Question

    Only some people were at the railway station just after 2 pm. A man_______a pillar( 柱子)，waiting for the train. Then suddenly Tulic _______him falling forward onto the tracks.

“This man,” said Rachelle, a researcher also on the _______ , “ overlooked the edge, then dropped onto the tracks carelessly. ”

“_______gentleman was trying to awake him, _______he just couldn’t,” said another eyewitness, “and two more jumped down.”

“I don’t know where these men got the wit(智力,智慧) and the _______, ” Tulic recalled. “The man who fell was tall, strong and heavy. He was kind of _______in the tracks. It was really _______to know the train was coming, only two stations away.”

On the tracks, the_______ man was sat up by the three, who then ________ him from below to others that raised him from above and ________him onto the platform. Then the three ________were pulled back to safety by helping hands. The train________immediately they were all clear.

He was not ________. Two others attended him, repeating, “Buddy, you’ll be fine.” Then a( an)________arrived, and the man was taken to hospital ________.

David, one of the three, told gothamist.com that he had ________with the injured man, who couldn’t recall what had happened.

“That is the ________thing," Tulic said. “ and seeing people helping others ________was really beautiful, especially without ________the person.

1.A.put up B.climbed down C.rested against D.painted over

2.A.set B.found C.kept D.looked for

3.A.road B.stage C.train D.platform

4.A.Another B.One C.Every D.Any

5.A.but B.so C.because D.if

6.A.politeness B.quickness C.nervousness D.quietness

7.A.stuck B.interested C.lost D.involved

8.A.right B.eager C.tense D.important

9.A.uncertain B.unlucky C.unhappy D.unconscious

10.A.scratched B.lifted C.hit D.hanged

11.A.signaled B.pushed C.rolled D.span

12.A.drivers B.conductors C.passengers D.rescuers

13.A.pulled in B.pulled out C.pulled over D.pulled down

14.A.abnormal B.aboard C.alone D.absent

15.A.lorry B.bus C.train D.ambulance

16.A.instantly B.carefully C.hopefully D.approximately

17.A.competed B.chatted C.played D.fought

18.A.hardest B.cheapest C.greatest D.easiest

19.A.in need B.in silence C.in surprise D.in comfort

20.A.inviting B.greeting C.finding D.knowing

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了图利克在车站见到有人掉进铁轨后，众人帮忙将他救出掉进铁轨的人的经历。

1.

考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：一个男人靠着一根柱子，等待火车。A. put up建造；B. climbed down从……爬下；C. rested against靠着；D. painted over在……上刷油漆。根据“a pillar( 柱子)，waiting for the train”可知，这个男人是靠着柱子上等火车。故选C。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，图利克发现他向前摔倒在铁轨上。A. set设置；B. found发现；C. kept保存；D. looked for寻找。根据“him falling forward onto the tracks.”可知，图利克突然发现靠着柱子上的那个男人向前摔倒在铁轨上。故选B。

3.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：同样在站台上的研究员雷切尔说，“这个人，没有注意到边缘，然后不小心掉到了铁轨上。”A. road路；B. stage台阶；C. train火车；D. platform平台。根据常识可知，这里指同样在火车站台等车的人。下文“On the tracks, the___9___ man was sat up by the three, who then ___10___ him from below to others that raised him from above and ___11___him onto the platform.”也有提示。故选D。

4.

考查代词词义辨析。句意：一位先生试图叫醒他。A. Another另外一个；B. One一个；C. Every每个；D. Any任何。这里指一位先生看到那个人掉下去，试图叫醒他。故选B。

5.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：但是他没反应。A. but但是；B. so因此；C. because因为；D. if如果。前后表示转折，所以用连词but。故选A。

6.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不知道这些男人哪来的机智和敏捷。A. politeness礼貌；B. quickness迅速；C. nervousness情绪不安；D. quietness平静。根据上文“two more jumped down.”可知，图利克当时感到很意外，不知道这些人的机智和快速的反应能力是哪里来的。故选B。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他好像卡在轨道里了。A. stuck塞；卡；B. interested感兴趣；C. lost丢失；D. involved牵连。短语be stuck in困住，卡住。这里指那个男人在轨道里被卡住。故选A。

8.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：知道火车就要来了，距离这里只有两个车站，真的很紧张。A. right正确的；B. eager渴望的；C. tense紧张的；D. important重要的。根据“to know the train was coming, only two stations away.”可知，他们非常紧张。故选C。

9.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意在铁轨上，这名昏迷的男子被三个人抬起来，然后他们把他从下面抬到另一个人那里，再由另一个人把他从上面抬到站台上。A. uncertain不确定的；B. unlucky不幸的；C. unhappy不高兴的；D. unconscious失去知觉的。掉下去的那个人因为被卡在铁轨里，所以失去了知觉。故选D。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意在铁轨上，这名昏迷的男子被三个人抬起来，然后他们把他从下面抬到另一个人那里，再由另一个人把他从上面抬到站台上。A. scratched抓；B. lifted举起；C. hit击打；D. hanged悬挂。根据“from below to others that raised him from above”可知，下面三个人把他从下面举起来。故选B。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：在铁轨上，这名昏迷的男子被三个人抬起来，然后他们把他从下面抬到另一个人那里，再由另一个人把他从上面抬到站台上。A. signaled（发信号）通知；B. pushed推；C. rolled推，抬；D. span旋转。根据“ onto the platform ”以及根据常识可知，上面的人应该是抓住掉下去的那个男人把他抬到了站台上。故选C。

12.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后，很多人伸出援手，把那些救援者也救了上来，拉回安全地带。A. drivers司机；B. conductors售票员；C. passengers乘客；D. rescuers救援者。这里指跳下站台的三个救援者，此时，他们也被站台上的其他人救了上来。故选D。

13.

考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：火车进站了——大家都安全了。A. pulled in (交通工具)进站；拉入；B. pulled out（汽车或列车）开出；拔出；C. pulled over路边停车；D. pulled down拉下。根据前文“know the train was coming, only two stations away.”可知，这里指火车进站。故选A。

14.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他并不是独自一个人。A. abnormal不正常的；B. aboard在火车上；C. alone单独的；D. absent缺席的。这里指众人在帮忙，所以，他并不是独自一个人。故选C。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：随后一辆救护车来了。A. lorry卡车；B. bus公共汽车；C. train火车；D. ambulance救护车。根据“and the man was taken to hospital ___16___.”可知，救护车来了。故选D。

16.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：他被立即送往医院。A. instantly立即地；B. carefully小心地；C. hopefully怀有希望地；D. approximately大约。救护车来了，他被立即送往医院。故选A。

17.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他曾和受伤的男子交谈过。A. competed竞争；B. chatted交谈；C. played玩；D. fought战斗。根据“couldn’t recall what had happened”可知，这里指David曾经和受伤的男子交谈过。短语chat with sb.和某人交谈。故选B。

18.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这是最伟大的事情。A. hardest最难的；B. cheapest最便宜的；C. greatest最伟大的；D. easiest最容易的。这里指陌生人的相助，这是最伟大的事情。故选C。

19.

考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：看到人们帮助有需要的人真的很美好。A. in need需要；B. in silence沉默；C. in surprise惊讶地；D. in comfort舒适地。这里指出手帮助有需要帮助的人，真的很美好。故选A。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：尤其是在不认识这个人的情况下。A. inviting邀请；B. greeting打招呼；C. finding发现；D. knowing知道。根据上文可知，帮助别人的人和被帮助的人是彼此不认识的，故选D。