Question

Diane Ray was completely self-centered and very spoilt. Her parents gave her   36 she wanted, knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾氣)if they did not. She would scream and kick and  37 on the floor drumming her heels. Her parents always   38 .

That was why she was alone on the  39 , wearing an expensive swimsuit. It has taken a massive tantrum to  40 her parents to buy it. They were back at the beach-house, 41 from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving  42 . “Dangerous?” she had said. “You just don’t want me to have  43 . I’m going and if you try to stop me, I’ll scream.”

“What are you doing ?” a voice asked. Diane jumped. She did not know that the man was there 44  he spoke .

“I’m going diving, ” she answered.

“You shouldn’t swim that day, ” the man  45 . “There is a storm coming up.”

“You should mind your own   46 !” Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves.

“If you go out there you’ll be  47 ,” the man called after her. She did not bother to reply.

Diane slipped into the water and dived   48  until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to  49 against the current (水流). Saltwater hit against her face, making it  50 to breathe. Oh, why had she not listened to advice.

Panicking, she began to  51 . Then, just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface, she heard a  52 voice. “Hold on ! I’m coming.” With  53 , she saw the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her. “I hope you’ve learned a lesson. You put us both in  54 , ” he shouted angrily, as he dragged her over the side of the  55 . Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach-house.

1.                A．either          B．neither         C．nothing   D．everything

 

2.                A．jump           B．lie             C．spin D．sleep

 

3.                A．set out         B．set in           C．gave in   D．gave out

 

4.                A．beach          B．bed            C．floor D．ship

 

5.                A．allow          B．warn           C．get  D．prefer

 

6.                A．changing        B．recovering      C．appearing D．traveling

 

7.                A．alone          B．away           C．again D．aside

 

8.                A．time           B．money         C．food D．fun

 

9.                A．when          B．until           C．after D．once

 

10.               A．decided        B．intended       C．advised   D．repeated

 

11.               A．business        B．swimsuit        C．friends    D．parents

 

12.               A．angry          B．sorry          C．confused  D．excited

 

13.               A．nervously       B．sadly           C．shyly D．happily

 

14.               A．rise           B．swim           C．stop  D．row

 

15.               A．difficult        B．easy           C．comfortable    D．suitable

 

16.               A．speak          B．sing           C．sniff  D．scream

 

17.               A．calm           B．frightening      C．beautiful  D．disgusting

 

18.               A．regret         B．relief          C．interest   D．ease

 

19.               A．power         B．safety          C．danger    D．thought

 

20.               A．house          B．wave          C．beach D．boat

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

【文章大意】主人公Diane Ray是個任性執拗的女孩。父母對其無奈。多虧有好人相助，使她在一次游泳中化險為夷。這也給了她一個實實在在的教訓！

1.由上文Diane Ray was … very spoilt.(受寵)以及下文…knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum if they did not。可以推測：她想要什么，父母親給她什么。

2.Diane Ray會耍小孩脾氣。碰到沒滿足之事，不難想象她會：scream（尖叫） and kick（亂踢） and…on the floor drumming her heels.(耍賴躺在地上頓腳)。jump      （跳）， spin （旋轉），sleep（睡）都不能準確體現Diane Ray的個性。

3.set out 出發 set in 以……為背景 gave in 屈服gave out 分發由上文Diane Ray was … very spoilt.(受寵)和throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾氣)可以得知父母對其無奈，只得屈服。

4.確定該選項的三個信息：①后文…wearing an expensive swimsuit(游泳衣)，穿著游泳衣準備下水。②故事的主要情節是她在一次游泳中化險為夷。③They were back at the beach-house 和Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach-house.

5.get sb to do sth="make" sb do sth 使得某人做某事。該句的意思是：Diane Ray肯定耍了多次小孩脾氣才使得父母為其買下了游泳衣。

6.由They were back at the beach-house和 when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving可以得知Diane Ray不被允許go diving，那她又會throw a temper tantrum。recover from… 有“從…恢復”之意。此處recovering…為動詞ing形式做伴隨狀語。如果去掉介詞from，可以考慮用appearing。

7.“單獨”下水游泳，才可能產生危險。C 選項again(又)，上下文中并沒有提及她之前在那下水游泳過。所以不符原文意思。

8.Diane Ray想下水，不管有伴沒伴，純粹是為了自個兒嬉耍玩樂。根本不考慮是否有危險性。have fun玩耍其它選項不符合原文意思。

9.正吵著要下水時候Diane冷不丁聽到一個聲音。她的反應是 jumped. 當然直到the man說話時才意識到他的存在。Not …until…直到……才……

10.“You shouldn’t swim that day, ” 是陌生人給她的一個建議。下文危險發生后Oh, why had she not listened to advice.該句可以印證。

11.mind one’s business管自己的事，不干涉別人的事如：A：Where did you go last night? 昨晚你去那兒去了?B：Mind your own business. 你少管閑事。又如：It’s none of your business. 這不關你的事(你少管閑事)。

12.上文“There is a storm coming up.”（有暴風雨快來了。）而Diane不聽建議，不顧危險下水游泳，那可能會出了事的。出了事會痛苦，難過的。這是勸說者想表達的意思。D選項excited與原文意思相悖。angry和confused不符合原意。

13.Diane Ray不顧危險獨自下水了，并且游得很起勁。此時危險來臨。D選項符合邏輯。A 選項nervously（緊張地），干擾最大。但聯系上文Diane任性的個性。她不聽勸告，顯然不會意識到危險性的存在。所以A選項排除。B,C選項不符文意。

14.根據“…white caps began rolling in…（浪端的白泡沫不斷翻滾.，越積越厚）”和“…and it became harder to …against the current ”（游過水流，變得更難了。），所以B選項swim符合原文邏輯。

15.根據行文邏輯，該段主要描寫Diane Ray不聽勸告私自游水面臨的險象。又如“…Saltwater hit against her face, making it …to breathe.”Saltwater打臉，嗆口，當然使得呼吸產生困難。所以A選項符合文意。

16.上文從浪端泡沫翻滾和Saltwate打臉，嗆口兩方面描繪Diane Ray面臨的生命危險。“Panicking, she began to …”Diane Ray開始緊張了，便大聲呼救。所以D選項正確。A選項 speak干擾較大，側重“演講，發言”之意。所以A答案不選。

17.原文“…seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface, …”（Diane Ray看來正要下沉時），有個聲音在說“Hold on ! I’m coming”（堅持住！我就來了。）。話中透露出冷靜的語氣：面對險境，別慌！所以A選項calm符合文章邏輯。

18.看到 the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her。有人來救她了！當然感到舒了一口氣。With relief 寬慰，舒心 at ease安逸，自由自在

19.Diane Ray 的任性，不聽勸告私自下水會出生命危險。而在暴風雨天氣中施救者同時可能有危險，所以可推測句子“You put us both in…, ” 意為“你置于我們都處于險境”。In danger 處于危險之中

20.由上文“she saw the old man rowing an ancient-looking boat towards her.”（……看見這位老人朝她劃著一只古舊的小船。）可以判斷出施救者是劃船去救人的。因此把她從水中撈起，拉上船舷（the side of the boat）。C選項beach干擾最大，但一般先救上船中，然后帶到岸邊。所以C項不選。