Question

One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场） house in a large valley.   36

seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds   37  across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did.  38  ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly   39    Raul. The thunder（雷声） was so loud that he buried his  40   in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats（蹄声）.He   41  .There before him stood a tall, white   42  . An old man stared down at him from its back.

      “Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered   43  .“Come with me.”

      Raul followed on his horse. A   44   feeling came over him. All    45    them the rain was pouring down,  46    not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be  47   back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found  48  at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse,  49  his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were  50 .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard  to   51  him. “we have been  52  sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the  53  .”

   “Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

   “Can’t say I … wait. I  54  my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was  55  by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”

36. A. Something	B. Everything	C. Anything	D. Nothing
37.A.dropped	B. fell	C. rolled	D. covered
38.A.Suddenly	B. Strongly	C. Quickly	D. Hardly
39.A.beating	B. blinding	C. burning	D. touching
40.A.nose	B. hair	C. neck	D. head
41.A.looked up	B. woke up	C. lay down	D. sat down
42.A.tiger	B. horse	C. lion	D. elephant
43.A.lazily	B. angrily	C. coldly	D. slowly
44.A.natural	B. common	C. strange	D. bad
45.A.around	B. beside	C. through	D. above
46.A.yet	B. for	C. so	D. or
47.A.walking	B. leading	C. heading	D. returning
48.A.them	B. themselves	C. him	D. himself
49.A.shook	B. waved	C. held	D. took
50.A.gone	B. left	C. followed	D. lost
51.A.see	B. meet	C. beat	D. ask
52.A.waited	B. thought	C. worried	D. excited
53.A.yard	B. wind	C. grass	D. rain
54.A.believe	B. consider	C. doubt	D. forget
55.A.defeated	B. caught	C. damaged	D. struck

Answer 1

解析：

36．B．根据下文yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy可以看出，应该是“一切正常”。Anything主要用于否定句和条件句。

37。C．注意句子是dark clouds, 习惯上应该是“乌云滚滚”，以及后面的across the sky.

38．A．根据含义，闪电应该是突然发生的。

39．B．根据句意“闪电差点是他失明”。

40．D．根据上下文以及生活常识。Bury one’s head in his hands 意思是“手护着头”。

41．A．根据上文He buried his head in his hands以及下文There before him stood a tall, white…来看，他必须“抬起头”才可以“看见”的。

42．B．根据下文Raul followed on his horse可以看出答案。

43．D. 根据下文含义，老人是来帮助他的，而A 是贬义，B，C不符合下文老人的意图。

44．C．根据下文“周围瓢泼大雨，而他身上一滴雨也没有”，所以这种感觉应该是“奇怪”。

45．A．此题有一点巧妙。也是生活的一个常识问题，人在雨中，应该是“四周”都是雨。

46．A．注意上下文是转折关系，yet然而。

47．C．head back(towards)朝回走。选项A，事实上他们自己并没有“走路”。Return 一般为return to /from.

48.D.根据下文，应该是“他”到家了。如选C，就会指代不明，造成误解。

49．B．wave one’s hand 挥手（告别/致意）；hold hands 手拉手。

50．A．gone adj,常作表语。表示“不见，消失”，主要指“看不见了”；lost 表示“丢失”，一般是在指再也找不到了；另外missing意思是“迷路，丢失（可以找回来的），不见了”；left 留下，剩下；follow 跟随，在…后发生。

51．B．meet “接，迎接，会面”。其他含义不相符。

52．C．大雨天，孩子一直没有回家，父母肯定是“着急，担心”，而且后面有介词about.

53. D. 注意get in 和out of，显然是“离开雨”进入“屋子”。一般说来下雨天我们是“躲雨”，而且文章上下文主要强调的是“瓢泼大雨”。

54．A．根据文章含义可以得出正确答案。

55．D．根据上下文考查动词词义辨别。