（1）

 

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her  1  mother with whispered desperation（絕望）, “  2  a miracle（奇跡） can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She   3  all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she   4  her way six blocks to the local drugstore（藥店）.

 

“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.

 

“It’s   5  my little brother,”  the girl answered back. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a   6   . His name is Andrew and he has something  7  growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”

 

“We don’t   8   miracles here, chilD. I’m sorry,” the chemist said, smiling   9  at the little girl.

 

In the shop was a   10  customer. He stooped (彎腰) down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother   11   ?”

 

“I don’t know,” she replieD. “He’s really sick and mommy says he needs   12   . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my  13   .”

 

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

 

“One dollar and eleven cents,   14  I can try and get some more,”  she answered quietly.

 

“Well, what a coincidence（巧合）,”  smiled the man.  “A dollar and eleven cents — the   15  price of a miracle for little brothers.  16  me to where you live. I want to see your brother and   17  your parents.”

 

That well dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon（外科醫(yī)生）. The operation was completed without   18  and it wasn’t long before Andrew was   19  again and doing well.

 

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the   20  of a little child.

 

1. A. tearful                      B. hopeful                C. helpless                  D. kind

 

2. A. Simply                     B. Just                    C. Only                      D. More than

 

3. A. drew                        B. pulled                  C. put                        D. poured

 

4. A. followed                   B. made                   C. took                       D. found

 

5. A. to                            B. as                       C. for                         D. on

 

6. A. hope                        B. doctor                 C. favor                     D. miracle

 

7. A. bad                          B. small                   C. extra                      D. impossible

 

8. A. have                         B. offer                   C. sell                        D. store

 

9. A. gently                       B. sadly                   C. strangely                D. coldly

 

10. A. well dressed            B. kind hearted         C. well behaved           D. good looking

 

11. A. have                       B. need                    C. care                       D. like

 

12. A. a doctor                  B. a surgeon            C. an operation            D. a kindness

 

13. A. savings                   B. wishes                C. ideas                      D. suggestions

 

14. A. since                      B. as                       C. after                      D. but

 

15. A. same                      B. exact                   C. proper                    D. necessary

 

16. A. Show                     B. Help                    C. Take                      D. Follow

 

17. A. help                        B. encourage            C. persuade                D. meet

 

18. A. difficulty                 B. delay                   C. charge                   D. result

 

19. A. happy                     B. well                    C. strong                    D. home

 

20.  A. cleverness            B. faith                    C. courage                  D. devotion

 

答案解析：

 

1. A  看到兒子病重，家里又花光了錢，因此母親傷心，選 “眼含淚水的” 符合邏輯。

 

2. C 下文有提示，只有出現(xiàn)奇跡才能救孩子的命。此處是 “只有”，而不是 “僅僅”，故不選A或B。

 

3. D  從儲(chǔ)蓄罐里把零花錢 “傾倒” 出來(lái)符合語(yǔ)境。

 

4. B  make one’s way to... “向……走去”。

 

5. C  此處表示目的或?qū)ο?，故用介詞for。

 

6. D  前后文都有提示，小孩用自己的零花錢去買 “奇跡”，符合小孩的性格特點(diǎn)。

 

7. A  弟弟病重，因此是頭里長(zhǎng)了 “壞的”東西。Extra “額外的”，不符合小孩的語(yǔ)言特點(diǎn)和認(rèn)知水平。

 

8. C  藥店里是 “賣” 藥，而不是賣 “奇跡”。

 

9. B  藥劑師已經(jīng)了解了小女孩弟弟的情況，但不能幫助小女孩，因此 “傷心地” 微笑。

 

10. A  下文有提示，這兒剛剛出現(xiàn)這位 “穿著體面的” 顧客，不能馬上斷定他是 “好心的”，故不選B。

 

11. B  這位顧客不明白小女孩的弟弟需要什么樣的奇跡，故有此問(wèn)。

 

12. C  前面出現(xiàn)了小女孩的弟弟頭中長(zhǎng)了 “壞” 東西的信息，后面有提示，因此小女孩知道需要 “手術(shù)” 才能救弟弟的命。A項(xiàng) “醫(yī)生” 太籠統(tǒng)，B項(xiàng) “外科醫(yī)生”，概念太專業(yè)，超出了小女孩的認(rèn)知水平。

 

13. A  從后面這位顧客問(wèn)小女孩有多少錢，可得出答案，小女孩告訴對(duì)方把自己所有的 “積蓄” 都帶來(lái)了。

 

14. D  前后應(yīng)該是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

 

15. B  此處這位顧客了解了小女孩的用意，故幽默地說(shuō)：1美元11分錢 “正好” 是買一個(gè)奇跡的錢，說(shuō)明這位顧客決定幫助小女孩的弟弟。

 

16. C  這位顧客要到小女孩 “帶”他去她家里去。

 

17. D  這位顧客要去“見(jiàn)見(jiàn)”小女孩的父母，以便進(jìn)一步了解情況。

 

18. C  說(shuō)明Dr Carlton Armstrong富有愛(ài)心，無(wú)償?shù)貫樾∨⒌牡艿茏隽耸中g(shù)，因此是沒(méi)有收費(fèi)。其他選項(xiàng)不合題意。

 

19. D  小女孩的弟弟不久就回了家痊愈了，注意此選項(xiàng)與后面doing well的并列關(guān)系，其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)與doing well在意義上重復(fù)。

 

20. B  用1美元11分錢買來(lái)奇跡，反映了小女孩的 “信念”，其他的不合題意。

 

（2）

 

It was already late when we set out for the next town,   1   according to the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the   2  .

 

There we felt   3   that we would find a bed   4  the night. Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met   5  as we drove fast along the narrow winding road that   6   the hills. As we climbed   7  , it became colder and rain began to fall,   8  it difficult at times to see the roaD. I asked John, my companion, to drive more   9  .

 

After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town which was   10  on the map. We were beginning to get   11  . Then without warning the car stoppeD. A quick   12  showed that we had run out of petrol（汽油）. Although we had little food with us, we decided to   13  the night in the car.

 

Our meal was soon over. I tried to go to sleep at once,   14  John, who was a   15  sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk   16   the hills. Soon he came back. From the top of the hill he had seen, in the valley below, the   17  of the town we were looking for. We at once unloaded（卸）all our luggage（行李）and with a great effort（努力）,  18  to push the car to the top of the hill. Then we went back to the luggage, loaded the car again and set off down the hill.   19   less than a quarter of an hour we were in the town, where we found a    20   quite easily.

 

1. A. which         B. it       C. where        D. that

 

2. A. rivers          B. hills        C. towns        D. villages

 

3. A. surprised       B. afraid       C. pleased       D. sure

 

4. A. at             B. in          C. through       D. for

 

5. A. everybody      B. somebody    C. nobody       D. anybody

 

6. A. got to          B. arrived      C. led to         D. belonged to

 

7. A. taller          B. higher       C. lower         D. faster

 

8. A. getting         B. thinking     C. causing       D. making

 

9. A. certainly        B. carefully    C. slowly        D. surely

 

10. A. marked        B. set          C. built          D. drawn

 

11. A. excited        B. worried      C. cold          D. warm

 

12. A. attention       B. operation     C. examination    D. information

 

13. A. spend         B. live          C. spare         D. stay

 

14. A. since          B. though       C. so           D. but

 

15. A. quick         B. fast          C. poor          D. heavy

 

16. A. across         B. through      C. down         D. up

 

17. A. lights         B. map          C. bus          D. situation

 

18. A. ought         B. tried         C. succeeded     D. managed

 

19. A. For           B. In           C. Since         D. At

 

20  A. policeman      B. friend       C. hotel          D. cinema

 

答案解析：

 

1. 選A。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，后面是一個(gè)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，關(guān)系代詞應(yīng)用which。

 

2. 選B。從下文可知，下一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)應(yīng)在“山”的那一邊。

 

3. 選D。天已經(jīng)很遲了，還出發(fā)朝下一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)趕，這說(shuō)明他們“堅(jiān)信”在那兒能找到住宿的地方。

 

4. 選D。for the night“過(guò)夜”，for表示“為了”。

 

5. 選C。在一個(gè)漆黑的夜晚，在那彎曲狹窄的路上，應(yīng)該說(shuō)行車是不走運(yùn)的，但途中未遇一個(gè)行人，就這一點(diǎn)來(lái)說(shuō)還算“幸運(yùn)”。

 

6. 選C。lead to 意思為“通向”。

 

7. 選B。從下文可知，他們的車子是逐漸向山上爬行的，當(dāng)油用完時(shí)，車子已接近山頂。以致John后來(lái)散步時(shí)不知不覺(jué)中就到了山頂。

 

8. 選D。從詞的用法角度可知要用making。

 

9. 選C。由于看不清路面，所以讓同伴開(kāi)慢些。

 

10. 選A。依據(jù)常識(shí)可知，城鎮(zhèn)是“標(biāo)”在地圖上的。

 

11. 選B。開(kāi)了二十里，仍不見(jiàn)小鎮(zhèn)，不免開(kāi)始“憂慮”起來(lái)。

 

12. 選C。簡(jiǎn)單“檢查”發(fā)現(xiàn)油沒(méi)了，另三項(xiàng)表述不清。

 

13. 選A。 spend the night意為“度過(guò)夜晚”。

 

14. 選D。填轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but。

 

15. 選C。從got out of the car看，John不是一個(gè)容易睡著的人。

 

16. 選D。從From the top of the hill可推知，他從車?yán)锍鰜?lái)以后是向山頂上走的。

 

17. 選A。根據(jù)常識(shí)判斷。

 

18. 選D。ought to （應(yīng)該）不合語(yǔ)境，succeed后不接to do故應(yīng)排除，manage和try均表示“設(shè)法”，但有細(xì)微差別，前者表示設(shè)法做成了某事，后者則不一定成功。故本題答案應(yīng)為D。

 

19. 選B。 “在不到一刻鐘時(shí)間內(nèi)我們就到了鎮(zhèn)上”

 

20. 選C。從第二段后句子可以推知，他們趕赴那個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)的目的是為了住宿，所以在到達(dá)目的地后很快找到的應(yīng)是旅館（hotel）。