I grew up on stories about Ernest Shackl...

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. D 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. C 【解析】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者叙述了骑雪地车去观看每年都会结冰的轮船——诺德里奇号的经历。作者认为当你从小就对一个地方有了一种想象，当你看到它存在于现实中时，它真的是一个梦想成真了。 1.考查形容词。A. certain无疑的； B. new新的； C. strong强壮的； D. strange奇怪的。根据I had a really ____1____ mental picture of what the environment they ____2____ might be like.可知，我对他们所处的环境有一个非常强烈的印象。故选C。 2.考查动词。A. discovered发现； B. changed 改变； C. created创造； D. experienced体验。根据I had a really ____1____ mental picture of what the environment they ____2____ might be like.可知，我对他们所处的环境有一个非常强烈的印象。结合句意可知D项符合语境。 3.考查名词。A. photography摄影，照片； B. research 研究； C. habit习惯； D. industry工业。根据Those tales of exploration were the reason why I got into travel ____3____ in the first place.可知，那些探险的故事是我最初进入旅行摄影的原因。故选A。 4.考查动词。A. caught抓住； B. booked预定； C. invited 邀请； D. sent寄送。根据I had wanted to go to Spitsbergen for years. I was actually ___4___on a trip with my wife, but we had to cancel — for the ____5____ possible reason that she fell pregnant with our first child.可知，多年来我一直想去Spitsbergen。实际上，我和妻子订了一次旅行，但我们不得不取消——因为她怀着我们的第一个孩子，这可能是最好的原因。此处book指“预定票”，故选B。 5.考查形容词。A. least最少的； B. nicest不错的； C. helpless无助的； D. troublesome麻烦的。根据I had wanted to go to Spitsbergen for years. I was actually ___4___on a trip with my wife, but we had to cancel — for the ____5____ possible reason that she fell pregnant with our first child.可知，多年来我一直想去Spitsbergen。实际上，我和妻子订了一次旅行，但我们不得不取消——因为她怀着我们的第一个孩子，这可能是最好的原因。故选B。 6.考查名词。A. demand需求，要求； B. right正确，右边； C. information信息； D. opportunity机会。根据A couple of years later, I got the ____6____ to shoot(拍摄)a story on the Noorderlich, a ship that gets ____7____ into the ice every year — just as the boats of the old explorers did when they ____8____ in the Arctic.可知，几年后，我有机会在诺德里奇号上拍摄一个故事。诺德里奇号是一艘每年都会结冰的船，就像当年探险家们在北极过冬时所做的那样。此处指“拍摄的机会”，故选D。 7.考查动词。A. frozen冻结； B. decorated装饰； C. broken折断，打碎； D. prepared准备。根据A couple of years later, I got the ____6____ to shoot(拍摄)a story on the Noorderlich, a ship that gets ____7____ into the ice every year — just as the boats of the old explorers did when they ____8____ in the Arctic.可知，几年后，我有机会在诺德里奇号上拍摄一个故事。诺德里奇号是一艘每年都会结冰的船，就像当年探险家们在北极过冬时所做的那样。get frozen“被冻结”，故选A。 8.考查动词。A. summered避暑，过夏天； B. visited拜访； C. wintered过冬； D. arrived到达。根据A couple of years later, I got the ____6____ to shoot(拍摄)a story on the Noorderlich, a ship that gets ____7____ into the ice every year — just as the boats of the old explorers did when they ____8____ in the Arctic.可知，几年后，我有机会在诺德里奇号上拍摄一个故事。诺德里奇号是一艘每年都会结冰的船，就像当年探险家们在北极过冬时所做的那样。此处winter转化成动词，意思是“过冬”，故答案为C。 9.考查形容词。A. easy容易的； B. great伟大的； C. unique独一无二的； D. regrettable令人遗憾的。根据I thought the experience would be ___9___ because I love riding snowmobiles and dog sleds but it didn’t quite turn out well.可知，我想这次经历会很棒，因为我喜欢骑雪地车和狗拉雪橇，但结果并不理想。结合句意可知答案为B。 10.考查名词。A. ship轮船； B. village小村子； C. island岛； D. house房子。根据第三段第一句And then I saw the ship, lit by the moonlight.可知，It was an eight-hour snowmobile journey from the capital Longyearbyen to the ___10___ .从首都Longyearbyen到轮船需要骑8个小时的雪地车。故选A。 11.考查形容词最高级。A. happiest最幸福的； B. simplest最简单的； C. hardest最艰难的； D. most important最重要的。根据We rode through snowstorms and it was one of the ___11___things I’ve ever done.可知，我们经历了暴风雪，这是我做过的最艰难的事情之一。结合句意可知答案为C。 12.考查形容词。A. dark黑暗的； B. interesting有趣的； C. exciting令人兴奋的； D. bright明亮的。根据It was really quite ___12___ and we were ___13___ about on ice during the last part of the journey.可知，天真的很黑，在旅程的最后一段，我们在冰上滑来滑去。故选A。 13.考查动词。A. looking看； B. talking谈论； C. standing站立； D. sliding滑动。根据It was really quite ___12___ and we were ___13___ about on ice during the last part of the journey.可知，天真的很黑，在旅程的最后一段，我们在冰上滑来滑去。故选D。 14.考查形容词。A. for为了； B. worth值-------的； C. about大约； D. with和------一起。根据上句It was really quite ___12___ and we were ___13___ about on ice during the last part of the journey.可知，I began to think: “This had better be ___14___ it.” 我开始想:“这最好是值得的。”故选B。 15.考查动词。 A. working工作； B. going去； C. waiting等待； D. sitting坐。根据And then I saw the ship, lit by the moonlight. It looked so strange and frightening, ___15___ on its own in the middle of nowhere.可知，然后我看到那艘船，被月光照亮。它看起来那么奇怪和可怕，独自坐在一个偏僻的地方。结合意可知D项符合语境。故选D。 16.考查名词。A. position位置，职位； B. environment环境； C. shape形状； D. way方法。根据I almost didn’t want to get close to it because it was so perfect in its ___16___.可知，我几乎不想接近它，因为它的环境是如此完美。故选B。 17.考查动名词。A. promised 许诺； B. arranged安排； C. imagined想象； D. refused拒绝。根据It was exactly how I had ___17___ it to be. ___18___experiences are rarely like that---there’s usually some disappointment ___19___ somewhere.可知，这正是我所想的。旅行经历很少是这样的——通常会有一些失望。故选C。 18.考查名词。A. Travel旅行； B. Shopping购物； C. Reading 阅读； D. Working工作。根据It was exactly how I had ___17___ it to be. ___18___experiences are rarely like that---there’s usually some disappointment ___19___ somewhere.可知，这正是我所想的。旅行经历很少是这样的——通常会有一些失望。结合句意可知答案为A。 19.考查动词。A. expected期盼，预测； B. surrounded包围； C. unrelated无关； D. involved涉及。根据It was exactly how I had ___17___ it to be. ___18___experiences are rarely like that---there’s usually some disappointment ___19___ somewhere.可知，这正是我所想的。旅行经历很少是这样的——通常会有一些失望。结合句意可知D项符合语境。 20.考查名词。A. tales故事； B. memory记忆； C. reality现实； D. movies电影。根据When you have held a mental picture of a place since your childhood and you see that it exists in ___20___, it really is a dream that comes true.可知，当你从小就对一个地方有了一种想象，当你看到它存在于现实中时，它真的是一个梦想成真了。in reality事实上，故选C。