Question

I will never forget the experience of seeing a part of Canada and snowboarding in the mountains.

I got a little emotional on the _______from Montreal to our first stop in Vancouver. Although I have to _______that I watched a movie while we flew over the prairies(大草原), I did occasionally _______out of the window to see what was what ! _______most of the mountains in Alberta and B.C.were covered in clouds so I had to_______our drive from Kelowna to Revelstoke to see those monsters!

I _______ I'd entered into Lord of the Rings territory(领地) as we took a lift to get to the top of Mt. Mackenzie in Revelstoke.

Before snowboarding I learned not to_________coffee in the morning, which only added shaking to my_______during the first few descents(滑雪下坡) of the day. Snowboarding in powder is quite_________from riding the icy-slopes(斜坡) in Quebec. At least when you ____________down several metres, it's like falling on pillows! My main __________, however, was getting stuck in the few __________sections of the mountain, though a few____________skiers gave me a ride by letting me grab their ski poles and ____________me to the next drop.

Even though we could____________really ski the top half of the mountain, it was still at least twice the size of the mountain we usually____________! Our phone pictures don't do justice to these mountains, ____________we have our own __________. When my husband and I asked each other what was our favourite__________of the trip, other than spending time with each other, it was____________the view.

1.A. train    B. ship    C. plane    D. car

2.A. admit    B. pretend    C. recall    D. regret

3.A. go    B. look    C. walk    D. stare

4.A. Luckily    B. Particularly    C. Possibly    D. Unfortunately

5.A. end with    B. pick up    C. wait for    D. start from

6.A. felt    B. dreamt    C. imagined    D. agreed

7.A. sell    B. drink    C. cook    D. store

8.A. nervousness    B. confidence    C. excitement    D. delight

9.A. absent    B. tired    C. safe    D. different

10.A. fall    B. slip    C. skate    D. look

11.A. task    B. issue    C. concern    D. idea

12.A. downhill    B. rough    C. steep    D. flat

13.A. helpful    B. young    C. aged    D. single

14.A. throwing    B. dragging    C. lifting    D. deserting

15.A. even    B. just    C. only    D. yet

16.A. stay    B. visit    C. climb    D. ski

17.A. and    B. so    C. for    D. but

18.A. memories    B. advantages    C. feelings    D. tips

19.A. mountain    B. part    C. place    D. friends

20.A. hardly    B. normally    C. certainly    D. strangely

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】本文作者讲述了自己去加拿大旅行的部分见闻以及在那儿滑雪的经历。

1.考查名词词义辨析。train火车；ship船；plane飞机；car汽车。由第二个空后面的“while we flew over the prairies(大草原)”可知，作者乘坐的是飞机，故C选项正确。

2.考查动词词义辨析。admit承认；pretend假装；recall回想起；regret后悔，遗憾。作者承认自己在飞越大草原的时候在看电影。A选项正确。

3.考查动词词义辨析。go去；look看；walk步行；stare盯着。作者乘坐飞机，偶尔向窗外看。故B选项正确。look和后面的see呼应。

4.考查副词词义辨析。luckily幸运地；particularly尤其；possibly可能地；unfortunately不幸地。作者向窗外看，结果群山大部分都被云覆盖住了，这是一件“不幸的”事。D选项正确。

5.考查动词短语辨析。end with以……结束；pick up捡起；wait for等待；start from从……开始。大部分山都被云覆盖住了，所以作者不得不等着从Kelowna到Revelstoke坐车去看那些山。C选项正确。

6.考查动词词义辨析。feel感觉；dream梦想；imagine想象；agree同意。当到达Mt. Mackenzie顶部的时候，作者感觉自己好像进入了《指环王》所描绘的领地。A选项正确。

7.考查动词词义辨析。sell卖；drink喝；cook烹饪；store储存。在滑雪之前，作者已经知道了早晨不要喝咖啡。B选项正确。

8.考查名词词义辨析。nervousness紧张；confidence信心；excitement兴奋；delight高兴。早晨喝咖啡只会增加作者滑雪下坡的紧张感。A选项正确。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。absent缺席的；tired疲惫的；safe安全的；different不同的。滑雪和沿着斜坡下滑完全不同。D选项正确。

10.考查动词词义辨析。fall落下；slip滑倒，溜走；skate滑雪；look看。当你向下滑雪时，你感觉好像落在了枕头上。C选项正确。

11.考查名词词义辨析。task任务；issue问题；concern关心；idea想法。由下文的“get stuck”可知，这是作者遇到的主要问题。B选项正确。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。downhill向山下的；rough艰难的；steep陡峭的；flat平坦的。作者在比较平坦的地方被卡住了。D选项正确。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。helpful有帮忙的；young年轻的；aged上年纪的；single单一的。由下文其他的滑雪者捎了作者一程可知，这些滑雪者是“乐于助人”的。A选项正确。

14.考查动词词义辨析。throw扔；drag拖，拽；lift举起；desert离弃，抛弃。其他的滑雪者让作者拉着他们的滑雪杆，把作者拽到了下一个地方。B选项正确。

15.考查副词词义辨析。even甚至；just刚刚；only仅仅；yet但是。尽管我们只能滑到山的一半，但是这至少是我们通常滑的两倍的距离。C选项切题。

16.考查动词词义辨析。stay待；visit参观；climb爬；ski滑雪。由上题解析可知，D选项正确。

17.考查连词词义辨析。and和；so因此；for因为；but但是。我们的手机照片没有公平对待这些山脉（即：我们并没有把这些山脉都拍摄下来），但是，我们有自己的记忆。前后两句之间是转折关系，故D选项正确。

18.考查名词词义辨析。memory记忆；advantage有利条件，优势；feeling感觉；tip建议。结合上题解析可知，A选项正确。

19.考查名词词义辨析。mountain山；part部分；place地方；friend朋友。当我丈夫和我问彼此这次旅行中我们最喜欢的部分是什么，除了彼此一起度过的时光之外，当然就是（我们看到的）景色了。B选项正确。

20.考查副词词义辨析。hardly几乎不；normally正常地；certainly肯定地；strangely奇怪地。结合上题可知，C选项正确。