Question

Ashley Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man _____ her to her door, and put a gun(枪) to her side. “I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really _______ ,”she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He _______at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11.The police were  __________him.  Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but set her free after she begged him not to take her ______ again and again. “I told him ______ he hurt me, my little girl wouldn’t have a mummy,” she said with tears. “I just talked to him and tried to  ______ believe me,” Smith said. She asked Nichols ________ he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel ______ from God, and God asked him to do so.” Smith even  ______ for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was  _____ when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing ________ looking for him. “I cannot  _______that’s me on the TV!” Nichols told the woman. Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he  ________ do. She said, “I think you should turn yourself in. If you don’t, lots more people are going to get _______.” Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.

1.A. took    B. followed    C. found    D. noticed

2.A. sad    B. angry    C. frightened    D. amazed

3.A. slept    B. lost a car    C. caught a thief    D. killed three people

4.A. waiting for    B. thinking of    C. looking at    D. searching for

5.A. money    B. life    C. daughter    D. clothes

6.A. if    B. unless    C. that    D. when

7.A. make him    B. help him    C. ask him to    D. tell him to

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

9.A. sent    B. taken    C. given    D. come

10.A. cooked dinner    B. made tea    C. made cakes    D. cooked breakfast

11.A. surprised    B. excited    C. afraid    D. unhappy

12.A. his family    B. his friends    C. the pllice    D. the little girl

13.A. understand    B. believe    C. say    D. expect

14.A. might    B. could    C. should    D. was able to

15.A. tired    B. hurt    C. caught    D. worried

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.B

【解析】试题分析：这篇短文讲述一个叫做Nichols的杀人犯劫持了Smith夫人，而Smith的语言和行动打动了这个犯人。

1.考查动词及语境的理解。句意：3月12日的早晨，她正在搬进亚特兰大，乔治亚州，这时一个男人跟着她到门口，并用枪指着她。A. took“携带”；B. followed“跟随”C. found“发现，找到”；D. noticed“注意”；。结合后文put a gun to her side，可知答案为B。

2.考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：我开始向门走去，我感到真的很害怕。A. sad “难过的”; B. angry “生气的”； C. frightened “害怕的”；D. amazed“感到惊人的”。根据上文所述，一个男人用枪指着她，她应该很害怕。故选C。

3.考查动词及语境的理解。句意：他在3月11日在亚特兰大法院杀死三个人。A. slept ,“sleep的过去式，睡觉”； B. lost a car“丢了一辆车”；C. caught a thief“抓住一个小偷”； D. killed three people“杀死三个人”。根据后文but set her free after she begged him not to take her life again and again.以及文章最后一句话，可知Nichols是一个杀人犯。故选D。

4.考查动词短语及语境的理解。句意：警察正在搜寻他。A. waiting for “等待……”；B. thinking of “认为，考虑”; C. looking at“看……”；D. searching for“搜寻，寻找”.根据上文He 3 at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11th.可知答案为D。

5.考查名词及语境的理解。句意：Nichols 用绳子绑着Smith，在她恳求他不要杀死她后，将Smith解绑了。A. money “钱”; B. life“生活，生命”；C. daughter“女儿”；D. clothes“衣服”。Take one’s life“杀掉某人”。故选：B。

6.考查连词及语境的理解。句意：我告诉他，如果他杀了我，我的女儿就会没有妈妈。A. that“做连词时，无意”；B. when“当……时候”；C. if“如果，是否”；D. until“直到……”。联系句意，可知是条件关系，故选: A。

7.考查动词及语境的理解。句意：我只是和他说话使他相信我。ask sb to do sth“让某人做某事”；make sb do sth“使某人做某事”；help sb do sth“帮助某人做某事”；tell sb to do sth“告诉某人做某事”。结合词意和语境，故选：A。

8.考查特殊疑问词及语境的理解。句意：她问Nichols 为什么选择她。A. how “如何”; B. why“为什么”；C. when“当…时候”；. where “在哪里”。结合后文给出的原因，可知选B。

9.考查过去分词及语境的理解。句意：他说他认为我是上帝派来的天使，上帝让他这样做的。A. sent派遣；B. taken 带、拿；C. given给；D. come来。 根据句意 “被派遣”的天使，过去分词作为定语，可知答案为: A。

10.考查动词短语及语境的理解。句意：在他允许她离开之前，Smith还为他做了早餐。A. cooked dinner“做晚餐”；B. made tea“沏茶”；C. made cakes“制作蛋糕”；D. cooked breakfast “做早餐”。根据后文she made him breakfast，可知答案为: D。

11.考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：当她为他做早餐时，Nichols 感到很惊讶，两人并一起看电视，看到警察正在寻找他。A. surprised “惊讶的”； B. excited “兴奋的”；C. afraid“害怕的”；D. unhappy“不高兴的”。受害者为绑匪做饭是一件令人很惊讶的事情，故选: A。

12.考查名词及语境的理解。句意：当她为他做早餐时，Nichols 感到很惊讶，两人并一起看电视，看到警察正在寻找他。A. his family“他的家人”；B. his friends“他的朋友们”；C. the police “警察”； D. the little girl“小女孩”。搜索犯人的是警察，故选: C。

13.考查动词及语境的理解。句意：我不能相信我在电视上。. A. understand“理解”;B. believe“相信”；C. say“说”；D. expect“期盼”。结合后文，绑匪问Smith应该怎样做时，说明他对于自己现在的情况无法相信，不知道该怎么办。故选: B。

14.考查情态动词及语境的理解。句意：然后Nichols 问Smith该怎样做。A. might“也许”；B. could“能”；C. should“应该”； D. was able to“能”。结合后文I think you should turn yourself in.可知绑匪在问Smith该怎样做。故选: C。

15.考查动词及语境的理解。句意：如果你不这样做，越来越多的人将会受到伤害。A. tired “疲 劳的”；B. hurt “伤害”；C. caught “捉住”；D. worried “担心”。如果犯人不自首，还会有很多像Smith这样的人受到伤害。故选: B。

点睛：整体把握语篇大意，揣摩上下文文意，理解语境并, 选择最符合作者表达意图的选项；牢记常见的形容词、动词短语，把握其各自含义和用法。