On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets __36___ 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 __37__ to go home. Some battled to __38__a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the ___39___ bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I ___40__ to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most _41__ had stopped. After making my way __42__ crowds of people. I finally found a subway line that was __43___. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __44__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the ___45__. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train __46__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I got to my office, I was _47___ through, exhausted and __48__.
My co-workers and I spend 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 __49__I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __50__ reported to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their _51__ _to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that ___52__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __53__ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __54___ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately __55____ me and put a smile back on my face.
36. A. break        B. flood        C. sink          D, crash
37. A. forced       B. refused      C. adjusted      D. gathered
38. A. order        B. pay         C. call          D. search
39. A. climate      B. scenery     C. storm         D. burden
40. A. used        B. promised    C. deserved      D. happened
41. practice        B. routine      C. process       D. service
42. A. to          B. through      C. over          D. for
43. A. operating    B. cycling      C. turning        D. rushing
44. A. check       B. carry       C. find           D. board
45. A. street       B. ground       C. floor          D. platform
46. A. paused      B. crossed      C. reached        D. parked
47. A. wet        B. weak         C. sick            D. hurt
48. A. ashamed    B. discouraged    C. surprised       D. puzzled
49. A, while       B. when         C. where          D. after
50. A. hardly      B. casually       C. absolutely      D. eventually
51. A. devotion    B. donation       C. connection      D. reaction
52. A, accurate    B. urgent        C. brief          D. humorous
53. A. promise     B. appreciate      C. advice        D. guidance
54. A. troubles     B. signals        C. rules          D. signs
55. A. corrected     B. supported      C. amazed        D. refreshed
36-55 BACCD DBADD CABBD ACBAD
36. B  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。
37.A 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。
38. C  call a taxi:叫出租車。order，命令，訂購（貨物等），點（菜）。
39. C 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。
40. D  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…。
41. D 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。
42. B  through指從內(nèi)部穿過。through crowds of people意為穿過人群。
43. A  operate:運行，工作。表示“終于找到一條還在運行的地鐵線”。
44. D  board the subway意為：上地鐵。board:上（船，車，飛機）。
45. D 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。
46. C 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。
47. A 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。
48. B 到達后的狀態(tài)是精疲力竭的，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。
49. B  be about to do…when 固定句型，意為：正要做…這時…，不能用其他詞代替。
50. D  eventually意為：最終，終于�！拔摇钡纳纤靖兄x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。
51. A 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。
52. C 通過上文的short 可看出，信息是簡短的。accurate：準確的, 精密的，urgent：緊急的，humorous：幽默的。
53. B  appreciation:感激，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”。
54. A 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。
55. D  refresh使精力恢復; 使精神振作，通過下文的 “put a smile back on my face” 可選擇，與上文的“tied and upset”相反。
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