Question

完形填空

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。

Three boys and three girls boarded the bus to Fort Lauderdale, dreaming of golden beaches as the gray cold of New York disappeared behind them. They noticed an old man, who sat in front of them, dressed in a plain, ill-fitting suit, never ________  , and his dusty face  ________  his age.

He was ________  in his seat like a stone, and the young people began to  ________about him, trying to  ________ his life and his age. Deep into the night, outside Washington, one of the girls went up to him and introduced herself. “Want some wine?” He took ________ the glass and drank.

Slowly and   ________  he told his story. His name was Vingo, he had been in ________  in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home. “When I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn't  ________  it, if the kids kept asking questions, if it  ________  too much, she could just forget me, I'd understand.”

“Last week, knowing I would be  ________, I wrote her again. We used to live in Brunswick and there's a big oak tree just as you come into town. I told her that if she would ________  me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I'd  ________ and come home with her. If she didn't ________ me, forget it, no handkerchief, and I'd go on through.”

“Wow,” the girl exclaimed. She told the others, and soon all of them put their faces against the window, waiting for the ________ of Brunswick.

Then Brunswick was ten miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming   ________ , all except Vingo. Vingo sat there  ________ , looking at the oak tree. It was almost   ________ with yellow handkerchiefs, 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a huge flag of ________ , blowing in the wind. As the young people shouted, the old man rose and  ________ his way to the front of the bus to go home.

1.A. moving          B. leaning          C. stopping          D. heading

2.A. proved           B. masked         C. betrayed        D. abandoned

3.A. rooted         B. annoyed         C. relaxed           D. alarmed

4.A. hear             B. care            C. wonder            D. speak

5.A. bother         B. describe        C. imagine           D. know

6.A. away            B. in             C. out              D. over

7.A. terribly         B. eagerly          C. painfully         D. casually

8.A. hospital         B. prison          C. company          D. work

9.A. support         B. believe          C. stand             D. ignore

10.A. lasted          B. influenced       C. cost            D. hurt

11.A. hopeless        B. convenient      C. successful        D. free

12.A. take           B. refuse          C. call             D. write

13.A. get out         B. get off          C. get on            D. get in

14.A. remember      B. believe          C. miss             D. accept

15.A. entrance        B. beauty           C. existence         D. approach

16.A. amazingly       B. joyfully        C. definitely        D. desperately

17.A. shocked         B. puzzled          C. terrified         D. depressed

18.A. covered         B. surrounded       C. spotted           D. dotted

19.A. wishes          B. welcome        C. victory          D. success

20.A. felt            B. forced           C. made             D. pushed

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲的是一个囚徒在四年后回家途中的忐忑不安的心情

1.A 考查动词辨析。Moving移动；lean靠着；stop停止；head前进。句意：他们注意到他们前面的一个老人，穿着白色不合身的西装，一动不动。Moving表示伴随状语。所以选A项。

2.B 考查动词辨析。A. proved证明；B. masked戴面具使模糊；C. betrayed背叛； D. abandoned抛弃。句意：他很脏的脸看不出他的年龄。Mask 使模糊。根据句意他穿着不合身的衣服，脸部很脏，看不出年龄来，描述一个灰败的老人的形象，所以选B项。

3.A 考查动词辨析。A. rooted根源在于；B. annoyed恼怒的；C. relaxed放松；D. alarmed使警觉。句意：他象石头一样固定在座上。根据上文提到 They noticed an old man, who sat in front of them, dressed in a plain, ill-fitting suit, never , 他一动不动，所以选A项。

4.C 考查动词辨析。A. hear听；B. care关心；C. wonder想知道；D. speak说。句意：年轻人想了解他。根据上文提到年轻人看到这样的一动不动又看不出年龄的老人，他们十分好奇，所以想知道了解这个老人，所以选C项。

5.C 考查动词辨析。A. bother打扰；B. describe描述；C. imagine想象； D. know知道。句意：年轻人想了解他，试着想象他的生活和他的年龄。根据语境，年轻人对一切很好奇，可知想了解他，想象与他有关的一切，所以选C项。

6.D 考查副词辨析 句意：一个小女孩走上前去自我介绍，想要沉醉酒吗？他拿出瓶子，喝了起来。Take out 拿出来；Take away拿走；take in 欺骗；take over接管。根据句意与语境，选D项。

7.C 考查副词辨析。A. terribly可怕地；B. eagerly迫切地；C. painfully痛苦地；D. casually随便地偶然地。句意：慢慢地他很痛苦地讲述他的故事。根据下方可知 When I was in prison他入狱，所以是痛苦地来讲述他的故事，故选C项。

8.B 考查名词辨析。A. hospital医院；B. prison监狱；C. company公司；D. work工作。句意：他曾经在过去的四年入狱现在正要回家。根据下方提到“When I was in prison I wrote to my wife, 当在监狱时我写信给我的妻子，所以得知他入狱了，故选B项。

9.C 考查动词辨析。A. support支撑；B. believe相信；C. stand站着，容忍；D. ignore忽视。句意：如果他不能容忍，如果孩子们继续问的话，她会忘记我的。我能理解。根据语境，他不知道妻子是不是还会接受他，所以选C项。

10.D考查动词辨析。A. lasted持续；B. influenced影响；C. cost花费；D. hurt伤害。句意：如果伤害很大的话，她会忘记我的，我能理解。根据语境，他入狱这事肯定会对妻子造成伤害，所以他在假设这些情况，所以选D项。

11.D 考查形容词辨析。A. hopeless没有希望的；B. convenient方便的；C. successful成功的；D. free 有空的自由的。句意：上周，知道我要自由了，我再次给她写了信。根据下方提到可知他知道自己要出狱，告诉了妻子，所以选D项。

12.A考查动词辨析。A. take带走；B. refuse拒绝；C. call打电话；D. write写。句意：我告诉她，如果她愿意接受我，她就放一块黄色的手绢在树上。Take sb back 允许回家，重归于好。所以选A项。

13.B 考查动词短语辨析。A. get out出去；B. get off下车；C. get on上车； D. get in 进入。句意：然后我下车，与她一块回家。根据下方提到If she didn't me, forget it, no handkerchief, and I'd go on through，如果她不接受，我就继续走。所以可知如果接受就下车一块回家。故选B项。

14.D 考查动词辨析。A. remember记得；B. believe相信；C. miss错过；D. accept接受。句意：如果他不能接受我，没有手绢，我会继续走，与上句形成对比，如果不接受，我就继续走，所以选D 项。

15.D 考查名词辨析。A. entrance进入；B. beauty美丽；C. existence存在；D. approach方法，路。句意：这个小女孩把这件事说给其它人，他们全部看向车窗外，快乐的等待着通往Brunswick的路。根据上文提到这个老人的期待，孩子也十分兴奋的等待着。故选D项。

16. B 考查副词辨析。A. amazingly令人吃惊地；B. joyfully快乐地；C. definitely明确地；D. desperately绝望地。句意：离这个地方越来越近，突然所有的孩子离开他们的座，快乐的尖叫，除了Vingo，根据下方提到It was almost with yellow handkerchiefs出现的黄色的手绢，所以年轻人很高兴他的妻子接受了他，所以选B项。

17.A考查形容词辨析。A. shocked震惊的；B. puzzled困惑的；C. terrified令人害怕的；D. depressed沮丧的。句意： Vingo坐在那十分震惊，看着窗外的树。根据下方提到It was almost with yellow handkerchiefs出现的黄色的手绢，可知他的妻子接受了他，所以选A项。

18.A考查动词辨析。A. covered覆盖；B. surrounded围绕；C. spotted认出；D. dotted点缀；句意：树上系着黄色的手绢，20块，30块，甚至更多。Be covered with 覆盖着，所以选A项。

19.B 考查名词辨析。A. wishes愿望；B. welcome欢迎； C. victory胜利；D. success成功。句意：这棵树站在那就象巨大的欢迎的旗帜，在风中飘扬。根据语境提到满树的黄色的手绢，表示妻子接受了他，象是在欢迎他，所以选B项。

20.句意：当年轻人欢呼时，老人站起来，直到车的前面回家了。Make one’s way to 前往某处，根据文中提到go home,可知走到车前，所以选C项。

考点 ：故事类短文。