Question

I ran across a dim photo of him the other day ，going through old thing . He’s been dead for 25 years . His name was Rex.

　 1 was his favourite recreation . He had as much 　 2 in the water as any person I have known . You didn’t have to throw a stick in the water to 　3　 　him to go in . Of course , he would bring back a stick to you if you 　4　 throw one in

That 　5 me of the night , 　6　 he brought back a small chest that he found somewhere how 7 nobody ever knew . Since it was Rex , it 　8　 easily have been half a mile . The chest wasn’t a good one . It was just a 　 9 old piece that somebody 　 10 . Still , it was something he wanted , probably 11 it presented a nice problem in transportation . It tested his courage . We first knew about his achievement when , when ,deep in the night , we 12　 him trying to get the chest up onto the porch . It sounded 　13 two or three people were trying to tear the house 　14 . We came downstairs and turned on the 15 light . Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up, but it had 　16　 somehow and he was just holding his own . I suppose he would have held his own 　17　 dawn if we hadn’t helped him. The next day we carted the chest miles away and threw it out . If we had thrown it out in a 　18　 place , he would have brought it home again , as a small token of his strength in such matters . 　19 ,he had been taught to carry wooden objects about and he was 　 20　 of his skill .

1. A. Fighting　　　 B. Swimming　　　 C. Barking　　　 D. Running

2. A. fun　　　　　 B. trouble　　　　 C. danger　　　 D. difficulty

3. A. stop　　　　 B. make　　　　 C. get　　　 D. have

4. A. will　　　　 B. do　　　　　 C. did　　　 D. would

5. A. reminds　　　 B. warns　　　 C. tells 　　 D. suggests

6. A. reminds　　　 B. while　　　 C. as　　　　 D. when

7. A. far　　　　　 B. long　　　　 C. old　　　 D. heavy

8. A. could　　　　 B. can　　　　 C. should　　 D. would

9. A. priceless　　 B. worthless　　 C. valuable　 D. important

10.A.kept　　　　 B. forgot　　　　 C. deserted　 D. remained

11.A.because　　　 B. only if　　　 C. even if　　 D. in case

12.A.saw　　　　 B. heard　　　　 C. watched　 D. caught

13.A.like　　　　 B. that　　　　　 C. as if　　　 D. at least

14.A.up　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　 C. away　　 D. down

15.A.hall　　　　 B. kitchen　　　　 C. bedroom　 D. porch

16.A.rolled　　　 B. stopped　　　　 C. caught　 D. broken

17.A.at　　　　　 B. before　　　　 C. till　　　 D. during

18.A.distant　　　 B. nearby　　　　 C. silent　　　 D. busy

19.A.In all　　　 B. As a result　　　 C. At last　　 D. After all

20.A.proud　　　 B. tired　　　　　 C. ashamed　 D. doubtful

 

Answer 1

1．B 后一句说到in the water ，可见选B。

2．A have fun 玩得高兴。

3．C 其他三个搭配不对，更不用说上下文的意思了。

4．C 如果你真的把一根棍子扔到水里的话。

5．A 拿起Rex的照片，我有记起了尘封的记忆。 读到这里，你看出Rex是什么了吗？ A dog 。

6．D when 指前句的时间the night ，引导词在从句只和时间状语。

7．A 由下文it might easily have been half a mile 可知此处表示距离远近，“谁也不知道他从多远的地方，从哪个地方弄来的”。

8．A 表猜测，“可能有半里地”，四个选项中只有could 表“可能，或许”。

9．B 由下文“有人丢弃的”及后面we threw it away 可知此处用worthless (没有任何价值的)而不用A priceless（珍贵的）。

10．C 别人把这个小匣子扔掉了。

11．A 别人把它丢弃了，Rex却把它大老远弄来，这是因为Rex这条狗认为……。（此处用because表人们推测的原因。）

12．B 下文说We came downstairs 可知当时我们在upstairs，因此我们只可能是在上面听到楼下的响声，因此也就有下文的It sounded.

13．C “仿佛，好像”，描述一个与真实相反的假定事实。

14．D tear down 拆散、拆掉，tear up 撕成碎片。

15．D 由上文“我们听到门厅的动静”可知，“下楼把门厅的灯打开”观察事态。

16．C Rex要把chest弄进来，但它在门口卡住了，以至于Rex要把它弄上来时发出阵阵响声。catch 在本句中表示“卡住、困住”。

17．C 半夜三更时发生的这件事，要不是我们出现的话，它会坚持到天亮的，联系上文的test his courage , hold his own , 这狗还真有点韧性。

18．B 如果我们把箱子扔近了，Rex会再次把它弄来的。

19．D 毕竟它有这种长途搬运的能力（它还会这样干的）。

20．A 它总爱向我们展示它的这种能力。