Question

【题目】After lunch, without permission from parents, the two boys set off to explore the part of the beach which lay beyond the headland(陆岬). They had persuaded their young sister to _______, saying that the long walk would be too _______ for her. Once they had got in the headland, the beach reached away endlessly before them. It was like _______ a new world. There were damp, dark caves to _______ there were many _______ among the rocks, full of sea lives. Here and there along the beach were those _______ objects, washed up and _______ by the tide (潮汐).

The afternoon passed _______. The sun was already _______ when the boys reluctantly (恋恋不舍) ________to make their ________ homewards. But long before they reached the headland, they could see that tide had come in so sudden that they were now ________from either end of the beach. Their only chance of ________was to find a way up the cliff(悬崖) nearby.

They soon find a narrow path ________the cliff top. But half way up their path was ________ by a large rock which they could not climb ________. The two boys had to ________ at the top of their voices, ________ that someone might ________ over the top of the rock. Finally came their father and two policemen. ________ of them climbed down a rope which was lowered over the rock. The boys were then pulled to safety, and thus saved from spending a terrible night on the cliff.

【1】A. keep quiet B. stay home C. take a rest D. join them

【2】A. tiring B. exciting C. uninteresting D. impossible

【3】A. discovering B. facing C. enjoying D. imagining

【4】A. look up B. explore C. hide D. search

【5】A. lakes B. rivers C. waterfalls D. pools

【6】A. dirty B. light C. strange D. clean

【7】A. moved B. covered C. beaten D. left

【8】A. quickly B. unexpectedly C. immediately D. suddenly

【9】A. leaving B. dropping C. going D. setting

【10】A. forgot B. decided C. succeeded D. turned

【11】A. road B. way C. track D. path

【12】A. cut off B. left behind C. held back D. put away

【13】A. running off B. keeping clear C. getting away D. facing back

【14】A. reaching B. passing C. going up D. leading to

【15】A. blocked B. covered C. stopped D. filled

【16】A. on B. over C. round D. through

【17】A. shout B. shoot C. repeat D. renew

【18】A. wanting B. guessing C. believing D. hoping

【19】A. turn B. appear C. hide D. climb

【20】A. Any B. None C. One D. First

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【11】B

【12】A

【13】C

【14】D

【15】A

【16】B

【17】A

【18】D

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】本文叙述的是午饭后未经妈妈许可，两个男孩去探索超越岬角海滩那一部分的惊险经过。

【1】B考查动词词组。A. keep quiet保持安静；B. stay home待在家里；C. take a rest休息一会儿；D. join them加入到他们当中。他们劝说他们的小妹妹留在家里，告诉她说路很长对她来说太累。从上下文看，A、C、D不符合，故不选。答案为B。

【2】A考查形容词。A. tiring累人的；B. exciting令人兴奋的；C. uninteresting无趣味的；D. impossible不可能的。上文说劝阻young sister不去，只能说long walk would be too tiring。答案为A。

【3】B考查动词。A. discovering发现；B. facing面对；C. enjoying喜爱，享受；D. imagining想象。它就像面对一个新世界。通过上下文看，facing是作like的宾语，表示“面对”的意思。答案为B。

【4】B考查动词。A. look up抬头，查阅；B. explore探索；C. hide躲藏；D. search搜索。有潮湿黑暗的山洞，探索到岩石之间有很多小池塘，里面都是海洋生物。explore指探索。答案为B。

【5】D考查名词。A. lakes湖；B. rivers河流；C. waterfalls瀑布；D. pools小池塘。有潮湿黑暗的山洞，探索到岩石之间有很多小池塘，里面都是海洋生物。岩石间应是pools。答案为D。

【6】C考查形容词。A. dirty脏的；B. light轻的；C. strange奇怪的；D. clean干净的。two boys没有见过海里的东西，故选strange。答案为C。

【7】D考查动词。A. moved移动；B. covered覆盖；C. beaten打败；D. left离开。被潮水冲上来，并留下东西用leave。答案为D。

【8】A考查副词。A. quickly快速地；B. unexpectedly出乎意料地；C. immediately立刻，马上；D. suddenly突然。那天下午很快过去了。quickly可指时间过的飞快。答案为A。

【9】D考查动词。A. leaving离开；B. dropping落下；C. going去；D. setting放置。太阳落山用set。答案为D。

【10】B考查动词。A. forgot忘记；B. decided决定；C. succeeded成功；D. turned转动。这两个男孩恋恋不舍地决定找路回家。decide to do sth.决定做某事，故答案为B。

【11】B考查名词。A. road公路；B. way道路；C. track轨迹；D. path小路。make one's way homewards指找道回家。答案为B。

【12】A考查动词词组。A. cut off切断；B. left behind留下，遗留；C. held back隐瞒，退缩；D. put away收起来放好，储蓄。cut off切断，割掉。早在他们到达海岬之前，他们可以看到潮水来得这么突然以致于他们现在从海滩两端被切断。答案为A。

【13】C考查动词词组。A. running off吓跑；B. keeping clear让开，让路；C. getting away逃走，离开；D. facing back打退堂鼓。他们逃走的唯一机会是找到一个方法到悬崖边。答案为C。

【14】D考查动词词组。A. reaching到达；B. passing通过；C. going up上升；D. leading to导致，通向。不久他们找到一条通向悬崖边的路。答案为D。

【15】A考查动词。A. blocked阻塞；B. covered覆盖；C. stopped停止；D. filled填满。走到半路他们被一块不能翻越的岩石挡住了去路。be blocked指阻塞。答案为A。

【16】B考查介词。走到半路他们被一块不能翻越的岩石挡住了去路。climb over the rock指爬上岩石。答案为B。

【17】A考查动词。A. shout大喊；B. shoot射击；C. repeat重复；D. renew使更新。shout at the top of one’s voice指高声地喊。答案为A。

【18】D考查动词。A. wanting想要；B. guessing猜测；C. believing相信；D. hoping希望。他们高声喊希望有人出现在岩石上。答案为D。

【19】B考查动词。A. turn转动；B. appear出现；C. hide躲藏；D. climb爬。appear指希望某人出现在岩石上。答案为B。

【20】C考查不定代词。one of them, them指their father and two policemen。答案为C。