Question

    It was snowing _________, and the wind was blowing the snow into great piles _________ the fences at the sides of the road. In some places the piles were so big _________ they were beginning to spread right across the road, but as long as cars _________ keep moving at a proper speed, they could still manage to _________.

_______, at one point on the road there was a _________ bend in the road. There the drivers had to be very _________ to avoid getting stuck.

At last, of course, there was one who was not skillful enough and let his car stop on the corner. He _________ to drive in forward over the piles by speeding up, but the wheels slipped, and the car finished up deep in the snow and blocking the road.

The next car to reach the corner was __________ trouble too. The driver had been trying to __________ a good speed to avoid getting stuck, but he did not __________ the car blocking the road in front of him __________ he was almost on top of it. He put his brakes on hard __________ it slipped sideways into deep snow. Later car after car came round the corner too fast to stop properly, and finished up in the deep snow. Before long, there were five cars stuck as the snow __________ to fall and almost covered them.

________, a neighbour saw what had happened and telephoned the local garage, __________ sent a truck to pull the cars out of the snow. The neighbour watched as the garage men __________ them out one by one. When they reached the car which had started all the __________. the neighbor said to them, “You aren’t going to __________ that one, are you? That’s the one that has brought all this business to you today!”

1.A.gradually B.slightly C.quietly D.heavily

2.A.on B.against C.over D.about

3.A.when B.as C.that D.while

4.A.could B.should C.would D.must

5.A.get through B.break down C.pass by D.go back

6.A.Then B.Therefore C.However D.Still

7.A.gentle B.slow C.sharp D.broad

8.A.powerful B.skillful C.beautiful D.meaningful

9.A.managed B.failed C.agreed D.tried

10.A.on B.off C.in D.out of

11.A.keep up B.slow down C.pick up D.switch off

12.A.watch B.observe C.explore D.notice

13.A.when B.until C.after D.since

14.A.while B.and C.or D.for

15.A.stopped B.began C.happened D.continued

16.A.In all B.After all C.On time D.At last

17.A.who B.which C.what D.that

18.A.pulled B.picked C.left D.let

19.A.snow B.ruin C.trouble D.harm

20.A.move B.repair C.break D.wash

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了在一次下雪天，司机们由于不小心而被困在路上的故事，由此告诉人们在天气恶劣的情况下，开车注意安全的重要性。

1.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：雪下得很大，风把雪吹得靠着路边的篱笆堆成一大堆。A. gradually逐渐地；B. slightly轻微地；C. quietly安静地；D. heavily沉重地。结合后文In some places the piles were so big可知雪堆得很大了，说明雪下得很大（heavily）。故选D。

2.

考查介词辨析。句意：雪下得很大，风把雪吹得靠着路边的篱笆堆成一大堆。A. on在上面；B. against紧靠，反对；C. over越过；D. about关于。结合后文the fences at the sides of the road可知此处指风把雪吹得靠着（against）路边的篱笆堆成一大堆。故选B。

3.

考查连接词辨析。句意：有些地方的雪堆的太大了，已经开始蔓延到马路的另一边，但只要汽车能够以适当的速度行驶，它们还是能够通过的。A. when当……时候；B. as正如；C. that那个；D. while当……时候。此处为结果状语从句，表示“如此……以至于……”应用so…that…。故选C。

4.

考查情态动词辨析。句意：有些地方的雪堆的太大了，已经开始蔓延到马路的另一边，但只要汽车能够以适当的速度行驶，它们还是能够通过的。A. could能够；B. should应该；C. would将会；D. must必须。根据后文keep moving at a proper speed可知只要汽车保持适当的速度行驶，它们还是能够通过这条路的。故选A。

5.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：有些地方的雪堆的太大了，已经开始蔓延到马路的另一边，但只要汽车能够以适当的速度行驶，它们还是能够通过的。A. get through通过，熬过；B. break down出故障；C. pass by经过；D. go back回去。此处指汽车可以通过堆满雪的道路，应用get through。故选A。

6.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，在路上的一个地方有一个急转弯。A. Then然后；B. Therefore因此；C. However然而；D. Still仍然。结合上下文语境，可知为转折关系，应用however。故选C。

7.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，在路上的一个地方有一个急转弯。A. gentle温和的；B. slow缓慢的；C. sharp锐利的；D. broad宽的。结合后文bend in the road.以及下文几辆汽车被困，可知有一个急转弯。sharp bend “急转弯”。故选C。

8.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在那里，司机必须非常熟练，才能避免被困住。A. powerful强大的；B. skillful熟练的；C. beautiful美丽的；D. meaningful有意义的。根据下一段中At last, of course, there was one who was not skillful enough可知只有熟练的司机才能避免被困住。故选B。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他试图通过加快速度向前行驶，但车轮滑了，最后汽车陷进了深深的雪里，阻塞了道路。A. managed管理；B. failed失败；C. agreed同意；D. tried尝试。结合后文drive in forward over the piles by speeding up可知不熟练的司机试图通过加速向前行驶来通过。故选D。

10.

考查介词辨析。句意：下一辆开到拐角处的车也遇到了麻烦。A. on在上面；B. off脱离；C. in在里面；D. out of出去。根据后文trouble too可知指遇到麻烦，短语in trouble“陷入麻烦”。故选C。

11.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：司机一直在努力保持适当的速度以避免被卡住，但他直到快到尽头了，才注意到他前面的路被车挡住了。A. keep up保持；B. slow down减速；C. pick up捡起；D. switch off关掉。根据第一段中keep moving at a proper speed可知司机要一直保持（keep up）适当的速度才能避免被卡住，故选A。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：司机一直在努力保持适当的速度以避免被卡住，但他直到快到尽头了，才注意到他前面的路被车挡住了。A. watch看；B. observe观察；C. explore探索；D. notice注意到。根据后文the car blocking the road in front of him可知司机注意到前面的路被车挡住了。故选D。

13.

考查连接词辨析。句意：司机一直在努力保持适当的速度以避免被卡住，但他直到快到尽头了，才注意到他前面的路被车挡住了。A. when当……时候；B. until直到；C. after在……之后；D. since自从。此处为时间状语从句，表示“直到……才”短语为not…until。故选B。

14.

考查连接词辨析。句意：他猛踩刹车，车子就向一边滑进了深深的雪地里。A. while当……时候；B. and并且；C. or或者；D. for为了。结合上下文语境，可知两个动作先后发生，为承接关系，应用and。故选B。

15.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：没过多久，就有五辆汽车被困住了，雪继续下着，几乎把它们盖住了。A. stopped停止；B. began开始；C. happened发生；D. continued继续。根据后文almost covered them可知雪几乎要把车盖住了，说明雪还在继续下着。故选D。

16.

考查介词短语辨析。句意：最后，一位邻居看到了发生的事情，就打电话给当地的汽车修理厂，修理厂派了一辆卡车把这些汽车从雪中拉了出来。A. In all总共；B. After all毕竟；C. On time按时；D. At last最后。结合语境可知，很多车被陷住了，最后（At last）是一位邻居看到了，打电话给当地的修理厂，才派了卡车。故选D。

17.

考查定语从句。句意：最后，一位邻居看到了发生的事情，就打电话给当地的汽车修理厂，修理厂派了一辆卡车把这些汽车从雪中拉了出来。此处为非限制性定语从句修饰先行词local garage，且先行词在从句中作主语，指物，应用关系代词which，that不能不引导非限制性定语从句。故选B。

18.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：邻居看着修车工人把它们一个接一个地拉出来。A. pulled拉；B. picked捡起；C. left离开；D. let让。结合上文a truck to pull the cars out of the snow可知是指修车工人把这些车一个接一个地拉出来。故选A。

19.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当他们走到那辆引起麻烦的车旁时，邻居对他们说：“你们不会挪那辆吧？是它给你们带来了今天所有的生意!”A. snow雪；B. ruin毁灭；C. trouble麻烦；D. harm危害。结合上文可知是第一辆车引起了这所有的麻烦。故选C。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他们走到那辆引起麻烦的车旁时，邻居对他们说：“你们不会挪那辆吧？是它给你带来了今天所有的生意!”A. move挪走，移动；B. repair修理；C. break打破；D. wash洗。这位邻居幽默地开了个玩笑。意为：你们是不是不打算把第一辆车弄出来了？你们今天所有的生意可是这辆车给带来的。故选A。