Question

    It was New Year's Night. An ____ man was standing at a window. He raised his ____ eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were ____ like water lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he ____ them on the earth, where a few more ____ people than himself now moved towards their certain goal---the ____.He had already passed sixty of the stages  leading to it, and he had brought from his Journey ____ but errors and regrets. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant and his heart ____.

The days of his ____ appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the ____ of the two roads--one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, the other leading to a deep, ____ cave. He looked towards the sky and cried ____, "Oh youth, return! Oh my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I will choose the ____ way! " But both his father and the days of his youth had ____.

The clock in the church tower ____ and the sound made him remember his parents’ early ____ for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his and prayed to God for his ____.

But he chose the ____ way. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing ____, he burst out a cry, “Come back, my early days!”

And his youth did ____, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year’s Night.

1.A.admirable B.honest C.inspiring D.aged

2.A.mournful B.shining C.charming D.sharp

3.A.swimming B.floating C.sleeping D.lying

4.A.threw B.cast C.put D.caught

5.A.jobless B.homeless C.hopeless D.fearless

6.A.tomb B.company C.lounge D.office

7.A.everything. B.nothing C.anything D.something

8.A.joyful B.thoughtful C.sorrowful D.thankful

9.A.death B.birth C.growth D.youth

10.A.entrance B.middle C.end D.exit

11.A.big B.dark C.open D.bright

12.A.manly B.painfully C.sympathetically D.peacefully

13.A.shorter B.worse C.better D.harder

14.A.passed away B.passed by C.passed down D.passed out

15.A.struck B.rang C.beat D.knocked

16.A.support B.guidance C.instruction D.love

17.A.guilt B.health C.good D.wealth

18.A.right B.difficult C.easy D.wrong

19.A.effect B.force C.effort D.power

20.A.fade B.leave C.disappear D.return

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.D

19.C

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个耐人寻味的故事，一开始就是一个垂暮的老人满怀悔恨和悲伤，追忆自己的青春岁月，但无论他多么想回到过去都无济于事，最后当他醒来时才发现自己还年轻，这只是一场无比真实的梦。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一个年迈的老人站在窗户边。A. admirable值得赞扬的；B. honest诚实的；C. inspiring鼓舞人心的；D. aged年老的。下文中“He had already passed sixty of the stages”指出他已经60岁了，也就是一个老人了。故选D项。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他抬起悲哀的目光看向漆黑的夜空，星星悬在夜空中就像平静澄澈的湖中的百合花。A. mournful悲哀的；B. shining闪耀的；C. charming迷人的；D. sharp锋利的。结合文段内容来看，这是一个已入暮年的老人在悔恨自己虚度了人生，步步逼近死亡的感觉一定是无比悲伤的。故选A项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他抬起悲哀的目光看向漆黑的夜空，星星悬在夜空中就像平静澄澈的湖中的百合花。A. swimming游泳；B. floating漂浮；C. sleeping睡觉；D. lying躺下。这里用了一个比喻，星星应该是像湖中的百合花一样“漂浮”在夜空中故选B项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后他又将目光投向了地面上的人们。A. threw扔掉；B. cast投掷；C. put放置；D. caught抓住。与前文的raise类似，这里也要表达转移目光，them就指代eyes，cast eyes意为“投向目光”。故选B项。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在那里有一些更绝望的人们在走向必然的目的地——坟墓。A. jobless失业的；B. homeless无家可归的；C. hopeless绝望的；D. fearless无畏的。这里用比较级应该视为在与这个老人的感受作比较，都指在面临时间逝去和死亡时的绝望之情。故选C项。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那里有一些更绝望的人们在走向必然的目的地——坟墓。A. tomb坟墓；B. company公司；C. lounge休息室；D. office办公室。下文用it指代，指出老人已经朝着这里走了60个阶段了，且是一个确定的目的地，那一定是指死亡了，这里用tomb意义相同。故选A项。

7.考查代词词义辨析。句意：而他从这趟人生旅程中带走的除了过错和悔恨以外一无所有。A. everything一切；B. nothing没有东西：C. anything任何事物；D. something某些事物。结合文段内容来看，这是一个已入暮年的老人在悔恨自己虚度了人生，所以这里要表达他带走的只有过错和悔恨，nothing but意为“只有，除了……没有”。故选B项。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：现在他身体衰弱，思维混沌，心里也充满了悲伤。A. joyful喜悦的；B. thoughtful体贴的；C. sorrowful悲伤的；D. thankful感激的。与前文悲哀的目光对应，且文段渲染的这种沉重气氛，垂暮老人的心情一定是非常难过的。故选C项。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：年轻时的日子像梦一般出现在他眼前。A. death死亡；B. birth出生；C. growth成长；D. youth青春。这里是老人在回忆年轻时的事情，下文也有youth一词对应。故选D项。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他回想起了一个严肃的时刻，那时他的父亲让他站在一条分岔路的入口。A. entrance入口；B. middle中间；C. end末尾；D. exit出口。下文分别描述两条路的样子，可见是站在分岔路口看到的。故选A项。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：另一条通向幽深黑暗的洞穴。A. big大的；B. dark黑暗的；C. open打开的；D. bright明亮的。既然是洞穴而且很深，那应该也是比较黑的。故选B项。

12.考查副词词义辨析。句意：他望向天空痛苦地大喊。A. manly雄赳赳地；B. painfully痛苦地；C. sympathetically同情地；D. peacefully平和地。从下文老人喊叫的内容来看，是充满悔恨和痛苦的。故选B项。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我会选择更好的那条路。A. shorter更短的；B. worse更糟的；C. better更好的；D. harder更难的。老人祈求上天让他重新在分岔路口选择一次，可见他当时并没有选择更好、更光明的一条路。故选C项。

14.考查动词短语辨析。句意：但他的父亲和那些青葱岁月都逝去了。A. passed away逝去；B. passed by路过；C. passed down传递下去；D. passed out神志不清。由转折连词but和现状来看，老人的青春已经一去不复返了。故选A项。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：教堂里的钟声敲响了，那声音让他想起了以前父母对自己的爱。A. struck打击，撞击；B. rang铃声响起；C. beat打败；D. knocked敲击。教堂钟声的敲响勾起了老人的回忆，这里strike可以表示钟的敲鸣、报时，ring一般搭配bell表示铃响，knock一般以人为主语，表示主动敲击。故选A项。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：教堂里的钟声敲响了，那声音让他想起了以前父母对自己的爱。A. support支持；B. guidance指导；C. instruction命令；D. love爱。下文中提到的教他道理、为他祷告无不体现出父母对孩子的关爱。故选D项。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们教育他，为他祷告平安吉祥。A. guilt犯罪，内疚；B. health健康；C. good良好，美好；D. wealth财富。站在父母的角度一定是为孩子祈祷一切顺遂美好的。故选C项。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但他选择了错误的道路。A. right正确的；B. difficult困难的；C. easy简单的；D. wrong错误的。就是因为选错了路，老人现在才会如此悲伤、后悔。故选D项。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他黯淡的双眼噙满泪水，带着绝望的努力他哭喊出来。A. effect效率；B. force力量；C. effort努力；D. power权力。这里老人的情绪已经几乎崩溃，他大喊着让青春回来，但这样的努力是没有意义而令人绝望的。故选C项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：而他的青春真的回来了。A. fade逐渐消失；B. leave离开；C. disappear消失；D. return返回。全文最后情节出现了重大转折，原来这只是年轻人做的一场梦，所以这里要表达老人“重返青春”。故选D项。