Question

One Saturday morning a careless car－driver   26   a lighted cigarette out of his car ten miles west of the small Canadian town of Stanton.The forest at the side of the road was   27  because there had been no   28   for many days.Within a few minutes the trees were   29  fire.

A truck driver saw the fire when he was on his   30   to Stanton.As soon as he reached the town he told   31  about it.Soon fire fighters were   32   westwards.When they arrived the fire they saw was very  33  .It could not spread to the north because of a lake   34   to the south because of a wide   35  .But a   36   wind was carrying the fire towards Stanton and the fire fighters could not stop it.Then,one of the firefighters   37   a message back to the town  38 

radio.

The chief fire officer and   39   of people hurried to a place about a mile   40   of the town.There they   41   dynamite to blow down the trees and to clear a wide path through the forest.  42   the fire reached the path it began to   43   down because there was   44   left to burn.After several hours they   45  to put out the fire and save the town.

26.A.lit                        B.threw                        C.put                           D.smoked

27.A.wet                      B.dry                           C.thick                         D.heavy

28.A.snow                    B.water                        C.rain                          D.wind

29.A.set                       B.caught                       C.on                                   D.in

30.A.way                            B.path                          C.road                          D.street

31.A the man                B.the police                  C.the forest                   D.the fire

32.A.hurrying               B.reaching                    C.arriving                     D.getting

33.A.big                       B.small                        C.large                         D.little

34.A.and                      B.or                             C.but                           D.even

35.A.road                            B.farm                         C.river                         D.forest

36.A.east                      B.west                          C.south                        D.north

37.A.got                       B took                          C.sent                          D.carried

38.A.with                     B.from                         C.on                                   D.by

39.A.many                   B.most                         C.hundreds                   D.a hundred

40.A.east                      B.north                        C.south                        D.west

41.A.will use                B.use                           C.would use                  D.used

42 A.However               B.Though                     C.When                        D.If

43.A.put                       B.go                                   C.die                            D.get

44.A.something             B.nothing                            C.anything                    D.everything

45.A.tried                     B.succeeded                  C.managed                   D.decided

Answer 1

26-30 BBCCA 31-35 BAABC 36-40 BCDCD 41-45 DCCBC

解析:

26.粗心的司机把点燃的香烟扔出了窗外，这才引起了火灾。

27.由于好几天没有下雨了，所以森林很干燥。

28.根据常识。

29. be on fire是词组，是“着火”的意思。

30. on one’s way to sp. 是“在去什么地方的路上”。

31.由于是火灾，所以他第一个应该告诉的是警察。

32.救火人员应该迅速地到达火灾现场。

33.根据下文和词义。

34.这里表示“既不能向北，也不能向南”，用在否定句中用“or”。

35.根据上文的lake。

36.由于森林是在小镇的西边，也就是说小镇是在森林的东边，要把西边的火带到东边来，必须吹的是西风。

37. send a message 是“送消息”的意思。

38. by radio是“用无线电”的意思。

39. hundreds of people 表示“成百上千的人”。

40.根据上文的west wind。

41.根据上下文，用过去时。

42.当火蔓延到那片空地的时候。

43. die down 是“变弱，渐渐停止”的意思。

44.根据常识。

45. manage to do sth.是“成功地做某事”的意思，succeed后要跟 in doing sth.。