitement at getting back this special possession was   47   that to have accepted money would have   48   something.

The next six months were   49   .I was able to get only temporary   50   here and there for a small salary.  51   , when reaching home, 1 made myself smile, pretending to be happy to meet my daughter Peggy.There, she opened the door for me and 52 herself in my arms, screaming and demanding that we decorate the tree immediately.But when I looked at the cold pans and cans in he cold little kitchen, misery   53   me.

Suddenly the doorbell rang, there stood a delivery man."This is a   54   ," I said, but he read the name on the parcels and they were for me.I looked for the name of the sender and found it was the lady.

Our dinner the night was the most delicious in my life.Then I put Peggy to bed and   55   her gifts up around the tree and a sweet peace flooded me like a blessing.

1.A.hope             B.job           C.faith               D.house

2.A.torn            B.divided        C.taken              D.fallen

3.A.down             B.against              C.in                  D.over

4.A.equipped          B.armed          C.decorated            D.filled

5.A.examined          B.inspected        C.investigated          D.checked

6.A.general          B.usual           C.ordinary             D.regular

7.A.turn in            B.give in          C.bring in             D.take in

8.A.hesitated          B.turned          C.promised           D.determined

9.A.searched         B.observed        C.found              D.watched

10.A- thankful          B.excited         C.delighted           D.truthful

11.A.reward           B.prize            C.award              D.praise

12.A.so              B.even            C.ever                D.such

13.A.changed         B.spoiled         C.helped              D.missed

14.A.fortunate         B.merciful      C.inspiring           D.miserable

15.A.employment     B.settlement      C.fulfillment          D.disappointment

16.A- However         B.Therefore      C.Thus                D.Besides

17.A.threw           B.spread         C.put                 D.lost

18.A.got over        B.came over      C.turned over         D.knocked over

19.A.surprise          B, blessing        C.mistake             D.misfortune

20.A.set             B.brought        C.took                D.picked

 

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