Question

One night, Lottie Williams was walking alone through a park in Tulsa. Suddenly she saw a huge high up in the sky. She was surprised at that very moment. She thought she'd just a shooting star. Less than thirty minutes later, that surprise turned to .

"I was walking through the park when I felt a tap on my ." Williams explained. As a result of being , she started to run, thinking a stranger had appeared out of . Then she heard something hit the ground behind her. "The was similar to an empty glass jar, " Williams recalled. " Then I and found it looked like a piece of fabric (織物) , it sounded like metal. " Williams felt that she was just fine.

Excited by her , she took the fallen piece of sky to her local library where she was advised to the National Weather Service, who told her about that had entered the earth ' s atmosphere the night before. After what had happened, Williams took the piece to the University of Tulsa where Dr Winton Cornell it with an electron microscope.

"It had been partly when flying down at high speed. It appeared to be the kind of material used t0 fuel tanks," Williams said. She then sent it to a research center, where they did further analysis the material to be part of the fuel tank of a US spacecraft, the 0f which is to make sure fuel tanks can not be damaged easily. Lottie Williams has become perhaps the only person in history to ever get hit by falling space rubbish.

1.A. bird B. fireball C. star D. moon

2.A. drawn B. caught C. photographed D. witnessed

3.A. fear B. hope C. worry D. excitement

4.A. once B. ever C. still D. again

5.A. head B. back C. neck D. shoulder

6.A. frightened B. annoyed C. disturbed D. ashamed

7.A. breath B. danger C. anywhere D. nowhere

8.A. height B. weight C. shape D. strength

9.A. jumped up B. bent down C. showed off D. turned around

10.A. but B. 80 C. or D. since

11.A. nervous B. proud C. lucky D. guilty

12.A. invention B. discovery C. expectation D. prediction

13.A. join B. start C. run D. consult

14.A. a rocket B. an alien C. a UFO D. a planet

15.A. admitting B. explaining C. realizing D. remembering

16.A. repaired B. studied C. improved D. recovered

17.A. valued B. settled C. furnished D. melted

18.A. protect B. fill C. decorate D. examine

19.A. wishing B. imagining C. confirming D. announcing

20.A. result B. function C. future D. Source

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇小短文主要講述了Lottie晚上在經(jīng)過公園時發(fā)現(xiàn)天上掉下了一塊不知名物質(zhì)，然后找人檢驗后，發(fā)現(xiàn)是火箭發(fā)射時融化的外殼掉了下來的故事。

1.考查名詞辨析。A 鳥；B 火球；C 星星；D 月亮。由句意可判斷出Lottie當(dāng)時非常驚訝，顯然只有看到巨大火球才會有這種反應(yīng)，故選B。

2.考查動詞辨析。A 描述；B 抓��；C 拍照；D 瞥見。Lottie以為自己看到了一顆流星，故選D。

3.考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)后文可知，過了一段時間以后，驚訝變成了驚嚇，故選A。

4.考查連詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知Lottie當(dāng)時仍然走在那條路上，故選C。

5.考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)下文可以判斷出Lottie覺得當(dāng)時有什么東西在自己背后，故選B。

6.A 恐懼的；B 惱怒的；C 不安的；D 羞愧的。根據(jù)句意可知當(dāng)時Lottie受到了很大驚嚇，故選A。

7.考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知Lottie害怕從任何地方跳出什么東西來，anywhere用于否定句，nowhere表示任何地方，所以應(yīng)該選D。

8.考查名詞辨析。A 高度；B 體重；C 形狀；D 力量。根據(jù)句意可知是一個形狀像玻璃罐一樣的東西出現(xiàn)，故選C。

9.考查短語辨析。A 跳起；B彎腰 ；C 炫耀；D 轉(zhuǎn)身。聯(lián)系上下文可知Lottie轉(zhuǎn)身去看情況，故選D。

10.考查連詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知這里表示轉(zhuǎn)折，可判斷選A。

11.考查形容詞詞辨析。發(fā)現(xiàn)沒有什么奇怪的事，Lottie感到很幸運，故選C。

12.考查名詞辨析。A 發(fā)明；B 發(fā)現(xiàn)；C 出人意料的事；D 預(yù)言。此時Lottie因為自己的發(fā)現(xiàn)感到興奮，故選B。

13.考查動詞辨析。A 參加；B 開始；C 跑；D 咨詢、請教。根據(jù)后文可知Lottie打算去咨詢她撿起來的東西，故選D。

14.考查名詞辨析。A 一個火箭；B一個外星人；C一個不明飛行物；D一架飛機。Lottie想起之前有人曾告訴她昨晚有火箭被發(fā)射了，故選A。

15.考查動詞辨析。在意識到發(fā)生了什么之后，Lottie帶著撿到的東西去了塔爾薩大學(xué)，故選C。

16.考查動詞辨析。A 修理；B 學(xué)習(xí)；C改善；D 修復(fù)。根據(jù)句意可知Dr Winton Cornel在那所大學(xué)里面學(xué)習(xí)，故選B。

17.考查動詞辨析。A 評價；B 安置；C 裝備；D 融化。根據(jù)前文可知火箭發(fā)射時部分在高速度之下會融化，故選D。

18.考查動詞辨析。A 保護；B 充滿；C 裝飾；D 檢查。根據(jù)句意可知這是一塊保護火箭的油箱的物質(zhì)，所以選A。

19.考查動詞辨析。A 希望；B 想象；C 證實；D 宣布。他們將這塊物質(zhì)進行進一步檢測以證實之前的推測，應(yīng)該選C。

20.考查名詞辨析。A 結(jié)果；B 功能；C 未來；D 資源。根據(jù)前文可知他們帶著那塊物質(zhì)去研究中心做檢測，這里是在解釋這個東西的功能，應(yīng)該選B。

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