Question

    On one June afternoon，Gene and his brother Rouco were________Gene's yard. It had grown brown and was almost in________in the heat, and the situation needed changing. The new grass was already there, but the job was________. Suddenly, Gene wasn't feeling good. He went inside to rest and________ the couch. Seeing this, his wife, Melissa, called 911 immediately.

_____he was staring down death, Gene had one thing in his mind: the lawn. If the grass wasn't put down that day, it would________. “While he was having his heart attack, almost in and out of ________, he kept begging me to put it down because he didn't want it to go________,” Melissa recalled.

Soon the medical workers arrived and took Gene and Melissa to the hospital, leaving Rouco behind to________the situation. Within an hour, he had________to remove the old grass. He was about to lay the new ones when seven men---the same ones who had________his brother---walked off the emergency vehicle. It turned out that Gene had told them how_______ he'd wanted to get the grass down, so they returned to help.

Fortunately, Gene had a successful operation. He's now fully recovered,________his beautiful lawn at home. The couple are still amazed that those men went________their job duties. "These men________Gene from death, and then came back to save his grass. That's just so awesome.”

1.A.tending B.exploring C.designing D.observing

2.A.control B.innovation C.chaos D.condition

3.A.difficult B.special C.regular D.new

4.A.faded away B.fell off C.calmed down D.rolled over

5.A.As if B.In case C.Now that D.Even though

6.A.slide B.die C.rest D.mix

7.A.consciousness B.celebrity C.experiment D.experience

8.A.diverse B.decent C.different D.waste

9.A.handle B.explain C.outline D.examine

10.A.decided B.managed C.pretended D.emerged

11.A.counted B.recovered C.treated D.connected

12.A.quickly B.finally C.badly D.easily

13.A.sharing B.trying C.missing D.enjoying

14.A.within B.beneath C.beyond D.outside

15.A.pushed B.dragged C.blocked D.pulled

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.D

【解析】

本文为记叙文，文章主要讲述吉恩在铺草坪的时候突发心脏病，医护人员不但救了他的命还帮他铺草坪的故事。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意： 6月的一个下午，吉恩和他的兄弟鲁科正在照料吉恩的院子。A. tending照顾，护理；B. exploring探索；C. designing设计；D. observing观察。根据后文It had grown brown and was almost in 2 in the heat, and the situation needed changing. 可知，他们在照料吉恩的院子。故选A。

2.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：草在高温下变成了褐色，参次不齐，此情况需要得到改善。A. control控制；B. innovation创新；C. chaos混乱；D. condition条件，状况。根据前文It had grown brown 以及后文The new grass was already there可知院子里一片混乱。故选C。

3.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：新的草皮已经放在哪里了，但工作很困难。A. difficult困难的；B. special特别的；C. regular规则的，有规律的；D. new新的。根据前文 It had grown brown and was almost in____2____in the heat, and the situation needed changing.可知院子里一片混乱，因此整理院子的工作比较困难，故选A。

4.

考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：他进屋休息，然后从沙发上掉了下来。A. faded away消失；B. fell off从......上跌落；C. calmed down平静下来；D. rolled over轻易认输。根据后面Seeing this, his wife, Melissa, called 911 immediately.可知他从沙发上掉了下来，故选B。

5.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：尽管吉恩快要死了，他脑子里还在想着一件事情：草坪。A. As if好像；B. In case以防万一；C. Now that既然；D. Even though尽管。根据后文Gene had one thing in his mind: the lawn.可知此处表示尽管生命垂危，脑子里还在想着一件事情。故选D。

6.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果草皮不在那天安置好的话，它就会死去。A. Slide滑；B. die死；C. rest休息；D. mix混合。根据If the grass wasn't put down that day可知，如果草皮没被安置好，就有可能死去，故选B。

7.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：“他的心脏病发作的时候，真的是意识时有时无。 A. consciousness意识；B. celebrity名人；C. experiment 实验；D. experience经历。根据常识可知，他心脏病发作，当然是意识不清，故选A。

8.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他还一直请我安置好草皮，因为他不想把它浪费掉。” A. diverse多样的；B. decent不差的，正当的;宽大的；C. different不同的；D. waste浪费。根据前文If the grass wasn't put down that day, it would ____6____ . 以及he kept begging me to put it down可知他不想浪费，故选D。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：很快，医务人员赶到了，把吉恩和梅丽莎带到医院，把鲁科留在那里处理情况。A. handle处理；B. explain解释；C. outline轮廓；D. examine检查。根据后文Within an hour, he had ____10____ to remove the old grass. He was about to lay the new ones可知Rouco是留下来处理草坪的，所以鲁科留在那里处理情况。故选A。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：鲁科在不到一小时的时间里成功移除了旧的草坪。A. decided决定；B. managed设法做成；C. pretended假装；D. emerged出现，露出，显露。根据后文He was about to lay the new ones，可知他成功移除了旧草坪，故选B。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：这七个人，就是给哥哥治病的人——走下急救车。A. counted数数；B. recovered恢复；C. treated治疗；D. connected联系。根据上文吉恩被送往医院以及It turned out that Gene had told them how ___12___ he'd wanted to get the grass down, so they returned to help.可知这七个人是治疗他哥哥他哥哥的医护人员，故选C。

12.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：吉恩告诉他们自己很想要把草坪弄好，所以他们返回来帮忙。A. quickly快地；B. finally最后；C. badly急切地；D. easily容易地。根据前文如果草皮不在那天安置好的话，它就会死去，可知是Gene告诉医生他是多么急切想要把草坪铺好，故选C。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他现在回到了家，完全康复-享受着他美丽的草坪。A. sharing分享；B. trying尝试；C. missing错过，想念； D. enjoying欣赏。根据后文beautiful lawn at home.可知是欣赏着他美丽的草坪，故选D。

14.

考查介词词义辨析。句意：那些急救人员做了他们工作职责外的事，沃克一家现在还对此感到惊讶。

A. within在…之内；B. beneath在…...之下；C. beyond超出范围；D. outside外边。根据前文可知，可知这几个医护人员是超出职责范围来帮他们铺草坪，故选C。

15.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：“这些人救了吉恩的生命，然后回来救了他的草。这真是太棒了。

A. pushed推；B. dragged拖；C. blocked阻止；D. pulled拉。根据 上文He's now fully recovered可知，这些人救了Gene的命，也就是从死神那里拉回来了一条生命。故选D。