Question

【题目】 Last year I came across a polar bear face to face. That day, we travelled for six hours there to watch the largest land predator in the world-the polar bear.

The bus suddenly came to a _______ and the engine wouldn't start. Then in the distance appeared a polar bear. _______ by nature, it was walking towards us. My pulse quickened. I could hear my heart _______ in my ears.

He came closer and his long nose moved back and forth, checking out the _______ on the bus door. He walked around the bus, then, without _______, jumped up suddenly on his legs and put his front feet _______ the bus, his sharp paws _______ on the white metal door repeatedly. With his head only four feet from the open windows, he looked up at the faces which stared _______ at him.

To get a good position to take a _______, I climbed up the outside metal balcony (平台)on the bus. The bear had moved towards my end of the bus, but his ____________ was under the balcony, leaving most of its back part outside.

Suddenly, I heard a loud noise from under my feet. I looked down. In a hurry, I had not ____________ the floor of the balcony was a see-through metal grid(网). The polar bear was ____________me. His wet nose almost touched my feet. He looked up at me with his brown eyes, ____________ he wanted to say something. ____________ , I was aware the fact that I was in this bear's territory.

I waited in the freezing Arctic wind, watching him walk away slowly. Just before disappearing behind the snowdrift, he ____________ and looked back at me for one final goodbye. And then I got a perfect photograph.

【1】A.useB.lifeC.stopD.power

【2】A.PatientB.NervousC.FriendlyD.Curious

【3】A.flyingB.beatingC.burningD.struggling

【4】A.smellsB.tastesC.paintsD.colors

【5】A.effortB.shameC.warningD.doubt

【6】A.beyondB.againstC.behindD.beside

【7】A.drawingB.restingC.focusingD.clicking

【8】A.backB.forwardsC.awayD.around

【9】A.researchB.pictureC.breakD.walk

【10】A.tailB.pawC.noseD.head

【11】A.admittedB.noticedC.explainedD.minded

【12】A.attractingB.savingC.strikingD.smelling

【13】A.in caseB.if onlyC.even ifD.as if

【14】A.NaturallyB.HopefullyC.CarefullyD.Strangely

【15】A.swamB.welcomedC.pausedD.shouted

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【11】B

【12】D

【13】D

【14】A

【15】C

【解析】

本文是记叙文。作者讲述了去年在北极和一只北极熊面对面接触的故事。

【1】考查名词辨析。句意：巴士突然停了下来，发动机发动不起来了。A. use用途，使用；B. life生活；C. stop停止；D. power力量。根据the engine wouldn't start可知车突然停了，故选C。

【2】考查形容词辨析。句意：然后在远处出现了一只北极熊。它生性好奇，向我们走来。A. Patient耐心的；B. Nervous紧张的；C. Friendly友好的；D. Curious好奇的。根据walking towards us和He came closer and his long nose moved back and forth, checking out the ___4___ on the bus door.可知北极熊对于我们和公交车好奇，故选D。

【3】考查动词辨析。句意：我的脉搏加快，我能听到我的心在耳旁跳动。A. flying飞行；B. beating心跳，敲打；C. burning燃烧；D. struggling斗争。根据my heart可知，此处指心跳，故选B。

【4】考查名词辨析。句意：他走得更近了，他的长鼻子前后移动着，检查着巴士门上的气味。A. smells气味；B. tastes味道；C. paints颜料；D. colors颜色。根据his long nose moved back and forth可知是用鼻子闻气味，故选A。

【5】考查名词辨析。句意：他绕着巴士走了一圈，然后毫无预兆地突然跳了起来，把前脚搭在巴士上，尖利的爪子不停地敲打着白色的铁门。A. effort努力；B. shame羞耻；C. warning预兆，警告；D. doubt怀疑。根据suddenly可知是毫无预兆，故选C。

【6】考查介词辨析。句意：他绕着巴士走了一圈，然后毫无预兆地突然跳了起来，把前脚搭在巴士上，尖利的爪子不停地敲打着白色的铁门。A. beyond超过；B. against紧靠，碰撞；C. behind在后面；D. beside在旁边。北极熊只有把前脚紧靠在巴士上，爪子才能敲打车门。故选B。

【7】考查动词辨析。句意：他绕着巴士走了一圈，然后毫无预兆地突然跳了起来，把前脚搭在巴士上，尖利的爪子不停地敲打着白色的铁门。A. drawing绘画；B. resting休息；C. focusing集中；D. clicking敲打，点击。此处指北极熊用爪子敲打车门，故选D。

【8】考查副词辨析。句意：他的头距离打开的车窗只有四英尺远，他抬头看着那些回望着他的面孔。A. back向后；B. forwards向前；C. away离开；D. around在周围。因为北极熊和人们是互相注视，“回望某人”是stare back at sb.故选A。

【9】考查名词辨析。句意：为了得到一个好位置拍照，我爬到巴士车顶的平台上。A. research研究；B. picture照片；C. break间断，休息；D. walk步行。根据句意和文章最后的I got a perfect photograph可知作者是为了给北极熊拍照，故选B。

【10】考查名词辨析。句意：北极熊已经朝我坐的那头移动了，但他的头还在平台下面，背部大部分露在外面。A. tail尾巴；B. paw爪子；C. nose鼻子；D. head头。根据上文With his head only four feet from the open windows, he looked up可知北极熊在车窗之下，作者在车顶，所以北极熊的头还在平台下，故选D。

【11】考查动词辨析。句意：在匆忙中，我没有注意到平台的地板是一个透明的金属网格。A. admitted承认；B. noticed注意到；C. explained解释；D. minded介意。因为开始没注意到，所以北极熊才能和作者亲密接触。故选B。

【12】考查动词辨析。句意：北极熊在闻我。A. attracting吸引；B. saving救，节省；C. striking打；D. smelling闻。根据His wet nose almost touched my feet.可知北极熊是用鼻子闻，故选D。

【13】考查固定短语。句意：他抬起棕色的眼睛看着我，似乎想说些什么。A. in case万一；B. if only只要；C. even if即使；D. as if似乎，好像。北极熊不会与人交流，所以是似乎想说话。故选D。

【14】考查副词辨析。句意：自然地，我知道我在这只熊的领地。A. Naturally自然地；B. Hopefully有希望地；C. Carefully小心地；D. Strangely奇怪地。根据开头we travelled for six hours there to watch the largest land predator in the world-the polar bear.和常识可知作者去了北极，自然知道是北极熊的领地。故选A。

【15】考查动词辨析。句意：就在他即将消失在雪堆后面时，他停住看了我一眼，做了最后的道别。A. swam游泳；B. welcomed欢迎；C. paused暂停，停顿；D. shouted呼喊。此处指北极熊停住回头看作者，故选C。