Question

A second lifetime

Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age, we knew about mushroom clouds. A huge  _______  spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and students screaming down the hall.

_______ , our young science teacher quickly _______  us for a fire drill. We huddled(蜷缩) in little _______ on the school grounds and watched the  _______  cloud darken the sky.

Rumors  _______ every which way. One was that the Texas City Chemical plant had blown up; children whose parents worked there began to weep.

I  _______ — that was where my father was working that day.

We were dismissed to find our way home. I’d walked a quarter of my _______ when a car horn startled (使吓一跳) me to _______ . Uncle Barney pulled up alongside me. The instant I saw him, I knew my father was gone. Otherwise, Papa would have come for  __________  himself.

Uncle Barney motioned(打手势) for me to get in.  __________  with grief, I crawled into the __________  seat. I barely took notice of the man __________ there, and didn’t recognize Papa until he reached for me.

Tragedy would one day come to our  __________  , as it inevitably comes to all, but on that day, it miraculously passed us by. Because he lost his keys on that April morning, as he  __________ , my father lived for another 32 years---we were to have a second lifetime forever.

1.A.cloud B.shake C.noise D.crack

2.A.Pale-faced B.High-spirited C.Warm-hearted D.Bad-tempered

3.A.directed B.requested C.organized D.reminded

4.A.lines B.groups C.classes D.steps

5.A.spreading B.crowding C.rising D.darkening

6.A.floated B.flew C.wandered D.flooded

7.A.wept B.frustrated C.froze D.hurt

8.A.distance B.length C.trip D.road

9.A.sight B.halfway C.life D.attention

10.A.salary B.school C.me D.work

11.A.Annoyed B.Quiet C.Numb D.Disappointed

12.A.back B.front C.usual D.favorite

13.A.lying B.sitting C.smiling D.talking

14.A.family B.home C.life D.people

15.A.remembered B.explained C.described D.exposed

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的父亲在自己工作的工厂爆炸中幸存, 作者能再次见到父亲真是令人高兴，意识到悲剧总有一天会降临到自己的家，就像它不可避免地降临到所有人身上一样，但就在那一天，它奇迹般地从作者身边消失了，他们也因此有了第二次人生。

1.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：一条巨大的裂缝横跨了楼上图书馆的墙壁，让老师和学生们尖叫着穿过大厅。A. cloud云；B. shake摇动；C. noise噪音；D. crack裂缝。结合后文 spread across the library wall upstairs以及上文可知发生了爆炸，爆炸让墙壁产生了裂缝。故选D。

2.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们年轻的科学老师脸色苍白，很快组织我们参加了一次消防演习。A. Pale-faced面色苍白的；B. High-spirited兴致勃勃的；C. Warm-hearted热心的；D. Bad-tempered脾气不好的。结合上文可知发生了爆炸，年轻的科学老师受惊应该是脸色苍白的。故选A。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们年轻的科学老师脸色苍白，很快组织我们参加了一次消防演习。A. directed指导；B. requested要求；C. organized组织；D. reminded提醒。根据后文us for a fire drill可知是组织学生们进行消防演习。故选C。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们三五成群地蜷缩在学校操场上，看着蔓延的乌云遮黑了天空。A. lines线；B. groups团队；C. classes课程；D. steps台阶。根据上文We huddled in little可知爆炸使学生们蜷缩成一个个小团体。故选B。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们三五成群地蜷缩在学校操场上，看着蔓延的乌云遮黑了天空。A. spreading传播；B. crowding拥挤；C. rising上升；D. darkening变暗。根据后文cloud darken the sky可知乌云蔓延到了整个天空，使天空变黑了。故选A。

6.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：谣言四处传播。A. floated漂浮；B. flew飞；C. wandered徘徊；D. flooded被水淹没。结合后文One was that the Texas City Chemical plant had blown up; children whose parents worked there began to weep.可知是指爆炸发生后，谣言满天飞。故选B。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我僵住了——那是我父亲那天工作的地方。A. wept哭泣；B. frustrated挫败；C. froze僵住，冻结；D. hurt伤害。根据后文that was where my father was working that day.可知作者意识到那是自己父亲工作的地方后，整个人僵住了。故选C。

8.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我走了四分之一的路程，突然一辆汽车的喇叭声引起了我的注意。A. distance距离；B. length长度；C. trip路程，旅行；D. road道路。结合上文We were dismissed to find our way home.可知作者在回家的路上。故选C。

9.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我走了四分之一的路程，突然一辆汽车的喇叭声引起了我的注意。A. sight视力；B. halfway半路；C. life生活；D. attention注意力。根据上文when a car horn startled me to可知车的喇叭声吸引了作者的注意力。故选D。

10.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：不然的话，爸爸会亲自来找我的。A. salary工资；B. school学校；C. me我；D. work工作。结合上文Papa would have come for可知作者认为如果父亲没有出事的话，肯定会亲自来找自己。故选C。

11.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我悲伤得麻木了，爬进后座。A. Annoyed恼怒的；B. Quiet安静的；C. Numb麻木的；D. Disappointed失望的。结合后文with grief可推知作者从在学校就意识到父亲工作的地方出事了，看到是叔叔来找自己更加确定父亲去世了，所以如今作者是悲伤得麻木了。故选C。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我悲伤得麻木了，爬进后座。A. back后面的；B. front前面的；C. usual通常的；D. favorite最喜欢的。结合上文I crawled into the可推测是爬进了后座（back seat）。故选A。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我几乎没有注意坐在那里的男人，直到他把手伸向我，我才认出是爸爸。A. lying撒谎；B. sitting坐下；C. smiling微笑；D. talking谈话。根据后文he reached for me.可知作者的父亲也坐在车里。故选B。

14.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：悲剧总有一天会降临到我们家，就像它不可避免地降临到所有人身上一样，但就在那一天，它奇迹般地从我们身边消失了。A. family家庭；B. home家；C. life生活；D. people人们。结合上文父亲没有去世，悲伤没有降临到作者的家庭（family）。故选A。

15.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：因为在那个四月的早晨，他把钥匙丢了，他解释说，他又活了32年——我们将拥有永远的第二人生。A. remembered记得；B. explained解释；C. described描述；D. exposed暴露。结合上文Because he lost his keys on that April morning可知父亲在解释自己没有出事的原因。故选B。