Question

It was 1958. I was eighteen and was working as a nurse in a rural town west of Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days ____ from duty after working overtime for some time. ___， the only train that day back to my hometown, over 270 km away, had already ___. I thought I'd thumb a lift.

I waited by the side of the ____ for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and ____ himself as Gordon. He said that ____ he couldn't give me a lift, I could come to his house, which was across the road, for lunch. He'd been watching me and thought I must be ____ after standing for hours. I hesitated but he assured me I was ____， and he also offered to help me find a ____ home afterwards.

When we arrived at Gordon's ____， he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he stopped a car, which took me to my hometown.

Then I got married, but my husband didn't believe in giving ____ a ride. This made me feel ____ when we'd pass people waiting on the roadside, as I could ____ offer them the lift they hoped for.

Twenty?five years later, in 1983, I was driving alone to a nearby town, when I ____ an elderly man with a small boy, standing in the glaring heat, trying to ____ a ride. I saw my chance to repay someone for the ____ I'd been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked the ____ up. I made them comfortable on the back seat and ____ some water and sweets.

After a few minutes of small talk, the man said to me，“You haven't changed a bit, ____ your red hair is still the same.” I couldn't ____ where I'd met him. He then told me he was Gordon.

1.A.off B．away

C．out B．up

2.A.Surprisingly B．Hopefully

C．Unfortunately D．Strangely

3.A.started B．left

C．delayed D．arrived

4.A.town B．station

C．railway D．highway

5.A.considered B．described

C．introduced D．named

6.A.when B．once

C．although D．unless

7.A.tired B．thirsty

C．angry D．hungry

8.A.careful B．safe

C．young D．suspicious

9.A.lift B．way

C．train D．bicycle

10.A.kitchen B．shop

C．house D．garage

11.A.villagers B．strangers

C．relatives D．neighbours

12.A.bad B．nervous

C．excited D．anxious

13.A.ever B．still

C．never D．sometimes

14.A.recognized B．noticed

C．knew D．observed

15.A.offer B．enjoy

C．demand D．get

16.A.support B．debt

C．effort D．favour

17.A.pair B．couple

C．group D．team

18.A.exchanged B．shared

C．drank D．brought

19.A.even B．only

C．thus D．just

20.A.remind B．repeat

C．recommend D．recall

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。一位叫Gordon的陌生人对作者进行了帮助，带作者去家里吃饭，并帮助作者搭便车。后来，作者一直想帮助别人，特别是等待搭便车的人，但是由于作者的丈夫对陌生人不信任，一直未能实现。后来，作者在一次单独驾车出行时，帮助了一位老人和孩子搭便车，而那位老人竟然就是曾经帮助作者的Gordon。

1.A 考察副词辨析。根据下文的after working overtime for some time可知此处表示休假5天。在4各选项中，off有休假的意思。故A正确。

2.2】C 考察副词辨析。根据下文the only train that day…I thought I’d…可知唯一可以返乡的火车已经离开，所以作者感觉自己很不幸运。故C项正确。

3.3】B 考察动词辨析。根据下文I thought I’d thumb a lift可知作者认为自己只能搭便车了。由此可以推理唯一的火车已经离开了。故B正确。

4.4】D 考察名词辨析。根据语境可知，作者当时在路边等着搭便车，highway指公路，大路，与文意相符。故D正确。

5.5】答案：C　考查动词辨析。一位路过的男士介绍自己是Gordon。introduce oneself as可作为短语使用，是“自称”之意。由此可知，C项符合语境。故答案选C。

6.6】答案：C　考查连词辨析。根据下文“I could come to his house”可知，前后句为让步关系。因此，although“虽然，尽管”与此相符。故答案选C。

7.7】答案：D　考查形容词辨析。根据下文“after standing for hours”和上文“for lunch”，并结合选项可知，空格处表达的意思是“饥饿的”，因此，hungry符合文义。故答案选D。

8.8】B 考察形容词辨析。根据下文可知Gordon请作者去他家吃午饭，因为当时作者有点犹豫，所以对方使作者相信自己是安全的。由此可知，空格处应该使用safe，suspicious，故B正确。

9.9】A 考察名词辨析。根据上文第一段最后一句，I thought I’d thumb a lift,可知，此处指的是Gordon使作者相信他他也会帮助作者搭到一辆车。根据lift符合上下文语境。故A正确。

10.0】C 考察名词辨析。根据上文第二段第一句I could come to his hous可知作者到了Gordon的住处。故C项符合上下文。

11.1】B 考察名词辨析。此处的语境与上文形成鲜明的对比，作者的丈夫不相信陌生人，不会让他们搭便车。由此可知B正确。

12.2】答案：A　考查形容词辨析。作者一心想帮助别人搭便车，但是，她的丈夫不愿意那样做。因此，从那些在路边上等待搭便车的人旁边经过时，作者心里感到难过。由此可知，bad符合文义。故答案选A。

13.3】C 考察副词辨析。根据上下文可知，作者之所以难过，是因为她从来不帮助陌生人，让他们搭便车。选项中只有C项表示否定的含义。故C正确。

14.4】B 考察动词辨析。作者第一次单独驾车时，注意到一个老人带着一个小男孩。因此B项符合上下文含义。

15.5】D考察动词辨析。根据上下文可知，此处指老人正在等着搭便车，get a ride是固定搭配，是搭便车的意思。故D正确。

16.6】D 考察名词辨析。根据上文可知，此处指作者早在几十年前就被给予了帮助，所以作者在寻找机会来报答曾经被给予帮助。D项帮助，恩惠；符合上下文。故D正确。

17.7】答案：A　考查名词辨析。根据上文“an elderly man with a small boy”可知，此处指的是老人和孩子两个人。在四个选项中，pair符合文义。故答案选A。

18.8】B 考察动词辨析。根据语境可知，此处指的是作者和他们一起分享水和甜品。因此shared与文意相符。故B正确。

19.9】答案：A　考查副词辨析。根据上下文可知，空格处表示的是程度，前后两句为递进关系，even意为“甚至”，与此相符。故答案选A。

20.20】答案：D　考查动词辨析。根据语境可知，作者一时想不起在哪里见过他。remind意为“提醒”；repeat意为“重复”；recommend意为“推荐，建议，劝告”；recall意为“回想起，记起”。根据语境可知，答案选D。