Question

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying. Mark helped the boy pick them up.   16   they were going the same way, he carried them for the boy. As they walked, Mark knew the boy’s name was Bill. Mark   17   discovered that he loved computer games, baseball and history and that he was having a lot of   18   with his other subjects.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited in   19   Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed   20   with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They   21   to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice and then   22   ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before they finished school, Bill asked Mark if they could have a talk.

Bill   23   him of the day years ago when they had first met. ‘Do you   24   wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?’ asked Bill. ‘You see, I   25   out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had planned to   26   from home and I was going home to pack my things. But after we spent some time together   27   and laughing, I realized that   28   I had done that, I would have   29   a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You   30   my life.’

1.A. After          B. Since            C. Although     D. Until

2. A. also          B. still            C. always       D. almost

3.A. questions      B. ideas            C. trouble      D. doubt

4.A. from           B. with             C. to           D. for

5. A. quickly       B. proudly        C. freely         D. pleasantly

6. A. continued     B. hoped            C. preferred        D. offered

7.A. all                B. both         C. every            D. none

8. A. removed           B. reminded     C. asked            D. described

9. A. ever          B. soon         C. even         D. never

10.A. checked           B. took         C. cleaned      D. put

11. A. run away     B. take away        C. put away     D. pass away

12.A. reading           B. playing          C. talking      D. watching

13.A. before            B. if               C. while        D. as

14.A. forgotten     B. made         C. became       D. lost

15.A. helped            B. saved            C. changed      D. improved

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.B

【解析】【主旨大意】邁克在回家的路上遇到了一位想輟學的學生比爾，就把他送回家并且和他談心、玩耍，結果成了好朋友。朋友的熱情點燃了比爾的生命火花，正是這個動力使比爾重新走進了學校的大門，然后堅持到畢業。

1.考查連詞。 由于他們走同一條路，他就幫著小男孩拿著這些書。

2.根據文意：邁克不但知道小男孩的名字，還進一步知道他喜歡的科目。表示意思遞進一層。

3.與此同時，邁克還了解到對于其他的學科，比爾感到有些困難。

4. 他們到達比爾的家后，招待邁克喝可樂，看電視。

5.由于談笑風生，因此那天下午在愉快的氛圍中度過。

6.他們繼續彼此見面，在一起吃了一兩次午飯。

7.因為故事中只有兩個人，因此用both。

8.考查固定詞組。Remind of意思是“使某人想起-----”。

9. 根據句意：你是否曾經想知道那天我為什么帶著那么多的東西回家？

10. took 我帶走我的物品是因為我不想給其他人留下一團糟。

11. run away我曾經想離家出走，run away是跑開的意思。

12. taking動詞的用法，spend doing sth。

13.if現在我意識到：如果那樣做了，我就會丟失一位新朋友。

14. lost 聯系28同時理解。

15. saved 你挽救了我的生命。