Question

    A 10-year-old American girl, Selah Schneiter spent five days climbing El Capitan with the help of her father and a family friend and reached the top of the sheer rock on June 12, 2019. It _______ takes skilled climbers four or five days to complete. She may have been _________ the youngest person to climb one of the most _______ peaks in the world.

Reaching the top “was really _______,” Selah said. “I was also kind of sad because it was over,” she _______.

Selah has been climbing since she could_______and had been asking her parents for years to climb El Capitan. And she spent nine months preparing_______ and mentally.

“Our big motto was ‘How do you eat an elephant?’ ‘Small _______,’” said Selah. And the only thing she feared was the possibility of a big _______ because it would mean “having to go down”.

Her mother stayed home and received daily________ about progress in EI Capitan. She knew her husband would turn back if there were any safety________. “I was worried she would ________ serious injury,” she said. “But by day four I knew they would ________. I’m just really________ of her. Her ________ astonished me.”

1.A.merely B.typically C.entirely D.originally

2.A.elected B.chosen C.confirmed D.ensured

3.A.challenging B.appealing C.endangered D.horrible

4.A.embarrassing B.thrilling C.amusing D.annoying

5.A.repeated B.explained C.added D.reported

6.A.speak B.write C.remember D.count

7.A.busily B.carefully C.hurriedly D.physically

8.A.steps B.mouths C.spoons D.bites

9.A.wildfire B.storm C.drought D.flood

10.A.newspapers B.donations C.updates D.treatment

11.A.concerns B.checks C.records D.equipment

12.A.treat B.repair C.avoid D.risk

13.A.pass B.fail C.finish D.end

14.A.ashamed B.afraid C.fond D.proud

15.A.intelligence B.ambition C.perseverance D.contribution

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个10岁小女孩成功登顶世界最高峰之一的故事。

1.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：一个熟练的登山者通常要花费4到5天才能完成。A. merely 仅仅、只不过；B. typically通常地、典型地；C. entirely 完全地；D. originally原始地。根据前文“A 10-year-old American girl, Selah Schneiter spent five days climbing El Capitan with the help of her father and a family friend and reached the top of the sheer rock on June 12, 2019.”可知一个10岁的小女孩只用了5天就完成了登顶，这与熟练登山者通常要花费4到5天行程了对比，结合选项，故选B项。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她可能被证实是攀登世界上最具挑战性的山峰之一的最年轻的人。A. elected选举；B. chosen 选择；C. confirmed证实；D. ensured使确信。根据前文这个10岁的小女孩只用了5天就完成一个熟练登山者4到5天才能完成的任务，这是一个非常令人震惊的成绩，她可能被证实是攀登世界上最具挑战性的山峰之一的最年轻的人。故选C项。

3.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她可能是攀登世界上最具挑战性的山峰之一的最年轻的人。A. challenging 具有挑战性的；B. appealing吸引人的；C. endangered 濒危的；D. horrible可怕的。根据下文“And she spent nine months preparing ___7___ and mentally.”可知Selah为了这次登山很早就开始做准备，可知这座山并不是很好爬的，很有挑战性。故选A项。

4.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Selah说：爬到顶峰真的很令人激动。A. embarrassing 令人尴尬的；B. thrilling令人激动的；C. amusing 有趣的、好玩的；D. annoying令人厌烦的。根据下文“Selah has been climbing since she could ___6___ and had been asking her parents for years to climb El Capitan. And she spent nine months preparing ___7___ and mentally.”的可知Selah很早就开始为这次登山做准备，付出了很多努力，所以当她成功登顶时，心情应该激动和兴奋的，结合选项，故选B项。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她补充道：我也有点伤心，因为登山就这样结束了。A. repeated重复；B. explained 解释；C. added增加、补充说；D. reported报道。根据上文“Reaching the top “was really ___4___ ,” Selah said.”可知Selah先说到达山顶令人很激动，““I was also kind of sad because it was over,””这句是她补充另外一句，结合选项，故选C项。

6.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：自从Selah开始记事起，她就开始爬山。A. speak 说；B. write 写；C. remember 记得；D. count数数。根据下文“had been asking her parents for years to climb El Capitan一直央求她的父母要去爬El Capitan.”可知小女孩已经懂事了，知道自己要做的事情是什么，自从Selah开始记事起，她就开始爬山。故选C项。

7.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：她花费9个月的时间进行身体和心理上的准备。A. busily 忙碌地；B. carefully 仔细地；C. hurriedly 匆忙地；D. physically身体上地。根据空格后“and mentally.”可知空格处所的词与mentally（精神上地）是并列关系，故选D项。.

8.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：Selah.说：“小口咬，” A.steps脚步、步骤； B. mouths 嘴巴；C. spoons 勺子；D. bites咬、一口 。根据前文 “Our big motto was ‘How do you eat an elephant?’”我们的格言是“如何吃掉一个大象”，这里指如何实现一个巨大的目标，Selah.说“小口咬”指的是完成大目标先从小处着手，eat与bite相呼应，故选D项。

9.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她唯一担心的事情是可能遇见大风暴，因为这意味着着她不得不下山。A. wildfire 野火； B. storm 风暴；C. drought 干旱；D. flood洪水。根据常识可知，爬上可能会遇到大风暴。故选B项。

10.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她的母亲待在家里，关注着每日有关登EI Capitan进展的消息。A. newspapers 报纸；B. donations 捐赠；C. updates 更新D. treatment 对待、治疗。根据下文“I was worried she would ___12___ serious injury,” she said. “But by day four I knew they would ___1”可知母亲在家非常担心，时刻关注着最新消息，故选C项。

11.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她知道如果有任何安全方面的顾虑，她丈夫就会回来的。A. concerns 担忧；B. checks 支票；C. records 记录、唱片；D. equipment 设备。根据She knew her husband would turn back 可知，她知道如果有任何安全方面的顾虑，她丈夫就会回来的。故选A项。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我担心她有受重伤的风险。A. treat 对待、治疗；B. repair修理；C. avoid 避免；D. risk 冒险。根据下文“But by day four I knew they would ___13___ .”中的But（表示转折或跟前文意思相反）可知，作者母亲担心她有受重伤的风险。故选D项。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是第四天的时候，我知道他们完成了目标。A. pass 通过；B. fail 失败；C. finish 完成D. end结束。根据前文所叙述的10岁小女孩成功登顶世界最高峰之一可知，他们完成了目标。故选C项。

14.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我真的为她而感到骄傲。A. shamed 害羞的；B. afraid 害怕的；C. fond 喜欢的；D. proud骄傲的。根据文章描述的10岁小女孩成功登顶世界最高峰之一的这件事以及她的母亲由担心到见证女儿的成功，可知母亲对女儿感到骄傲，故选D项。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她的坚持不懈让我感到吃惊。A. intelligence 机智；B. ambition雄心；C. perseverance坚持不懈 D. contribution 贡献。根据前文“Selah Schneiter spent five days climbing El Capitan”和“Selah has been climbing since she could ___6___ and had been asking her parents for years to climb El Capitan. And she spent nine months preparing ___7___ and mentally.”可知这个小女孩在进行了长期充分的准备之后，最终又花费5天的时间才爬到了山顶，这是一种持之以恒、坚持不懈的精神，故选C项。