Question

【題目】While my father was an officer of the British army in South Africa, we lived in a two-storeyed house. One evening my father and sister and I were sitting together. He was ______ the window. I suddenly ______ that he was turning very pale. I sat ______, for I didn’t want to ______ my sick sister. Soon father said in a ______ voice, “Kate and Joan, a friend of mine ______ here to see me this evening, and I wish to be ______ him. Will you go up to your own room?” We obeyed, went to our room and closed the door.

Soon I heard a ______ like that of a door burst in, and then a climb of feet. They were hurrying ______ the narrow stairs. Fearing that there was ______ near, I seized the pistol (手槍) on the table. Then I heard my father cry out, “For God’s sake, child,______ the door.” I did so. To my scare, I saw,______ my father’s shoulder; a gorilla (大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in Europe, he was ______ my father. I raised the pistol and fired. The animal fell backwards with an/a ______ loud cry. Father took the still ______ pistol from my hand, and fired another shot, which killed the gorilla.

It happened when father ______ us upstairs because he thought he would be able to ______ the door-which was twenty feet away ______ the animal reached it. However, the gorilla was too ______; and this was the cause of the ______ flight (escape) up the stairs.

【1】A. towards B. opposite C. inside D. behind

【2】A. knew B. learned C. felt D. noticed

【3】A. still B. hopefully C. sadly D. unhappily

【4】A. hurt B. frighten C. lose D. bother

【5】A. loud B. sad C. calm D. pleasant

【6】A. was B. comes C. would be D. is coming

【7】A. friendly to B. alone with C. dependent on D. careful with

【8】A. sound B. cry C. voice D. shout

【9】A. to B. down C. via D. up

【10】A. some difficulty B. a thief C. some danger D. an accident

【11】A. open B. close C. pull D. draw

【12】A. on B. above C. over D. from

【13】A. aiming at B. marching towards C. shooting at D. running into

【14】A. exciting B. exhausting C. angry D. natural

【15】A. sounding B. burning C. frightening D. smoking

【16】A. had taken B. had sent C. had driven D. had forced

【17】A. push B. lock C. guard D. defend

【18】A. unless B. when C. before D. though

【19】A. quick B. huge C. heavy D. disappointing

【20】A. anxious B. embarrassed C. fearless D. hurried

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】B

【8】A

【9】D

【10】C

【11】A

【12】C

【13】B

【14】C

【15】D

【16】B

【17】B

【18】C

【19】A

【20】D

【解析】本文主要講了“我”父親是英軍的一位軍官，“我”與妹妹隨父親一起在部隊(duì)里。有一天傍晚，一只大猩猩來襲擊我家，當(dāng)時(shí)父親為了不讓“我”和妹妹不受驚嚇，借故要我們上樓。之后，他因未來得及關(guān)上門而讓大猩猩闖入了我家。再后，父親上樓，大猩猩后面追，我聞知拿槍開門，并開槍打傷了大猩猩。最后父親接過槍，開槍將大猩猩擊斃。

【1】B考查介詞。正由于父親坐在窗子對(duì)面(opposite the window)，所以才能通過窗子看見外面的大猩猩。towards 朝， opposite 在……的對(duì)面， inside 在……之內(nèi)， behind落后于。

【2】D考查動(dòng)詞。我注意到他的臉色變得非常蒼白。knew 知道， learned 學(xué)會(huì)， felt 感覺，noticed注意到。

【3】A考查形容詞。由for I didn’t want to ___4___ my sick sister. 可知我坐著沒動(dòng)。still 不動(dòng)的，concentrated 集中的， fascinated 著迷的，unhappily不幸地。

【4】B考查動(dòng)詞。因?yàn)槲也幌雵樀轿疑�病的妹妹�?/span>hurt 傷害， frighten 驚嚇， lose 失去，bother打擾。

【5】C考查形容詞。不久，父親用平靜的聲音說。loud 大聲的，sad 悲哀的， calm 平靜的，pleasant令人愉快的。

【6】D考查時(shí)態(tài)。一個(gè)朋友馬上就要來看我。用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)表將來，表示馬上就要發(fā)生的事情。

【7】B考查固定短語。由 Will you go up to your own room?” We obeyed, went to our room and closed the door. 可知我想單獨(dú)和他在一起。alone with單獨(dú)與……一起。

【8】A考查名詞。然后我聽到了好像是突然闖進(jìn)門的聲音。sound 聲音，cry 叫喊， voice 嗓音， shout大叫。

【9】D 考查固定短語。他們快速的在樓梯上跑。hurry up趕快，是固定短語。

【10】C考查名詞。由 I seized the pistol (手槍) on the table. 可知我害怕一些危險(xiǎn)來臨。some difficulty 一些困難， a thief 一個(gè)小偷， some danger一些危險(xiǎn)， an accident一次事故。

【11】A考查動(dòng)詞。由I did so. To my scare, I saw, ___12___ my father’s shoulder; a gorilla (大猩猩), the worst enemy of the soldier in Europe, he was ___13___ my father. 可知我的父親讓我打開門。open 打開， close 關(guān)閉， pull 拉，draw畫。

【12】C考查語境理解。當(dāng)時(shí)的情景是：父親在樓梯上，“我”從上往下看，通過父親的肩膀，看到其后的是一只大猩猩。這里用 over 表示“我”與父親有一段距離；若用 from，它表示的是“我”從父親的肩膀那兒往下看(即“我”和父親在一起，不合語境)。

【13】B考查固定短語。它正在追趕著我父親。aiming at 瞄準(zhǔn)， marching towards 朝……追趕， shooting at 向……射擊， running into撞到。

【14】C考查形容詞。這個(gè)動(dòng)物帶著憤怒的吼叫聲向后倒去。exciting 令人興奮的， exhausting 精疲力竭的， angry 憤怒的， natural自然的。

【15】D考查形容詞。父親從我手里接過了仍然在冒著煙的手槍。sounding 發(fā)出聲音的，burning 燃燒的， frightening 令人恐懼的， smoking冒著煙的。

【16】B考查動(dòng)詞。當(dāng)父親把我們送到樓上時(shí)，它發(fā)生了。had taken 帶， had sent 送， had driven 駕駛， had forced強(qiáng)迫。

【17】B考查動(dòng)詞。因?yàn)樗�認(rèn)為他能鎖住門。push 推， lock 鎖上， guard 保衛(wèi)，defend防守。

【18】C考查連詞。在這個(gè)動(dòng)物到達(dá)之前，有20英尺的距離。unless 除非， when 當(dāng)……時(shí)， before 在……之前，though盡管。

【19】A 考查形容詞。由and this was the cause of the ___20___ flight (=escape) up the stairs. 可知這只動(dòng)物太快了。quick 迅速的， huge 巨大的， heavy 沉重的，disappointing令人失望的。

【20】D考查形容詞。這造成了匆忙的上樓。anxious 焦慮的， embarrassed 尷的，fearless 大膽的， hurried匆忙的。