One day,Raul was miles away from the small ranch(牧場) house in a large valley. 36  seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy.The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds  37  across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38  ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly  39  Raul. The thunder(雷聲) was so loud that he buried his  40   in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats(蹄聲).He  41 .There before him stood a tall, white  42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.

    “Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered  43 . “Come with me.”

    Raul followed on his horse. A  44 feeling came over him. All  45  them the rain was pouring down,  46  not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be  47   back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found  48  at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse,  49  his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were  50 .

    Raul’s father ran out across the yard  to   51  him. “we have been  52  sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the  53  .”

    “Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

    “Can’t say I … wait. I  54  my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was  55  by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”

36. A.Something  B.Everything               C.Anything                  D.Nothing

37.A.dropped        B.fell                   C.rolled                       D.covered

38.A.Suddenly      B.Strongly            C.Quickly             D.Hardly

39.A.beating                B.blinding            C.burning             D.touching

40.A.nose             B.hair                   C.neck                  D.head

41.A.looked up     B.woke up            C.lay down           D.sat down

42.A.tiger             B.horse                C.lion                   D.elephant

43.A.lazily            B.angrily              C.coldly                      D.slowly

44.A.natural         B.common            C.strange              D.bad

45.A.around         B.beside               C.through             D.above

46.A.yet               B.for                    C.so                     D.or

47.A.walking               B.leading              C.heading             D.returning

48.A.them            B.themselves         C.him                   D.himself

49.A.shook           B.waved               C.held                  D.took

50.A.gone             B.left                   C.followed            D.lost

51.A.see               B.meet                C.beat                  D.ask

52.A.waited         B.thought             C.worried             D.excited

53.A.yard             B.wind                C.grass                D.rain

54.A.believe                B.consider            C.doubt                       D.forget

55.A.defeated        B.caught               C.damaged            D.struck

36.B  37.C  38.A  39.B  40.D  41.A  42.B 43.D  44.C  45.A  46.A  47.C  48.D  49.B 50.A  51.B  52.C  53.D  54.A  55.D


解析:

36.解析:everything seemed to be all right意為“一切事情似乎是正常的”。下文中的yet表示轉(zhuǎn)折,意為“然而”,表示一切事情似乎都正常,然而他感到有些確定和不安。something意為“一些事”。anything意為“任何事”,常用于否定或疑問句中。nothing意為“沒有什么事”。

37.解析:roll意為“滾動”,指烏云在天空中翻滾。drop意為“使滴下,淌,落下”,常表示液體或物體滴下或降落。fall意為“落下;散落”。cover意為“覆蓋”。

38.解析:suddenly意為“突然”,指某事突然發(fā)生,表示雷電來得非常突然。strongly意為“堅強地,有力地,大大地,猛烈地”。quickly意為“快速地”,表示動作迅速。hardly意為“幾乎不”,構(gòu)成否定句。

39.解析:blind意為“把……的眼睛弄花”,根據(jù)下文所提供的情景rubbed his eyes可判斷出,由于雷電發(fā)出強烈的光芒,使Raul看不見眼前的東西。beat意為“打,拍,敲”。burn意為“燃燒”。touch意為“觸摸”。

40.解析:bury one’s head in one’s hands意為“用手捂住頭”,因為雷鳴電閃,使Raul感到害怕,所以他用手捂住了頭。nose意為“鼻子”。hair意為“頭發(fā)”。neck意為“脖子”。根據(jù)常識可判斷出當雷鳴電閃時,人們通常會用手捂住頭,而不會捂住鼻子、頭發(fā)或脖子。

41.解析:look up意為“抬頭看”。表示Raul聽到馬蹄聲時,抬頭看了看。wake up意為“醒來”。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可判斷出Raul并沒有昏迷,所以不存在醒來的事。lie down意為“躺下”。sit down意為“坐下”。這都不是一個人在聽到馬蹄聲所做的動作。

42.解析:horse意為“馬”,從上文中的Footbeats可知,一匹白馬來到了Raul面前。tiger意為“虎”,lion意為“獅子”,elephant意為“象”,都不符合短文提供的情景。

43.解析:slowly意為“慢慢地”,表示老人慢慢地回答說,符合上了歲數(shù)人的做事的狀態(tài)。lazily意為“懶洋洋地,吊兒郎當?shù)亍,angrily意為“憤怒地”,coldly意為“冷冰冰地”。

44.解析:strange意為“奇怪的”,由于Raul與這位老人素昧平生,當他跟隨老人走的時候,自然會產(chǎn)生奇怪的感覺。natural意為“自然的”。common意為“普通的”。bad意為“壞的”。

45.解析:around意為“在……的周圍”,根據(jù)下文所提供的情景not a drop fell on them可判斷出在他們的周圍大雨澆灌下來。beside意為“在旁邊”,through意為“穿過”,above意為“在……的上面”。下雨時,人們在雨中,不會出現(xiàn)雨在人的旁邊、上邊或穿過人的身體的情況。

46.解析:yet意為“然而”,表示雖然下著大雨,但雨點并沒有落到他們的身上。for作連詞時,意為“因為”,用于附帶說明理由。so意為“因此”。or意為“否則,或者”。

47.解析:head意為“前進”,表示向Raul家的方向前進。walk意為“步行”,與上文所提供的情景Raul followed on his horse.矛盾,他們是騎在馬上的,而不是步行。lead意為“帶領(lǐng)”。return意為“返回”,不與back連用。

48.解析:因為這個句子的主語是he,所以要用反身代詞himself。表示Raul發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在牧場門口。

49.解析:wave意為“揮動”,老人騎上了馬,向Raul揮手。shake意為“搖動”,常用于shake hands,表示握手。hold意為“拿,握”。take意為“拿(走)”。

50.解析:gone意為“不見了”,含有一去不復返的意味。leave作及物動詞時,意為“留下”,表示老人被留了下來,與短文的內(nèi)容不相符合。follow意為“跟隨”。lost意為“丟失的”,指原有的東西或人不見了,但有可能找回來。

51.解析:meet意為“迎接,出迎”, 表示Raul的父親跑出來迎接他。see意為“看見;看到”。beat意為“打,拍,敲”。ask意為“問”。

52.解析:worry意為“擔心”,與介詞about連用,表示擔心某人。根據(jù)下文中的Raul的父親的問話Are you okay?可判斷出由于突降暴雨,父親對他非常擔心。wait意為“等待”,常與for連用,表示等待某人或某物。think about意為“考慮”。excite意為“使激動”。

53.解析:rain意為“雨”,out of意為“越出……的范圍”,指從雨進屋去。yard意為“院子”。wind意為“風”。grass意為“草”。

54.解析:believe意為“相信”,表示相信某人某時某地所說的話,并不涉及對其總的評價,含有信以為真的意味。表示相信老爺爺過去曾經(jīng)講過的故事。consider意為“考慮”。doubt意為“懷疑”。forget意為“忘記”。

55.解析:strike意為“打,敲,擊,毆;碰,撞,攻擊,沖擊”,指急促、突然、一次性地打擊,也指用力地敲打。這里指受到雷擊。defeat意為“打敗”。catch意為“抓住”。damage意為“損害”。

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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment.“l(fā)f you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’II realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”

Mother was right, as I discovered after’graduating from college in 1932, I had decided to try for a jo’o in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind Iady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an inexperienced person.“Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’Il give you a chance,” she said. I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.

While there were no radio-announcingjobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown.“Everything happens for the best.” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt a job. I tried woc Radio in Davenport, Iowa. Ra. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur told me they had already hired an announcer.

As  I  left his office,  my  frustration(挫折) boiled over.  I  asked aloud,“How can a  fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling,“What was you said about sports? Do you know anything about footballtl” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding (往 HU的) autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game! On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words:”If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”

I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten thejob at Montgomery ward.

50.The. writer shows his       by saying “… if I’d not gotten the job at Montgomery Ward”.

A. regret        B. happiness    C. gratefulness   D. disappointment

51. The underlined phrase“out in the sticks” probably means         ?

A. in radio stations      B. in the country

C. in big cities          D. in Dixon, Illinois

52. Why did the writer mention his mother’s words over and again? Because      .

A. it was his mother’s words that encouraged him

B. his mother was a person who talked a lot

C. nothing good has happened to him up to now

D. he got .ime he tried

53. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. There was a small radio station in Dixon, lllinois.

B. Peter MacArthur was a program director in Scotland.

C. WOC Radio in Davenport broadcast imaginary games.

D. Montgomery Ward had a store with a sports department.

54. When did the writer decide to take a radio-announcingjob?

A. When he hitchtuke’dlxo Chicago.    B. After he graduated from college.

C. Before he graduated from college.    D. As soon as he was turned down.

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