Question

    A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the ______ was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of ______ as a result of exhausted battery (电池). Nothing could be done but ______ in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the _____ of the rescue (救援).

It is almost ______ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his ______: “First of all I checked up my ______ conditions and found myself not in fatal (致命的) danger. As there was no ______ to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from ______. In this way I dozed (打盹) off.”

His story put an end to my regret for the ______ of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men ______ to explore a mountain cave and got lost.                ____ to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of ______. Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the ______ people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the ______ of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to ______ themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering (闪烁) not far away.

Don’t you think that you can compare it with ______ itself? When you meet with obstacles in life and work, you are lost in darkness. Mind you (请你注意) it’s ______ yet and you needn’t put up struggle ______. It seems to be a negative attitude; ______ a person who can afford to do so must have foresight (预见) as well as great courage in the first place.

1.A.hopeless B.worst C.more D.best

2.A.place B.way C.order D.work

3.A.cry B.lie C.wait D.sleep

4.A.delay B.success C.team D.arrival

5.A.untrue B.unimaginable C.true D.useless

6.A.plan B.decision C.explanation D.excuse

7.A.physical B.mental C.working D.medical

8.A.method B.way C.alternative D.strength

9.A.rotting B.spreading C.hurting D.bleeding

10.A.loss B.failure C.disappointment D.sadness

11.A.had B.managed C.tried D.planned

12.A.Willing B.Unable C.Determined D.Deciding

13.A.hearing B.sight C.feeling D.direction

14.A.rescue B.village C.local D.brave

15.A.end B.top C.opening D.side

16.A.save B.help C.stop D.calm

17.A.adventure B.work C.life D.man

18.A.unclear B.unacceptable C.unnecessary D.unable

19.A.really B.immediately C.carefully D.hopefully

20.A.and B.so C.but D.while

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章中作者通过两个事例的对比，说明无论是在生活中还是在工作中，当人们处于困境或危急状况时，不轻举妄动、保持镇静是智慧和勇气的表现。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：最糟糕的是，他发现自己无法求助——他的手机因电池耗尽而不能使用了。A. hopeless无望的；B. worst最差的，最坏的；C. more更多的；D. best最好的。根据句中的unable to ask for help可知此处表示最糟糕的情况。故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：最糟糕的是，他发现自己无法求助——他的手机因电池耗尽而无法工作。A. place地方；B. way方法，方式，道路；C. order订单，命令；D. work工作。根据as a result of exhausted battery可知此处表示手机不能使用了，短语out of work不能使用，有毛病。故选D。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：除了在寒冷的荒野中等待，别无他法。A. cry 哭喊；B. lie 躺下；C. wait 等待；D. sleep 睡觉。根据Nothing could be done可知在这种情况下只能等待了。故选C。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：事发8个小时后，救援人员到达现场。A. delay延期；B. success成功；C. team队，组；D. arrival到来，到达。根据It was 8 hours later that day broke可推断这个时候救援队应该到达了。故选D。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：很难想象他能在黑暗中忍受这么长时间的恐怖。A. untrue不真实的，不合标准的；B. unimaginable不可思议的；C. true真实的，正确地；D. useless无用的，无效的。根据 he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long可知此处表示这种情况是很难想象的。故选B。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：更令人惊讶的是他的解释：“首先，我检查了我的身体状况，发现自己没有致命的危险。A. plan计划；B. decision决定，决议；C. explanation说明，解释；D. excuse借口，理由。根据句中的First of all可知此处是他的解释。故选C。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：更令人惊讶的是他的解释：“首先，我检查了我的身体状况，发现自己没有致命的危险。A. physical物理的，身体的；B. mental疯的，精神的；C. working工作的，操作的；D. medical医学的，内科的。根据and found myself not in fatal danger可知是检查身体的情况。故选A。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：由于没有办法呼救，我只好靠在椅背上，尽量不让伤口流血。我就这样睡着了。A. method方法；B. way方法，方式，道路；C. alternative供替代的选择；D. strength力量，力气，长处。根据上文中that he found himself unable to ask for help可知他手机没电了没有办法求救。故选B。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：由于没有办法呼救，我只好靠在椅背上，尽量不让伤口流血。我就这样睡着了。A. rotting 腐烂；B. spreading传播；C. hurting伤害；D. bleeding出血。根据上文的His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move.可知他的腿受伤了，所以此处表示不让伤口流血。故选D。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的故事结束了我对去年探险失败的遗憾。A. loss亏损，减少，失败；B. failure失败；C. disappointment失望，沮丧；D. sadness悲哀。根据句中的put an end to my regret可知此处表示探险失败。故选B。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一群年轻人试图探索一个山洞，结果迷路了。A. had有，得到；B. managed管理，负责；C. tried尝试，审问；D. planned打算，设计。固定短语try to do sth.试图做某事，尝试做某事，根据and got lost可知此处表示试图去探索山洞。故选C。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们在黑暗的洞穴里找不到出路，感到害怕，焦急地跑着，没有方向感。A. Willing乐意的；B. Unable不能的；C. Determined坚决的；D. Deciding决定性的。根据句中的they were frightened可知他们没能找到出路。故选B。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们在黑暗的洞穴里找不到出路，感到害怕，焦急地跑着，没有方向感。A. hearing听力，审讯；B. sight视力，眼界，景象；C. feeling感觉；D. direction方向，指导。根据and ran anxiously可知此处表示没有方向感，短语a sense of direction方向感。故选D。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：据发现他们的救援人员称，他们迷路的地方离洞口只有10米远。A. rescue援救，营救；B. village村庄，村民；C. local当地居民；D. brave勇士。根据句中的that found them可知是救援人员发现了他们。故选A。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：据发现他们的救援人员称，他们迷路的地方离洞口只有10米远。A. end尽头，末端，结束；B. top顶部，顶端；C. opening出口，机会，开始；D. side旁边，方面。根据where they got lost was only about 10 meters away可知此处表示出口。故选C。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果他们在迷路时呆在原地，试图使自己平静下来，他们可能会感觉到不远处有微弱的灯光在闪烁。A. save节省，保存，拯救；B. help帮助；C. stop停止；D. calm使平静。根据they would probably sense a faint light glimmering not far away可知只要他们平静下来才能感到不远处有微弱的灯光在闪烁。故选D。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：难道你不认为你可以把它和生活本身相比较吗？A. adventure冒险；B. work工作；C. life生活，生命；D. man男人，人，丈夫，人类。根据下文的When you meet with obstacles in life and work可知此处表示生活。故选C。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：请注意，事情还不清楚，你不必马上进行斗争。A. unclear不清楚的；B. unacceptable 不能接收的；C. unnecessary不必要的，多余的；D. unable不会的，不能的。根据句中的you needn’t put up struggle可知此处表示事情还不清楚到底是怎么样的。故选A。

19.考查副词词义辨析。句意：请注意，事情还不清楚，你不必马上进行斗争。A. really实际上，真正地；B. immediately立刻；C. carefully小心地；D. hopefully有希望地。根据Mind you可推测此处表示不必马上斗争。故选B。

20.考查连词词义辨析。句意：这似乎是一种消极的态度；但是，一个有能力这样做的人首先必须有远见和巨大的勇气。A. and并且；B. so因此，所以；C. but但是；D. while虽然，然而，当……的时候。此处与前句是转折关系，要使用表示转折的连词but。故选C。