1、A(2011郑州质检)It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year.I was a ticket-counter supervisor for a major airline and was looking forward to the _1_ of my shift(轮班)at Stapleton International Airport in Denver.My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could _2_ our gifts for Chri
2、stmas.Just then,a very _3_ gentleman went up to me.He asked how he could get to Cheyenne,Wyoming.He had just arrived from Philadelphia and _4_ his connecting flight.I pointed him to the ground transportation area,where he could rent a _5_.And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home _6_
3、.About fifteen minutes later,the gentleman _7_ and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars _8_.I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport.Hearing that,he burst into _9_.I tried to make him calm down.He explained that his name was Tom,and that his only son was _
4、10_ ill at home and was not expected to _11_ another year.He expected that this would likely be the _12_ Christmas with his son.I told Tom to _13_ his luggage and wait for me at the gate.I was driving to Cheyenne.I called my wife Kathy,telling her about it and not to wait up for me.I drove fast _14_
5、 and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2：30 am.Kathy was still _15_ me when I got home in the early morning.We traded gifts and then our conversation _16_ Tom.For Kathy and me,there was no _17_ that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the _18_ choice.A couple of days later,I _19_ a Christmas card with a picture
6、 of Tom and his family.In it,Tom thanked me for the special _20_ he had received that holiday season,but I knew the best gift was mine.语篇解读：“我”在平安夜驾车送一位陌生人回家，帮助那位错过转接飞机的父亲圆了和患重病的儿子一起过圣诞节的愿望，妻子为“我”的善行表示理解和欣慰。1A.end BturnCrole Dchange解析：时间是平安夜的 11：30，作者期待着下班回家。the end of my shift 指“我上班的结束”。答案：A2A.expe
7、ct BgetCexchange Dmake解析：因为是平安夜，作者的妻子等他回家互相交换圣诞节的礼物。第六段中的第二句“We traded gifts”是答案暗示。答案：C3A.kind Bhelpless Csad Dworried解析：由下文可知，这位先生错过了转接班机，他过来问作者怎样才能到达夏延，由此可推知他应该很担心(worried)。答案：D4A.mistook BmissedCcaught Dcontinued解析：他来自费城，错过了(missed)转接班机。答案：B5A.bus BflightCroom Dcar解析：我给他指了指地上交通区域。在那里，他可以租一辆车(car)
8、。答案：D6A.soon BlateCearly Dlately解析：然后，我给妻子打电话，告诉她我一会儿就回家。答案：A7A.left BmovedCcame Dreturned解析：大约 15 分钟后，那位先生又返回来了(returned)。答案：D8A.reliable BpresentCavailable Dacceptable解析：他告诉我，所有的公交车已满，而且也找不到可租用的(available)车。答案：C9A.laughter BtearsCanger Dsorrow解析：我告诉他，他只能在机场住宿一夜。听到这，他突然大哭起来(burst into tears)。答案：B10
9、A.really BslightlyCseriously Dunluckily解析：他唯一的儿子得了重病。seriously“严重地”。答案：C11A.suffer BliveCshare Dgrow解析：估计孩子活(live)不了一年了。答案：B12A.last BbestChappiest Dhardest解析：他期待能和孩子度过很可能是最后的一个圣诞节。答案：A13A.hand BfindCpack Dcollect解析：我告诉 Tom 去把他的行李取来。collect“领取；接走”。答案：D14A.for a while Ball aroundCall the way Dfrom ti
10、me to time解析：我一路上(all the way)开得很快，凌晨 2：30 把 Tom 送到了夏延。答案：C15A.waiting for Bcaring forCthinking of Ddepending on解析：第二天早上当我赶回家时，Kathy 还在等(waiting for)我。答案：A16A.remembered BrecalledCconcerned Dcontained解析：我们交换了礼物，然后我们谈到了 Tom。concern“涉及，与有关”。答案：C17A.idea BdoubtCpoint Dproblem解析：对于 Kathy 和我来说，毫无疑问，开车送 T
11、om 去夏延是我唯一的选择。there is no doubt that 表示“毫无疑问”。答案：B18A.main BonlyCnice Dgreat解析：解析见上题。答案：B19A.received BsentCsaved Ddiscovered解析：几天后，我收到(received)了 Tom 寄来的圣诞贺卡，附有他和家人的照片。答案：A20A.drive BhelpCdeal Dgift解析：文章最后的“the best gift”是答案提示。Tom 感谢我并表示在圣诞前夕我给他的帮助是他收到的特殊礼物。答案：D长难句分析1About fifteen minutes later，the
12、 gentleman returned and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars available.大约 15 分钟后，那位先生返回来告诉我，所有的公交车已满，而且也找不到可租用的车。本句中 that 引导宾语从句，而且在宾语从句中包含两个 and 连接的并列句。2He explained that his name was Tom，and that his only son was seriously ill at home and was not expected to live another
13、 year.他解释说，他叫汤姆，他的独生子在家得了重病，估计活不了一年了。本句中 explained 后 that 引导宾语从句，而且在宾语从句中包含三个由 and 连接的并列句。B(2011潍坊质检)A farmer once owned an old mule(骡子).One day,the mule fell into a nearby well,and he began to _21_ and made a lot of loud noise.After carefully assessing the _22_，the farmer felt sympathy for the mule
14、,but _23_ that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving,then he called his _24_ together and told them what had happened and _25_ them to help shovel(铲)some dirt to bury the old mule in the _26_ and put him out of his suffering.Hearing many people coming to help,the old mule ini
15、tially was _27_.But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his hack,a thought suddenly_28_ him.He was _29_ that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his _30_，he should shake it off and step up！So he did,blow after blow.He repeated“Shake it off and step up！”to _31_
16、 himself.No matter how painful the blows were,or how disappointing the situation seemed,the old mule just _32_ on shaking it off and stepping up!As you might have guessed,it was not long _33_ the old mule finally stepped over the wall of the well,painful and tired.What would otherwise _34_ him,actua
17、lly blessed him because of the manner in which he _35_ his adversity(逆境)_36_ is life!As long as we face our problems and respond to them _37_，and refuse to give in to panic,bitterness,or self-pity,the adversities that come along to bury us _38_ have the potential to _39_ and bless us!Forgiveness,tol
18、erance,hope and perseverance are _40_ in shaking it off and stepping up out of the well in which we find ourselves.语篇解读：本文讲述了一匹老骡子在逆境中不放弃并努力使自己摆脱困境的故事。21A.sink BstruggleCleave Dsigh解析：骡子挣扎，并弄出了很大的声音。sink 沉下去；leave 离开；struggle 挣扎；sigh叹息。答案：B22A.location BgroundCposition Dsituation解析：仔细分析过形势之后，农民对他感到惋
19、惜。situation“形势，情形”，符合语境。下文 or how disappointing the situation seemed 也有提示。答案：D23A.decided BdoubtedCcomplained Dresponded解析：这位农民断定骡子和井都不值得救了。decide 断定；doubt 怀疑；complain 抱怨；respond 回答，回复。答案：A24A.brothers BrelativesCneighbors Dchildren解析：联系下文 But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling 可知选
20、C。答案：C25A.required BrequestedCdemanded Drecommended解析：农民请求他们帮忙铲土把骡子埋了。request 请求；require 要求；demand 要求；recommend 推荐。答案：B26A.house BwaterChole Dwell解析：联系上文 One day，the mule fell into a nearby well 可知选 D。答案：D27A.excited BamusedCdisappointed Dsurprised解析：听到许多人来帮忙，起初骡子很激动(excited)。答案：A28A.came BhappenedC
21、struck Doccurred解析：他忽然想起了一个主意。a(n)thought/idea stricks sb.某人忽然想起一个主意，是固定搭配。答案：C29A.awake BawareCafraid Dashamed解析：他意识到每次土落到他背上时awake 清醒的；aware 意识到的；afraid 害怕的；ashamed 羞愧的。答案：B30A.chest BstomachCtail Dback解析：联系上文 the dirt hit his back 可知选 D。答案：D31A.enjoy BexpressCencourage Dpraise解析：他不断地说“把土抖掉，向上迈”来鼓
22、励自己。答案：C32A.kept BheldCmoved Drelied解析：老骡子不断地抖土向上迈。keep on doing 坚持做某事。答案：A33A.when BbeforeCuntil Dsince解析：正如你猜测的那样，不久骡子就上到了井沿上。it was/is not long before 不久。答案：B34A.save BprotectCdesert Dbury解析：因为他处理逆境的方式，使一件本来会埋葬他的事，事实上却拯救了他。联系上文 to help shovel(铲)some dirt to bury the old mule 可知选 D。答案：D35A.solved
23、BhandledCrefused Dexperienced解析：solve 解决；handle 处理；refuse 拒绝；experience 体验。句意见上题解析。答案：B36A.That BHowCAs DWhat解析：这就是生活。that 代指前面提到的事情。答案：A37A.readily BpassivelyCpositively Dwillingly解析：只要我们积极地面对问题，应对问题，不向恐慌、痛苦和自怜屈服readily容易地，不费事地；passively 被动地；positively 积极地；willingly 愿意地。答案：C38A.frequently BseldomCn
24、ever Dusually解析：要埋葬我们的逆境通常(usually)有可能会对我们有利且保佑我们。答案：D39A.affect BbenefitCdirect Dconduct解析：affect 影响；benefit 有利；direct 指导，指挥；conduct 举止，表现。根据语境可知选 B。答案：B40A.cheerful BhopefulChelpful Dmeaningful解析：宽容、忍让、希望和坚持在抖掉土和迈出井方面是非常有帮助的。答案：C长难句分析1What would otherwise bury him,actually blessed him because of t
25、he manner in which he handled his adversity(逆境)因为他处理逆境的方式，使一件本来会埋葬他的事，事实上却拯救了他。本句中 what would otherwise bury him 为主语从句，而 in which 引导定语从句。2As long as we face our problems and respond to them positively，and refuse to give in to panic，bitterness or self-pity，the adversities that come along to bury us h
26、ave the potential to benefit and bless us!只要我们积极地面对问题、应对问题，不向恐慌、痛苦和自怜屈服，要埋葬我们的逆境通常有可能会对我们有利且保佑我们！本句主语为 the adversities，前面 as long as 引导条件状语从句，而主语后的 that come along to bury us 为定语从句。A(2011西城区模拟)Id been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre.So I had to stop and get
27、the tools to _1_ the problem.It certainly wasnt _2_ doing this with a white shirt and suit on.Nightfall was approaching.Suddenly a car pulled _3_ from behind me.A man got out and offered to _4_ me.Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos(文身)on his arm,I became _5_ as thoughts of robberies flashe
28、d through my mind.But _6_ I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the _7_.While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat.This _8_ me.Then,without _9_，it began to rain.He suggested that I wait in his car because my
29、 car was unsafe.As the rain increased,getting us wet within seconds I _10_ agreed.When I settled into the back seat,a womans voice came from the front seat.“Are you all right？”She turned around to me.“Yes,I am，”I replied with much _11_ when seeing an old woman there.It must be his mom,I thought.To m
30、y _12_，the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me.“Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you _13_ with the tyre.”“I am grateful for his help，”I said.“Me，too！”She said with a smile.He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home.She also said that he _14_ at the
31、church and tutored disadvantaged students.The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed the tyre.I tried to offer him money and of course he _15_ it.It was shameful that I judged people by the way they _16_.As we shook hands I began to apologize for my _17_.He said,“I experience that same _18_ often.Peopl
32、e who look like me dont do nice things.I _19_ thought about changing the way.But then I saw this as a chance to make a _20_.So Ill leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me:If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again,would you recognize Him by what He wore or
33、 by what He did？”语篇解读：作者的车在途中瘪胎，一名陌生的男子主动提供帮助。他的外貌让作者提心吊胆，后来作者才发觉对方并无恶意，而且他还帮作者换好了轮胎，作者深深为自己以貌取人的做法感到羞愧。1A.find Bmake Cfix Davoid解析：上一句提到车胎瘪了，所以作者不得不停下来用工具解决这个问题。此处 fix 表示“修理”。答案：C2A.useful Beasy Cwise Dlucky解析：作者穿着白色的衬衣和套装，处理这样的问题当然不“容易”。答案：B3A.up Bout Con Dround解析：突然一辆车在作者身后停了下来。此处 pull up 表示“(使车)
34、停下”。答案：A4A.carry Blift Cdrive Dhelp解析：一名男子从车里走出来，主动“帮助”作者。7 空后面的内容是线索提示。答案：D5A.discouraged Bfrightened Cdisappointed Dastonished解析：作者看到他那令人讨厌的外貌和胳膊上的文身后，脑海中闪现出打劫的场景，开始“害怕”起来。A 项表示“气馁的”，C 项表示“失望的”，D 项表示“吃惊的”，均不符合语境。答案：B6A.when Buntil Cas Dbefore解析：作者还“没有来得及”说任何话，他已经开始接过工具忙碌起来。before 表示“在之前”。答案：D7A.ty
35、re Bsuit Cexpression Dshirt解析：文章开头部分提到作者的车胎瘪了，所以那位男子是在更换“车胎”。答案：A8A.embarrassed Bconcerned Ccalmed Dpuzzled解析：作者看到男子的第一反应是抢劫，此时又注意到车中还坐着另外一个人，自然感到非常“担心”。此处 concern 表示“让(某人)担忧”。答案：B9A.warning Brealizing Cknowing Dwaiting解析：随后，没有任何“先兆”，天开始下雨。warning“先兆”。答案：A10A.directly Bhappily Churriedly Dunwillingl
36、y解析：根据作者见到这名男子后的反应可推测作者“不情愿地”同意了对方的建议。答案：D11A.fear BsatisfactionCrelief Dexcitement解析：作者原以为会遭遇抢劫，想不到车中坐的是一位老太太，因此感到非常“宽慰”。答案：C12A.regret BamusementCsurprise Ddelight解析：上一句提到作者猜想这位老太太一定是男子的妈妈，此处指出她是男子的邻居，由此可知作者感到非常“惊讶”。答案：C13A.working Brepairing Cfighting Dstruggling解析：老太太告诉作者当 Jeff 看到作者“吃力地”修理车胎时，就坚
37、持要停下来。struggle“吃力地进行”。答案：D14A.studied BperformedCgrew Dvolunteered解析：根据上一句中的内容可推测男子是“自愿”在教堂从事义务劳动。另外，本句后半部分提到的他对贫困学生的帮助也是线索提示。答案：D15A.refused Bkept Cignored Dleft解析：上一段的后半部分提到他免费帮助老太太，还经常做义务服务，由此可知他理所当然地“拒绝”了作者给他的酬劳。答案：A16A.behaved Bspoke Clooked Dthought解析：第二段的前半部分提到作者是在看到他的外貌和胳膊上的文身后才联想到了抢劫，所以此处是为
38、自己以“貌”取人感到羞愧。答案：C17A.selfishness Bstupidity Cweakness Ddisability解析：作者根据 Jeff 的外貌判断他是想抢劫，想不到对方是在真心帮助自己，所以作者为自己的“愚蠢”道歉。答案：B18A.life Bincident Creaction Dchange解析：作者见到男子的第一想法是抢劫，由此可知男子经常经历同样的“反应”。答案：C19A.hardly Bactually Cfinally Dprobably解析：男子说外貌看起来像他那样的人不做好事，他“实际上”考虑过改变这种形象。答案：B20A.point Bstart Crem
39、ark Dcomparison解析：由下文男子留给人们的问题可知男子把这看做是一次证明一种看法的机会，此处point 表示“看法，观点”。答案：A长难句分析So Ill leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me：If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again，would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?因此我把问每一个认识我的人的同样的问题留给你：如果 Jesu
40、s 明天回来再和我们一块走路，你是通过他的穿着还是通过他做的事来认定他？本句包含三种从句：who 引导定语从句，if 引导状语从句和 what 引导宾语从句。B(2011南昌模拟)The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus;he told me that he had a good _21_ in Chicago and he wondered if,by any chance,I _22_ to know him.For a moment,I thought he might be _23_，but I could tell fr
41、om the expression on his face that he was not.He was _24_.I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to _25_ that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.But,_26_，I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very _27_ city.He nodded，and I th
42、ought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else.But I was wrong.He was silent for a few minutes,and then he _28_ to tell me all about his friend.His friends main _29_ in life seemed to be tennis.He was an excellent tennis player,and he _30_ had his own tennis court
43、.There were a lot of people with swimming _31_，yet there were only two people with private tennis court;his friend in Chicago was one of them.I told him that I knew several _32_ like that,including my brother,who was a doctor in California.He _33_ that maybe there were more private courts in the cou
44、ntry than he _34_ but he did not know of any others.Then he asked me _35_ my brother lived in California.When I said Sacramento,he said that was a coincidence _36_ his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a _37_ who had a tennis court in his backyard.I sa
45、id I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbor had gone to Sacramento last summer and had _38_ the house next to my brothers house.For a moment,we stared at each other,but we did not say anything.“Would your friends name happen to be Roland Kirkwood？”I asked finally.He _39_ an
46、d said,“Yes.Would your brothers name happen to be Dr.Rey Hunter？”It was my _40_ to laugh.“Yes，”I replied.语篇解读：大千世界，无奇不有，作者在与陌生人的交谈中竟然出现了巧合。21A.brother BteacherCe-pal Dfriend解析：根据 26 空前面的“.his friend.”可知他告诉作者他在芝加哥有一个“朋友”。另外，29 空前面的部分也是线索提示。答案：D22A.managed BhappenedCtried Dwanted解析：他不知道作者是否“碰巧”知道这个朋友。
47、happen to do sth.表示“碰巧做某事”。答案：B23A.expecting BlyingCjoking Dtalking解析：有一会儿，作者认为对方也许是在“开玩笑”，因为从茫茫人海中碰巧认识他的朋友的这种机会十分渺茫。答案：C24A.funny BseriousCcareful Ddisappointed解析：但是作者从他脸上的表情能够看出他不是在开玩笑，他是“认真的”。答案：B25A.think BhearCknow Dsee解析：作者想说从芝加哥数百万人中碰巧可能撞上他的朋友的想法是非常荒谬的。答案：A26A.indeed BactuallyCinstead Dexactl
48、y解析：根据本句开头的转折连词 But 可知作者没有说出自己的真实想法，“反而”微笑着提醒对方芝加哥是一个大城市。答案：C27A.famous BinterestingCnoisy Dbig解析：作者认为这种可能性无比渺茫，他想提醒对方的是芝加哥是一个“大”城市，人口众多。答案：D28A.began BstoppedCrefused Dfailed解析：作者原以为他会满足于自己善意的提醒而放弃这个话题并谈论其他事情，但想不到他沉默了几分钟后又“开始”谈论他朋友的一切。答案：A29A.problem BinterestCchoice Dwork解析：下一句提到他的朋友是一个优秀的网球运动员，并且
49、拥有自己的网球场，由此可推测他的朋友生活中主要的“兴趣”似乎是网球。答案：B30A.just BeverCeven Dsurely解析：下一句提到只有两个人拥有私人网球场，由此可知他的朋友相当了不起，“甚至”拥有自己的网球场。答案：C31A.suit BhabitCpool Driver解析：拥有私人游泳“池”的人很多，但是只有两个人拥有自己的私人网球场。答案：C32A.people BplayersCstrangers Dfriends解析：根据本句中的“including my brother”可知作者认识好几个像上述情况一样拥有私人网球场的“人”。作者的兄弟是医生，由此可排除 B 项；根
50、据作者与兄弟之间的关系可判断 C、D 两项错误。答案：A33A.advised BarguedCadmitted Dannounced解析：作者把自己知道的情况告诉了他，他“承认”也许在乡下有更多的私人网球场。答案：C34A.recognized BrealizedCvisited Dfound解析：也许在乡下有比他“意识到”的更多的私人网球场，因为他只知道两个。答案：B35A.how BwhetherCwhen Dwhere解析：根据下一句前半部分中的内容可知他询问的是作者的兄弟居住在加利福尼亚的什么“地方”。答案：D36A.because BifCthen Dthough解析：他说那是个巧
51、合，“因为”他的芝加哥朋友去年夏天也在萨克拉门托度假。答案：A37A.doctor BstudentCneighbor Dnurse解析：由下文可知作者的兄弟和陌生人的朋友去年夏天都住在萨克拉门托，并且是邻居，而且上文提到作者的兄弟是加利福尼亚的一名医生，拥有自己的私人网球场，故选 A 项。答案：A38A.hired BcheckedCdesigned Dsold解析：作者感觉这确实是一个巧合，因为作者的隔壁邻居去年去了萨克拉门托并且“租用”了作者兄弟隔壁的房子。答案：A39A.smiled BlaughedCcried Dnodded解析：此处与 40 空后面的 laugh 相呼应，表示他“
52、大笑”起来。答案：B40A.chance BpleasureCtime Dturn解析：作者想不到事情竟然如此巧合，所以现在“轮到”作者大笑了。答案：D长难句分析When I said Sacramento,he said that was a coincidence because his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a doctor who had a tennis court in his backyard.当我说到萨克拉门托，他说那是个巧合，因为他的芝加哥朋友去年夏天就住在萨克拉门托，并且和一名医生是邻居，这名医生在他的后院里有个私人网球场。本句中 because 引导原因状语从句，而在原因状语从句中由 and 连接两个并列句，第二个并列句还包含一个 who 引导的定语从句。.精品资料。欢迎使用。高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5￥u高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5￥u