Question

On a bright Friday afternoon in spring, Sumeja Tulic had every reason to enjoy walking in the streets of New York, a city she'd_______nine months earlier from London to attend a journalism school. “When the weather is good, it's very hard to find a reason to be_______or dissatisfied with the city,” she said.

Yet her time in New York has coincided with endless ugliness, As she_______toward the subway station, she thought, “Please, God, I want to see something_______today.” She said, “Enough of this craziness”.

At the City Hall_______, she settled onto a bench. It was just after 2 p.m. Only a few people were there. A man___________against a pillar（柱子）, the way anyone might, waiting for the train. The stillness was interrupted by a(n)___________that the next train was two stations away. Then Tulic_______the man at the pillar collapsing forward onto the tracks.

A man, who was_______waiting for the train on the platform, ran over, peered over the edge and then jumped onto the________.

The man who had________was not moving. Two more men jumped down to help.

"I don't know________these men got the wit and the quickness," Tulic said. "The man who fell was kind of jammed in the tracks. They were very________to know that the train was coming. Will it stop? Will they________pulling him out?"

On the tracks, the________man was held up to a sitting position by the three men, who then lifted him from below to________who dragged him from above and rolled him onto the platform. Then the rescuers were themselves ____________, pulled back to safety by helping hands. As soon as they were all clear, the train pulled in.

An ambulance________soon and the man was taken to a local hospital with________but non-life-threatening injuries, doctors said.

"That is the greatest thing." Tulic said," The infrastructure(基础设施)in this city of millions is the________themselves providing, being there for others."

1.A. hung out    B. moved to    C. passed by    D. left behind

2.A. pleased    B. ashamed    C. depressed    D. relieved

3.A. walked    B. rushed    C. travelled    D. toured

4.A. urgent    B. strange    C. mysterious    D. nice

5.A. station    B. school    C. theatre    D. store

6.A. struggled    B. leaned    C. lay    D. sat

7.A. note    B. report    C. announcement    D. poster

8.A. remembered    B. foresaw    C. ignored    D. glimpsed

9.A. again    B. also    C. never    D. seldom

10.A. tracks    B. road    C. train    D. platform

11.A. stood    B. settled    C. fallen    D. escaped

12.A. whom    B. whether    C. when    D. where

13.A. nervous    B. embarrassed    C. dangerous    D. disappointed

14.A. object to    B. succeed in    C. put off    D. give up

15.A. unconscious    B. dying    C. active    D. discouraged

16.A. them    B. us    C. others    D. anyone

17.A. jammed    B. recognized    C. affected    D. rescued

18.A. stopped    B. started    C. arrived    D. raced

19.A. careless    B. serious    C. slight    D. unforgettable

20.A. people    B. passengers    C. friends    D. students

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章，讲述的是在火车站台，面对驶来的火车毫不畏惧，英勇救人的故事。通过这个故事让人们意识到帮助他人构成了这座有数百万人口的城市的基础，是最美好的事。

1.Ｂ考查动词词组。A. hung out闲逛；B. moved to移动到；C. passed by通过；D. left behind留下。九个月前，她从伦敦来到纽约攻读硕士学位。故选Ｂ。

2.Ｃ考查动词。A. pleased感到高兴；B. ashamed感到羞愧；C. depressed沮丧；D. relieved减轻。天气好的时候，你没有理由情绪低落，感到抑郁，或者对这座城市有什么不满。故选Ｃ。

3.Ａ考查动词。A. walked散步；B. rushed急忙；C. travelled旅行；D. toured巡回演出。当她走向地铁站时，希望看到一些好的事情。故选Ａ。

4.Ｄ考查形容词。A. urgent紧急的；B. strange奇怪的；C. mysterious神秘的；D. nice不错的。当她走向地铁站时，希望看到一些好的事情。故选Ｄ。

5.Ａ考查名词。A. station车站；B. school学校；C. theatre剧院；D. store商店。在市政厅站，她坐在一条长椅上休息。故选Ａ。

6.Ｂ考查动词。A. struggled挣扎；B. leaned倾斜；倚靠；C. lay躺，卧；D. sat坐。一个男人斜靠着一根柱子等车。故选Ｂ。

7.Ｃ考查名词。A. note笔记；B. report报告；C. announcement通告，公告；D. poster海报。车站的寂静被一段广播打断。“广播里说，下趟车离这儿还有两站，”故选Ｃ。

8.Ｄ考查动词。A. remembered记得；B. foresaw预见；C. ignored忽视；D. glimpsed瞥见。她用眼睛的余光瞥见那个靠着柱子的男人向前摔倒。故选Ｄ。

9.Ｂ考查副词。A. again又；B. also也；C. never从来没有；D. seldom很少。另一个也在月台上等火车的男士跑过来，在边缘凝视，然后跳上火车。故选Ｂ。

10.Ａ考查名词。A. tracks轨道；B. road公路；C. train火车；D. platform站台。他跑过去，在站台边往下看了一眼，立刻跳到了铁轨上。故选Ａ。

11.Ｃ考查动词。A. stood站立；B. settled解决，定居；C. fallen落下；D. escaped逃跑。掉下去的那个男人一动不动。故选Ｃ。

12.Ｄ考查宾语从句。句意：我不知道这些男人哪来的机智和敏捷。故选Ｄ。

13.Ａ考查形容词。A. nervous紧张不安的；B. embarrassed尴尬的；C. dangerous危险的；D. disappointed感到失望的。想到火车要来了真是让人紧张。故选Ａ。

14.Ｂ考查动词词组。A. object to反对；B. succeed in在……方面成功；C. put off推迟；D. give up放弃。火车会停下来吗？他们能成功把他拉上来吗？故选Ｂ。

15.Ａ考查形容词。A. unconscious无意识的；B. dying临终的；C. active积极的；D. discouraged气馁的。那三个男人把车轨上那个昏迷的男人扶成坐姿，然后从下面把他举起来，站台上的另外几个人把他抬起，放到站台上。故选Ａ。

16.Ｃ考查代词。A. them他们；B. us我们；C. others其他人；D. anyone任何人。那三个男人把车轨上那个昏迷的男人扶成坐姿，然后从下面把他举起来，站台上的另外几个人把他抬起，放到站台上。故选Ｃ。

17.Ｄ考查动词。A. jammed堵塞；B. recognized意识到；C. affected影响；D. rescued营救。然后，很多人伸出援手，把那些救援者也救了上来，拉回安全地带。故选Ｄ。

18.Ｃ考查动词。A. stopped停止；B. started开始；C. arrived到达；D. raced竞赛。不久一辆救护车赶来把那个人送往当地的医院，他受了重伤，但没有生命危险。故选Ｃ。

19.Ｂ考查形容词。A. careless粗心的；B. serious严重的；C. slight轻微的；D. unforgettable难忘的。他受了重伤，但没有生命危险。故选Ｂ。

20.Ａ考查名词。A. people人们；B. passengers乘客；C. friends朋友；D. students学生。“那是最美好的事，”图利克说，“出手帮助他人，构成了这座有数百万人口的城市的基础。”故选Ａ。