Question

John and Mary had a nice home and two lovely children,a boy and a girl. John had a good 1      and had just been asked to go on a business trip to another city and it was 2        that Mary needed an outing and would go along too. They 3       a reliable woman to care for the children and made the4      ,returning home a little earlier than they had planned.

5      they drove into their hometown,they found a home in flames. Mary said, "Oh well,it isn't our fire;let's go home."

6       John drove closer and exclaimed (驚叫) ，"That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn't be 7      work yet. Maybe there is something we could do."

John drove up and they were both 8        to see the whole house in flames. A woman on the lawn was in hysterics 9       ,"The children!Get the children!They are in the basement."

10       Mary's protests (反對) ，John grabbed the water hose and soaked (浸濕) his clothes,put his wet handkerchief on his head and 11        for the basement which was full of12       . He found two nearly suffocated (窒息的) children and af?ter carrying them to safety,he asked how many more children were 13        there. They told him two more and Mary 14        his arm and screamed, "John!Don't go back!It's 15       ! That house will cave in any second！"

But he shook her off and went back by 16        his way down the smokefilled hallway and into the room. It17      a long time before he found both children and started back and at last when they came out into the18      and fresh air,he found that he had just 19        his own children.

It turned out that the babysitter had 20        them at this home while she did some shopping.

1. A. job   B. family   C. wife   D. boss

2. A. known   B. believed   C. decided   D. hoped

3. A. asked   B. hired

   C. intended   D. reminded

4. A. preparations   B. promise   C. decision   D. trip

5. A. Before   B. As   C. Once   D. Since

6. A. And   B. So   C. Now   D. But

7. A. off   B. on   C. out of   D. at

8. A. heartbroken   B. consciencestricken   C. horrorstricken   D. povertystricken

9. A. coughing   B. screaming   C. whispering   D. weeping

10. A. Apart from   B. In case of   C. Instead of   D. In spite of

11. A. reached   B. searched   C. dashed   D. sent

12. A. smoke   B. darkness   C. children   D. danger

13. A. up   B. away   C. out   D. down

14. A. pulled   B. took   C. grabbed   D. held

15. A. dangerous   B. useless   C. over   D. stupid

16. A. pushing   B. feeling   C. j        umping   D. moving

17. A. meant   B. spared   C. spent   D. seemed

18. A. shade   B. sunlight   C. shadow   D. crowd

19. A. helped   B. found   C. recognized   D. rescued

20. A. left   B. charged   C. removed   D. forgotten

Answer 1

我們生活在一個(gè)叫地球村的世界里，那些所謂的"其他人" 并非總是與我們毫不相干，幫助別人其實(shí)就是幫助自己，而且無私的真愛會(huì)得到上蒼最慷慨的回報(bào)。

1. A 由下文的”…and had just been asked to go on a business trip..."可知，這里是說約翰有份好工作，故選A.

2. C 由下文的"…would go along too."可知，瑪麗需要外出，因此便一同前往。

It is decided that sb…表示"決定某人做什么"。

know知道，了解;believe相信，認(rèn)為;hope希望。

3. B他們雇了一個(gè)可靠的女人照看他們的孩子，便去旅行了。

ask問;hire雇用;intend打算，意欲;remind提醒。

4. D preparation準(zhǔn)備;promise承諾，允諾;decision決定;trip 旅行。由語境可知選   D.

5. B根據(jù)前后兩部分的語意關(guān)系可知，當(dāng)他們開著車回到家鄉(xiāng)的時(shí)候，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)一座房子正處在火海之中。

before 在-…"之前；as當(dāng)…一時(shí)候;once—旦;since自從，因?yàn)椤?/p>

6. D承接上下文信息，瑪麗說："哦，這不是我們的房子，我們回家吧。"但是約翰把車開得更近一些，故前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選   D.

7. A這房子是在工廠里工作的弗雷德，瓊斯的，他這會(huì)兒應(yīng)該還沒下班，也許我們能做點(diǎn)兒什么。

be off work下班;be out of work失業(yè);be at work起作用，在上班。

8. C約翰把車開得更近些，讓他們感到驚訝和害怕的是整個(gè)房子都淹沒在火海里。

heartbroken心碎的;consciencestricken內(nèi)疚的，受良心責(zé)備的；horrorstricken '瓊恐的; povertystricken赤貧的。

9. B根據(jù)語境可知，草地上坐著的一個(gè)女人正聲嘶力竭地喊著："救救孩子，救救孩子！" cough咳嗽;scream尖叫;whis?per耳語，小聲說；weep哭泣。另外in hysterics表示"歇斯底里地"，故符合語境的是B項(xiàng)。

10. D承接下文信息，約翰不顧瑪麗的反對，他抓住水管浸濕衣服并用濕手縭蓋住頭沖向煙霧彌漫的地下室。

apart from除了;in case of以防"nstead of代替;in spite of盡管，不顧。

11. C reach到達(dá);search搜尋;dash猛沖;send送，寄。故符合語境的是C項(xiàng)。

12. A依據(jù)常識(shí)可知，此時(shí)的地下室滿是煙霧，故答案選A.

13. D因?yàn)楹⒆觽儽焕г诘叵率�，故此處約翰問還有幾個(gè)孩子在那兒，所以用副詞down。

14. C承接上下文信息，瑪麗抓住他的賂膊喊道："約翰，不要再回去了！那兒危險(xiǎn)，那幢房子會(huì)隨時(shí)塌掉的！"grab用力抓住，拽住。

15. A dangerous危險(xiǎn)的;useless無用的;over完了，結(jié)束了； stupid愚蠢的。由前句"Don't go back!"和后句"That house will cave in any second!"可知選A項(xiàng)。

16. B約翰推開瑪麗，摸索著前行，回到了地下室。

feel one's way為固定短語，意為"摸索著前行"，符合語境。

17. D似乎過了很長時(shí)間，約翰才找到了那兩個(gè)孩子。

It was

a long time before…過了好長時(shí)間才.... ，此處系動(dòng)詞

seem相當(dāng)于be ,故答案選   D.

18. B當(dāng)他們終于到了屋外，又呼吸到新鮮的空氣，重新見到陽光的時(shí)候，他發(fā)現(xiàn)他剛剛救出來的那兩個(gè)孩子正是他自己的骨肉。此處選sunlight與fresh air并列，與地下室的狀況形成對比。

19. D help幫助;find找到，發(fā)現(xiàn);recognize辨認(rèn)出，識(shí)別；rescue救援，挽救。

20. A原來是保姆在去買東西的時(shí)候把孩子留在了這幢房子里。

It turns out that...結(jié)果是，原來是。

leave留下，落下; charge要價(jià)，充電，指控；remove除去，去除;forget忘記。