Question

【题目】阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

It was the middle of July. I had spent two days exploring a bat cave in thedesert in southern New Mexico. The cave was part of an ancient flow of lava（熔岩流），now hardened into rock. I had left the cave and was driving my pickup truckon a rough（高低不平的）track across the________surface of the lava flow.

Suddenly, the truck came to a stop, caught on a black lava rock.

A quick check of the underside ______the worst: the truck's axle（车轴）was bent，nearly broken intwo. I couldn't ______ help in such faraway country. I put the food and cans of water into my backpackand set off on foot, going north, the direction of the main highway．I was low on water. Too little food didnot matter much, but hiking across the desert in July without water could be dangerous. As I set out,unreasonable ______ came over my mind. I was afraid of everything around me. Each creature mademy heart jump. In my mind, every movement was a scary animal about to strike and kill me.

I walked for hours and cried until I________that nobody was around to hear me. Complaining wasuseless. A change came over me. I began to feel less afraid. Fear was replaced by curiosity. I went on,and slowly but surely began to see the desert world differently, through_______ eyes, not frightened ones.That night I lay on the warm sand, using my backpack as a pillow. The sky went dark. The starsbegan to shine in the hugeness of the heavens. With a smile I thought how little there was to fear, afterall. By noon the following day I ______north. I began to think how lucky I was to see the wild desertworld. A wrecked truck and a forced hike across the desert gave me an/a ______ to see what few othersever saw

Late in the day, I came to a farmhouse. I drank all the lemonade that the farmer and his wife had intheir refrigerator. "I liked it out there," I told them when we got to talking. "I just wish I had been lessfrightened. I would have noticed more that way "I know what you mean," the man said thoughtfully."It's a rare sight, that desert wilderness, a rare sight’

【1】A. cleanB. flatC. hardD. smooth

【2】A. provedB. orderedC. thoughtD. imagined

【3】A. chooseB. explainC. suggestD. expect

【4】A. prideB. fearsC. painsD. surprise

【5】A. wonderedB. rememberedC. describedD. realized

【6】A. tiredB. nervousC. interestedD. satisfied

【7】A. continuedB. searchedC. improvedD. increased

【8】A. changeB. opportunityC. attentionD. responsibility

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【解析】

本篇讲述作者在考察一个蝙蝠洞后在归途中车轴坏了，只好带上食物和水朝北有公路的方向走。途中克服了恐惧的心理，看到了很少人能够看到的稀奇的的景象。

【1】句意：我已经离开那个洞，开着皮卡车沿着坚硬的熔岩流形成的一条高低不平的路行驶。

考查形容词辨析。 A. clean（干净的）；B. flat（平坦的）；C. hard（坚硬的）；D.smooth（顺滑的）；根据上文The cave was part of an ancient flow of lava（熔岩流），now hardened into rock.可知熔岩流现在已经凝固成石头，判断皮卡车是在坚硬在的熔岩流的路上走着，故选C。

【2】句意：快速的底部检查证实情况是最糟糕：卡车的车轴弯了，几乎断成2截。

考查动词辨析。A. proved（证实、证明）； B. ordered（命令）；C. thought（想）；D. imagined（想象）；根据下文“the truck's axle（车轴）was bent，nearly broken in two.车轴卡车的车轴弯了，几乎断成2截”检查底部的结果证实情况是很糟糕的，“prove”意为“证明、证实”，故选A。

【3】句意：离村子如此远我不能期望得到什么帮助。

考查动词辨析。A. choose（选择）；B. explain（解释）；C. suggest（建议）；D. expect（期待、期盼）；根据上文车子坏了，按常理是希望能得到帮助，但是现在离村子很远，期望不了有谁来帮助；expect意为“期望”，故选D。

【4】句意：当我出发时，莫名的恐惧向我袭来。

考查名词辨析。 A. pride（骄傲）；B. fears（害怕）；C. pains（疼痛）；D. surprise（惊讶）；根据下文的描述“I was afraid of everything around me..我害怕周围的一切”判断当时的心理是害怕的；fear意为“害怕”，故选B。

【5】句意：我走了几个小时叫喊着直到我意识到四周没有人会听到我。

考查动词辨析。A. wondered（怀疑）；B. remembered（记得）；C. described（描述）；D. realized（意识）；根据上文“I walked for hours and cried我走了几个小时叫喊着”可知叫喊没有得到任何回应，意识到没人会听到；realize意为“意识到”，故选D。

【6】句意：好奇取代恐惧。我慢慢地坚定地继续走，用感兴趣的眼睛而不是恐惧的眼睛，我开始看到不同的沙漠世界。

考查形容词辨析。A. tired（疲劳的）；B. nervous（不安的）；C. interested（感兴趣的）；D. satisfied（满意的）；根据上文“Fear was replaced by curiosity. 好奇取代恐惧”可知心理上已经战胜恐惧，对周围世界开始好奇，所以，用感兴趣的眼睛去看沙漠，interested意为“感兴趣的”，故选C。

【7】句意：到第二天中午，我继续往北走。

考查动词辨析。A. continued（继续）；B. searched（搜索）；C. improved（改善、提高）；D. increased（增加）；根据第三段I put the food and cans of water into my backpack and set off on foot, going north, the direction of the main highway可知朝北走是公路的方向，判断在经过一晚上的休整后，继续往北走；continue意为“继续”，故选A。

【8】句意：坏掉的卡车和被迫的沙漠徒步，让我有机会看到很少人能看到的景象。

考查名词辨析A. change（改变）；B. opportunity（机会）；C. attention（通知）；D. responsibility（负责）；根据下文It's a rare sight, that desert wilderness, a rare sight’可知我所看到的景象是非常稀有的，很少人才有机会看到的景象，opportunity意为“机会”，故选B。

本篇完型主要考查词义辨析。解答前要跳空阅读全文，理解大意；再阅读选项，逐个理解选项的词义；然后回归原文，根据语法 、句意、上下文联系、固定搭配或句型排除干扰项，得出答案。本篇所有的词义都要根据上下文联系的确定，所以，解答时要全面的把握文章，根据发展的情节，推测空格所缺的信息；完篇后，要把答案回归原文，通读全文，检查语法是否正确、语义是否合乎文章的意思。