Question

Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay(海灣). She stepped into the ___16___ and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and ___17___ to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach ___18___side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, ___19___and uneven; it became ___20___ difficult to row. If she ___21___ for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the ___22___.

She wasn’t even halfway, ___23___ she was already tired and her hands ___24___ from pulling on the rough wooden oars (船槳). “I’m never going to ___25___ it”, she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and ___26___ her head helplessly, then looked up as she ___27___ the boat shift(晃動) against the tide.

The east wind, which had swung(旋轉) around from the south-west, ___28___ her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be ___ 29___. Her hands weren’t so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst ___ 30___.

The lights of the town became ___31___. One of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she ___32___ it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just ___33___? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last ___34___ on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves ___35___ and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.

16. A. car       B. boat    C. ship    D. mail

17. A. beside  B. before C. behind       D. beyond

18.A. another  B. other   C. either  D. the other

19. A. deep     B. calm   C. gentle D. rough

20. A. more    B. less     C. as       D. least

21. A. slept     B. continued   C. rested  D. rowed

22. A. home   B. mountains  C. south-west  D. entrance

23. A. if  B. so       C. but,    D. since

24. A. hurt     B. ruined C. troubled     D. broke

25. A. get       B. make  C. keep   D. take

26. A. mined  B. dropped     C. cocked       D. raised

27. A. saw      B. made  C. heard  D. felt

28. A. got to   B. came to      C. sent for      D. reached for

29. A. difficult       B. serious       C. all right      D. certain enough

30. A. any more     B. still more   C. no more     D. once more

31. A. brighter       B. bigger C. closer   D. smaller

32. A. destroyed     B. threw  C. repaired  D. seized

33. A. dreaming     B. guessing     C. inventing    D. expecting

34. A. blow    B. hit      C. pull    D. strike

35. A. anxiously     B. happily      C. sadly   D. carefully

Answer 1

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解析:

文章主要描述一個女孩獨自劃船過海以及在海上與風浪搏擊的故事。

16. B。根據下文說的 rowed out silently可知她是上了一條船。

l7. D。此處說的是，海浪沖向入口處，然后又退回大海。beyond 表示“向遠處”。

18. D。因為她要row across the bay，顯然是橫穿海灣去另一邊。

19. D。根據下文可知，海浪變得越來越大，劃動小船很不容易，故此處填rough最合語境。

20. A。海浪大了，劃船當然會更難了。

21. C。此處說的是，盡管劃船很艱難，但她卻不能停下來休息(rested)一會兒，否則潮水會把小船沖回來——正所謂“逆水行舟，不進則退”。

22. D。上文講到她是從海灣的入口處向外面劃的，所以她若停下來就有可能被沖回到入口處。

23. C。句意是：她甚至還沒有劃完一半，但她就已經很累了。前后為轉折關系，故用but。

24. A。因為船槳很粗糙(rough)，而且她還得在大浪中用力劃船，所以手被弄傷(hurt)了。

25. B。前文說，風大浪高，船槳粗糙，雙手弄傷，筋疲力盡，行程還沒完成一半；下文又說…her head helpless…。由此可知，此時她的心情肯定是“沒望了”，故選B。make it 是習語，意思是“成功”“設法做成某事”。

26. B。按照常理，人們在 helpless, hopeless 的時候，通常是“低著頭”，所以有漢語成語“垂頭喪氣”。另外，根據下文的 look up也可知，此處應該是 drop her head。

27. D。此處說的是她無助地坐在船上，感覺到船在迎著潮水晃動。

28. B。此處說的是，此時風向變了，西南風變成了東風，而這東風正可以幫她把船推向大山邊。come to one’s help 是慣用表達，其意為“來幫助某人”。

29. C。根據下文的 Her hands weren’t so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst ___ 30___ 可知，此空填all right 最佳。

30. A。not…any more是固定搭配，意為“不再……”。

31. D。根據第1段第1句可知，這個女孩是town橫渡海面到另一邊去， 現在當她渡過海灣回過頭來看這個town時，其燈光自己是變得越來越小。

32. D。with a start 的意思是“一驚而……”“猛然驚醒過來”。此句說的是“她一驚，抓住了槳”。

33. A。女孩在一身疲憊中借助風力不知不覺到了對岸，所以她懷疑自己是不是睡著了，或者是在做夢。

34. C。pull 在此指“搖槳”。

35. B。根據后面的…knew she had come home 可知，女孩經過努力和風的幫助終于回了家，此時她的心情自是“高興”。