In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl  36   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   37   the mother would not return to her eggs and she   38   to take them home. There she carefully   39   the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   40   the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the   41  .

Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.   42  , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.

As they   43  , the girl was able to   44   her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   45  . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   46   and in her dreams. Later, she had an   47  : She would pilot a plane to guide them in   48  . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（組裝）a small aircraft for her.

Caring about   49   safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not   50   or follow him, and   51   slept in the grass.

One day, the girl   52   into the plane, started it and soon left the   53  . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   54   flapped（拍打）their wings and   55  . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.

36. A. managed            B. attempted                 C. happened          D. supposed

37. A. realized                    B. expected                  C. imagined          D. admitted

38. A. helped               B. decided                          C. afforded           D. meant

39. A. placed               B. protected                 C. treated              D. examined

40. A. ago                   B. out                         C. later                         D. long

41. A. family               B. lake                               C. home               D. world

42. A. But                           B. Also                       C. Thus                D. Still

43. A. increased                   B. improved                 C. rose                 D. grew

44. A. ask                           B. lead                               C. want                D. allow

45. A. fly                    B. race                               C. swim                D. sing

46. A. asleep                B. away                              C. around             D. awake

47. A. idea                  B. opinion                   C. explanation      D. excuse

48. A. sky                           B. heaven                    C. flight               D. plane

49. A. his                            B. her                                 C. their                        D. its

50. A. respect              B. remember                C. recognize          D. receive

51. A. so                     B. instead                    C. hardly              D. too

52. A. climbed             B. looked                     C. reached            D. fell

53. A. house                 B. floor                              C. water               D. ground

54. A. secretly              B. disappointedly          C. patiently           D. eagerly

55. A. looked away      B. set out                     C. went by            D. turned back

36---55   CABAC   DCDBA   DACBC   BADDB  


解析:

36. C      解析:happen 意為“發(fā)生”,happen to do sth.意為“碰巧做某事”,根據(jù)see的賓語“20 eggs laid by a wild goose”可判斷出在湖邊散步時碰巧看見20個天鵝下的蛋。manage意為“辦理,處置,處理;支配,管理;經(jīng)營”，manage to do sth.意為“設(shè)法做成某事”；attempt意為“試,企圖”；suppose意為“設(shè)想,推測;猜想某事(某人)如何”。

37. A      解析:realize 意為“認識到”,表示過了一段時間,這個女孩意識到天鵝媽媽不會回來找它的蛋。expect意為“期待,預(yù)期,預(yù)料”；imagine意為“想象,設(shè)想;猜想,推測”；admit意為“接受,許可入場,承認,容許(辯解)”。

38. B      解析:decide 意為“決定”。根據(jù)下文中的“There she carefully placed the eggs in the heat of a lamp.”可判斷出她決定把這些蛋帶回家去。help意為“幫助,援助;救,救濟”；afford意為“給予,供給;產(chǎn),生產(chǎn),出產(chǎn)”；mean意為“有……的意思,意思是……”。

39. A      解析:place 意為“放置”。根據(jù)地點狀語從句in the heat of a lamp可判斷出她把這些蛋放在燈下溫暖的地方。protect意為“保護,包庇,守護;警戒;防止(危險、損害等)”；treat意為“對待,待遇，處置；處理”；examine意為“調(diào)查,檢查,審查，檢驗,檢定，觀察,研究”。

40. C      解析:later 常與一段時間連用,意為“多長時間后”,根據(jù)下文中的“the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the world.”可判斷出過了幾天后,天鵝蛋破殼了,小天鵝來到了世上。ago意為“以前,前”；long意為“長久;久已”。

41. D      解析:world 意為“世界”,表示“過了幾天后,天鵝蛋破殼了,小天鵝來到了世上”。family意為“家,家庭;(集合名詞)家庭成員,家屬,子女，親屬”；lake意為“湖”；home意為“家,家庭，住宅”。

42. C      解析:thus 意為“于是,因此”,根據(jù)上文中“Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.”可判斷出人們都知道天鵝把最先看見的生物當作自己的媽媽,因此對于這些小天鵝來說,這位女孩就是它們的媽媽。but意為“但,但是,可是,然而,不過”；also意為“亦,也,同樣;〔口語〕而且,還”；still意為“還,仍,尚,現(xiàn)在還,至今還;但是還”。

43. D      解析:grow 意為“成長”。根據(jù)下文中的“the girl was able to lead her birds to run across the grass”可判斷出隨著這些小天鵝的成長,女孩可以把它帶到草地上去。increase意為“增加,增大,增多;增強,增進”；improve意為“改良,改善,增進”；rise意為“上升,升起”。

44. B      解析:lead 意為“帶領(lǐng)”；表示“隨著這些小天鵝的成長,女孩可以把它們帶到草地上去”。ask意為“求,請求,祈求”；want意為“(想)要,想望;想得到”；allow意為“準許(做某事),許可(某現(xiàn)象存在)”。

45. A      解析:fly 意為“飛翔”。根據(jù)天鵝的習性可判斷出天鵝游水是不用教的,而飛翔要由媽媽教給它們。race意為“賽跑,競走;競賽”；swim意為“游水,游泳”；sing意為“唱歌”。

46. D      解析:awake 意為“醒著”。根據(jù)下文中的in her dreams可判斷出女孩無論是醒著還是睡夢中都為無法教天鵝飛翔而焦慮。asleep意為“睡著,睡熟”；away意為“離開”；around意為“周圍,四面”。

47. A      解析:idea 意為“主意”。根據(jù)下文中的“she would pilot a plane to guide them in flight.”可判斷出女孩想出了一個主意。opinion意為“意見，看法，見解，〔常 pl.〕主張”；explanation意為“解釋,注釋;說明”；excuse意為“解釋，理由，托詞,借口”。

48. C      解析:flight 意為“飛行”。根據(jù)上文中的would pilot a plane可判斷出女孩將開著飛機引導(dǎo)它們飛行。sky意為“天,天空”；heaven意為“天,天空，天堂,天國,極樂世界,樂園，極快樂的事”；plane意為“飛機”。

49.B              解析:根據(jù)下文中的“the father decided to pilot the plane himself”可判斷出由于擔心小女孩的安全,父親親自駕駛飛機。

50. C      解析:recognize 意為“認識”,根據(jù)上文的內(nèi)容可知,天鵝把女孩當作了自己的媽媽,所以不認識或不跟隨她的父親。respect 意為“尊敬;尊重”；remember 意為“記起,想起,回憶起”；receive 意為“領(lǐng)受,接到,收到”。

51. B      解析:instead 意為“代替”,強調(diào)用甲而不用乙,并含有否定乙的意味,表示不跟著女孩的父親,而是在草地上睡覺。so 意為“因此”；hardly 意為“幾乎不”；too 意為“也”。

52. A      解析:climb 意為“爬”,表示女孩爬上飛機。look意為“看,注視”；reach意為“到,抵,到達(特定地點,目的地等)”；fall意為“落下;散落”。

53. D      解析:ground 意為“地面”。根據(jù)上文中的started it可判斷出女孩發(fā)動了飛機,飛機離開了地面。house意為“房屋”；floor意為“地板”；water意為“水面”。

54. D      解析:eagerly 意為“熱心地,急切地”,根據(jù)上文中的“seeing their mother take to the air”可判斷出由于小天鵝們看見自己的媽媽飛上天空,它們都急切地拍打著翅膀。secretly 意為“秘密地,背地里”；disappointedly 意為“失望地”；patiently意為“有耐性地,有毅力地”。

55. B      解析:set out 意為“出發(fā)”。根據(jù)下文中的“She flew the plane freely in the sky,her young birds following.”可判斷出小天鵝們也飛了起來。look away意為“把臉轉(zhuǎn)過去”；go by意為“(從……旁)走過,依照,順便走訪”；turn back意為“使停止往前,往回走,翻回到,重新提到,折轉(zhuǎn),擋住”。

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3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “oblivious” in the third paragraph?

A. serious                     B. absorbed deeply      

C. not noticing                     D. forgetting

4. We learn from the passage that uni-tasking is ________.

A. the new fashion for 21-century Americans            

B. accepted by most residents in Indiana

C. created by a retired professor of theology

D. the traditional act of doing one thing at once

5. In the eyes of the author, multi-tasking ________.

A. could not be avoided in this fast-changing age

B. should be taken the place of by uni-tasking

C. robs people of time to focus and reflect

D. should not become a word in everyday use

 

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