A few years ago my husband，my son and I were traveling to visit my cousins. It was about two or three in the morning，when it became clear that we were lost. The country seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get.

Finally we a truck stop. So we pulled in and I got out of the car for "Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?" I asked.

A very tired waitress looked up and said, "Lady, I haven't got a clue."

Since she was not , I looked around at the customers．There，sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life. Chains．Black leather. Skulls and crossbones (骷髏).

I immediately thought of my in the car and what these characters might do to us.

"We know you're going," one of them said cheerfully. "Not only that，but we'll take you there."

I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles，gesturing,“ us!”

We started to follow them down the dark and quiet country roads. After a few minutes, my son decided it was all for us. "They're taking us to a place, and that will be the end," he said . "I'm never going to see my school or my friends again. How you do this to me?"

I whispered to my husband，"I don't want to scare Jack, but he's right. I am a bit . It's dark. The road is getting very lonely. And these people are tough. Maybe I did the thing."

"No kidding," he replied. "We're just going to have to trust that it's going to be all right."

About an hour later, after through endless back roads deep in the woods，they to us to go left. We looked up, and there was the for Merridale Road. They had put us on the right road after all. And then they good-bye and disappeared from view. If I've learned anything on this

journey of mine, it's that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there's likely to be a company of .

1.A. music B. roads C. days D. school

2.A. found B. called C. missed D. left

3.A. time B. gas C. water D. directions

4.A. helpful B. careful C. beautiful D. hopeful

5.A. maps B. bags C. family D. gifts

6.A. how B. what C. why D. where

7.A. If B. Since C. Because D. Before

8.A. Invite B. Show C. Follow D. Give

9.A. over B. right C. alone D. around

10.A. cool B. lonely C. safe D. new

11.A. uneasily B. cheerfully C. curiously D. uncertainly

12.A. should B. can C. would D. must

13.A. annoyed B. excited C. frightened D. amazed

14.A. same B. bad C. funny D. wrong

15.A. winding B. looking C. walking D. climbing

16.A. greeted B. connected C. gestured D. hurried

17.A. label B. notice C. poster D. sign

18.A. kissed B. waved C. shook D. blew

19.A. tiring B. crazy C. interesting D. fancy

20.A. angels B. friends C. partners D. relatives

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.B

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇故事類短文，講述了作者在去探親途中迷路的故事。幾年前，作者一家去親戚家，在凌晨兩段多的時(shí)候他們迷路了，最后在陌生人的帶領(lǐng)下，他們終于找到了要去的地方。由此作者認(rèn)為在人生的每個(gè)彎處都會(huì)有天使在幫助我們。

1.B. 名詞辨析。A. music音樂；B. roads道路； C. days 天； D. school學(xué)校。從語境可知作者開車旅行，而且迷了路，由此判斷此處指路沒有盡頭，選B。

2.A動(dòng)詞辨析。A. found發(fā)現(xiàn)；B. called叫，打電話； C. missed 想念；D. left剩下，離開。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知他們終于到了一個(gè)有人煙的地方，選A。

3.D名詞辨析。A. time 時(shí)間；B. gas 汽油； C. water 水；D directions方向。上文提到作者在鄉(xiāng)下迷路了，所以他們到停車點(diǎn)去問路，選D。

4.A形容詞辨析。 A. helpful 有幫助的；B. careful 仔細(xì)的； C. beautiful 美麗的； D. hopeful有希望的。根據(jù)女服務(wù)員的話"Lady, I haven't got a clue."可知她幫不上忙，所以選A。

5.C名詞辨析。 A. maps 地圖；B. bags書包；C. family家庭；D. gifts禮物。根據(jù)空后內(nèi)容and what these characters might do to us.可知作者想到了坐在車?yán)锼恼煞�，孩子，故答案選C。

6.D連詞辨析。 A. how 如何；B. what 什么； C. why 為什么；D. where哪兒。從上文可知作者去停車點(diǎn)問路，所以這個(gè)人是告訴作者他知道路，知道作者要去的地方，選D。

7.D連詞辨析。A. If 如果；B. Since自從；C. Because 因?yàn)�；D. Before在之前。從語境可知作者還沒來得及說話，這幾個(gè)人就走了出去，選D。

8.C動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. Invite 邀請(qǐng)；B. Show展示； C. Follow跟隨；D. Give給。從上文內(nèi)容Not only that，but we'll take you there."可知這幾個(gè)人要帶作者去那里，所以讓她要跟上他們，選C。

9.A 副詞辨析。A. over在之上，超過；B. right正確，恰好；C. alone獨(dú)自；D. around在周圍。從空后孩子說的話可推斷孩子認(rèn)為他們是壞人，如果跟著他們的話，會(huì)有麻煩，be over“結(jié)束”，完了，此處指他們會(huì)沒命的，選A。

10.B形容詞辨析。A. cool冷的；B. lonely 荒涼的； C. safe 安全的；D. new新的。從孩子的話"I'm never going to see my school or my friends again.可以推斷他認(rèn)為這些人會(huì)把他們帶到荒涼的地方，選B。

11.A副詞辨析。A. uneasily 不容易地，不安地；B. cheerfully 快樂地；C. curiously 好奇地； D. uncertainly不確定地。從孩子說話的內(nèi)容可知他非常害怕，內(nèi)心充滿了不安，選A。

12.B動(dòng)詞辨析 A. should 應(yīng)該；B. can能夠；C. would將；D. must必須。孩子在當(dāng)時(shí)非常害怕，認(rèn)為母親做了一件錯(cuò)事，是對(duì)作者的質(zhì)問，句意：你怎么能這樣做呢？

13.C形容詞辨析。 A. annoyed 惱火的；B. excited 激動(dòng)的； C. frightened 害怕的； D. amazed驚訝的。從空前內(nèi)容可知作者也和孩子一樣心里非常 害怕，選C。

14.D 形容詞辨析。A. same相同的；B. bad 壞的； C. funny 可笑的；D. wrong錯(cuò)誤的。根據(jù)作者對(duì)丈夫說的話可知她非常后悔，認(rèn)為自己可能做了一件錯(cuò)事，選D。

15.A動(dòng)詞辨析 A. winding蜿蜒曲折；B. looking看；C. walking走；D. climbing爬。根據(jù)空后內(nèi)容可知作者在黑暗的森林中走了很遠(yuǎn)的路，形容道路只能用winding，其他不構(gòu)成搭配。

16.C動(dòng)詞辨析A. greeted 問候；B. connected 連接； C. gestured 打手勢(shì)；D. hurried匆忙。從語境可知帶路的人向作者一家打手勢(shì)，告訴他們要向左邊走，選C。

17.】D名詞辨析。 A. label 標(biāo)簽；B. notice 通知；C. poster 海報(bào)；D. sign跡象，招牌。從空后內(nèi)容可知作者看到了通往Merridale Road的路標(biāo)，選D。

18.B動(dòng)詞辨析A. kissed 吻；B. waved 揮手； C. shook 搖晃； D. blew吹。從情理可知帶路的一行人向作者一家揮手告別，wave sb goodbye“向某人揮手告別”，選B。

19.B形容詞辨析。 A. tiring 令人疲倦的；B. crazy著迷的，瘋狂的；C. interesting 有趣的；D. fancy迷人的。從故事內(nèi)容可知作者的旅途非常驚險(xiǎn)，選B。

20.A名詞辨析。A. angels 天使；B. friends 朋友；C. partners 伙伴；D. relatives親戚。當(dāng)作者迷路的時(shí)候，碰到了給他們帶路的陌生人，由此判斷作者對(duì)他們充滿了感激，把他們看成了天使，選A。

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