Question

On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to __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 the 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 switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like an forever, the train __46__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was __47__ through, exhausted and __48__.
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 __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 tied 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. A. 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. appreciation       C. advice               D. guidance
54. A. troubles                     B. signals                     C. rules                 D. signs
55. A. corrected            B. supported          C. amazed             D. refreshed

Answer 1

36. B; 37.A ;38. C ;39. C; 40. D ;41. D ;42. B ;43. A ;44. D ;45. D ;46. C ;47. A; 48. B;
49. B; 50. D;51. A;52. C;53. B; 54. A; 55.D 

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(zhǔn)，使…適應(yīng)，gather:聚集，集合。
38. C  call a taxi:叫出租車。order，命令，訂購（貨物等），點(diǎn)（菜）。
39. C 從上文a terrible rainstorm可知是勇敢的面對暴風(fēng)雨。climate指氣候，不是具體某天的天氣。scenery：風(fēng)景，景色；burden：擔(dān)子，負(fù)擔(dān)。
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(xiàng)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(yīng)受…。
41. D 我意外的發(fā)現(xiàn)大部分的地鐵路線的服務(wù)都停了。 practice：實(shí)踐，練習(xí)。routine：常規(guī)；慣例；例行公事。process：過程，進(jìn)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(yùn)行，工作。表示“終于找到一條還在運(yùn)行的地鐵線”。
44. D  board the subway意為：上地鐵。board:上（船，車，飛機(jī)）。
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(guān)。
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(dá)了我（要到達(dá)）的站點(diǎn)。reach:及物動詞，到達(dá)。pause:暫停, park：停車，都是不及物動詞，不合題意。
47. A 因?yàn)橄轮�大雨，所以�?yīng)是“我”全身濕透了。與虛弱，疾病，受傷都不相關(guān)。
48. B 到達(dá)后的狀態(tài)是精疲力竭的，氣餒的，因?yàn)槊坝贲s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(dāng)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(yīng)。
52. C 通過上文的short 可看出，信息是簡短的。accurate：準(zhǔn)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(fù); 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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