Question

    One day, when Carolyn and her husband were driving through heavy rain on heir way home, they were ______ to see a police officer standing in the middle of the road. They were even more surprised to see the officer smiling, even though she was all wet. As they got ______, they realized that the officer was watching over a sea turtle (海龟) sitting on the road.

“I couldn’t believe that she was ______ that sea turtle in all that rain,” Carolyn later told reporters, “Not many people ______ do that.”

According to Carolyn. a local man had called the animal control ______ he was worried about the sea turtle’s safety on the busy road. With all the bad weather, the sea turtle would be hit by a car.

Sea turtles are dangerous to deal with ______ proper tools, so when the officer got to the position before the animal control, she stood there and watched over the animal until help ______.

Instead of leaving the officer to her job, Carolyn’s husband held a(n) ______ over her head while his wife went home to get some tools. The couple then used the tools to get the sea turtle to the other side of the ______ where it was safe.

“The officer thanked us and we thanked her and we all went on our way,” Carolyn said. “She was smiling the whole time and she ______ seemed to care that she was all wet. She was delightful (令人愉快的), kind, inspirational, all the things that you think a police officer should be.”

1.A.afraid B.angry C.surprised D.happy

2.A.closer B.farther C.colder D.warmer

3.A.moving B.feeding C.guarding D.catching

4.A.should B.would C.must D.need

5.A.although B.unless C.until D.because

6.A.to B.as C.about D.without

7.A.arrived B.stopped C.continued D.changed

8.A.sign B.ticket C.stone D.umbrella

9.A.river B.sea C.road D.wall

10.A.always B.never C.usually D.sometimes

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】

1.句意：有一天，当卡罗琳和她的丈夫冒着大雨开车回家的时候，他们惊讶地看到一位警官站在路中间。

考查形容词辨析。afraid害怕的；angry生气的；surprised感到惊讶的；happy开心的。根据“They were even more surprised to see the officer smiling, even though she was all wet.”描述可知，这对夫妇看到这位警察时感到非常惊讶，故选C。

2.句意：当他们走近时，他们意识到那个警官正在观察一只坐在路上的海龟。

考查副词比较级的用法。closer更近；farther更远；colder更冷；warmer更暖和。根据句意可知，这对夫妇由远至近发现警官在大雨中站着。走近了才看到警官在观察乌龟。故选A。

3.句意：“我不敢相信她会在这么大的雨中守护着那只海龟，” 卡罗琳后来告诉记者，“没有多少人会这么做。”

考查动词。moving移动；feeding饲养；guarding看守；catching抓住。根据下文“so when the officer got to the position before the animal control, she stood there and watched over the animal until help…”可知，在动物管理部门人员到来之前，这位警察一直站着看守着这只海龟。故选C。

4.句意：没有很多人会这样做。

考查情态动词。should应该；would想要，愿意；must必须；need需要。根据上文可知，这对夫妇对警察的行为感到惊讶，说明其他人不会这样做。根据句意，故选B。

5.句意：据卡罗琳说，一个当地人打电话给动物管理部门，因为他担心海龟在繁忙道路上的安全。

考查连词。although从属连词，尽管，虽然，引导让步状语从句；unless从属连词，如果不，有否定含义，引导条件状语从句；until从属连词，直到……，引导时间状语从句；because从属连词，因为，引导原因状语从句。根据语境可知，他打电话给动物管理部门的原因是他担心海龟的安全，because符合题意，故选D。

6.句意：如果没有合适的工具来处理，海龟是很危险的……。

考查介词。根据语境可知，这里指的是“没有合适的工具处理海龟……”。without没有，介词，后接名词。故选D。

7.句意：所以当到警官在动物管理部门人员到达位置之前，她站在那里看着动物直到救援到来。

考查动词。arrived达到；stopped停止；continued继续；changed变化。根据语境可知，警察在这里等待救援的到来。arrived符合题意，故选A。

8.句意：卡罗琳的丈夫没有把警官独自留下来工作，而是在她的头上打了一把伞……。

考查名词。sign符号，记号；ticket车票；stone石头；umbrella伞。根据语境可知，因为下雨，警官全身都湿了，所以卡罗琳的丈夫就给她打了一把伞。故选D。

9.句意：然后，这对夫妇用工具把海龟带到马路的另一边，在那里它是安全的。

考查名词。river河流；sea海洋；road道路；wall墙。根据上文可知，海龟在马路上很危险。故选C。

10.句意：她始终面带微笑，似乎从不关心自己是否湿透了。

考查频度副词。always总是；never从不；usually通常；sometimes有时。根据上文可知，警官为了保护海龟，自己都湿透了，但是还不在乎，never符合题意，故选B。