Question

【题目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:

Debbie Huckabee is ______ height. She never planned to take a ride in hot air balloon. The idea of going up hundreds of feet into the air frightened her. But last Saturday the bank where Huckabee works offered air balloon rides to its employees. The rides were free. So she decided to go ballooning. Huckabee saw Illinois from a new ______.

"I love riding in a hot air balloon. It was completely ______ from anything else I've ever done. It was so exciting that I lost my fear of heights. I think it was a great ______ for me." Huckabee said. Huckabee liked looking at Illinois from up high. "I never know that Illinois was so beautiful," she said. "There are rivers and fields and lots of colour. We don't have mountains or oceans, but it is very pretty."

Hot air ballooning is usually done in the early morning or late afternoon. That is when there is not much wind. People who want to ride in a hot air balloon have to be ______. Weather conditions are very important. Sometimes you have to wait for the weather conditions to change.

The ride takes about an hour. Then the pilot looks for a place to land the balloon. Huckabee thinks that landing is one of the best parts of the ride. "It's really exciting. You ______ know where you are going to land." Debbie Huckabee felt very proud of herself after her first ride. In fact, she felt .so confident that she went up three times on Saturday. "It was truly a wonderful experience and I can't ______ to do it again!"

【1】A.fond ofB.satisfied withC.afraid ofD.proud of

【2】A.viewB.eyeC.skyD.window

【3】A.amazingB.similarC.familiarD.different

【4】A.experimentB.experienceC.expenseD.example

【5】A.seriousB.worriedC.patientD.careful

【6】A.alwaysB.neverC.evenD.probably

【7】A.expectB.waitC.imagineD.plan

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【6】B

【7】B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了黛比女士本来十分恐高，但是经历了公司免费提供的热气球旅行后，她在高空看见了不一样的美丽的家乡，她再也不恐高了。

【1】句意：黛比恐高。

be fond of喜爱；be satisfied with对……满意；be afraid of害怕；be proud of对……感到自豪。根据后文“She never planned to take a ride in hot air balloon. The idea of going up hundreds of feet into the air frightened her”，可知她恐高，故选C。

【2】句意：哈科比从一个新的角度看伊利诺伊州。

view看法;风景;视域；eye眼睛；sky天空；window窗户。根据句意，可知是从另一个角度看，故选A。

【3】句意：这和我曾经做过的任何事都不一样。

amazing惊人的；similar相似的；familiar熟悉的；different不同的。根据前文，可知她从来没有尝试过乘坐热气球，所以这是非常不同的一次体验，故选D。

【4】句意：我认为这对于我来说是很好的一次经历。

experiment实验；experience经历；expense开支；example例子。根据句意，可知此处是说是一次好的经历，故选B。

【5】句意：想乘热气球的人必须有耐心。

serious严肃的；worried担心的；patient有耐心的；careful细心的。根据后文“Weather conditions are very important. Sometimes you have to wait for the weather conditions to change”，说到必须要等，所以此处是说要有耐心，故选C。

【6】句意：你不知道自己将在哪里降落。

always总是；never绝不；even甚至；probably可能。根据前文“Huckabee thinks that landing is one of the best parts of the ride”，以及她认为这很刺激，可以推测她是不知道会降落在哪儿，未知增添了刺激感，故选B。

【7】句意：这真的是很棒的一次经历，我等不及再来一次了。

expect期待；wait等待；imagine想象；plan计划。根据固定搭配can’t wait to do，意为“等不及做某事”，故选B。