【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 n I joined the 21day mindful walking 9 , I began to walk with a mind. During the walking days, I said hello to a neighbor, who39。s lived next to me for a year. But I39。ve never 10 attention to her. I smiled at every stranger passing by me. I walked to the streets that I normally would not pass through and 11 a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I began to 12 if I had really lived in this town all these years. It39。s a pletely 13 town that I know so little about! I felt deeply 14 for the walking challenge. Maybe I will 15 foot on far lands again, yet I know wonder is right here and right now.1. A. walkingB. drivingC. flyingD. biking2. A. worriedB. surprisedC. excitedD. frightened3. A. beatingB. hittingC. hurtingD. forting4. A. foreignB. lonelyC. richD. fantastic5. A. went downB. picked upC. broke downD. turned down6. A. angryB. upsetC. foolishD. hungry7. A. messB. wayC. hurryD. corner8. A. wheelB. carpetC. streetD. hood9. A. organizationB. challengeC. scheduleD. petition10. A. takenB. madeC. keptD. paid11. A. discoveredB. builtC. enteredD. rented12. A. answerB. questionC. argueD. check13. A. specialB. similarC. secureD. new14. A. gratefulB. hopefulC. helpfulD. doubtful15. A. reachB. setC. carryD. measure【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）D；（4）A；（5）A；（6）B；（7）C；（8）A；（9）B；（10）D；（11）A；（12）B；（13）D；（14）A；（15）B； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了自己參加步行挑戰(zhàn)的經(jīng)歷和收獲，告訴我們：當(dāng)你步行測量城鎮(zhèn)之間的距離時，走到那些你認(rèn)為只有開車才能到達(dá)的地方，它會改變你的想法。 （1）考查名詞。句意：我住在舊金山北部的郊區(qū)，對于這里的大多數(shù)人來說，開車是主要的交通方式。A. walking“走”；B. driving“開車”；C. flying“飛”；D. biking“騎自行車”。根據(jù)下文的“l(fā)earned to drive和driving with music”可知開車是主要的交通方式，故選B。 （2）考查形容詞。句意：我仍然記得10年前我第一次學(xué)開車時多么興奮。A. worried“擔(dān)心的”；B. surprised“吃驚的”；C. excited“興奮的，激動的”；D. frightened“害怕的”。根據(jù)下文“I was filled with joy”和第一次學(xué)開車的情境可知是興奮的，故選C。 （3）考查動詞。句意：開車的時候，音樂輕輕地?fù)嵛恐业男?，我心里充滿了喜悅，一種在異國他鄉(xiāng)獨立的喜悅！A. beating“打”；B. hitting“打擊”；C. hurting“傷害”；D. forting“撫慰，安慰”。根據(jù)當(dāng)時作者喜悅的心情，可知選D。 （4）考查形容詞。句意：開車的時候，音樂輕輕地?fù)嵛恐业男?，我心里充滿了喜悅，一種在異國他鄉(xiāng)獨立的喜悅！A. foreign“外國的”；B. lonely“孤獨的”；C. rich“富有的”；D. fantastic“奇異的”。根據(jù)“I live in the suburb north of San Francisco”和“my family in China”可知作者是中國人，在美國生活，故選A。 （5）考查動詞短語。句意：然而，隨著時間的流逝，這種興奮感逐漸消失了。A. went down“下去，消失”；B. picked up“撿起”；C. broke down“打破”；D. turned down“關(guān)小”。指新鮮感減退消失，故選A。 （6）考查形容詞。句意：我害怕開車，感覺擔(dān)心和不安。A. angry“生氣的”；B. upset“不安的”；C. foolish“愚蠢的”；D. hungry“饑餓的”。根據(jù)feared和worried可知作者當(dāng)時的心情，故選B。 （7）考查名詞。句意：每個人似乎都在擋我的路，尤其是我匆忙的時候。A. mess“混亂”；B. way“方法，道路”；C. hurry“匆忙”；D. corner“角落”。in a hurry 固定短語，“匆忙”，故選C。 （8）考查名詞。句意：我坐在車上哭，我恨我的車。A. wheel“車輪”； B. carpet“地毯”；C. street“街道”；D. hood“頭巾”。根據(jù)“I didn39。t dare to get out of my car”可知是坐在車上，故選A。 （9）考查名詞。句意：當(dāng)我加入為期21天的意念步行挑戰(zhàn)時，我開始用意念走路。A. organization“組織”；B. challenge“挑戰(zhàn)”；C. schedule“時間表”；D. petition“比賽”。下文“the walking challenge”給了提示，故選B。 （10）考查動詞。句意：我和一個住在我隔壁一年的鄰居打了個招呼。但是我以前從來沒有注意過她。A. taken“拿，帶”；B. made“制造”；C. kept“保持”；D. paid“花費”。pay attention to固定短語，“注意”，故選D。 （11）考查動詞。句意：我走在平時不會經(jīng)過的街道上，在人行道上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個小小的免費圖書館。A. discovered“發(fā)現(xiàn)”； B. built“建立”；C. entered“進(jìn)入”；D. rented“租”。根據(jù)下文“if I had really lived in this town all these years”可知作者是才發(fā)現(xiàn)，故選A。 （12）考查動詞。句意：我開始懷疑這些年來我是否真的住在這個小鎮(zhèn)上。A. answer“答復(fù)”；B. question“提問，懷疑”；C. argue“爭論”；D. check“檢查，核實”。對以前從未注意過的事物作者開始懷疑自己，故選B。 （13）考查形容詞。句意：這是一個我知之甚少的全新的小鎮(zhèn)!A. special“特殊的”；B. similar“相似的”；C. secure“安全的”；D. new“新的”。作者對本來存在的事物卻從未注意過，感覺是全新的。故選D。 （14）考查形容詞。句意：我對這次步行挑戰(zhàn)深表感激。A. grateful“感激的”；B. hopeful“有希望的”；C. helpful“有幫助的”；D. doubtful“懷疑的”。因為步行挑戰(zhàn)讓作者認(rèn)識了更多人，發(fā)現(xiàn)了以前沒注意過的東西，作者深表感激。故選A。 （15）考查動詞。句意：也許我會再次踏上遙遠(yuǎn)的土地，但我知道奇跡就在此時此地。A. reach“到達(dá)”；B. set“放，置”；C. carry“攜帶”；D. measure“測量”。set foot on固定短語，“踏上”，故選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及動詞，名詞，形容詞，固定短語等多個知識點的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析推理，從而選出正確答案。4．完形填空 In a used furniture business, unlike new, you cannot order stock from a catalogue. People call in, and you have to go out and make an offer. You can39。t 1 what you don39。t have, my father would say. When I was aged thirteen, my father 2 his store manager, a one－armed guy who could do more with his one arm than many will do with two. With his 3 gone, my father came to me. Will you e in while I go out to 4 the day39。s calls 5 I find the right person? he asked. The store has tens of thousands of 6 . People like to bargain, he told me. So I don39。t 7 prices. You just have to know a 8 . He took me around and said, A quarter－h(huán)orse motor you can sell for four dollars. For a refrigerator, depending on the 9 ， you can sell for thirty－five dollars to sixty dollars. However, if it has a freezer all the way across, sell it for eighty dollars。 10 excellent condition, maybe one hundred dollars. Dishes e in with a houseful of furniture, and I don39。t even figure them in when I give a price. You can sell them for a nickel to a quarter. Something really nice. Every day after 11 , I would pedal (騎自行車) down to the store. Soon after, I was writing up a sales slip (紙條) for an attractive plate when my father walked in. I had asked a dollar and the guy did not hesitate. I was very 12 . My father glanced down at what I was doing, 13 the customer and said, You sure got a 14 today. My employee gave you the price and that39。s the price. Afterward, I asked my father, What was that all 15 ？ It turned out that it was a(n) 16 plate, worth a few hundred dollars. I was shocked. Here I was 17 to help my father in the business and instead I was losing money for him. He said, I could have stopped the sales if I39。d wanted to. You were just writing up the slip and hadn39。t yet taken the money. 18 , by civil law, you39。re 19 age. But, a man stands by his word and the word of his