Question

Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay(海湾). She stepped into the ___16___ and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and ___17___ to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach ___18___side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, ___19___and uneven; it became ___20___ difficult to row. If she ___21___ for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the ___22___.

She wasn’t even halfway, ___23___ she was already tired and her hands ___24___ from pulling on the rough wooden oars (船桨). “I’m never going to ___25___ it”, she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and ___26___ her head helplessly, then looked up as she ___27___ the boat shift(晃动) against the tide.

The east wind, which had swung(旋转) around from the south-west, ___28___ her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be ___ 29___. Her hands weren’t so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst ___ 30___.

The lights of the town became ___31___. One of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she ___32___ it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just ___33___? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last ___34___ on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves ___35___ and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.

16. A. car       B. boat    C. ship    D. mail

17. A. beside  B. before C. behind       D. beyond

18.A. another  B. other   C. either  D. the other

19. A. deep     B. calm   C. gentle D. rough

20. A. more    B. less     C. as       D. least

21. A. slept     B. continued   C. rested  D. rowed

22. A. home   B. mountains  C. south-west  D. entrance

23. A. if  B. so       C. but,    D. since

24. A. hurt     B. ruined C. troubled     D. broke

25. A. get       B. make  C. keep   D. take

26. A. mined  B. dropped     C. cocked       D. raised

27. A. saw      B. made  C. heard  D. felt

28. A. got to   B. came to      C. sent for      D. reached for

29. A. difficult       B. serious       C. all right      D. certain enough

30. A. any more     B. still more   C. no more     D. once more

31. A. brighter       B. bigger C. closer   D. smaller

32. A. destroyed     B. threw  C. repaired  D. seized

33. A. dreaming     B. guessing     C. inventing    D. expecting

34. A. blow    B. hit      C. pull    D. strike

35. A. anxiously     B. happily      C. sadly   D. carefully

Answer 1

16---35    BDDDA   CDCAB   BDBCA   DDACB               

解析:

文章主要描述一个女孩独自划船过海以及在海上与风浪搏击的故事。

16. B。根据下文说的 rowed out silently可知她是上了一条船。

l7. D。此处说的是，海浪冲向入口处，然后又退回大海。beyond 表示“向远处”。

18. D。因为她要row across the bay，显然是横穿海湾去另一边。

19. D。根据下文可知，海浪变得越来越大，划动小船很不容易，故此处填rough最合语境。

20. A。海浪大了，划船当然会更难了。

21. C。此处说的是，尽管划船很艰难，但她却不能停下来休息(rested)一会儿，否则潮水会把小船冲回来——正所谓“逆水行舟，不进则退”。

22. D。上文讲到她是从海湾的入口处向外面划的，所以她若停下来就有可能被冲回到入口处。

23. C。句意是：她甚至还没有划完一半，但她就已经很累了。前后为转折关系，故用but。

24. A。因为船桨很粗糙(rough)，而且她还得在大浪中用力划船，所以手被弄伤(hurt)了。

25. B。前文说，风大浪高，船桨粗糙，双手弄伤，筋疲力尽，行程还没完成一半；下文又说…her head helpless…。由此可知，此时她的心情肯定是“没望了”，故选B。make it 是习语，意思是“成功”“设法做成某事”。

26. B。按照常理，人们在 helpless, hopeless 的时候，通常是“低着头”，所以有汉语成语“垂头丧气”。另外，根据下文的 look up也可知，此处应该是 drop her head。

27. D。此处说的是她无助地坐在船上，感觉到船在迎着潮水晃动。

28. B。此处说的是，此时风向变了，西南风变成了东风，而这东风正可以帮她把船推向大山边。come to one’s help 是惯用表达，其意为“来帮助某人”。

29. C。根据下文的 Her hands weren’t so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst ___ 30___ 可知，此空填all right 最佳。

30. A。not…any more是固定搭配，意为“不再……”。

31. D。根据第1段第1句可知，这个女孩是town横渡海面到另一边去， 现在当她渡过海湾回过头来看这个town时，其灯光自己是变得越来越小。

32. D。with a start 的意思是“一惊而……”“猛然惊醒过来”。此句说的是“她一惊，抓住了桨”。

33. A。女孩在一身疲惫中借助风力不知不觉到了对岸，所以她怀疑自己是不是睡着了，或者是在做梦。

34. C。pull 在此指“摇桨”。

35. B。根据后面的…knew she had come home 可知，女孩经过努力和风的帮助终于回了家，此时她的心情自是“高兴”。