Question

    I don’t talk with passengers on airplanes. My flight time is ______ for turning the pages of a good book. That changed, ______, on a flight from Tampa to Newark when I sat next to her ---the lady in Seat 26B.

After ______ my seat, I opened my book.

Then she ______me. “And where are you traveling to? Home or on vacation?”

“Heading home,” I closed my book. “You?”

“Oh, home, too,” she began, “I come from a(n) ______ family. Nine kids! I’m the oldest ______ alive---eighty-nine!” And then she laughed, joyfully. I wouldn’t have ______ she was nearly ninety, though.

“Good book?” she asked, pointing to my paperback.

“Yes. Do you read?”

“Oh, I don’t have ______ to read,” she replied.

I’m sixty years younger than 26B, yet she’s the one who’s too busy to read? What on earth could she be doing with her ______?

“Well,” she began, “I work at Costco. There are ______ nice people. There are also the ______ ones, but I enjoy them, too!” She laughed again, and I ______ her ability to not let negative energies affect her ______. I wondered how I could ______ that, too.

“What’s your secret,” I asked, “to sounding so ______ and healthy?”

“My husband died ten years ago,” she said, ______. “I thought to myself, I’m not going to just ______! That’s when I got my Costco job. I believe in being active.”

“Life is so good,” she ______, “I’m just excited every day to live it!”

I wanted that plane ride to reroute to California so I would have more time to learn about her energy for life. I became more ______ with each mile we flew.

I told myself, if someone who is eighty-nine years old can choose to live her life with such ______ and passion, I can, too. If you have the drive!

1.A. reserved B. adjusted C. squeezed D. limited

2.A. thus B. instead C. though D. rather

3.A. slipping into B. searching for C. clearing up D. settling into

4.A. came to B. bent to C. turned to D. pointed to

5.A. complex B. nuclear C. wealthy D. extended

6.A. yet B. even C. still D. ever

7.A. predicted B. admitted C. guessed D. doubted

8.A. time B. patience C. abilities D. chances

9.A. days B. talent C. books D. interest

10.A. really B. actually C. seemingly D. probably

11.A. learned B. weird C. ambitious D. innocent

12.A. weighed B. admired C. realized D. identified

13.A. aim B. fate C. taste D. mood

14.A. obtain B. manage C. control D. imagine

15.A. academic B. realistic C. positive D. creative

16.A. sadly B. coldly C. seriously D. peacefully

17.A. hang out B. sit around C. step back D. get away

18.A. responded B. continued C. recalled D. declared

19.A. astonished B. satisfied C. delighted D. inspired

20.A. desire B. wisdom C. courage D. confidence

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.A

11.B

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者一次乘坐飞机时，本想看书却意外被旁边的老妇人打断了看书计划。在和老妇人的交谈过程中，作者对她越来越羡慕和崇拜，并从她的故事中得到了启发，对生活重新充满渴望和激情的故事。

1.A考查动词词义辨析。A. reserved保留；B. adjusted调整；C. squeezed挤压；D. limited限制。这里指飞行的时间是被保留用来看书的。故选A。

2.考查连词辨析。A. thus因此；B. instead而不是；C. though尽管；然而；D. rather宁可。根据下文可知作者想在飞机上看书，然而旁边坐了一个人是打断了作者的看书计划，这里though 表示前后文的转折。故选C。

3.考查动词短语辨析。A. slipping into滑进；B. searching for搜寻；C. clearing up 清理；D. settling into习惯于；适应。句意：当我适应了我的座位，我打开了书。故选D。

4.考查动词短语辨析。A. came to提到；B. bent to屈从于；C. turned to 转向；D. pointed to指向。这里表示坐在我旁边的人转向我，选择turn to，故选C。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。A. complex复杂的；B. nuclear原子能的；C. wealthy富有的；D. extended扩大的；广大的。这里通过后文知道老妇人家里有9个孩子，可见是个大家庭，extended family就表示大的家庭，因此选择D。

6.考查副词辨析。A. yet还没有；B. even甚至；C. still仍然；D. ever曾经。通过后文可知她已经89岁了，仍然活着。表示“仍旧；仍然”故选C。

7.考查动词词义辨析。A. predicted预测；B. admitted承认；C. guessed 猜测；D. doubted怀疑。上文得知作者并不认识老妇人，因此猜不到她已经快九十岁了，这里表示猜测故选C。

8.考查名词词义辨析。A. time时间；B. patience 耐心；C. abilities能力；D. chances机会。通过读下文可知老妇人非常的忙碌，所以没有“时间”来阅读。故选A。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. days天；B. talent才能；C. books书籍；D. interest兴趣。作者心里不明白这个老妇人每天究竟在忙着做什么，短语be busy with one’s days 表示“忙于某人的日子”。故选A。

10.考查副词辨析。A. really真正地；B. actually实际上；C. seemingly看来似乎；D. probably可能。通过阅读下文，我们知道和她一起工作的都是很好的人，所以这里选择really，表示强调他们的好。故选A。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。A. learned博学的；B. weird怪异的；C. ambitious有野心的；D. innocent无辜的。前面说都是极好的人，后面有个too，表示也，说明这是两类不同的人，所以选择与“好”相反的词：weird怪异的。故选B。

12.考查动词词义辨析。A. weighed称重；B. admired羡慕；C. realized意识到；D. identified鉴定。根据后文“not let negative energies affect her”可知作者很羡慕老妇人不让消极的能量影响她的能力。故选B。

13.考查名词词义辨析。A. aim目的；B. fate命运；C. taste品味；D. mood心情；情绪。句意：我崇拜她这种不让负能量影响自己心情的能力。负能量影响的是人的“心情”，故选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. obtain获得；B. manage管理；尝试；C. control控制；D. imagine想象。通过上文可知作者很崇拜老妇人，所以他好奇他是否也能做到，manage sth.表示成功的做到困难的事情。故选B。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。A. academic学术的；B. realistic现实的；C. positive积极的；D. creative有创造力的。通过上文可知老妇人是一个很积极向上的人，故选C。

16.考查副词辨析。A. sadly悲伤地；B. coldly 冷淡地；C. seriously严肃地；D. peacefully平静地。老妇人说到10年前丈夫去世的事，通过上文可知老妇人已经完全调整过来，对这件事不应该再感到难过了，所以是“平静地”说道。故选D。

17.考查动词短语辨析。A. hang out挂出；闲逛；B. sit around无所事事；C. step back退后；D. get away离开。通过下文我们知道她去Costco工作是因为她不想因为丈夫的死让自己“无所事事”，故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析。 A. responded反应；B. continued继续；C. recalled回忆；D. declared宣布。句意：她继续说道：生活如此美好。表示老妇人继续往下说，故选B。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。A. astonished吃惊的；B. satisfied满意的；C. delighted高兴的；D. inspired鼓舞人心的。根据上文可知作者崇拜老妇人，因此飞机每飞一英里，作者就被老妇人的故事鼓舞着，所以这里选择inspired。故选D。

20.考查名词词义辨析。A. desire欲望；渴望；B. wisdom智慧；C. courage勇气；D. confidence自信。句意：我告诉自己，如果一个89岁的人可以选择带着这样的渴望和激情生活，我也可以。故选A。