Question

The main character of this article is called Dean Bluey . He is a    schoolboy from the USA . He became a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in       country . Dean Bluey has much     in computer. One day , he        an e-mail to a friend on the Internet . Suddenly he    a message saying ‘ Help! Pain! Help! ’ The message was from Finland ,

      kilometres away from America. I didn’t know        I should do , Dean said to a reporter afterwards. It was really difficult to tell if the message was real. So Dean did nothing at first .         the message kept coming . By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble , Dean explained. He    that the sender was a student called Tarja , who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was      , there was no phone around her. Her only way of         with the world was by e-mail . Dean got in touch    the police at once . And they realized that the situation was quite serious . They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance（救护车） rushed to the library.      , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly. “ I’m glad she’s OK  .” Dean said .  It’s hard to believe , but    saved her life . Just as a sentence says : “    is impossible . ” , which is from an advertisement on TV .

1.A. 14-years–old   B. 14 years old C. 14–year-old  D. 14 year old

2.A. another         B. the other     C. any other    D. other

3.A. interest       B. interested   C. interesting   D. interests

4.A. sent            B. was sending   C. sends         D. is sending

5.A. accepted        B. received     C. heard from   D. refused

6.A. thousand       B. thousand of C. thousands   D. thousands of

7.A. how            B. what         C. where         D. when

8.A. So             B. And           C. But           D. As

9.A. telephoned    B. replied       C. found       D. talked

10.A. better         B. worse         C. harder      D. easier

11.A. talking       B. communicating C. staying       D. helping

12.A. with           B. on           C. to            D. at

13.A. Hardly        B. Happily     C. Luckily       D. Carefully

14.A. a boy          B. doctors     C. the police   D. the e-mail

15.A. Anything      B. Everything   C. Something     D. Nothing

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个美国男孩Dean Bluey通过接收到的电子邮件救了生病的急需帮助的芬兰女孩Tarja的生命。

1.C考查年龄。表达年龄有两种形式：14 years old和14 –year-old ，有连字符 year用单数，没有连字符year用复数；14 –year-old做定语，14 years old一般做表语，此处为定语，故选C.

2.A考查代词。A. another另一个，又一个；B. the other 两者中另一个；C. any other任何其他的；D. other另外的，其他的。句意：他救了一名在另外一个国家的妇女的生命。因为两人分别在美国和芬兰，故选A.

3.A考查词形辨析。A. interest 兴趣；B. interested感兴趣的；C. interesting有趣的； D. interests 是interest的复数形式。句意：Dean Bluey对电脑很有兴趣。此处用much修饰是不可数名词，不用复数，故选A.

4.A考查词形辨析。A. sent是send的过去式形式； B. was sending是send的过去进行时形式；C. sends 是send的第三人称单数形式；D. is sending 是send的现在进行时形式。句意：一天他在网上给朋友发了一封电子邮件。陈述过去的事实，要用一般过去时态，故选A.

5.B考查动词辨析。A. accepted接受；B. received收到；C. heard from 收到……的来信；D. refused拒绝。此处指他突然收到了一个求救信息。根据句意选B.

6.D考查词形辨析。 thousand千，主要用法：前面有具体数字，thousand不用复数；如果前面没有具体数字要用thousands of，表示“几千，数以千计的”，此处指芬兰离美国几千公里远，不是具体数字只是一个概数，故选D.

7.B考查副词辨析。A. how如何；B. what 什么；C. where哪里；D. when 何时。句意：我不知道我该干什么。根据句意选B.

8.C考查连词辨析。A. So 所以，表因果；B. And和，表并列；C. But 但是，表转折；D. As 因为，随着。句意：一开始Dean什么也没做，但信息不断传来。根据句意选C.

9.C考查动词辨析。A. telephoned 打电话；B. replied 回答；C. found 发现；D. talked 谈论。句意：他发现信息发送者是一名叫Tarja的学生。根据句意选C.

10.B考查形容词辨析。A. better更好；B. worse更坏；C. harder更难；D. easier 更容易。句意：更糟的是她周围没有电话。根据句意选B.

11.B考查动词辨析。A. talking谈论；B. communicating交流；C. staying停留；D. helping帮助。句意：她唯一和外界交流的方式是电子邮件。根据句意选B.

12.A考查介词辨析。get in touch with“和……联系”，句意：Dean立刻和警察联系。故选A.

13.C考查副词辨析。A. Hardly几乎不；B. Happily快乐地；C. Luckily幸运地；D. Carefully仔细地。句意：救护车马上赶到了图书馆，幸运地是她还活着马上被送到医院。根据句意选C.

14.D考查名词辨析。句意：很难相信是电子邮件救了她的命。根据句意选D.

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考点：考查故事类短文阅读。