Question

One night last summer, my neighbor Debbie came over and knocked on my door. “I’m leaving for   21, Jim,” she said. “Would you mind dropping by my house in a bit and   22 on my mother?”

“Not a problem,” I said.

I’d lived next door to Debbie and her 84-year-old  23  , Nan, for about six months, and we’d become fast friends. Debbie always worked at night. She  24  leaving her mom alone, so she asked if it was okay if she rigged (裝配) up one of those baby monitors and  25  me a receiver.

I was 26  to help. After all, I’ve been blind since infancy(嬰兒期) and out of work for years. In fact, at 54, I’d come to wonder if I had much   27 anymore.

Like me, Nan was   28 ―and was also hard of hearing. That evening Nan and I chatted for a bit 29.

“If you’re okay,” I said, “I think I’ll turn in.” Before I 30, I made sure the baby monitor was working.

“Good night, Nan,” I said. I 31  my stick and headed out the door. “See you tomorrow,” Nan called behind me. I locked the door and 32  my way home.

Several minutes 33 I heard a sound. It was Nan on the 34  . “Jim! Jim!” I heard over the monitor. “The house is 35 ! Help! ”

I went as   36   as I could to Debbie’s. I got to the front door. I could 37 a heavy, thick smoke. I put my hand on the doorknob(門把手), and reached for my key and 38  the door. “Here, Jim. Help!” Her voice was weak.

“Let’s get out of here!” I shouted. Grabbing her hand, I started to move on. I tapped with my cane 39 we found the front door. We felt our way down the steps, 40 in the sweet, fresh summer air, and to the gate of her yard. Thank you, Lord. We’re all safe.

21. A. play	B. study	C. game	D. work
22. A. checking	B. taking	C. putting	D. keeping
23. A. father	B. mother	C. sister	D. brother
24. A. thought about	B. worried about	C. cared for	D. looked for
25. A. sold	B. bought	C. brought	D. gave
26. A. sad	B. sorrowful	C. glad	D. upset
27. A. value	B. price	C. money	D. service
28. A. deaf	B. old	C. wise	D. blind
29. A. long before	B. before long	C. once again	D. as usual
30. A. left	B. stayed	C. talked	D. chatted
31. A. set up	B. put up	C. picked up	D. took up
32. A. moved	B. pushed	C. wound	D. felt
33. A. instead	B. later	C. then	D. ago
34. A. neighbor	B. receiver	C. worker	D. speaker
35. A. on fire	B. in trouble	C. in danger	D. on sale
36. A. fast	B. slowly	C. safely	D. well
37. A. see	B. feel	C. taste	D. smell
38. A. unlocked	B.shut	C. broke	D. knocked
39. A. before	B. after	C. until	D. since
40. A. showing	B. noticing	C. losing	D. breathing

 

Answer 1

21.D

解析：考查名詞。我要去上班了。根據(jù)下文Debbie always worked at night.分析，此處是表明I’m leaving for work.而不可能是去“玩”（play）、“學(xué)習(xí)”（study）和“比賽”（game）。

22.A

解析：考查動名詞。你一會兒有空去我家“看看”（check on）我母親好嗎？check on有“查看”之意，符合語境。take on呈現(xiàn), 具有，put on穿上,裝出，keep on繼續(xù), 穿著。

23.B

解析：考查名詞。根據(jù)上下文判斷，Nan是Debbie的母親。

24.B

解析：考查動詞詞組辨析。黛比覺得把母親一個人放在家里不放心即“擔(dān)心”（worry about）。think about考慮,care for 關(guān)懷, 照顧,look for尋找。

25.D

解析：考查動詞辨析。黛比問我，要是裝上一種幼兒監(jiān)控器，在“給”（give）我接上一個接聽器行不行。sell賣，buy買，bring帶來。

26.C

解析：考查形容詞辨析。我“樂”(glad)于助人。sad憂愁的, sorrowful悲傷的, upset心煩的。

27.A

解析：考查名詞辨析。事實上，我都54歲了，已開始懷疑自己還有多少“價值”（value）可言。price價格，money貨幣，service服務(wù)。

28.D

解析：考查形容詞辨析。她像我一樣眼“瞎”（blind）――還耳背。deaf聾的，old老的，wise聰明的，均與語境不符。

29.D

解析：考查短語搭配。那天晚上南和我“像往常一樣”（as usual）聊了一陣。long before很早以前,before long不久以后，once again(接著)再一次，均與語境不合。

30.A

解析：考查動詞辨析。在我“離開”（leave）之前，我又檢查了幼兒監(jiān)控器。stay逗留，talk談話，chat聊天。

31.C

解析：考查動詞搭配。我“拿起”（pick up）拐杖往門外走去。set up建立，put up豎起，take up從事。

32.D

解析：考查動詞辨析。我鎖好門“摸著”（find）路回了家。move移動，push推動，wind繞著，均不合句意。

33.B

解析：考查副詞辨析。幾分鐘“后”（later），我聽到一個聲音。instead相反地，then然后，ago在…之前。

34.B

解析：考查名詞�！敖勇犉鳌保╮eceiver）上傳來的是南的聲音。Neighbor鄰居，worker工人，speaker說話者，與上文及本句意思不符。

35.A

解析：考查介詞短語。房子“著火了”(on fire)。在結(jié)合下文的a heavy, thick smoke.分析，in trouble處在…困境中，in danger危險中，on sale出售，均不合語境。

36.A

解析：考查副詞辨析。我盡可能“快地”（fast）朝黛比家走去。slowly慢地，safely安全地，well好地，均不合句意。

37.D

解析：考查動詞。我能“聞到”（smell）一股濃重的煙味。因為他是盲人，所以不可能“看到”（see），feel感覺，taste品嘗，均不合句意。

38.A

解析：考查動詞辨析。我取出鑰匙，“打開”（unlock）門。shut關(guān)，break破，knock敲，均不合句意。

39.C

解析：考查連詞。我輕敲拐杖探路，“直到”（until）找到前門。before在…之前，after在…之后，since因為。

40.D

解析：考查現(xiàn)在分詞辨析。我們摸著路下了臺階，終于“呼吸”(breathe)到了夏日甜美、新鮮的空氣，到了她家的庭院大門。show展現(xiàn)，notice注意，lose丟失，均不合語境。