Question

On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets __36___ and the subway system almost came to a stop.

Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were __37__ to go home. Some battled to __38__a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the ___39___ bravely, walking miles to get to work.

I ___40__ to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most _41__ had stopped. After making my way __42__ crowds of people. I finally found a subway line that was __43___. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __44__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the ___45__. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train __46__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I got to my office, I was _47___ through, exhausted and __48__.

My co-workers and I spend most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer __49__I received an email from Garth, my Director:

I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __50__ reported to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their _51__ _to their jobs. Thank you.

Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that ___52__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __53__ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __54___ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately __55____ me and put a smile back on my face.

36. A. break        B. flood        C. sink          D, crash

37. A. forced       B. refused      C. adjusted      D. gathered

38. A. order        B. pay         C. call          D. search

39. A. climate      B. scenery     C. storm         D. burden

40. A. used        B. promised    C. deserved      D. happened

41. practice        B. routine      C. process       D. service

42. A. to          B. through      C. over          D. for

43. A. operating    B. cycling      C. turning        D. rushing

44. A. check       B. carry       C. find           D. board

45. A. street       B. ground       C. floor          D. platform

46. A. paused      B. crossed      C. reached        D. parked

47. A. wet        B. weak         C. sick            D. hurt

48. A. ashamed    B. discouraged    C. surprised       D. puzzled

49. A, while       B. when         C. where          D. after

50. A. hardly      B. casually       C. absolutely      D. eventually

51. A. devotion    B. donation       C. connection      D. reaction

52. A, accurate    B. urgent        C. brief          D. humorous

53. A. promise     B. appreciate      C. advice        D. guidance

54. A. troubles     B. signals        C. rules          D. signs

55. A. corrected     B. supported      C. amazed        D. refreshed

Answer

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【解析】36. B  flood意为淹没。break意为中断，断裂；sink: 下沉，crash: 碰撞, 坠落, 皆不合题意。

37.A 由于暴雨，很多要上班的人被迫回家。sb. be forced to do:某人被迫做某事。refuse意为拒绝，adjust:调整，校准，使…适应，gather:聚集，集合。

38. C  call a taxi:叫出租车。order，命令，订购（货物等），点（菜）。

39. C 从上文a terrible rainstorm可知是勇敢的面对暴风雨。climate指气候，不是具体某天的天气。scenery：风景，景色；burden：担子，负担。

40. D  happen to be:碰巧是…，表示“我碰巧是那天早晨上班赶路的人的其中之一”。其他三个选项都能和不定式to do/be 搭配，但意思不符。used to be:曾经是，promise to do: 许诺做…，deserve to be: 值得是,应受…。

41. D 我意外的发现大部分的地铁路线的服务都停了。 practice：实践，练习。routine：常规；惯例；例行公事。process：过程，进程。

42. B  through指从内部穿过。through crowds of people意为穿过人群。

43. A  operate:运行，工作。表示“终于找到一条还在运行的地铁线”。

44. D  board the subway意为：上地铁。board:上（船，车，飞机）。

45. D 意为：有太多人等着上地铁以至于我甚至不能挤上去站台的楼梯。只有platform 和地铁有关。

46. C 句意为：在过了好像一辈子那么久的时间后，火车终于到达了我（要到达）的站点。reach:及物动词，到达。pause:暂停, park：停车，都是不及物动词，不合题意。

47. A 因为下着大雨，所以应是“我”全身湿透了。与虚弱，疾病，受伤都不相关。

48. B 到达后的状态是精疲力竭的，气馁的，因为冒雨赶路的辛苦。ashamed意为：羞愧的，惭愧的，surprised:吃惊的，puzzled:困惑的，不解的。都不合题意。

49. B  be about to do…when 固定句型，意为：正要做…这时…，不能用其他词代替。

50. D  eventually意为：最终，终于。“我”的上司感谢我们做出努力，最终来报到上班。hardly：几乎不，casually：随意地，absolutely      ：绝对地。

51. A 句意为：有时候像这样，当员工们如此明显表现出他们对工作的忠于职守时，总是令人安慰的。devotion意为：热爱，忠诚。donation：捐赠，connection：联系，reaction：反应。

52. C 通过上文的short 可看出，信息是简短的。accurate：准确的, 精密的，urgent：紧急的，humorous：幽默的。

53. B  appreciation:感激，从上文可知上司给他写的是感谢信。意为“几句感谢的话有很大影响”。

54. A 从上文中的找车，挤车可以看出是交通上的麻烦事，而不是交通信号或是规则。

55. D  refresh使精力恢复; 使精神振作，通过下文的 “put a smile back on my face” 可选择，与上文的“tied and upset”相反。