【文章內容簡介】 t around the knob (圓形旋鈕 ) on the door raised the kettle and 49 the water over the hand. 50 was heard outside as the 51 fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back， which was 52 by the sound of running feet. It wasn’ t long 53 the police caught the was greatly 54 at the club for her successful 55 . 答案 D 解析 俱樂部對于孤獨老人來說是一種消磨時光的好方法。 答案 B 解析 從全文看， 是獨自一人住。 答案 C 解析 她感到家里有點 “ 反常 ” (unusual)。 答案 C 解析 由上半句可見并無破門而入的跡象 (sign)。 答案 D 解析 這里應該是核查 ，看看丟了什么東西。 答案 C 解析 相反，她抄近路回家了。 答案 B 解析 選 A或 C 均不合邏輯；選 D 也不合情理。 答案 C 解析 看看會發(fā)生什么。其余三項動詞含義可包含在此項中。 答案 B 解析 “ 沏茶 ” 習慣用 make tea 來表示。同樣，英語中還有 make coffee。 next moment a while time once 答案 A 解析 the next moment 意為 “ 緊接著 ??” 。 down aside up away 答案 C 解析 結合下文看，此處是 “ 提起一壺開水 ” 。 from behind 答案 A 解析 朝門口走去。 答案 B 解析 伸進來的是 “ 手 ” (hand)， 下文有說明。 答案 C 解析 “ 倒開水 ；潑水 ” 用 pour。 sad voice strange noise low shout sharp cry 答案 D 解析 開水猛然澆到手上，發(fā)出的是尖叫聲，并非其他幾種聲音。 lock 答案 D 解析 從上文得知，應該是鐵絲掉在地上。 答案 A 解析 緊接著是逃走的腳步聲。 答案 A 解析 句型 It wasn’ t long before (后接從句 ) 表示 “ 不久 ??” 。 答案 B 解析 如此智勇兼?zhèn)?，自然?club 中受到贊揚。 satisfaction protection respect service 答案 B 解析 以上行為屬于 “ 自我保護 ” (self protection)。 第三部分 閱讀理解 (共 20小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 40 分 ) 閱讀下列短文 ， 從每題所給的四個選項 (A、 B、 C 和 D)中 ， 選出最佳選項 。 A The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean， so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other sent his camera crew out one evening to film the sunset for him. The next morning he said to the men,“ Have you provided me with that sunset？ ” “ No， sir,” the men answered. The director was angry.“ Why not?” he asked. “ Well,sir,” one of the men answered,“ we’ re on the east coast here， and the sun sets in the can get you a sunrise over the sea， if necessary， but not a sunset.” “ But I want a sunset!” the director shouted.“ Go to the airport， take the next flight to the west coast， and get one.” But then a young secretary had an idea.“ Why don’ t you photograph a sunrise， ” she suggested， “ and then play it backwards? Then it’ ll look like a sunset.” “ That’ s a very good idea！ ” the director he turned to the camera crew and said，“ Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.” The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful at nine o’ clock they took it to the director.“ Here it is，sir， ” they said， and gave it to was very pleased. They all went into the studio.“ All right， ” the director explained， “ now our hero and heroine are going to say the film backwards so that we can see the sunset behind them.” The “ sunset” began， but after a quarter of a minute， the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop. The birds in the film were flying backwards， and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach. evening， the director sent his camera crew out . film a scene on the sea find an actor and an actress watch a beautiful sunset meet the audience 答案 A 解析 細 節(jié)理解題。第一段中 “ ...planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean...” 和最 后一句中 “ ...to film the sunset for him.” 說明了行動的目的。 did the director want to send his crew to the west coast? he changed his mind about getting a sunset. he was angry with his crew. he wanted to get a scene of sunset. it was his secretary’ s suggestion. 答案 C 解析 細節(jié)理解題。第五段中 “ ...we’ re on the east coast here， and the sun sets in the west.” 說明了原因。 director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because . went well with the separation of the hero and heroine they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening was more moving than a sunrise ocean looked more beautiful at sunset 答案 A 解析 細節(jié)理解題。第一段中 “ ...so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other forever.” 說明了原因。 the “ sunset” began， the director suddenly put his face in his hands . he was moved to tears he saw everything in the film moving backwards the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine 答案 B 解析 細節(jié)理解題。文章的最后一段說明了原因。 of the following is NOT true? crew had to follow the secretary’ s advice (忠告 ). you want to see a sunrise， the east coat is the place to go. camera crew wasn’ t able to film the scene the first day. director ordered his crew to stop filming the “ sunset” . 答案 D 解析 推理判斷題。 A、 B、 C 三項的陳述在文章的前六段都已交待。第七段和第八段的 敘述使我們得知 D 項是錯誤的。 B Claude and Louris are “ giraffes” .So are police officers Hankins and men and women don’ t look like giraffes； they look like you and ， why do people call them “ giraffes” ？ A giraffe， they say， is an animal that sticks its necks out， can see places far away and has a large lives a quiet life and moves about in an easy and beautiful the