Question

【題目】閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇最佳選項。

It was the middle of July. I had spent two days exploring a bat cave in thedesert in southern New Mexico. The cave was part of an ancient flow of lava（熔巖流），now hardened into rock. I had left the cave and was driving my pickup truckon a rough（高低不平的）track across the________surface of the lava flow.

Suddenly, the truck came to a stop, caught on a black lava rock.

A quick check of the underside ______the worst: the truck's axle（車軸）was bent，nearly broken intwo. I couldn't ______ help in such faraway country. I put the food and cans of water into my backpackand set off on foot, going north, the direction of the main highway．I was low on water. Too little food didnot matter much, but hiking across the desert in July without water could be dangerous. As I set out,unreasonable ______ came over my mind. I was afraid of everything around me. Each creature mademy heart jump. In my mind, every movement was a scary animal about to strike and kill me.

I walked for hours and cried until I________that nobody was around to hear me. Complaining wasuseless. A change came over me. I began to feel less afraid. Fear was replaced by curiosity. I went on,and slowly but surely began to see the desert world differently, through_______ eyes, not frightened ones.That night I lay on the warm sand, using my backpack as a pillow. The sky went dark. The starsbegan to shine in the hugeness of the heavens. With a smile I thought how little there was to fear, afterall. By noon the following day I ______north. I began to think how lucky I was to see the wild desertworld. A wrecked truck and a forced hike across the desert gave me an/a ______ to see what few othersever saw

Late in the day, I came to a farmhouse. I drank all the lemonade that the farmer and his wife had intheir refrigerator. "I liked it out there," I told them when we got to talking. "I just wish I had been lessfrightened. I would have noticed more that way "I know what you mean," the man said thoughtfully."It's a rare sight, that desert wilderness, a rare sight’

【1】A. cleanB. flatC. hardD. smooth

【2】A. provedB. orderedC. thoughtD. imagined

【3】A. chooseB. explainC. suggestD. expect

【4】A. prideB. fearsC. painsD. surprise

【5】A. wonderedB. rememberedC. describedD. realized

【6】A. tiredB. nervousC. interestedD. satisfied

【7】A. continuedB. searchedC. improvedD. increased

【8】A. changeB. opportunityC. attentionD. responsibility

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【解析】

本篇講述作者在考察一個蝙蝠洞后在歸途中車軸壞了，只好帶上食物和水朝北有公路的方向走。途中克服了恐懼的心理，看到了很少人能夠看到的稀奇的的景象。

【1】句意：我已經(jīng)離開那個洞，開著皮卡車沿著堅硬的熔巖流形成的一條高低不平的路行駛。

考查形容詞辨析。 A. clean（干凈的）；B. flat（平坦的）；C. hard（堅硬的）；D.smooth（順滑的）；根據(jù)上文The cave was part of an ancient flow of lava（熔巖流），now hardened into rock.可知熔巖流現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)凝固成石頭，判斷皮卡車是在堅硬在的熔巖流的路上走著，故選C。

【2】句意：快速的底部檢查證實情況是最糟糕：卡車的車軸彎了，幾乎斷成2截。

考查動詞辨析。A. proved（證實、證明）； B. ordered（命令）；C. thought（想）；D. imagined（想象）；根據(jù)下文“the truck's axle（車軸）was bent，nearly broken in two.車軸卡車的車軸彎了，幾乎斷成2截”檢查底部的結(jié)果證實情況是很糟糕的，“prove”意為“證明、證實”，故選A。

【3】句意：離村子如此遠我不能期望得到什么幫助。

考查動詞辨析。A. choose（選擇）；B. explain（解釋）；C. suggest（建議）；D. expect（期待、期盼）；根據(jù)上文車子壞了，按常理是希望能得到幫助，但是現(xiàn)在離村子很遠，期望不了有誰來幫助；expect意為“期望”，故選D。

【4】句意：當我出發(fā)時，莫名的恐懼向我襲來。

考查名詞辨析。 A. pride（驕傲）；B. fears（害怕）；C. pains（疼痛）；D. surprise（驚訝）；根據(jù)下文的描述“I was afraid of everything around me..我害怕周圍的一切”判斷當時的心理是害怕的；fear意為“害怕”，故選B。

【5】句意：我走了幾個小時叫喊著直到我意識到四周沒有人會聽到我。

考查動詞辨析。A. wondered（懷疑）；B. remembered（記得）；C. described（描述）；D. realized（意識）；根據(jù)上文“I walked for hours and cried我走了幾個小時叫喊著”可知叫喊沒有得到任何回應(yīng)，意識到?jīng)]人會聽到；realize意為“意識到”，故選D。

【6】句意：好奇取代恐懼。我慢慢地堅定地繼續(xù)走，用感興趣的眼睛而不是恐懼的眼睛，我開始看到不同的沙漠世界。

考查形容詞辨析。A. tired（疲勞的）；B. nervous（不安的）；C. interested（感興趣的）；D. satisfied（滿意的）；根據(jù)上文“Fear was replaced by curiosity. 好奇取代恐懼”可知心理上已經(jīng)戰(zhàn)勝恐懼，對周圍世界開始好奇，所以，用感興趣的眼睛去看沙漠，interested意為“感興趣的”，故選C。

【7】句意：到第二天中午，我繼續(xù)往北走。

考查動詞辨析。A. continued（繼續(xù)）；B. searched（搜索）；C. improved（改善、提高）；D. increased（增加）；根據(jù)第三段I put the food and cans of water into my backpack and set off on foot, going north, the direction of the main highway可知朝北走是公路的方向，判斷在經(jīng)過一晚上的休整后，繼續(xù)往北走；continue意為“繼續(xù)”，故選A。

【8】句意：壞掉的卡車和被迫的沙漠徒步，讓我有機會看到很少人能看到的景象。

考查名詞辨析A. change（改變）；B. opportunity（機會）；C. attention（通知）；D. responsibility（負責(zé)）；根據(jù)下文It's a rare sight, that desert wilderness, a rare sight’可知我所看到的景象是非常稀有的，很少人才有機會看到的景象，opportunity意為“機會”，故選B。

本篇完型主要考查詞義辨析。解答前要跳空閱讀全文，理解大意；再閱讀選項，逐個理解選項的詞義；然后回歸原文，根據(jù)語法 、句意、上下文聯(lián)系、固定搭配或句型排除干擾項，得出答案。本篇所有的詞義都要根據(jù)上下文聯(lián)系的確定，所以，解答時要全面的把握文章，根據(jù)發(fā)展的情節(jié)，推測空格所缺的信息；完篇后，要把答案回歸原文，通讀全文，檢查語法是否正確、語義是否合乎文章的意思。