44. A. If B. After C. once D. While
while 引导时间状语从句,表示“当……时”。
43. A. settled B. walked C. hurried D. stepped
settle定居。他们到达了目的地,定居下来。
42. A. suggested B. solved C. discovered D. explained
suggest暗示。外面景色的变化暗示着作者生活的变化。solve解决;discover发现;explain解释。
40. A. good B. simple C. big D. proper
big与上文中的small相对照。说明“搬家”这个字眼很小,无法包容作者新生活的全部。
41 A. picture B. ground C. sense D. area
scene景色。根据“change from green trees to flat dusty plains”可判断出scene指的是作者在火车上看到的外面的景色。picture图画;ground 地面;area区域。
39. A. going B. moving C. driving D. flying
根据上文“my family moved from Boston to Tucson”可判断出他们全家要搬家。
38. A. hoping B. admitting C. realizing D. believing
realize意识到。没有意识到事情会发生巨大变化。admit承认;believe相信。
37. A. gathered B. warned C. organized D. comforted
gather聚集。把他们召集到起居室里。warn警告;organize组织;comfort安慰。
36. A. During B. Until C. Upon D. Before
根据下文可判断出这是在他们搬家前发生的事。
55. A. whispering B. laughing C. screaming D. crying
上帝不相信你的话,所以应该是能听到他笑。whispering 耳语screaming尖叫 crying哭泣
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When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 36 the move, my father 37 us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 38 that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we're 39 to Arizona."
The words, so small, didn't seem 40 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the 41_ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 42 mysteries(奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 43 into own new home.
44 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 45 explored(探索) our
new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring 46 and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You'd better not 47 that."
I turned around to see an old woman
"Are you new lo this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, 48 , new to the entire state.
"My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 49 ? It must be quite a _50 after living in Boston."
How could I explain how I 51 the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.
"It's vastness," she offered. “That vastness 52 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert -- you can 53 how little you are in comparison with the world. _54 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”
That was it. That was the feeling I'd bad ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my 55 would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't touch."
54. A. consider B. accept C. promise D. guess
由词义而定。A考虑,B接受,C允诺,D猜测。这是向上帝祈祷,所以要用:promise