Question

The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She   1    the driver and, using her hands to feel the   2    of the seats, walked down and found the   3    which the driver had told her was empty. Then she settled in.

It had been a year since Susan, 34,   4    a medical misdiagnosis (誤診), was suddenly thrown into a world of   5   . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all his heart. He   6    her how to rely on her other   7   , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and   8    to adapt herself to the new environment. He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could   9    for her, and save her a seat.

  10   , Susan decided that she was ready to try the   11    on her own. Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their   12    ways.

On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work as usual. As she was   13    the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I   14    envy you.” Susan had no   15   what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you   16   ?”

The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the   17    week, a fine-looking gentleman   18    a military uniform has been standing across the corner   19    you as you get off the bus. He   20    you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building. You are one lucky lady.”           

Tears of gratitude poured down Susan’s cheeks.     

1. A. thanked      B. asked       C. discovered               D. paid

2. A. location      B. shape       C. size               D. cost

3. A. ticket          B. bus          C. seat               D. bag

4. A. according to   B. instead of   C. thanks to          D. due to

5. A. anger           B. darkness     C. happiness            D. light

6. A. asked         B. encouraged   C. taught              D. praised

7. A. feelings       B. sights         C. senses          D. abilities

8. A. how          B. when        C. where           D. who

9. A. make out            B. watch out    C. find out         D. work out

10. A. Finally       B. Luckily         C. However        D. Besides

11. A. visit           B. trip            C. bus             D. work

12. A. opposite       B. separate        C. difficult         D. usual

13. A. getting on       B. getting in     C. getting off     D. getting up

14. A. must           B. may         C. will            D. do

15. A. idea            B. opinion       C. way          D. thought

16. A. want          B. mean         C. say            D. suggest

17. A. next           B. old             C. past         D. following

18. A. by          B. on              C. with         D. in

19. A. searching     B. watching       C. calling        D. noticing

20. A. looks out      B. takes up        C. believes in    D. makes sure

Answer 1

1--  20      DACDB   CCABA   BBCDA   BCDBD  

解析:

1. D  根據(jù)生活常識(shí)，乘客一上車應(yīng)該先付錢。

2. A  因?yàn)樗�是個(gè)盲人，所以只能用手去摸索座位的位置。

3. C  根據(jù)上下文可知，此處指的是座位。 

4. D  由于誤診，Susan成了盲人。due to由于，因?yàn)椤?/p>

5. B  Susan被投進(jìn)了一個(gè)黑暗的世界，這是一種委婉的表達(dá)，意即她什么也看不見了。  

6. C  Susan的丈夫教會(huì)她如何依靠其他感官的功能。

7. C  由下文的specifically her hearing可知，此處指的是其他感覺器官。

8. A  根據(jù)句意“如何適應(yīng)新的環(huán)境”可知，應(yīng)用表示方式的狀語how。

9. B  她的丈夫幫助她和公交車司機(jī)友好相處，司機(jī)可以留意Susan的安全。watch out for意為“密切注意，留神”。

10. A  從下一句… she said good-bye and for the first time…可知，該句大意為“最后，她決定自己出門坐車”。 

11. B  此處用trip，指的是Susan自己出門乘車上班的行走的路程。

12. B  Susan和丈夫各走各的路，也就是說Susan這次沒有讓丈夫護(hù)送自己。

13. C  從下一段內(nèi)容可知，此處指的是當(dāng)Susan下車時(shí)。

14. D  該句句意為“我真的很羨慕你�！眃o在此處是加強(qiáng)語氣的助動(dòng)詞，意為“確實(shí)，的確，真的”。

15. A  Susan不知道司機(jī)在說什么。have no idea意為“不知道”，后面接同位語從句。

16. B  該句句意為“你什么意思？”

17. C  for the past week意為“在過去的這一周中”。

18. D  介詞in與表示衣服的名詞連用，表示“穿著”。

19. B  表示長時(shí)間的注視應(yīng)該用watch，從下一句也可以得到提示。

20. D  make sure確保；look out向外看；take up占據(jù)；believe in信任