Question

In 1898 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,ooo people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be,  26  that the building was   2 7.

   After the unforgettably shock, he 28  the promise he had made to his son: “ No matter  29 happens, I’ll always be there for you!” And tears began to 30 his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his 31  to his son. He rushed there and started 32 the ruins.

  As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived , 33 : “It’s too late ! They are all dead! 34  , face reality; there’s nothing you can do!” To each parent he responded with 35 : “Are you going to help me now? ”No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.

  Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know 36 : “Is my boy 37 or he is dead?” He dug for eight hours … 12 hours…36 hours…then , in  38  hour , he pulled back a large stone and heard his son’s 39 . He screamed his son’s name, “ARMAND!” He heard back, “Dad!?! It’s me, Dad! I told other kids not to worry.  I told them that if you were alive, you 40 me and 41 you saved me, they’d be saved. You promised, ‘No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you!’ You did it, Dad!”

  “What’s going on in there? ”the father asked

“There are 14 of  us  42  43  33,Dad. We’re scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you are here. When the building collapsed, it made  44  , and it saved us.”

“Come out , boy!”

“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, 45 I know you’ll get me! No matter what happens, I know you’ll always be there for me!”

1.A. only discovering      B. only to discover  C. only realizing         D. only to realize.

2. A. as flat as a pancake                B. as high as a mountain

C. as strong as an ox                                            D. as weak as a kitten

3.A. memorized          B. forgot        C. kept           D. remembered

4.A. what               B. that                    C. which                 D. who

5.A. fill                B. fill in                            C. come                  D. burst

6.A. picture         B. promise   C. present                 D. encourage

7.A. digging       B. digging through   C. digging out             D. digging into

8.A. to say     B. said   C. and saying             D. saying

9.A. Come out      B. Come again   C. Come on               D. Come off

10.A. one word     B. one sound   C.one row                D. one line

11.A. for himself      B. of himself   C. by himself             D. to himself

12.A. live         B. living   C. alive                  D. lively

13. A. 38           B. the 38   C. 38^th                   D. the 38^th

14.A. sound       B. voice   C. noise                  D. tone

15.A will save       B. would  save   C. save          D. would have saved

16.A.if           B. because  C. even if                  D. though

17.A. remained        B. missing  C. left                    D. gone

18.A. for            B. behind   C. out of                 D. over

19.A. a promise        B. space   C. room                 D. a triangle

20.A. because        B. though   C. when                 D. even though

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】本文講述了在一次地震中，一個父親信守對兒子的承諾，不顧別人的反對，用雙手刨開廢墟，救出自己兒子的故事。

1.B 考查上下文聯系。父親來到學校結果發現(discover)是被夷為平地的校園。

2.A考查形容詞辨析。as flat as a pancake像煎餅一樣平  as weak as a kitten虛弱as strong as an ox壯如牛  根據語境，只有A符合。

3.D考查動詞辨析。根據下文he kept remembering…可知答案為D.

4.A考查疑問詞辨析。No matter what happens,…無論發生什么事

5.A考查動詞辨析。眼淚開始充滿了他的眼睛。

6.B考查名詞辨析。他想起了對兒子的承諾。

7.B考查dig短語。他開始在廢墟中挖掘，想要挖出通道，故用dig through。

8.D考查非謂語動詞。現在分詞做伴隨狀語，補充說明arrived的伴隨動作。

9.C考查短語辨析。come on得啦！在此處表示勸告這位父親回去。come out出來 come off脫離

10.D考查名詞辨析。one line在這里是指“一句話”，對于別人的勸說，他只用一句話回答。

11.A考查oneself的短語。for himself親自by himself獨自地此處是指他要親自知道：他的孩子是死是活？

12.C考查形容詞辨析。解析同上。

13.D考查數詞辨析。在第三十八的小時，故用序數詞，而序數詞前應加定冠詞。

14.B考查名詞辨析。聽到兒子的聲音。故用voice。

15.B考查虛擬語氣。如果父親或者，他一定會來救我的。這是對現在的虛擬，故主句中用would save.

16.A考查連詞辨析。如果你救了我，他們也得救了。

17.C考查非謂語動詞。There is 14 left out of 33.  33人中剩下14人活著。left過去分詞作后置定語。remain是不及物動詞，不能用過去分詞表被動。

18.C考查介詞辨析。33人中有14人,故用out of.

19.D考查名詞辨析。make a triangle 形成一個三角形，才給了孩子們一個生存空間。

20.A考查連詞辨析。因為我知道你會在我身邊的。