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）

When I was a child， I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm， in the winter ___1___， we were quite out off from the outside world. As soon as I left school， I ___2___ my bags and moved to the capital， ___3___ I soon discovered that my life has its problem too.

One big ___4___ is money. It costs so much to go out， not to mention ___5___ like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I ___6___ asthma[哮喘]， and the air is so bad that I am ___7___ to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car， I ___8___ use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go ___9___， but that can be quite ___10___.

___11___ there are advantages. First， there is so much to do in the city， ___12___ you tastes in culture or entertainment[娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)]. Besides， there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of ___13___ a more important job or position. Finally， if you like shopping， the ___14___ of goods is very surprising—and， ___15___， shops are often only a short ___16___.

Is life ___17___ then， in the city？ Perhaps it is， when you are in your teens or twenties. However， as you get ___18___， and especially if you have small children， the peace of the countryside may seem ___19___. I certainly hope to move ___20___ there soon.

（ ） 1. A. fortunately B. especially C. specifically D. regularly

（ ）2. A. discarded B. retrieved C. packed D. collected

（ ）3. A. However B. And C. So as? D. Further more

（ ）4. A. advantages B. disadvantage C. proposal D. objective

（ ）5. A. valuables B. implement C. treasures D. basics

（ ）6. A. suffer from B. escape from C. derive from D. keep from

（ ）7. A. excited B. disappointed C. angry? D. afraid

（ ）8. A. usually? B. seldom C. often? D. sometimes

（ ）9. A. by car B. by subway C. by bus? D. by bicycle

（ ）10. A. useless B. crowded C. dangerous D. safe

（ ）11. A. Of course B. Although C. Above all D. Of all

（ ）12. A. whatever B. however C. whoever D. wherever

（ ）13. A. treating to B. looking to C. moving to D. expecting to

（ ）14. A. plenty? ? B. variety? C. measure? D. quality

（ ）15. A. for instance B. in all? ? C. in conclusion D. what is more

（ ）16. A. far away B. run away C. around away D. walk away

（ ）17. A. busier? B. better? ? C. quieter? D. still

（ ）18. A. elder? B. richer? ? C. older? ? D. happier

（ ）19. A. available B. creditable C. preferable D. variable

（ ）20. A. back B. off? ? C. forward? ? ? D. toward

（二）

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. ___1___ the only girl in a family of seven children， she often felt like she had “___2___ fathers，” because her six brothers， as well as her father， tried to control her. Feeling ___3___ and unimportant， she retreated[躲避] into books. ___4___ her love of reading， she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to ___5___.

In ___6___ school， with the encouragement of one particular teacher， Cisneros ___7___ her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father ___8___ her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a ___9___. Cisneros did attend college， but instead of searching for a husband， she found a teacher who helped her ___10___ the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the universitys Writers Workshop， however， she felt ___11___—a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so ___12___ helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment when I considered myself ___13___ different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman， but I didnt think it had anything to do with why I felt so much ___14___ in my life， but it had ___15___ to do with it！ Thats when I ___16___ I would write about something my classmates couldnt write about.”

Cisneros ___17___ her first work， The House on Mango Street， when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl ___18___ in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago， much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book ___19___ an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school ___20___. Since then， Cisneros has published several books of poetry， a childrens book， and a short-story collection.

（ ）1. A. Like B. As C. With? ? ? ? D. For

（ ）2. A. five B. six C. seven? ? ? ? D. eight

（ ）3. A. confident B. shy C. admired D. ashamed

（ ）4. A. Despite B. Besides C. Although D. Except

（ ）5. A. consist B. involve C. anticipate D. participate

（ ）6. A. high B. elementary C. graduate D. middle

（ ）7. A. increase B. advance C. improved D. promote

（ ）8. A. enlightened B. encouraged C. made D. inquire

（ ）9. A. teacher B. program C. work D. husband

（ ）10. A. take B. attend C. build D. join

（ ）11. A. calm B. concerned C. lonely D. faint

（ ）12. A. different B. poor C. difficult D. creative

（ ）13. A. mainly B. truly C. principally D. chiefly

（ ）14. A. reliance B. imbalance C. alliance D. finance

（ ）15. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

（ ）16. A. remembered B. managed C. decided D. asked

（ ）17. A. published B. punished C. delivered D. spread

（ ）18. A. coming up B. taking up C. growing up D. keeping up

（ ）19. A. won B. beat C. attracted D. accept

（ ）20. A. rank B. range C. degree D. level

參考答案與解析

（一）

【答案與解析】本文記述了作者由鄉(xiāng)村搬到城市的經(jīng)歷。作者小時(shí)候夢(mèng)想著住到城市里，但到了城市生活卻發(fā)現(xiàn)這里存在著各式各樣的問(wèn)題，最后作者發(fā)現(xiàn)自己更喜歡鄉(xiāng)村的寧?kù)o，希望能搬回去。

1. B。根據(jù)下文we were quite out off from the outside world可知作者是指到了冬天，在農(nóng)場(chǎng)生活就更加與世隔絕了。especially意為“特別;尤其”，符合此處語(yǔ)境。

2. C。前面提到作者一直夢(mèng)想著離家去城市的那一刻，因此迫不及待地打包好行李（pack my bags）搬去市中心。

3. A。前面說(shuō)作者希望搬到城市去，后面又發(fā)現(xiàn)存在著一些問(wèn)題，兩句間應(yīng)是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，只有However符合。

4. B。此處開(kāi)始講存在的問(wèn)題了，從It costs so much to go out可知第一個(gè)問(wèn)題是缺錢。disadvantage意為“不利條件，缺點(diǎn)”，故答案為B。從Another disadvantage is pollution.亦可得知。

5. D。食物和住房應(yīng)屬于基本生活用品（basics），valuables指“貴重物品”，implement指“工具”，treasure指“財(cái)寶，寶物”，故此處選D。

6. A。suffer from意為“忍受，遭受”，escape from意為“逃走”，derive from意為“得到;源自”，keep from意為“阻止，抑制”，只有A符合此處語(yǔ)境。

7. D。上文提到作者有哮喘病，而城市空氣渾濁，不難得知作者應(yīng)是害怕出門(mén)的。

8. B。從Although可知此處應(yīng)表示轉(zhuǎn)折，雖然作者有部車，但是因?yàn)榻煌▎?wèn)題卻幾乎用不上。

9. D。上文提到交通狀況不佳，道路擁擠，比較四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，要解決這一問(wèn)題只能騎自行車。

10. C。but表示轉(zhuǎn)折，而騎自行車在車輛中穿梭是很危險(xiǎn)的（dangerous），故答案選C。

11. A。此處開(kāi)始講在城市生活的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，缺點(diǎn)之后自然也有優(yōu)點(diǎn)，Of course指“當(dāng)然”，其余幾項(xiàng)均不符合此處語(yǔ)境。

12. A。此處是一個(gè)whatever引導(dǎo)的名詞性從句，whatever在從句中充當(dāng)?shù)氖琴e語(yǔ)，意思是“所有……的一切事或東西”。

13. C。聯(lián)系此處語(yǔ)境，這句是指城市里有著很好的工作以及換到更好工作或職位的很多機(jī)會(huì)。只有moving to符合此處語(yǔ)境。

14. B。聯(lián)系此處語(yǔ)境，這里是指如果你喜歡購(gòu)物的話，這里的商品種類（variety）會(huì)讓你眼花繚亂，感到吃驚。plenty意為“豐富，大量”，measure意為“計(jì)量單位”，quality意為“質(zhì)量”，故答案選B。

15. D。由and可知此處表示進(jìn)一步說(shuō)明。for instance表示“舉例，例如”，in all表示“總共”，in conclusion表示“最后;總之”，what is more表示“而且，更甚者”。對(duì)比四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，只有D符合語(yǔ)境。

16. D。這里是說(shuō)商店之間往往只要走幾步就可到了（距離很近），walk away 表示步行的距離，符合此處語(yǔ)境。

17. B。此處是將城市和農(nóng)場(chǎng)的生活作比較，聯(lián)系下文可知作者認(rèn)為城市生活雖然好，但對(duì)年齡較大的人而言，鄉(xiāng)村生活更為適合。故此處選better。

18. C。從前文when you are in your teens（十幾歲） or twenties及后文especially if you

have small children可知，此處應(yīng)填表示年齡的詞。elder一般指有血緣關(guān)系的年長(zhǎng)的，older表示年長(zhǎng)的，elder通常于名詞前作定語(yǔ)用，而older用在be動(dòng)詞或系動(dòng)詞后作表語(yǔ)。故答案選C。

19. C。此處是指對(duì)有孩子的人來(lái)說(shuō)，鄉(xiāng)村的寧?kù)o更為可取。available意為“可用的，有效的”，creditable意為“可信的，值得稱贊的”，preferablem意為“更可取的，更合意的”，variable意為“易變的，多變的”。故答案選C。

20. A。作者以前是住在鄉(xiāng)村的，從城市搬回鄉(xiāng)村應(yīng)用move back，表搬回去之意。

（二）

【答案與解析】本文講述了一個(gè)出生于美籍墨西哥人家庭的女孩Sandra

Cisneros的故事，她喜好讀書(shū)卻過(guò)分內(nèi)向，在讀高級(jí)中學(xué)時(shí)與來(lái)自富裕家庭的同學(xué)們相處，感受到自己與同學(xué)們的不同，于是開(kāi)始著書(shū)描繪自己的經(jīng)歷，形成了獨(dú)特的有創(chuàng)造性的語(yǔ)言，最后成為了著名作家。

1. B。此處指Sandra Cisneros是家里唯一的女孩，as意為“作為，以……的身份”。

2. C。由because her six brothers， as well as her father ，可知Sandra Cisneros有六個(gè)兄弟，再加上父親，就像有七位父親一般。

3. B。聯(lián)系后文because she was too shy to___5___，可知此處應(yīng)是shy（害羞的），confident意為“自信的”，admired 意為“羨慕的”，ashamed意為“慚愧的”。

4. A。這里指她雖然喜歡讀書(shū)，但是成績(jī)并不很好。despite意為“不管，不論”

5. D。consist意為“組成，構(gòu)成”，involve意為“卷入，牽涉”，anticipate意為“預(yù)料”，participate意為“參加，參與”，此處指因?yàn)樗π叨簧门c人相處，故答案選D。

6. A。前面說(shuō)Cisneros小學(xué)時(shí)成績(jī)不是很好，后面說(shuō)父親鼓勵(lì)她上大學(xué)，可見(jiàn)此處應(yīng)為正在上高級(jí)中學(xué)時(shí)。

7. C。成績(jī)上的提高應(yīng)使用improve，increase 意為“增長(zhǎng)”，advance 意為“前進(jìn)，提高”，promote意為“促進(jìn)，發(fā)揚(yáng)”。

8. B。enlighten意為“啟發(fā)”，encourage意為“鼓勵(lì)，慫恿”，inquire意為“詢問(wèn)”，此處指父親提議她去上大學(xué)，故答案選B。

9. D。聯(lián)系下文but instead of searching for a husband可知，父親讓Cisneros上大學(xué)是想她找個(gè)好老公。

10. D。join意為“參加（比賽、活動(dòng)等）”，符合此處語(yǔ)境，attend意為“參加（會(huì)議等）”。

11. C。作為一個(gè)來(lái)自貧窮地區(qū)的美籍墨西哥人，在一群來(lái)自富裕家庭的同學(xué)之中，應(yīng)是感到十分孤獨(dú)的。lonely 意為“孤獨(dú)的，寂寞的”，calm意為“冷靜的”，concerned意為“關(guān)心的”，faint意為“虛弱的，模糊的”

12. A。聯(lián)系后文I considered myself ___13___different that my writing acquired a voice可知此處應(yīng)為different。

13. B。mainly、principally、chiefly意思均為“主要地”，故可排除，truly意為“真實(shí)地”，此處指發(fā)現(xiàn)自己確實(shí)和別人不同。

14. B。reliance意為“信任，依靠”，imbalance意為“不平衡”，alliance意為“聯(lián)盟”，finance意為“財(cái)政，金融”，正因?yàn)镃isneros覺(jué)得和別人格格不入，所以感覺(jué)到生活不平衡。

15. D。前面說(shuō)Cisneros并不認(rèn)為這和自己感到不平衡有什么關(guān)系，后面but表轉(zhuǎn)折，并從這句的語(yǔ)氣可知，實(shí)際上卻有著莫大的關(guān)聯(lián)，故使用everything。

16. C。這里指Cisneros因此決定要寫(xiě)與自己的同學(xué)們與眾不同的東西。

17. A。從后文The book tells about…可知Cisneros把自己的第一份作業(yè)印刷成書(shū)了，publish意為“印刷”，deliver意為“遞送”，spread意為“傳播”，spread意為“傳播”

18. C。這里指美籍墨西哥人的成長(zhǎng)經(jīng)歷，grow up意為“成長(zhǎng)”，符合此處語(yǔ)境。come up意為“走進(jìn);上來(lái)”，take up意為“拿起;開(kāi)始從事”，keep up意為“維持”。

19. A。此處指書(shū)得獎(jiǎng)應(yīng)使用動(dòng)詞win。beat意為“打敗”，attract意為“吸引”，accept意為“接受”。

20. D。從from high school through graduate school 可知，這里講的是學(xué)習(xí)水平，level表示“（文化等的）水平，程度，標(biāo)準(zhǔn)”，rank 意為“等級(jí)，階級(jí)”，range意為“范圍”，degree意為“程度，階段”，故答案選D。