Question

    Nancy was out for a day hike in the mountains of Washington state in October when she first spotted a hiker in a red jacket heading north towards Canada without snowshoes. The hiker was named Katharina. She traveled from Munich（慕尼黑）and was________to hike the entire

2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail.

Katharina and Nancy spent several hours________while hiking side-by-side along the trail until they________. Nancy, however, could not stop________the German hiker, so she decided to check the daily________along the trail（路径）from her home in Salta, Washington.

Only a few days later, a________rolled in. Concerned for her new friend, Nancy posted on a local hiker's forum asking if anyone had_________a German hiker heading north. Someone reported they had run into her two days previously—but________had seen her since.

Nancy couldn't shake the feeling that Katharina was________, so she called rescue services and told them about the ________hiker. Since she knew that Katharina had________to hike 15 miles every day, she________how far along the trail the German hiker would likely be based on the weather and how much she was________.

Sure enough, Katharina had________down—to a pace of 7 miles per day. She was________wet and showing signs of frostbite. She was running out of food and her________had lost service. Katharina was prepared for the worst—________ then suddenly, a rescue helicopter spotted her red jacked based on Nancy's exact calculations. Katharina was________.

She was then________to stay with Nancy at her home, where the two have become "Wild" friends, and even though Katharina didn't________the trail, she gained something more important—a friendship she would treasure forever.

1.A.pleased B.determined C.excited D.grateful

2.A.chatting B.competing C.quarreling D.arguing

3.A.finished B.arrived C.parted D.rested

4.A.worrying about B.talking to C.fighting with D.searching for

5.A.news report B.weather forecast C.record D.walk

6.A.stranger B.hiker C.snowball D.storm

7.A.known B.met C.helped D.recognized

8.A.few B.many C.none D.neither

9.A.at work B.on leave C.under control D.in danger

10.A.missing B.strange C.special D.lonely

11.A.advised B.agreed C.planned D.failed

12.A.wondered B.guessed C.explained D.calculated

13.A.paying B.carrying C.eating D.traveling

14.A.calmed B.fell C.stepped D.slowed

15.A.nearly B.hardly C.totally D.slightly

16.A.mobile phone B.team mate C.radio D.car

17.A.so B.or C.for D.but

18.A.protected B.saved C.hurt D.frightened

19.A.allowed B.persuaded C.invited D.expected

20.A.complete B.see C.prefer D.experience

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了10月份的华盛顿州的山脉上，Nancy偶遇了正在长途徒步的Katharina，两人分别后不久就来了一场暴风雪，Nancy担心Katharina的安危，四处打探其行踪并确定Katharina失踪了，于是呼叫了救援最终使得受困的Katharina得救，两人因此建立了深厚的友谊。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她从慕尼黑来，决定要徒步走完整条达2650英里的太平洋山脊国家步道。A. pleased高兴的；B. determined坚定的；C. excited兴奋的；D. grateful感激的。这里描述Katharina的徒步计划，be determined to do意为“下决心做……”。故选B项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Katharina和Nancy肩并肩沿着步道走，花了几个小时聊天直到两人分开。A. chatting聊天；B. competing比赛；C. quarreling吵架；D. arguing争辩。两个人都是来徒步的，应该属于志同道合，一起走的时候会互相攀谈。故选A项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Katharina和Nancy肩并肩沿着步道走，花了几个小时聊天直到两人分开。A. finished结束；B. arrived到达；C. parted分离，分开；D. rested休息。毕竟目的地和行程安排不一样，Nancy在这一天结束时肯定要回家，所以两人会分开。故选C项。

4.考查动词短语辨析。句意：然而Nancy忍不住为这个德国来的徒步者担心，所以她决定查看沿路上的新闻报道。A. worrying about担忧；B. talking to与……说话；C. fighting with与……争吵；D. searching for寻找。与下文的Concerned for her new friend呼应，这里指Nancy担心独自徒步的Katharina的安全。故选A项。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而Nancy忍不住为这个德国来的徒步者担心，所以她决定查看沿路上的新闻报道。A. news report新闻报道；B. weather forecast天气预报；C. record记录；D. walk步行。从下文Nancy在当地论坛发帖寻找消息可知，她担心Katharina，想通过新闻试图了解其行踪。故选A项。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：几天后一场风暴袭来。A. stranger陌生人；B. hiker徒步者；C. snowball雪球；D. storm风暴。从后文Katharina遭遇的“wet and showing signs of frostbite”推断，应该是遭遇了极寒的暴风雪天气。故选D项。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Nancy在当地徒步者论坛上发文询问是否有人见过一个朝北前进的德国徒步者。A. known知道；B. met遇见；C. helped帮助；D. recognized辨认出。Nancy急于知道Katharina的行踪，自然是询问最近有没有其他徒步者遇见过她。故选B项。

8.考查代词词义辨析。句意：但是从那以后就没人再见过她了。A. few几乎没有，几乎不；B. many很多；C. none没有人；D. neither（两者）都不。从转折连词but表示的逻辑关系中不难推断，两天前还有人看到Katharina，但此后就没人见过她了，这里要用none表示“没有人”。故选C项。

9.考查介词短语辨析。句意：Nancy无法摆脱Katharina正处于危险中的想法。A. at work上班；B. on leave休假；C. under control在控制中；D. in danger处于危险中。从下文Nancy呼叫救援服务可知，她觉得Katharina遇到了危险。故选D项。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：并告诉他们有个徒步者失踪了。A. missing失踪的；B. strange奇怪的，陌生的；C. special特别的；D. lonely孤独的。与第8小题呼应，已经两天不知道Katharina的行踪了，显然可以认为其已经失踪。故选A项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：因为她知道Katharina计划每天徒步15英里，就对其现在可能到达的位置作出了猜测。A. advised建议；B. agreed同意；C. planned计划；D. failed失败。这里指Nancy在推测Katharina可能的位置，应该是在两人当初聊天时了解到了Katharina的徒步计划。故选C项。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：因为她知道Katharina计划每天徒步15英里，就对其现在可能到达的位置作出了猜测。A. wondered想知道；B. guessed猜测；C. explained解释；D. calculated计算。无法知晓Katharina确切的位置，只能根据一些已知信息来进行推测。故选B项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：根据天气和她所带物资的多少。A. paying付账；B. carrying携带，拿；C. eating吃；D. traveling旅行。Katharina独自进行徒步，一旦受困，携带的物资就尤为重要，与下文的“running out of food”对应。故选B项。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当然，Katharina的速度慢下来了。A. calmed使平静；B. fell掉落；C. stepped走，踏；D. slowed放慢。下文指出每天的里程变为7英里，显然是比计划的减慢很多。故选D项。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：她完全湿透了，而且出现了冻伤。A. nearly几乎；B. hardly几乎不；C. totally完全；D. slightly稍稍。在暴风雪中，Katharina既然出现了冻伤，应该是淋湿得比较严重。故选C项。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她的食物已经耗尽，移动电话也不在服务区。A. mobile phone移动电话；B. team mate队友；C. radio电台；D. car汽车。这里指她无法与外界取得联系，也就是手机不能工作了。故选A项。

17.考查连词词义辨析。句意：但就在那时，一架救援直升机突然注意到她的红夹克。A. so所以；B. or或者，否则；C. for因为，为了；D. but但是。前句Katharina已经做好了最坏的打算，即认为自己不会得救了，接下来却得救了，前后句逻辑上存在转折。故选D项。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Katharina得救了。A. protected保护；B. saved拯救；C. hurt伤害；D. frightened使惊吓。救援直升机发现Katharina了，当然她就得救了。故选B项。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后她就被邀请去了Nancy家。A. allowed允许；B. persuaded劝服；C. invited邀请；D. expected期待。两个人成为了朋友，Nancy应该会邀请Katharina来自己家。故选C项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然Katharina没有完成这次徒步，但她得到了更重要的东西。A. complete完成；B. see看见；C. prefer更喜欢；D. experience经历。显然因为暴风雪的影响，Katharina被救回来，这次徒步并没有完成。故选A项。