Question

When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. __36__the move, my father __37__us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not __38__ that the universe would suddenly change its course. “In May, we′re__39__ to Arizona.”

    The words, so small, didn't seem__40__enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country.1 watched the __41__change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that __42__ mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived and __43__ into our new home.

__44__ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I _45_explored our new surroundings.

    One afternoon, I was out exploring __46__ and saw a new kind of cactus（仙人掌）. I crouched（蹲）down for a closer look. “You'd better not __47__ that”

    I turned around to see an old woman.

    “Are you new to this neighborhood?” I explained that I was, __48__,new to the entire state．

“My name is Ina Thorne.” Have you got used to life in the __49__? It must be quite a __50__ after living in Boston.”

How could I explain how I __51__ the desert? I couldn’t seem to find the right words.

“It’s vastness,” she offered. “That vastness __52__ you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert—you can __53__ how little you are in comparison with the world. __54__, you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”

That was it. That was the feeling I’d had ever since I’d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my __55__ would change with just a few simple words.

“Would you like to come to my home tomorrow?” Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn’t touch.”

1.A. During         B. Until        C. Upon         D. Before

2.A. gathered   B. warned       C. organized    D. comforted

3.A. hoping         B. admitting    C. realizing    D. believing

4.A. going      B. moving       C. driving      D. flying

5.A. good       B. simple       C. big          D. proper

6.A. picture    B. ground       C. scene        D. area

7.A. suggested B. solved       C. discovered   D. explained

8.A. settled        B. walked       C. hurried      D. stepped

9.A. If         B. After        C. Once         D. While

10.A. bitterly  B. easily       C. proudly      D. eagerly

11.A. as well   B. as usual     C. right away   D. on time

12.A. move      B. dig          C. pull         D. touch

13.A. of course B. in fact      C. after all    D. at least

14.A. desert        B. city         C. state        D. country

15.A. luck      B. doubt        C. shock        D. danger

16.A. found     B. examined     C. watched      D. reached

17.A. why       B. when         C. how          D. where

18.A. prove     B. guess        C. sense        D. expect

19.A. However   B. Otherwise    C. Therefore    D. Meanwhile

20.A. idea      B. life         C. home         D. family

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.D

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

1.在第一段最后一句告訴我們五月份搬家，那么一月份應在這之前。

2.下一句是一家人圍坐在火爐旁，說明是父親召集（gather）大家開會。

3.一場很大的變化正在醞釀之中，小孩子們卻懵然不知，沒有意識到（realize）。

4.文章第一句就告訴我們這家人要搬家（move）。

5.big和句子前半部分的small相對比。

6.句子后半部分所羅列的變化內容trees,plains,mountains,plants都是窗外的風景（scene）。

7.一系列的變化預示（suggest）著將有更多的mystery。

8.既然是搬家，到了目的地就要安家、安頓（settle）下來。

9.并列連詞while在此表示兩個分句內容的對比。

10.eagerly更加突出了我姐姐的sad和我的explore的對比。

11.上一段有鋪墊，我一直是積極地explore,所以這天下午我還是一如既往地(as usual)在explore。

12.文章的末尾告訴我們我還得學會什么能碰什么不能碰。這里老人的警示就是那cactus是不能碰的。

13.老人詢問我是否對這個neighborhood不熟，而我何止如此，事實上(in fact),整個Arizona州對我來說都是陌生的。

14.下文馬上點明了這個地方是desert。

15.大城市和沙漠生活當然有鮮明的反差。這種反差給人帶來的當然是shock。

16.這里find是“認為、看待”的意思。下文是說我找不出詞來表達我的感覺。

17.這是一個狀語從句：當你站在高山之巔，你就會有……的感覺。

18.跟前面的find,vastness和后面的feel相呼應，談感覺。

19.前句的sense和本句的feel都是同時的感受。

20.搬家本來就是生活的變化，老人的寥寥數語又讓我對生活有了新的認識。