Question

    Sending an urgent message in a bottle would not typically be considered a sensible strategy. However, it magically ___ for three hikers from California.

In June 2019, for Father^ Day weekend, the Whitsons ___ to go backpacking along central California's Arroyo Seco River. Things went ___ for the first two days. On June 16, Whitson, who was ___ with the area, led the trip to the Arroyo Seco narrows(峡谷).

____ when the hikers reached the waterfall in the narrows, Whitson realized that ___ his previous trip through the area, the water currents were too strong to pass. "My heart ____ when I realized that.” Whitson told CNN. Whitson and his son tried to ___ other routes to get around it, but their efforts proved ____ .

With food running low and no cellphone reception to____help, he decided to carve a "GET HELP” message on the side of his water bottle and threw it downstream in the ___ that someone would find it. Then they went back up the river to a small beach to camp out for the night.

Sometime after midnight, the three adventurers were ___ by a welcome sound — a California Highway Patrol helicopter flying overhead. Since it was too dark to conduct a(n) ____ , the officials asked them to stay warm for the night, and ___ to send a team the following day.

Shortly after being____on the morning of June 17, 2019, Whitson ____ that two hikers had tripped upon their water bottle and, upon seeing the urgent ____reported the issue to the officials. Whitson says, "They didn't leave their name or phone number. They just did what was ____ in their heart, and most importantly they took it ____ . Whitson and his family hope the two good hikers will reveal their ___ so that they can express their gratitude in person.

1.A.failed B.worked C.connected D.recommended

2.A.decided B.preferred C.attempted D.happened

3.A.obviously B.unexpectedly C.smoothly D.surprisingly

4.A.familiar B.popular C.content D.busy

5.A.Besides B.Meanwhile C.Moreover D.However

6.A.unlike B.like C.as D.opposite

7.A.beat B.sank C.ached D.broke

8.A.attach B.avoid C.expand D.seek

9.A.priceless B.hopeless C.fruitless D.endless

10.A.call for B.spread out C.beg for D.give away

11.A.challenge B.arrangement C.hope D.satisfaction

12.A.awakened B.disturbed C.annoyed D.greeted

13.A.experiment B.escape C.exploration D.rescue

14.A.regretted B.promised C.chose D.appealed

15.A.picked up B.tried out C.put Forward D.passed down

16.A.believed B.accepted C.predicted D.discovered

17.A.sculpture B.message C.coincidence D.comment

18.A.urgent B.flexible C.right D.possible

19.A.directly B.normally C.seriously D.frequently

20.A.identity B.motivation C.characteristic D.quality

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。讲述Whitson一行去峡谷远足，被困峡谷，食物不足，手机不能接受信号，他决定在水瓶上贴上信息求救。最后被两位徒步旅行者发现，报告给了官员，最终救出了他们。Whitson一家很感激。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，对于来自加利福尼亚的三个徒步旅行者神奇地起作用了。 A. failed失败；B. worked起作用；工作；C. connected连接；D. recommended推荐。根据上文Sending an urgent message in a bottle would not typically be considered a sensible strategy. （在瓶子里发送紧急信息通常不被认为是明智的策略）结合However可知，上下文是转折关系，对于这三个徒步旅行者神奇地起作用了。故选B。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：2019年6月，父亲节周末，Whitson夫妇决定沿着加利福尼亚州中部的阿罗约塞科河进行背包旅行。A. decided决定；B. preferred更喜欢；C. attempted尝试；D. happened碰巧。由下文“go backpacking”可知，决定进行背包旅行。故选A。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：前两天一切顺利。A. obviously显而易见地；B. unexpectedly意外地；C. smoothly顺利地；D. surprisingly惊奇地。根据下文出了意外可知，前两天一切顺利。故选C。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在6月16日，Whitson，非常熟悉这个地区，引领去了阿罗约塞科峡谷。A. familiar熟悉的；B. popular受欢迎的；C. content满意的；D. busy忙碌的。根据下文“ led the trip to the Arroyo Seco narrows”可知，Whitson熟悉这个地区，带领着去了阿罗约塞科峡谷。故选A。

5.考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，当徒步旅行者到达峡谷的瀑布时，Whitson意识到与上次穿越该地区的旅行不同，水流太大，无法通过。A. Besides此外；B. Meanwhile与此同时；C. Moreover再者；此外；D. However然而。根据下文“the water currents were too strong to pass. ”（水流太大，无法通过）可知，与上文“Things went ___3___ for the first two days. ”（一切顺利）是转折关系。故选D。

6.考查介词词义辨析。句意：与他以前在这个地区的旅行不同，水流太大，无法通过。A. unlike与……不同；不像；B. like像；C. as作为；D. opposite在……对面。根据下文“the water currents were too strong to pass”（水流太大，无法通过）可知，与上次穿越该地区的旅行不同，水流太大，无法通过。故选A。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我意识到那些，我的心一沉。A. beat打；B. sank（使）下沉；(心情)变得沉重;C. ached疼；D. broke折断。根据上文“水流太大，无法通过”可知，Whitson告诉CNN他的心一沉，心情变得沉重。故选B。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Whitson和他的儿子寻求其他途径绕过它。A. attach附上；贴上；B. avoid避免；C. expand扩张；D. seek寻找；探寻。根据下文“other routes to get around it”可知，寻求其他绕过它的路线。故选D。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是他们的努力是不成功的。A. priceless无价的；B. hopeless绝望的；C. fruitless不成功的；白搭；D. endless无尽的。由but可知，Whitson和他的儿子寻求其他途径绕过它，但是他们的努力是不成功的。故选C。

10.考查动词短语辨析。句意：由于食物太少，而且没有手机接收到求救信号，他决定在他的水瓶边刻一条“得到帮助”的信息。A. call for需要；要求；B. spread out伸展；C. beg for乞讨；D. give away泄漏。根据下文“he decided to carve a "GET HELP” message on the side of his water bottle and threw it downstream in the ___11___ that someone would find it”可知，食物太少，没有手机接收求救信号。故选A。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他决定在他的水瓶一侧刻一条“寻求帮助”的信息，然后把它扔到下游，希望有人能找到它。A. challenge挑战；B. arrangement安排；C. hope希望；D. satisfaction满足。根据下文“someone would find it”可知，把水平扔到下游，希望有人能找到它。故选C。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：午夜过后的某个时候，三位冒险家被令人愉悦的声音唤醒——一架加利福尼亚高速公路巡逻直升机在上空飞过 。A. awakened唤醒；B. disturbed扰乱；C. annoyed使烦恼；D. greeted欢迎。根据上文的时间状语“Sometime after midnight”可知，半夜正在睡眠中，因此应是被直升机的声音唤醒。故选A。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：由于天太黑，无法进行救援，官员们要求他们保持温暖过夜 。A. experiment实验；B. escape逃脱；C. exploration探索；D. rescue援救。根据下文“the officials asked them to stay warm for the night”（官员们要求他们保持温暖过夜），可知，天太黑无法救援。故选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：官员们要求他们保持温暖过夜，许诺第二天派出团队。A. regretted遗憾；后悔；B. promised许诺；C. chose选择；D. appealed呼吁。根据上下文可知，太太黑无法救援，官员们要求他们保持温暖过夜，许诺第二天派出团队。故选B。

15.考查动词短语辨析。句意：在2019年6月17日上午被接走之后，Whitson发现两名徒步旅行者被他们的水瓶绊倒。A. picked up（开车）接某人；B. tried out选拔；C. put forward提出；D. passed down使世代相传。根据下文“ two hikers had tripped upon their water bottle ”可知，Whitson被车接走，被人救了。故选A。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在2019年6月17日上午被接走之后，Whitson发现两名徒步旅行者被他们的水瓶绊倒。A. believed相信；B. accepted接受；C. predicted预测； D. discovered发现。被救以后，Whitson发现两名徒步旅行者被他们的水瓶绊倒。故选D。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一看到紧急信息就把这个问题报告给了官员。A. sculpture雕刻；B. message信息；C. coincidence巧合；D. comment评论。根据上文“he decided to carve a "GET HELP” message on the side of his water bottle ”可知，Whitson在瓶子上刻一条“寻求帮助”的信息，两名徒步旅行者看到就报告给了官员。故选B。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们只是做了他们心里认为正确的。A. urgent紧急的；B. flexible灵活的；C. right正确的；D. possible可能的。根据上文“They didn't leave their name or phone number. ”可知，他们没有留下姓名和电话，他们只是做了他们心里认为正确的。故选C。

19.考查副词词义辨析。句意：最重要的，他们认真对待了这件事。A. directly直接地；B. normally正常地；C. seriously认真地；严肃地；D. frequently频繁地。根据上文可知，这两位徒步旅行者看到水瓶上的信息，认真对待这件事，报告给了官员。take sth. seriously认真对待某事。故选C。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Whitson和他的家人希望这两位好心的徒步旅行者能透露他们的身份，以便他们能够当面表达他们的感激之情。 A. identity身份；B. motivation动机；C. characteristic特性；D. quality质量。根据下文“so that they can express their gratitude in person”可知，Whitson和家人希望这两位好心的徒步旅行者透漏他们的身份，以便他们能够当面表达他们的感激之情。故选A。