Question

    I was working as a lifeguard at Tower 15 on Newport Beach and two blocks to my right was another guard named Mike, working at Tower 17. He called me over the phone and said, “Hey, I have ________ two kids who are swimming in the dangerous zone. I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” I said “Sure.” In case of ________ , anytime we got out of our tower, we were supposed to ________ somebody else.

Mike hung up the phone and ________ the lifebuoy(救生圈). Then he realized that these two kids had been ________ and that there was a great tendency for them to be ________ by the wave. ________, Mike rushed toward the ocean. I ________ the water and all I found was two small heads. The mother of the two kids knelt down on the beach with ________.

When I dropped my binoculars (望远镜) and reached the mother, Mike was in waist-deep water, ________ the two kids. I turned to the mum and said, “Hey, it’s OK. They are safe.” I saw the terror started to ________. Then she glanced back and got her first good look at Mike. A new kind of ________ washed over her face as though there was another threat to her kids’ lives. She snatched (抢) her kids without ________.

Mike had some seemingly ________ behavior, and his shaved head showed a scar. Maybe he had no ________ manners, but his lifesaving ability ________ his unsatisfactory skills in PR (public relation). In the mother’s ________, Mike was a really terrible guy. However, that couldn’t change the fact that he had just ________ her kids.

Mike just glanced at me and smiled. As I jogged back to my tower, I promised myself I’d never let my own ________ prevent me from ________ a hero when I meet one.

1.A.saved B.spotted C.arrested D.scolded

2.A.emergencies B.disasters C.statements D.punishments

3.A.assist B.inform C.confirm D.consider

4.A.repaired B.provided C.seized D.abandoned

5.A.struggling B.laughing C.quarreling D.trembling

6.A.supported B.directed C.prevented D.swallowed

7.A.Still B.Instead C.Thus D.Indeed

8.A.explored B.noticed C.reached D.scanned

9.A.noises B.screams C.beliefs D.gestures

10.A.hiding B.counting C.beating D.carrying

11.A.fade away B.split up C.break down D.come around

12.A.surprise B.regret C.panic D.doubt

13.A.purpose B.appreciation C.expectation D.discrimination

14.A.stubborn B.abnormal C.mysterious D.disturbing

15.A.elegant B.positive C.unpleasant D.aggressive

16.A.gave in to B.lived up to C.made up for D.stood up for

17.A.judgement B.experience C.description D.application

18.A.comforted B.rescued C.condemned D.frightened

19.A.decision B.request C.prejudice D.commitment

20.A.rejecting B.representing C.remembering D.recognizing

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是记叙文。救生员Mike在海边救了两个小孩，孩子们的母亲却因为Mike的外表误以为他是坏人。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我在望塔上发现两个小孩在危险海域游泳，决定去警告他们。A. saved救；B. spotted发现；C. arrested逮捕；D. scolded训斥。根据下文I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.”可知，是他的同事发现了两个小孩在危险海域游泳。故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：为了防止突发情况，我们离开望塔时必须让其他救生员知道。A. emergencies紧急事件；B. disasters灾难；C. statements声明；D. punishments惩罚。根据上文He called me over the phone and said, “Hey, I have ____1____ two kids who are swimming in the dangerous zone. I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” 可知，是预防突发情况。故选A。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. assist帮助；B. inform告诉；C. confirm确认；D. consider考虑。He called me over the phone and said, “Hey, I have ____1____ two kids who are swimming in the dangerous zone. I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” 可知，救援前会告知其他人。故选B。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：迈克挂上电话，迅速拿起救生圈。A. repaired修理；B. provided提供；C. seized迅速抓住；D. abandoned抛弃。根据语境和常识可知，去海里救人，自然是迅速拿起救生圈，争取时间。故选C。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后他意识到这两个孩子一直在挣扎，他们很有可能被海浪吞没。A. struggling挣扎；B. laughing 笑；C. quarreling争吵；D. trembling颤抖。根据语境和句意可知，孩子们溺水，会在水里挣扎。故选A。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。 A. supported支持；B. directed指导；C. prevented阻止；D. swallowed吞没。孩子掉到海里，很可能会被浪吞没，结合下文的I ____8____ the water and all I found was two small heads. 可知，他们很有可能被海浪吞没。故选D。

7.考查副词词义辨析。句意：因此，迈克冲向大海。A. Still仍然；B. Instead代替；C. Thus因此；D. Indeed 确实。根据上一句句意和本句句意可知，前后之间是因果关系，故选C。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我扫视了一下水面，发现只有两个小脑袋。A. explored探索；B. noticed注意；C. reached 到达；D. scanned浏览，扫掠。根据上文的I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” 我必须给他们一个警告。注意我们。可知，作者在关注他们，结合句意可知，scanned最合语境。故选D。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：两个孩子的母亲尖叫着跪在海滩上。A. noises噪音；B. screams尖叫；C. beliefs信仰；D. gestures手势。孩子溺水了，母亲应该是非常恐惧的呼喊，因此，用screams最合语境。故选B。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我放下望远镜，看到了那位母亲，迈克正在齐腰深的水里，抱着两个孩子。A. hiding躲藏；B. counting计数；C. beating打；D. carrying携带，抱。根据上文语境可知，迈克下水救人，因此，应该是抱着两个孩子。因为此时的孩子已经没有力气。故选D。

11.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我看到恐惧开始消失。A. fade away逐渐消失；B. split up分离；C. break down分解；D. come around苏醒。根据下文“Hey, it’s OK. They are safe.”可知，母亲听到这句话，不再那么害怕了。故选A。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一种新的恐慌掠过她的脸，仿佛她的孩子们的生命又受到了威胁。A. surprise吃惊；B. regret遗憾；C. panic恐慌；D. doubt怀疑。根据本句的though there was another threat to her kids’ lives. 可知，她感到恐慌。故选C。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她毫无感激地抢走了她的孩子。A. purpose目的；B. appreciation感激；C. expectation 期待；D. discrimination歧视。根据上文“一种新的恐慌掠过她的脸”可知，迈克救了她的孩子，她本该是感激，但是去没有感谢。故选B。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：迈克有一些看起来令人不安的行为，他剃掉的头发上有一块伤疤。A. stubborn顽固的；B. abnormal 正常的；C. mysterious神秘的；D. disturbing 令人不安的。根据“他剃掉的头发上有一个伤疤。”可知，这使他看起来让人感到不舒服， 令人不安的。故选D。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：也许他没有优雅的举止，但他的救生能力弥补了他不令人满意的公关技巧。A. elegant优雅的；B. positive 积极的；C. unpleasant讨厌的；D. aggressive好斗的。根据his shaved head showed a scar可知，此处是指举止不优雅。故选A。

16.考查动词短语辨析。句意同上。A. gave in to向……屈服；B. lived up to不辜负；C. made up for弥补；D. stood up for支持。根据上文Mike had some seemingly ____14____ behavior, and his shaved head showed a scar. 可知，尤其是本句中的but可知，此处是弥补外表的缺憾。故选C。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这位母亲看来，迈克真是个可怕的家伙。A. judgement判断；B. experience经验；C. description描述；D. application申请。根据上文对迈克的容貌描述可知，此处是母亲的判断。故选A。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，这并不能改变他刚救了她孩子的事实。A. comforted安慰；B. rescued营救；C. condemned谴责；D. frightened害怕。上文语境可知，迈克救了她的孩子。故选B。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我慢跑回到我的塔上时，我向自己保证，当我遇到一个英雄时，我绝不会让自己的偏见阻止我认可他。A. decision决定；B. request请求；C. prejudice偏见；D. commitment承若。根据上文迈克救了两个孩子，他们的妈妈却因迈克的容貌不仅不感谢，而且还心生恐惧。因此，此处是指母亲的偏见。故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. rejecting拒绝；B. representing代表；C. remembering记住；D. recognizing认识，承认，认可。根据上文语境可知，迈克救了孩子，他们的母亲却没有感激，此处是作者的感触，惋惜那位母亲不识英雄。故选D。