Question

    Clara Daly was sat on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles. Then a flight attendant asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker: “Does ______ on board know American Sign Language?”

Clara, 15 at the time, ______ the call button. The flight attendant came by and explained the _______. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf,” she said. The passenger ______ to want something, ______ he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn’t understand what he needed.

Clara had been ______ ASL for the past year and knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm(手掌). So she untied her seat belt, walked ______ the front of the plane, and knelt by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his ______, she signed, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water. When it ______, Clara returned to her seat. The flight attendant ______ again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third ______, she stopped and stayed for a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was ______ and wanted to talk,” Clara says. So for the next hour, that’s ______ they did. She talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had ______ become blind over time and ______ stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she “looked ______ at his face with such ______,” a passenger reported.

“Clara was ______,” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could ______ Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel. And Cook said it was the best trip he’d ______ had.”

1.A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. nobody

2.A. pressed B. replaced C. passed D. raised

3.A. position B. conversation C. flight D. situation

4.A. stopped B. pretended C. seemed D. represented

5.A. but B. and C. or D. however

6.A. inventing B. studying C. teaching D. researching

7.A. above B. on C. in D. toward

8.A. arm B. foot C. hand D. leg

9.A. arranged B. arrived C. reached D. reflected

10.A. came by B. went down C. came out D. went through

11.A. journey B. visit C. voyage D. labour

12.A. relieved B. grateful C. lonely D. free

13.A. why B. how C. which D. what

14.A. shortly B. gradually C. officially D. eventually

15.A. shared B. provided C. created D. observed

16.A. interestingly B. firmly C. worriedly D. attentively

17.A. politeness B. kindness C. sadness D. witness

18.A. challenging B. confusing C. amusing D. amazing

19.A. tell B. speak C. talk D. judge

20.A. never B. even C. ever D. forever

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Clara在飞机上能够明白又盲又聋的Tim Cook的需要并耐心地陪他聊天的故事。

1.考查代词词义辨析。A. someone 某人；B. anyone任何人；C. everyone每人；D. nobody没人。根据本空后的“on board know American Sign Language?”可知，一位空姐通过扩音器问了一个紧急问题“飞机上有人懂美国手语么？”，故B项正确。

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. pressed按；B. replaced 代替；C. passed通过；D. raised举起。根据本空后的“the call button”可知，Clara按了唤人按钮，故A项正确。

3.考查名词词义辨析。A. position位置；B. conversation对话；C. flight航班；D. situation情况。根据本空后的“We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf”可知，空姐过来向她解释一下情况——飞机上有一个又盲又聋的乘客，故D项正确。

4.考查动词词义辨析。A. stopped停止；B. pretended假装；C. seemed似乎；D. represented赠送。根据本空后的“to want something, ___5___ he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn’t understand what he needed.”可知，那个又盲又聋的乘客好像想要什么，但是他独自旅行，所以空姐不明白他到底想要什么，故C项正确。

5.考查连词词义辨析。A. but但是；B. and并且；C. or否则；D. however然而。句意参考上题解析，根据句意可知前后是转折关系，故A项正确。

6.考查动词词义辨析。A. inventing发明；B. studying学习；C. teaching教；D. researching调查。根据本空后的“for the past year and knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm”可知，Clara去年一直在学习美国手语，所以她知道自己能够明白他的意思，故B项正确。

7.考查介词词义辨析。A. above高于；B. on在……上；C. in在……里；D. toward朝向。根据本空后的“the front of the plane, and knelt by the seat of Tim Cook”可知，她走向飞机的前部，跪在Tim Cook的座位旁，故D项正确。

8.考查名词词义辨析。A. arm胳膊；B. foot脚；C. hand手；D. leg腿。根据上文中的“she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm”可知，Clara拿过Tim Cook的手，故C项正确。

9.考查动词词义辨析。A. arranged安排；B. arrived到达（不及物动词）；C. reached到达（及物动词，后面需要接宾语）；D. reflected反射。上文说原来Tim Cook是想要水，当水被送来（到达）后，Clara回到自己的座位上，故B项正确。

10.考查动词短语辨析。A. came by走过来；B. went down下降；C. came out出来；D. went through经受。根据本空后的“again a bit later because he wanted to know the time.”可知，过了一小会儿空姐再次走过来，因为Tim Cook想知道时间，故A项正确。

11.考查名词词义辨析。A. journey旅程；B. visit拜访；C. voyage航行；D. labour劳动力。上文说Clara去了Tim Cook那两次，当她第三次去他那（造访）的时候，她停下来待了一会，故B项正确。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。A. relieved宽慰的；B. grateful感激的；C. lonely孤独的、寂寞的；D. free自由的。根据本空后的“and wanted to talk”可知，Tim Cook太寂寞了，只是想找个人说话而已，故C项正确。

13.考查表语从句。A. why为什么；B. how怎样；C. which哪一个；D. what什么。上文说他太寂寞了，只是想找个人说话而已，所以那就是接下来的一个小时他们所做的事情（指聊天），故D项正确。

14.考查副词词义辨析。A. shortly立刻；B. gradually逐渐地；C. officially正式地；D. eventually最终。根据本空后的“become blind over time and ___15___ stories of his days as a traveling salesman.”可知，Tim Cook告诉Clara自己的眼睛是如何逐渐变瞎的并与她分享了自己作旅行推销员时的故事，故B项正确。

15.考查动词词义辨析。A. shared分享；B. provided提供；C. created创造；D. observed观察。Tim Cook与她分享了自己作旅行推销员时的故事，故A项正确。

16.考查副词词义辨析。A. interestingly有趣地；B. firmly坚定地；C. worriedly但心地；D. attentively聚精会神地、注意地。根据本空前的“Even though he couldn’t see her”可知，即使Tim Cook看不见Clara，Clara还是慈祥地注视着他的脸，故D项正确。

17.考查名词词义辨析。A. politeness有礼貌；B. kindness善良；C. sadness伤心；D. witness证据。根据上文可知， Clara陪素不相识的Tim Cook聊天，这说明她很善良，此处是说她慈祥地注视着Tim Cook的脸，故B项正确。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。A. challenging有挑战性的；B. confusing迷惑人的；C. amusing好玩的；D. amazing令人惊异的、不可思议的。根据上文Clara明白Tim Cook的需要并耐心地陪他聊天可知，空姐说Clara是不可思议的，故D项正确。

19.考查动词词义辨析。A. tell说、判定（看出）；B. speak说（某种语言）；C. talk谈论；D. judge审判。根据本空后的“Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel.”可知，你可以看出Tim Cook很高兴有人能陪他说话，而Clara就是一个这样的天使，故A项正确。

20.考查副词词义辨析。A. never从未；B. even甚至；C. ever曾经；D. forever永远。根据本空前的“And Cook said it was the best trip he’d”可知，Cook说这是他有生以来最棒的一次旅行，故C项正确。