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times only 8 miles in an entire day, they 9 and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201,678 pounds of trash. Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they 19 was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply 20 themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.1. A. thoughtsB. balanceC. handsD. position2. A. blamedB. interruptedC. frightenedD. moved3. A. foundB. cheeredC. droppedD. taught4. A. abandoningB. raisingC. shakingD. hiding5. A. prideB. trustC. loveD. fear6. A. planB. promiseC. mistakeD. difference7. A. correctedB. repeatedC. describedD. discovered8. A. drivingB. fixingC. ridingD. covering9. A. slowlyB. secretlyC. helplesslyD. frequently10. A. heardB. sharedC. wroteD. read11. A. problemsB. costsC. effortsD. choices12. A. depending onB. replying toC. worrying aboutD. meeting with13. A. moneyB. foodC. timeD. room14. A. equippedB. suppliedC. decoratedD. filled15. A. set offB. broke downC. headed forD. held on16. A. restB. helpC. understandingD. practice17. A. volunteersB. membersC. touristsD. reporters18. A. purposeB. questionC. decisionD. lesson19. A. introducedB. expectedC. experiencedD. examined20. A. turnB. limitC. pareD. devote【答案】 (1)A;(2)B;(3)A;(4)B;(5)C;(6)D;(7)C;(8)D;(9)A;(10)B;(11)C;(12)C;(13)A;(14)D;(15)B;(16)B;(17)A;(18)A;(19)C;(20)D; 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,為提高人們對環(huán)境零污染和氣候變化的認(rèn)識,Catherine等人花了三年時間共撿垃圾100余噸。句意:當(dāng)她的思緒在她將要做的事情和他們晚上的晚餐計(jì)劃之間搖擺時。根據(jù)語境可知,她的思緒在她將要做的事情和他們晚上的晚餐計(jì)劃之間搖擺時,她的思緒被姐姐的一個緊急電話打斷了。 (2)考查動詞。A. blamed“責(zé)備”;B. interrupted“打斷”;C. frightened“使害怕”;D. moved“移動”。故選B。句意:凱瑟琳發(fā)現(xiàn)自己和8個陌生人坐在一輛公交車上。根據(jù)語境可知,一條Facebook的消息和一次電話采訪后,凱瑟琳就踏上了拾荒之旅。 (4)考查動詞。A. abandoning“放棄”;B. raising“提高”;C. shaking“搖動”;D. hiding“藏”。故選B。句意:帶著對環(huán)境的熱愛和有所作為的愿望。根據(jù)語境,凱瑟琳撿垃圾的目的是提高人們對零浪費(fèi)和氣候變化的認(rèn)識。故選C。句意:帶著對環(huán)境的熱愛和有所作為的愿望。根據(jù)下文“Catherine, Davey, and a group of self described ‘environmental pickup artists’ went on a coast to coast road side trash pickup.”可知,凱瑟琳一行人帶著對環(huán)境的熱愛和有所作為的愿望,踏上了一趟沿海岸公路的拾荒之旅。 (7)考查動詞。A. corrected“改正”;B. repeated“重復(fù)”;C. described“描述”;D. discovered“發(fā)現(xiàn)”。故選C。句意:他們行進(jìn)著。根據(jù)上文“As they walked”可知,;cover表示“覆蓋,走了…路”。 (9)考查副詞。A. slowly“緩慢地”;B. secretly“秘密地”;C. helplessly“無助地”;D. frequently“頻繁地”。故選A。句意:凱瑟琳和戴維與我們分享了充滿希望和靈感的精彩故事。根據(jù)下文“with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration”可知,凱瑟琳和戴維與我們分享了充滿希望和靈感的精彩故事。 (11)考查名詞。A. problems“問題”;B. costs“花費(fèi)”;C. efforts“努力”;D. choices“選擇”。故選C。句意:她一直在默默地?fù)?dān)心自己是否有足夠的錢坐飛機(jī)回家過兩個星期的春假。根據(jù)語境可知,凱瑟琳一直擔(dān)心如何能夠有錢回家。 (13)考查名詞。A. money“錢”;B. food“食物”;C. time“時間”;D. room“房間”。故選A。句意:然后在沙漠里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個空白的、身份不明的信封,里面裝著850美元的現(xiàn)金。根據(jù)語境可知,信封里面裝著850美元現(xiàn)金。 (15)考查動詞短語。A. set off“出發(fā)”;B. broke down“車壞了”;C. headed for“朝向”;D. held on“堅(jiān)持”。故選B。句意:當(dāng)他們乘坐的公共汽車在丹佛市外拋錨后,他們意外地得到了幫助。根據(jù)語境可知,他們的車拋錨了,此時在沙漠里發(fā)現(xiàn)了850美元現(xiàn)金,足夠他們回家。故選B。句意:來自全州的志愿者們?yōu)榱饲謇砉珗@里的垃圾而聚集在一起。根據(jù)下文“from all over the state came together with a purpose of cleaning up trash all over the park.”可知,是來自全州的志愿者。 (18)考查名詞。A. purpose“目的”;B. question“問題”;C. decision“決定”;D. lesson“課,教訓(xùn)”。故選A。句意:在正確的時間出現(xiàn)在正確的地點(diǎn)變得幾乎是正常的,他們意識到他們所經(jīng)歷的很多事情不僅僅是一個巧合。根據(jù)上文Catherine和 Davey談及旅程中發(fā)生的一些巧合可知,這些都是他們經(jīng)歷過的事情。 (20)考查動詞。A. turn“轉(zhuǎn)向”;B. limit“限制”;C. pare“比較”;D. devote“致力于”。故選D。5.閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 It started on a Friday 1 sight: A mountain lion was bent over her 5yearold son, biting him. The poor boy was pletely under the cat and was 5 So the mother 6 suddenly with a lot of force and discovered her son39。t back down. The mother 8 s mouth and got it open, 9 The boy39。occurred. He 11 to a hospital in Aspen. The boy suffered cuts to his 13 , face and neck. The mother 14 condition and has since been 16 s Hospital in Denver for his recovery.t a big cat. Had it been a 110pound lion which was once seen around there this would have been a much 19 The mother, who had to physically remove the lion39。s face, is credited with 20 s a real hero.1. A. morningB. afternoonC. eveningD. noon2. A. insideB. outsideC. towardsD. under3. A. screamsB. laughterC. applauseD. cheers4. A. surprisingB. magicalC. movingD. terrifying5. A. runningB. waitingC. strugglingD. walking6. A. sprang into actionB. burst into tearsC. thought twiceD. pulled out7. A. eyesB. pawsC. earsD. teeth8. A. grabbedB. coveredC. beatD. kissed9. A. fortingB. scoldingC. stoppingD. freeing10. A. errorB. attackC. headacheD. edy11. A. crashedB. lookedC. joggedD. jumped12. A. spedB. swamC. divedD. got13. A. legsB. feetC. headD. bottom14. A. sufferedB. carvedC. drewD. removed39。 (1)考查名詞。A. morning“早晨”;B. afternoon“下午”;C. evening“晚上”;D. noon“中午”。故選C。句意:事情發(fā)生在周五晚上,當(dāng)時5歲的男孩和他的哥哥正在科羅拉多州度假小鎮(zhèn)阿斯彭附近的家外面玩耍。根據(jù)下文可知,這位母親跑到她家的前院,看到了一個可怕的場景,一只美洲獅正在襲擊小男孩。故選B。句意:聽到尖叫聲,這位母親跑到她家 的A. screams“尖叫聲”;B. laughter“笑聲”;C. applause“鼓掌”;D. cheers“歡呼”。故選A。句意:聽到尖叫聲,這位母親跑到她家的前院,看到了一個可怕的場景:一只美洲獅趴在她5歲的兒子身上咬他。美洲獅襲擊了小男孩,且作者看到時,美洲獅正趴在她5歲的兒子身上咬他,所以這是一個可怕的場景。 (5)考查動詞。A. running“跑”;B. waiting“等待”;C. struggling“掙扎”;D. walking“走”。struggle to do sth固定短語,掙扎著做某事符合句意。 (6)考查動詞短語。A. sprang into action“ 突然行動起來”;B. burst into tears“突然大哭起來”;C. thought twice“三思”;D. pulled out“駛離路邊”。故選A。句意:于是,母親立即采取行動,她猛攻這個龐然大物,猛地用力掰開它的一只爪子,發(fā)現(xiàn)她兒子的整個腦袋都被吞進(jìn)了它的嘴里。 D. teeth“牙齒”。s paws可知,母親猛地用力掰開獅子的一只爪子。 (8)考查動詞。A. grabbed“抓住”;B. covered“覆蓋”;C. beat“打”;D. kissed“親吻”。故選A。句意:母親一把抓住獅子的嘴,撬開它的嘴,救出了男孩。撬開它的嘴,男孩才能得救。故選D。句意:襲擊發(fā)生時,男孩的父親剛剛跑步回來。根據(jù)上文可知,美洲獅在啃咬5歲的男孩,所以動物襲擊了人類。 (11)考查動詞。A. crashed“撞擊”;B. looked“看”;C. jogged“慢跑”;D. jumped“跳”。故選D。句意:他們驅(qū)車快速地前往阿斯彭的一家醫(yī)院。孩子被獅子襲擊,一定是受了傷,所以要驅(qū)車快速地前往阿斯彭的一家醫(yī)院。 (13)考查名詞。A. legs“腿”;B. feet“腳”;C. head“頭”;D. bottom“底