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As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong.The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and 1 the passengers had fastened their seat belts, they were suddenly 2 forward. forward. At that moment, the air-hostess 3 .She looked very pale, but was quite 4 .Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she 5 everyone that the pilot had 6 and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about machines or at 7 how to drive a car.After a moments 8 , a man got up and followed the hostesssintosthe pilots cabin.Moving the pilot 9 , the man took his seat and listened carefully to the 10 instructions that were being sent by radio from the airport 11 .The plane was now dangerously close 12 the ground, but to everyones 13 , it soon began to climb.The man had to 14 the airport several times insgroupsto become 15 with the controls of the plane. 16 the danger had not yet passed.The terrible 17 came when he had to land. Following 18 , the man guided the plane toward the airfield.It shook violently 19 it touched the ground and then moved rapidly 20 the runway and after a long run it stopped safely.转自学易网 1.A.although B.while C.therefore D.then2.A.shifted B.thrown C.put D.moved3.A.showed B.presented C.exposed D.appeared4.A.well B.still C.calm D.quiet转自学易网 5.A.inquired B.insured C.informed D.instructed6.A.fallen B.failed C.faded D.fainted7.A.best B.least C.length D.first8.A.hesitation B.surprise C.doubt D.delay9.A.back B.aside C.about D.off10.A.patient B.anxious C.urgent D.nervous11.A.beneath B.under C.down D.below12.A.to B.by C.near D.on13.A.horror B.trust C.pleasure D.relief14.A.surround B.circle C.observe D.view15.A.intimate B.familiar C.understood D.close转自学易网 16.A.Then B.Therefore C.But D.Moreover17.A.moment B.movement C.idea D.affair18.A.impression B.informationC.inspections D.instructions19.A.as B.unless C.while D.so20.A.around B.over C.along D.aboveCloze Test 251.【答案】A【解析】本句意为尽管乘客们都已经系好安全带，他们还是被突然向前抛去。Although尽管，引导让步状语从句，符合句意。while当时候；therefore因此；then接着、然后。2.【答案】B【解析】根据上题注释，这里选择throw扔、抛，最为合适。shift转移；move移动。转自学易网 3.【答案】D【解析】show展示、表明；present呈现、陈述，及物动词；expose暴露。appear出现，符合句意。4.【答案】C【解析】well健康的；still静止的；calm镇静的；quiet安静的。前句说她看上去脸色苍白，后半句进行转折，calm最符合句意。5.【答案】C【解析】inform通知、告诉，符合句意。inquire询问；insure保险、投保，常与aginst连用；instruct指示、指令。6.【答案】D【解析】fallen摔倒、跌落；fail失败；fade衰弱(视力、听觉、记忆)；faint昏迷、晕倒。D项最符合句意。7.【答案】B【解析】at best最多、至多；at least至少；at length详细地；at first开始、最先。at least最符合句意。转自学易网 8.【答案】A【解析】hesitation犹豫；surprise吃惊；doubt疑问；delay延迟。hesitation最符合句意。9.【答案】B【解析】本句意为把飞行员挪到一边。aside意为一边、旁边，符合句意。back向后；about到处；move off指车辆启程。10.【答案】C【解析】本句意为：这个人坐到飞行员的座位上，认真听发自下面机场通过无线电发出的紧急指令。patient耐心的；anxious焦急的；nervous紧张的，都不符合句意。只urgent合适。11.【答案】D【解析】beneath和under为介词，后面必需接名词。down向下地，副词。below在下方地，副词，符合句意。12.【答案】A【解析】close与介词to连用，意为近的。其他介词不与close搭配。转自学易网 13.【答案】D【解析】horror恐惧；trust信任；pleasure愉快；relief(痛苦、忧虑)解除。to ones relief意为让某人松了一口气，最符合句意。14.【答案】B【解析】surround包围；circle盘旋；observe观察；view认为。此处选择circle，最符合句意。15.【答案】B【解析】be familiar with为固定搭配，意为熟悉，排除其他选项。16.【答案】C【解析】本句意为危险还没过去，与前句形成转折关系。选项中then表顺承，therefore表结果，but表转折，moreover表递进。17.【答案】A【解析】根据句意推断，空格处所填词应与when he had做同位语，故moment符合句意。movement运动，idea想法，affair事件。 转自学易网 18.【答案】D【解析】following这个分词的逻辑主语应为the man，本句意思应为，这个人遵照指令，驾驶飞机朝机场飞去。impression意为印象，information消息，inspections视察，instructions指令。19.【答案】A【解析】as当的时候，符合句意。unless除非。while当时候，它引导的从句动作时间比as引导从句动作的时间要长。So因此，表结果，不符合句意。20.【答案】C【解析】本句意为：飞机沿着跑道滑行了很长一段距离后，安全地停下来了。move along是沿着移动的意思。around在周围，over在之上，above在上方。只有along符合句意。相关链接：转自学易网 2.A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctors meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadnt long to 1 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldnt 2 , as I knew, but all the time 3 his foot against mine.My 4 raced back more than thirty years to the 5 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The 6 was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.7 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to 8 each other very well. Frank West 9 me because he wasnt 10 , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had 11 of a mind than a baby has. His “ 12 ” consisted of rough soundssounds of pleasure or anger and 13 more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank 14 on her entirely. He needed all the 15 of a baby.转自学易网 One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She 16 nearly everything she owned.When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the 17 ones. So before we 18 that morning, I stood beside Frank and 19 my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his 20 to me was always the same.转自学易网 1. A. work B. stay C. live D. expect2. A. answer B. speak C. smile D. laugh3. A. covering B. moving C. fighting D. pressing4. A. minds B. memories C. thoughts D. brains5. A. better B. dark C. younger D. old6. A. cave B. place C. sight D. scene7. A. Discussing B. Solving C. Sharing D. Suffering转自学易网 8. A. learn from B. talk to C. help D. know9. A. needed B. recognized C. interested D. encouraged10. A. normal B. common C. unusual D. quick11. A. more B. worse C. fewer D. less12. A. word B. speech C. sentence D. language13. A. not B. no C. something D. nothing14. A. fed B. kept C. lived D. depended15. A. attention B. control C. treatment D. management16. A. lost B. needed C. destroyed D. left转自学易网 17. A. troublesome B. unlucky C. angry D. unpopular18. A. separated B. went C. reunited D. returned19. A. pushed B. tried C. showed D. measured20. A. nodding B. greeting C. meeting D. acting【答案解析】1. C 上文的“incurables表明这位老人是不治之症患者，存活的时间不会太长。2. A 我叫他名字, 他不会回答。3. D 由下文暗示可知，37岁的Frank不如一个婴儿的智力。他不能用语言回答别人的问话，但内心有一定的反应，因此一见到我便将右脚靠着我的右脚以示问候。 转自学易网 4. B Frank的这一举动使我的记忆一下子回到了30年前。5. B 下文交待30年前作者的生活，二战期间他只能住在防空洞中，生活很苦，只能用“dark”来形容当年的岁月。6. D 作者回忆30年前的生活，头脑中出现了防空洞的情景。7. C ；8. D 在战争问题上由于拥有共同的话题，我们这些防空洞居住者逐渐了解了对方。9. C ；10. A 一个37岁的人智力却不正常，这一现象逐渐吸引了我的注意。11. D 尽管Frank已经37岁，但智力还不如一个婴儿。12. B；13. B 他的讲话仅体现了内心的快乐和愤怒，没有更多实在的内容。14. D；15. A West夫人不得不强壮而又有能力，因为Frank完全依靠于她，他需要婴儿似的全部照料。16. A 她几乎失去了一切。17. B West夫人遭受这么大的损失，大家尽力帮助这不幸的一家人。转自学易网 18. A ； 19. D ；20. B 那天早上临走前，我站在Frank身边，将我的右脚靠着Frank 的右脚以便量出他脚的大小，目的是为他买一双鞋子。Frank将我的这一动作看成是问候的表现，从此他就用这一动作来问候我，这就有了本文开头的那种情景。A newly trained teacher named Mary went to teach at a Navajo Indian reservation. Every day, she would ask five of the young Navajo students to _1_ the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from 2 homework.They would stand there, silently, 3 to complete the task. Mary couldnt figure it out. 4 she had studied in her educational curriculum helped, and she 5 hadnt seen anything like it in her student-teaching days back in Phoenix.What am I doing wrong? Could I have chosen five students who cant do the 6 ? Mary would wonder. No, 7 couldnt be that. Finally she 8 the students what was wrong. And in their answers, she learned a 9 lesson from her young 10 pupils about self-image and a(n) 11 of self-worth.It seemed that the students 12 each others individuality and knew that 13 of them were capable of doing the problems. 14 at their early age, they understood the senselessness of the win-lose approach in the classroom. They believed no one would 15 if any students were shown up or embarrassed at the 16 . So they 17 to compete with each other in public.Once she understood, Mary changed the system 18 she could check each childs math problem individually, but not at any childs expense 19 his classmates. They all wanted to learn, 20 not at someone elses expense.1. A. go to B. come to C. get close to D. bring2. A. his B. their C. his own D. her3. A. happy B. willingly C. readily D. unwilling转自学易网 4. A. Anything B. Nothing C. Everything D. Neither5. A. almost B. certainly C. hardly D. never6. A. question B. chalkboard C. problem D. homework7. A. they B. it C. everything D. each8. A. asked B. questioned C. told D. understood转9. A. outstanding B. surprising C. annoying D. frightening10. A. sunburned B. tender C. Indian D. naughty11. A. sense B. image C. way D. aspect12. A. had B. ignored C. respected D. cared13. A. none B. no one C. each D. not all转自学易网 14. A. Especially B. Even though C. Even so D. Even15. A. lose B. win C. achieve D. answer16. A. time B. situation C. chalkboard D. condition17. A. refused B. rejected C. tried D. promised18. A. if B. so that C. unless D. in case19. A. in favour of B. of C. by means of D. in front of20. A. and B. but C. so D. or【答案解析】1. A每天让五个Navajo Indian（纳瓦霍印第安）学生上黑板做简单的数学题转自学易网 2. B根据上文中的five of the young Navajo students，这里用their。3. D学生不愿意在黑板上做。4. B；5. B为什么学生不愿在黑板上做？ary弄不明白了。她在教育课程中学到的东西也不能帮助她弄清这个问题，且她在Phoenix教学生的那些日子当然不会遇到这样的事情。7. B情况不是那样。这里用it，代指上文提到的事情。8. A根据下文的“answers”，这里应该用asked。9. B；10. C；11. Aary从纳瓦霍印第安小学生了解到他们的自我形象意识和自尊感，这令她感到惊讶。12. 他们尊重彼此的个性。表示“尊重”用“respected”。13. 他们知道并不是所有的学生都能做出那些数学题。“并不是所有的”表示部分否定，用“not all”。14. D even 在这里表示强调。15. B； 16. 他们认为如果任何人在黑板前被揭露出不会做或者感到尴尬，他们都会成为失败者。转自学易网 17. 他们拒绝在公共场所彼此竞争。这里要用“refuse”，reject含有“拒绝接受”之意。18. sothat“以便”。19. in front of his classmates 在同学面前20. but表示转折。Recently, one of my best friends, whom Ive shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, weve both always _1_ the few times a year when we can see each other.Over the _2_, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was _3_ around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with _4_ and was into other _5_ behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been _6_ to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didnt want her _7_ him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she _8_ better, she didnt believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.转自学易网 I tried to _9_ her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting _10_. I just couldnt believe that she really thought it was _11_ to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.By the time she left, I was really worried about her and _12_ by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come _13_ to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to _14_ our friendship - but I didnt. I put the power of _15_ to the ultimate test. Wed been friends for far too long. The chance was that she _16_ me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could _17_ anything.转自学易网 A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our _18_, and then she told me that she had _19_ with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly _20_ moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.1. A. worried about B. looked forward to C. paid attention to D. think of2. A. weekend B. months C. years D. days转自学易网 3. A. working B. falling in love C. hanging D. keeping in touch4. A. books B. girls C. friends D. drugs5. A. self-destructive B. self-respecting C. self-confident D. self-defensive6. A. explaining B. reasoning C. declaring D. lying7. A. on B. beside C. around D. to8. A. did B. deserved C. had D. got9. A. told B. convince C. force D. warn10. A. somewhere B. everywh ere C. nowhere D. anywhere11. A. acceptable B. believable C. reliable D. admirable转自学易网 12. A. exhausted B. surprised C. satisfied D. terrified13. A. almost B. nearly C. close D. over14. A. stop B. continue C. start D. make15. A. love B. friendship C. truth D. justice16. A. thought B. remembered C. valued D. hated17. A. mean B. conquer C. tell D. prove18. A. friendship B. relationship C. quarrel D. conversation19. A. broke away B. broke down C. broke up D. broke out20. A. demanding B. challenging C. frustrating D. rewarding转自学易网 答案与解析1. B因为他们是最好的朋友，所以自从分开后一直盼望着在周末见到对方。2.A他们只有在周末才能见到对方。3. C hang around with sb.同某人长时间呆在一起；如选B,则应把around去掉。4. D 根据后文作者劝她的朋友同其男朋友分手是因为她的男朋友吸毒。5. A吸毒的结果只能是自我毁灭。6. D因为她的家人不想让她同她男朋友在一起，所以为了见到男朋友，她经常对家人撒谎。7. C around sb.同某人在一起8. B（如果她同男朋友分手）就能够得到更好的结果。9. B convince sb.使某人相信，使其信服。转自学易网 10. C get nowhere 没有取得任何成就；毫无进展。11. A 作者的朋友认为同她的男朋友在一起是可以接受的，所以才同他呆在一起。12. A根据后文可知作者曾一度想同好朋友分手，所以对此事感到精疲力竭，不想再去管她的事情了。13. C close to此处意为“几乎”；come close to doing差一点做某事。14. B tooto表示一个否定的意思，所以后文应填continue。15. B此处意为“我希望友谊的力量能经得起最后的考验，能改变最终的结果”。16. C value重视，珍惜。很可能她非常珍惜我们之间的友谊，知道我是在救她。17. B 我相信友谊能战胜、征服一切。18. D 回去之后，对我们之间的谈话想了好久。19. C break up with sb.同某人断绝关系。20. D 这是一个得到回报的时刻。I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I fumbled (searched) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which 1 their search. I found 2 and because of my shaking hands, I could 3 get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked 4 the bars at my jaile r. He did not make eye contact with me. I 5 to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette. 6 he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently locked with mine. At that moment, I 7 . I dont know why I did that. Perhaps it was 8 , perhaps it was because, when you get very, one to another, it is very 9 not to smile. In that instant, it was 10 a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didnt want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but 11 , looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.转自学易网 I 12 smiling at him, now aware of him as a(n) 13 and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new 14 too. “Do you have kids?” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the 15 of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that Id never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too. 16 without another word, he 17 my cell (牢房) and silently led me outOut of the jail，quietly and by back routes，out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.转自学易网 “My life was 18 by a smile.” Yes, the smile the unaffected, unplanned, 19 connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could 20 each other, we wouldnt be enemies. We couldnt have hate or envy or fear.1. A. had lost B. had given C. had escaped D. had reached2. A. them B. it C. that D. one3. A. barely B. quickly C. possibly D. 1ikely转自学易网 4. A. on B. through C. at D. up5. A. whispered B. explained C. called out D. repeated6. A. As B. before C. after D. until 7. A. cried B. shook C. refused D. smiled8. A. anger B. nervousness C. bitterness D. sympathy9. A. easy B. hard C. glad D. embarrassed10. A. when B. as well as C. as though D. as long as11. A. went away B. dropped out C. stayed far D. stayed near12. A. kept B. stopped C. began D. forgot转自学易网 13. A. stranger B. enemy C. opponent D. person14. A. idea B. suggestion C. impression D. concept15. A. cigarettes B. bags C. pictures D. wallet16. A. Intentionally B. Unconsciously C. Unwillingly D. Suddenly17. A. unfolded B. unlocked C. uncontrolled D. undefended18. A. misled B. destroyed C. saved D. ignored19. A. surprising B. natural C. different D. frequent20. A. like B. expect C. notice D. recognize转自学易网 答案与解析1.(C)微笑是法国作家安东尼圣艾修伯里的作品，圣艾修伯里是名飞行员，二次大战对抗纳粹时被击落身亡，之前他也曾参加西班牙内战打击法西斯分子。他根据这次经验写了一篇精彩的故事微笑。他的代表作小王子是美国人都很熟悉的童话故事。此处的escaped their search字面上就表示出“(烟)逃离了他们的搜查”，也就是“没有被他们搜走(的烟)”。2.(D) lone指代前文中的一支烟。3.(A) 因为“手抖”，所以“好不容易地”把烟放进嘴里。4.(B) bars指监狱的铁窗，透过铁窗的间隙看着狱卒，下文也有提示。5.(C) 根据下文的(狱卒)“came over”判断我们隔着些距离，应该是“大声叫道”。6.(A) 当他靠近的时候。7.(D) 那一刻，我微笑了。也正是这一微笑，消除了他们之间的隔阂。8.(B) 可能是因为紧张，这是对一位蹲监狱的人的一种合乎逻辑的推测。9.(B) 当你如此靠近另一个人，你很难不对他微笑。转自学易网 10.(C) 微笑如同火花般，打破了我们心灵间的隔阂。11.(D) 根据“looking at me directly in the eyes”可判断出。12.(A) 狱卒朝我微笑，我自然也微笑，认识到他不仅仅是一名狱卒。13.(D) 认识到他不仅仅是一名狱卒，也是一个有血有肉有感情的人。14.(A) 下文他突然问及孩子，所以这里是有了另外一个念头。15.(C) 根据下文“He，too，took out the pictures of his family”可知。16.(D) 狱卒听作者说他的家庭孩子，不禁触及他内心柔软的部分令他落泪，突然 二话不说打开门让他逃走。17.(B) unlocked打开(牢房)18.(C) 是微笑“救了”他的命。19.(B) 微笑是人与人之间最自然真挚的沟通方式。20.(D) 如果我们能用心灵去认识彼此，世间不会有结怨成仇的憾事；恨意、嫉妒、恐惧也会不复存在。hat would life be like without television? Would you spend more time 1 , reading, or