单选题
Driving through snowstorm on icy roads for long distances is a most nerve-racking experience. It is a paradox that the snow, coming (21) gently, blowing gleefully in a high wind, all the while (22) down a treacherous carpet, freezes the windows, (23) the view. The might of automated man is (24) The horses, the powerful electrical systems, the deep-tread tires, all go (25) nothing. One minute the road feels (26) , and the next the driver is sliding over it, light as a (27) , in a panic, wondering what the heavy trailer trucks coming up (28) the rear are going to do. The trucks are like (29) when you have to pass them, not at sixty or seventy (30) you do when the road is dry, but at twenty-five and thirty. (31) their engines sound unnaturally loud. Snow, slush and (32) of ice spray from beneath the wheels, obscure the windshield, and rattle (33) your car. Beneath the wheels there is plenty of (34) for you to slide and get mashed to a pulp. Inch (35) inch you move up, past the rear wheels, the center wheels, the cab, the front wheels, all (36) too slowly by. Straight ahead you continue, (37) to cut over sharply would send you into a slip, (38) in front of the vehicle. At last, there is enough (39) , and you creep back over, in front of the truck now, but (40) the sound of its engine still thundering in your ears.
【答案解析】本题考查从句引导词。空格所在的句子中存在着比较you have to pass them not... you do when the road is dry(路面滑时开车不像路面干燥时那样快),因此空格处填入的词应引导比较状语从句you do when...,从句中do为上文动词pass的替代词。C“as”可用于比较结构,表示“像……一样,如同”,因此C为正确选项;注意what只能引导名词性从句;。Ince一般引导时间状语从句,表示“从……以后,自……以来”;that只能引导定语从句或名词性从句。
【答案解析】本题考查介词辨析。空格处填入的介词与动词rattle(象声词,“格格响,嘎嘎响”)搭配,其宾语是your car,主语是上文的snow,slush and chips of ice。选项中,onto表示“(朝某处或某位置运动)向”;against表示“逆着,与……相反”或“紧靠,倚”;off“从(某处落下)”;a-long“沿着,顺着”,根据句意可知应是“雪、泥和碎冰渣溅到车上,又格格作响地从车上掉下来”,因此正确答案为C“off”。
单选题
A. snow B. earth C. room D. ice
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题考查词汇搭配。四个选项的词汇都很简单,关键要根据句意进行选择。空格所在句子的结构是there is plenty of sth. for you to...,其中不定式作结果状语,意为“轮子下有足够的……让你打滑并被碾成肉酱”。根据句子逻辑,应是“(足够的)空间”,而非“雪”,“泥土”或“冰”。因此正确答案为C“room”。
单选题
A. by B. after C. for D. with
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题考查习语搭配。英语中以介词、连词(and或or)或动词为“对称轴”,构成相同词、同词性的词、反义词或同类词的对称。本题inch by inch就是以介词by为“对称轴”构成的相同词(inch)的对称,意为“一点一点地”。类似结构的成语还有:head to head(交头接耳)、like for like(以牙还牙)和step by step(一步步地),因此正确答案为A。
【答案解析】本题考查逻辑词汇辨析。空格前后是两个独立的分句,因此空格处需要填入一个连词。四个选项中meanwhile为副词,可排除;其他几个词都可作连词,unless“除非”,whereas“然而,尽管”,常用于比较或对比两个事实;for意为“因为”。根据句意,空格前后两个分句之间是因果关系,即“你(驾驶者)继续笔直地往前开,因为突然超车抢道跑到卡车前面(cut over sharply)会使车滑倒”,因此正确答案为D。
单选题
A. sheer B. mostly C. rarely D. right
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】本题考查副词辨析。空格处应填入一个副词,修饰介词短语in front of(在……前面)。sheer作副词时意为“垂直地,陡峭地”;mostly意为“主要地,一般地”;rarely意为“罕有,很少,不常”;right意为“正好,恰好,直接地”。根据文意,正确答案为D。