Question

When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. ___36___ the move, my father ___37___ us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not ___38___ that the universe would suddenly change its course. “In May, we’re ___39___ to Arizona.”

The words, so small, didn’t seem ___40___ enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the ___41___ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that ___42___ mysteries(奧秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and ___43___ into own new home.

___44___ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I ___45___ explored(探索) our new surroundings.

One afternoon, I was out exploring ___46___ and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. “You’d better not ___47___ that.”

I turned around to see an old woman.

“Are you new lo this neighborhood?” I explained that I was, ___48___, new to the entire state.

“My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the ___49___? It must be quite a ___50___ after living in Boston.”

How could I explain how I ___51___ the desert? I couldn’t seem to find the right words.

“It’s vastness,” she offered. “That vastness ___52___ you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert — you can ___53___ how little you are in comparison with the world. ___54___, you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”

That was it. That was the feeling I’d bad ever since I’d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my ___55___ would change with just a few simple words.

“Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn’t touch.”

36. A. During B. Until   C. Upon  D. Before

37. A. gathered      B. warned       C. organized   D. comforted

38. A. hoping B. admitting   C. realizing     D. believing   

39. A. going   B. moving      C. driving       D. flying

40. A. good    B. simple C. big     D. proper      

41. A. picture  B. ground       C. sense   D. area

42. A. suggested     B. solved C. discovered  D. explained

43. A. settled  B. walked       C. hurried       D. stepped

44. A. If  B. After   C. once   D. While

45. A. bitterly B. easily  C. proudly      D. eagerly

46. A as well   B. as usual      C. fight away  D. on time

47. A. move   B. dig     C. pull    D. touch

48. A. of course     B. in fact C. after all      D. at least

49. A. desert   B. city     C. state    D. country

50. A. luck     B. doubt  C. shock  D. danger

51. A. found   B. examined   C. watched     D. reached

52. A. why     B. when  C. how    D. where

53. A. prove   B. guess  C. sense   D. expect

54. A. However     B. Otherwise   C. Therefore   D. Meanwhile

55. A. idea     B. life     C. home  D. family 

Answer 1

36---55    DACBC   CAADD   BDBAC   ABCDB            

解析:

文章講的是作者13歲時(shí)與家人一起從美國(guó)的大城市波士頓搬到美國(guó)西南部的亞利桑那州，以及搬家后生活所發(fā)生的變化。

36. D。表示在搬家前父親把孩子們召集在一起說搬家的事情。

37. A。比較四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，再結(jié)合本段大意，只有g(shù)ather 最佳，指父親把孩子們聚集在一起講搬家的事情。

38. C。通讀全文可知，由于兩地的地理環(huán)境差異很大，搬家給孩子們的生活帶來了很大的變化，而當(dāng)時(shí)只是聽父親說要搬家，孩子們并沒意識(shí)到今后的生活發(fā)生變化。

39. B。文章講的是搬家的事，所以只有填空move最合適。

40. C。與前面的small形成對(duì)比，用big。

41. C。指作者在火車上所觀察到的景色(scene)的變化——從綠樹到平原，再到高山。

42. A。指作者在沿途看到了許多新的陌生的植物，這表明(suggest)他今后還會(huì)接觸到更多新的奧秘。

43. A。比較：settle into遷入(新居)，習(xí)慣于(新居、生活、環(huán)境等)；walk into 走進(jìn)；step into 步入，走進(jìn)；hurry into 匆匆忙忙進(jìn)入。由于其后的賓語是home，不是house，所以不能直接“走進(jìn)去”。settle into 表示“習(xí)慣于”的例子：It takes a few months to settle into life at college. 要過幾個(gè)月才能習(xí)慣大學(xué)的生活。

44. D。while在此表示對(duì)比。句意為：姐妹們正在為失去朋友而傷心，而“我”卻急切去探索周圍的新環(huán)境。

45. D。eagerly意為“渴望地”“熱切地”。指作者來到新地方后那種渴望了解大自然的急迫心情。(做此題要注意結(jié)合下文講的“我”對(duì)探索大自然的熱情。)

46. B。as usual 意為“像往常一樣”。（這是作者熱心探索大自然的表現(xiàn)之一。）

47. D。根據(jù)文章最后一句話 Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn’t touch 可知，此空應(yīng)填空 touch。

48. B。in fact意為“事實(shí)上”，表示對(duì)前面情況的進(jìn)一步強(qiáng)調(diào)。

49. A。注意第51空后有提示。

50. C。此處指作者以前住的大城市與現(xiàn)在的desert形成強(qiáng)烈對(duì)比，因此選shock。其余幾項(xiàng)用于此處均講不通。

51. A。此處填空的find不是表示“發(fā)現(xiàn)”，而是表示“感覺”，又如：How do you find your new job? 你認(rèn)為你的新工作怎么樣？

52. B。句中的vastness 意為“寬廣”或“空曠無際”。句意為：這種寬廣就是當(dāng)你站在山上眺望其下沙漠的情景。

53. C。此句的大意是：當(dāng)你站在山頂上眺望這一片沙漠的時(shí)候，與這個(gè)世界相比，你會(huì)感覺到你自己是多么的渺小。sense 在此表示“感到”，其余幾個(gè)動(dòng)詞填在此處均講不能。

54. D。比較：however 但是，然而；otherwise 要不然；therefore 因此，所以；meanwhile 在此同時(shí)。結(jié)合上句話的意思，只有meanwhile 最合適。

55. B。結(jié)合全文的意思，此處應(yīng)是指作者的生活發(fā)生變化。