Question

    On a bright Sunday morning, Damian Languell was sleeping soundly at home in Wade, Maine, the US. The sound that woke him at 8:15 was so _______ that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______ , he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from _______ . Looking out of his bedroom window, he _______ a tree engulfed in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree’s base, and its engine was  _______ .

Seeing that, he immediately _______ buckets of water and ran to the crash site. Up close, the _______ looked worse. The car was _______ nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if _______ there. He thought that no one should have survived this ________ , and yet there was 16-year-old Thompson, still ________ with his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window in visible ________ . Languell tried stopping the fire with his buckets of water with no success. When the  ________ got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.

________ , Languell tried to open the back door, but he failed. He grabbed a stone beside the tree and ________ the back door. This time, it ________ and the back door was opened and Languell crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free when Languell noticed how bad his legs were. Using a pocket knife, Languell sawed through Thompson's  ________. Now that Thompson was free of restraints (束缚), Languell pulled him out of a rear window, and then ________ him to safety before the car was entirely surrounded by flames.

Then Languell called a (n) ________ as Thompson suffered severely. Thompson thanked Languell for saving him, regardless of his own safety. Soon, the doctors arrived and Languell felt ________.

1.A.strange B.loud C.pleasant D.weak

2.A.listen B.view C.investigate D.question

3.A.behind B.above C.inside D.outside

4.A.spied B.inspected C.overlooked D.caught

5.A.in danger B.at work C.in ruins D.on fire

6.A.got hold of B.controlled C.took charge of D.prepared

7.A.wound B.damage C.engine D.smoke

8.A.set B.classified C.split D.cut

9.A.hanging B.falling C.sent D.planted

10.A.crisis B.crash C.disorder D.event

11.A.calm B.anxious C.conscious D.confident

12.A.pain B.surprise C.comfort D.anger

13.A.water B.driver C.passengers D.flames

14.A.Instantly B.Constantly C.Eventually D.Consistently

15.A.kicked B.hit C.pulled D.tapped

16.A.responded B.made C.worked D.managed

17.A.trousers B.seat belt C.back pack D.coat

18.A.pushed B.shouldered C.dragged D.fetched

19.A.ambulance B.taxi C.policeman D.firefighter

20.A.satisfied B.touched C.recognized D.relieved

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了兰格尔勇救车祸中的被困少年汤普森的故事。

1.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：8点15分，他被一个巨大的声响惊醒了，声音太大了，他以为是从自己家里传来的。A. strange奇怪的；B. loud大声的；C. pleasant愉快的；D. weak虚弱的。空后一句说他以为声音是从自己家里传来的，这说明声音很大，故B项正确。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他起身准备去一探究竟的时候，他听到另一个声响，它明显是从外面传来的。A. listen听；B. view视察；C. investigate调查；D. question询问。空前一句说熟睡中的兰格尔被一个巨大的声响惊醒了，声音太大了，他以为是从自己家里传来的，因此他起身准备去一探究竟，故C项正确。

3.

考查副词词义辨析。句意同上。A. behind后面；B. above上面；C. inside里面；D. outside外面。根据空后的“Looking out of his bedroom window, he ___4___ a tree engulfed in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree’s base”可知，他向窗外望去，看到一辆车撞在了树上，现场浓烟滚滚，因此声响是从外面传来的，故D项正确。

4.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他从卧室的窗户向外望去，看见500码外的一棵树那浓烟滚滚。A. spied认出、看见；B. inspected检查；C. overlooked忽视；D. caught捉到。空后的“a tree engulfed in smoke about 500 yards away.”是兰格尔从卧室的窗户向外看到的情景，故A项正确。

5.

考查介词短语辨析。句意：一辆车撞到了树桩，引擎着火了。A. in danger处于危险之中；B. at work在工作；C. in ruins成为废墟；D. on fire起火。空前一句说事故现场浓烟滚滚，因此那辆车的引擎着火了，故D项正确。

6.

考查动词（短语）辨析。句意：看到这一幕，他立即拎起几桶水，向事故现场跑去。A. got hold of握住；B. controlled控制；C. took charge of负责；D. prepared准备。根据空后的“buckets of water and ran to the crash site”可知，兰格尔立即拎起几桶水，向事故现场跑去，故A项正确。

7.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：从近处看，那辆车损毁得更加严重。A. wound伤口；B. damage损毁；C. engine引擎；D. smoke烟。空后一句说那辆车几乎一分为二，树就在驾驶室本该在的位置，这说明那辆车损毁得非常严重，故B项正确。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：那辆车几乎一分为二，树就在驾驶室本该在的位置，就好像栽在那里一样。A. set放、置；B. classified分类；C. split劈开、分离；D. cut切。空后一句说树就在驾驶室本该在的位置，就好像栽在那里一样，这说明那辆车被劈成了两半（一分为二），故C项正确。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. hanging悬挂；B. falling跌落；C. sent发送；D. planted种植、安置。空前一句说树就在驾驶室本该在的位置，因此此处是说它就好像栽在那里一样，突出事故之惨烈，故D项正确。

10.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他以为没有人能在这场撞车事故中幸存下来，然而16岁的汤普森仍然清醒，他惊恐的脸贴在驾驶室的侧窗上，疼痛难忍。A. crisis危机；B. crash碰撞、坠毁；C. disorder混乱；D. event事件。根据上文中的“A car was wrapped around the tree’s base”可知，一辆车撞进了树桩里，发生了撞车事故，此处指的就是“这场撞车事故”，故B项正确。

11.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. calm冷静的；B. anxious焦虑的；C. conscious有意识的；D. confident自信的。空前一句说兰格尔以为没有人能在这场撞车事故中幸存下来，根据表示转折关系的“yet”可知，16岁的汤普森仍然活着（意识清醒），故C项正确。

12.

考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. pain痛苦、疼痛；B. surprise惊讶；C. comfort宽慰；D. anger愤怒。在如此惨烈的事故中幸存下来，汤普森肯定是伤得很重，疼痛难忍，故A项正确。

13.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当火苗窜到前排座位时，他意识到他必须尽快把那个男孩从车里弄出来。A. water水；B. driver司机；C. passengers乘客；D. flames火苗。根据空后的“he realized he had to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.”及下文中的“before the car was entirely surrounded by flames”可知，当火苗窜到前排座位时，兰格尔意识到他必须尽快把那个男孩从车里弄出来，故D项正确。

14.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：兰格尔立即尝试打开后门，但没有成功，他抓起树旁的一块石头用力砸后门。A. Instantly立即；B. Constantly时常；C. Eventually最终；D. Consistently一贯。根据上下文语境可知，情况紧急，兰格尔应该是立即尝试打开后门救人，故A项正确。

15.

考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. kicked踢；B. hit击打；C. pulled拉；D. tapped轻敲。根据空前的“He grabbed a stone beside the tree”可知，兰格尔抓起树旁的一块石头用力砸后门，故B项正确。

16.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：这一次，这个方法凑效了，后门被打开了，兰格尔爬了进去。A. responded回应；B. made制作；C. worked起作用；D. managed管理。空后一句说后门被打开了，兰格尔爬了进去，这说明用石头砸后门的方法凑效了，故C项正确。

17.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：兰格尔用一把小刀割断了汤普森的安全带。A. trousers裤子；B. seat belt安全带；C. back pack背包式灭火器；D. coat大衣。根据常识可知，汤普森能够在那么严重的事故中幸存下来，他肯定是系了安全带，再根据空后的“Thompson was free of restraints”可知，汤普森摆脱了束缚，因此兰格尔用小刀割断了汤普森的安全带，故B项正确。

18.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：兰格尔把他从后窗拉了出来，然后在车燃起熊熊大火之前把他拖到了安全的地方。A. pushed推；B. shouldered肩扛；C. dragged拖拉；D. fetched取来。根据上文内容可知，兰格尔费了好大的劲才把汤普森从车里就出来，因此在最后关头他是用最后的力气把汤普森拖到安全的地方的，故C项正确。

19.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：汤普森身受重伤，兰格尔叫了救护车。A. ambulance救护车；B. taxi出租车；C. policeman警察；D. firefighter消防员。空后一句说汤普森身受重伤，因此兰格尔肯定是叫了救护车，下文中的“doctors”也是提示，故A项正确。

20.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：很快，医生来了，兰格尔提着的那颗心也放了下来。A. satisfied满意的；B. touched感动的；C. recognized公认的；D. relieved宽慰的、放心的。空前一句说汤普森身受重伤，兰格尔非常担心他的安危，因此看到医生来了，兰格尔提着的那颗心也放了下来，故D项正确。