Question

On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to __1__ and the subway system almost came to a stop.

    Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were __2__ to go home. Some battled to __3__ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the __4__ bravely, walking miles to get to work.

    I __5__ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most __6__ had stopped. After making my way __7__ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was __8__. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __9__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the __10__. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like an forever, the train __11__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was __12__ through, exhausted and __13__.

     My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer __14__ I received an email from Garth, my Director:

    I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __ 15__ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their __16__ to their jobs. Thank you.

Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that __17__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __18__ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __19__ had made me tied and upset. But Garth’s words immediately__20__ me and put a smile back on my face.

A. break                    B. flood                C. sink                  D. crash

A. forced                   B. refused              C. adjusted            D. gathered

A. order                     B. pay                   C. call                   D. search

A. climate                  B. scenery             C. storm                D. burden

A. used               B. promised           C. deserved            D. happened

A. practice                 B. routine                     C. process              D. service

A. to                         B. through             C. over                  D. for

A. operating        B. cycling              C. turning              D. rushing

A. check                    B. carry                 C. find                  D. board

A. street                   B. ground              C. floor                 D. platform

A. paused                 B. crossed              C. reached             D. parked

A. wet                     B. weak                 C. sick                  D. hurt

A. ashamed              B. discouraged              C. surprised           D. puzzled

A. while                   B. when                C. where               D. after

A. hardly                 B. casually             C. absolutely          D. eventually

A. devotion              B. donation            C. connection         D. reaction

A. accurate               B. urgent               C. brief                 D. humorous

A. promise               B. appreciation       C. advice               D. guidance

A. troubles               B. signals                     C. rules                 D. signs

A. corrected             B. supported          C. amazed             D. refreshed

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題2】A

【小題3】C

【小題4】C

【小題5】D

【小題6】D

【小題7】B

【小題8】A

【小題9】D

【小題10】D

【小題11】C

【小題12】A

【小題13】B

【小題14】B

【小題15】D

【小題16】A

【小題17】C

【小題18】B

【小題19】A

【小題20】D

解析:

【小題1】flood意為淹沒。break意為中斷，斷裂；sink: 下沉，crash: 碰撞, 墜落, 皆不合題意。

【小題2】由于暴雨，很多要上班的人被迫回家。sb. be forced to do:某人被迫做某事。refuse意為拒絕，adjust:調整，校準，使…適應，gather:聚集，集合。

【小題3】call a taxi:叫出租車。order，命令，訂購（貨物等），點（菜）。

【小題4】從上文a terrible rainstorm可知是勇敢的面對暴風雨。climate指氣候，不是具體某天的天氣。scenery：風景，景色；burden：擔子，負擔。

【小題5】happen to be:碰巧是…，表示“我碰巧是那天早晨上班趕路的人的其中之一”。其他三個選項都能和不定式to do/be 搭配，但意思不符。used to be:曾經是，promise to do: 許諾做…，deserve to be: 值得是,應受…。

【小題6】我意外的發現大部分的地鐵路線的服務都停了。 practice：實踐，練習。routine：常規；慣例；例行公事。process：過程，進程。

【小題7】through指從內部穿過。through crowds of people意為穿過人群。

【小題8】operate:運行，工作。表示“終于找到一條還在運行的地鐵線”。

【小題9】 board the subway意為：上地鐵。board:上（船，車，飛機）。

【小題10】 意為：有太多人等著上地鐵以至于我甚至不能擠上去站臺的樓梯。只有platform 和地鐵有關。

【小題11】句意為：在過了好像一輩子那么久的時間后，火車終于到達了我（要到達）的站點。reach:及物動詞，到達。pause:暫停, park：停車，都是不及物動詞，不合題意。

【小題12】因為下著大雨，所以應是“我”全身濕透了。與虛弱，疾病，受傷都不相關。

【小題13】到達后的狀態是精疲力竭的，氣餒的，因為冒雨趕路的辛苦。ashamed意為：羞愧的，慚愧的，surprised:吃驚的，puzzled:困惑的，不解的。都不合題意。

【小題14】be about to do…when 固定句型，意為：正要做…這時…，不能用其他詞代替。

【小題15】eventually意為：最終，終于。“我”的上司感謝我們做出努力，最終來報到上班。hardly：幾乎不，casually：隨意地，absolutely   ：絕對地。

【小題16】句意為：有時候像這樣，當員工們如此明顯表現出他們對工作的忠于職守時，總是令人安慰的。devotion意為：熱愛，忠誠。donation：捐贈，connection：聯系，reaction：反應。

【小題17】通過上文的short 可看出，信息是簡短的。accurate：準確的, 精密的，urgent：緊急的，humorous：幽默的。

【小題18】appreciation:感激，從上文可知上司給他寫的是感謝信。意為“幾句感謝的話有很大影響”。

【小題19】從上文中的找車，擠車可以看出是交通上的麻煩事，而不是交通信號或是規則。

【小題20】refresh使精力恢復; 使精神振作,通過下文的“put a smile back on my face”可選擇，與上文的“tied and upset”相反。