Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Far out in the sea lived three Sirens，the three sisters of magic song．Half human and half bird，the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers， 1in voices that excited the hearts of men．The attractive songs were so  2that ships were attracted to the  3and struck to pieces on the rocks．No sailor nor ship had ever been known to  4the island of the Sirens without being attracted to  5.

Acting on the advice of Circe, Odysseus made careful  6against the Sirens．Before their ships came to where they could  7the song, Odysseus had himself  8the mast (桅杆), stuffed (堵住) the  9of his men with wax (蜡) and ordered them to  10his orders and gestures when they were passing the  11island.

Soon they came in sight of the 12island, and the attractive song reached the ears of13. It moved him so much that he struggled in despair to  14himself and shouted for his men to 15the rich and flowery grass land of the singing sisters. But  16paid any attention to him. The sailors kept straight on until they were  17out of hearing.  18his friends freed him and took the wax out of their ears. For  19the Sirens had sung with no　20. The eldest of the sisters, Partherope, loved Odysseus so much that she threw herself into the sea after his ships had passed.

1.A. talking           B. calling       yelling     D. singing

2.A. strange            B. sweet        terrible    D. loud

3.A. flowers            B. sea          island      D. rocks

4.A. visit              B. approach     pass         D. leave

5.A. disaster           B. success      peace       D. loss

6.A. communication  B. preparation   action     D. attention

7.A. sing               B. accept         hear       D. enjoy

8.A. tied to            B. standing along facing to      D. seated on

9.A. eyes               B. mouth         nose       D. ears

10.A. miss              B. ignore        carry       D. take

11.A. friendly          B. 1ovely        deadly     D. lonely

12.A. rocky             B. sunny       windy        D. sandy

13.A. Partherope        B. Sirens      Circe        D. Odysseus

14.A. beat              B. free         relief       D. order

15.A. go around         B. keep off     turn towards  D. run away from

16.A. no one            B. anyone      everyone     D. someone

17.A. completely        B. luckily     quickly      D. naturally

18.A. Still             B. Then        But          D. Again

19.A. the moment        B. long        ever         D. once

20.A. meanings          B. points      effects      D. efforts

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A         

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B  

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C   

16.A

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.C