Question

Before my trip to the mountains, I used to be a homebody. I felt completely   ________ spending weeks or even months—in my hometown or sometimes even on my block—without going anywhere. I could be quite satisfied by watching the Discovery and National Geographic Channels.

The situation ________ when one day David, my best friend, rushed into my room and talked me into joining him on his journey to the Rocky Mountains. We set off five days later.

This was my first time in the mountains. ________, the weather was foggy most of the time, and the higher we got into the mountains, the less clearly we could see. On the first day, we were making our way along the foothills; but the next day, we started to climb on one of the peaks (山顶).   ________ it was not that straight and high, I was still excited. I regularly speeded up, and because of that I ran out of________ long before we got to the top.

When we finally got there, nothing had really changed. The same fog was nearly covering everything. I felt so disappointed, because I had, during the whole course of climbing, ________ to see the view from above and perhaps to be able to take some photos. We spent a couple of hours on the top, and decided to turn back, when the wind suddenly ________ the clouds, and the place we were standing on was brightened with the sun. I saw a fantastic panorama (全景图) in front of me, and for some moments I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was so amazing that I realized I couldn’t help looking forward to the next trip to the mountains.

The next day we returned—my _________ started to hurt so badly that I could hardly walk. But every time I felt an ache, I remembered the feeling of being high above, with my head touching the skies and the clouds swimming below.

1.A.stressed B.comfortable C.bored D.strange

2.A.changed B.remained C.worsened D.repeated

3.A.Undoubtedly B.Immediately C.Unfortunately D.Unnaturally

4.A.When B.Because C.Since D.Though

5.A.money B.patience C.energy D.time

6.A.expected B.managed C.offered D.learned

7.A.shaped B.joined C.cleared D.thickened

8.A.arms B.legs C.hands D.eyes

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.B

【解析】

短文大意：在作者去旅行爬山之前，作者一个喜欢待在家的人。但是一次爬山经历，改变了作者的看法。

1.句意：我感觉待在我的家乡、有时甚至是我的街区，不去其他地方是十分舒服的。

stressed感到有压力的；comfortable舒服的；bored无聊的；strange奇怪的。根据“…I used to be a homebody.”可知我当时是一个喜欢待在家的人，因此我觉得不出门十分舒服。故选B。

2.句意：一天当我最好的朋友David冲进我的屋里，说服我加入他的落基山脉之旅时，这种情况发生了改变。

changed改变；remained保持；worsened恶化；repeated重复。根据“We set off five days later.”可知我和David去旅行，这改变了我之前待在家里的情况。故选A。

3.句意：不幸地是，大多数的天气是多雾的，我们在山上爬的越高，越看不清楚。

Undoubtedly无疑；Immediately立即；Unfortunately不幸地是；Unnaturally故意地。此空是副词修饰整个句子，根据“…the weather was foggy most of the time, and the higher we got into the mountains, the less clearly we could see.”可知天气并不好，因此C选项符合语境。故选C。

4.句意：尽管它没有那么直，那么高，我还是很兴奋。

When当……时候；Because因为；Since自从；Though尽管。结合句意可知，此句是though引导的让步状语从句。故选D。

5.句意：我经常加速，因为加速我在到达山顶之前就用光了精力。

money钱；patience耐心；energy精力；time时间。根据“I regularly speeded up…”可推测我到达山顶之前就用光了精力。故选C。

6.句意：我感觉非常失望，因为我期望整个攀登过程中，能在山顶看到美景，可能拍一些照片。

expected盼望；预期；managed管理；offered提供；learned学到。根据“…see the view from above and perhaps to be able to take some photos.”可推测本来我预期的应该是在山顶能够看到美景，并且拍照，但实际情况却不能。故选A。

7.句意：我们在山顶待了几个小时，决定回去了，然后突然风吹走了云彩，我们站着的地方被阳光照亮了。

shaped成形；joined加入；cleared清除；thickened变厚。根据“…and the place we were standing on was brightened with the sun.”可知我们站着的地方被照亮了，因此可推测乌云被吹走了。故选C。

8.句意：我们回去的第二天，我的腿开始疼得厉害，我都很难走路。

arms胳膊；legs腿；hands手；eyes眼睛。根据上文去爬山的经历，并且作者之前很少外出锻炼，可推测第二天他的腿会疼。故选B。