Question

When I heard the news, tears ran down my face. Some years ago on a hot summer day, a little boy decided to go for a ________ in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the ________ water, he ran out of the back door. He flew into the water, not ________ that an alligator（鳄鱼）was swimming toward the ________. His mother in the house was ________ of the window and saw the alligator ________ it got closer and closer. In fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her sin as ________ as she could.

Hearing her voice, the little boy became ________ and made a return to swim to his mother. It was to  _______. Just as he reached her, the alligator ________ him. From the shore, the mother grasped her little boy by the arms just as the alligator grasped his legs. The alligator was much ________ than the mother, but the mother was much too struggling to let the boy go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her ________, raced from his truck, took aim and ________ the alligator.

_____, after weeks in the hospital, the little boy ________. His legs were scarred by the animal and, on his arms, were ________ scratches where his mother’s fingernails scratched. A newspaper reporter, who ________ the boy, asked if he would show him his ________. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious ________, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn’t let me go. They are my mother’s ________ for me.”

1.A. skate    B. swim    C. surprise    D. show

2.A. hot    B. polluted    C. cool    D. boiled

3.A. forgetting    B. remembering    C. realizing    D. ignoring

4.A. roadside    B. entrance    C. exit    D. shore

5.A. looking out    B. giving out    C. picking out    D. getting out

6.A. if    B. as    C. but    D. so

7.A. politely    B. angrily    C. loudly    D. gently

8.A. alarmed    B. tired    C. moved    D. interested

9.A. nice    B. funny    C. kind    D. late

10.A. reached    B. saved    C. helped    D. loosed

11.A. younger    B. heavier    C. stronger    D. cleverer

12.A. smile    B. reading    C. cheers    D. screams

13.A. raised    B. shot    C. missed    D. visited

14.A. Luckily    B. Generally    C. Honestly    D. Actually

15.A. died    B. survived    C. appeared    D. disappeared

16.A. nice    B. tall    C. expensive    D. deep

17.A. told    B. doubted    C. interviewed    D. warned

18.A. power    B. scars    C. ability    D. spots

19.A. progress    B. failure    C. success    D. pride

20.A. love    B. story    C. wish    D. experience

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】这篇短文中作者主要讲述了一位母亲河边奋力从鳄鱼口中救儿子的故事，体现了母爱的无私和伟大。

1.考查上下文语境和名词辨析。在一个炎热的夏天，一个小孩决定到房子后面的湖里去游泳（swim）。

2.考查语境。上文说到那是一个炎热的夏天，小男孩为了赶快跳进凉爽的（cool）湖里，他冲出了家门。

3.考查动词词义辨析。他飞奔到水里，没有意识到一只鳄鱼正在向岸上游来。forget 忘记； remember 记得； realize意识到； ignore 忽视。

4.考查上下文语境。此时鳄鱼是在水中朝着小男孩的方向游，因此是正在向岸边（shore）游来。

5.考查动词短语辨析。妈妈在房子里正向窗外看去。look out of the window向窗外看去。 give out 分发，用完； pick out挑选，辨认出； get out出去，泄露。

6.考查上下文逻辑和连词的用法。正当鳄鱼越来越靠近（小男孩），妈妈正看向窗外。as连词，当…时。

7.考查副词词义辨析。害怕极了，妈妈一边向儿子大声（loudly）呼叫着，一边跑向水里。

8.考查词义辨析和上下文。听到妈妈的呼喊，小孩变得警觉。alarmed 警觉的，惊慌的。

9.考察形容词词义辨析和上下文。根据下文鳄鱼咬伤了小男孩的腿，因此选D。这时太迟了。小男孩向着妈妈往回游，正当他够到了妈妈，那只鳄鱼也够到（reach）了他。

10.考查动词词义辨析。解析见上。

11.考查上下文和情境逻辑。鳄鱼比妈妈强壮的多（stronger），但是妈妈拼尽全力不放手孩子。

12.考查上下文和名词词义。一个农民恰好开车经过，听到妈妈的尖叫（screams）。

13.考查上下文语境和动词词义。农民从车上跳下来，瞄准鳄鱼，向它开枪射击（shot）。

14.考查副词词义和语境逻辑。根据下文，住了几周的医院，小男孩活了下来（survived），这当然是很幸运的事。选A。

15.考查动词词义辨析。解析见上。survive 幸存，生还；appear 出现；disappear消失。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。男孩的腿上留下了鳄鱼咬过的疤痕，在他的胳膊上也有深深的（deep）抓痕，那是妈妈指甲掐过的痕迹。deep一词很形象地表述出妈妈在救儿子的时候拼尽全力。

17.考查上下文和动词词义辨析。报纸记者来采访（interview）小男孩。doubt怀疑；warn警告。

18.考查上下文语境和名词词义。记者问男孩是否可以让他看看他腿上的伤疤。

19.考查上下文语境。小孩向记者说起自己胳膊上的伤疤的时候，带着明显的骄傲（pride），因为那是妈妈拼命保护他的印记。

20.考查上下文语境。千钧一发之际，妈妈拉住了自己而没有被鳄鱼拖走，展现了妈妈无私无畏的爱。胳膊上的伤疤正是妈妈爱的印记。