Question

【題目】I came to Shawshank when I was just twenty，and I am one of the few people in the ______ who is willing to admit what he did．I ______ murder．I put a large insurance policy on my wife，who was three years older than I was，and then I fixed the brakes of the car her father had given us ______ a wedding present． It worked out ______ as I had planned， ______that I hadn’t planned on her stopping to pick up the neighbour woman and the woman’s son on the way down Castle Hill and into town．The brakes let go and the car crashed through the bushes，_____ speed．Bystanders said it must have been doing fifty or better when it hit the base of the Civil War statue in the town and burst into ______．

I ______ hadn’t planned on getting caught．My state has no death penalty，but I was tried for all three ______ and given three life sentences，to run one after the other．That fixed up any ______ of parole(假釋)I might have，for a long，long time．The judge ______ what I had done‘an extremely evil crime’, and it was ,but it is also in the past now．

Have I ______ myself，you ask? I don’t know what that word means，at least as far as prisons and corrections go．I think it’s a politician’s word．It may have some other ______，and it may be that I will have a chance to find out，but that is the ______．．．

I was young，good—looking，and from the ______ side of town．I met a pretty，headstrong girl who lived in one of the fine old houses on Carbine Street．She got pregnant later．Her father was agreeable to the ______ if I would take a job in the company he owned and _____ my way up．I found out that what he really had in mind was keeping me in his house and under his thumb，like a disagreeable ______ that has not quite been housebroken and which may bite．Enough hate ____54__ piled up to cause me to do what I did．

______ a second chance I would not do it again，but I'm not sure that means I am transformed．

【1】A. prison B. town C. city D. situation

【2】A. attempted B. committed C. made D. admitted

【3】A. for B.with C.over D. as

【4】A.eventually B.roughly C. exactly D. especially

【5】A.besides B. except C. beside D. despite

【6】A.reducing B.building C. gathering D. rising

【7】A. flames B. crying C. laughter D. ruins

【8】A.even B.ever C.therefore D. also

【9】A. murderers B. deaths C. persons D.crimes

【10】A. chance B. choice C. case D. ability

【11】A. assumed B.regarded C. ensured D. called

【12】A. transformed B.skipped C.enjoyed D.resigned

【13】A. responsibility B. aspect C. meaning D. occasion

【14】A.case B. future C.problem D. dream

【15】A.rich B.other C. poor D.wealthy

【16】A. marriage B. relationship C. ownership D.engagement

【17】A. wind B. come C. work D.walk

【18】A. animal B. dog C. cat D. pet

【19】A. occasionally B. eventually C. permanently D. cautiously

【20】A. Given B.Considering C.Having D. Assuming

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【9】B

【10】A

【11】D

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】C

【16】A

【17】C

【18】D

【19 B

【20】A

【解析】試題分析：文章是一個罪犯的自白，講述他犯罪經過和犯罪的原因，言語中充滿了后悔。

【1】考查名詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. prison監(jiān)獄，B. town城鎮(zhèn)，C. city城市，D. situation形勢，根據下文：I ______ murder．可知作者在監(jiān)獄里面，所以選A。

【2】考查動詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. attempted試圖，B. committed犯（罪），C. made做，D. admitted承認，commit murder犯了謀殺罪，所以選B。

【3】考查介詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. for 為了，B.with和，C.over在……上面，D. as作為，根據句意：這個汽車是她的爸爸作為結婚禮物給我們的。故選D。

【4】考查副詞辨析和上下文句意理解。根據句意：所以選A.eventually 最終，B.roughly粗暴地，粗略地，C. exactly 確切地，D. especially尤其地，一切都確實按照計劃地那樣進行。故選C。

【5】考查介詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A.besides除了（還有），B. except除了（沒有），C. beside在……旁邊， D. despite雖然，根據句意：除了我沒有計劃她停下接鄰居，所以選B。

【6】考查動詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A.reducing減少，B.building 建立，C. gathering聚集，D. rising上升，根據Bystanders said it must have been doing fifty or better可知汽車速度不斷加快，故選C。

【7】考查名詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. flames火焰，B. crying 哭，C. laughter 笑， D. ruins廢墟，根據：when it hit the base of the Civil War statue in the town可知汽車撞上雕像起火，所以選A。

【8】考查副詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A.even甚至，B.ever曾經，C.therefore因此，D. also也，根據I hadn’t planned on her stopping to pick up the neighbour woman and the woman’s son可知作者也沒有計劃被抓住，所以選D。

【9】考查名詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. murderers殺人犯，B. deaths死亡，C. persons人， D.crimes罪行，根據planned on her stopping to pick up the neighbour woman and the woman’s son可知這次車禍死了三個人，故選B。

【10】考查名詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. chance機會，B. choice選擇，C. case 情況，D.ability能力，根據句意：這就在一段很長很長的時間內封死了我假釋的機會。所以選A。

【11】考查動詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. assumed假設，B.regarded 認為，C. ensure確保，D. called叫，稱呼，根據句意：法官稱我做的事情是非常邪惡的罪行，故選D。

【12】考查動詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. transformed轉變，B.skipped跳過，C.enjoyed享受，D.resigned辭職，根據but I'm not sure that means I am transformed．可知這里是：我改過自新了嗎？故選A。

【13】考查名詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. responsibility責任，B. aspect 方面，C. meaning 意義， D. occasion 場合，根據句意：這可能有其他含義，故選C。

【14】考查名詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A.case情況，B. future未來，C.problem問題，D. dream夢想，根據句意：我可能有機會弄清楚，但是那是將來的事情。所以選B。

【15】考查形容詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A.rich有錢的，B.other其他的，C. poor窮的，D.wealthy富有的，根據I met a pretty，headstrong girl who lived in one of the fine old houses on Carbine Street．可知作者來自貧窮的地方，故選C。

【16】考查名詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. marriage 結婚，B. relationship關系，C. ownership擁有權，D.engagement訂婚，根據上文：a wedding present．可知她的爸爸同意了這樁婚事，所以選A。

【17】考查動詞辨析和上下文句意理解。work one’s way up，通過努力一步步地升上去 ，故選C。

【18】考查名詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. animal動物，B. dog 狗，C. cat貓，D. pet 寵物，根據which may bite．可知作者的岳父對待他就像是寵物，所以選D。

【19】考查副詞辨析和上下文句意理解。A. occasionally偶然地，B. eventually最終地，C. permanently 永久地， D. cautiously謹慎地，根據句意：足夠的憎恨最后累積導致我做的事情。故選B。

【20】考查動詞辨析和上下文句意理解。這里是過去分詞做狀語，因為I和give是被動關系，故選A。