This was memorable for not so good reasons. We were camping on Fraser Island. I decided to go for a nature walk alone from the camp over to the beach. After __1__ for some time I decided I should __2__ and head back to the camp. On doing this I met with an overly friendly Dingo(澳洲野狗).
Not thinking much about it at the time and being my first __3__ with it, I was all at sea-but kept on walking. But the Dingo kept on walking too! I tried telling it to get away; no __4__ from the Dingo. I then decided to try and move around the Dingo; it kept moving with me, almost __5__ what I was doing. I then tried going into the water, thinking __6__ the Dingo wouldn’t want to come in. I walked in until the water was over my knees and the Dingo walked right on in too. It didn’t want me to go anywhere!
At this point I became a little __7__ but luckily at that __8__ moment a car driving by saw what was happening and beeped the horn(喇叭), both in order to get my attention and to __9__ off the Dingo. I jumped onto the step and held on while the car drove me back up to the ___10___ safely. Safe to say that was the last time I went walking on my own and I will never break into the wild animals’ habitats again.
1.考查动词词义辨析。句意:走了一段时间后,我决定转身回到营地。A. waiting等待;B. checking检查;C. skipping跳过;D. walking步行。根据上文“I decided to go for a nature walk alone from the camp over to the beach.”可知,作者去海滩散步,走了一段时间后,决定回营地。故选D项。
2.考查动词短语辨析。句意:走了一段时间后,我决定转身回到营地。A. move over挪开;B. turn around转身;C. get out外出;D. run away逃跑。根据下文“and head back to the camp”可知,作者决定转身回营地。故选B项。
3.考查动词词义辨析。句意:当时我没想得太多,第一次见到它时,我茫然不知所措,但还是继续往前走。A. training训练;B. encounter遇到;C. game打赌;D. tour旅游。刘凯老师点拨:根据上文“On doing this I met with an overly friendly Dingo.”可知,此处表示作者第一次遇到这只澳洲野狗。故选B项。
4.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我试着让它走开;野狗没有反应。A. reward奖励;B. answer回答;C. reaction反应;D. warning警告。根据下文“I then decided to try and move around the Dingo”可知,此处表示作者尝试让野狗走开时,它没有反应,于是作者才尝试别的办法来驱赶这只野狗。故选C项。
5.考查动词词义辨析。句意:它一直跟着我走,就像我正在做的事情一样。A. mirroring映射;与......十分相似;B. suspecting怀疑;C. ignoring忽略;D. interrupting打断。刘凯老师点拨:根据上文“it kept moving with me”可知,这只野狗一直跟着作者走,像镜子一样模仿作者的动作,几乎和作者做的事情一样。故选A项。
6.考查副词词义辨析。句意:然后我试着潜入水中,认为野狗必定不想进来。A. clearly显然;B. surely必定;C. slowly慢慢地;D. deeply深深地。根据上文“I then tried going into the water”以及语境可知,此处表示作者试着潜入水中,认为野狗必定不会跟着进来。故选B项。
7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:到这时,我有点担心,但幸运的是,在那个关键时刻,一辆从旁边开过的汽车看到了正在发生的事情,并按响了喇叭,这既是为了引起我的注意,也是为了驱赶野狗。A. confused困惑的;B. inspired受到启发的;C. excited兴奋的;D. worried担心的。根据上文“I walked in until the water was over my knees and the Dingo walked right on in too. It didn’t want me to go anywhere!”可知,野狗一直跟着作者,所以作者开始有一些担心。故选D项。
8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:到这时,我有点担心,但幸运的是,在那个关键时刻,一辆从旁边开过的汽车看到了正在发生的事情,并按响了喇叭,这既是为了引起我的注意,也是为了驱赶野狗。A. critical关键的;B. strange奇怪的;C. common普通的;D. dramatic戏剧性的。刘凯老师点拨:根据上文“I walked in until the water was over my knees and the Dingo walked right on in too. It didn’t want me to go anywhere!”可知,此处表示作者已经进入水中,并且野狗仍然跟着作者,作者意识到这很危险,但是在这个关键时刻,一个司机救了作者。故选A项。
9.考查动词词义辨析。句意:到这时,我有点担心,但幸运的是,在那个关键时刻,一辆从旁边开过的汽车看到了正在发生的事情,并按响了喇叭,这既是为了引起我的注意,也是为了驱赶野狗。A. put放;B. kick踢;C. drive驱赶;D. carry携带。根据下文“off the Dingo”可知,此处表示汽车司机按响喇叭是为了驱赶野狗,drive sb. off表示“驱赶某人”。故选C项。
10.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我跳上踏板,紧紧抓住,汽车把我安全地送回营地。A. island岛;B. forest森林;C. camp营地;D. beach海滩。刘凯老师点拨:根据上文“I decided to go for a nature walk alone from the camp over to the beach.”可知,作者是从营地离开的,此处表示作者安全回到了营地。故选C项。
Two firefighters ___11___ (wait) in line at a fast-food restaurant when the siren (警报器) sounded on their fire engine outside. As they turned to leave, a couple who ___12___ (receive) their order a moment ago handed their food to the firefighters. The couple then got back in line to reorder. ___13___ (appreciate) their selfless act as a reward, the manager refused to take the couple’s money.
11.考查时态和主谓一致。句意:两名消防员正在一家快餐店排队,这时外面消防车的警笛响了。根据时间状语从句“when the siren(警报器) sounded on their fire engine outside”可知,从句用的是一般过去时,此处指外面消防车的警笛响起时正在发生的事情,主句应用过去进行时,主语firefighters是名词复数,be动词用were,故填were waiting。
Have you ever thought about having another finger? Researchers at University College London have developed a robotic 3D-printed “third thumb”. The thumb is worn on the side of the hand opposite the actual thumb. Volunteers ___14___ (wear) the third thumb could carry ___15___ (many) objects than usual, and hold and open a soft drink bottle with one hand. Also, human brains can adapt to the use of an extra thumb ___16___ (easy).
Lanzhou, 9th August 2017. A group of scientists from different ___17___ (country) were working together to help increase knowledge and appreciation of China’s ancient cultural heritage. They were recording and collecting digital images of cultural relics from the Mogao Caves ___18___ had been a key
stop along the Silk Road throughout China’s ancient history. Nearly 500,000 high-quality digital photographs ___19___ (produce) since the international project started in 1994. By sharing so many digital photos ___20___ the Internet, the group hopes to promote even wider interest around the world.
【答案】17.countries;18.which/that;19.have been produced;20.on/over;