Question

Diane Ray was completely self-centered and very spoilt. Her parents gave her   36 she wanted, knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气)if they did not. She would scream and kick and  37 on the floor drumming her heels. Her parents always   38 .

That was why she was alone on the  39 , wearing an expensive swimsuit. It has taken a massive tantrum to  40 her parents to buy it. They were back at the beach-house, 41 from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving  42 . “Dangerous?” she had said. “You just don’t want me to have  43 . I’m going and if you try to stop me, I’ll scream.”

“What are you doing ?” a voice asked. Diane jumped. She did not know that the man was there 44  he spoke .

“I’m going diving, ” she answered.

“You shouldn’t swim that day, ” the man  45 . “There is a storm coming up.”

“You should mind your own   46 !” Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves.

“If you go out there you’ll be  47 ,” the man called after her. She did not bother to reply.

Diane slipped into the water and dived   48  until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to  49 against the current (水流). Saltwater hit against her face, making it  50 to breathe. Oh, why had she not listened to advice.

Panicking, she began to  51 . Then, just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface, she heard a  52 voice. “Hold on ! I’m coming.” With  53 , she saw the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her. “I hope you’ve learned a lesson. You put us both in  54 , ” he shouted angrily, as he dragged her over the side of the  55 . Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach-house.

1.                A．either          B．neither         C．nothing   D．everything

 

2.                A．jump           B．lie             C．spin D．sleep

 

3.                A．set out         B．set in           C．gave in   D．gave out

 

4.                A．beach          B．bed            C．floor D．ship

 

5.                A．allow          B．warn           C．get  D．prefer

 

6.                A．changing        B．recovering      C．appearing D．traveling

 

7.                A．alone          B．away           C．again D．aside

 

8.                A．time           B．money         C．food D．fun

 

9.                A．when          B．until           C．after D．once

 

10.               A．decided        B．intended       C．advised   D．repeated

 

11.               A．business        B．swimsuit        C．friends    D．parents

 

12.               A．angry          B．sorry          C．confused  D．excited

 

13.               A．nervously       B．sadly           C．shyly D．happily

 

14.               A．rise           B．swim           C．stop  D．row

 

15.               A．difficult        B．easy           C．comfortable    D．suitable

 

16.               A．speak          B．sing           C．sniff  D．scream

 

17.               A．calm           B．frightening      C．beautiful  D．disgusting

 

18.               A．regret         B．relief          C．interest   D．ease

 

19.               A．power         B．safety          C．danger    D．thought

 

20.               A．house          B．wave          C．beach D．boat

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

【文章大意】主人公Diane Ray是个任性执拗的女孩。父母对其无奈。多亏有好人相助，使她在一次游泳中化险为夷。这也给了她一个实实在在的教训！

1.由上文Diane Ray was … very spoilt.(受宠)以及下文…knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum if they did not。可以推测：她想要什么，父母亲给她什么。

2.Diane Ray会耍小孩脾气。碰到没满足之事，不难想象她会：scream（尖叫） and kick（乱踢） and…on the floor drumming her heels.(耍赖躺在地上顿脚)。jump      （跳）， spin （旋转），sleep（睡）都不能准确体现Diane Ray的个性。

3.set out 出发 set in 以……为背景 gave in 屈服gave out 分发由上文Diane Ray was … very spoilt.(受宠)和throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气)可以得知父母对其无奈，只得屈服。

4.确定该选项的三个信息：①后文…wearing an expensive swimsuit(游泳衣)，穿着游泳衣准备下水。②故事的主要情节是她在一次游泳中化险为夷。③They were back at the beach-house 和Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach-house.

5.get sb to do sth="make" sb do sth 使得某人做某事。该句的意思是：Diane Ray肯定耍了多次小孩脾气才使得父母为其买下了游泳衣。

6.由They were back at the beach-house和 when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving可以得知Diane Ray不被允许go diving，那她又会throw a temper tantrum。recover from… 有“从…恢复”之意。此处recovering…为动词ing形式做伴随状语。如果去掉介词from，可以考虑用appearing。

7.“单独”下水游泳，才可能产生危险。C 选项again(又)，上下文中并没有提及她之前在那下水游泳过。所以不符原文意思。

8.Diane Ray想下水，不管有伴没伴，纯粹是为了自个儿嬉耍玩乐。根本不考虑是否有危险性。have fun玩耍其它选项不符合原文意思。

9.正吵着要下水时候Diane冷不丁听到一个声音。她的反应是 jumped. 当然直到the man说话时才意识到他的存在。Not …until…直到……才……

10.“You shouldn’t swim that day, ” 是陌生人给她的一个建议。下文危险发生后Oh, why had she not listened to advice.该句可以印证。

11.mind one’s business管自己的事，不干涉别人的事如：A：Where did you go last night? 昨晚你去那儿去了?B：Mind your own business. 你少管闲事。又如：It’s none of your business. 这不关你的事(你少管闲事)。

12.上文“There is a storm coming up.”（有暴风雨快来了。）而Diane不听建议，不顾危险下水游泳，那可能会出了事的。出了事会痛苦，难过的。这是劝说者想表达的意思。D选项excited与原文意思相悖。angry和confused不符合原意。

13.Diane Ray不顾危险独自下水了，并且游得很起劲。此时危险来临。D选项符合逻辑。A 选项nervously（紧张地），干扰最大。但联系上文Diane任性的个性。她不听劝告，显然不会意识到危险性的存在。所以A选项排除。B,C选项不符文意。

14.根据“…white caps began rolling in…（浪端的白泡沫不断翻滚.，越积越厚）”和“…and it became harder to …against the current ”（游过水流，变得更难了。），所以B选项swim符合原文逻辑。

15.根据行文逻辑，该段主要描写Diane Ray不听劝告私自游水面临的险象。又如“…Saltwater hit against her face, making it …to breathe.”Saltwater打脸，呛口，当然使得呼吸产生困难。所以A选项符合文意。

16.上文从浪端泡沫翻滚和Saltwate打脸，呛口两方面描绘Diane Ray面临的生命危险。“Panicking, she began to …”Diane Ray开始紧张了，便大声呼救。所以D选项正确。A选项 speak干扰较大，侧重“演讲，发言”之意。所以A答案不选。

17.原文“…seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface, …”（Diane Ray看来正要下沉时），有个声音在说“Hold on ! I’m coming”（坚持住！我就来了。）。话中透露出冷静的语气：面对险境，别慌！所以A选项calm符合文章逻辑。

18.看到 the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her。有人来救她了！当然感到舒了一口气。With relief 宽慰，舒心 at ease安逸，自由自在

19.Diane Ray 的任性，不听劝告私自下水会出生命危险。而在暴风雨天气中施救者同时可能有危险，所以可推测句子“You put us both in…, ” 意为“你置于我们都处于险境”。In danger 处于危险之中

20.由上文“she saw the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her.”（……看见这位老人朝她划着一只古旧的小船。）可以判断出施救者是划船去救人的。因此把她从水中捞起，拉上船舷（the side of the boat）。C选项beach干扰最大，但一般先救上船中，然后带到岸边。所以C项不选。