One day,Raul was miles away from the small ranch(牧场) house in a large valley. 36 seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy.The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 37 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38 ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 39 Raul. The thunder(雷声) was so loud that he buried his 40 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats(蹄声).He 41 .There before him stood a tall, white 42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 43 . “Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A 44 feeling came over him. All 45 them the rain was pouring down, 46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 47 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 48 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 49 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 50 .
Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 51 him. “we have been 52 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 53 .”
“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I … wait. I 54 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 55 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”
36. A.Something B.Everything C.Anything D.Nothing
37.A.dropped B.fell C.rolled D.covered
38.A.Suddenly B.Strongly C.Quickly D.Hardly
39.A.beating B.blinding C.burning D.touching
40.A.nose B.hair C.neck D.head
41.A.looked up B.woke up C.lay down D.sat down
42.A.tiger B.horse C.lion D.elephant
43.A.lazily B.angrily C.coldly D.slowly
44.A.natural B.common C.strange D.bad
45.A.around B.beside C.through D.above
46.A.yet B.for C.so D.or
47.A.walking B.leading C.heading D.returning
48.A.them B.themselves C.him D.himself
49.A.shook B.waved C.held D.took
50.A.gone B.left C.followed D.lost
51.A.see B.meet C.beat D.ask
52.A.waited B.thought C.worried D.excited
53.A.yard B.wind C.grass D.rain
54.A.believe B.consider C.doubt D.forget
55.A.defeated B.caught C.damaged D.struck
36.B 37.C 38.A 39.B 40.D 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.C 45.A 46.A 47.C 48.D 49.B 50.A 51.B 52.C 53.D 54.A 55.D
36.解析:everything seemed to be all right意为“一切事情似乎是正常的”。下文中的yet表示转折,意为“然而”,表示一切事情似乎都正常,然而他感到有些确定和不安。something意为“一些事”。anything意为“任何事”,常用于否定或疑问句中。nothing意为“没有什么事”。
37.解析:roll意为“滚动”,指乌云在天空中翻滚。drop意为“使滴下,淌,落下”,常表示液体或物体滴下或降落。fall意为“落下;散落”。cover意为“覆盖”。
38.解析:suddenly意为“突然”,指某事突然发生,表示雷电来得非常突然。strongly意为“坚强地,有力地,大大地,猛烈地”。quickly意为“快速地”,表示动作迅速。hardly意为“几乎不”,构成否定句。
39.解析:blind意为“把……的眼睛弄花”,根据下文所提供的情景rubbed his eyes可判断出,由于雷电发出强烈的光芒,使Raul看不见眼前的东西。beat意为“打,拍,敲”。burn意为“燃烧”。touch意为“触摸”。
40.解析:bury one’s head in one’s hands意为“用手捂住头”,因为雷鸣电闪,使Raul感到害怕,所以他用手捂住了头。nose意为“鼻子”。hair意为“头发”。neck意为“脖子”。根据常识可判断出当雷鸣电闪时,人们通常会用手捂住头,而不会捂住鼻子、头发或脖子。
41.解析:look up意为“抬头看”。表示Raul听到马蹄声时,抬头看了看。wake up意为“醒来”。根据短文内容可判断出Raul并没有昏迷,所以不存在醒来的事。lie down意为“躺下”。sit down意为“坐下”。这都不是一个人在听到马蹄声所做的动作。
42.解析:horse意为“马”,从上文中的Footbeats可知,一匹白马来到了Raul面前。tiger意为“虎”,lion意为“狮子”,elephant意为“象”,都不符合短文提供的情景。
43.解析:slowly意为“慢慢地”,表示老人慢慢地回答说,符合上了岁数人的做事的状态。lazily意为“懒洋洋地,吊儿郎当地”,angrily意为“愤怒地”,coldly意为“冷冰冰地”。
44.解析:strange意为“奇怪的”,由于Raul与这位老人素昧平生,当他跟随老人走的时候,自然会产生奇怪的感觉。natural意为“自然的”。common意为“普通的”。bad意为“坏的”。
45.解析:around意为“在……的周围”,根据下文所提供的情景not a drop fell on them可判断出在他们的周围大雨浇灌下来。beside意为“在旁边”,through意为“穿过”,above意为“在……的上面”。下雨时,人们在雨中,不会出现雨在人的旁边、上边或穿过人的身体的情况。
46.解析:yet意为“然而”,表示虽然下着大雨,但雨点并没有落到他们的身上。for作连词时,意为“因为”,用于附带说明理由。so意为“因此”。or意为“否则,或者”。
47.解析:head意为“前进”,表示向Raul家的方向前进。walk意为“步行”,与上文所提供的情景Raul followed on his horse.矛盾,他们是骑在马上的,而不是步行。lead意为“带领”。return意为“返回”,不与back连用。
48.解析:因为这个句子的主语是he,所以要用反身代词himself。表示Raul发现自己在牧场门口。
49.解析:wave意为“挥动”,老人骑上了马,向Raul挥手。shake意为“摇动”,常用于shake hands,表示握手。hold意为“拿,握”。take意为“拿(走)”。
50.解析:gone意为“不见了”,含有一去不复返的意味。leave作及物动词时,意为“留下”,表示老人被留了下来,与短文的内容不相符合。follow意为“跟随”。lost意为“丢失的”,指原有的东西或人不见了,但有可能找回来。
51.解析:meet意为“迎接,出迎”, 表示Raul的父亲跑出来迎接他。see意为“看见;看到”。beat意为“打,拍,敲”。ask意为“问”。
52.解析:worry意为“担心”,与介词about连用,表示担心某人。根据下文中的Raul的父亲的问话Are you okay?可判断出由于突降暴雨,父亲对他非常担心。wait意为“等待”,常与for连用,表示等待某人或某物。think about意为“考虑”。excite意为“使激动”。
53.解析:rain意为“雨”,out of意为“越出……的范围”,指从雨进屋去。yard意为“院子”。wind意为“风”。grass意为“草”。
54.解析:believe意为“相信”,表示相信某人某时某地所说的话,并不涉及对其总的评价,含有信以为真的意味。表示相信老爷爷过去曾经讲过的故事。consider意为“考虑”。doubt意为“怀疑”。forget意为“忘记”。
55.解析:strike意为“打,敲,击,殴;碰,撞,攻击,冲击”,指急促、突然、一次性地打击,也指用力地敲打。这里指受到雷击。defeat意为“打败”。catch意为“抓住”。damage意为“损害”。
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
【2011·浙江宁波第二次模拟】
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment.“lf you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’II realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”
Mother was right, as I discovered after’graduating from college in 1932, I had decided to try for a jo’o in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind Iady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an inexperienced person.“Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’Il give you a chance,” she said. I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.
While there were no radio-announcingjobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown.“Everything happens for the best.” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt a job. I tried woc Radio in Davenport, Iowa. Ra. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration(挫折) boiled over. I asked aloud,“How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling,“What was you said about sports? Do you know anything about footballtl” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding (往 HU的) autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game! On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words:”If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”
I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten thejob at Montgomery ward.
50.The. writer shows his by saying “… if I’d not gotten the job at Montgomery Ward”.
A. regret B. happiness C. gratefulness D. disappointment
51. The underlined phrase“out in the sticks” probably means ?
A. in radio stations B. in the country
C. in big cities D. in Dixon, Illinois
52. Why did the writer mention his mother’s words over and again? Because .
A. it was his mother’s words that encouraged him
B. his mother was a person who talked a lot
C. nothing good has happened to him up to now
D. he got .ime he tried
53. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. There was a small radio station in Dixon, lllinois.
B. Peter MacArthur was a program director in Scotland.
C. WOC Radio in Davenport broadcast imaginary games.
D. Montgomery Ward had a store with a sports department.
54. When did the writer decide to take a radio-announcingjob?
A. When he hitchtuke’dlxo Chicago. B. After he graduated from college.
C. Before he graduated from college. D. As soon as he was turned down.
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