Question

    Luis Escobar, a coach at St. Joseph High in Santa Maria, was just looking for a fun idea to change the practice for his summer program. _______, he took 14 runners from his school to the local animal shelter, and paired them with 14 dogs.

“When I first _______ the idea there were a lot of eye rolls,” he said. _______, it is a group of high schoolers.

The group got a bit excited when they were told the run would _______ as part of their community service requirement that everyone at their high school has to meet. Then once the students saw the dogs, they immediately became just more _______.

“I wasn't sure who was more excited,” he said, “the _______ or the dogs.”

After a short _______, the group went for a mile and a half run. Escobar _______ the amazing practice and posted the video online - as he does with many of the different _______ he does with his team. It spread quickly and was ________ by millions of people on social media. There were thousands of ________  and it was quickly picked up by local news. Escobar was ________. “I wonder why this is happening,” he said. “I ________  everyone's looking for something good.”

Soon many coaches have called Escobar asking about how they can ________ similar runs with their teams. And a dog equipment company has donated new harnesses (背带牵引绳) to the ________ so the dogs can go for a more comfortable ________.

And there was more good ________. Fred, who ran with Josh, one of the 14 high school runners, became a   ________ dog - his story had the happiest ending. After the run, Josh convinced his mom that their family needed to  ________ him.

“Once he was just this little dog ________ in a metal cage,” Escobar said. “And now he's at home with Josh and his family.”

1.A.Otherwise B.Instead C.Therefore D.However

2.A.changed B.rejected C.presented D.knew

3.A.In particular B.In fact C.As usual D.After all

4.A.count B.adore C.possess D.occupy

5.A.ambitious B.thoughtful C.faithful D.enthusiastic

6.A.trainers B.employees C.kids D.teachers

7.A.hesitation B.introduction C.competition D.evaluation

8.A.filmed B.watched C.supported D.required

9.A.tricks B.games C.studies D.activities.

10.A.challenged B.shared C.researched D.blamed

11.A.comments B.refusals C.complaints D.demands

12.A.relaxed B.shocked C.disappointed D.embarrassed

13.A.declare B.guarantee C.guess D.prove

14.A.figure out B.get through C.respond to D.participate in

15.A.shelter B.community C.government D.family

16.A.job B.team C.run D.journey

17.A.news B.life C.experience D.practice

18.A.lovely B.wild C.clumsy D.lucky

19.A.trust B.adopt C.encourage D.comfort

20.A.wandering B.trembling C.thinking D.dancing

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述一位学校教练将14名学生和收容所的狗组队进行跑步并录制视频发布在网站，引起了人们的分享和关注，最终还发生了收容所狗被收养的好事。

1.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：所以，他从他的学校里带了14名跑步者去当地的动物收容所，并且将他们和14只狗进行组队。A. Otherwise 否则；B. Instead 相反；C. Therefore 因此，所以；D. However 然而，可是。 前一句“Luis Escobar, a coach at St. Joseph High in Santa Maria, was just looking for a fun idea to change the practice for his summer program.”表达的是Luis Escobar，一位圣马利亚市圣约瑟夫高中的教练，正在为他的暑期项目寻找改变训练的有趣方法。由此可见，前一句 “寻找改变训练的有趣方法”和本句的“挑选跑步者和狗组队”之间是因果关系。选项C. Therefore 因此，所以，表示因果关系，符合语境。故选C。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我第一次描述这个想法的时候，遭到了很多白眼。A. changed 改变；B. rejected 拒绝；C. presented 描述，展现；D. knew 知道，了解。由第三段的第一句“The group got a bit excited when they were told the run would ___4___ as part of their community service requirement that everyone at their high school has to meet.”可知，当他们被告知此次跑步将算入在高中阶段他们每个人都必须满足的社区服务里的一部分的时候，这组成员变得非常兴奋。由此可见，当我第一次告诉他们这个跑步想法的时候，他们是翻白眼的。选项C. presented 描述，展现，和第三段第一句中的told相呼应，符合语境。故选C。

3.

考查介词词组词义辨析。句意：毕竟，这是一组高中生。A. In particular 尤其，特别；B. In fact 实际上；C. As usual 像往常一样；D. After all 毕竟。由前一句““When I first ___2___ the idea there were a lot of eye rolls,” he said.”可知，他说，“当我第一次描述这个想法的时候，遭到了很多白眼。”本句“这是一组高中生”是对前一句“遭到很多白眼”的让步。选项D. After all 毕竟，表示的是一种让步关系，符合语境。故选D。

4.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他们被告知此次跑步将算入在高中阶段他们每个人都必须满足的社区服务里的一部分的时候，这组成员变得非常兴奋。A. count 把……算入，包括；B. adore 崇拜，爱慕；C. possess 拥有，控制；D. occupy 占用，占领。由本句中的“as part of their community service requirement that everyone at their high school has to meet.”可知，作为每个人在他们高中必须满足的社区服务要求的一部分。由此可见，此次跑步算入到社区服务要求，这群高中生才变得兴奋。选项A. count 把……算入，符合语境。故选A。

5.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然后这些学生一见到这些狗，他们立即变得更加热情。A. ambitious 野心勃勃的；B. thoughtful 深思的，体贴的；C. faithful 忠诚的；D. enthusiastic 狂热的，热情的。前一句“The group got a bit excited when they were told the run would ___4___ as part of their community service requirement that everyone at their high school has to meet.”表达的是，当他们被告知此次跑步将算入在高中阶段他们每个人都必须满足的社区服务里的一部分的时候，这组成员变得非常兴奋。选项D. enthusiastic 狂热的，热情的，和前一句中的“a bit excited”相呼应，符合语境。故选D。

6.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他说，“我不确定谁更兴奋，是小孩还是狗。”A. trainers 训练员；B. employees 员工；C. kids 小孩；D. teachers 教师。由第二段的最后一句“it is a group of high schoolers.”这是一组高中生。由此可见，教练不确定是这组学生还是狗更兴奋。选项C. kids 小孩，符合语境。故选C。

7.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在简短的介绍之后，这组成员进行了一英里半的跑步。A. hesitation 犹豫；B. introduction 介绍；C. competition 竞争；D. evaluation 评价。由后半句“the group went for a mile and a half run.”可知，这组成员进行了一英里半的跑步。由此可见，在简短的介绍完跑步之后，这组成员才开始跑步。选项B. introduction 介绍，符合语境。故选B。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：Escobar录制了这次令人惊讶的训练并且将这个视频公布在网上-正如他处理很多他和他的团队一起做的不同的活动一样。A. filmed 把……拍成电影；B. watched 观看；C. supported 支持；D. required 需要。由后半部分“and posted the video online”可知，把这个视频公布在网上。由此可见，Escobar是录制了这次训练。选项A. filmed 把……拍成电影，符合语境。故选A。

9.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：Escobar录制了这次令人惊讶的训练并且将这个视频公布在网上-正如他处理很多他和他的团队一起做的不同的活动一样。A. tricks 诡计；B. games 游戏，比赛；C. studies 学习；D. activities 活动。由前半部分“Escobar ___8___ the amazing practice and posted the video online”可知，Escobar录制了这次令人惊讶的训练并且将这个视频公布在网上。由此可见，Escobar和他的团队一起做了很多像这次训练的活动。选项D. activities 活动，和前半部分的“the amazing practice”相呼应，都是属于活动的类型，符合语境。故选D。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：它迅速传播，并且在社交媒体被数以百万的人分享。A. challenged 挑战；B. shared 分享；C. researched 研究；D. blamed 谴责。前半部分“It spread quickly”和后半部分“and was ___10___ by millions of people on social media.”之间是并列关系，前半部分“It spread quickly”表示的是它迅速传播。由此可见，后半部分也是在表示传播很快的情况。选项B. shared 分享，符合语境。故选B。

11.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：有成千上万条评论并且它很快就被当地的新闻报道选中。A. comments 评论；B. refusals 拒绝；C. complaints 抱怨；D. demands 需求。由前一句“It spread quickly and was ___10___ by millions of people on social media.”可知，它迅速传播，并且在社交媒体被数以百万的人分享。由此可见，这个视频在数以百万人分享过程中也会有评论。选项A. comments 评论，符合语境。故选A。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Escobar 感到震惊的。A. relaxed 放松的；B. shocked 震惊的；C. disappointed 失望的；D. embarrassed 尴尬的。由后一句““I wonder why this is happening,” he said.”可知，他说，“我感到诧异为什么这会发生。”由此可见，Escobar是感到震惊的。选项B. shocked 震惊的，和后一句的wonder相呼应，符合语境。故选B。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我猜测每个人都在寻找美好的事物。A. declare 宣布，声明；B. guarantee 保证，担保；C. guess 猜测；D. prove 证明。由前一句““I wonder why this is happening,””可知，我感到诧异为什么这会发生。由此可见，Escobar也不清楚原因，猜测是因为每个人都在寻找美好的事物。选项C. guess 猜测，符合语境。故选C。

14.

考查动词词组词义辨析。句意：不久很多教练打电话给Escobar询问他们怎样能够和他们的团队一起参加类似的跑步。A. figure out 解决；B. get through 通过；C. respond to 响应；D. participate in 参加。由后一句“And a dog equipment company has donated new harnesses (背带牵引绳) to the ___15___ so the dogs can go for a more comfortable ___16___.”可知，并且，一个狗设备公司已经给收容所捐赠了新的背带牵引绳，所以狗能够进行一次更舒服的奔跑。后一句和本句是并列关系，后一句表达的是狗设备公司的捐赠，让狗能继续参与这样的跑步活动。由此可见，本句也是关于教练门如何参与跑步活动的内容。选项D. participate in 参加，符合语境。故选D。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：并且，一个狗设备公司已经给收容所捐赠了新的背带牵引绳，所以狗能够进行一次更舒服的奔跑。A. shelter 收容所；B. community 社区；C. government 政府；D. family 家庭。由第一段的最后一句“he took 14 runners from his school to the local animal shelter, and paired them with 14 dogs.”可知，他从他的学校里带了14名跑步者去当地的动物收容所，并且将他们和14只狗进行组队。由此可见，狗设备公司给狗所在的收容所捐赠了新的背带牵引绳。选项A. shelter 收容所，符合语境。故选A。

16.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：并且，一个狗设备公司已经给收容所捐赠了新的背带牵引绳，所以狗能够进行一次更舒服的奔跑。A. job 工作；B. team 团队；C. run 跑步；D. journey 旅程。由第一段的最后一句“he took 14 runners from his school to the local animal shelter, and paired them with 14 dogs.”和第五段的第一句“After a short ___7___, the group went for a mile and a half run.”可知，他从他的学校里带了14名跑步者去当地的动物收容所，并且将他们和14只狗进行组队。经过简短的介绍之后，这个团队进行了一英里半的跑步。由此可见，狗狗获得新的背带牵引绳，能够进行一次更舒服的奔跑。选项C. run 跑步，符合语境。故选C。

17.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：并且有更好的消息。A. news 消息；B. life 生活；C. experience 经历；D. practice 练习。由第七段的第二句“Fred, who ran with Josh, one of the 14 high school runners, became a ___18___ dog - his story had the happiest ending.”和第三句“After the run, Josh convinced his mom that their family needed to ___19___ him.”可知，Fred和Josh，这14名高中生跑步者之一一起跑步，成为了一个幸运的狗，它的故事有一个最幸福的结局。在此次跑步之后，Josh说服他的妈妈，他们家人需要收养它。由此可见，Fred这条狗最终被收养，这是一个好的消息。选项A. news 消息，符合语境。故选A。

18.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Fred和Josh，这14名高中生跑步者之一一起跑步，成为了一个幸运的狗，它的故事有一个最幸福的结局。A. lovely 可爱的；B. wild 野蛮的；C. clumsy 笨拙的；D. lucky 幸运的。由后半部分“his story had the happiest ending.”和后一句“After the run, Josh convinced his mom that their family needed to ___19___ him.”可知，它的故事有一个最幸福的结局。在此次跑步之后，Josh说服他的妈妈，他们家人需要收养它。由此可见，这只狗在最后被收养，这种幸福的结局是一种幸运。选项D. lucky 幸运的，符合语境。故选D。

19.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：在此次跑步之后，Josh说服他的妈妈，他们家人需要收养它。A. trust 信任；B. adopt 收养；C. encourage 鼓舞；D. comfort 安慰，舒适。由最后一段的最后一句““And now he's at home with Josh and his family.””可知，现在它和Josh以及他的家人一起在家。由此可见，Josh家人收养了它。选项B. adopt 收养，符合语境。故选B。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：曾经它只是这样一条小狗，在一个金属笼子里面发抖。A. wandering 漫步；B. trembling 颤抖，发抖；C. thinking 思考；D. dancing 跳舞。由后一句“And now he's at home with Josh and his family.”可知，那么现在它和Josh以及他的家人一起在家里。由此可见，曾经它是这样一条小狗，在金属笼子里发抖。和后一句描述的现在幸福情况相比较。选项B. trembling 颤抖，发抖，符合语境。故选B。