Question

One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch (牧場)house in a large valley. Everything seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds  31  across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did.  32 , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly  33  Raul. The thunder (雷聲) was so loud that he buried his head in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it — hoof beats (蹄聲). He  34 . There before him stood a tall, white horse. An old man stared down at him from its back.

“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “Oh, my name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered  35 , “come with me.”

Raul followed on with his horse. A  36  feeling came over him. All  37  them the rain was pouring down,  38  not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be  39  back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once, he found  40  at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, waved his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were  41 .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard to  42  him. “We have been  43  about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the  44 .”

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

“Can’t say I … wait. I believe my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They all say he was  45  by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?” At this, Raul was really more shocked than puzzled.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.                A．lazily           B．a(chǎn)ngrily          C．freely    D．slowly

 

6.                A．natural         B．common        C．strange   D．sad

 

7.                A．a(chǎn)round         B．beside          C．through  D．a(chǎn)bove

 

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

 

9.                A．reaching        B．leading         C．heading  D．returning

 

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

 

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

 

12.               A．see            B．meet          C．beat  D．a(chǎn)sk

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了Raul在大雨中遇見的奇異現(xiàn)象，一個很久之前就已經(jīng)去世的人帶領著Raul從大雨中回到家。后來才知道這個人很久之前死于雷電的電擊。

1.C 動詞辨析。A跌落B摔倒C滾動D覆蓋；指天上的黑云在翻滾。

2.A 副詞辨析。A突然B奇怪C迅速D幾乎不；突然閃電劃過天空，幾乎把Raul眼睛搞瞎。

3.B 動詞辨析。A擊打B使…瞎C燃燒D觸摸；突然閃電劃過天空，幾乎把Raul眼睛搞瞎。

4.A 短語辨析。A抬頭看B蘇醒C躺下D坐下；Raul抬頭一看，看見了一個騎馬的人。

5.D 副詞辨析。A懶惰地B生氣地C自由地D慢慢地；指這個人慢慢地說：跟我來。

6.C 形容詞辨析。A自然B普通C奇怪D悲哀；他有一個奇怪的感覺。

7.A 介詞辨析。指在他們的周圍雨下得很大，但是沒有一滴掉到他們的身上。Around周圍。

8.A 上下文串聯(lián)。周圍的雨很大，但是沒有一滴掉到他們身上。上下文存在著轉(zhuǎn)折的關系。

9.C 動詞辨析。A到達B帶來C朝向D返回；head back朝…回去；return不與back連用。

10.D 語義辨析。他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在自己家的門前了。

11.A 形容詞辨析。Gone消失了，不見了；指這個騎馬的人不見了。

12.B 動詞辨析。A看見B接C擊打D請求；他的爸爸在門外接他回家。

13.C 固定詞組。Be worried about…擔心…；指父母都在擔心著他。

14.D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文可知這個故事是發(fā)生在大雨中的

15.D 動詞辨析。A擊敗B抓住C破壞；D擊中。這里是指這個人被雷電擊中。

考點：考查故事類短文

點評：本文講述了Raul在大雨中遇見的奇異現(xiàn)象，一個很久之前就已經(jīng)去世的人帶領著Raul從大雨中回到家。本文內(nèi)容簡單，考生很容易從中領會大意，下手會比較順利，從選項中可以看出，本大題主要還是考查了詞匯的辨析與運用，但更加注重綜合語言能力的運用，需要根據(jù)故事情節(jié)，了解詞匯用法的同時，結(jié)合語境，做出準確的判斷。