Question

【題目】 When I was young, I read only comic books. My mother, who was a keen reader, tried to get me to read regular books, but they seemed _______ to me. Why would anyone want to read a book without pictures, I wondered? It would be _______ watching a movie with your eyes closed. And novels seemed to be too _______！ In my mind, a comic book was a roller coaster ride _______ a novel was five hours in rush hour traffic.

Whenever she saw me with a comic book, my mother would complain, which totally _______ my comic book reading experience. One summer, she even _______ me. “If you don’t read at least one book this summer, we’re not going to go on our camping trip,” she said. What could I do? I had been looking forward to that _______ for months!

“Fine,” I _______, “I’ll read one book.” _______, my mother took me down to her evil dungeon (地牢), the local ________, where the librarian ________ The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first book of The Chronicles of Narnia by C．S. Lewis. I unwillingly ________ the book while my mother and the librarian exchanged a(n) ________ glance.

When we got home, I cracked the book open and started reading. I ________ I’d read the first few pages then skip to the end because I knew my mother would ________ me about it. Imagine my ________ when my mother called me to dinner and I was halfway through the book! ________ a comic book was a roller coaster ride, the novel was all the rides at Disney world rolled into one!

I ________ reading the entire The Chronicles of Narnia series that summer, which I consider the ________ of my great friendship with books. Now I read an average of one book a week, and sometimes my wife ________ that I read too much!

【1】A. strangeB. boringC. commonD. easy

【2】A. throughB. ofC. likeD. for

【3】A. thickB. thinC. shortD. long

【4】A. whileB. beforeC. afterD. as

【5】A. sharedB. ruinedC. broadenedD. recorded

【6】A. comfortedB. punishedC. threatenedD. reassured

【7】A. summerB. tripC. bookD. tent

【8】A. agreedB. reportedC. askedD. denied

【9】A. SuddenlyB. SecretlyC. ExcitedlyD. Generally

【10】A. bookstoreB. officeC. supermarketD. library

【11】A. describedB. revealedC. recommendedD. arranged

【12】A. acceptedB. printedC. postedD. showed

【13】A. nervousB. casualC. admiringD. understanding

【14】A. rememberedB. figuredC. suggestedD. promised

【15】A. tellB. consultC. challengeD. quiz

【16】A. sorrowB. angerC. fearD. surprise

【17】A. IfB. UnlessC. OnceD. Because

【18】A. gave upB. turned upC. ended upD. picked up

【19】A. startB. resourceC. spotD. goal

【20】A. confirmsB. complainsC. hopesD. suspects

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】C

【7】B

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【11】C

【12】A

【13】D

【14】B

【15】D

【16】D

【17】A

【18】C

【19】A

【20】B

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。作者小時候很喜歡閱讀漫畫書，認(rèn)為沒有圖畫的書非常無聊。在母親用不去露營旅行的威脅下，作者接受了母親和圖書管理員的推薦，閱讀《納尼亞傳奇》，并且深深為之著迷，從此開始了與書籍的友誼。

【1】考查形容詞。A. strange陌生的；奇怪的；B. boring無聊的；C. common普通的；D. easy容易的。根據(jù)下文Why would anyone want to read a book without pictures, I wondered?可知，作者對沒有圖畫的書感到很無聊。故選B。

【2】考查介詞。A. through通過；B. of屬于；C. like好像；D. for因為；為了。句意：那就好像眼睛閉著看電影一樣。故選C。

【3】考查形容詞。A. thick厚的；B. thin瘦的；C. short短的；D. long長的。根據(jù)下文a novel was five hours in rush hour traffic可知，小說在作者看來似乎太長了。故選D。

【4】考查連接詞。句意：在我的腦海中，一本漫畫書就像坐過山車，而一本小說在交通高峰期要花五個小時。表示前后文的對比，使用連接詞while，故選A。

【5】考查動詞。A. shared分享；B. ruined毀滅；C. broadened拓展；D. recorded記錄。根據(jù)上文my mother would complain可知，母親的抱怨徹底毀了作者的閱讀體驗，故選B。

【6】考查動詞。A. comforted安慰；B. punished懲罰；C. threatened威脅；D. reassured使安心。根據(jù)下文If you don’t read at least one book this summer, we're not going to go on our camping trip可知，母親為了不讓我看漫畫書，用不去露營來威脅我，故選C。

【7】考查名詞。A. summer夏天；B. trip旅行；C. book書；D. tent帳篷。根據(jù)上文go on our camping trip可知，作者一直期待著那場旅行。故選B。

【8】考查動詞。A. agreed同意；B. reported報告；C. asked詢問；D. denied拒絕。作者想要去旅行，因此只能同意母親的提議。故選A。

【9】考查副詞。A. Suddenly突然；B. Secretly秘密地；C. Excitedly激動地；D. Generally通常。作者同意了母親的提議，因此母親非常激動地帶作者去了她的圖書館。故選C。

【10】考查名詞。A. bookstore書店；B. office辦公室；C. supermarket超市；D. library圖書館。根據(jù)下文librarian(圖書管理員)可知，是當(dāng)?shù)氐膱D書館。故選D。

【11】考查動詞。A. described描述；B. revealed透露；C. recommended推薦；D. arranged安排。根據(jù)后文The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe是一本書，可知是圖書管理員推薦了書籍。故選C。

【12】考查動詞。A. accepted接受；B. printed印刷；C. posted張貼；D. showed展示。作者只能不樂意地接受這本書了。故選A。

【13】考查形容詞。A. nervous緊張的；B. casual隨便的；C. admiring羨慕的；D. understanding了解的。句意：我母親和圖書管理員交換了一個理解的眼神。故選D。

【14】考查動詞。A. remembered記�。�B. figured認(rèn)為；計算；C. suggested建議；D. promised承諾。句意：我認(rèn)為我應(yīng)該先讀幾頁，然后跳到最后一頁，因為我知道媽媽會問我這個問題。故選B。

【15】考查動詞。A. tell告訴；B. consult咨詢；C. challenge挑戰(zhàn)；D. quiz測驗。作者知道母親肯定會測試書的內(nèi)容。故選D。

【16】考查名詞。A. sorrow悲傷；B. anger憤怒；C. fear害怕；D. surprise驚訝。句意：想象一下，當(dāng)我媽媽叫我吃晚飯時，我正將這本書看到一半，我有多么驚訝!故選D。

【17】考查連接詞。A. If如果；B. Unless除非；C. Once一旦；D. Because因為。句意：如果一本漫畫書就像坐過山車，那么這本小說就是迪士尼樂園里所有的游樂設(shè)施合為一體!故選A。

【18】考查動詞短語。A. gave up放棄；B. turned up出現(xiàn)；C. ended up結(jié)束；D. picked up挑選。句意：那年夏天，我讀完了《納尼亞傳奇》整個系列。故選C。

【19】考查名詞。A. start開始；B. resource資源；C. spot地點；D. goal目標(biāo)。句意：我認(rèn)為這是我與書籍友誼的開始。故選A。

【20】考查動詞。A. confirms確認(rèn)；B. complains抱怨；C. hopes希望；D. suspects懷疑。句意：有時我的妻子會抱怨我讀得太多了。故選B。