Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When you’re a preteen, a huge problem might be that you just have to have a new rock-rap CD, 　36 your parents won’t give you the money for it. I thought life was so 　37 when things like this happened—until September 11, 2001.

　 I was in P.E. when the planes hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. As soon as I got home and for weeks after, I saw the disaster 　38 on TV. Seeing the innocent people running for their 　39 as the debris(瓦砾) started coming down the fire and smoke rose out of the 　40 brought tears to my eyes. I couldn’t help imagining what the people on the 　41 and in the buildings were thinking and going through, not 　42 what was going on. I admired the courage of the firefighters who rushed in and risked their own lives to 　43 others. It tore my heart apart to watch the 　44 looks on the faces of so many people who didn’t know if their loved ones were dead or alive while 45 in all the debris.

Then it 　46 me: All my life I had thought mainly of myself. I had it easy in life and had been taking it all for granted.

A feeling of coldness 　47 down my back, and I cried just thinking of the possibility that it could have easily 　48 to my family. My mom or dad could have been killed like that, and I would never, ever see them again. I began to evaluate what a real 　49 in life was.

This disaster 　50 me that awful things can happen to anyone at any time. Now when my mom or dad or sister go somewhere, even if it’s just 　51 the store, I try to remember to tell them that I love them because I know there is a 　52 that I may never tell them that 　53 .

Not getting a new CD is not going to make or 　54　 my life. I can live with those kinds of problems. But losing someone I love would 　55 make my life miserable.

9/11 showed me just what I am.

36. A. but	B. so	C. or	D. for
37. A. unbelievable	B. uncomfortable	C. unfair	D. uncertain
38. A. expand	B. occur	C. strike	D. unfold
39. A. lives	B. families	C. houses	D. friends
40. A. curtains	B. buildings	C. gates	D. bedrooms
41. A. seats	B. planes	C. corners	D. streets
42. A. believing	B. thinking	C. knowing	D. caring
43. A. join	B. save	C. meet	D. calm
44. A. puzzled	B. severe	C. dirty	D. desperate
45. A. hidden	B. found	C. placed	D. trapped
46. A. rewarded	B. surprised	C. hit	D. told
47. A. cooled	B. dropped	C. ran	D. passed
48. A. happened	B. compared	C. related	D. turned
49. A. relationship	B. problem	C. need	D. fate
50. A. taught	B. reminded	C. persuaded	D. informed
51. A. on	B. in	C. at	D. to
52. A. story	B. doubt	C. chance	D. plan
53. A. again	B. once	C. enough	D. ever
54. A. end	B. change	C. spare	D. break
55. A. rather	B. truly	C. probably	D. frequently

Answer 1

36. A      37. C      38. D     39. A      40. B      41. B      42. C      43. B       44. D     45. D

46. C      47. C      48. A      49. B      50. A      51. D     52. C      53. A      54. D     55. B