Question

On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain caused the streets to ____ and the subway system almost came to a stop.

    Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were ____ to go home. Some battled to ____ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the ____ bravely, walking miles to get to work.

    I ____ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most ____ had stopped. After making my way ____ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was ____. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to ____ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the ____. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like a forever, the train ____ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was ____ through, exhausted and ____.

     My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer ____ I received an email from Garth, my Director:

    I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __ __ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their ____ to their jobs. Thank you.

Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that ____ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of ____ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic ____ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately____ me and put a smile back on my face.

1.A. break                            B. flood                        C. sink                          D. crash

2.A. forced                           B. refused                   C. adjusted                  D. gathered

3.A. order                            B. pay                           C. call                           D. search

4.A. climate                          B. scenery                   C. storm                       D. burden

5.A. used                     B. promised                C. deserved                D. happened

6.A. practice                        B. routine                    C. process                   D. service

7.A. to                                   B. through                   C. over                         D. for

8.A. operating            B. cycling           C. turning           D. rushing

9.A. check                            B. carry                        C. find                          D. board

10.A. street                          B. ground           C. floor                        D. platform

11.A. paused                       B. crossed                   C. reached                  D. parked

12.A. wet                    B. weak                        C. sick                          D. hurt

13.A. ashamed           B. discouraged           C. surprised                D. puzzled

14.A. while                           B. when                       C. where                     D. after

15.A. hardly                         B. casually                   C. absolutely               D. eventually

16.A. devotion           B. donation                 C. connection             D. reaction

17.A. accurate                     B. urgent                     C. brief                        D. humorous

18.A. promise                      B. appreciation C. advice                     D. guidance

19.A. troubles                     B. signals                     C. rules                        D. signs

20.A. corrected                  B. supported              C. amazed          D. refreshed

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：1999 年 8 月 26 日那天因為紐約雨下得大，交通幾乎完全停滯，上班不便，而作者費了很大的勁，終于成功地趕到了單位，但因為渾身濕透了什么事情也干不成。下班時收到了上司的電子郵件，上司夸獎了自己，頓時路上的辛苦疲勞全部消失，備感欣慰。

1.考查動詞。道路被洪水淹沒。flood意為淹沒.break意為中斷,斷裂;sink: 下沉,crash: 碰撞, 墜落, 皆不合題意.選B

2.考查動詞。由于暴雨,很多要上班的人被迫回家.sb. be forced to do:某人被迫做某事.refuse意為拒絕,adjust:調(diào)整,校準,使…適應,gather:聚集,集合. 選A

3.考查動詞。order命令,訂購(貨物等),點(菜). B. pay付錢，C. call叫，打電話，D. search尋找， call a taxi:叫出租車.選C

4.考查名詞。從上文a terrible rainstorm可知是勇敢的面對暴風雨.climate指氣候,不是具體某天的天氣.scenery:風景,景色;burden:擔子,負擔. 選C

5.D考查動詞。happen to be:碰巧是…,表示"我碰巧是那天早晨上班趕路的人的其中之一".其他三個選項都能和不定式to do/be 搭配,但意思不符.used to be:曾經(jīng)是,promise to do: 許諾做…,deserve to be: 值得是,應受…. 選D

6.考查名詞。我意外的發(fā)現(xiàn)大部分的地鐵路線的服務都停了. practice:實踐,練習.routine:常規(guī);慣例;例行公事.process:過程,進程. 選D

7.考查介詞。through指從內(nèi)部穿過.through crowds of people意為穿過人群. 選B

8.考查動詞。operate:運行,工作. Cycling騎車，turning轉(zhuǎn)向，D. rushing沖，表示"終于找到一條還在運行的地鐵線". 選A

9.考查動詞。Check檢查，B. carry運送，C. find 發(fā)現(xiàn)，board the subway意為:上地鐵.board:上(船,車,飛機). 選D

10.考查名詞。street街道，ground地面， floor地板， platform站臺，意為:有太多人等著上地鐵以至于我甚至不能擠上去站臺的樓梯.只有platform 和地鐵有關. 選 D

11.考查動詞。句意為:在過了好像一輩子那么久的時間后,火車終于到達了我(要到達)的站點.reach:及物動詞,到達.pause:暫停, park:停車,都是不及物動詞,不合題意. Crossed穿過，選C

12.考查形容詞。wet        潮濕的， weak虛弱的， sick生病的， hurt受傷的，因為下著大雨,所以應是"我"全身濕透了.與虛弱,疾病,受傷都不相關. 選A

13.考查形容詞。到達后的狀態(tài)是discouraged精疲力竭的,氣餒的,因為冒雨趕路的辛苦.ashamed意為:羞愧的,慚愧的,surprised:吃驚的,puzzled:困惑的,不解的.都不合題意. 選B

14.考查連詞。be about to do…when 固定句型,意為:正要做…這時…,不能用其他詞代替. 選B

15.考查副詞。eventually意為:最終,終于."我"的上司感謝我們做出努力,最終來報到上班.hardly:幾乎不,casually:隨意地,absolutely :絕對地. 選 D

16.考查名詞。句意為:有時候像這樣,當員工們?nèi)绱嗣黠@表現(xiàn)出他們對工作的忠于職守時,總是令人安慰的.devotion意為:熱愛,忠誠.donation:捐贈,connection:聯(lián)系,reaction:反應. 選A

17.考查形容詞。 通過上文的short 可看出,信息是簡短的brief,其他的accurate:準確的, 精密的,urgent:緊急的,humorous:幽默的. 選C

18.考查名詞。A. promise許諾，B. appreciation感激，C. advice建議，D. guidance指導，從上文可知上司給他寫的是感謝信.意為"幾句感謝的話有很大影響". 選B

19.考查名詞。A. troubles麻煩，B. signals信號，C. rules規(guī)定，D. signs標志，從上文中的找車,擠車可以看出是交通上的麻煩事,而不是交通信號或是規(guī)則. 選A

20.考查動詞。A. corrected糾正，B. supported支持，C. amazed使…驚訝，D. refresh使精力恢復; 使精神, 上司的話讓我路上的辛苦疲勞全部消失，備感欣慰。選D

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