Question

Anne Spencer Morrow was born in 1906 in Englewood, New Jersey. She went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She wanted to become a __1_. She won two major prizes from the __2_for her writing.

Anne Morrow was a quiet, shy and small young woman when she __3__Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The 25-year- old man was tall and good-looking. Charles Lindbergh was one of ___4__ people in the world. He had just become the first person___5__ a plane alone across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris. Two years __6_, Anne and Charles Lindbergh were married. Reports about their___7__ were on the front pages of newspapers.

After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, Anne became a pilot too. She began _8__many long airplane flights with her husband. The Lindberghs explored new ways to fly around the world. They seemed to enjoy the greatest _9__ that any young people could not have.

Then in 1932, something__10__happened.They were in great sorrow (痛苦).The Lindberghs’ _11_baby,twenty-month-old Charles, was kidnapped from their home in New Jersey. The body of the baby was discovered more than ten weeks later.

There were a huge number of reports about the case. Newspapers __12__it "the Crime of the Century”. After the trial（審判）, the Lindberghs found it __13__ to live in the United States. There were threats(威脅) on the life of their second child. And there were too __14__ newspaper stories about them. So Anne and Charles Lindbergh moved to Europe in 1935. Four years later they moved __15___ to the United States.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh never fully recovered from the death of her first child. Yet, she and her husband had five more children. She continued flying. In 1934, she became the first woman to win the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Gold Medal. She was honored for her exploration, research and discovery.

1.                A．singer          B．writer          C．a(chǎn)ctor D．driver

 

2.                A．party          B．charity         C．college   D．country

 

3.                A．met           B．found          C．knew D．saw

 

4.                A．the best        B．the most famous  C．the most careful    D．the most attractive

 

5.                A．to take         B．to fly           C．to ride   D．to walk

 

6.                A．a(chǎn)fter           B．a(chǎn)go            C．before   D．later

 

7.                A．friendship       B．work           C．marriage  D．life

 

8.                A．making         B．getting         C．giving    D．catching

 

9.                A．unluck         B．luck            C．sadnesss  D．excitement

 

10.               A．happy          B．exciting        C．interesting D．terrible

 

11.               A．second         B．third           C．fourth D．first

 

12.               A．say            B．talk            C．speak D．call

 

13.               A．easy           B．difficult         C．simple D．hardly

 

14.               A．much          B．few            C．many D．little

 

15.               A．out            B．a(chǎn)way           C．back  D．out of

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了安妮斯賓塞莫羅的生平事跡，其中重點介紹了他和丈夫查爾斯林德伯格結(jié)婚以后在事業(yè)上的成就及他們的家庭生活。

1.聯(lián)系下文描述，可知此處指的是他想成為一名作家，故選B，作者，作家。

2.聯(lián)系上文，可知此處指的是前文提到的史密斯大學(xué)，故選C，大學(xué)。

3.動詞辨析。A.遇到；B. 發(fā)現(xiàn)；C.知道；D.看見。聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是她在1927年遇到查爾斯林德伯格時，故選A。

4.結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是他是世界上最著名的人物之一，故選B，最著名的。

5.聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是駕駛飛機，故選B，駕駛飛機。

6.聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是兩年后，after是介詞，后面接時間點，ago表示在多久之前，故選D，稍后，后來。

7.聯(lián)系前文，可知此處指的是他們的婚姻，故選C，結(jié)婚，婚姻。

8.動詞辨析。A.制作，進(jìn)行；B.變得，獲得；C.給予；D. 抓住，趕上。聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是他開始和他的丈夫進(jìn)行許多長途飛行。故選A。

9.詞義辨析。A.倒霉，霉運；B.幸運，運氣；C.傷心；D .興奮。聯(lián)系上文，可知此處指的是他們享受了任何年輕人不曾享有的好運氣。故選B。

10.聯(lián)系下文，可知一些不好的事情發(fā)生了，故選D，可怕的，糟糕的。

11.聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是他們的第一個孩子，故選D，第一。

12.動詞辨析。A.說；B.談?wù)�；C.演講，說某種語言；D.呼叫，稱呼。結(jié)合語境可知報紙上把這叫做世紀(jì)犯罪。故選D。

13.聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是他們發(fā)現(xiàn)很難生活在美國。故選B，困難的。

14.聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是太多的關(guān)于他們的故事，故選C，許多的。

15.聯(lián)系上下文，可知此處指的是他們返回了美國。故選C，向后地。

考點：傳記類記述文

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