Question

【題目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:

Debbie Huckabee is ______ height. She never planned to take a ride in hot air balloon. The idea of going up hundreds of feet into the air frightened her. But last Saturday the bank where Huckabee works offered air balloon rides to its employees. The rides were free. So she decided to go ballooning. Huckabee saw Illinois from a new ______.

"I love riding in a hot air balloon. It was completely ______ from anything else I've ever done. It was so exciting that I lost my fear of heights. I think it was a great ______ for me." Huckabee said. Huckabee liked looking at Illinois from up high. "I never know that Illinois was so beautiful," she said. "There are rivers and fields and lots of colour. We don't have mountains or oceans, but it is very pretty."

Hot air ballooning is usually done in the early morning or late afternoon. That is when there is not much wind. People who want to ride in a hot air balloon have to be ______. Weather conditions are very important. Sometimes you have to wait for the weather conditions to change.

The ride takes about an hour. Then the pilot looks for a place to land the balloon. Huckabee thinks that landing is one of the best parts of the ride. "It's really exciting. You ______ know where you are going to land." Debbie Huckabee felt very proud of herself after her first ride. In fact, she felt .so confident that she went up three times on Saturday. "It was truly a wonderful experience and I can't ______ to do it again!"

【1】A.fond ofB.satisfied withC.afraid ofD.proud of

【2】A.viewB.eyeC.skyD.window

【3】A.amazingB.similarC.familiarD.different

【4】A.experimentB.experienceC.expenseD.example

【5】A.seriousB.worriedC.patientD.careful

【6】A.alwaysB.neverC.evenD.probably

【7】A.expectB.waitC.imagineD.plan

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【6】B

【7】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了黛比女士本來(lái)十分恐高，但是經(jīng)歷了公司免費(fèi)提供的熱氣球旅行后，她在高空看見(jiàn)了不一樣的美麗的家鄉(xiāng)，她再也不恐高了。

【1】句意：黛比恐高。

be fond of喜愛(ài)；be satisfied with對(duì)……滿意；be afraid of害怕；be proud of對(duì)……感到自豪。根據(jù)后文“She never planned to take a ride in hot air balloon. The idea of going up hundreds of feet into the air frightened her”，可知她恐高，故選C。

【2】句意：哈科比從一個(gè)新的角度看伊利諾伊州。

view看法;風(fēng)景;視域；eye眼睛；sky天空；window窗戶。根據(jù)句意，可知是從另一個(gè)角度看，故選A。

【3】句意：這和我曾經(jīng)做過(guò)的任何事都不一樣。

amazing驚人的；similar相似的；familiar熟悉的；different不同的。根據(jù)前文，可知她從來(lái)沒(méi)有嘗試過(guò)乘坐熱氣球，所以這是非常不同的一次體驗(yàn)，故選D。

【4】句意：我認(rèn)為這對(duì)于我來(lái)說(shuō)是很好的一次經(jīng)歷。

experiment實(shí)驗(yàn)；experience經(jīng)歷；expense開(kāi)支；example例子。根據(jù)句意，可知此處是說(shuō)是一次好的經(jīng)歷，故選B。

【5】句意：想乘熱氣球的人必須有耐心。

serious嚴(yán)肅的；worried擔(dān)心的；patient有耐心的；careful細(xì)心的。根據(jù)后文“Weather conditions are very important. Sometimes you have to wait for the weather conditions to change”，說(shuō)到必須要等，所以此處是說(shuō)要有耐心，故選C。

【6】句意：你不知道自己將在哪里降落。

always總是；never絕不；even甚至；probably可能。根據(jù)前文“Huckabee thinks that landing is one of the best parts of the ride”，以及她認(rèn)為這很刺激，可以推測(cè)她是不知道會(huì)降落在哪兒，未知增添了刺激感，故選B。

【7】句意：這真的是很棒的一次經(jīng)歷，我等不及再來(lái)一次了。

expect期待；wait等待；imagine想象；plan計(jì)劃。根據(jù)固定搭配can’t wait to do，意為“等不及做某事”，故選B。