Question

　　 Now I had not thought that I would have to go down into the pit with the snakes in order to 　　1    them, so I was wearing the wrong sort of clothes. I 　　2   this to my friend, and he very

3   lent me his trousers and shoes, which were quite thick and strong. So, as I could think of no more excuses, they tied the    4   round my waist and started to　　 5   me into the pit.

Just before I landed at the bottom I 　　6   up and told my friends to stop lowering me: I wanted to　　 7  the ground that I was going to land on, to make sure there were mo snakes on the    8   . The area being clear, I shouted to them to lower away,　　 9   at that moment two things happened.

First, the light went out; secondly, one of the shoes which I had 　　10   from my friend and which were too large for me, came off. So there was I standing at the    11 of a ten-foot-deep pit, with no light and one shoe on one foot, surrounded by seven or eight deadly Gaboon snakes. I had never been more    12   . I had to wait in the dark, without daring to move,　　 13 my friend pulled the lamp out, relit it and lowered it into the pit again.

With plenty of    14   and both shoes on, I felt much    15   ,and set about the task of catching the snakes. This was really    16   enough.

I had a forked stick in my hand, and with this I came near each reptile, pinned it down with the fork and then    17   it up by the bank of the neck, and put it into my snake bag, what I was busy catching one snake, another might move round    19   me and I might step back on it. However, It all passed off without　　 20   , and at the end of half an hour I had caught eight of the Gaboon snakes.

1．A. watch　　   B. kill　　   C. catch　　    D. research

2．A. expressed　　 B. explained　　   C .said　　   D. showed

3．A. quickly　　   B. eagerly　　　　  C. kindly　　　　  D. easily

4．A. lamp　　　　 B. fork　　　　　　 C. trousers　　　　 D. rope

5．A. sent　　　　   B. drop　　　　　　 C. lower　　　　   D. put

6．A. looked　　　　 B. gave　　　　   C. took　　　　   D. made

7．A. examine　　    B. check　　　　    C. find　　　　    D. search

8．A. pit　　　　    B. water　　　　　　  C. earth　　　　　　    D. way

9．A. yet　　　　    B. and　　　　    C. however　　　　  D. therefore

10．A. lent　　　　  B. borrowed  　　   C. received　　　　   D. bought

11．A. edge　　　　  B. bottom　　　　   C. side　　　　　　 D. middle

12．A. excited　　    B. encouraged　　    C. frightened　　    D. surprised

13．A. when　　　　  B. till　　　　    C. so　　　　　　  D. while

14．A. strength　　　　 B. help　　　　   C. rest　　　　    D. light

15．A. braver　　    B. prouder　　　　  C. brighter　　　　  D. stronger

16．A. safe　　　　  B. funny　　　　  C. simple　　　　  D. difficult

17．A. brought　　   B. picked　　　　  C. set   　　　　   D. took

18．A. watch　　　　 B. read　　　　    C. turn　　　　    D. take

19．A. at　　　　    B. near　　　　   C. before　　　　    D. behind

20．A. accident　　   B. effort　　　　   C. care　　　　　　  D. problem

 

Answer 1

答案：C;B;C;D;C;A;A;D;A;B;B;C;B;D;A;C;B;A;D;A
解析：

1、從后文看是下到坑底去捉蛇。 2、我因穿的衣服不對，不お適合下去捉蛇，故朋友做出解釋。 3、從本句可以看出是說朋友善良借我衣服等東西。 4、因為是去坑底，所以應(yīng)該是用繩子綁住。 5、應(yīng)是用繩子拴上我，把我下到坑里去。lower 意為“降下”“使下降”，符合題意。 6、根據(jù)前后句應(yīng)該是說我抬頭看我的朋友并告訴他們一些事情。 7、“examine”是指仔細(xì)查看，看是否有“毛病，危險，故障”等。 “check”指仔細(xì)核對，看是否有誤，與原來是否一樣等。A項更符合題意。 8、應(yīng)是確保最后一段路上沒有蛇，因為我現(xiàn)在還沒下到坑底。 9、在這里是“仍然”的意思，即還需要往下放。 10、從上文已知衣服和鞋子是從朋友處借來的。 11、at the bottom of在…的底部. 12、自己一個人孤單地站在黑暗的坑底，沒有燈光，一只腳上還沒有穿鞋子，四周圍著七八條毒蛇，我怕極了。 13、直到…為止,用till 14、根據(jù)上文可知應(yīng)該是光線”light” 15、有了燈光，也穿上了鞋子，我不那么害怕了。 16、從后文看捉蛇并不是一件多么困難的事。 17、pick up撿起來 18、“watch out for”意思是“警惕，當(dāng)心”。 19、在我的后邊,用介詞behind 20、一切都非常順利，我在捉蛇的過程中沒有出什么意外。