It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their     . This was the beginning of another      day in New York City.      this day was to be different.

Waiting     the crowded streets, on top of a       110 stories high, was Philippe Petit. This daring Frenchman was about to      a tightrope (繃索) between the two towers of the World Trade Center.

 Philippe took his first      with great care.  The wire held. Now he was      he could do it.      only a balancing pole, Philippe walked his way across, a      of 131 feet.

　Soon the rush-hour      began to notice. What a      ! There, 131 feet above the street, a      figure was walking on air.

　Philippe made seven      , back and forth (來(lái)回). He wasn't satisfied with just      . At times, he would turn, sit down, and      go on his knees. Once, he had the astonishing      to lie down on the thin thread. And thousands of      watchers stared with their hearts beating fast.

　After the forty-five-minute      , Philippe was taken to the police station.  He was asked      he did it. Philippe shrugged (聳肩) and said, "When I see two tall buildings, I walk."

1.A. jobs          B. homes                     C. buses            D. offices              

2.A. working      B. hot                         C. same             D. ordinary            

3.A.And              B.So                              C. But                  D. Thus              

4.A. for                       B. in                C. by                 D. above              

5.A. roof                     B. position      C. wall                 D. building             

6.A. throw                   B. walk            C. climb              D. fix                 

7.A.act                        B.landing                  C.step              D.trip               

8.A. sure                    B. uncertain             C. glad              D. nervous            

9.A. Through     B. Against         C. With              D. On               

10.A. distance            B. height                   C. space           D. rope              

11.A. streets             B. crowds                  C. passengers  D. city                

12.A. height              B. pleasure     C. wonder     D. danger             

13.A. great               B. strange      C. public            D. tiny              

14.A. experiments B. circles                        C. trips              D. movements         

15.A. walking             B. staying                   C. acting             D .showing            

16.A. almost             B. even           C. often          D. rather              

17.A. spirit               B. result        C. strength        D. courage            

18.A. patient             B. terrified              C. pleased          D. enjoyable          

19.A. show                B. trick           C. try                D. program           

20.A. how        B. why            C. whether        D. when               

 

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.B

 【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了一個(gè)夏日清晨，Philippe Petit在紐約城的一個(gè)十字路口110層樓高的高空上走繩索，走了7個(gè)來(lái)回，還做出許多高難度動(dòng)作，吸引了下面正準(zhǔn)備上班的人們的注意，造成了交通擁堵。表演結(jié)束后，他被警察帶回警局接受調(diào)查詢問(wèn)的故事。

1.考查名詞。Jobs工作；homes家；buses公共汽車；offices辦公室。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知人們正在上班的路上，但上班的人并不是都坐辦公室。heading towards的意思是“（向特定的方向）出發(fā)；動(dòng)身”。故選A。

2.考查形容詞。Working工作的；hot熱的；same一樣的；ordinary 普通的。句意是： 紐約城的又一個(gè)普通的一天開(kāi)始了。根據(jù)下文，故事情節(jié)與天氣沒(méi)有關(guān)系。故選D。

3.考查連詞。And并且；So所以；But但是；Thus因此。根據(jù)后面“不同的”，可知是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選C。

4.考查介詞。 For為；in在...里；by通過(guò)；above在...之上。根據(jù)下文，Philippe既不是等待某人或某物的出現(xiàn)，也不是在街上等待，而是正在擁擠的街道上空等待。故選D。

5.考查名詞。 roof 屋頂；position 位置；wall墻；building建筑物。句意是： Philippe正站在一座一百一十層高的大樓頂上。故選D。

6.考查動(dòng)詞。throw 扔；walk走；climb爬；fix安裝。 此處意為“走繃索”。walk在此為及物動(dòng)詞，意為“在……上走。故選B。

7.考查名詞。act 行動(dòng)；landing 登陸；step 步；trip旅行。句意是：Philippe非常小心地邁出了第一步。 take one's step意為“邁步”。故選C。

8.考查形容詞。sure 確定的；uncertain靠不住的；glad 高興的；nervous緊張的。句意是：Philippe十分小心地在繃索上邁出第一步，繃索吃得住。這時(shí)他確信可以走繃索了。故選A。

9.考查介詞。Through 通過(guò)；Against 反對(duì)；With 用；On在...上。句意是：他手里只拿著一根保持平衡的桿子。故選C。

10.考查名詞。Distance距離；height高度；space空間；rope繩索。句意是：他在繃索上走了一百三十英尺的距離。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知走過(guò)的是距離。故選A。

11.考查名詞。Streets街道；crowds 人群；passengers 乘客；city城鎮(zhèn)。句意是：很快處在交通擁擠時(shí)間的人群開(kāi)始注意到街道上空發(fā)生的一切。故選B。

12.考查名詞。Height高度；pleasure愉快；wonder 驚奇；danger危險(xiǎn)。句意是：真是一大奇觀。根據(jù)常理可知，高空走鋼索是件令人驚奇的事。故選C。

13.考查形容詞。 Great重大的；strange奇怪的；public公開(kāi)的；tiny微小的。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知從地面上看，在110層樓高的空中行走的人，當(dāng)然是極小的隱約可見(jiàn)的人影，故選D。

14.考查名詞。Experiments實(shí)驗(yàn)；circles圓；trips往返一次；movements運(yùn)動(dòng)。后面“back and forth ”是來(lái)回的意思，四選項(xiàng)中，只有trip有往返一次的意思。故選C。

15.考查動(dòng)名詞。Walking走；staying停留；acting行動(dòng)；showing展示。 根據(jù)上下文，他來(lái)回走了七趟后，已不僅僅滿足于走了，他要在繃索上做出難度更高的動(dòng)作。故選A。

16.考查副詞。Almost幾乎；even甚至；often經(jīng)常；rather寧可。句意是：他時(shí)而轉(zhuǎn)身，坐下，甚至跪在繃索上向前移動(dòng)。故選B。

17.考查名詞。Spirit精神；result結(jié)果；strength力量；courage勇氣。句意是：敢于躺在細(xì)細(xì)的線上，的確需要驚人的勇氣，而不是力量。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知敢在高空躺在一根細(xì)繩之上是需要勇氣的。故選D。

18.考查形容詞。patient 耐心的；terrified 受驚嚇的；pleased 高興的；enjoyable快樂(lè)的。句意是：看到這么驚險(xiǎn)的動(dòng)作，大飽眼福的觀眾心跳加速，十分害怕，都為表演者捏著一把汗。故選B。

19.考查名詞。Show表演；trick 惡作劇；try實(shí)驗(yàn)；program計(jì)劃。句意是：四十五分鐘的空中表演后，他被帶到了警察局。故選A。

20.考查疑問(wèn)代詞。How如何；why為什么；whether哪個(gè)；when什么時(shí)候 Philippe在上班高峰時(shí)間在繁忙的街道上空進(jìn)行表演，嚴(yán)重干擾了正常的交通秩序，所以警察問(wèn)他這樣做的原因。故選B。

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