Question

It was already late when we set out for the next town,      according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the     .

There we felt      that we would find a bed     the night. Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met     as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that      the hills. As we climbed     , it became colder and rain began to fall,     it difficult at times to see the road. I asked John, my companion, to drive more     .

After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was     on the map. We were beginning to get     . Then without warning the car stopped. A quick     showed that we had run out of petrol. Although we had little food with us, we decided to     the night in the car.

Our meal was soon over. I tried to go to sleep at once,     John, who was a     sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk      the hills. Soon he came back. From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the     of the town we were looking for. We at once unloaded all our luggage and with a great effort,    to push the car to the top of the hill. Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill.      less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a       quite easily.

1.A. which         B. it                        C. where                       D. that

2.A. rivers               B. hills        C. towns                        D. villages

3.A. surprised               B. afraid                C. pleased                     D. sure

4.A. at                      B. in                    C. through                     D. for

5.A. everybody             B. somebody          C. nobody                      D. anybody

6.A. got to                  B. arrived              C. led to                       D. belonged to

7.A. taller                   B. higher              C. lower                       D. faster

8.A. getting                 B. thinking              C. causing                      D. making

9.A. certainly               B. carefully             C. slowly                       D. surely

10.A. marked               B. set                  C. built               D. drawn

11.A. excited               B. worried             C. cold                        D. warm

12.A. attention             B. operation          C. examination       D. information

13.A. spend                B. live                 C. spare                       D. stay

14.A. since                 B. though             C. so                           D. but

15.A. quick                  B. fast                 C. poor              D. heavy

16.A. across                B. through             C. down                       D. up

17.A. lights                  B. map                C. bus                          D. situation

18.A. ought                 B. tried               C. succeeded                   D. managed

19.A. For                   B. In                   C. Since                        D. At

20.A. policeman            B. friend               C. hotel              D. cinema

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：当作者他们向下一个城镇出发时，天已经很晚了。下一个城镇离大约15里地，在山的另一边。作者他们在出发的路上，遇到下雨，车也没油了，只好准备在车上过夜。作者的朋友约翰发现，城镇就在山对面的谷里。

1.根据逗号判断，是非限制性定语从句，从句缺少主语，用which，故选A。

2.根据第二段“along the narrow winding road that      the hills”可知，下一个城镇在山的另一边。A河；B山；C镇；D村庄。故选B。

3.在那里，我们一定会找到一张过夜的床。A惊讶的；B害怕的；C满意的；D肯定的。还没到城镇，没有找到住处，所以，不可能是pleased；A、B不合题意。故选D。

4.考查介词。作者他们要度过一夜，at+整点；in+时间段；through通过；for为了，给，替。故选D。

5.we drove fast along the narrow winding road 作者他们沿着狭窄崎岖的路快速前行，这里说幸运，说明路上没有遇到行人。A每人；B某人；C没人；D任何人。故选C。

6.作者他们正走在通向山的路。A到达；B到达，不及物；C通向；D属于。故选C。

7.根据“it became colder and rain began to fall”可知，是往山上爬，越往上越冷。A（身高）更高的；B更高的；C更低的；D更快的。故选B。

8.考查现在分词作伴随状语。make it +形容词+ to do sth使做某事变得困难。故选D。

9.考查副词。A当然；B细心地；C慢慢地；D肯定地。作者让朋友约翰开慢一点。故选C。

10.the town which was     on the map地图上标示的城镇，A标出；B设置；C建造；D画，拉，吸引。故选A。

11.考查形容词。A兴奋的；B担忧的；C冷的；D暖和的。作者他们没有发现地图上标出的那个城镇，因此变得有点担忧。故选B。

12.Then without warning the car stopped. A quick     showed that we had run out of petrol. 汽车毫无征兆地停止了，经过检查发现，是没有油了。A注意；B手术，操作；C检查；D信息。故选C。

13.Although we had little food with us, we decided to     the night in the car.尽管快没有食物了，作者他们还是决定在车里过夜。A度过；B生活；C抽出，使幸免；D待在。stay后加地点。故选A。

14.由于没有了食物，作者想很快睡着，但是约翰，睡眠不好，他下车散步，往山上走去。A由于；B尽管；C因此；D但是。这里表示转折，故选D。

15.考查形容词。A快速的；B迅速地；C可怜的，劣质的，糟糕的；D沉重的。poor sleeper睡眠不好，故选C。

16.考查介词。A从表面穿过；B从内部穿过；C向下；D向上。约翰朝山上走，故选D。

17.From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the     of the town we were looking for.约翰从山顶看到在下面的山谷里有城镇的灯光。A灯光；B地图；C公交车；D情形。故选A。

18.考查动词辨析。Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill.作者他们把行李那下车，把车推到山顶，返回拿行李并装车，向山下出发。ought to do sth应该做某事；try to do sth努力做某事；succeed doing sth穿过做某事；manage to do sth做成某事。succeed后不加不定式，故选D。

19.考查时间介词。for+一段时间，与现在完成时连用；in+一段时间，指一段时间之后；since自从；at加整点。故选B。

20.由于正值深夜，作者他们找的肯定是住的地方。A警察；B朋友；C宾馆；D电影院。故选C。

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