Question

One night, Lottie Williams was walking alone through a park in Tulsa. Suddenly she saw a huge high up in the sky. She was surprised at that very moment. She thought she'd just a shooting star. Less than thirty minutes later, that surprise turned to .

"I was walking through the park when I felt a tap on my ." Williams explained. As a result of being , she started to run, thinking a stranger had appeared out of . Then she heard something hit the ground behind her. "The was similar to an empty glass jar, " Williams recalled. " Then I and found it looked like a piece of fabric (织物) , it sounded like metal. " Williams felt that she was just fine.

Excited by her , she took the fallen piece of sky to her local library where she was advised to the National Weather Service, who told her about that had entered the earth ' s atmosphere the night before. After what had happened, Williams took the piece to the University of Tulsa where Dr Winton Cornell it with an electron microscope.

"It had been partly when flying down at high speed. It appeared to be the kind of material used t0 fuel tanks," Williams said. She then sent it to a research center, where they did further analysis the material to be part of the fuel tank of a US spacecraft, the 0f which is to make sure fuel tanks can not be damaged easily. Lottie Williams has become perhaps the only person in history to ever get hit by falling space rubbish.

1.A. bird B. fireball C. star D. moon

2.A. drawn B. caught C. photographed D. witnessed

3.A. fear B. hope C. worry D. excitement

4.A. once B. ever C. still D. again

5.A. head B. back C. neck D. shoulder

6.A. frightened B. annoyed C. disturbed D. ashamed

7.A. breath B. danger C. anywhere D. nowhere

8.A. height B. weight C. shape D. strength

9.A. jumped up B. bent down C. showed off D. turned around

10.A. but B. 80 C. or D. since

11.A. nervous B. proud C. lucky D. guilty

12.A. invention B. discovery C. expectation D. prediction

13.A. join B. start C. run D. consult

14.A. a rocket B. an alien C. a UFO D. a planet

15.A. admitting B. explaining C. realizing D. remembering

16.A. repaired B. studied C. improved D. recovered

17.A. valued B. settled C. furnished D. melted

18.A. protect B. fill C. decorate D. examine

19.A. wishing B. imagining C. confirming D. announcing

20.A. result B. function C. future D. Source

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇小短文主要讲述了Lottie晚上在经过公园时发现天上掉下了一块不知名物质，然后找人检验后，发现是火箭发射时融化的外壳掉了下来的故事。

1.考查名词辨析。A 鸟；B 火球；C 星星；D 月亮。由句意可判断出Lottie当时非常惊讶，显然只有看到巨大火球才会有这种反应，故选B。

2.考查动词辨析。A 描述；B 抓住；C 拍照；D 瞥见。Lottie以为自己看到了一颗流星，故选D。

3.考查名词辨析。根据后文可知，过了一段时间以后，惊讶变成了惊吓，故选A。

4.考查连词辨析。根据句意可知Lottie当时仍然走在那条路上，故选C。

5.考查名词辨析。根据下文可以判断出Lottie觉得当时有什么东西在自己背后，故选B。

6.A 恐惧的；B 恼怒的；C 不安的；D 羞愧的。根据句意可知当时Lottie受到了很大惊吓，故选A。

7.考查名词辨析。根据句意可知Lottie害怕从任何地方跳出什么东西来，anywhere用于否定句，nowhere表示任何地方，所以应该选D。

8.考查名词辨析。A 高度；B 体重；C 形状；D 力量。根据句意可知是一个形状像玻璃罐一样的东西出现，故选C。

9.考查短语辨析。A 跳起；B弯腰 ；C 炫耀；D 转身。联系上下文可知Lottie转身去看情况，故选D。

10.考查连词辨析。根据句意可知这里表示转折，可判断选A。

11.考查形容词词辨析。发现没有什么奇怪的事，Lottie感到很幸运，故选C。

12.考查名词辨析。A 发明；B 发现；C 出人意料的事；D 预言。此时Lottie因为自己的发现感到兴奋，故选B。

13.考查动词辨析。A 参加；B 开始；C 跑；D 咨询、请教。根据后文可知Lottie打算去咨询她捡起来的东西，故选D。

14.考查名词辨析。A 一个火箭；B一个外星人；C一个不明飞行物；D一架飞机。Lottie想起之前有人曾告诉她昨晚有火箭被发射了，故选A。

15.考查动词辨析。在意识到发生了什么之后，Lottie带着捡到的东西去了塔尔萨大学，故选C。

16.考查动词辨析。A 修理；B 学习；C改善；D 修复。根据句意可知Dr Winton Cornel在那所大学里面学习，故选B。

17.考查动词辨析。A 评价；B 安置；C 装备；D 融化。根据前文可知火箭发射时部分在高速度之下会融化，故选D。

18.考查动词辨析。A 保护；B 充满；C 装饰；D 检查。根据句意可知这是一块保护火箭的油箱的物质，所以选A。

19.考查动词辨析。A 希望；B 想象；C 证实；D 宣布。他们将这块物质进行进一步检测以证实之前的推测，应该选C。

20.考查名词辨析。A 结果；B 功能；C 未来；D 资源。根据前文可知他们带着那块物质去研究中心做检测，这里是在解释这个东西的功能，应该选B。

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