Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Having left the town , the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay（海湾）. She stepped into the   1and rowed out silently . The tide was rushing to the entrance and   2to the wild open sea . She had to row across the bay to reach   3side . The waves struck against the side of the boat ,   4and uneven ; it became   5difficult to row . If she   6for a moment , the tide would push the boat back towards the   7.

She wasn’t even halfway ,   8she was already tired and her hands   9from pulling on the rough wooden oars（船桨）. “ I’m never going to   10it ” , she thought . She rested the oars on her knees and   11her head helplessly , then looked up as she   12the boat shift（晃动）against the tide .

The east wind , which had swung（旋转）around from the south-west ,   13her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains . It was going to be   14. Her hands weren’t so painful . Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst   15.

The lights of the town became   16. One of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she   17it with a start . Had she been asleep , or just   18? She looked over her shoulder . She was almost on the beach . The girl gave one last   19on the oars to ground the boat , and then lay back against the seat . She listened to the waves   20and knew she had come home . Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain .

1.A. car                B. boat             C. ship             D. sail

2.A. beside         B. before               C. behind               D. beyond

3.A. another            B. other                C. either               D. the other

4.A. deep           B. calm             C. gentle               D. rough

5.A. more           B. less             C. as               D. least

6.A. slept          B. continued            C. rested               D. rowed

7.A. home           B. mountains            C. south-west           D. entrance

8.A. if             B. so               C. but              D. since

9.A. hurt           B. ruined               C. troubled         D. broke

10.A. get               B. make             C. keep             D. take

11.A. turned            B. dropped          C. cocked               D. raised

12.A. saw           B. made             C. heard                D. felt

13.A. got to            B. came to          C. sent for         D. reached for

14.A. difficult         B. serious          C. all right            D. certain enough

15.A. any more      B. still more           C. no more          D. once more

16.A. brighter          B. bigger               C. closer               D. smaller

17.A. destroyed     B. threw                C. repaired         D. seized

18.A. dreaming      B. guessing         C. inventing            D. expecting

19.A. blow          B. hit              C. pull             D. strike

20.A. anxiously     B. happily          C. sadly                D. carefully

Answer

1.B

【详解】从row  和the waves struck against the side of the boat,可以知道答案应该是boat.

2.D

【详解】从下文中, she was tired ….我们可以知道她在划船时,是逆着风的.所以应该选D.

3.D

【详解】从海湾的这边的到另一边.One…..the other…..

4.D

【详解】从and uneven,我们可以知道和它并列的应该是D(rough)表示 ‘波涛汹涌’.

5.A

【详解】从下文可以判断出,风是越来越大,所以形势对她是越来越难.所以选A.

6.C

【详解】这里表示,只要她一停止划船,休息一会,潮水就会让她的船倒退回海湾.因为风实在太大.所以答案应该是C

7.D

【详解】见21的解释.和前面文中的第一段中的第一句呼应.

8.C

【详解】从she wasn’t even halfway,可以知道她并没有中途放弃,所以选C

9.A

【详解】从she was already tired 可以知道她的手肯定不好,她的手只能用A.表示酸痛.

10.B

【详解】她觉得非常无助helpless 的时候,觉得对自己要划到对面是不可能达到了.  Make it 是个固定的词组.所以选B

11.B

【详解】用dropped  ,表示她非常沮丧,无助.所以选B

12.D

【详解】当她觉得无助的时候,感觉到船的晃动,这是一种感觉,所以选D

13.B

【详解】由于风向的改变，她可以不必和风作斗争，根据下文，我们也可以知道她是能到达对岸的。所以选B.

14.C

【详解】情况有所好转,只能选C,其它的意思不符.

15.A

【详解】说明她由于情况的好转,感觉心里已没有了那种想burst的感觉了, not… any more “不再” 所以答案选A.

16.D

【详解】从文首的having left the town,我们可以知道她是离开小镇,所以她应该是离那里越来越远.那里的灯对她来说,是越来越远,越来越小.所以选D

17.D

【详解】从one of the oars banged against the side of the boat ,我们可以判断她是抓住桨,所以选D

18.A

【详解】从文中可以知道她划船应该是晚上,所以和asleep 相对应的应该是A,她是否在做梦.

19.C

【详解】这个女孩最后划了一下桨，让小船靠了岸，在划桨的时候，我们一般是把桨往近身这一侧拉，所以选C

20.B

【详解】从 she had come home 我们可以想象出她的心情比较高兴，所以选B

【备考建议】

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