Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
For the 26 month,, mysterious falls of large chunks of ice (冰雹) 27 rained down on Spain and Italy. Juana Sanchez, a 70-year-old woman in Almeria, southern Spain, was knocked 28 when she was struck on the shoulder by a falling ice chunk 29 she walked in a street. 30 her home. On January 12, just about 200 miles away in Seville, a man narrowly 31 serious injury when a 9-pound ball of ice 32 into his car. 33 the evening of January 27 priests at the Salesian monastery in L'Aquila, Italy were startled by a loud crash. 34 the noise, they discovered a large chunk of ice on their yard, 35 intact. Upon examination, the block of ice 36 in at 2 kilograms and no source 37 On the same day, about 100 miles northeast in An-cona, Italy, the local officials were called to investigate the report of a man 38 was struck the head by a 1 kilogram chunk of ice that apparently fell from the 39 sky.
Spain and Italy aren't the only European 40 getting attacked by huge ice blocks in January. On January 2 in Surrey, England (southwest of London), an East Indian man was walking through Newton Athletic Park when he 41 a strange whistling sound overhead. Seconds 42, a large hunk of ice fell out of the clear blue sky and pounded into the soft ground, shattering over a 50-foot-wide area. The ice dug a hole of a foot deep and a foot in diameter. Even the shattered remains of the mystery ice were as large as tennis balls and were described as opaque 43 no unusual color or smell.
Although eyewitnesses to the phenomenon report that they did not see anything in the sky that could account 44 the ice, scientists had to come up with a rationalization. Professor Jesus Martinez Frias, the geologist investigating the ice falls in Spain, told BBC News that the ice pieces had probably been 45 through sudden temperature drops in the stratosphere. This was the most likely explanation, he said, for the "very unusual" phenomenon.
26. [A] last [B] past [C] passed [D] early
27. [A] was [B] were [C] has [D] have
28. [A] conscious [B] consciously [C] unconscious [D]unconsciously
29. [A] before [B] after [C] as [D] since
30. [A]at [B] in [C] along [D]near
31. [A escaped [B] went [C] attacked [D]got
32. [A] smashed [B] broke [C] rolled [D] fell
33. [A] In [B] At [C] During [D]On
34. [A]Investigate [B] Investigating [C] Investigated [D] Investigation
35. [A] large [B] largely [C] big [D] huge
36. [A]weighs [B] weighed [C]has weighed [D] had weighed
37. [A] determined [B] has determined [C] was determined [D] had been determined
38. [A] which [B] who [C]whom [D]what
39. [A]in [B]at [C] from [D] on
40. [A] country [B]nation [C] countries [D] place
41. [A] saw [B] found [C] heard [D]witnessed
42. [A] ago [B] before [C] after [D] later
43. [A] in [B] with [C] has [D] have
44. [A] / [B] for [C] with [D] on
45 [A]formed [B] caused [C] made [D] fallen
參考譯文
在過去的一個月里,西班牙和意大利都不可思議地下起了走塊大塊的冰雹。胡安娜·桑切斯是西班牙南部阿爾梅里亞市一名70歲的老太太,她在家附近的一條街上走路時,被一個從空中落下的大冰塊砸中了肩膀,昏了過去。1月12號那天,就在離塞維里亞市約200英里處.一個9磅重的大冰球砸到了一輛汽車上,車里的男人險些被砸成重傷,l月27號晚,意大利拉魁拉市慈幼會修道院里傳出了一聲巨響,驚動了院里的牧師們。循著聲音的方向找過去,他們發(fā)現(xiàn)一個幾乎完整無損、巨大的冰塊砸在了他們的院子里。檢查發(fā)現(xiàn)這個大冰塊重達2公斤,但還是不清楚它是從哪兒來的。就在同一天,在意大利安科納市東北約100英里處,當?shù)毓賳T被要求去調查一個電話報告,該報告稱有人被一塊顯然是從天上掉下來的、重l公斤的冰塊砸中了頭部。
在1月份遭巨冰襲擊的歐洲國家并不只有西班牙和意大利兩個國家。l月2號在英國薩里地區(qū)(位于倫敦的西南方向),一個東印度男人正在牛頓運動公園里走路。突然他聽到頭頂上空傳來一聲奇怪的呼嘯聲。幾秒鐘之后,一個巨大的冰塊從朗朗青天上掉了下來,重重地摔到了松軟的土地上,整整有50英尺寬面積的土地上滿是它的碎渣。地上被砸出了一個深l英尺、直徑1英尺的坑。這塊冰碩大無比,即使是它的碎渣也有網(wǎng)球那么大,而且據(jù)描述它不透明,顏色和氣味也沒什么不尋常。
盡管商擊者都說他們沒有看到天空中有任何可以解釋冰塊來源的現(xiàn)象,但是科學家們必須找到其中的原因。地質學家杰西.馬丁內斯.弗里亞斯教授告訴英國廣播公司新聞頻道說,冰決很可能是由于大氣中同溫層溫度突變造成的。他說,這是對這種“極為異常”現(xiàn)象的最可能的解釋。
答案及解析
26.【答案】B
【考點】詞義辨析
【解析】這里需要一個形容詞修飾month,C是動詞可以排除,而句子意思是“在過去的一個月里”,只有B可以表達這個意思,故選B。
27.【答案】D
【考點】時態(tài)和主謂一致
【解析】句子的主語為mysterious falls為復數(shù),動作發(fā)生在過去一個月里,強調已完成,應用現(xiàn)在完成時態(tài),故選D。
28.【答案】C
【考點】詞義辨析和形容詞、副詞的用法
【解析】conscious有知覺的,unconscious無知覺的,形容詞表示:淡態(tài),副詞修飾謂語,這里句子意思是老太太被砸暈了,表示狀態(tài),故選C。
29.【答案】C
【考點】連詞辨析
【解析】句子意思是當她在街上走時,as意思是“當…,一邊…,一邊…”故選C。
30.【答案】D
【考點】介詞辨析
【解析】根據(jù)上下文句子意思應該是在她家附近走路,只有near符合,故選D。
31.【答案】A
【考點】固定搭配
【解析】narrowly escape是常見搭配,表示“差一點就…”,類似的固定搭配還有a narrow escape,表示“九死一生”,故選A。
32.【答案】A
【考點】動詞詞組辨析
【解析】smash int0撞上,break into破門而入,roll into滾入,fell into掉進,根據(jù)上下文司機沒有受傷,冰球只是砸到車上沒有進去,故選A。
33.【答案】D
【考點】介詞辨析
【解析】在具體某一天的上午、下午、晚上都只能用介詞on,故選D。
34.【答案】B
【考點】分詞的用法
【解析】分詞在句中可以作伴隨狀語,主動的動作用現(xiàn)在分詞,被動的動作用過去分詞,在這里動作的邏輯主語是they,是主動動作,因此用現(xiàn)在分詞investigating,故選B。
35.【答案】B
【考點】副詞的用法
【解析】這里文章意思是“大部分完整”,這里只有B是副詞可以修飾形容詞intact,故選B。
36.【答案】B
【考點】時態(tài)
【解析】根據(jù)句子意思,這里講述的是過去的動作,需要用一般過去時,故選B。
37.【答案】C
【考點】被動語態(tài)和時態(tài)
【解析】句子意思是冰塊的來源不能被確定,應該用被動語態(tài),而這里講述的是過去的動作,需要用一般過去時,故選C。
38.【答案】B
【考點】定語從句
【解析】先行詞為a man,從句中引導詞作主語,因此該定語從句的引導詞應為who,故選B。
39.【答案】D
【考點】介詞辨析
【解析】身體部位如果是軟的,前面的介詞用in如in the face,硬部位用on如on the head,故選D。
40.【答案】C
【考點】名詞的用法
【解析】這里談到的是意大利和西班牙兩個國家,應為復數(shù),故選C。
41.【答案】C
【考點】動詞辨析
【解析】這里是指聽到一聲事物呼嘯而過的聲音,C最符合文意,故選C
42.【答案】D
【考點】詞義辨析
【解析】這里是指幾秒鐘之后,需要一個副詞,after只能做介詞和連詞,因此可排除,故選D。
43.【答案】B
【考點】介詞的用法
【解析】這里句子不缺謂語因此不可以用動詞,排除C、D,而句子意思是沒有不尋常的顏色和味道,with符合文意,故選B。
44.【答案】B
【考點】固定搭配
【解析】account for是固定搭配,表示“說明、做出解釋”,故選8。
45.【答案】A
【考點】動詞詞義辨析
【解析】A形成,B導致,C制造,D落下。根據(jù)文章,這里意思為“冰塊的形成是由于同溫層氣溫突變造成的”,A最符合文意,故選A。