Question

It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's 1  heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was 2  him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road, rolled  several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch (沟渠) filled with water.

Luckily, both the mother and son were 3  seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but 4 . As water came through broken windows in the car, he 5  unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the  passenger  window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the 6  to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to 7  her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon 8  .

His mother later recalled her experience of the 9  . Being unable to move or even  speak   to offer instructions (指导) or encouragement to her son, she was  10  by her little son's action. She recalled hearing  her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”

It seemed clear    that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favorite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that  11  , when everyone else had  12  hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had 13  and took action. Obviously this book had left a 14  impression before the accident that rainy 15  and motivated (激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.

1.                A．snowing        B．smoking        C．blowing   D．raining

2.                A．ordering        B．driving         C．pushing   D．flying

3.                A．making         B．watching        C．wearing  D．missing

4.                A．afraid          B．dead           C．tired D．unhurt

5.                A．quickly         B．carefully        C．nearly    D．happily

6.                A．box            B．room           C．car  D．ditch

7.                A．respect         B．introduce       C．recognize D．free

8.                A．accepted       B．rescued        C．welcomed D．fed

9.                A．accident        B．experiment      C．travel    D．fire

10.               A．excited         B．frightened      C．wounded  D．amazed

11.               A．poem          B．notice          C．story D．dream

12.               A．realized        B．waken         C．kept up   D．given up

13.               A．courage        B．food           C．space D．time

14.               A．bad           B．deep          C．false  D．general

15.               A．afternoon       B．night           C．morning   D．evening

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了在一个下雨的早晨，一位妈妈开车带着孩子，结果发生了事故。妈妈被卡住了，但是儿子用自己从书中故事里学习到的知识，勇敢地把妈妈救了出来。

1.D 上下文串联。根据15空前rainy可知这条早晨下雨了。故D正确。

2.B 上下文串联。根据下文小男孩把妈妈从车里救了出来，说明当时妈妈开车了。

3.C 动词辨析。A生产B观看C佩戴D错过；幸运地是，妈妈和男孩都带着安全带。

4.D 形容词辨析。A害怕的B死的C疲惫的D未受伤的；指这个男孩虽然很害怕但是没有受伤。

5.A 副词辨析。A迅速B细心C机会D开心地；他迅速地解开自己的安全带，逃出了汽车。

6.C 上下文串联。他从车里逃出来以后又到车里去把自己的妈妈救了出来。

7.D 动词辨析。A尊敬B介绍C认出D释放；他又到车里把被困在车里的妈妈救了出来。

8.B 动词辨析。A接受B挽救C欢迎D喂养；他把妈妈拉出来，两个人都到了路上，很快就被人救了。

9.A 上下文串联。根据上文描述可知，这明显是发生的一次事故。故accident正确。

10.D 形容词辨析。A兴奋的B害怕的C受伤的D惊讶的；对于自己儿子的行为她感到很惊讶。

11.C 名词辨析。A诗歌B通知C故事D梦想；根据上文可知这是一本书的故事所讲述的内容。

12.D 词义辨析。A意识到B唤醒C保持D放弃；在这个故事里，别人都放弃的时候，the Little Engine坚持到了最后。他的儿子正是从这个故事里得到了信心，在遇见困难的时候，没有放弃，而是坚持到了最后。

13.A 名词辨析。A勇气B食物C空间D时间；她的儿子有勇气，且有信心能够把妈妈救出来。

14.B 形容词辨析。A坏的B深的C错误的D一般的；这本书对儿子有很深的影响。

15.C 上下文串联。根据文章第一句It was early in the morning,可知这是一个发生在早晨的故事。

考点：考察故事类短文