先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號(hào)填入題前括號(hào)內(nèi)。

（一）

I ran across an old photo of him the other day， thinking of some old things. Hes been dead for 25 years. His name was Rex. ___1___ was his favorite recreation[娛樂]. He had so much ___2___ in the water as any person I have known. You didnt have to throw a stick in the water to ___3___ him to go in. Of course， he would bring back a stick to you if you ___4___ throw one in.

That ___5___ me of that night， ___6___ he brought back a small box that he found somewhere—how ___7___ nobody ever knew. Since it was Rex， it ___8___ easily have been half a race. The box wasnt a good one. It was just a ___9___ old piece that somebody ___10___. Still it was something he wanted， probably ___11___ there was some difficulty in transportation[運(yùn)輸].

And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when， deep in the night， we ___12___ him trying to get the box up onto the porch[門廳]. It sounded ___13___ two or three people were trying to tear the house ___14___. We came downstairs and turned on the ___15___ light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull the thing up， but it had ___16___ somehow. And he was just holding his own[堅(jiān)持己見]. I suppose he would have held his own ___17___ dawn if we hadnt helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had thrown it out in a ___18___ place， he would have brought it home again， as a small token[象征] of his strength in such matters. ___19___， he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was ___20___ of his skill.

（ ）1. A. Fighting? ? B. Swimming C. Barking D. Running

（ ）2. A. fun B. trouble? ? ? C. danger? ? D. difficulty

（ ）3. A. stop? ? B. make? ? ? ? C. get? ? ? D. have

（ ）4. A. will? ? ? B. do? ? ? ? ? C. did? ? ? ? D. would

（ ）5. A. reminds? B. warns? ? ? C. tells? ? ? D. suggests

（ ）6. A. which B. while? ? ? ? C. as? ? D. when

（ ）7. A. Far? B. long? ? ? C. old? D. heavy

（ ）8. A. could? ? B. can? ? C. should? ? D. would

（ ）9. A. priceless B. worthless C. valuable D. important

（ ）10. A. kept B. forgot? ? C. deserted? D. remained

（ ）11. A. because B. only if? C. even if? D. in case

（ ）12. A. saw B. heard? ? ? C. watched? D. caught

（ ）13. A. like B. that? ? C. as if? ? ? D. at least

（ ）14. A. up B. in? ? C. away? ? D. down

（ ）15. A. hall B. kitchen? ? ? C. bedroom D. porch

（ ）16. A. rolled B. stopped? ? ? C. caught? ? D. broken

（ ）17. A. at? B. before? ? ? C. till? ? ? ? ? D. during

（ ）18. A. distant B. nearby? ? ? ? C. silent? ? ? D. busy

（ ）19. A. In all B. As a result? ? C. At last? ? D. After all

（ ）20. A. proud B. tired? ? ? ? ? ? C. ashamed? D. doubtful

（二）

As the first report of the accident came in， Burton was sitting in his office on the top floor of the building. ___1___， realizing the seriousness of the whole incident， he moved to a ground floor room with a small waiting-room to look ___2___ the mater himself， leaving his second-in-command to take over all other ___3___.

He ___4___ the first witness[證人] almost at once， making sure that everything was done that could be done to put him at ___5___. However， the witness was obviously nervous and Burton took great pains to ___6___ what he said thoroughly， choosing and checking each word ___7___ and taking the mans statement down himself. The witness had called the ___8___ and hed waited until the ambulances[救護(hù)車] began to arrive， then ___9___ the first police car arrived on the scene hed been asked to ___10___ to the station which was what he had done. Burton ___11___ that regrettably it would be necessary for him to go to court because of the serious nature of the ___12___. More he couldnt say at present. Hed be ___13___ if the man could keep in touch with the police.

When he had ___14___， Burton put his head in his hands and considered before ___15___ for the next witness. The man couldnt be ___16___ as a hundred percent witness because he had been behind a wall when the explosion ___17___. But in spite of his nerves， Burton had the impression that he was ___18___， not afraid of relating himself to it and a fairly exact observer.

Well there would be ___19___ descriptions and no doubt all these would be put into place and the whole picture would become clear. He ___20___ his head and pressed the bell on his desk. “Next witness please，” he said.

（ ）1. A. Excitedly B. Quietly C. Nervously D. Immediately

（ ）2. A. for? ? B. into? ? ? ? C. up D. after

（ ）3. A. cases? ? B. offices? ? ? C. officials? D. drawings

（ ）4. A. moved? ? B. frightened? ? C. interviewed D. questioned

（ ）5. A. ease? ? ? B. work? ? ? ? C. will? ? ? D. rest

（ ）6. A. hung up? ? B. go over? ? ? C. answer for D. end up

（ ）7. A. roughly? ? B. toughly? ? C. carefully? ? D. proudly

（ ）8. A. boss? ? ? B. hospital? ? ? C. doctor? ? ? D. police

（ ）9. A. when? ? B. since? ? ? ? ? C. before? ? ? D. even if

（ ）10. A. move? ? ? B. go? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. report? ? ? D. speak

（ ）11. A. packed? ? B. explained? ? ? C. recovered D. measured

（ ）12. A. speech? ? B. murder? ? ? ? ? C. witness? ? ? D. disaster

（ ）13. A. fearful? ? B. calm? ? ? ? ? ? C. thankful? ? D. astonished

（ ）14. A. died? ? ? B. gone? ? ? ? C. checked? ? D. improved

（ ）15. A. living? ? B. leaving? ? ? C. searching? ? D. asking

（ ）16. A. honored? ? B. regarded? ? ? C. surprised? ? D. remembered

（ ）17. A. occurred B. ended? ? ? ? C. broadcast? D. mixed

（ ）18. A. swift? ? ? B. changeable? ? C. talkative? ? D. dependable

（ ）19. A. other? ? B. false? ? ? ? ? C. attractive? ? D. shameful

（ ）20. A. shock? ? B. snatched? ? C. raised? ? D. dropped

參考答案與解析

（一）

本文描述的是 Rex，一個(gè)頭腦簡單、力大無比的小狗。它愛好游泳，愛做一些無意義的事來表現(xiàn)它的力氣。

1. B。根據(jù)第2空格后的 in the water 可以排除另三個(gè)選項(xiàng)。

2. A。因?yàn)槭窒矚g游泳，所以有樂趣。

3. C。根據(jù)后面的 to go in 這一帶to的不定式可排除另三個(gè)選項(xiàng)。

4. C。did 用以加強(qiáng)語氣，正好回應(yīng)前一句。

5. A。remind sb of sth意為“提醒某人某事，使某人想起某事”，是固定結(jié)構(gòu)。

6. D。when 引起定語從句修飾 that night。

7. A?！皼]人知道，他從多遠(yuǎn)的地方弄來箱子”，此句用來補(bǔ)充說明somewhere，由have a race也可推測(cè)此處指距離，

8. A。could easily 強(qiáng)調(diào)是狗本身的一種屬性，一種能力。因?yàn)镽ex是條狗，善于奔跑，且有股蠻勁，所以這件事對(duì)它來說“可能”很容易。

9. B。主人最終還是將其扔掉了，可見其“無價(jià)值”。

10. C。從后面主人又將其扔掉來看，這只破箱子是被人“遺棄的”，沒用的箱子。

11. A。前后是因果關(guān)系。

12. B。下面一句有It sounded，所以用heard。

13. C。后面描述的動(dòng)作與實(shí)際情況完全相反，故選as if，表達(dá)虛擬語氣。

14. D。tear the house down 意為“拆房子”。

15. D。狗就在門廳，所以打開那兒的燈。

16. C。catch 意為“被鉤住”，這是狗拖不動(dòng)箱子的主要原因。

17. C。由于主人知道狗的蠻勁，故推測(cè)如果沒人幫它，它會(huì)撥弄箱子“一直到”天亮，即到主人起身發(fā)現(xiàn)這一切時(shí)。

18. B。箱子如果扔“近”一些，Rex 又會(huì)撿回來的。

19. D。after all 意為“畢竟”，表達(dá)一種讓步的口吻。

20. A。從狗喜歡表現(xiàn)自己拖動(dòng)重物的本領(lǐng)來分析，它對(duì)自己這方面的能力是引以為“自豪的”。

（二）

【答案與解析】本文描述的是Burton對(duì)一次案件的調(diào)查。

1. D。根據(jù)意思“一報(bào)告該案件，Burton立即意識(shí)到其嚴(yán)重性”。

2. B。本句話表示“他親自調(diào)查該案件”，look into意為“調(diào)查”。

3. A。由“他親自調(diào)查該案件”，可推斷“他的副手接手其他的‘案件”。

4. C。根據(jù)常識(shí)，調(diào)查案件，應(yīng)問證人，所以用interview表示“接見”。

5. A。從后面However， the witness was obviously

nervous可知前面應(yīng)是：Burton可能是想讓證人“放松”，at ease為習(xí)慣用語，意為“自在，放松”。

6. B四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的意思分別是：go over“仔細(xì)檢查”;answer for “對(duì)……負(fù)責(zé)”;hung up“延誤”;end

up“結(jié)束”。根據(jù)這句話意思是“Burton費(fèi)了好大的勁仔細(xì)檢查證人的話”可知。

7. C。調(diào)查案件，應(yīng)慎之又慎，所以說“他認(rèn)真核查每一個(gè)詞”。

8. D。由后面的句子the first police car arrived on the scene hed been asked to

__10__ to the station which was what he had done可知，“他曾給警方打電話”。

9. A。根據(jù)意思“警車‘一到出事現(xiàn)場(chǎng)，‘就讓他報(bào)告”可知。

10. C。根據(jù)常識(shí)，作為證人，就要向警方提供證據(jù)，“報(bào)告”有關(guān)看見的情況。

11. B。由意思“他去法庭是非常必要的”，是Burton對(duì)“證人”說的話，可推知此空表示“解釋”。

12. D。倒數(shù)第二段提到了“爆炸”，可知“它造成了一定的人員傷亡”，所以認(rèn)為這是一場(chǎng)“災(zāi)難”。

13. C。根據(jù)常識(shí)“為警方提供線索，對(duì)于警方偵破案件是好事”，可推斷本句話表示“如果他能夠與警方保持聯(lián)系，Burton會(huì)非常感激的（thankful）”。

14. B。從句子 “Next witness please，” he said可知第一個(gè)證人已經(jīng)“離開”。

15. D。在第一個(gè)證人離開之后，在叫第二個(gè)證人進(jìn)來問話之前，Burton進(jìn)行了思考。

16. B。根據(jù)意思“這個(gè)人不能被認(rèn)為是百分之百的證人，因?yàn)樗趬Φ暮竺妗?。be regarded as“被認(rèn)為是”

17. A。見到事情的“發(fā)生”，才稱得上證人。occur“發(fā)生”。

18. D。從后面的說明not afraid of relating himself to it and a fairly exact

observer可知“他可以信賴”。

19. A。對(duì)于一個(gè)案件，人們描述的內(nèi)容可能不同，如果把“其他的”口供結(jié)合在一起，事情就會(huì)一目了然。

20. C。由句子Burton put his head in his hands可知“Burton曾陷入思考”，這時(shí)又“抬起頭”。