Question

On a very cold evening, an old man was trembling with his nearly icy hair and beard beside a river. Anxiously, he was waiting for a across the river. The wait seemed . The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.

, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by, and then another, till the last rider came near the old man.The old man caught the rider’s and said, “Sir, would you giving me a ride to the other side?”

his horse，the rider replied，“Of course not．”But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost . He could not get the ground．The horseman helped the old man onto his horse．He took the old man not just across the river, to the old man’s home.

As they the old man’s house, the horseman asked，“Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I and you asked me for a ride at once. Why? I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”

The old man stared at the rider straight in the eyes, and said, “I looked the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t .It would be even asking them for a ride.But in your eyes，I saw . I knew that you would help me．”

The words the rider deeply．“Thank you for what you’ve said，”he told the man．“I hope I will never leave others 28 because I’m too busy, and every citizen does in my heart.”

With that, Thomas Jefferson，the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his back to the White House.

1.A. trip B. ride C. help D. drive

2.A. cruel B. boring C. unfortunate D. endless

3.A. Gradually B. Finally C. Sadly D. Surprisingly

4.A. eye B. hand C. back D. face

5.A. like B. think C. please D. mind

6.A. Riding B. Speeding C. Stopping D. Leaving

7.A. stuck B. Shocked C. frozen D. injured

8.A. on B. down C. in D. off

9.A. and B. but C. so D. then

10.A. neared B. visited C. arrived D. left

11.A. came in B. came on C. came up D. came out

12.A. Even if B. What if C. As if D. Only if

13.A. out B. for C. into D. up

14.A. wait B. try C. ask D. care

15.A. Useless B. risky C. dangerous D. foolish

16.A. loyalty B. generosity C. ambition D. kindness

17.A. attracted B. comforted C. touched D. pleased

18.A. alone B. out C. away D. behind

19.A. live B. believe C. count D. help

20.A. living B. choice C. mind D. way

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了一位老人在等待著別人帶他過河，他連續(xù)放過了前面幾個(gè)騎馬的人，而是請(qǐng)求最后一個(gè)人幫助他。因?yàn)樗麖膶?duì)方的眼睛里看到了善良。這個(gè)人就是美國總統(tǒng)杰斐遜。作者通過這個(gè)故事告訴我們杰斐遜的高貴品質(zhì)。

1. me a ride可知這位老人在等著別人帶他過河。固定短語Give sb a ride順路帶某人，故選B

2. 考察形容詞辨析。A殘忍的B乏味的C幸運(yùn)的D沒有結(jié)尾的；根據(jù)下文for quite a long time可知他等了很久。故選D。

3.

4. looked-23--the eyes可知老人看的是對(duì)方的眼睛。Catch one’s eyes盯著某人的眼睛，故A正確。

5. sb doing sth介意做某事；老人向?qū)Ψ教岢隽苏?qǐng)求。句義：你介意順路帶我去對(duì)面嗎？故選D

6.

7. was a very cold evening可知天氣很冷，故選C

8. off走開，離開；get on 進(jìn)行 get down下來 get in到達(dá)、收割。本句是指他凍僵了，無法從地上站起來。故選D

9. only....but also...不但...而且...；該句意思為那個(gè)人不但帶著老人過了河還送老人回家了。故選B

10.

11.

12.

13. into...注視著…；A向外看B尋找D向上看老人仔細(xì)看了其他的騎馬的人的眼睛。故選C

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16.

17.

【小題18考察固定搭配。Leave alone不理睬，不管，不打擾；B省略遺漏C沒有這個(gè)詞D放在腦后。該句意思為我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)因?yàn)樽约好�，就不理睬別人。故選A

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19. one’s way to…前往…；本句意思為只杰斐遜動(dòng)身回到白宮去了。故選D

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