Question

    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona.  1the move, my father  2us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not   3that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we’re  4to Arizona."

     The words, so small, didn’t seem  5enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the  6_  change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that  7mysteries(奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and  8into own new home.

9my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I   10explored(探索) our new surroundings.

     One afternoon, I was out exploring  11and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You’d better not  12that."

     I turned around to see an old woman

     "Are you new lo this neighborhood?" I explained that I was,  13, new to the entire state.

     "My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the  14? It must be quite a _15after living in Boston."

     How could I explain how I  16the desert? I couldn’t seem to find the right words.

     "It’s vastness," she offered. “That vastness  17you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert -- you can  18how little you are in comparison with the world.  _19, you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”

     That was it. That was the feeling I’d bad ever since I’d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my  20would change with just a few simple words.

     "Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn’t touch."

1.A. During         B. Until                C. Upon             D. Before      

2.A. gathered       B. warned           C. organized            D. comforted 

3.A. hoping             B. admitting            C. realizing            D. believing  

4.A. going          B. moving           C. driving              D. flying    

5.A. good           B. simple           C. big                  D. proper   

6.A. picture            B. ground               C. scene            D. area     

7.A. suggested      B. solved               C. discovered           D. explained 

8.A. settled            B. walked               C. hurried          D. stepped 

9.A. If             B. After            C. once             D. While    

10.A. bitterly          B. easily          C. proudly          D. eagerly   

11.A as well            B. as usual             C. fight away           D. on time  

12.A. move              B. dig                  C. pull                 D. touch    

13.A. of course    B. in fact          C. after all            D. at least  

14.A. desert            B. city                 C. state                D. country  

15.A. luck              B. doubt                C. shock            D. danger  

16.A. found         B. examined             C. watched          D. reached   

17.A. why           B. when             C. how                  D. where  

18.A. prove             B. guess                C. sense           D. expect   

19.A. However       B. Otherwise            C. Therefore            D. Meanwhile

20.A. idea          B. life                 C. home                 D. family  

Answer

1.D

【详解】根据前文我十三岁的时候搬家，而父亲召集我们（这时候是在家里），所以可知是在没有搬家之前。所以答案选D。

2.A

【详解】 gathered(聚集)， warned(警告)，organized(组织)，comforted (安慰; 舒适) 文章的意思是：父亲把大家召集在一起。

3.C

【详解】根据上下文的联系，作者是没有意识到这突出其来的变化。（五月就要搬家了）

4.B

【详解】短暂性动词用现在进行时表示将要发生的动作，作者全家搬到Arizona.。

5.C

【详解】big在本题表示重要的，本句句意为“语言如此简单，似乎不够支撑我的新生活”。

6.C

【详解】由题意得知作者在火车上看见的是窗外的景色

7.A

【详解】suggested(暗示，表明)，solved（解决），discovered（发现，探索），explained（解释）。联系上下文，可以得知是A项

8.A

【详解】句意表示我们到达并且安置在新的家里。settle into表安置，定居。

9.D

【详解】题意为作者的姐姐正在为失去朋友而悲伤，while 为当……的时候。

10.D

【详解】作者热切地想看看周围的新环境，eagerly 表示热切的。

11.B

【详解】作者“象平常一样”出去的时候发现了一种新的仙人掌。所以用as usual。

12.D

【详解】作者接到建议不要触摸仙人掌。

13.B

【详解】根据上下文的情境,应用in fact“实际上”其余选项不当。

14.A

【详解】呼应全文信息How could I explain how I     the desert?。所以这里应当是：你习惯了沙漠里的生活了吗？选择desert（沙漠）。

15.C

【详解】前后句对应shock“震惊”。因为沙漠里的生活与原来的大不一样。

16.A

【详解】根据后句I couldn’t seem to find the right words推知。

17.B

【详解】承上启下，当你站在山顶上远眺沙漠的时候，那种空旷……。

18.C

【详解】前后句关系推知“我”是感受到了与世界相比之下自己的渺小。

19.D

【详解】本题考测连词的意义差别，承接上句，与此同时一切皆有可能。

20.B

【详解】前后句对应。简单的几个字可以改变我的一生。