Question

    Whenever you are travelling and have the good fortune to arrive at your destination in one piece, I think that you have to tell people your trip was fine.

I had a ___________ trip last week.

I went an hour north to a speaking engagement. Fifteen minutes out of town my car began to shake. The _________ began flashing wildly. _______, I had several friends who lived not far from the next exit. I _________ one and asked if I could borrow her car.

I went straight to my friend’s place and left my car _________, now shaking like a wild bull, then headed back. I was behind _________, which was why I may have _______ the speed limit passing a motorcycle.

Once I had slowly driven through several miles of construction, traffic began to sail until we came the trucks with flashing lights ___________ traffic. Workers were removing a deer that was no longer _________ us. And a second. And a third.

After a brief moment of __________ for the deer, traffic got back to speed. Then dark clouds came. They were the kind of clouds that make tornadoes（龙卷风）.

Rain fell heavily. Traffic slowed right down and came to a complete ________.

I was thinking how to ________ my apology for being late ________ the hail（冰雹）began. It was so dark I could __________ see. Thank goodness for the __________. It was killer hail, the kind that blows out windshields（挡风玻璃）. I could not decide whether to __________ my eyes or look to see what was happening around me.

Open eyes! No, close! Open! Close!Open! Close!

The hail ended, the __________ was still there, and the traffic started again. Then the cloud came back and dumped all five Great Lakes on us. Stopped again.

Waiting for the second rain to __________, I programmed my destination into Google maps. As they closed the ____________ highway, I took my exit and headed to my destination.

I arrived at my destination late, wide-eyed and in a mess, but in one __________.

‘How was your trip?’

‘Fine, thank you. Just fine.’

1.A.fine B.pleasant C.wild D.hard

2.A.wheel B.light C.door D.window

3.A.However B.Thus C.Unluckily D.Fortunately

4.A.called B.attracted C.visited D.met

5.A.behind B.out C.alone D.off

6.A.meeting B.arrangement C.schedule D.plan

7.A.set B.broken C.increased D.reduced

8.A.blocking B.clearing C.guiding D.monitoring

9.A.beside B.against C.with D.for

10.A.terror B.surprise C.silence D.relief

11.A.stop B.mess C.pause D.end

12.A.defend B.argue C.explain D.word

13.A.as B.when C.while D.after

14.A.really B.probably C.seldom D.hardly

15.A.lightning B.hail C.thunder D.sun

16.A.open B.cover C.lower D.lift

17.A.vehicle B.brake C.windshield D.engine

18.A.arrive B.pass C.pour D.continue

19.A.flooded B.crowed C.buried D.frozen

20.A.sense B.part C.day D.piece

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。无论什么时候，当你旅行并且幸运地毫发无损地到达目的地时，我认为你必须告诉人们你的旅行很好。文章叙述了作者的一次旅游经历。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我上周的旅行很愉快。A. fine好的；B. pleasant令人愉快的；C. wild野生的，狂热的；D. hard努力的。根据第一段最后一句I think that you have to tell people your trip was fine.可知，旅行是“愉快的”。故选A。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：灯光开始疯狂地闪烁。

A. wheel车轮；B. light光，光线；C. door门；D. window窗户。根据第2空后的flashing wildly可知，此处指“灯光”闪烁。故选B。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：幸运的是，我有几个朋友就住在离下一个出口不远的地方。A. However然而；B. Thus因此；C. Unluckily不幸地；D. Fortunately幸运地。根据第3空后的several friends who lived not far from the next exit可知，这是“幸运地”。故选D。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我给其中一个打电话，问她我能不能借她的车一用。A. called叫喊，打电话；B. attracted吸引；C. visited访问；D. met遇见。根据第4空后asked if I could borrow her car.可知，给其中一个朋友“打电话”。故选A。

5.考查介词词义辨析。句意：我径直去了朋友家，把车留在了那里，像一头野公牛一样不停地摇晃着，然后往回走。A. behind在……后面；B. out从里面出去；C. alone独自的；D. off远离。根据第5空后的now shaking like a wild bull, then headed back可知，把车留在“后面”。故选A。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的进度落后了，这就是我超过摩托车限速的原因。 A. meeting 会议；B. arrangement安排；C. schedule日程安排；D. plan计划。根据第7空后的the speed limit passing a motorcycle.可知，作者按照原来的日程安排落后了。所以作者超速了。plan指计划（非具体的），schedule是日程安排。故选C。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的进度落后了，这就是我超过摩托车限速的原因。A. set放置；B. broken打破；C. increased增长；D. reduced减少。根据第7空后的the speed limit passing a motorcycle.可知，作者超过了限速。故选B。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我慢慢地开过几英里的建筑工地后，交通开始顺畅起来，这时一辆闪着灯的卡车挡住了交通。A. blocking阻塞；B. clearing清理；C. guiding指导；D. monitoring监视。根据第8空后的traffic. Workers were removing a deer可知，“阻挡”了交通。故选A。

9.考查介词词义辨析。句意：工作人员正在驱赶阻碍我们交通的鹿。A. beside在……旁边；B. against反对；C. with和……在一起；D. for为了。此处指鹿不应该和我们一起出现在道路上，也就是它们阻碍了交通。故选C。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在对鹿短暂的恐慌之后，交通恢复了正常。A. terror恐慌；B. surprise惊奇；C. silence 沉默；D. relief安慰。由上文可知，鹿阻碍了交通，所以造成了恐慌。故选A项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：交通马上慢了下来，完全停了下来。A. stop停止；B. mess混乱；C. pause暂停；D. end结束。根据第11空前的Rain fell heavily. Traffic slowed right down and came to a complete可知，交通停了下来。故选A。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在想因迟到该怎样道歉时这时候下起了冰雹。A. defend 保卫，辩护；B. argue辩论；C. explain解释；D. word用言辞表达。根据第12空后的my apology for being late可知，此处表示“用语言表达”。故选D。

13.考查连词辨析。句意：我在想因迟到该怎样道歉时这时候下起了冰雹。A. as由于；B. when那是；C. while在……期间；D. after在……之后。固定句型：sb was/were doing sth. when…，“正在做某事，这时候……”,该句型中when是并列连词“这时候”，while没有此意。故选B。

14.考查副词词义辨析。句意：天太黑了，我几乎看不见。A. really真正地；B. probably很可能；C. seldom很少，难得；D. hardly几乎不。根据第14空前的It was so dark可知，此处指“几乎”看不见。故选D。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：谢天谢地有闪电。A. lightning闪电；B. hail冰雹；C. thunder 雷；D. sun太阳。根据第16空后的my eyes or look to see what was happening around me.可知，此处指在“打闪”。故选A。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我无法决定是闭上眼睛还是看看周围发生了什么。A. open打开；B. cover覆盖；C. lower 减低；D. lift举起。根据第16空后的or look to see what was happening around me.可知，是否“闭上”眼睛。故选B。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：冰雹停了，挡风玻璃还在，交通又恢复了正常。A. vehicle车辆，工具；B. brake刹车；C. windshield挡风玻璃；D. engine引擎，发动机。根据第15空后的blows out windshields（挡风玻璃）.可知，此处指“挡风玻璃”还在。故选C。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：等着第二场雨过去，我把我的目的地设置成谷歌地图。A. arrive到达；B. pass通过；C. pour倾倒；D. continue继续。根据第18空前的Waiting for the second rain可知，第二场雨“过后”。故选B。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当他们关闭被洪水淹没的高速公路时，我选择了高速公路的其它出口，前往目的地。A. flooded被水淹没的；B. crowed拥挤的；C. buried埋葬的；D. frozen冻结的。高速公路被洪水淹没是由于上文的大雨和冰雹导致。故选A。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我到达目的地时已经很晚了，眼睛睁得大大的，一片混乱，但我安然无恙。A. sense感知；B. part部分；C. day白天；D. piece块，件。根据第一段to arrive at your destination in one piece可知，此处指“安然无恙”。in piece“安然无恙”，故选D。