Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight when a flight attendant asked a(n) ___41___ quest
英语试题 02-29
Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight when a flight attendant asked a(n) ___41___ question over the loudspeaker, “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”
Clara, 15 at the time, ___42___ the call button. The flight attendant came by and ___43___ the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s ___44___ and deaf.” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he couldn’t ___45___ his message.
Clara ___46___ to have been studying ASL for the past year and knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm. So she ___47___ her seat belt and walked toward the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. ___48___taking his hand, she ___49___, “Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water.
When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third ____50____, she stopped and stayed a while.
“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to ____51____.” Clara says.
So for the next hour that’s what they did. She talked about her plans for the future. Cook told Clara ____52____ he had gradually become blind over time and ____53____ stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she “looked ____54____ at his face with such kindness,” a passenger reported, “We can see she smiled with happiness, ____55____ she made a difference in someone’s life.”
“Clara was amazing.” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could tell Tim was very ____56____to have someone he could speak to, and she was such a(n) ____57____.”
Cook’s ____58____, “Best trip I’ve ever had.”
Life is a continuous learning experience. As for Clara, she said, “I’ve also learned a lot. The best thing for ____59____ is to learn something. Learning is the only thing that never ____60____.
41. A. urgent B. awkward C. challenging D. difficult
42. A. adopted B. lifted C. pressed D. tied
43. A. analyzed B. faced C. observed D. explained
44. A. blind B. ill C. homesick D. thirsty
45. A. get into B. get through C. get across D. get off
46. A. intended B. pretended C. happened D. attempted
47. A. uncovered B. unlocked C. unfolded D. unfastened
48. A. Cautiously B. Gently C. Secretly D. Seriously
49. A. whispered B. asked C. signed D. repeated
50. A. turn B. intention C. journey D. visit
51. A. talk B. relax C. sleep D. cheer
52. A. how B. why C. what D. when
53. A. invented B. conveyed C. transformed D. shared
54. A. attentively B. surprisingly C. crazily D. anxiously
55. A. if B. so C. because D. but
56. A. absorbed B. excited C. ashamed D. touched
57. A. angel B. donator C. sponsor D. translator
58. A. concept B. relief C. credit D. reaction
59. A. appreciation B. consideration C. amazement D. freedom
60. A. discourages B. fails C. inspires D. benefits
【答案】41. A 42. C 43. D 44. A 45. C 46. C 47. D 48. B 49. C 50. D 51. A 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. C 56. B 57. A 58. D 59. C 60. B
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述的是15岁的小女孩帮助航班乘务员与一位聋哑人用手语交流的故事，生活是一个不断学习的过程。至于克拉拉，她说，“我也学到了很多。让人惊讶的最好的事情就是学到一些东西。”学习是唯一永不失败的事情。
【41题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Clara Daly坐在阿拉斯加航空公司的一架航班上，一名空乘人员通过扩音器问了一个紧急问题:“机上有人懂美国手语吗?A. urgent 紧急的；B. awkward尴尬的；C. challenging有挑战性的；D. difficult困难的。根据下文“Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”可知是一个紧急问题。故选A。
【42题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当时15岁的克拉拉按下了呼叫按钮。A. adopted收养，采纳；B. lifted举起；C. pressed按，压；D. tied绑，系。根据下文the call button可知是按下呼叫按钮故选C。
【43题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：空乘人员过来解释情况。A. analyzed分析；B. faced面对；C. observed观察，遵守；D. explained解释。根据下文“We have a passenger on the plane who’s ___4___ and deaf.” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he couldn’t ___5___ his message.可知空乘人员解释了一下情况。故选D。
【44题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“飞机上有一位又瞎又聋的乘客。”她说。A. blind看不见的；B. ill生病的；C. homesick想家的；D. thirsty口渴的。根据上文询问会不会手语可知乘客应该是聋哑人故选A。
【45题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：乘客似乎想要什么东西，但他无法把他的意思表达出来。A. get into进入；B. get through度过；C. get across表达；D. get off下车，动身。根据“but”可知那个聋哑人表达不出自己的意思。故选C。
【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：克拉拉碰巧在过去的一年里一直在学习美国手语，她知道她可以用手指在这个男人的手掌里拼出手语。A. intended打算；B. pretended假装；C. happened碰巧；D. attempted试图。由“have been studying ASL for the past year”可知，克拉拉碰巧在过去的一年里一直在学习美国手语。happen to do sth。“碰巧做某事”之意。故选C。
【47题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：于是她解开安全带，走向64岁的蒂姆·库克的座位。A. uncovered揭开，揭露；B. unlocked开锁；C. unfolded展开；D. unfastened揭开。据下文her seat belt and walked toward可知是解开了安全带。故选D。
【48题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：她轻轻地握住他的手，做了个手势“你还好吗?”库克要了一些水。A. Cautiously谨慎地；B. Gently轻轻地；C. Secretly秘密地；D. Seriously严肃地。根据常识可知对待残疾人肯定是轻柔地。故选B。
【49题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她轻轻地握住他的手，做了个手势“你还好吗?”库克要了一些水。A. whispered低声说；B. asked询问；C. signed打手势；D. repeated重复。根据下文“Are you OK?””可知克拉克在打手势。故选C。
【50题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：过了一会儿她又来了，因为他想知道时间。在第三次来访时，她停了下来，停留了一会儿。A. turn转弯；B. intention 意图；C. journey旅行；D. visit拜访，看望。根据上文可知克拉拉一共往返了三次来看望库克。故选D。
【51题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他什么也不需要。他很孤单，想和我谈谈。A. talk交谈；B. relax放松；C. sleep睡觉；D. cheer欢呼。根据下文So for the next hour, that’s what they did. She talked about her plans for the future.可知男人想要和克拉克交谈。故选A。
【52题详解】
考查连接词辨析。句意：库克告诉克拉拉，随着时间的推移，他如何逐渐失明的，并分享了他作为旅行推销员的经历。A. how如何；B. why为什么；C. what什么；D. when何时。本句为宾语从句，缺少连接副词表示方式“如何”，故选A。
【53题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：库克告诉克拉拉，随着时间的推移，他逐渐失明，并分享了他作为旅行推销员的经历。A. invented发明；B. conveyed传达；C. transformed转变；D. shared分享。根据下文stories of his days as a traveling salesman可知是分享经历。故选D。
【54题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：尽管他看不见她，但她“如此友爱地注视着他的脸”一位乘客说，“我们可以看到她幸福地微笑着，因为她改变了别人的生活”。A. attentively专注地；B. surprisingly惊讶地；C. crazily疯狂地；D. anxiously焦急地。由“with such kindness”可知此处应该是很专注地注视着他的脸。故选A。
【55题详解】
考查连词辨析。句意：尽管他看不见她，但她“如此友爱地注视着他的脸，”一位乘客说，“我们可以看到她幸福地微笑着，因为她改变了别人的生活”。A. if如果；B. so因此； C. because因为；D. but但是。根据句意可知此处为因果关系，故选C。
【56题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：你可以看得出来，有人能和蒂姆说话他很激动，她真是个天使。A. absorbed专心致志的；B. excited激动的；C. ashamed惭愧的；D. touched感动的。根据常识可知能有人很专注地听自己讲，并与自己交流，这个残疾人应该是很激动的。故选B。
【57题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：你可以看得出来，有人能和蒂姆说话他很激动，她真是个天使。A. angel天使；B. donator捐助者；C. sponsor主办方；D. translator翻译人员。根据上文可知蒂姆非常激动有人能和他交谈，因此认为克拉拉被认为是来帮助别人的“天使”。故选A。
【58题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：库克的反应是:这是我经历过的最棒的一次旅行。A. concept 概念；B. relief宽慰；C. credit 信誉；D. reaction反应。由“Best trip I’ve ever had.”可知，这是库克的反应。故选D。
【59题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：让人惊讶的最好办法就是学习一些东西。A. appreciation欣赏；B. consideration考虑；C. amazement震惊；D. freedom自由。上文中“Clara was amazing.” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview.一句已经给出了提示。故选C。
【60题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：学习是唯一永不失败的事情。A. discourages使沮丧；B. fails失败；C. inspires激励；D. benefits使受益。根据上文可知克拉克用自己所学帮助了别人，所以学习是永不失败的事情。故选B。
Clara, 15 at the time, ___42___ the call button. The flight attendant came by and ___43___ the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s ___44___ and deaf.” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he couldn’t ___45___ his message.
Clara ___46___ to have been studying ASL for the past year and knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm. So she ___47___ her seat belt and walked toward the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. ___48___taking his hand, she ___49___, “Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water.
When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third ____50____, she stopped and stayed a while.
“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to ____51____.” Clara says.
So for the next hour that’s what they did. She talked about her plans for the future. Cook told Clara ____52____ he had gradually become blind over time and ____53____ stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she “looked ____54____ at his face with such kindness,” a passenger reported, “We can see she smiled with happiness, ____55____ she made a difference in someone’s life.”
“Clara was amazing.” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could tell Tim was very ____56____to have someone he could speak to, and she was such a(n) ____57____.”
Cook’s ____58____, “Best trip I’ve ever had.”
Life is a continuous learning experience. As for Clara, she said, “I’ve also learned a lot. The best thing for ____59____ is to learn something. Learning is the only thing that never ____60____.
41. A. urgent B. awkward C. challenging D. difficult
42. A. adopted B. lifted C. pressed D. tied
43. A. analyzed B. faced C. observed D. explained
44. A. blind B. ill C. homesick D. thirsty
45. A. get into B. get through C. get across D. get off
46. A. intended B. pretended C. happened D. attempted
47. A. uncovered B. unlocked C. unfolded D. unfastened
48. A. Cautiously B. Gently C. Secretly D. Seriously
49. A. whispered B. asked C. signed D. repeated
50. A. turn B. intention C. journey D. visit
51. A. talk B. relax C. sleep D. cheer
52. A. how B. why C. what D. when
53. A. invented B. conveyed C. transformed D. shared
54. A. attentively B. surprisingly C. crazily D. anxiously
55. A. if B. so C. because D. but
56. A. absorbed B. excited C. ashamed D. touched
57. A. angel B. donator C. sponsor D. translator
58. A. concept B. relief C. credit D. reaction
59. A. appreciation B. consideration C. amazement D. freedom
60. A. discourages B. fails C. inspires D. benefits
【答案】41. A 42. C 43. D 44. A 45. C 46. C 47. D 48. B 49. C 50. D 51. A 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. C 56. B 57. A 58. D 59. C 60. B
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述的是15岁的小女孩帮助航班乘务员与一位聋哑人用手语交流的故事，生活是一个不断学习的过程。至于克拉拉，她说，“我也学到了很多。让人惊讶的最好的事情就是学到一些东西。”学习是唯一永不失败的事情。
【41题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Clara Daly坐在阿拉斯加航空公司的一架航班上，一名空乘人员通过扩音器问了一个紧急问题:“机上有人懂美国手语吗?A. urgent 紧急的；B. awkward尴尬的；C. challenging有挑战性的；D. difficult困难的。根据下文“Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”可知是一个紧急问题。故选A。
【42题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当时15岁的克拉拉按下了呼叫按钮。A. adopted收养，采纳；B. lifted举起；C. pressed按，压；D. tied绑，系。根据下文the call button可知是按下呼叫按钮故选C。
【43题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：空乘人员过来解释情况。A. analyzed分析；B. faced面对；C. observed观察，遵守；D. explained解释。根据下文“We have a passenger on the plane who’s ___4___ and deaf.” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he couldn’t ___5___ his message.可知空乘人员解释了一下情况。故选D。
【44题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“飞机上有一位又瞎又聋的乘客。”她说。A. blind看不见的；B. ill生病的；C. homesick想家的；D. thirsty口渴的。根据上文询问会不会手语可知乘客应该是聋哑人故选A。
【45题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：乘客似乎想要什么东西，但他无法把他的意思表达出来。A. get into进入；B. get through度过；C. get across表达；D. get off下车，动身。根据“but”可知那个聋哑人表达不出自己的意思。故选C。
【46题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：克拉拉碰巧在过去的一年里一直在学习美国手语，她知道她可以用手指在这个男人的手掌里拼出手语。A. intended打算；B. pretended假装；C. happened碰巧；D. attempted试图。由“have been studying ASL for the past year”可知，克拉拉碰巧在过去的一年里一直在学习美国手语。happen to do sth。“碰巧做某事”之意。故选C。
【47题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：于是她解开安全带，走向64岁的蒂姆·库克的座位。A. uncovered揭开，揭露；B. unlocked开锁；C. unfolded展开；D. unfastened揭开。据下文her seat belt and walked toward可知是解开了安全带。故选D。
【48题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：她轻轻地握住他的手，做了个手势“你还好吗?”库克要了一些水。A. Cautiously谨慎地；B. Gently轻轻地；C. Secretly秘密地；D. Seriously严肃地。根据常识可知对待残疾人肯定是轻柔地。故选B。
【49题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她轻轻地握住他的手，做了个手势“你还好吗?”库克要了一些水。A. whispered低声说；B. asked询问；C. signed打手势；D. repeated重复。根据下文“Are you OK?””可知克拉克在打手势。故选C。
【50题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：过了一会儿她又来了，因为他想知道时间。在第三次来访时，她停了下来，停留了一会儿。A. turn转弯；B. intention 意图；C. journey旅行；D. visit拜访，看望。根据上文可知克拉拉一共往返了三次来看望库克。故选D。
【51题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他什么也不需要。他很孤单，想和我谈谈。A. talk交谈；B. relax放松；C. sleep睡觉；D. cheer欢呼。根据下文So for the next hour, that’s what they did. She talked about her plans for the future.可知男人想要和克拉克交谈。故选A。
【52题详解】
考查连接词辨析。句意：库克告诉克拉拉，随着时间的推移，他如何逐渐失明的，并分享了他作为旅行推销员的经历。A. how如何；B. why为什么；C. what什么；D. when何时。本句为宾语从句，缺少连接副词表示方式“如何”，故选A。
【53题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：库克告诉克拉拉，随着时间的推移，他逐渐失明，并分享了他作为旅行推销员的经历。A. invented发明；B. conveyed传达；C. transformed转变；D. shared分享。根据下文stories of his days as a traveling salesman可知是分享经历。故选D。
【54题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：尽管他看不见她，但她“如此友爱地注视着他的脸”一位乘客说，“我们可以看到她幸福地微笑着，因为她改变了别人的生活”。A. attentively专注地；B. surprisingly惊讶地；C. crazily疯狂地；D. anxiously焦急地。由“with such kindness”可知此处应该是很专注地注视着他的脸。故选A。
【55题详解】
考查连词辨析。句意：尽管他看不见她，但她“如此友爱地注视着他的脸，”一位乘客说，“我们可以看到她幸福地微笑着，因为她改变了别人的生活”。A. if如果；B. so因此； C. because因为；D. but但是。根据句意可知此处为因果关系，故选C。
【56题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：你可以看得出来，有人能和蒂姆说话他很激动，她真是个天使。A. absorbed专心致志的；B. excited激动的；C. ashamed惭愧的；D. touched感动的。根据常识可知能有人很专注地听自己讲，并与自己交流，这个残疾人应该是很激动的。故选B。
【57题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：你可以看得出来，有人能和蒂姆说话他很激动，她真是个天使。A. angel天使；B. donator捐助者；C. sponsor主办方；D. translator翻译人员。根据上文可知蒂姆非常激动有人能和他交谈，因此认为克拉拉被认为是来帮助别人的“天使”。故选A。
【58题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：库克的反应是:这是我经历过的最棒的一次旅行。A. concept 概念；B. relief宽慰；C. credit 信誉；D. reaction反应。由“Best trip I’ve ever had.”可知，这是库克的反应。故选D。
【59题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：让人惊讶的最好办法就是学习一些东西。A. appreciation欣赏；B. consideration考虑；C. amazement震惊；D. freedom自由。上文中“Clara was amazing.” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview.一句已经给出了提示。故选C。
【60题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：学习是唯一永不失败的事情。A. discourages使沮丧；B. fails失败；C. inspires激励；D. benefits使受益。根据上文可知克拉克用自己所学帮助了别人，所以学习是永不失败的事情。故选B。
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