Question

When you’re a preteen, a huge problem might be that you just have to have a new rock-rap CD,   1 your parents won’t give you the money for it. I thought life was so  2 when things like this happened-----until September 11, 2001.

I was in P.E. when the planes hit the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. As soon as I got home and for weeks before, I saw the disaster  3 on TV. Seeing the innocent people running for their 4 as the debris(瓦砾) started coming down the fire and smoke rose out of the  5 brought tears to my eyes. I couldn’t help imagining what the people on the   6 and in the buildings were thinking and going through, not  7 what was going on. I admired the courage of the firefighters who rushed in and risked their own lives to   8 others. It tore my heart apart to watch the  9 looks on the faces of so many people who didn’t know if their loved ones were dead or alive while  10 in all the debris.

Then it  11 me: All my life I had thought mainly of myself. I had it easy in life and had been taking it all for granted.

A feeling of coldness  12 down my back, and I cried just thinking of the possibility that it could have easily  13 to my family. My mom or dad could have been killed like that, and I would never, ever see them again. I began to evaluate what a real  14 in life was.

This disaster  15 me that awful things can happen to anyone at any time. Now when my mom or dad or sister go somewhere, even if it’s just  16 the store, I try to remember to tell them that I love them because I know there is a   17 that I may never tell them that   18 .

Not getting a new CD is not going to   19 my life. I can live with those kinds of problems. But losing someone I love would  20 make my life miserable.

9/11 showed me just what I am.          

1.                A．or             B．so             C．but  D．for

2.                A．unfair          B．uncomfortable   C．unbelievable   D．uncertain

3.                A．happen         B．occur          C．strike D．unfold

4.                A．lives           B．families         C．houses   D．friends

5.                A．curtains        B．buildings        C．gates D．bedrooms

6.                A．seats           B．planes          C．corners   D．streets

7.                A．believing       B．thinking         C．caring    D．knowing

8.                A．join            B．save           C．meet D．calm

9.                A．puzzled         B．severe         C．dirty D．desperate

10.               A．hidden         B．found          C．trapped   D．placed

11.               A．hit            B．surprised       C．rewarded  D．told

12.               A．cooled         B．dropped        C．ran   D．passed

13.               A．happened      B．compared       C．related    D．turned

14.               A．relationship     B．problem        C．need D．fate

15.               A．persuaded      B．reminded       C．taught D．informed

16.               A．to             B．in             C．at    D．on

17.               A．story          B．doubt          C．chance    D．plan

18.               A．ever           B．once           C．enough   D．again

19.               A．end           B．save           C．spare D．break

20.               A．rather         B．truly           C．probably  D．frequently

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文的主要内容是：曾经的我很自我，只想到自己，在发生9.11这次灾难后，我恍然大悟，要珍惜身边的亲人。这次灾难让我明白了失去挚爱的亲人才是最令人痛不欲生的事情。

1. 根据your parents won’t give you the money for it，可知前面是我想要的摇滚乐光盘，后面是父母不给钱买，是转折关系，所以用but，故选C。      

2. 根据下文Not getting a new CD is not going to break my life，可知这里描述life，后面说到当这样的事情发生，即前文中我想要买摇滚乐光盘，父母不给钱买的事情，所以应该是负态度词，排除C和D中性词。B描述人指不愉快的，描述物的意思为不舒适的，所以选择A。

3.动作的主语是disaster灾难。occur和strike都表示发生的瞬间，这里提到随后的几周，明显是已经发生了，所以排除。happen表示偶然、碰巧发生。所以应选unfold，表示展开，一种逐步深入的感觉。故选D。

4. 具体名词找重复或相关对应，这里的灾难、瓦砾、火、烟都和人们的生命有直接关系，所以选lives。故选A。

5. 具体名词找重复或相关对应，烟是从楼里冒出来，所以选buildings。故选B.

6.具体名词，发生灾难的人是飞机上和楼上的，所以选planes。故选B。

7.此题的关键在于找到动作发出者是谁，动作发出者是前面的people，即遇到灾难的人们。他们不知道发生了什么，所以选knowing。caring表示关心，很容易就可以排除。容易误选的只有believing，但是只要记得believing的根本含义是认为，和thinking相同，即可一起排除了，故选 D。

8.动作发出者是消防员，所以是冒生命危险拯救别人，故选B。

9.描述looks，那些不知道自己心爱的人生死的人们，一定是负态度形容词。puzzle表示不明白的疑惑感，severe表示周围情况的严重性，dirty是表面上脏的感觉，都不合适。所以选择desperate绝望的，描述人物心理。，故选D。

10.此题为被动考察，动作发出者是心爱的人，所以不能是hidden被藏在和placed被放在。found被发现后当然知道生死，所以是trapped被困在，故选C。

11.根据All my life I had thought mainly of myself. I had it easy in life and had been taking it all for granted可知我受到了打击，故选A。

12.根据下文I cried just thinking of the possibility that it could have easily happened to my family可知这里想说一种冷的感觉从后背倾斜而下。故选C。

13.根据下文My mom or dad could have been killed like that, and I would never, ever see them again可知这里想表达可能会发生在我家里，happen发生 compare比较 relate联系 turn转动，故选A。

14.根据下文I can live with those kinds of problems，故选B。

15.这次灾难教会了我可怕的事情可能随时发生在任何人身上，persuade说服 remind提醒inform通知，故选C。

16.表示方向、目的地，用介词to，故选A。

17.根据This disaster taughtme that awful things can happen to anyone at any time.可知有可能我今后再也不能和她们说我爱她们，故选 C。

18.根据My mom or dad could have been killed like that, and I would never, ever see them again，故选D。

19.根据I can live with those kinds of problems可知经过这件事以后，不能买一张新的光盘已经不能破坏我的生活，故选D。

20.根据But losing someone I love可知失去至亲的人才会真正地令我痛不欲生，故选B。

考点：这是一篇叙事类短文。