Question

It is a thousand kilometers across that desert (沙漠) . The road is nearly good all the way.

Sometimes there is deep sand. A driver must then put his foot down hard and drive through! There are three small ___ along the way. Tom reached the first place, at 10 p.m. He had his ____ in a little restaurant there. It was a warm night in August. Tom wanted to ____ through the night.

He left the restaurant at 11:30 and drove over two hours. There wasn’t the moon, but the ___ were wonderful. There was nothing else on the road. Tom thought, ‘It’s an empty desert. Not a tree. Not a house. Not a man.’ He could __    the endless, white road in the cars’ headlights. A million stars looked down on him. It was two o’clock in the morning. Tom stopped the car. He was two hundred kilometers from the ___    _ town. ‘ I will light the cooker,’ he thought, ‘ and make some tea.’ He got out of the car. He heard some sounds ten or fifteen meters ___    __. He could not see anything in the darkness. A man said, ‘ Good morning. It’s a __    __ morning, isn’t it?’ The man came forward, out of the darkness. Tom did not move. Then the man said, ‘ You’re going to ___    _ some tea, aren’t you? I often get a cup of tea at this time. It’s two o’clock. Cars always ____    __ near here at this time. Sometimes I get a meal. Now listen, and I will tell you a story. Then you will give me..’

1.A. cities       B. hotels          C. villages         D. towns

2.A. tea         B. supper         C. lunch           D. breakfast

3.A. live        B. stay            C. drive           D. walk

4.A. trees       B. animals         C. stars           D. clouds

5.A. see         B. ride           C. hear            D. find

6.A. home       B. other          C. next            D. last

7.A. about       B. from          C. far              D. away

8.A. noisy       B. lovely         C. sleepy           D. sunny

9.A. eat         B. make          C. cook            D. drink

10.A. stop      B. leave           C. meet            D. run

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.B

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该文是关于一个司机独自一人在茫茫沙漠中开车的故事，它着重描写了沙漠的荒无人烟，表达了主人公的孤单与艰辛，而如果这时在黑暗中真的走出一个人来，那会怎样呢？

1.D考查名词及语境理解。句意：沿途有三个小镇。从下文可知。Cities城市；hotels旅馆；villages村庄；towns城镇。联系后文中He was two hundred kilometers from the _21__ town.可知该选D。

2.B考查名词及语境理解。句意：他在一家小餐馆里吃了晚饭。Tea茶；supper晚饭；lunch午饭；breakfast早饭。联系上句Tom reached the first place, at 10 p.m.可知该选B。

3.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：汤姆想在夜间开车。Live居住；stay呆；drive驾驶；walk步行，走。从下文可看出他想趁着天不太热开车。所以选C。

4.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：天上没有月亮，但星星是美丽的。trees树；animals动物；stars 星星；clouds云。黑夜的天空没有月亮，但是有星星，所以选C，意为黑夜的云不可能是美丽的。

5.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：他可以看到的那就是车灯下无边无际的白茫茫的路。see看见；ride 骑；hear 听见；find找到，发现。除了天上的星星，他还能看到的那就是车灯下无边无际的白茫茫的路。不能用find，因为意思不符合。所以选A。

6.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他距离下一个镇二百公里。home 家；other 其他的；next下一个；last最后的。下一个城镇是他的下一个目标。所以选C。

7.D考查副词及语境理解。句意：他听到了一些声音，距离十或十五米远。About关于；from从；far远；away离开。fifteen meters away 十五米远，所以选D。

8.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：这是一个可爱的早晨，不是吗？ noisy吵闹的；lovely可爱的；sleepy欲睡的，困乏的；sunny阳光明媚的。根据句意结合语境可知该选B。

9.B考查动词及语境理解。句意：你要沏一些茶，不是吗？ eat吃；make制造，做；cook烹调，做饭；drink喝。make tea 泡茶。所以选B。

10.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：汽车总是在这个时间停在这儿。stop停止；leave离开； meet 遇见，见面；run跑。联系上文I often get a cup of tea at this time. It’s two o’clock.可知该选A。

考点：故事类短文。