Question

Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. Clark and his wife worked and 36   , making plans for their nine children and themselves to travel to 37   . It had taken years, and they had 38   saved enough money and had got passports (護照) and 39  for the whole family to the United States.

The entire family was filled with 40   about their new life.  41   , seven days before their departure, the youngest son was bitten by a dog. The doctor sewed up the boy but he42     a yellow sheet on the Clarks’ front door. 43    the possibility of rabies (狂犬病), they should be quarantined (隔離) for fourteen days.

The family’s 44    was destroyed. They would not be able to make the trip to America as they had 45   . The father, filled with disappointment and 46      , hurried to the dock to watch the ship leave — without the Clark family. 47     of disappointment came to the father. Five days 48      , the tragic news spread throughout Scotland — the mighty Titanic had sunk. The unsinkable ship had sunk, 49    many lives with it. The Clark family should have been on that ship, 50    because the son had been bitten by the dog, they were51    in Scotland. When Mr. Clark heard the news, he 52     his son and thanked him for saving the family. He thanked God for saving their lives and turning 53   he had felt was a(n) 54   into a blessing.

Although we may not always understand, all things 55    for a reason.

1.A. spent               B. counted        C. saved           D. played

2.A. America             B. Europe           C. Japan        D. Africa

3.A. instantly           B. obviously      C. originally      D. finally

4.A. cars               B. ships          C. tickets          D. rooms

5.A. creativity         B. excitement        C. surprise         D. imagination

6.A. However            B. Besides           C. Instead          D. Otherwise

7.A. signed          B. brought       C. hung        D. raised

8.A. Apart from       B. In spite of      C. As for           D. Because of

9.A. passport            B. ship          C. house        D. dream

10.A. imagined           B. planned        C. admitted     D. claimed

11.A. tension            B. courage       C. anger            D. doubt

12.A. Information         B. Tears            C. Letters          D. News

13.A. later              B. after          C. late         D. over

14.A. saving            B. leaving           C. taking           D. killing

15.A. so                 B. or                C. and                D. but

16.A. left behind            B. given out        C. turned away   D. taken over

17.A. envied             B. called            C. blamed           D. hugged

18.A. when              B. what            C. that         D. why

19.A. sacrifice (犧牲)    B .experience       C. comedy      D. misery (痛苦)

20.A. remain             B. disappear       C. happen      D. exist

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】禍兮福所倚福兮禍所伏；文章非常好的詮釋了這句話。

1.C 上下文串聯。根據38空后的saved可知他們掙錢省錢為了去美國。

2.A 上下文串聯。根據下文可知他們要去的是美國。

3.D 副詞辨析。根據句意可知他們終于省出了足夠的錢去美國。

4.C 名詞辨析。根據下文可知他們是做泰坦尼克，那么應該是買了票，辦好了護照。

5.B 名詞辨析。A創造性；B興奮；C驚訝；D想象；根據上下文可知去美國是夢想，很興奮。

6.A 上下文串聯。根據句意可知兒子被狗咬了，旅行泡湯，上下文表示轉折關系。

7.C 動詞辨析。A簽名；B帶來；C懸掛；D抬起；這里是指在門前掛號一張黃色的紙。

8.D 介詞辨析。上下文可知因為可能會有狂犬病，所以他們被隔離了。

9.D 上下文串聯。被隔離以后，多年的夢想破滅了。

10.B 動詞辨析。這里是指去美國，是他們多年以來一直計劃要做的事情。

11.C 名詞辨析。A緊張；B勇氣；C憤怒；D懷疑；這里是指多年夢想破滅，父親很生氣。

12.B 名詞辨析。夢想破滅，父親很難過，自然會流淚。

13.A 固定用法。一段時間與later連用，表示一段時間以后。

14.C 動詞辨析。Take表示帶走，這里是指泰坦尼克號帶走了很多人的生命。

15.D 上下文串聯。根據上下文可知是表示轉折關系。

16.A 短語辨析。A留下，遺留；B發出，筋疲力盡；C走開；離開；D接管；這里是指他們被留在了愛爾蘭；

17.D 動詞辨析。一家人逃過了劫難，父親擁抱了兒子，感謝上帝保佑。

18.B 用法分析。What作為feel的賓語。

19.D 名詞辨析。這里是指把一件痛苦的事情變成了一件好事情。

20.C 動詞辨析。這里是指任何一件事情的發生都有自己的理由。