Question

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents in Texas. And every few summers, we’d __16__ the caravan (旅游團隊), a group of Airstream trailer owners who __17__ together around the U.S. and Canada．

I loved and worshipped my grandparents and I really looked __18__ to these travels. On one particular __ 19__ ，I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the backseat. My grandfather was __20__ . And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, and I hated the __21__.

    At that age, I’d take any excuse to make estimates(估計) and do minor __22__．At any rate, I decided to do the math for my __23__. I estimated the number of  cigarettes per days, estimated the number of __24__ per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I’d come up with a reasonable number, I poked my head  into the __25__ of the car, tapped my grandmother __26__ the shoulder, and proudly proclaimed, “At two minutes per puff, you've taken nine years off your __27__!” Because the ad said, every puff of a cigarette takes some  number of minutes __28__ smoker’s life．

I expected to be applauded for my __29__ and arithmetic skills. That’s not what happened．__30__, my grandmother burst into __31__. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. My grandfather was a highly intelligent, __32__ man. He had never said a harsh word to me. He pulled __33__ onto the shoulder of the highway. He stopped and got out of the car, __34__ me, and after a bit of silence，he gently and __35__ said, “Jeff, one day you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever.”   

1.A. take  B. join   C. attend    D. visit

2.A. work  B. study  C. travel     D. explore

3.A. forward    B. backward   C. toward    D. upward

4.A. holiday    B. research     C. trip      D. return

5.A. talking     B. reading     C. training   D. driving

6.A. scene      B. smell       C. band      D. type

7.A. arithmetic(算數(shù))  B. question  C. game    D. problem

8.A. grandfather  B. grandmother  C. visitor    D. car

9.A. cases     B. smokes   C. kinds   D. puffs(煙頭)

10.A. window   B. seat      C. back        D. front  

11.A. at        B. in        C. on           D. under

12.A. tour      B. life      C. distance       D. date

13.A. away     B. from      C. with         D. off

14.A. cleverness   B. coolness   C. happiness    D. ability

15.A. Eventually   B. Instead   C. Unfortunately  D. Though

16.A. words     B. laughters    C. tears       D. screams

17.A. stubborn   B. determined  C. lonely      D. quiet

18.A. over        B. in         C. away       D. up

19.A. noticed      B. looked     C. glared      D. glanced

20.A. angrily      B. excitedly    C. calmly    D. coldly

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】本文主要講了我與祖父母和一些乘客一起去旅行，途中看到祖母吸煙，我計算了她的生命因為吸煙而減少的年數(shù)，使祖母很傷心。最后祖父告訴我，有時候善良比聰明更難

1.B 詞義和上下文辨析。A拿，��；采�。唤邮埽ǘY物等）；耗費（時間等）B加入C出席D拜訪  句意：每個夏天，我們都會加入旅游團隊  故選B

2.C 詞義辨析。A工作B學(xué)習(xí)C旅行D探索  由上文的“旅游團隊”知他們是一起旅行的。故選C

3.A 短語辨析。A look forward期望。。。B look backward 回頭望C look toward 向前看 D look upward 向上看   句意：我很期望那些旅行者  故選A

4.C 詞義和上下文辨析。A假期B研究C旅行D返回  句意：在一次特殊的旅行中  故選C

5.D 詞義辨析。A談話B閱讀C訓(xùn)練D駕駛  句意：我的祖父子在駕駛。故選D

6.B 詞義和上下文辨析。A場景B氣味C樂隊D類型   根據(jù)上下文可知，我不喜歡祖母吸煙的氣味。故選B

7.A 詞義辨析。A算數(shù)B問題C游戲D問題  句意：我做未成年人的算數(shù)  故選A

8.B 詞義和上下文辨析。A祖父B祖母C拜訪者D汽車 下文說“我”計算雪茄，則說明此處是與祖母有關(guān)的。故選B

9.D 詞義辨析。A事例B吸煙C種類D煙頭  句意：估計了雪茄的煙頭  故選D

10.D 詞義和上下文辨析。A窗戶B座位C后面D前面   第二段中說“我”坐在后座，所以現(xiàn)在要把頭伸到前面去。 句意：我把頭伸到前面去  故選D

11.C 介詞辨析。在肩膀上用on 故選C

12.B 詞義辨析。A旅行B生命C距離D日期  句意：每兩分鐘你噴出一口煙，你就少了9年的生命。  故選B

13.D 短語辨析A take away 帶走B take from 從。。。帶來C take with帶著 D take off 脫掉 使離開；(飛機)起飛；發(fā)起；起跳  句意：是吸煙者的生命離開  故選D

14.A 詞義和上下文辨析。A聰明B冷靜C開心D能力   句意：我期待為我的聰明而鼓掌    故選A

15.B 詞義和上下文辨析。A最終B而不是，代替C不幸的D盡管   我的祖母沒有表揚我反而哭了   選B

16.C 詞義辨析。A話語B大笑C哭泣D尖叫   句意：我的祖母哭了起來。故選C

17.D 詞義辨析。A固執(zhí)的B有決心的C孤單的D安靜的    由下文“我的祖父沒有責(zé)罵我”可知我的祖父一直很安靜。  故選D

18.A 短語辨析。A pull over靠在路邊B pull in吸引；（火車）進站；節(jié)��；拘留C pull away（尤指車輛）開始移動D pull up 拔出來   句意：我的祖父把車靠在路邊 故選A

19.B 詞義辨析。A注意B看C怒視D掃視   句意：我的祖父看著我   故選B

20.C 詞義辨析。A生氣地B激動地C冷靜地D冷酷地  由上文he gently可推出他溫和冷靜的對我說   故選C