8．Your company enjoys a good________(名声)in this field.I’ve heard that you take care of your employees and offer good salaries.

7．The UK public remains________(怀疑的)about the impact caused by climate change and believes the problem is being overstated by scientists.

6．A red sky at night________(暗示；表明)that the following day will be fine.

5．The sea c________down after the storm.

4．We are warned that if we continue to destroy the environment，many more animals and plants will become e________.

3．I saw an old lady with________(灰白的)hair get on the bus.

2．It is 2,189 meters high and c________an area of about ten s________kilometers.

1．The terrible noise f________all the people present.

Mary Menth Andersen had just married Norwegian Andersen.She was looking forward to __1__ a new life with him.But first she had to get all of her __2__ across to Norway.

At the airport in Miami，when it was finally Mary’s turn at the check­in counter，she __3__ her luggage on the baggage line.But she got the __4__ that would crush her bubbling feeling of happiness：“You’ll have to pay 103 dollars __5__ you want to bring those suitcases to Norway，” the man said.

Mary had no money.Her new husband had travelled __6__ her，and she had no one else to call. “I was completely __7__ and tried to think which of my things I could __8__ without.” said Mary.

Although she explained，he showed no signs of __9__. “I started to cry，tears were __10__ my face.Then I heard a __11__ and friendly voice behind me saying, ‘That’s OK，I’ll __12__ her.’”

Although this happened 20 years ago，Mary still remembers the __13__ that radiated from the man. “He was nicely and __14__ dressed，with brown leather shoes，a cotton shirt open at the throat，” says Mary.She was __15__ to be able to bring her suitcases and __16__ the stranger that he would get his money back.The man wrote his name and __17__ on a piece of paper which __18__ “Barack Obama” and “Kansas”．Mary carried the paper around in her wallet for years.She paid the 103　 dollars back to Obama the day after she arrived in Norway.

This week we met her in the café that she runs. “It’s __19__ to think that the man who helped me 20 years ago is the US President，” says Mary __20__.

[语篇导读] 年轻的Mary Menth Andersen要去挪威和她的丈夫团聚，但在迈阿密机场她却因为没有钱付行李费而处于绝望境地。就在这时，一位年轻的男士挺身而出，替她付了钱。他就是当今美国总统奥巴马。

1．A.starting　 B．escaping　 C．abandoning　 D．dreaming

解析：句意为：她一直期待着和他开始新的生活。start a new life意为“开始新的生活”。abandon“放弃”，escape“逃避”，dream“梦想”，都不符合句意。

答案：A

2．A.pockets　 B．skirts　 C．belongings　 D．cups

解析：她不得不将她所有的东西从美国带到挪威去。从下文“她不得不交103美元的运suitcase的费用”可知，此处用belongings，意为“财物”。

答案：C

3．A.removed　 B．placed　 C．fetched　 D．carried

解析：她把行李放在了行李带上。place是及物动词，表示“放置”，符合语境。其他选项中，fetch“去取来”，carry“随身携带”，都不符合语境。

答案：B

4．A.news　 B．signal　 C．announcement　 D．message

解析：语境为：但是她得到一个信息，可能会让她的幸福感破灭。message表示“信息”，符合语境。news“消息，新闻”，signal“信号，暗号”，announcement“通告”，都可排除。

答案：D

5．A.although　 B．as　 C．if　 D．when

解析：根据上下文，前一句是后一句实现的条件，因此选用能引导条件状语从句的连词if。

答案：C

6．A.after　 B．together with　 C．opposite to　 D．ahead of

解析：由文章大意可知，她的丈夫提前走了，因此才有后面的had no one else to call，因此用ahead of。

答案：D

7．A.anxious　 B．desperate　 C．upset　 D．puzzled

解析：我完全绝望了。此处描述当时的心情，根据语境可以排除其他选项。

答案：B

8．A.manage　 B．succeed　 C．operate　 D．complete

解析：动词manage意为“处理，应付”，manage without意为“没有也行，在没有(某物)的情况下继续”。

答案：A

9．A.favour　 B．kindness　 C．mercy　 D．hope

解析：他没有表现出一点儿仁慈的迹象。名词mercy的意思是“仁慈，宽恕”，符合语境。

答案：C

ing down　 B．falling down　 C．pouring down　 D．setting down

解析：pour down是“流下”之意，语境为：我的眼泪从脸上流下来。come down“倒塌，下来”；fall down“跌倒，失败”；set down“放下，记下”。

答案：C

11．A.loud　 B．bored　 C．angry　 D．gentle

解析：句意为：那时，我听到我后面的一个人用温柔的、友好的声音说……形容词gentle意为“温柔的，柔和的”。

答案：D

12．A.pay for　 B．pay back 　C．pay off　 D．pay up

解析：根据上下文，此处表示“为她支付费用”，用pay for。

答案：A

13．A.independence　 B．confidence　 C．courage　 D．authority

解析：句意为：尽管这件事情已经过去二十年了，但她仍然记得从他身上所散发出来的威严。authority表示“威信，威严”，此处暗示在那时她就感觉到奥巴马有与众不同的地方。

答案：D

14．A.cautiously　 B．ordinarily　 C．fashionably　 D．furiously

解析：从下文可以看出奥巴马当时穿的衣服是很时尚的。cautiously是“谨慎地，小心地”，ordinarily“普通地”，furiously是“猛烈地”，都不符合语境。

答案：C

15．A.annoyed　 B．thrilled　 C．depressed　 D．amused

解析：形容词thrilled表示“激动的，兴奋的”。有人给她付钱，她能够把行李带走了，她感到很兴奋。

答案：B

16．A.persuaded　 B．emphasized　 C．assured　 D．admitted

解析：她向那个陌生人保证还他钱。assure是“保证”之意，符合语境。

答案：C

17．A.job　 B．telephone　 C．age　 D．address

解析：由下文出现的Kansas可知，他留下的是姓名和地址。

答案：D

18．A.told　 B．wrote　 C．spoke　 D．said

解析：表示“纸条上写的是什么”之意时，可以用say，read或on which be written。

答案：D

19．A.shocking　 B．amazing　 C．frightening　 D．embarrassing

解析：二十年前帮助她的人现在是美国总统，这是很令人惊讶的。amazing表示“令人惊讶的，令人高兴的”。

答案：B

20．A.stressfully　 B．worriedly　 C．delightedly　 D．interestedly

解析：她说这话的时候当然非常高兴，因此用delightedly。

答案：C

5．Please explain the house’s position on the hill.