Question

【題目】

A. waving B. wait for C. in search of D. crawling E. clearer

Captain Joseph Mackey's airplane was flying over the ocean on its way to Great Britain when engine trouble started. He turned back and made a crash-landing at night in the deep snow of Newfoundland. All the men in the plane were killed except Captain Mackey who was badly hurt.

Captain Mackey waited all the next morning for an airplane to come 【1】 him. In the afternoon he set out to find help. He went about a mile but found that he was too weak to go on through the snow. Half walking and half 【2】 he made his way back to the plane.

The second day many planes passed above him, but none of the pilots saw him. In his plane was a flask（長頸瓶）of aluminum（鋁）powder. He poured this on a huge stone to make the stone shine, but the wind blew it off.

The third day Captain Mackey heard a plane coming nearer, flying very low. It flew right over him and passed on. Then he gave up hope of being found. In a few minutes the plane returned, and the pilot dipped（稍微降低）one wing to get a 【3】 view. He had seen the aluminum powder blown by the wind on the snow.

The pilot cane for a better look, and then he saw Captain Mackey 【4】 his arms. Jim Allison, the pilot, was an old friend. Allison quickly climbed higher and sent a radio message. In a short time a plane cane and dropped a sleeping bag, food, medicine and tools for Captain Mackey. Later two men arrived with a sled to rescue him.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】E

【4】A

【解析】

本文主要介紹了由于飛機故障，除了約瑟夫·麥基上尉，機上其他所有的人都犧牲了，他想盡辦法錄求幫助，最終成功獲救。

【1】句意： 約瑟夫·麥基第二天等飛機來尋找他，等了一整個上午。

In search of尋找，依據(jù)前文飛機出故障，他幸存下來，結(jié)合本句“waited all the next morning for an airplane to come”，他等飛機應(yīng)該是為了來幫助它，in search of 表目的狀語，表示 “（以便于）尋找……”，故答案為in search of。

【2】句意：他半走半爬行的順著路艱難地回到飛機旁。

crawling爬行。依據(jù)前句“He went…too weak to go on through the snow.”“他太虛弱而不能再穿過大雪”，可知他沒有力氣了，他回去應(yīng)該是“半走半爬行回到飛機旁”。故答案為crawling。

【3】句意：飛行員降低機翼飛得低些，以便看得更清楚。

Clearer更清楚；根據(jù)前文飛機飛過，但沒發(fā)現(xiàn)他，“the plane returned,”“飛機飛回來”，所以應(yīng)該是好像發(fā)現(xiàn)了什么，“飛得低些，以便看得更清楚”。故答案為clearer。

【4】句意：他發(fā)現(xiàn)約瑟夫·麥基正在揮動著胳膊。

Waving揮動，wave的現(xiàn)在分詞。依據(jù)飛行員為了進一步看清楚，然后他看見“he saw Captain Mackey__” , see sb doing，看見某人正在做某事，結(jié)合所給單詞選項，應(yīng)該是“正在揮動著胳膊”，故答案為waving。

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