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  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. I watched the  41_  change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that  42  mysteries(奧秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and  43  into own new home.

     44  my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I   45   explored(探索) 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 lo 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 bad 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."

36.A. During	B. Until	C. Upon	D. Before
37. A. gathered	B. warned	C. organized	D. comforted
38. A. hoping	B. admitting	C. realizing	D. believing
39. A. going	B. moving	C. driving	D. flying
40. A. good	B. simple	C. big	D. proper
41 A. picture	B. ground	C. sense	D. area
42. A. suggested	B. solved	C. discovered	D. explained
43. A. settled	B. walked	C. hurried	D. stepped
44. A. If	B. After	C. once	D. While
45. A. bitterly	B. easily	C. proudly	D. eagerly
46 A as well	B. as usual	C. fight away	D. on time
47. A. move	B. dig	C. pull	D. touch
48. A. of course	B. in fact	C. after all	D. at least
49. A. desert	B. city	C. state	D. country
50. A. luck	B. doubt	C. shock
51. A. found	B. examined	C. watched	D. reached
52. A. why	B. when	C. how	D. where
53. A. prove	B. guess	C. sense	D. expect
54. A. However	B. Otherwise	C. Therefore	D. Meanwhile
55. A. idea	B. life	C. home	D. family

Answer 1

36.D 

解析：從文中看出，五月要搬家，在元月來告訴孩子們，當然就是Before the move。

37.A 

解析：父親把孩子們聚集（gather）起來，告訴他們搬家的決定。另外，后文父親的話也未表示出什么warn（警告）或comfort（安慰）

38.C 

解析：十幾歲的孩子不會意識到搬家對他們生活的影響。

39.B 

解析：由前文第一句可以看出，他們是要搬家。Move是一個表示位置轉移的動詞，它的進行時態(tài)就可以用來表示將來要發(fā)生的事情。

40.C 

解析：此處用not big是對前半句so small的進一步的解釋。

41.C 

解析：橫穿美國的火車之旅，對孩子們感官的刺激是很大的。隨后的描述很快就證明了這一點。

42.A 

解析：因為既然是奧秘，必然是隱含的，暗示的。

43.A 

解析：settle有“安家，定居”之意。符合后半部分文章的意思。

44.D 

解析：此處需要一個詞來引導時間狀語從句，而While引導的從句可以表示主句和從句的動作同時發(fā)生，且有互相對比之意，正符合文章意思。

45.D 

解析：遷移新居之后，作者急于去了解新環(huán)境，這種心情從上文中和姐姐們苦悶心情的對比就可以看出來。所以選擇eagerly（渴望地，急切地）來描述小作者此時的心情。

46.B 

解析：此處需要一個方式狀語，as usual（像往常一樣）恰好可以和過去進行時態(tài)配合使用。

47.D 

解析：對應文章的最后一句，可知此處必是touch。

48.B 

解析：此處考察了幾個短語，表示強調和程度的加深，用in fact（事實上）。

49.A 

解析：從前文可知，小作者一家已遷移到了西部的沙漠地帶。

50.C 

解析：東部的城市生活和西部的沙漠生活的反差是巨大的，一般人都會感到shock（震驚）

51.A

解析：鄰居問到作者對兩種生活對比后的感受，作者一時語塞。舉家西遷是父親的決定，小作者自己又怎能找到沙漠。

52.B 

解析：此處是一個主句不完整的主從復合句，空格后面應是一個時間狀語從句，所以要用when。

53.C 

解析：站在高山之顛，感覺自身的渺小。這是一種內心的感受，所以應用 sense 

54.D 

解析：用并列連詞Meanwhile（同時），引出另一種感受。如用其他連詞，則不會在前后兩種感受之間達成一種并列關系。

55.B 

解析：縱觀四個選項，通過和前文的比較，只用幾句話就引起改變的，還是作者的生活。