Question

    Last week I was driving back to town from the airport during a heavy rainstorm when I saw something rather large______ of the busy road as the traffic drove past_______close.

As I got ______, I found out that it was a turtle, and I hit the ______. I got out of my car with traffic being ______behind me and dashed into the middle of the road. I saw that it was very much______ but refusing to ______.

Although I'm an animal lover, I’m not one to touch an animal like a turtle that isn't ________,but I wasn’t going to______ him there. I looked through my car______for something with which to _______ the turtle--paper towels, a rag, anything. But there was nothing.

A woman drove in the opposite direction stopped and saw the______situation. I asked her if she had anything ______ I could use to pick this rather large turtle up, and she ______me a white towel. As I_______my friend, he quickly _________his head and feet, and I set him down by the river to ______ .

I thanked the woman with the towel who came to my _______----and the turtle does, too! I’m also_______to the drivers behind me. They were______for over half an hour but none complained at all!

1.A. in the middle B. on the side C. at the end D. on the corner

2.A. reasonably B. increasingly C. strangely D. dangerously

3.A. father B. nearer C. nearly D. further

4.A. wheel B. door C. brake D. window

5.A. reduced B. followed C. avoided D. blocked

6.A. alive B. gentle C. heavy D. large

7.A. dash B. move C. slip D. run

8.A. cute B. lucky C. mild D. brave

9.A. put B. take C. send D. leave

10.A. slowly B. nervously C. wildly D. occasionally

11.A. turn over B. throw away C. pick up D. put up

12.A. hopeless B. difficult C. ridiculous D. different

13.A. at the airport B. on the road C. by the river D. in her car

14.A. sold B. lent C. threw D. showed

15.A. found out B. wrapped up C. came across D. stared at

16.A. raised B. pulled C. withdrew D. lowered

17.A. keep on B. live on C. work on D. decide on

18.A. attention B. mind C. rescue D. memory

19.A. grateful B. generous C. helpful D. sensitive

20.A. challenged B. prepared C. panicked D. delayed

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一位女士为我提供了毛巾从而让我捡起一只在马路中间的乌龟，同时那些堵在后面的司机也没有因为被我的耽搁而怨声载道，我十分感谢他们。

1.考查介词短语辨析。A. in the middle在中间； B. on the side在边上；C. at the end在终点；D. on the corner在拐角。根据本空后的“of the busy road as the traffic drove past___2___close.”可知，我看见马路中间有一个大家伙，车辆经过很危险，故A项正确。

2.考查副词词义辨析。A. reasonably合理地；B. increasingly渐增地；C. strangely奇怪地；D. dangerously危险地。一个大家伙在路中间，车辆经过肯定很危险，故D项正确。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。A. father父亲；B. nearer更近；C. nearly将近；D. further更远的。根据本空后的“I found out that it was a turtle”可知，当我离得近一些时，我发现那个大家伙是一只大乌龟，故B项正确。

4.考查名词词义辨析。A. wheel轮子；B. door门；C. brake刹车；D. window窗户。根据本空后的“I got out of my car”可知，我踩刹车下车了，故C项正确。

5.考查动词词义辨析。A. reduced减少；B. followed跟随；C. avoided避免；D. blocked阻塞。我踩刹车下车了，所以后面的车都被堵住了，故D项正确。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。A. alive活着的；B. gentle温柔的；C. heavy重的；D. large大的。根据本空后的“but refusing to ___7___”可知，我发现它还活着但是拒绝移动，故A项正确。

7.考查动词词义辨析。A. dash猛冲；B. move移动；C. slip滑倒；D. run跑。上文说，那只乌龟还活着，只是拒绝移动，故B项正确。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。A. cute可爱的；B. lucky幸运的；C. mild温和的；D. brave勇敢的。根据本空前的“Although I'm an animal lover, I’m not one to touch an animal like a turtle that isn't”可知，虽然我是个动物爱好者，但我不喜欢碰像乌龟那样不可爱的动物，故A项正确。

9.考查动词词义辨析。A. put放；B. take带走；C. send发送；D. leave留下。根据本空前的“but I wasn’t going to”可知，虽然我不喜欢碰乌龟这样不可爱的动物，但是我不会把它留在马路中间，故D项正确。

10.考查副词词义辨析。A. slowly慢慢地；B. nervously紧张地；C. wildly狂暴地、失控地；D. occasionally偶尔。上文说我不喜欢碰乌龟，所以我在车里找纸巾或抹布之类能够用来把乌龟捡起来的东西，故C项正确。

11.考查动词短语辨析。A. turn over移交；B. throw away扔掉；C. pick up捡起；D. put up举起。

我找纸巾或抹布是要把乌龟捡起来，故C项正确。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。A. hopeless无望的；B. difficult困难的；C. ridiculous荒谬的；D. different不同的。上文说我想要把乌龟捡起来但是找不到东西用来垫手，一位从对面开车过来的女士注意到了这种困难的局面，故B项正确。

13.考查介词短语辨析。A. at the airport在机场；B. on the road在路上；C. by the river在河边；D. in her car在她车里。根据语境可知，我问这位女士她车里有没有用来垫手捡乌龟的东西，故D项正确。

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. sold卖；B. lent借出；C. threw扔；D. showed展示。根据本空后的“me a white towel”可知，她扔给我一条白毛巾，故C项正确。

15.考查动词短语辨析。A. found out查明；B. wrapped up包起来；C. came across偶遇；D. stared at紧盯。根据本空后的“my friend, he quickly ____16____his head and feet,”可知，当我包它时，它迅速缩回了头和脚，故B项正确。

16.考查动词词义辨析。A. raised抬起；B. pulled拉；C. withdrew收回、缩回；D. lowered低下。当我包它时，它迅速缩回了头和脚，故C项正确。

17.考查动词短语辨析。A. keep on继续；B. live on活下去；C. work on继续工作；D. decide on选定。根据本空前的“I set him down by the river to”可知，我把乌龟放在河边让它活下去，故B项正确。

18.考查名词词义辨析。A. attention注意力；B. mind思维；C. rescue营救；D. memory记忆。根据本空前的“I thanked the woman with the towel who came to my”可知，我感谢那个为我提供毛巾实施营救的女士，故C项正确。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。A. grateful感激的；B. generous慷慨的；C. helpful有帮助的；D. sensitive敏感的。上文说我感谢那个为我提供毛巾实施营救的女士，我也感谢那些被我堵在后面的司机，故A项正确。

20.考查动词词义辨析。A. challenged挑战；B. prepared准备；C. panicked恐慌；D. delayed耽搁。根据上文可知，那些司机被我耽搁了半个小时，故D项正确。