阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP (Pilots N Paws) website from a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight ___41___. They could not afford to pay for ___42___ for their dog, Tiffy, and ___43___ wanted to take her with them.
It just ___44___ that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who ___45___ to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia. What I was to do was fly to Topeka to ___46___ Tiffy.
When I met Tiffy’s owners, they seemed very ___47___. George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was ___48___ for him, having to leave his dog to a ___49___ and trust that everything would _____50_____.
After some goodbyes, I asked George and his wife to help me _____51_____ Tiffy into the plane. I promised to take care of Tiffy and _____52_____ them as soon as we got to Kansas City.
The flight was _____53_____, and Tiffy was a great passenger. The next day, she _____54_____ with Karen and made it back to George in Virginia within a few days. He was so _____55_____ and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again.
41. _______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:他们不得不搬到弗吉尼亚,但他们的预算非常紧张。A. turn转折点;
B、budget预算;
C、schedule时间表;
D、connection联系。根据“They could not afford to pay for ___2___ for their dog, Tiffy,”可知,这个家庭的预算非常紧张。故选B。
42. _______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:他们付不起他们的狗Tiffy的交通费,又非常想带她一起走。A. food食物;
B、shelter庇护;
C、medicine药;
D、transportation交通。根据“They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight ___1___ .”及下文可知,这个家庭的预算非常紧张,所以付不起他们的狗Tiffy的交通费。故选D。
43. _______
考查副词词义辨析。句意:他们付不起他们的狗Tiffy的交通费,又非常想带她一起走。
A、desperately非常、拼命地;
B、temporarily暂时地;
C、secretly秘密地;
D、originally起初。根据“wanted to take her with them.”可知,这家人非常想把狗一起带走。故选A。
44. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:碰巧我和另一名飞行员Karen正在计划另一次PNP飞行,他主动提出要把Tiffy从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚。A. appeared出现;
B、proved证明;
C、happened碰巧;
D、showed展示。根据“I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen,”可知,碰巧的是作者和另一名飞行员正在计划另一次PNP飞行。故选C。
45. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:碰巧我和另一名飞行员Karen正在计划另一次PNP飞行,他主动提出要把Tiffy从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚。A. waited等待;
B、offered提供、主动提出;
C、hurried匆忙;
D、failed失败。根据“to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.”可知,Karen主动提出帮忙把狗Tiffy从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚。故选B。
46. _______
考查动词短语辨析。句意:我要做的就是飞到托皮卡去接Tiffy。A. see off为……送行;
B、look for寻找;
C、hand over移交;
D、pick up接载。根据“What I was to do was fly to Topeka”和常识可知,作者需要飞到托皮卡去接Tiffy。故选D。
47. _______
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当我见到Tiffy的主人时,他们看起来很紧张。A. confused困惑的;
B、nervous紧张的;
C、annoyed恼怒的;
D、curious好奇的。根据“George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was ___8___ for him, having to leave his dog to a ___9___ and trust that everything would ___10___ .”可知,这家人看起来有点紧张和不安。故选B。
48. _______
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:丈夫George试着冷静下来,但我看得出来,这对他来说很难,他不得不把狗留给一个陌生人,并相信一切都会解决的。A. hard困难的;
B、fine好的;
C、common常见的;
D、lucky幸运的。根据上文“was trying to be calm”以及下文“having to leave his dog to a ___9___ and trust that everything would ___10___ .”可推知,此处指把狗留给一个陌生人对主人来说很难。故选A。
49. _______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:丈夫George试着冷静下来,但我看得出来,这对他来说很难,他不得不把狗留给一个陌生人,并相信一切都会解决的。A. coworker合作者;
B、passenger乘客;
C、stranger陌生人;
D、neighbor邻居。根据“George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was ___8___ for him,”可知,要把狗留给一个陌生人。故选C。
50. _______
考查动词短语辨析。句意:丈夫George试着冷静下来,但我看得出来,这对他来说很难,他不得不把狗留给一个陌生人,并相信一切都会解决的。A. speed up加速;
B、work out解决;
C、come back回来;
D、take off起飞。根据“George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was ___8___ for him,”可知,让狗的主人George相信一个陌生人一切都会解决好,对他来说很难。故选B。
51. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:道别之后,我让George和他的妻子帮我把Tiffy送上飞机。A. feed喂养;
B、follow跟随;
C、change改变;
D、load装载。load into装入。根据“Tiffy into the plane.”可知,作者让George和他的妻子帮忙把Tiffy装入飞机。故选D。
52. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我答应过会照顾好Tiffy,一到堪萨斯城就给他们打电话。A. call打电话;
B、join加入;
C、leave离开;
D、serve服务。根据“as soon as we got to Kansas City.”可知,作者承诺一到堪萨斯城就给他们打电话。故选A。
53. _______
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:这次飞行平安无事,Tiffy是个很棒的乘客。A. unnecessary没有必要的;
B、unexpected意想不到的;
C、unavoidable不可避免的;
D、uneventful太平无事的。根据“and Tiffy was a great passenger.”可知,这次飞行一切都平安无事。故选D。
54. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:第二天,她和Karen一起坐飞机,几天后就回到了弗吉尼亚州的George那里。
A、returned返回;
B、fought打仗;
C、flew飞;
D、agreed同意。根据“It just ___4___ that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who ___5___ to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia.”可知,Karen带狗Tiffy飞往弗吉尼亚州。故选C。
55. _______
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:他非常感激,给我发了一封很漂亮的电子邮件,并附上了照片。A. thankful感激的;
B、generous慷慨的;
C、proud骄傲的;
D、sympathetic同情的。通读全文,再根据“and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures.”可推知,此处指对于作者的帮忙,George非常感激。故选A。