单选题 It was Clark's first visit to London Underground Railway. Against (36) advice of his friends, he decided to go there after 5 o'clock in the afternoon. This is a bad time to (37) in London, because numerous people go home from work (38) this hour. He had to join a long (39) of people who were waiting for tickets. When his turn came, he had some difficulty in making himself (40) by the man selling tickets. However, he got the right ticket (41) the end and, by asking people the (42) , he also found the fight platform. It was packed tight (43) people. He did not (44) to get on the first train, but he was (45) to move nearer to the edge of the platform so as to be in a better (46) to get on the next one.
When this train came in, Clark was (47) forward on to the train by the (48) of people from behind. The doors closed and the train (49) off. He was unable to see the names of the stations where the train stopped, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth (50) along the line. When the train got to the sixth station, Clark got off, feeling good that his (51) had been so easy. But be suddenly (52) that he had come to a station he had never heard of. He explained his difficulty to a man who was standing on the platform. With a (53) on his face, the man (54) Clark that he had caught a train going in the opposite (55) .

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查定冠词的用法。此处特指朋友的建议,所以用定冠词the。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。leave意为“离开(某人或某处)”;visit意为“拜访,参观”;stay意为“停留,留下”;travel意为“旅行,旅游”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查句意理解。本句意为:在下午5点过后他走进了地铁站,这个时间对于乘坐伦敦地铁旅行的人来说不是个很好的时间,因为大多数人在这个时间正好下班回家。at this hour意为“在这个时间点上”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词语的固定搭配。本句意为:他必须加入一个长长的队伍,排队的人都在等着买票。queue意为“长队,行列”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查句意理解。本句意为:当最后轮到他时,他很难让卖票的人能够明白他的意思。这里in making himself understood by...意为“使他自己被…理解”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查介词短语的用法。本句意为:然而,他最后终于拿到了票。in the end意为“最后,终于”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。route意为“路线,路途”;track意为“(车辆、人、动物等行走时留下的)踪迹,足迹,痕迹”;way意为“(做某事)方法,方式,手段”;path意为“小路,小径”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。be packed with sb.意为“挤满 (人)”,是固定搭配。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词的固定搭配。manage意为“做成(某事),应付(某事)”时,搭配形式为manage to do sth.;succeed意为“成功,做成(某事)”,搭配形式为succeed in doing sth.;fail意为“失败”;achieve意为“获得,实现,完成”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配,考生应注意积累。be able to do sth.意为“能;有能力、办法或机会做成某事”,是固定搭配。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。position意为“位置,方位”;state意为“状态,状况,情况,情形”;seat意为“座位,座”;way意为“(做某事)方法,方式,手段”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查生活常识。我们知道在地铁站,人多的时候,乘客会被拥挤的人流推着走。本句意为:当地铁进站时,克拉克被后面向前拥挤的人拥进地铁。hurried意为“急匆匆的”;crowded意为“拥挤的”;forced意为“被强迫的”;swept意为“被推动着,被拥向前”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查近义词辨析。push意为“推,搡”;rush意为“冲,奔”;drag意为“拖,拉”;brash意为“轻触”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为:地铁门关上了,地铁出发了。moved off意为“(尤指车辆)起程,出发,离开”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本句意为:当地铁停靠时他不能看到站台的名字,可是他知道他要在沿线第六站下车。pause意为“(行为、讲话中的)暂停,临时中止”;stop意为“(公共汽车、火车等的)停车站”;place意为“地方,场所,所在地”;rest意为“睡眠或休息(的时间)”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查近义词辨析。journey意为“旅行,旅程”是名词; travel意为“旅行,旅游”是动词;Visit意为“拜访,参观”;voyage意为“航行;(尤指)航海”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查句意理解。本句意为:可是他突然意识到他下来的这一站他从来都没听过。realized意为“意识到,认识到”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查近义词辨析。本句意为:那个人面带微笑地告诉他,他坐了反方向的车。laugh意为“笑,发笑,大声笑”;look意为“表情,样子,外貌;看”;smile意为“微笑”;stare意为“凝视,注视,盯着看”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词词义辨析。explained意为“解释,说明”; said意为“说”;told意为“告诉”;advised意为“建议”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查名词词义辨析。direction意为“方向”,根据53题对本句句意的解释可知正确答案为A。