Question

A very tired traveler came to the bank of a river. There was no     . It was winter, and the surface of the river was covered with     . It was getting dark, and he     to reach the other side while there was enough     . On the other hand, he worried a lot, not sure whether the ice would     his weight.

Eventually, he got down on his knees and began very     to crawl（爬）across the surface of the ice     hesitating（犹豫）for a long time. He hoped that by distributing（分散）the   of his body, the ice would be unlikely to      under the load. After he made his     and painful journey about halfway across the river, he suddenly heard the sound of      behind him. Out of the dusk, there came a 4-horse load of coal driven by a man singing happily     he went his happy way. Here was the traveler, fearfully crawling his way on his hands and knees. And there, as if whisked (挥动) along by the winter’s wind, went the     , his horses, his sled , and the heavy load of coal over the      river!

The story shows how many of us     life. Some people crawl through life for fear of thin ice. Their     is not strong enough to     them up. Still there are those who sing as they go. Their faith is     .

When we face the river of     , we don’t have to fear, nor do we crawl through life. With determination, courage and optimism, we can happily make our way to the other      successfully.

1.A. bridge B. water   C. road    D. station

2.A. snow   B. ice   C. smoke    D. air

3.A. agreed B. helped   C. wanted   D. managed

4.A. light   B. time   C. power    D. strength

5.A. admit    B. control  C. lose    D. support

6.A. quickly B. happily C. cautiously   D. freely

7.A. in   B. after   C. by    D. at

8.A. weight B. shape   C. height     D. direction

9.A. shake   B. fall   C. break    D. move

10.A. brave B. strange C. joyful    D. slow

11.A. laughing B. water   C. wind     D. singing

12.A. before  B. as    C. for    D. but

13.A. manager B. visitor   C. driver    D. passenger

14.A. similar B. same   C. deep    D. clear

15.A. go through B. come across C. fight against D. talk about

16.A. dream B. feeling   C. talent    D. faith

17.A. give   B. make   C. hold    D. use

18.A. unshakable B. simple   C. true    D. unavoidable

19.A. mistakes B. difficulties C. questions   D. changes

20.A. state B. part     C. land      D. side

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述两个人不同的过河方式来告诉我们，要有坚定的信念才能让我们的生活过得更美好。

1.A考查名词辨析A. bridge桥；B. water水；C. road路；D. station车站；句意：这没有桥。根据 提到他爬着过河，可知没有桥，故选A项。

2.2】B考查名词辨析A. snow雪；B. ice 冰；C. smoke 烟；D. air空气；句意：这是冬天，河的表面被冰覆盖，根据冬天可知选B项。

3.3】C考查动词辨析A. agreed 同意；B. helped帮助；C. wanted想；D. managed管理；句意：天变得越来越黑，他想到达对岸同时有足够的光亮。Want to do 想要做某事，故选C项。

4.4】A考查名词辨析A. light光；B. time 时间；C. power力量；D. strength优点；句意：天变得越来越黑，他想到达对岸同时有足够的光亮。根据语境可知选A项。

5.5】D考查动词辨析A. admit承认；B. control 控制；C. lose失去；D. support支持；句意：另一方面，他很担心，不确定冰是否能承受他的重量。根据语境可知选D项。

6.6】C考查副词辨析A. quickly很快；B. happily高兴地；C. cautiously谨慎地；D. freely自由地；句意：最后，犹豫了很长时间后，他跪下开始小心地爬。根据语境可知小心地爬，故选C项。

7.7】B考查介词辨析及语境的理解；句意：最后，犹豫了很长时间后，他跪下开始小心地爬。根据语境可知犹豫很长时间后，故选B项。

8.8】A考查名词辨析A. weight重量；B. shape形状；C. height 高度；D. direction 方向；句意：他希望通过分散身体的重量，冰不可能会碎。根据语境可知选A项。

9.9】C考查动词辨析A. shake摇动；B. fall落下；C. break 打碎；D. move移动；句意：他希望通过分散身体的重量，冰不可能会碎，根据句意选C项。

10.0】D考查形容词辨析A. brave勇敢的；B. strange奇怪的；C. joyful高兴的；D. slow慢的；句意：当他缓慢的爬到半路时，突然听到后面有歌声。根据语境可知慢慢在冰上爬，故选D项。

11.1】D考查名词辨析A. laughing笑；B. water水；C. wind风；D. singing唱歌；句意：当他缓慢的爬到半路时，突然听到后面有歌声。根据下方提到Out of the dusk, there came a 4-horse load of coal driven by a man singing happily可知在唱歌，故选D项。

12.2】B考查连词辨析A. before之前；B. as当。。时候；C. for 因为；D. but除了；句意：黄昏中，有四匹马的拉着的马车，由一个人驾驶着，快乐的行进着。根据语境可知选B项。

13.3】C考查名词辨析A. manager经理；B. visitor 游客；C. driver司机；D. passenger游客；句意：司机，马，雪橇和煤都在河上行进。根据语境可知是司机，故选C项。

14.4】B考查形容词辨析A. similar类似的；B. same相同的；C. deep 深的；D. clear清晰的；句意：司机，马，雪橇和煤都在河上行进。根据语境可知他们在同一条河的冰上走着，故选B项。

15.5】A考查动词短语辨析A. go through穿过； B. come across遇到；C. fight against与。。打架；D. talk about谈论；句意：这个故事告诉我们如何生活。根据语境可知只有A符合

16.6】D考查名词辨析A. dream 梦想；B. feeling感觉；C. talent 天赋；D. faith信念；句意：他们的信念不足以支撑他们。根据语境指生活的信念，故选D项。

17.7】C考查动词辨析A. give给；B. make使；C. hold抓住；D. use用；句意：他们的信念不足以支撑他们。Hold up 支撑，故选C 项。

18.8】A考查形容词辨析A. unshakable不可动摇的；B. simple简单的；C. true 真的；D. unavoidable不可避免的；句意：他们的信念是不可动摇的。根据与这个爬着过河的人相对比，故选A项。

19.9】B考查名词辨析A. mistakes错误；B. difficulties困难的；C. questions问题；D. changes改变；句意：当我们面对生活的困难时，我们不应该害怕，更没有必要爬着过。根据语境可知选B项。

20.20】D考查名词辨析A. state状况；B. part 部分；C. land陆地；D. side旁边； 句意：只有坚定的信心，勇气和乐观，我们就能成功地在前进。根据句意选D项。