先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個可以填入相應空白處的最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內(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 可以排除另三個選項。

2. A。因為十分喜歡游泳，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選項。

4. C。did 用以加強語氣，正好回應前一句。

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，他從多遠的地方弄來箱子”，此句用來補充說明somewhere，由have a race也可推測此處指距離，

8. A。could easily 強調(diào)是狗本身的一種屬性，一種能力。因為Rex是條狗，善于奔跑，且有股蠻勁，所以這件事對它來說“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。后面描述的動作與實際情況完全相反，故選as if，表達虛擬語氣。

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”，這是狗拖不動箱子的主要原因。

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

18. B。箱子如果扔“近”一些，Rex 又會撿回來的。

19. D。after all 意為“畢竟”，表達一種讓步的口吻。

20. A。從狗喜歡表現(xiàn)自己拖動重物的本領(lǐng)來分析，它對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對一次案件的調(diào)查。

1. D。根據(jù)意思“一報告該案件，Burton立即意識到其嚴重性”。

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，調(diào)查案件，應問證人，所以用interview表示“接見”。

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

nervous可知前面應是：Burton可能是想讓證人“放松”，at ease為習慣用語，意為“自在，放松”。

6. B四個選項的意思分別是：go over“仔細檢查”;answer for “對……負責”;hung up“延誤”;end

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

7. C。調(diào)查案件，應慎之又慎，所以說“他認真核查每一個詞”。

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，‘就讓他報告”可知。

10. C。根據(jù)常識，作為證人，就要向警方提供證據(jù)，“報告”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“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”，所以認為這是一場“災難”。

13. C。根據(jù)常識“為警方提供線索，對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會非常感激的（thankful）”。

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

15. D。在第一個證人離開之后，在叫第二個證人進來問話之前，Burton進行了思考。

16. B。根據(jù)意思“這個人不能被認為是百分之百的證人，因為他在墻的后面”。be regarded as“被認為是”

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。對于一個案件，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”，這時又“抬起頭”。