Question

The trip to that city was eye-opening for everyone, and near its end , all the young people in our group began to reflect on what it had meant. We __21__ the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets of the city __22__ the young people could experience its energy. But what we actually saw simply   23  us all –the rundown houses, the children in rags, the people begging for money… Walking home,  24   under a low bridge, we came across  25   families of homeless people seeking a bit of dry ground to sleep on  26   he night. We had to step over bodies as we found our way through the darkness.

The poverty(贫困) was  27   than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel, an air of sadness settled over the group. Many  28   and cried. Spending time in this  29   moves a person to care about humanity.

That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had  30  . Gently, I encouraged everyone to talk about the difficult  31   that day’s discoveries had inspired. Sitting together  32   a circle as everyone had a chance to speak, we all began to realize that  33   of us was alone in our struggle to cope with our reactions.

Based on my  34   in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested that  35   the emotions we had were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward. We all  36   that we had seen things that should never be allowed to happen.  37   , what could we do about it? Together, we began to brainstorm ways we could help to ease the  38   we had seen. As I encouraged group members to focus on  39   they could do, a sense of determination  40   the previous sadness. Instead of despair, these young people began to feel a call to action.

21．A．put up with       B．got back to      C．looked back on      D．made up for

22．A．now that         B．so that          C．as if              D．even if

23．A．puzzled          B．annoyed          C．embarrassed        D．shocked

24．A．marching         B．running          C．passing            D．moving

25．A．entire           B．normal           C．average            D．general

26．A．beyond           B．with             C．till                D．for

27．A．stronger         B．deeper           C．worse               D．less

28．A．gave up          B．broke down       C．set off             D．held on

29．A．environment       B．hotel             C．house               D．background

30．A．inspected         B．attempted        C．witnessed         D．challenged

31．A．feelings          B．decisions         C．thoughts           D．impressions

32．A．along            B．around           C．by                  D．in

33．A．neither           B．either            C．none             D．each

34．A．experiences       B．schedules         C．data              D．position

35．A．once             B．while            C．since              D．unless

36．A．supposed         B．advised           C．confirmed          D．agreed

37．A．Surely           B．Rather            C．Now                D．Indeed

38．A．burden           B．suffering          C．anxiety          D．difficulty

39．A．how             B．where            C．what                D．when

40．A．replaced          B．changed          C．covered          D．improved

Answer

21-25 CBDCA   26-30 DCBAC   31-35 ADCAB   36-40 DCBCA

【解析】

21.考查动词短语辨析。A忍受；B返回，恢复；D弥补均不和句意； 由上句…..began to reflect on what it had meant. 现在要"回想"一下在城市旅游的所闻所见，选C。

22.考查连词辨析。 根据第一段第三行“我们到市场上去的目的就是让年轻人去体验…”， 用so that 来引导目的状语从句，选B。

23.考查动词词义辨析。上文描写城市生活，按照常理城市本该是富裕繁华的景象，但后面却描写了城市里生活最艰辛的穷人，这是人们始料不及的，所以是“吃惊”之意，选D。

24.现代分词用法及动词词义辨析。前有walking home , 由under a low bridge可知是从很底的桥下“经过，通过”，选C.

25.考查形容词词义辨析。normal "正常的"；average"平均的；一般的，普通的";general"大体的，笼统的"; entire"整个的，全部的"；此处意思是作者见到的是无家可归的“一满家人”，选A。

26.考查介词用法辨析。此处表示目的，for 表目的"为了度过一晚上"，选D.

27.考查形容词比较级。此处的关键是than，所以句意是"比我们年轻的同伴想象的要更加糟糕"，选C.

28.考查动词短语辨析。由上句an air of sadness settled over the group, 可知悲伤地气氛围绕着队员，很多同学心情低落,可知只有"break down"意思为“身体（情绪）等跨了”，选B符合。

29.考查名词词义辨析。background背景不和句意，上句an air of sadness中 air 就有”气氛,环境”的含义，选A符合语境。

30.考查动词词义辨析。由句子That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had----，可知此处意思是大家在讨论白天的所见所闻，所以选witness 有"见证，目睹"的含义，选C。

31.考查名词词义辨析。此处意思是我鼓励大家讨论内心的感受，由此排除B，不可能"激发""决定"；而C项"想法，D项""印象"也比较勉强,选A符合。

32.考查介词辨析。此处为介词和名词的固定搭配；围成一个圈用"in a circle".，选D。

33.考查代词辨析。由everyone had a chance to speak可知根据句意，大家都有机会发言，，所以没有人是孤立的，大家可以彼此交流应付各自的反应“，可知选C。

34.考查名词词义辨析。由Based on my---- in poverty-stricken areas, I suggested可知他有在贫穷地区的"经历"，选A。

35.考查连词用法辨析。由the emotions we had were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward.两句话形成鲜明的对比， while 放句首有"虽然，尽管"之意，可表转折，选B。

36.考查动词词义辨析。依据上文意思大家围成圈一直在讨论在交流，所以最后大家达成共识，agree”同意，赞同”符合，选D。

37.考查副词辨析。由上文大家形成共识"我们所见到的那些事不该再发生"， now此处为语气词，作用稍加停顿以引起别人的注意，然后继续说话而改变话题，选C。

38.考查名词词义辨析。文中讲城市的部分人过得并不算好，所以有在"遭罪、受苦" 之意suffering.符合，选B。

39.考查宾语从句的连接词用法。分析动词短语focus on 和句子they could do 可知缺少宾语，ABD都不能用，只能用what 引导这一宾语从句，选C..

40.考查动词词义辨析。此处意思为“大家有了做事的决心，先前的悲伤与沮丧也就随之被替代了”，replace代替的意思，选A。