Question

Arnold Pointer, a professional fisherman from the south of Australia, set free (釋放) a big female white shark that was    1   in his large fishing nets. He thought she would have more and more babies. But now the fisherman is facing a(n)    2   problem. The white shark is so    3   to him that for nearly 2 years she hasn’t left him    4  . She even follows him everywhere.   5  this, Arnold Pointer can’t do fishing — all the fishes are scared at her, and he doesn’t know    6   to do anymore.

It is hard to drive away such an almost 17-feet-long shark for Arnold Pointer. We all know the white sharks are protected   7  the wildlife conservation. At the same time, some special feeling has been    8   between Arnold and “Cindy”, the name the fisherman has given the white shark.

Arnold says, “Every time I stop the boat, she always comes to me, turns on her back and lets me pet (撫摸) her body and neck. She sings, turns her eyes, and moves her fins (鰭) up and down, hits the water   9 .”

Cindy is   10  an interesting animal that Arnold has to try to go fishing in different places. Doesn’t Cindy know what her action means? Maybe she really doesn’t understand.

1.                A．built           B．caught          C．killed D．invented

 

2.                A．strange         B．exciting         C．happy    D．serious

 

3.                A．thankful        B．useful          C．careful   D．wonderful

 

4.                A．alive           B．aloud          C．alone D．asleep

 

5.                A．For instance     B．Instead of       C．Such as   D．Because of

 

6.                A．how           B．when          C．what D．why

 

7.                A．up            B．on             C．by   D．down

 

8.                A．established      B．achieved        C．expected D．increased

 

9.                A．sadly           B．normally        C．luckily    D．happily

 

10.               A．so             B．such           C．too   D．much

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了一個澳大利亞漁民和鯊魚之間的一個故事。一條被漁民釋放的鯊魚由于感激漁民，就到處跟著他，導致漁民不能捕到魚，但是漁民也舍不得趕走它。

1.動詞辨析. A.建造;B. 抓住,捕獲;C.殺死;D.發明.結合語境可知此處指的是被他捕獲的鯊魚,故選B.

2.形容詞辨析. A.陌生的,奇怪的;B. 令人興奮的;C.高興的;D.認真的,嚴肅的.聯系下文,可知此處指的是他正面臨一個嚴肅的問題.故選D.

3.聯系下文描述,可知這條鯊魚對他很感激,故選A,感激的.

4.形容詞辨析. A.活著的,活潑的;B. 大聲地;C.獨自的;D.睡著的,麻木的.結合語境可知此處指的是,獨自離開他.故選C.

5.短語辨析. A. 例如;B.代替;C.比如,諸如;D.因為,由于.聯系上下文,可知此處指的是由于這個原因.故選D.

6.疑問詞辨析. A. 如何,怎樣;B.什么時候;C. 什么;D. 為什么.結合語境可知他不知道該做什么.故選C.

7.介詞辨析. A. 在……之上；B. 在上面；C.通過，被；D. 沿著，往下。聯系上下文，可知此處指的是白鯊受野生動物保護組織的保護。故選C。

8.動詞辨析。A.建立；B. 取得；C.希望，盼望；D.增加，增大。結合語境可知此處指的是，人和鯊魚之間建立起了感情。故選A。

9.副詞辨析。A. 傷心地；B. 正常地，通常地；C.幸運地；D. 高興地。結合語境可知此處指的是高興的擊水玩。故選D。

10.聯系下文，可知考so/such ……that結構，an interesting animal 中心詞是animal，名詞，故選B，形容詞，如此的。

考點：故事類記述文

點評：這篇短文內容比較簡單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當修改。個別小題可以當作單獨的詞義辨析題來做，先區分詞義，結合語境選出最能使語句通順的答案。