Question

I made up my mind to drive to South Carolina to meet my friends in my used car. Though I had only been there once  1  and did not know the  2  very well. I was on the  3  after I had made some enquires.

    At Ashville, there was a crossroad where I could go on along the main road or I could take a short cut. The short cut was to  4  several hills and was dangerous. I hesitated for a little while and then chose the main road, for I wanted to be  5  .

    Something strange happened after I drove a long  6  and found it was not the correct road that I wanted to  7  , but the hilly road I decided to avoid. I realized that it was at the  8  that I had made the  9   mistake. “What shall I do?” I asked myself. If I went back to take that road again, it would be very late by the time I got to Columbia. Thinking it  10 , I decided to go on. “If  11  people can go along this road, why can’t I?” I  12    myself.

The short cut, to my surprise, was not that  13 . In fact, it was only a very peaceful country road,  14  up and down two low  15 . There was  16  traffic. On both sides of the road, you could see trees, wild flowers, and  17   with cows and horses. My fear was  18  with the wind. Listening to the beautiful country music over my car stereo (立体声), I drove on and  19  the scenery which was so quiet and so natural. Even my used car forgot to give me  20 . It was just in this light-heartedness that I arrived at my destination. My friends, after they heard what had happened to me, all said it sounded like an adventure.

1.A. before                 B. ago                 C. already D. still

2.A. town                    B. country          C. friends           D. way

3.A. train                B. car          C. highway         D .phone

4.A. have               B. go               C. ride                           D. cross

5.A. safe     B. dangerous                 C. fast                 D. slow

6.A. moment       B. way                    C.land        D. day

7.A. come          B. leave                  C. take                 D. drive

8.A. crossroad    B. beginning              C. station             D. corner

9.A. direction             B. interesting        C. disappointed  D. road

10.A. about                 B. over                   C. of                     D. up

11.A. another             B. the other           C. other                        D. others

12.A. advised             B. cheated             C. encouraged             D. forced

13.A. far             B. safe                    C. dangerous               D. dirty

14.A. walking    B. coming     C. driving             D. going

15.A. lands                  B. cars                    C. farms                        D. hills

16.A. heavy                B. little                    C. crowded                  D. few

17.A. villages     B. trucks                 C. houses                      D. farms

18.A. together  B. gone                   C. covered          D. shared

19.A. looked               B. liked                   C. enjoyed          D. found

20.A. advances B. warnings            C. problems                 D. joys

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.D

16.B

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者独自一人开车去南卡罗来纳州的一次旅行。因为作者只去过那儿一次，不熟悉路，所以在一个十字路口，一条是大路，一条是乡间小路。作者一开始因为担心小路危险而选择了大路，结果走了一段路之后发现选错了方向，后来回头走小路。其实，小路是一条安静的乡间小路，作者一边开车，一边欣赏着路边的风景，最终到达了目的地。

1.考查副词及上下文的呼应。A. before  以前；B. ago以前；C. already已经；D. still仍。根据前文的I had only been there 可知作者以前去过，因此排除CD ,有因为before用于完成时，ago用于一般过去时，所以此处用before。句意：虽然我以前去过那而一次。故选A。

2.考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. town 城镇；B. country 国家，乡村；C. friends朋友；D. way 方法，道路。根据前文drive to South Carolina to meet my friends in my used car.可知作者开车去南卡罗来纳州，因此此处应是知道去那儿的路。句意：我不太清楚去那儿的路。故选D。

3.考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. train火车； B. car汽车； C. highway高速公路D .phone电话。根据前文drive to South Carolina可知此处是在路上，在高速公路上。句意：我做了一些调查之后，就上了高速公路。故选C。

4.考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. have使，让；B. go去；C. ride 骑马，乘车；D. cross交叉，穿过。根据后文的several hills可知作者若走近路，会穿过几座山。句意：抄近路会穿过几座山，而且危险。故选D。

5.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。 A. safe 安全的； B. dangerous危险的； C. fast 快的，迅速的；D. slow 慢的。根据前文The short cut was to  4  several hills and was dangerous.抄近路会有危险，所以 chose the main road, 走大路会安全。句意：我犹豫了一会儿,然后选择了大路,因为我想安全些。故选 A。

6.考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. moment时刻； B. way方法，道路；C. land 陆地；D. day 一天。根据后文的 it was not the correct road走错路了，可知作者开车走了很远的路。a long way 很远的路。

句意：在我开车走了很远的路之后，奇怪的事情发生了。故选B。

7.考查动词及上下文的呼应。 A. come 来；B. leave离开；C. take 拿走,采取；D. drive 驾驶。根据前文的it was not the correct road 走错路了，说明这条路不是作者想要走的路。take a road 走某条路。句意：我发现这不是我想走的路。故选 C。

8.考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. crossroad 十字路口；B. beginning 开始，起点  ；C. station车站；D. corner 拐角。 根据前文的there was a crossroad where I could go on along the main road or I could take a short cut可知作者是在交叉路口选错了路。句意：我意识到正是在交叉路口。故选A。

9.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A. direction   方向；      B. interesting 有趣的； C.disappointed失望的；D. road 道路。根据前文的 the main road or I could take a short cut可知这是方向的选择。句意：我犯了方向性的错误。故选A。

10.考查介词及上下文的呼应。think about 考虑；think over 仔细考虑；think of记起，想起；think  up 想出。根据上下文的情景遇到了困难应是反复，仔细的考虑。句意：仔细考虑后,我决定继续。

故选B。

11.考查代词及上下文的呼应。A. another（三者或三者以上）另一个，修饰单数名词； B. the other其他所有的的；C. other其他一些的；D. others其他的人或事；people是复数，故用other来修饰。句意：“如果其他人可以沿着这条路走,我为什么不能?”故选C。

12.考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. advised        建议；      B. cheated 欺骗，作弊；         C. encouraged鼓励；D. forced促使，强迫。根据前文的why can’t I?可知作者认为别人能走这条路，自己也能，这是在自己鼓励自己。句意：我鼓励自己。故选 C。

13.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。 A. far 远的；B. safe 安全的；C. dangerous 危险的；D.dirty 脏的。根据前文的The short cut was to  4  several hills and was dangerous 和to my surprise, 可知近路并不是我想的那样危险。句意：令我惊奇的是,近路并不危险。故选C。

14.考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. walking散步；B. coming 来；C. driving 驾驶；D.going去。go up and down上上下下，上下起伏。根据前文的several hills可知近路是山路，因此上下起伏。句意：事实上,它只是一个非常安静的的乡村小路,上下起伏。故选 D。

15.考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. lands 陆地；B. cars 汽车；        C. farms农场；D. hills小山。根据前文的several hills可知这里山丘有好几个，应高矮不一。句意：道路在两个较矮的小山丘上下起伏。故选 D。

16.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A. heavy沉重的；B. little小的，修饰不可数名词； C. crowded拥挤的；D. few 很少的，修饰可数名词。根据前文的it was only a very peaceful country road,可知近路是一条安静的乡间小路，因此车辆较少。Traffic（人或车）交通流量，是不可数名词。句意：这儿车辆很少。故选 B。

17.考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. villages 村庄；B. trucks卡车；C. houses   房子；D.farms 农场。根据后文的with cows and horses.有牛和马，而且在道路两旁，因此是农场。句意：在路的两边,你可以看到树,野花,和跑满牛和马的农场。故选D。

18.考查动词及上下文的呼应。 A. together 一起；B. gone去了，消失的，用光的；C. covered覆盖；D. shared 分享。 Listening to the beautiful country music over my car stereo ,听着我的汽车音响里播出的美丽的乡村音乐)，从中可知作者刚开始的担心已经不存在了。Be gone with the wind消失了。句意：我的恐惧消失了。故选B。

19.考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. looked         看；B. liked喜欢；C. enjoyed 欣赏,享受；D. found 找到。根据后文的the scenery which was so quiet and so natural.风景是如此安静,如此自然。可知作者在欣赏美景。句意：我开车继续前行,欣赏着那么安静,那么自然的风景。故选C。

20.考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. advances 前进，发展；B. warnings警告；C. problems     问题；D. joys高兴，欢乐。根据前文的 my used car 可知作者驾驶的是一辆旧车，根据常识旧车易发生故障。句意：甚至我的旧车都忘记了找我麻烦。故选 C。

考点：故事类短文阅读。