Question

    It was 12: 00 noon on a Monday. As I ______ a local fast food restaurant and parked, I noticed an old truck with a trailer (拖车) attached. The driver had pulled into the narrow parking lot and ____

to exit through the road. But he was going the wrong way and ______ the road.

To get it out of everyone’s ______, he was trying to turn it around. ______, the trailer jackknifed (弯成V字形). There were a lot of people watching but no one ______ to help. I walked over to the driver’s window and asked if he needed help.

The driver was an old man and looked very____. I could tell that he didn’t know how to

___.After stopping all the traffic and asking everyone to be__ for a few minutes, I __ him back and forth until he finally got the truck and trailer turned around.

He told me that he had just got out of the ______ and that he was so ______; he thought he was going to have another heart attack on the spot. He said, “You’re a good man and I can never thank you enough.” I could ____ that his thank-you to me was ______ from the heart. He then drove away.

Working in construction all my life, I have been often ______ to drive vehicles with a trailer behind them. To me this was a fairly ______ situation to deal with. But to a(n) ______ driver it can be very difficult. A simple thank-you was certainly enough for such a little act of ______.

But what happened next was a total ______. As I opened the door and walked into the restaurant, everyone stood up, clapped and shouted “good job”.

No words can ever explain how ______ I felt.

1.A.stared at B.thought of C.pulled into D.pointed at

2.A.tried B.refused C.forgot D.happened

3.A.crossed B.left C.missed D.blocked

4.A.control B.way C.reach D.doubt

5.A.As a result B.In other words C.After all D.For example

6.A.continued B.afforded C.offered D.learned

7.A.funny B.worried C.annoyed D.proud

8.A.give up B.set out C.get out D.get off

9.A.patient B.calm C.polite D.happy

10.A.pushed B.shook C.protected D.guided

11.A.restaurant B.hospital C.company D.office

12.A.lucky B.sorry C.afraid D.active

13.A.tell B.explain C.admit D.predict

14.A.briefly B.slightly C.regularly D.truly

15.A.supported B.required C.reminded D.warned

16.A.real B.easy C.safe D.hard

17.A.careless B.young C.unlicensed D.inexperienced

18.A.courage B.creation C.kindness D.madness

19.A.risk B.change C.regret D.surprise

20.A.good B.tired C.curious D.fair

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者作为一个有经验的司机在一位老人开车遇到困难时及时提供了帮助，得到了真诚的感谢和其他人的鼓励。

1.考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我把车开进当地一家快餐店并停车时，我注意到一辆带拖车的旧卡车。A. stared at凝视；B. thought of想起；考虑；C. pulled into驶进；到达；D. pointed at指着。根据后文内容“parked (停车)“，可知，作者在开车，符合此语境的短语应是C项。故选C项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：司机把车开进了狭窄的停车场，试图努力从马路路口出去。A. tried努力；尝试；B. refused拒绝；C. forgot忘记；D. happened发生。根据后根据上文的The driver had pulled into the narrow parking lot可知，停车场很狭窄，可知，他在努力从出口开出去。故选A项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是他走错了路，挡住了路。A. crossed交叉；横穿过；B. left离开；C. missed错过；D. blocked阻碍。根据上文he was going the wrong way可知，司机走错了路，阻塞了道路。）故选D项。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：为了不让车挡着大家的路，他试图让车转弯。A. control控制；B. way道路；C. reach范围；D. doubt怀疑。根据句意和语境可知，这位司机的车阻碍大家的路（way）。故选B项。

5.考查名词词组辨析。句意：结果，拖车弯成V字形。A. As a result结果；B. In other words 换句话说；C. After all毕竟；D. For example例如。后文提及内容为他调转车头造成的后果。故选A项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：有许多人观看，但没有人主动提供帮助。A. continued继续；B. afforded承担；付得起；C. offered主动提供；D. learned学习。根据句意和语境特别是but可知，上下文是转折关系，故此处强调没有人主动提供帮助（offer help）。故选C项。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：司机是个老人，看上去很着急。我看得出他不知道怎么开出去。A. funny有趣的；滑稽的；B. worried担心的；担忧的；C. annoyed恼怒的；烦闷的；D. proud骄傲的；自豪的。根据后文内容“I could tell that he didn’t know how to 8 .(我看得出他不知道怎么做)”可知，这位老人很着急和担忧。故选B项。

8.考查动词词组辨析。句意：司机是个老人，看上去很着急。我看得出他不知道怎么开出去。A. give up放弃；B. set out出发；开始；C. get out 离开；出去；D. get off动身。下文讲述我引领司机把车开了出去，因此推断我可以辨别他不知道如何出去。故选C项。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我让所有的车辆停下，让每个人都耐心等待几分钟，然后我引导着他来来回回，直到他终于把卡车和拖车调头。A. patient有耐心的；B. calm冷静的；镇定的；C. polite有礼貌的；D. happy开心的；高兴的。根据上文stopping all the traffic可知，作者希望大家等待几分钟，需要有耐心（patient）。故选A项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我让所有的车辆停下，让每个人都耐心等待几分钟，然后我引导着他来来回回，直到他终于把卡车和拖车调头。A. pushed推；B. shook摇晃；C. protected保护；D. guided引导；指导。根据下文until he finally got the truck and trailer turned around.可知，我引领者他前前后后倒车。故选D项。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他告诉我他刚从医院出来，他很害怕。他以为自己马上又要心脏病发作了。A. restaurant饭店；B. hospital医院；C. company公司；D. office办公室。根据后文“another heart attack (心脏病)”可知，这位老人之前去过医院。故选B项。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他告诉我他刚从医院出来，他很害怕。他以为自己马上又要心脏病发作了。A. lucky幸运的；B. sorry 抱歉的；难过的；C. afraid 害怕的；D. active积极的。根据下文he thought he was going to have another heart attack on the spot可知，老人担心自己会“心脏病发”。故选C项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我可以看出他对我的感谢是发自内心的。然后他开车走了。 A. tell告诉；说出；B. explain解释；C. admit承认；D. predict预测。根据下文his thank-you to me was 14 from the heart. 可知，作者可以感受到老人的感谢发自真心。A项tell可以理解为“说得出”，故选A项。

14.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我可以看出他对我的感谢是发自内心的。然后他开车走了。A. briefly 短暂地；简略地；B. slightly些微地，轻微地；C. regularly定期地；有规律地；D. truly真实地，不假；真诚地。根据后文“from his heart”，可知，这位老人是发自真心地感谢作者。故选D项。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我一生都在建筑行业工作，经常被要求驾驶后面有拖车的车辆。A. supported支持；B. required要求；C. reminded提醒；D. warned警告。根据Working in construction all my life可知，作者是一位在建筑工地工作，因此会“被要求”驾驶拖车。故选B项。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对我来说，这是一个相当简单的情况。A. real真实的；B. easy容易的；简单的；C. safe安全的；D. hard困难的。根据句意和语境可知，工作经验使作者对于帮助处理老人遇到的这种情况“得心应手的”。故选B项。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是对于一个没有经验的司机来说，这是非常困难的。 A. careless粗心的；B. young年轻的；C. unlicensed没有执照的；D. inexperienced没有经验的。由but推断，对于没有经验的人来说，这件事是困难的。故选D项。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：对这样一个小小的善举来说，一句简单的感谢就足够了。 A. courage勇气；B. creation创造；C. kindness仁慈；好意；D. madness疯狂。帮助了老人是一件好事/善举。故选C项。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但接下来发生的事完全出乎意料。A. risk风险；B. change 改变；C. regret遗憾；后悔；D. surprise惊讶；惊喜。根据后文内容可知，饭店里的人带给我的是“惊喜”。故选D项。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：任何语言都无法表达我当时的感受多么好。A. good好的；愉快的；B. tired疲倦的；劳累的；C. curious好奇的；D. fair公平的。根据句意和语境可知，餐馆里的人都鼓掌赞扬我，我的感觉非常好。故选A项。