Question

   I have been driving for over 30 years,but I can still remember what happened that day when I drove a car for the first time. My mum had driven our big Plymouth to a 27       and deserted back road and 28        it. It was a oneway road and had a 29       built with river rocks along the side of it,but Mum knew there was little 30        of meeting any traffic on it that day. With a smile,she gave me the key and 31        seats with me. And then she told me to 32        the car,to put it into drive and to 33        push on the gas pedal.

  In spite of excitement,I 34       what "gently" meant.  After I pushed on the gas pedal,the car sped 35       . Before I could turn the 36       ,I heard the scratch of metal against the stone wall. I 37       the car and looked over at Mum. Her face was 38        and her hands were trembling. Slowly,she opened her door and began checking the car. Then she walked 39        around the car to the drivers side door. I kept waiting for her to 40        at me but she just 41        and said, "Well,that's enough for today. We'll try again tomorrow."

  As I 42        that day,I am amazed at the 43       amount of kindness,love and 44        my mum showed me. In the years that followed,I messed up many times in many ways. Often I didn't feel worthy to be 45       ,but each time I could feel Mum's gentle voice, "We'll try again tomorrow."When we fall today,don't stay 46      Rise up and be ready to try again tomorrow.

27. A. steep   B. narrow   C. crowded   D. loose

28. A. unloaded   B. equipped   C. repaired   D. parked

29. A. wall   B. fence   C. pole   D. bridge

30. A. choice   B. challenge   C. chance   D. task

31. A. took   B. booked   C. switched   D. adjusted

32. A. wash   B. start   C. wipe   D. push

33. A. quickly   B. heavily   C. urgently   D. gently

34. A. caught   B. misunderstood   C. guessed   D. questioned

35. A. forward   B. upward

   C. backward   D. downward

36. A. door   B. key   C. wheel   D. mirror

37. A. sped   B. tested   C. moved   D. stopped

38. A. pale   B. rough   C. calm   D. tired

39. A. angrily   B. quietly   C. casually   D. bravely

40. A. whisper   B. glare   C. shout   D. cry

41. A. apologized   B. blamed   C. complained   D. sighed

42. A. look back on   B. make up for   C. look forward to   D. put up with

43. A. small   B. huge

   C. equal   D. concrete

44. A. courage   B. ability   C. patience   D. doubt

45. A. forgiven   B. praised   C. motivated   D. ignored

46. A. up   B. away   C. aside   D. down

Answer 1

[文章大意]这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者通过描述自己第一次跟母亲学开车而撞墙的经历告诉我们，不要害怕失败，要勇于再次尝试。

27. B由下文中的deserted back road和oneway road可知，这是一条巳经荒废、偏僻的单行道，应该非常"狭窄"，故选择B 项。

steep陡峭的;crowded拥挤的，loose宽松的。

28. D由下文"With a smile,she gave me the key…"可看出，这里是说母亲停下了汽车。

unload卸载;equip安装;repan" 修理。

29. A由第二段第三句"-I heard the scratch of metal against the stone wall."可知，路边上有一道用河中的石头建造的石墙，A项符合文意。

30. C由上文对路况的描述可知，在这条路上与其他车辆相撞的几率很小。chance在此意为"可能性，可能"。

31. C母亲微笑着交给"我"钥匙，并与"我"调换了座位。switch调换，交换;book预订(房间、车票等) ；adj ust调整，校准。C项符合语境。

32. B由下文内容可看出，母亲让作者启动汽车。start在此为"启动，发动"之意。

33. D由下段首句中"…what 'gently' meant."可知答案，意思是让"我"轻轻地踩油门，故选 D. qiuckly快速地;heavily重重地;urgently迫切地，急切地；gently轻轻地，缓慢地。

34. B从下文内容可知，作者并没有轻轻地踩踏油门，可见作者误解了"gently"的含义。

misunderstand"错误估计，错误判断"，符合文意，故选 B.

35. A根据常识，一般踩油门后汽车是加速向前。forward向前地;upward向上地;backward向后;downward向下。

36. C "我"还未来得及转动方向盘，就听到了金属撞在石墙上的刮擦声。

wheel在此意为"方向盘"。

37. D由后面作者注视母亲来判断，作者已经把车停下了，应选D项。

38. A由后面母亲的手在发抖可以推断，母亲被吓得面色苍白，A项符合文意。pale苍白的;rough粗糙的，粗略的； calm镇静的;'tired疲惫的。

39. B由前面的slowly及下文内容来看，母亲表现得非常平静，B项符合语境。angrily气愤地，casually随意地;bravely 勇敢地。

40. C作者学开车闯了祸，很显然在等待母亲的呵斥，应选C项。whisper at对.... 禾厶语,小卢说；glare at怒视;shout at对……大喊，叱喝；cry at对……哭喊。

41. D由最后一段中的"…but each time I could feel Mum's gentle vo_1Ce…"可看出，母亲总是在鼓励作者要敢于再次尝试，并没有责备或埋怨作者，母亲也不应该道歉，所以应选择D项。

sigh意为"叹气，叹息"，表示一种无奈、伤心或失望的状态。

42. A look back on 回忆；make up for弥补;look forward to盼望，期待;put up with容忍，忍受。此处意思是"每次当'我'回忆起那天的经历时"。A项符合文意。

43. B当"我"回忆那天发生的事情的时候，母亲所表现出的极大的仁慈、爱心和耐心，都令"我"感到吃惊。a huge amount of大量的。B项符合文意。

44. C解释同上。故选 C.

45. A由后面的"…each time I could feel Mum's gentle voice …"可知，母亲总是会原谅作者。再由but所表示的转折关系可推知，作者常常感到自己不值得被原谅，A项符合文意。

forgive宽恕，原谅;praise称赞，表扬;motivate激发，激励;ignore忽略，忽视。

46. D stay down意思是"消沉"，符合文意，故选 D. down在此意为"倒下的，情绪低落的"。