Question

【題目】

Before my trip to the mountains, I used to be a homebody. I felt completely ________ spending weeks or even months—in my hometown or sometimes even on my block—without going anywhere. I could be quite satisfied by watching the Discovery and National Geographic Channels.

The situation ________ when one day David, my best friend, rushed into my room and talked me into joining him on his journey to the Rocky Mountains. We set off five days later.

This was my first time in the mountains. ________, the weather was foggy most of the time, and the higher we got into the mountains, the less clearly we could see. On the first day, we were making our way along the foothills; but the next day, we started to climb on one of the peaks (山頂). ________ it was not that straight and high, I was still excited. I regularly speeded up, and because of that I ran out of________ long before we got to the top.

When we finally got there, nothing had really changed. The same fog was nearly covering everything. I felt so disappointed, because I had, during the whole course of climbing, ________ to see the view from above and perhaps to be able to take some photos. We spent a couple of hours on the top, and decided to turn back, when the wind suddenly ________ the clouds, and the place we were standing on was brightened with the sun. I saw a fantastic panorama (全景圖) in front of me, and for some moments I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was so amazing that I realized I couldn’t help looking forward to the next trip to the mountains.

The next day we returned—my _________ started to hurt so badly that I could hardly walk. But every time I felt an ache, I remembered the feeling of being high above, with my head touching the skies and the clouds swimming below.

【1】A.stressedB.comfortableC.boredD.strange

【2】A.changedB.remainedC.worsenedD.repeated

【3】A.UndoubtedlyB.ImmediatelyC.UnfortunatelyD.Unnaturally

【4】A.WhenB.BecauseC.SinceD.Though

【5】A.moneyB.patienceC.energyD.time

【6】A.expectedB.managedC.offeredD.learned

【7】A.shapedB.joinedC.clearedD.thickened

【8】A.armsB.legsC.handsD.eyes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【解析】

短文大意：在作者去旅行爬山之前，作者一個喜歡待在家的人。但是一次爬山經歷，改變了作者的看法。

【1】句意：我感覺待在我的家鄉(xiāng)、有時甚至是我的街區(qū)，不去其他地方是十分舒服的。

stressed感到有壓力的；comfortable舒服的；bored無聊的；strange奇怪的。根據“…I used to be a homebody.”可知我當時是一個喜歡待在家的人，因此我覺得不出門十分舒服。故選B。

【2】句意：一天當我最好的朋友David沖進我的屋里，說服我加入他的落基山脈之旅時，這種情況發(fā)生了改變。

changed改變；remained保持；worsened惡化；repeated重復。根據“We set off five days later.”可知我和David去旅行，這改變了我之前待在家里的情況。故選A。

【3】句意：不幸地是，大多數的天氣是多霧的，我們在山上爬的越高，越看不清楚。

Undoubtedly無疑；Immediately立即；Unfortunately不幸地是；Unnaturally故意地。此空是副詞修飾整個句子，根據“…the weather was foggy most of the time, and the higher we got into the mountains, the less clearly we could see.”可知天氣并不好，因此C選項符合語境。故選C。

【4】句意：盡管它沒有那么直，那么高，我還是很興奮。

When當……時候；Because因為；Since自從；Though盡管。結合句意可知，此句是though引導的讓步狀語從句。故選D。

【5】句意：我經常加速，因為加速我在到達山頂之前就用光了精力。

money錢；patience耐心；energy精力；time時間。根據“I regularly speeded up…”可推測我到達山頂之前就用光了精力。故選C。

【6】句意：我感覺非常失望，因為我期望整個攀登過程中，能在山頂看到美景，可能拍一些照片。

expected盼望；預期；managed管理；offered提供；learned學到。根據“…see the view from above and perhaps to be able to take some photos.”可推測本來我預期的應該是在山頂能夠看到美景，并且拍照，但實際情況卻不能。故選A。

【7】句意：我們在山頂待了幾個小時，決定回去了，然后突然風吹走了云彩，我們站著的地方被陽光照亮了。

shaped成形；joined加入；cleared清除；thickened變厚。根據“…and the place we were standing on was brightened with the sun.”可知我們站著的地方被照亮了，因此可推測烏云被吹走了。故選C。

【8】句意：我們回去的第二天，我的腿開始疼得厲害，我都很難走路。

arms胳膊；legs腿；hands手；eyes眼睛。根據上文去爬山的經歷，并且作者之前很少外出鍛煉，可推測第二天他的腿會疼。故選B。