Question

完形填空(共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分)

One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch house in a large valley. seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly Raul. The thunder(雷聲) was so loud that he buried his in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats(蹄聲). He . There before him stood a tall, white . 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 . “Come with me.”

Raul followed on his horse. A feeling came over him. All them the rain was pouring down, not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard to him. “We have been sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the .

“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

“Can’t say I…Wait. I my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”

1.A. Something B. Everything C. Anything D. Nothing

2.A. dropped B. fell C. rolled D. covered

3.A. Suddenly B. Strongly C. Quickly D. Hardly

4.A. beating B. blinding C. burning D. touching

5.A. nose B. hair C. neck D. head

6.A. looked up B. woke up C. lay down D. sat down

7.A. tiger B. horse C. lion D. elephant

8.A. lazily B. angrily C. coldly D. slowly

9.A. natural B. common C. strange D. bad

10.A. around B. beside C. through D. above

11.A. yet B. for C. so D. or

12.A. walking B. leading C. heading D. returning

13.A. them B. themselves C. him D. himself

14.A. shook B. waved C. held D. took

15.A. gone B. left C. followed D. lost

16.A. see B. meet C. beat D. ask

17.A. waited B. thought C. worried D. excited

18.A. yard B. wind C. grass D. rain

19.A. believeB. consider C. doubt D. forget

20.A. defeated B. caught C. damaged D. struck

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一個發生在雨天的故事。Raul在一個離家幾里外的山谷里，周圍一切看起來很正常，但他有一種不舒服的感覺。風變大了，一時間烏云密布，一場大雨即將到來。事實果然如此，閃電穿透烏云，頃刻間電閃雷鳴。這時，Raul聽到了馬蹄聲，一個叫“Gray Cloud”的老人用他的馬把Raul載回了他的家里。

1.yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy”可知，前面說的是“一切似乎都很正�！�，yet表示轉折，故選B。

2.dark clouds across the sky烏云在空中翻滾著，故選C。

3. , the lightning flashed through the clouds,突然，閃電從烏云里穿過，故選A。

4.nearly Raul閃電來得太突然，閃到了Raul的眼睛，根據下一行的“rubbed his eyes”可知，Raul揉了揉眼睛，故選B。

5.he buried his in his hands由于雷聲太大，Raul用雙手捂住了頭，bury one’s head in one’s hands用手捂住頭，故選D。

6.There before him stood a tall,”中的“tall”可知，Raul是往高處看，故選A。

7.Raul followed on his horse.”可知，Raul聽到的是馬蹄聲，故選B。

8.“My name is Gray Cloud,” The old man answered .“我是Gray Cloud”，老人緩緩地回答道，其它三項不符合語境，故選D。

9.Raul followed on his horse. A feeling came over him.由于Raul與老人素不相識，跟他走讓Raul感覺怪怪的，故選C。

10.All them the rain was pouring down,大雨從天空一瀉而下，人在雨中行走，不會出現雨落在人的旁邊、上面或者穿過人體的情況，故選A。

11. not a drop fell on them然而，雨滴并沒有落到他們兩個人的身上，故選A。

12.They seemed to be back toward Raul’s home.他們騎著馬似乎是在朝著Raul的家前進，head back返回到，return后不能跟back，故選C。

13.Then all at once he found at the ranch gate.Raul突然發現自己已經到了牧場大門那里，主語是he，對應的反身代詞是himself，故選D。

14.The old man turned his horse”可知，老人掉頭，揮手與Raul告別，故選B。

15.The old man and his horse were .老人和他的馬消失了。Gone在此意為“不見”，leave作及物動詞，意為“留下”，與句意不符，故選A。

16.Raul’s father ran out across the yard to him.Raul的爸爸穿過院子跑來接他，故選B。

17.We have been sick about you.我們擔心死你了，be worried sick about sth/sb擔心死......了，故選C。

18.Let’s get in out of the .讓我們進屋，不要待在雨中，out of...離開......的范圍，故選D。

19.I my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called gray Cloud.我想我的老爺爺曾經講過關于一個叫“Gray Cloud”的人的故事，believe表示相信某人說的話，含有信以為真的意味，故選A。

20.They say he was by lightning人們都說他是被閃電擊中致死的，strike有“突擊，猛烈攻擊”的意思，這里指閃電突然擊中了Gray Cloud，故選D。

考點：故事類短文閱讀