Question

    Charles Plumb, a Naval Academy graduate, was a jet pilot. In a fight, his plane was _______ by a surface-to-air missile（导弹）. He was _______ and spent 6 years in a prison. He _______ in prison and now lectures on lessons learned from that _______.

One day, when Plumb and his wife were _______ in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, “You’re Plumb! You flew jet fighters from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were _______!”

“How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb.

“I _______ your parachute（ 降落伞）,” the man replied.

Plumb gasped in _______ and at the same time was really _______. The man grabbed his handand said, “I ________it worked!”

Plumb assured him, “It sure did. If your parachute hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be________ today.” They all laughed.

Plumb couldn’t ________ that night, thinking about that man. Plumb was ________ about what the man might have looked like in a Navy uniform. He wondered how many times he might have ________ him and not even said good morning, how are you or anything, ________you see, he was a fighter pilot and the man was________ a sailor. Plumb thought of the many hours that sailor had spent in the bowels（内部）of the ship, ________ weaving the shrouds（罩）and folding the silks of each parachute, holding in his hands each time the ________ of someone he did not know.

Now Plumb asks his ________，“Who is packing your parachute?” Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day.

Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down. As you go through your week, month, and even New Year，________ the people who have packed your parachute and enabled you to get where you are today!

1.A.competed B.destroyed C.supported D.directed

2.A.refused B.caught C.aided D.visited

3.A.accepted B.minded C.survived D.ignored

4.A.advice B.belief C.experience D.wish

5.A.sitting B.experimenting C.lecturing D.working

6.A.left behind B.called on C.turned down D.shot down

7.A.packed B.stole C.hid D.liked

8.A.pain B.surprise C.anger D.horror

9.A.sorry B.embarrassed C.disappointed D.grateful

10.A.promise B.guess C.forget D.regret

11.A.helpless B.alive C.wealthy D.alone

12.A.sleep B.dream C.laugh D.bear

13.A.frightened B.unconscious C.curious D.impatient

14.A.ordered B.seen C.interviewed D.greeted

15.A.unless B.but C.so D.because

16.A.still B.just C.ever D.even

17.A.randomly B.hopelessly C.carefully D.dangerously

18.A.fate B.name C.requirement D.business

19.A.wife B.teacher C.audience D.employee

20.A.mention B.challenge C.recognize D.introduce

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，曾是战机飞行员的Plumb（普朗柏）在越战的一次战斗中，飞机被摧毁，活了下来但被捕入狱，在越南监狱呆了6年后，出狱后，他给人讲他的战斗经历，偶遇航母上那个给他装上降落伞的海员，正是因为这位海员认真地装降落伞，他才能活命。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在一次战斗中，他的飞机被地空导弹击毁。A. competed比赛、竞争；B. destroyed摧毁；C. supported支持；D. directed指导。由下文的He was ___2___ and spent 6 years in a prison，可知普朗柏的飞机被摧毁，所以被捕入狱。故选B项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他被抓了，在监狱里呆了6年。A. refused拒绝；B. caught抓住；C. aided援助；D. visited拜访。由下文的spent 6 years in a prison，可知普朗柏被抓了，所以坐牢了。故选B项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他在监狱里活了下来，现在正在讲从那次经历中吸取的教训。A. accepted接受；B. minded介意；C. survived活下去、幸存；D. ignored忽视。由下文的now lectures on lessons learned from that ___4__，可知普朗柏活了下来，所以现在才能讲自己的经历。故选C项。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他在监狱里活了下来，现在正在讲从那次经历中吸取的教训。A. advice意见；B. belief信仰、信任；C. experience经历、经验D. wish希望。由全文语境可知，此处指从“飞机被毁又被捕入狱的经历”中吸取的教训。故选C项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天，当普朗柏和他的妻子坐在一家餐馆里时。A. sitting坐；B. experimenting实验；C. lecturing讲课；D. working工作。由下文的in a restaurant, a man at another table came up，可知普朗柏夫妻俩坐在餐馆吃饭。故选A项。

6.考查动词短语辨析。句意：你被击落了！A. left behind落后；B. called on召唤；C. turned down拒绝、调小声音；D. shot down击落。由上文的his plane was ___1___ by a surface-to-air missile，可知，普朗柏的飞机被击落了。故选D项。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“我装上了你的降落伞，”那人回答。A. packed装、打包；B. stole偷；C. hid躲藏；D. liked喜欢。由下文的If your parachute hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be___11___ today.”，可知是这个人给普朗柏装的降落伞，否则他不会活下来。故选A项。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：普朗柏惊讶地喘了口气，同时也非常感激。A. pain痛苦；B. surprise惊讶；C. anger愤怒；D. horror恐惧。由全文语境可知，多年后碰到给自己装降落伞的人，应该是惊讶的。故选B项。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：普朗柏惊讶地喘了口气，同时也非常感激。A. sorry抱歉的；B. embarrassed尴尬的；C. disappointed失望的；D. grateful感激的。由下文语境可知，普朗柏正是因为降落伞活了下来，因此他很感激这个人。故选D项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：那人抓起他的手说：“我猜它起作用了！”A. promise承诺；B. guess猜测；C. forget忘记；D. regret后悔。由全文语境可知，普朗柏飞机被毁但活了下来，所以海员看到普朗柏，猜测降落伞起作用了。故选B项。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：普朗柏向他保证说，“确实是这样。如果你的降落伞没起作用，我今天就不会活着。”A. helpless绝望的；B. alive活着的；C. wealthy富有的；D. alone独自的。由全文语境可知，普朗柏飞机被毁后活着，出狱后还活着。故选B项。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：那天晚上，普朗柏想那个人，睡不着觉。A. sleep睡觉；B. dream做梦；C. laugh大笑；D. bear忍受。由下文的thinking about that man，可知普朗柏没有睡着。故选A项。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：普朗柏对那个穿海军制服的人的长相很好奇。A. frightened害怕的；B. unconscious无意识的；C. curious好奇的；D. impatient无耐心的。由下文的what the man might have looked like in a Navy uniform，可知普朗柏是对那个人的长相好奇。故选C项。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他想知道他可能见过他多少次，甚至都没说早上好，你好吗？A. ordered命令；B. seen看；C. interviewed采访；D. greeted问候。由下文的and not even said good morning，可知此处指“看见甚至未说早上好”。故选B项。

15.考查连词词义辨析。句意：因为你明白的，他是个战斗机飞行员，而那个人只是个海员。A. unless除非；B. but但是；C. so因此；D. because因为。由下文的he was a fighter pilot and the man was___16___ a sailor，可知普朗柏不记得那个人是谁，原因是他们的岗位不一样，表因果关系，用连词because。故选D项。

16.考查副词词义辨析。句意：因为你明白的，他是个战斗机飞行员，而那个人只是个海员。A. still一直、仍然；B. just仅仅、只是；C. ever曾经；D. even甚至。由下文的Plumb thought of the many hours that sailor had spent in the bowels（内部）of the ship，可知那个人只是一位海员。故选B项。

17.考查副词词义辨析。句意：普朗柏想起了海员在船内度过的几个小时，认真地编织着罩子，折叠着每一个降落伞的绸缎。A. randomly随意地；B. hopelessly绝望地；C. carefully认真地；D. dangerously危险地。由全文语境可知，正是因为海员认真地工作，普朗柏活了下来。故选C项。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：每次他不认识的某个人的命运都握在他手里。A. fate命运；B. name名字；C. requirement需要；D. business商业。由上文语境可知，正是海员给飞行员普朗柏装的降落伞起了作用，普朗柏才活了下来，因此海员某种程度上掌握了飞行员的命。故选A项。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：现在普朗柏问他的观众，“谁在装你的降落伞？”A. wife妻子；B. teacher教师；C. audience观众；D. employee员工。由上文的now lectures on lessons learned from that ___4___，可知普朗柏在做演讲，因此是问观众。故选C项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当你度过你的一周，一个月，甚至是新年的时候，认出那些帮你装降落伞并使你能到达今天位置的人吧！A. mention提及；B. challenge挑战；C. recognize认出；D. introduce介绍。由全文语境可知，普朗柏没有认出给他装降落伞的海员，因此提醒我们要认出给我们装降落伞的人（暗指帮助我们的人）。故选C项。