Question

   I have been driving for over 30 years,but I can still remember what happened that day when I drove a car for the first time. My mum had driven our big Plymouth to a 27       and deserted back road and 28        it. It was a oneway road and had a 29       built with river rocks along the side of it,but Mum knew there was little 30        of meeting any traffic on it that day. With a smile,she gave me the key and 31        seats with me. And then she told me to 32        the car,to put it into drive and to 33        push on the gas pedal.

  In spite of excitement,I 34       what "gently" meant.  After I pushed on the gas pedal,the car sped 35       . Before I could turn the 36       ,I heard the scratch of metal against the stone wall. I 37       the car and looked over at Mum. Her face was 38        and her hands were trembling. Slowly,she opened her door and began checking the car. Then she walked 39        around the car to the drivers side door. I kept waiting for her to 40        at me but she just 41        and said, "Well,that's enough for today. We'll try again tomorrow."

  As I 42        that day,I am amazed at the 43       amount of kindness,love and 44        my mum showed me. In the years that followed,I messed up many times in many ways. Often I didn't feel worthy to be 45       ,but each time I could feel Mum's gentle voice, "We'll try again tomorrow."When we fall today,don't stay 46      Rise up and be ready to try again tomorrow.

27. A. steep   B. narrow   C. crowded   D. loose

28. A. unloaded   B. equipped   C. repaired   D. parked

29. A. wall   B. fence   C. pole   D. bridge

30. A. choice   B. challenge   C. chance   D. task

31. A. took   B. booked   C. switched   D. adjusted

32. A. wash   B. start   C. wipe   D. push

33. A. quickly   B. heavily   C. urgently   D. gently

34. A. caught   B. misunderstood   C. guessed   D. questioned

35. A. forward   B. upward

   C. backward   D. downward

36. A. door   B. key   C. wheel   D. mirror

37. A. sped   B. tested   C. moved   D. stopped

38. A. pale   B. rough   C. calm   D. tired

39. A. angrily   B. quietly   C. casually   D. bravely

40. A. whisper   B. glare   C. shout   D. cry

41. A. apologized   B. blamed   C. complained   D. sighed

42. A. look back on   B. make up for   C. look forward to   D. put up with

43. A. small   B. huge

   C. equal   D. concrete

44. A. courage   B. ability   C. patience   D. doubt

45. A. forgiven   B. praised   C. motivated   D. ignored

46. A. up   B. away   C. aside   D. down

Answer 1

[文章大意]這是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。作者通過描述自己第一次跟母親學(xué)開車而撞墻的經(jīng)歷告訴我們，不要害怕失敗，要勇于再次嘗試。

27. B由下文中的deserted back road和oneway road可知，這是一條巳經(jīng)荒廢、偏僻的單行道，應(yīng)該非常"狹窄"，故選擇B 項。

steep陡峭的;crowded擁擠的，loose寬松的。

28. D由下文"With a smile,she gave me the key…"可看出，這里是說母親停下了汽車。

unload卸載;equip安裝;repan" 修理。

29. A由第二段第三句"-I heard the scratch of metal against the stone wall."可知，路邊上有一道用河中的石頭建造的石墻，A項符合文意。

30. C由上文對路況的描述可知，在這條路上與其他車輛相撞的幾率很小。chance在此意為"可能性，可能"。

31. C母親微笑著交給"我"鑰匙，并與"我"調(diào)換了座位。switch調(diào)換，交換;book預(yù)訂(房間、車票等) ；adj ust調(diào)整，校準(zhǔn)。C項符合語境。

32. B由下文內(nèi)容可看出，母親讓作者啟動汽車。start在此為"啟動，發(fā)動"之意。

33. D由下段首句中"…what 'gently' meant."可知答案，意思是讓"我"輕輕地踩油門，故選 D. qiuckly快速地;heavily重重地;urgently迫切地，急切地；gently輕輕地，緩慢地。

34. B從下文內(nèi)容可知，作者并沒有輕輕地踩踏油門，可見作者誤解了"gently"的含義。

misunderstand"錯誤估計，錯誤判斷"，符合文意，故選 B.

35. A根據(jù)常識，一般踩油門后汽車是加速向前。forward向前地;upward向上地;backward向后;downward向下。

36. C "我"還未來得及轉(zhuǎn)動方向盤，就聽到了金屬撞在石墻上的刮擦聲。

wheel在此意為"方向盤"。

37. D由后面作者注視母親來判斷，作者已經(jīng)把車停下了，應(yīng)選D項。

38. A由后面母親的手在發(fā)抖可以推斷，母親被嚇得面色蒼白，A項符合文意。pale蒼白的;rough粗糙的，粗略的； calm鎮(zhèn)靜的;'tired疲憊的。

39. B由前面的slowly及下文內(nèi)容來看，母親表現(xiàn)得非常平靜，B項符合語境。angrily氣憤地，casually隨意地;bravely 勇敢地。

40. C作者學(xué)開車闖了禍，很顯然在等待母親的呵斥，應(yīng)選C項。whisper at對.... 禾厶語,小盧說；glare at怒視;shout at對……大喊，叱喝；cry at對……哭喊。

41. D由最后一段中的"…but each time I could feel Mum's gentle vo_1Ce…"可看出，母親總是在鼓勵作者要敢于再次嘗試，并沒有責(zé)備或埋怨作者，母親也不應(yīng)該道歉，所以應(yīng)選擇D項。

sigh意為"嘆氣，嘆息"，表示一種無奈、傷心或失望的狀態(tài)。

42. A look back on 回憶；make up for彌補(bǔ);look forward to盼望，期待;put up with容忍，忍受。此處意思是"每次當(dāng)'我'回憶起那天的經(jīng)歷時"。A項符合文意。

43. B當(dāng)"我"回憶那天發(fā)生的事情的時候，母親所表現(xiàn)出的極大的仁慈、愛心和耐心，都令"我"感到吃驚。a huge amount of大量的。B項符合文意。

44. C解釋同上。故選 C.

45. A由后面的"…each time I could feel Mum's gentle voice …"可知，母親總是會原諒作者。再由but所表示的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系可推知，作者常常感到自己不值得被原諒，A項符合文意。

forgive寬恕，原諒;praise稱贊，表揚;motivate激發(fā)，激勵;ignore忽略，忽視。

46. D stay down意思是"消沉"，符合文意，故選 D. down在此意為"倒下的，情緒低落的"。