Question

    It was late, about 10:15 p.m. Janice Esposito jumped into her minivan (小货车) and began the 20-minute _________ home to her husband and seven-year old Son.She’d just returned from _________ her mother and had traveled the _________ so many times. Out of _________ on that awful night, a car knocked into Esposito’s minivan, pushing her backward _________ 100 feet onto the railroad tracks.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for bed._________ he heard the sharp clang (哐当声) of metal on metal and breaking glass coming from not far outside his bedroom window. A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64, never _________ to think. He grabbed a flashlight and, still wore his pajamas (睡衣), _________ the door.

The first car he _________ , 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had hit Esposito. Once DiPinto ______________ the driver was OK, he looked around and ______________ Esposito’s minivan sitting on the railroad tracks. And then he heard the urgent sound: an ______________ train.

DiPinto ______________ to Esposito’s minivan and banged on the driver’s side window. She just looked at him and she seemed ______________ .

“Honey, you’re on the railroad tracks,” DiPinto shouted. “We have to get you ______________ right now!” He pulled the handle ______________ , but the door was jammed. A heavy train, ______________ at 65 miles per hour, was speeding up toward them. DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the door. Please, God, don’t let her be trapped, he thought. He pulled her toward him across the seat and rapidly walked her to ______________ a few feet away. Within Six seconds, the train ran into the minivan. “It was like a Hollywood movie.”

But this story had a(n) ______________ . “Last night.” South County Ambulance chief told CBS New York, “the ______________ arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck.”

1.A.walking B.arriving C.driving D.running

2.A.visiting B.treating C.assisting D.finding

3.A.field B.forest C.space D.route

4.A.somewhere B.nowhere C.anywhere D.everywhere

5.A.some B.only C.exactly D.enough

6.A.while B.after C.when D.until

7.A.failed B.began C.chose D.stopped

8.A.held on to B.ran out of C.stayed away from D.came up to

9.A.came upon B.waited for C.pulled up D.looked for

10.A.blessed B.informed C.concluded D.described

11.A.followed B.searched C.reached D.spotted

12.A.uprising B.oncoming C.ongoing D.outgoing

13.A.rushed B.returned C.wandered D.escaped

14.A.unlocked B.unaware C.unhealthy D.unhurt

15.A.around B.off C.in D.down

16.A.carefully B.roughly C.violently D.naturally

17.A.hurrying B.traveling C.riding D.operating

18.A.tracks B.home C.survival D.safety

19.A.end B.theme C.twist D.turn

20.A.hero B.teacher C.driver D.fighter

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。本文写了在一个夜晚发生的事故，一个英雄挽救了司机的生命的故事。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Janice Esposito 跳进小货车，开始了20分钟的车程，去找丈夫和7岁的儿子。A walking走路；B. arriving到达；C. driving驾车；D. running跑。由上文“Janice Esposito jumped into her minivan (小货车)”可知，Janice Esposito要开20分钟的车程，回到丈夫和7岁儿子的身边。故选C。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她刚刚去看了她妈妈，这条路她走了很多次了。A. visiting参观，拜访；B. treating对待；C. assisting帮助；D. finding发现。由“ her mother”可知，她开车去找儿子和丈夫前是去看望妈妈。visit意为“看望”。故选A。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她刚去看了她妈妈，这条路她走了很多次了。A. field 土地；B. forest森林；C. space空间；D. route路线。因为是去看妈妈，所以路线应该是走了很多次。故选D。

4.考查副词词义辨析。句意：在那可怕的夜晚，不知从哪里冒出来一辆车突然撞上了Janice Esposito的小货车，把她向后推了大约100英尺到了铁轨上。A. somewhere某个地方；B. nowhere没有地方；C. anywhere任何地方； D. everywhere每个地方。由“on that awful night”可知，在那可怕的夜晚，不知从哪里冒出来一辆车突然撞上了Janice Esposito的小货车。out of nowhere 意为“不知道从哪里冒出来的”或者“莫名其妙的出现”。故选B。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在那可怕的夜晚，不知从哪里冒出来一辆车突然撞上了Janice Esposito的小货车，把她向后推了大约100英尺到了铁轨上。A. some大约、一些，；B. only仅仅；C. exactly确切地； D. enough足够。some修饰100 feet，意为“大约100英尺”，粗略估计。故选A。

6.考查连词词义辨析。句意：Pete DiPinto正准备上床睡觉时，他听到卧室窗外不远处传来金属对金属的尖锐撞击声和打碎玻璃的声音。A. while 当……的时候；B. after 在……之后；C. when当……的时候；D. until直到。be doing…when…正要做某事的时候，这时……。故选C。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：64岁的迪平托是一名志愿消防员和退休教师，不假思索就去救人。A. failed 失败；B. began开始；C. chose选择；D. stopped停止。由“He grabbed a flashlight and, still wore his pajamas (睡衣), ____8____ the door.”可知，Pete DiPinto不假思索就去救人。。故选D。

8.考查动词短语辨析。句意：他抓起手电筒，仍然穿着睡衣，跑出了门。A. held on to坚持；B. ran out of跑出来；C. stayed away from远离；D. came up to将近。情况非常危急，所以他跑出了门。故选B。

9.考查动词短语辨析。句意：他见到的第一辆车，离前院2000英尺，就是撞上Esposito的那辆。A. came upon见到；B. waited for等待；C. pulled up拉出；D. looked for寻找。因为是两车相撞，所以Pete DiPinto离前院2000英尺见到了出事故的第一辆车。故选A。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当DiPinto断定司机没事时，他环顾四周发现Esposito的小货车在铁轨上。A. blessed祈祷； B. informed通知； C. concluded推断； D. described描述。看到伤者之后先要确定伤者情况，下文接着去看周围，说明已经确定了伤者没事。故选C。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当DiPinto断定司机没事时，他环顾四周发现Esposito的小货车在铁轨上。A. followed跟随；B. searched寻找；C. reached到达；D. spotted发现。由“he looked around”可知，DiPinto他环顾四周发现Esposito的小货车在铁轨上。故选D。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：之后他听到了急促的声音：即将驶来的火车。A. uprising起义；B. oncoming迎面而来的；C. ongoing 持续存在的；D outgoing外向的。根据下文A heavy train, ____17____ at 65 miles per hour, was speeding up toward them.可见是一辆火车朝他们驶来。故选B。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：DiPinto奔跑到Esposito的小货车旁，撞驾驶座的窗户。A. rushed奔；B. returned返回；C. wandered徘徊；D. escaped逃脱。由前文 “then he heard the urgent sound: an ______12______ train”前文说到火车马上要来了，他们还在铁轨上，所以要奔跑去救人，故选A。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她看了看他，她看起来好像没有受伤。A. unlocked没有锁的；B. unaware不明白的；C．unhealthy不健康的；D. unhurt未受伤的。从下文看，她没有受伤，故选D。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们需要马上把你移开。A. around周围；B. off远离、离开；C. in在......里面；D. down向下。前文说you’re on the railroad tracks，而火车要来了，所以要把她移走。故选B。

16.考查副词词义辨析。句意：他用力的拉把手，但是门被卡住了。A. carefully仔细地；B. roughly粗略地；C. violently猛烈地；暴力地；D. naturally自然地。根据后文the door was jammed可知要他用力拉把手。故选C。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一列时速65英里的重型火车正加速向他们驶来。A. hurrying匆忙地；B. raveling行进；旅游；C. riding 骑马；D. operating操作。由“was speeding up toward them”可知，在铁轨上的火车正在行进中。故选B。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他从座位上把她拉过来，迅速把她带到几英尺外的安全地方。A. tracks轨迹；B. home家；C. survival幸存；D. safety安全。救人自然应该是把人拽到安全的地方。故选D。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是这个故事还有个小插曲。A. end结尾；B. theme主题；C. twist 曲折；D. turn转弯。下文说救人的人是穿着睡衣去的，而不是开着消防车去的，这与一般情况不同，所以有个这个故事还个小插曲。故选C。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：英雄是穿着睡衣而不是开消防车来的。A. hero英雄；B. teacher 教师；C. driver司机；D. fighter战斗者。救人的自然是英雄。故选A。