题目内容

1、During the Spring Festival of 2008, southern China saw a snow disaster never seen in more than 50 years. It snowed continuously for half a month, ___36__ all the transportation. Many people were trapped in the stations and ___37___ in cars. Governments and people did everything they could ___38___ the snow disaster, no one was killed __ 39___ cold and hunger. Many moving stories happened during the ___40___. And a moving story of a swallow couple was ___41___on the Internet.

The swallow couple had not eaten anything for several days ___42__ the snow. They tried to fly into people's home to warm themselves, but every house was closed ___43__. They got to a side of a balcony ___44__ wind could not reach. The wife's body was __45__, she could not move any longer. The husband wrapped his wife with his wings. The husband lost his __46__ soon. The couple died, one __47__ another.

The next morning, the housemaster saw the __48__ swallows embracing together. Thinking of the __49__ the snow had brought to the people, he was __50__ to tears. He found a small box,   __51__   it with some hay and __52__ the swallow couple in, then buried them in the garden.

In the roof of my house lives a swallow family .They come back from the __53__ every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, they fly to the south for __54__. I wonder if they will come back this spring as they __55__.

 

36．A. protecting	B. maintaining	C. blocking	D. keeping
37．A. even	B. still	C. yet	D. nevertheless
38．A. fight	B. fighting	C. to fight	D. fought
39．A. to	B. from	C. with	D. for
40．A. process	B. procedure	C. practice	D. progress
41．A. common	B. widespread	C. well-known	D. familiar
42．A. regardless of	B. instead of	C. in addition to	D. because of
43．A. loosely	B. tightly	C. roughly	D. lightly
44．A. where	B. what	C. which	D. to which
45．A. frozen	B. terrified	C. worried	D. scared
46．A. faith	B. heart	C. courage	D. heat
47．A. fastening	B. packing	C. wrapping	D. fixing
48．A. dead	B. live	C. lively	D. lovely
49．A. need	B. hardship	C. poverty	D. shortage
50．A. affected	B. moved	C. encouraged	D. satisfied
51．A. put	B. treated	C. connected	D. filled
52．A. laid	B. lay	C. let	D. allowed
53．A. west	B. east	C. south	D. north
54．A. spring	B. winter	C. summer	D. autumn
55．A. were	B. had	C. do	D. did

 

试题答案

1、36. C。因南方连续下雪，大雪封住/堵住了交通。而不可能是保护（protecting）、保养（maintaining）保持（keeping）。

37. A。此处进一步讲述情况的严重性。A项even（甚至）是合适的选项。still（仍然）没有递进之意；yet（仍然，还）常用否定疑问句中；nevertheless（然而，虽然如此，依然）。

38. C。此处是一个固定句式：do everything/ what one can to do sth. 尽力做某事。其中不定式to fight 表目的，作目的状语。

39. B。句意：没有人被冻死，没有人被饿死。from(因……而死)表示由于外部原因引起的死亡。

40. A。在抗灾的过程中，发生了很多感人的故事。process（做某事的）过程，procedure 办事程序；手续，步骤；practice 实践，做法；progress进展，进程，进步。

41. B。句意：一对燕子夫妇的感人故事在网上流传开来。widespread（尤指）流传广的，遍及的; common 共同的；well-known著名的；familiar熟悉的。

42. D。大雪使燕子夫妇找不到食物，他们已经几天没有吃东西了。because of因为；regardless of 不管，不顾；instead of 代替； in addition to除……之外。

43. B。他们想飞进人们的家里躲避寒冷，可是，每家的窗户都关得紧紧的。tightly 紧紧地loosely 松松地；roughly 粗糙地，草率地；lightly轻轻地。

44. C。他们来到一个阳台背风的地方。此处是定语从句，which在从句中作reach的宾语。

45. A。此时，妻子的身体已经被冻僵了，她趴下不动了。frozen 冻僵；terrified使恐怖； worried 担心；scared害怕。

46. D。由于翅膀张开，丈夫身上的热量很快就散发完了。lose his heat 热量散发；lose his faith 失去信心/信仰/信任；lose his heart to sb．爱上某人；lose his courage失去勇气。

47. C。就这样，两只燕子在饥饿中被冻死在一起。由上文wrapped his wife with his wings可知。wrap 包或裹某物/某人；fasten系住某物；使某物联结在一起；pack装点/打点某物；塞满/挤满某处；fix安装，固定。

48. A。第二天主人看到一对死去的燕子。因天气寒冷，自然是冻死的；而不会是live (活的)、lively (活泼的)、lovely (可爱的)燕子。

49. B。想到这些天人们在暴风雪中的遭遇。hardship苦难，困苦；need 需要，必要；poverty  贫困，贫穷；shortage短缺，缺乏。

50. B。主人非常感动。be moved to tears感动得流泪。be affected受影响；be encouraged受到鼓舞；be satisfied感到满意。

51. D。treat…with… 用……装满……。此处意为：在盒子里放些干草。

52. A。laid（搁置，放置）与前文found和filled 是并列谓语，表示动作依次发生。

53. C。由常识可知，每年春天燕子一家都会从南方回来生儿育女。

54. B。秋天小燕子长大就会同父母一起飞到南方过冬。

55. D。不知道今年他们一家还能不能象往常一样回来。did 是助动词，替代came back，避免重复。