Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one rainy evening. The overhead light outside my door was   36   and I had difficulty finding the keyhole. When I finally   37   to open the door, I   38   around the wall for a light switch. I found a   39   where a switch was once installed... but no switch.

No discouraged easily, I remembered seeing a   40   by the bed when I put away my luggage   41   in the day. I found the bed in the dark and felt around until I found the lamp, but when I switched it on,  42   happened! Now what?

Though I knew that it was dark outside my window   43   the outdoor light was burned out, I thought that   44   if I opened the curtains I might be able to use the light from the   45   to find another lamp. So I   46   my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no draw-string!

I finally stumbled（跌跌撞撞） around until I found a desk lamp that actually   47  ! That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world can be and how necessary   48   is.

But even more necessary than   49   light is the light that shines from people—the light of love, sympathy and   50  . Because, for many people, the world is a dark and   51   place.

It is the shining that is important, for someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or fear and in   52   of some light.

So let your light shine. Whatever ligh you   53   may be a beacon（灯塔）of hope and encouragement in someone’s darkness. And if you feel that your light is   54   a candle in a forest, remember this—there isn’t enough darkness in the world to  55

the light of one small candle.

1.. A. burning          B. broken           C. shining              D. smooth

2... A. managed         B. attempted            C. succeeded            D. meant

3... A. touched         B. turned           C. felt                 D. looked

4... A. light               B. plate            C. lamp                 D. signal

5.. A. lamp             B. switch           C. desk                 D. window

6... A. later               B. earlier          C. sooner               D. first

7... A. something           B. everything       C. nothing              D. anything

8... A. when                B. unless           C. since                    D. although

9... A. certainly           B. surely           C. absolutely           D. perhaps

10.. A. stars               B. street               C. room                 D. shop

11.. A. forced.         B. struggled            C. made                 D. pushed

12... A. worked             B. failed               C. did                  D. closed

13.. A. love                B. thinking         C. dream                D. light

14... A. spiritual          B. physical             C. mental               D. inner

15... A. faith              B. soul             C. help                 D. attention

16.. A. mixed           B. fancy                C. lonely               D. complicated

17... A. lack               B. need             C. favor                    D. face

18.. A. devote          B. receive          C. offer                    D. throw

19... A. only               B. even             C. ever                 D. much

20.. A. give out            B. leave out            C. take out             D. put out

Answer

1...A动词词义辨析。我最后设法把门打开了。

2...C动词词义辨析。我在墙上到处摸电灯的开关。

3...B名词词义辨析。安装开关的塑料线板。

4...A名词的含义及语境。我记得那天早些时候在收拾行李的时候，我看见床边有灯。

5...B副词的含义。参看解析40.

6..C代词的含义及语境。当我打开开关，什么都没发生。

7..C连词的用法。我知道外面的灯被烧毁所以窗外很黑。

8..D副词的用法。我想也许我拉开窗帘借助大街上的光能找到另一盏灯。

9...B名词词义辨析。参看解析44.

10...C动词词义辨析。此处解题关键考查短语make one’s wayto意为：向。。。走去。其他的都不符合语境。

11...A动词词义辨析及语境。最后我找到了能亮的灯。

12..D名词词义辨析。那天晚上我全新的方式发现世界是多么的黑暗，光明是多么的必要啊！

13...B形容词的含义及语境。比物理光亮更需要的是来自人们心灵的光亮。

14...A名词的含义及语境。来自人们心灵的爱、同情和信念。

15..C形容词的含义。世界是一个黑暗孤独的地方。

16...B名词的含义及语境。现在对于那些可能在失望、恐惧和需要一些光明的一些人光明是多么的重要啊！

17...C动词词义辨析。不管你提供什么样的光，那光就是那些黑暗中人们的希望和鼓舞的灯塔。

18...A副词含义及语境。如果你认为你的光亮是森林中唯一的蜡烛。

19..D动词短语的含义及语境。请记住在这个世界上没有黑暗能扑灭一个小小蜡烛光。

【解析】 略