Question

Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble— especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great ___36___ between human beings; and insects. The former ___37___ every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly ___38___ attention to themselves.

We can only show mercy to the ___39___ man who had to slop his car soon after ___40___ from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the ___41___of the car, he naturally got out to ___42___ the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he ___43___ his way. Again the noise began, ___44___ and became even louder. Quickly ___45___ his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great ___46___ cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees ___47___.

On learning this, the man drove away .as quickly as possible. After an hour’s ___48___ driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a ___49___ and went in- It was not long ___50___ a customer who had seen him arrive ___51___ in to inform him that his car was ___52___ with bees. The poor driver was ___53___ that the best way should be to call a ___54___. In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back. of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this ___55___ gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousand of followers home in a large box.

36. A. connection   B. difference   C. communication  D. similarity

37. A, do B. take    C. make  D. try

38. A. give     B. keep     C. pay      D. draw

39. A. unfortunate  B. careless      C. unpleasant  D. hopeless

40. A. passing by   B. leaving out   C. setting out     D. getting up

41. A. front    B. back     C. left      D. right

42. A. clean    B. change       C. test      D. examine

43. A. drove   B. continued C. pushed    D. forced

44. A. normally     B. gently C. actually      D. immediately

45. A. hiding  B. turning       C. shaking      D. raising

46. A. black    B. beautiful    C. white  D. colorful

47. A. below   B. ahead  C. nearby       D. behind

48. A. boring  B. careful       C. exciting      D. hard

49. A. hotel    B. museum     C. hospital      D. school

50. A. when    B. after   C. until   D. before

51. A. broke   B. moved       C. hurried       D. dropped

52. A. crowded      B. covered      C. filled  D. equipped

53. A. advised B. required     C. ordered      D. requested

54. A. bee-keeper B. policeman    C. waiter D. repairman

55. A. unfamiliar   B. unknown    C. unexpected D. uncertain

Answer 1

36---55        BCDAC   BDBDB   ACDAD   CBAAC        

解析:

本文講述了一個人的后車輪附近藏著一只蜂王，導(dǎo)致一群蜜蜂追隨它的汽車的故事。

36. B。這里指的是人與昆蟲的區(qū)別，注意下文提到的the former(前者)和the latter(后者)是在對兩者的不同作比較。

37. C。根據(jù)常識可知，偷乘車輛或船只的人通常都會盡量不讓人發(fā)現(xiàn)。make effort to do sth 固定詞組，“盡力做做某事”，make every possible effort to do sth 的意思是“盡一切可能做某事”

38. D。句中的while 表對比。前面說偷乘車輛或船只的人通常都會盡量不讓人發(fā)現(xiàn)，而“偷”乘車輛或船只的昆蟲則不同，怎么個不同？那就是它們會draw attention (引起注意)。

39. A。根據(jù)下文可知，這個人很不走運。

40. C。指從一個山村出發(fā)去倫敦。比較：set out 出發(fā)，動身；pass by從……旁經(jīng)過；leave out 遺漏，漏掉；get up起床。

41. B。根據(jù)文章最后一段倒數(shù)第2句He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back. of the car 可知，此處應(yīng)填 back。

42. D。指司機聽到從車后面?zhèn)鱽碛衅婀值穆曇�，所以他就下車來檢查(examine)一下，看是什么原因。

43. B。既然通過檢查沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)什么問題，所以他就繼續(xù)(continue)趕路。

44. D。比較：immediately 立即，馬上；normally 正常地；gently輕柔地；actually實際上。由于是一種奇怪的聲音，并且他幾次下車查看，說明這種聲音不算normally；又由于后面說…became even louder，說明它不gently；actually 在此不合語境。故選D，指車一開動，又馬上出現(xiàn)了那種聲音。

45. B。由于聲音是從后面?zhèn)鱽淼模�所以�?dāng)司機再一次聽到這種聲音時，他馬上回過頭來看。比較：turn one’s head 轉(zhuǎn)頭，調(diào)頭；hide one’s head 藏起某人的頭；shake one’s head 搖頭；raise one’s head 抬起頭。

46. A。根據(jù)下文可知，跟在車后的是一群蜜蜂，作者把它形容成一團烏云，故用black。

47. C。根據(jù)上下文語境可知，這群蜜蜂不是在車底，不是在附近，也不是前面，而是在車后面。

48. D。司機盡量把車開快希望能甩掉其后的蜜蜂，這樣的的駕駛肯定很hard。

49. A。根據(jù)下文提到a customer 可排除B、C、D。

50. D。It was not long before... 是固定句型，其意為“不久以后”。

51. C。因為這位看見他停車的顧客發(fā)現(xiàn)他的車上滿是蜜蜂，所以就匆忙匆忙(hurried)進來告訴他。

52. B。比較：be crowded with 擠滿了……；be covered with 被……所覆蓋；be filled with裝滿……；be equipped with 由……所裝備。根據(jù)語境，只有B較合適。

53. A。advise sb that… 意為“建議某人……”，此處用的是該結(jié)構(gòu)的被動式，其意為“有人建議他……”。

54. A。要對付這批蜜蜂，顯然只有bee-keeper(養(yǎng)蜂人)最合適。。

55. C。比較：unexpected 想不到的，未預(yù)料到；unfamiliar 不熟悉的；unknown不知道的；uncertain不確定的。對于一個bee-keeper 來說，突然得到這么多蜜蜂，當(dāng)然屬于 unexpected了。