Question

On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain caused the streets to ____ 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 ____ to go home. Some battled to ____ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the ____ bravely, walking miles to get to work.

I ____ 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 ____ had stopped. After making my way ____ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was ____. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to ____ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the ____. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like an forever, the train ____ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was ____ through, exhausted and ____.

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 ____ I received an email from Garth, my Director:

I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and ____ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their ____ to their jobs. Thank you.

Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that ____ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of ____ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic ____ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately____ me and put a smile back on my face.

1.A. break B. flood C. sink D. crash

2.A. forced B. refused C. adjusted D. gathered

3.A. order B. pay C. call D. search

4.A. weather B. scenery C. storm D. burden

5.A. used B. promised C. deserved D. happened

6.A. practice B.demand C. process D. service

7.A. to B. through C. over D. for

8.A. operating B. cycling C. turning D. rushing

9.A. check B. carry C. find D. board

10.A. street B. ground C. floor D. platform

11.A. paused B. crossed C. reached D. parked

12.A. wet B. weak C. sick D. hurt

13.A. ashamed B. discouraged C. surprised D. puzzled

14.A. while B. when C. where D. after

15.A. hardly B. casually C. absolutely D. finally

16.A. devotion B. reaction C. investigation D. relation

17.A. accurate B. vital C. brief D. humorous

18.A. promise B. appreciation C. advice D. guidance

19.A. troubles B. signals C. rules D. signs

20.A. corrected B. supported C. amazed D.refreshed

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是作者在遭遇暴風(fēng)雨的情況下堅(jiān)持上班的經(jīng)歷，但是在下班時(shí)主管的一封表示感謝的信讓自己瞬間忘卻了煩惱，重拾開心的心情。

1. 考察動(dòng)詞辨析。A. break中斷B. flood被水淹沒(méi)C. sink下沉 D. crash崩潰。句意：雨水導(dǎo)致街道被淹沒(méi), 選B。

2. 考察動(dòng)詞。A. forced 被迫B. refused拒絕 C. adjusted調(diào)整D. gathered集合。句意：因?yàn)橄掠�，很多�?zhǔn)備上班的人都被迫回家，選A。

3. order命令，預(yù)定.B. pay支付 C.call喊，叫D. search搜尋。句意：一些人為了上班，奮力地叫出租車或想法上公交車，call a taxi叫出租車，選C.

4. 考察名詞辨析。A. weather天氣 B. scenery風(fēng)景C. storm暴風(fēng)雨 D. burden負(fù)擔(dān)。句意：還有一些人勇敢地面對(duì)暴風(fēng)雨，走上好幾英里的路去上班，選C。

5. used過(guò)去的 .B. promised答應(yīng)的.C.deserved值得的D. happened

碰巧的。句意：我碰巧是這些在上班路上的人當(dāng)中的一個(gè)，選D。

6. 考察名詞辨析。A. practice 實(shí)施B.demand要求C. process進(jìn)程 D. service服務(wù)。句意：我走了一個(gè)又一個(gè)地鐵站，發(fā)現(xiàn)大部分地鐵因?yàn)橄掠甓纪Ｖ沽朔��?wù)，選D。

7. 考察介詞。A.to到.. B. through經(jīng)過(guò) C. over在...之上 D. for為了。句意：在我?jiàn)^力穿過(guò)人群之后，終于發(fā)現(xiàn)一條還在運(yùn)行的地鐵線,選B。

8. operating運(yùn)行 B. cycling循環(huán)C. turning轉(zhuǎn)向D. rushing沖進(jìn)。句意同上題，選A。

9. C. find發(fā)現(xiàn)D. board上（飛機(jī)、車、船等）。句意：不幸的是有太多的人等著上地鐵以至于我不能從臺(tái)階走到站臺(tái)上，選D。

10. A. street街道B. ground地面 C. floor地板 D. platform站臺(tái)。句意同上題，選D

11. paused暫停B. crossed交叉 C. reached到達(dá)D. parked停泊。句意：在過(guò)了很久之后，地鐵終于到了我的站點(diǎn),選C。

12. wet濕的B. weak弱的C. sick惡心的D. hurt受傷的。句意：當(dāng)我最后到達(dá)辦公室的時(shí)候，我全身濕透了，既疲憊又氣餒，選A。

13. 考察形容詞。A. ashamed羞愧的 .B. discouraged氣餒的 C. Surprised吃驚的D. Puzzled

困惑的。句意同上題，選B。

14. 考察連詞。 A. while在...時(shí)候B. when在...時(shí)候C. where在...地方D. after在...之后。句意：當(dāng)我正要關(guān)掉電腦的時(shí)候這時(shí)收到了一封來(lái)自主管的信。be about to do...when固定句型，

正要做...這時(shí)...,選B

15. hardly幾乎不B. casually隨意地C. absolutely絕對(duì)地，完全地D. finally最后地。句意：感謝所有盡一切努力排除困難最終來(lái)報(bào)道上班的人，選D

16. devotion奉獻(xiàn)，熱愛(ài) B. reaction反應(yīng) C. investigation調(diào)查D. relation關(guān)系。句意：?jiǎn)T工們?nèi)绱嗣黠@地表現(xiàn)出對(duì)工作的熱愛(ài)是多么的讓人欣慰的事，選A

17. accurate準(zhǔn)確的 B. vital至關(guān)重要的 C. brief 簡(jiǎn)明扼要的D. humorous幽默的。句意：我從那封簡(jiǎn)要的信里讀到了比課本里還要多的信息,選C。

18. 考察名詞。 A. promise諾言B. appreciation感激C. advice建議 D. guidance向?qū)�。句意：這封信讓我明白了即使是幾句簡(jiǎn)短的感激也會(huì)帶來(lái)不同的效果的。選B

19. A. troubles麻煩B. signals信號(hào) C. rules規(guī)則 D. signs符號(hào)。句意：暴風(fēng)雨和交通擁堵帶來(lái)的麻煩讓我感到疲憊和心煩，選A。

20. A. corrected改正，糾正 B. supported支持 C.amazed感到吃驚 ；D.refreshed更新，清除...的疲勞。句意：但是Garth’s的話立即清除了我的疲勞，讓我從新有了笑臉。選D

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