Question

【题目】

A. waving B. wait for C. in search of D. crawling E. clearer

Captain Joseph Mackey's airplane was flying over the ocean on its way to Great Britain when engine trouble started. He turned back and made a crash-landing at night in the deep snow of Newfoundland. All the men in the plane were killed except Captain Mackey who was badly hurt.

Captain Mackey waited all the next morning for an airplane to come 【1】 him. In the afternoon he set out to find help. He went about a mile but found that he was too weak to go on through the snow. Half walking and half 【2】 he made his way back to the plane.

The second day many planes passed above him, but none of the pilots saw him. In his plane was a flask（长颈瓶）of aluminum（铝）powder. He poured this on a huge stone to make the stone shine, but the wind blew it off.

The third day Captain Mackey heard a plane coming nearer, flying very low. It flew right over him and passed on. Then he gave up hope of being found. In a few minutes the plane returned, and the pilot dipped（稍微降低）one wing to get a 【3】 view. He had seen the aluminum powder blown by the wind on the snow.

The pilot cane for a better look, and then he saw Captain Mackey 【4】 his arms. Jim Allison, the pilot, was an old friend. Allison quickly climbed higher and sent a radio message. In a short time a plane cane and dropped a sleeping bag, food, medicine and tools for Captain Mackey. Later two men arrived with a sled to rescue him.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】E

【4】A

【解析】

本文主要介绍了由于飞机故障，除了约瑟夫·麦基上尉，机上其他所有的人都牺牲了，他想尽办法录求帮助，最终成功获救。

【1】句意： 约瑟夫·麦基第二天等飞机来寻找他，等了一整个上午。

In search of寻找，依据前文飞机出故障，他幸存下来，结合本句“waited all the next morning for an airplane to come”，他等飞机应该是为了来帮助它，in search of 表目的状语，表示 “（以便于）寻找……”，故答案为in search of。

【2】句意：他半走半爬行的顺着路艰难地回到飞机旁。

crawling爬行。依据前句“He went…too weak to go on through the snow.”“他太虚弱而不能再穿过大雪”，可知他没有力气了，他回去应该是“半走半爬行回到飞机旁”。故答案为crawling。

【3】句意：飞行员降低机翼飞得低些，以便看得更清楚。

Clearer更清楚；根据前文飞机飞过，但没发现他，“the plane returned,”“飞机飞回来”，所以应该是好像发现了什么，“飞得低些，以便看得更清楚”。故答案为clearer。

【4】句意：他发现约瑟夫·麦基正在挥动着胳膊。

Waving挥动，wave的现在分词。依据飞行员为了进一步看清楚，然后他看见“he saw Captain Mackey__” , see sb doing，看见某人正在做某事，结合所给单词选项，应该是“正在挥动着胳膊”，故答案为waving。

做选词填空题时：1.不要急于看文章，首先对备选的词汇研究，对词性做简单的标记，同时对词义作初步的理解。2.通读全文，通过上、下文的句子，充分理解短文的内容，注意发现固定搭配关系，凭借语感积极主动地猜测空格中所缺的信息，根据需要去备选词汇中寻找匹配的答案。3.选定单词后，不要轻率地填入。在填词过程中，需要瞻前顾后，既要符合本句的含义，又要保证句式结构的正确。 4.完成填词后，应通读全文，复核校对，以确保答案的正确性，最后把答案填入答卷。