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【題目】Personally I think trains are exciting and romantic. I must ____ that trains are not important means of transportation in the US, but I do have some ____ with them.

When I was a child, growing up in a small town with very little ____, we used to go to the station to watch the passenger trains coming in. There was something ____ about the steaming, roaring string of cars coming into view around the mountains, ____ growing larger and louder and finally ____ crowds of strangers onto the platform.

I took my ____ train trip when I was ten years old. I went with my elder sister to visit our cousins six hundred miles away. The train—so loud and violent on the outside—was ____ and rocking inside. We were very excited, and as that was also our first time away from our parents, we felt somewhat frightened too. However, because I had ____ so much, I was a little disappointed when I was finally one of the passengers I had ____ for so long.

As a college student, I ____ ride overnight train to my roommate’s hometown. We could never afford a ____, so we played cards, sang, ate, read and talked _____ we finally fell uncomfortably asleep in the straight-backed seats.

My idea that trains are ____ may come from the fact that my husband and I took the train on our honeymoon(蜜月假期), spending extra money to eat in the dinning car, and ____ the window as the desert scenery slid past.

Now, when I make a trip, I always fly or drive, and ____ are not a very important part of my life. ____, every time I hear the train whistle faraway on a quiet night, I can always feel the sudden ____ in my heart to pack my bags and jump on board, entering a ____ world of motions, sounds, sights and experience which just aren’t ____ in the dull environment of an airplane.

【1】A. predict B. believe C. admit D. ensure

【2】A. trouble B. experience C. photos D. fun

【3】A. education B. money C. work D. entertainment

【4】A. boring B. satisfying C. exciting D. terrifying

【5】A. slowly B. absolutely C. unusually D. rapidly

【6】A. removing B. throwing C. pouring D. shooting

【7】A. only B. first C. second D. last

【8】A. rough B. small C. big D. gentle

【9】A. expected B. knew C. thought D. experienced

【10】A. waited B. watched C. appreciated D. trusted

【11】A. used to B. ought to C. could D. must

【12】A. ticket B. meal C. seat D. sleeper

【13】A. until B. since C. before D. after

【14】A. exciting B. romantic C. beautiful D. comfortable

【15】A. standing by B. leaning against C. sitting beside D. looking out of

【16】A. planes B. cars C. trains D. boats

【17】A. Still B. Therefore C. Indeed D. Instead

【18】A. admiration B. preference C. wish D. relaxation

【19】A. common B. gentle C. quiet D. unique

【20】A. mentioned B. matched C. discussed D. allowed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【6】C

【7】B

【8】D

【9】A

【10】B

【11】A

【12】D

【13】A

【14】B

【15】D

【16】C

【17】A

【18】C

【19】D

【20】B

【解析】 記敘文。作者認為，坐火車刺激而浪漫。

【1】考查動詞用法。. A. predict預測 B. believe相信 C. admit承認 D. ensure確保 通讀全文可知，她一生乘坐列車屈指可數(shù)，主要坐飛機和開車，所以火車對她并不重要。這是事實，要承認。選C。

【2】考查名詞用法。A. trouble麻煩 B. experience經(jīng)驗 C. photos照片 D. fun好玩 坐過有經(jīng)驗。選B.

【3】考查名詞用法。A. education教育 B. money金錢 C. work工作 D. entertainment娛樂 貧窮地方，自然沒有多少娛樂活動。選D。

【4】考查形容詞用法。A. boring枯燥 B. satisfying滿意 C. exciting刺激 D. terrifying害怕 文章第一句就說刺激，現(xiàn)在具體說刺激�；疖嚸爸�蒸汽呼嘯而來。選C.

【5】考查副詞用法。A. slowly慢慢地 B. absolutely絕對 C. unusually不尋常 D. rapidly迅速 車到站，要減速。選A.

【6】考查動詞用法。A. removing移開 B. throwing拋 C. pouring涌出 D. shooting射擊 到站后，旅客潮水般涌出來。選C.

【7】考查序數(shù)詞用法。A. only僅僅 B. first第一 C. second第二 D. last最后 回憶第一次坐火車。選B。

【8】考查形容詞用法。A. rough激烈 B. small 小 C. big大 D. gentle輕柔 從外面感受火車，噪音大，快而猛；車內(nèi)隔音，就輕柔。選D。

【9】考查動詞用法。A. expected期盼 B. knew知道 C. thought認為 D. experienced經(jīng)歷 看人家坐，也盼那一天自己坐。選A.

【10】考查動詞用法。A. waited等待 B. watched看 C. appreciated欣賞 D. trusted信任 小時候的娛樂就是看火車到站。選B.

【11】考查動詞用法。A. used to過去做 B. ought to應該 C. could能 D. must必須 回憶過去常坐火車，根據(jù)后文說現(xiàn)在不了，選A.

【12】考查名詞用法。A. ticket票 B. meal飯 C. seat座位 D. sleeper臥鋪 前文說小時家貧，所以上大學時，買不起臥鋪。選A。

【13】考查連詞用法。. A. until直到 B. since從 C. before在…以前 D. after在…以后 在硬座上打牌，唱歌等直到睡著。選A。

【14】考查形容詞用法。A. exciting刺激 B. romantic浪漫 C. beautiful美麗 D. comfortable舒服 前面說刺激，后面開始分說浪漫—坐火車旅行結婚。選B。

【15】考查動詞用法。A. standing by站在邊上 B. leaning against靠著 C. sitting beside坐邊上 D. looking out of朝外看 沙漠風景在窗外掠過。選D。

【16】考查名詞用法。. A. planes飛機 B. cars汽車 C. trains火車 D. boats小船 現(xiàn)在主要坐飛機或開車，所以火車不重要了。選C.

【17】考查動副詞用法。A. Still仍然 B. Therefore因此 C. Indeed實際 D. Instead取代 以前的感受難忘。選A。

【18】考查名詞用法。A. admiration欽佩 B. preference更喜歡 C. wish愿望 D. relaxation放松 火車的汽笛勾起乘車的愿望。選C。

【19】考查形容詞用法。A. common常見的 B. gentle輕柔的 C. quiet安靜的 D. unique獨一無二 火車里的氣氛獨一無二。選D.

【20】考查動詞用法。A. mentioned提到 B. matched比較 C. discussed討論 D. allowed允許 飛機上的感受沒法比。選B.