Question

It was a stormy Saturday afternoon when my mother took my five-year-old brother, Christopher, and me to a new toy store．

“Christina! I’m going to find the Lego section!” Christopher ran off excitedly．

I was studying a Barbie when I suddenly heard     from the storm outside．I jumped    the noise, dropping the toy to the floor．Thunder continued to shake the sky．Oh no! Where’s Christopher? I     up and down the aisles（通道）,     filling my small chest and making it difficult to     ．I continued to run, calling Christopher’s name．I     to know he was all right．I found Christopher in the Lego aisle．He was standing alone, perfectly     , holding tightly to a toy ship．I threw my arms around him and hugged him     he couldn’t breathe．

Years later, on a Tuesday morning, when I was driving to work, the radio     my ears with horrible news: A plane had crashed into the Pentagon（五角大楼）．My first    was of Christopher．

He had joined the Air Force and was in Washington．I was overcome with the need to make    he was all right．I     over to the nearest pay phone and dialed my grandmother’s number．Christopher would call her to let the family know what was happening．I felt the     panic steal my breath as I waited for a connection．Finally, I heard my grandmother’s voice．

“He’s Okay．He called and told us he was fine．” As I hung up the phone, I began to cry from    ．It was silly of me to    about Christopher．I blamed myself．He was an adult and could take care of himself．   I realized at that moment that there is still a     of my heart that will always run to try to     him, no matter how big he might be or where he is．That same piece will     remember the five-year-old boy standing in the toy store with the toy ship held to his chest, saying, “I     if I just waited here, Christina, you would find me．”

1.A．voice        B．sound        C．thunder          D．rain

2.A．for          B．by           C．of              D．at

3.A．looked       B．ran          C．found            D．called

4.A．sadness       B．panic        C．anger           D．pain

5.A．speak         B．beat         C．breathe          D．think

6.A．needed        B．seemed      C．happened        D．used

7.A．healthy        B．still         C．upset           D．alarmed

8.A．until         B．when        C．before          D．since

9.A．provided       B．connected    C．covered         D．filled

10.A．person        B．plan         C．thought          D．telephone

11.A．over          B．up          C．certain          D．sense

12.A．pulled         B．took        C．got             D．handed

13.A．regular       B．secret       C．complex         D．familiar

14.A．shock        B．relief        C．disappointment   D．concern

15.A．talk          B．think        C．worry           D．complain

16.A．So           B．Though      C．As              D．But

17.A．piece         B．part          C．corner           D．point

18.A．help         B．love         C．advise           D．protect

19.A．seldom        B．hardly       C．always           D．even

20.A．wondered      B．doubted      C．hoped             D．Knew

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲述了一对姐弟小时候在玩具店因为打雷而受到惊吓后，姐姐十分担心的找到弟弟的故事。而在美国9·11事件发生后，姐姐依然像当年一样十分担心弟弟的安慰。在姐姐看来，弟弟永远是需要保护的孩子。

1.考查名词辨析。 A、 voice声音；B、 sound声响；C、 thunder雷声；D、 rain雨。根据句意可知作者在玩芭比时突然听到了一声雷响，故选C。

2.考查介词辨析。根据句意可知作者当时被这声巨响吓到了，at表示在某事发生的时刻，故选D。

3.考查动词辨析。根据句意可知作者当时受到了惊吓于是赶快从通道跑下去，故选B。

4.考查名词辨析。A、sadness悲哀，忧伤，忧愁，悲哀; 令人悲哀或忧伤的事物；B、panic恐慌，惊慌；C、anger生气; 愤怒; 怒气；D 、pain痛苦; 刻苦; 令人厌烦的人。根据句意可知当时痛苦充斥了我的内心，看起来十分惊慌，故选B。

5.考查动词辨析。根据句意可知作者因为惊慌失措而难以呼吸，故选C。

6.考查动词辨析。根据句意可知作者当时急于知道Christopher的安全，故选A。

7.考查形容词辨析。A、 healthy健康的；B、still 不动的，静止的；C、upset不安的；D、alarmed惊慌的。根据句意可知作者发现Christopher当时静止不动的站在那里紧紧地抓住玩具船，故选B。

8.考查连词辨析。根据句意可知作者当时紧紧地抱住Christopher直到他甚至不能呼吸，表示作者当时心里十分紧张，故选A。

9.考查动词辨析。A、provided提供；B、connected连接；C、covered覆盖；D、filled充斥、充满。根据句意可知当时到处广播都在播报9·11时间，作者听到的都是有关的报导，故选D。

10.考查名词辨析。根据前文可知多年以后发生9·11事件，作者首先就想到了自己在华盛顿的弟弟，故选C。

11.考查短语辨析。A．make over 转让; 移交; 修改; 改造；B．make up组成; 补足; 化妆; 编造；C．make certain弄清楚；D．make sense讲得通; 有意义。根据句意可知作者当时急于弄清楚弟弟的安全，故选C。

12.考查短语辨析。A．pull over靠边停车；B．Take over带; 接管; 帮…学习; 在…上花费；C．get over克服D．hand over交出; 交付; 交给; 让与。作者当时就马上靠边停车打电话给祖母询问情况，故选A。

13.考查形容词辨析。A．Regular规律的；B．Secret秘密的；C．Complex复杂的；D．Familiar相识的，作者当时被一种熟悉的恐慌包围住就像小时候一样，故选D。

14.考查名词辨析。A．shock震动; 打击；B．relief宽慰，安心; 免除，减轻； C．Disappointment失望、沮丧；D．Concern担心、担忧。根据句意可知在得知弟弟安全的消息以后，作者才得以放松下来，故选B。

15.考查动词辨析。根据下文可知作者责备自己担心弟弟的行为很愚蠢，毕竟他已经是个成年人了，故选C。

16.考查连词辨析。根据语境和后文可以判断这里是一个转折，应用but，故选D。

17.考查名词辨析。A piece of常用来修饰heart，表示一片心，作者当时觉得自己总有一种想要保护弟弟的冲动，故选A。

18.考查动词辨析。作者觉得无论弟弟是否长大了，在自己心里，他都是需要自己保护的，故选D。

19.考查副词辨析。根据前后文可以判断作者总能回想起当年还是5岁的弟弟在玩具店里，对自己说那句的场景，故选C。

20.考查动词辨析。结合上下文可知弟弟当时对作者说：我知道无论我在哪里，你都会找到我的，故选D。

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