Question

    Clara was seated on an Airlines flight to LA when a flight attendant asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker, "Does anyone on________know American Sign Language (ASL)?"

Clara had been studying ASL for the past year and she'd be able to________spell into a man's palm, so she____the call button. The flight attendant came and explained the________, "We have a passenger who's blind and deaf." The passenger seemed to want something, but the flight attendants couldn't________what he needed.

Clara________her seat belt, walked toward the front of the plane, and________by the aisle seat of Tim Cook.________taking his hand, she________, "Are you OK? What do you need?" Cook________for some water.

When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She________again later and stayed. "He was________and wanted to talk," Clara says.

For the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had gradually become________and shared stories of his.“________Tim couldn't see her, she looked________at his face with such________,” a passenger said.

"Clara was________," a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. "You could________Tim was very relaxed to have someone he could________to, and she was such a (n)________."

1.A.board B.business C.mission D.vacation

2.A.change B.put C.finger D.send

3.A.searched for B.pressed C.looked at D.examined

4.A.headache B.result C.danger D.situation

5.A.understand B.find C.fetch D.satisfy

6.A.checked B.unfastened C.secured D.adjusted

7.A.rested B.lay C.fell D.knelt

8.A.Tightly B.Immediately C.Gently D.Eagerly

9.A.signed B.doubted C.comforted D.demanded

10.A.begged B.asked C.looked D.paid

11.A.got up B.walked around C.wandered about D.came by

12.A.sad B.terrified C.lonely D.nervous

13.A.blind B.helpless C.sensitive D.impossible

14.A.If B.Though C.But D.So

15.A.carefully B.passionately C.enthusiastically D.attentively

16.A.pride B.bravery C.kindness D.passion

17.A.amazing B.relaxed C.interesting D.confident

18.A.inform B.tell C.recall D.hope

19.A.respond B.stick C.talk D.adapt

20.A.expert B.professional C.assistant D.angel

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了15岁的Clara在飞机上用手语与一位失明又失聪的老人交流的故事。

1.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：飞机上有人会美国手语吗？A. on board 在火车（或轮船、飞机）上；B. on business出差；C. on mission在执行任务；D. on vacation在度假。根据上句中的“Clara was seated on an Airlines flight（Clara在飞机上）”可知，乘务员在询问飞机上有没有人会手语。故选A。

2.考查动词辨析词义辨析。句意：Clara过去的一年在学习手语，她能够在手在这个男人的手掌用手指拼写，因此她按下了呼叫按钮。A. change改变；B. put放； C. finger用手指写；D. send送。由下文中的“We have a passenger who's blind and deaf（我们有一位乘客看不到也听不到）”可知，和他交流的方式只能通过在他手上书写。故选C。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. searched for搜寻；B. pressed按；C. looked at看；D. examined检查。根据常识，在飞机上，如果我们有需求，可以按下呼叫按钮。故选B。

4.考查名词词义辨析辨析。句意：乘务员过来解释了情况，“机上有一个听不见声音的盲人，这名乘客似乎想要什么，但空乘人员无法理解他需要什么。”A. headache头疼；B. result结果；C. danger危险；D. situation情况。根据乘务员的解释，我们知道他们遇到了一种特殊情况，故选D。

5.考查动词词义辨析辨析。句意同上。A. understand理解；B. find发现；C. fetch拿；D. satisfy满足。根据本句话中的“The passenger seemed to want something, but…（这位乘客好像需要什么东西，但是……）”可以推知，乘务人员无法理解他需要什么。故选A。

6.考查动词词义辨析辨析。句意：于是她解开安全带，走向飞机前部，跪在当时64岁的蒂姆·库克靠过道的座位旁。A. checked检查；B. unfastened解开，松开；C. secured保护，保卫；D. adjusted调节。根据常识，乘客在飞机上要寄好安全带，所以Clara要起身，首先要解开安全带。故选B。

7.考查动词词义辨析辨析。句意同上。A. rested休息；B. lay躺；C. fell跌倒，落下；D. knelt跪下。根据常识，Cook是坐在座位上的，所以要在他手上写字，只能与他同高度，所以Clara需要屈跪下，其它三个动词词义都不符合。故选D。

8.考查副词词义辨析辨析。句意：轻轻地握住他的手，她打了个手语，“你还好吗？” 库克想要一些水。A. Tightly紧紧地；B. Immediately立即；C. Gently温柔地； D. Eagerly急切地。根据常识，Clara应该是轻轻地，温柔地握住Cook的手，在他手上书写。故选C。

9.考查动词词义辨析辨析。句意同上。A. signed示意，打手势；B. doubted怀疑；C. comforted安慰；D. demanded需求，要求。根据“Are you OK? What do you need?”可知，Clara在Cook手上书写（打手势），是为了交流，了解他的需求。故选A。

10.考查动词词义辨析辨析。句意同上。A. begged恳求，祈求；B. asked要；C. looked看；D. paid付钱。这个空格处单词与上文中“The passenger seemed to want something”中的want呼应。ask for意为“需要，索要”，与want意思相当。故选B。

11.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：不一会儿，Clara又过来了，她过来陪了他一会儿。A. got up起床；B. walked around到处走；C. wandered about四处游荡；D. came by过来，串门。由本句中的“stayed”可知，Clara又来到了Cook身边，故选D。

12.考查形容词词义辨析辨析。句意：Clara说：他有点孤单，想找人说说话。A. sad悲伤的；B. terrified恐惧，很害怕；C. lonely孤单的；D. nervous紧张的。由wanted to talk可知，Cook感到孤单。故选C。

13.考查形容词词义辨析辨析。句意：Cook告诉Clara他是如何逐渐失明的，并分享了他的故事。A. blind失明的；B. helpless无助的；C. sensitive善解人意的; D. impossible不可能的。根据上文中的We have a passenger who's blind and deaf（我们有一位乘客看不到也听不到）”可知，Cook讲述的是他如何失明的。故选A。

14.考查状语从句的连词辨析。句意：一名乘客说，尽管他看不见她，但她“如此亲切地注视着他的脸”。A. If如果；B. Though尽管；C. But 但是；D. So因此。根据句意，这句话前后句之间是让步关系，故选B。

15.考查副词词义辨析辨析。句意同上。A. carefully仔细地；B. passionately充满热情地；C. enthusiastically热心地，热情地；D. attentively聚精会神地；周到地。尽管对方看不到，Clara还是很聚精会神地看着对方，倾听对方的故事。故选D。

16.考查名词词义辨析辨析。句意同上。A. pride骄傲；B. bravery勇敢；C. kindness亲切；D. passion热情。因为Clara帮助了Cook，Clara很善良，所以亲切地注视着他的脸。故选C。

17.考查形容词词义辨析辨析。句意：“Clara太棒了”一位空姐在接受阿拉斯加航空公司博客采访时表示。“你可以看得出来，蒂姆很高兴有人能和他说话，她真是个天使。”。A. amazing令人惊讶的；B. relaxed放松的；C. interesting有趣的；D. confident自信的。根据上文中提到的Clara的表现，可知她是非常棒的。故选A。

18.考查动词词义辨析辨析。句意同上。A. inform通知，B. tell告诉，辨别，看出；C. recall回忆起；D. hope希望。根据上文中“We have a passenger who's blind and deaf（我们有一位乘客看不到也听不到）”可知，我们只能看出他很高兴。故选B。

19.考查动词词义辨析辨析。句意同上。A. respond回答，回应；B. stick将……刺入；C. talk交谈；D. adapt适应。此空格处单词与上文中的“wanted to talk”中的talk呼应，故选C。

20.考查名词词义辨析辨析。句意同上。A. expert专家；B. professional专业人员；C. assistant助手；D. angel天使。蒂姆很高兴有人能和他说话，所以这句话形容Clara的善良，所以结合选项，将她比喻成天使更合适。故选D。