Question

A 14-year-old boy from the USA was  1  as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．
Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much interest in computer．One day，he  2  an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message  3  “Help! Pain! Help!”．The message was from Finland，thounds of kilometers away from America．
“I didn't know  4  I should do，” Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really  5  to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first. But the message kept coming．
By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He 6  and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja,  7  was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was  8  , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch  9   the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. Luckily, she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but  10   saved her life.”

【小题1】

A．described B．describing C．looked D．looking

【小题2】

A．sent B．sends C．was sending D．is sending

【小题3】

A．talk B．talking C．say D．saying

【小题4】

A．how B．what C．where D．when

【小题5】

A．patient B．painful C．easy D．difficult

【小题6】

A．telephoned B．replied C．found D．talked

【小题7】

A．she B．her C．who D．whom

【小题8】

A．better B．worse C．harder D．easier

【小题9】

A．with B．on C．to D．at

【小题10】

A．a boy B．doctors C．the police D．email

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
【小题5】D
【小题6】B
【小题7】C
【小题8】B
【小题9】A
【小题10】D

解析试题分析：
【小题1】结合语境可知句意为：一个男孩被描述成一个英雄，主语是动作对象，故用被动语态。选A。
【小题2】结合下文Suddenly he received a message可知上文描述的是过去某事正在进行的动作，故选C。
【小题3】talk强调两个人相互交谈；say强调说的内容。现在分词多表示被修饰词正在进行的伴随性的动作，结合语境可知选D。
【小题4】结合语境可知从句I should do缺少动作宾语，故选B，我不知道我应该做什么。
【小题5】结合下文So Dean did nothing at first. But the message kept coming．可知迪恩开始不相信这个消息，故选D，真的很难说这个消息是真的。
【小题6】结合上文he received a message可知他的反应就是回复这个消息，故选B，回答，反应。
【小题7】结合语境可知a student called Tarja为后面定语从句的逻辑主语，先行词为人，故选C。
【小题8】结合语境可知句意为：更糟的是，故选B，更差的。
【小题9】考查短语get in touch with和……取得联系，故选A。
【小题10】结合语境可知是一封电子邮件救了这个女人的性命。故选D。
考点：记叙文中的词汇运用能力
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当做单独的词义辨析题来做，区分词义，选出最能使语句通顺的答案。