单选题 (1) exactly a year ago, in a small village in Northern India, Andrea Milliner was bitten on the leg by a dog. "It must have (2) your nice white flesh", joked the doctor (3) he dressed the wound. Andrea and her husband Nigel were determined not to let it (4) their holiday, and thought no more about the dog, which had meanwhile (5) disappeared from the village.
"We didn't (6) there was anything wrong with it," says Nigel. "It was such a small, (7) dog that rabies didn't (8) my mind". But, six weeks later, 23-year-old Andrea was dead. The dog had been rabid. No one had thought it necessary to (9) her antirabies treatment. When, back home in England, she began to show the classic (10) unable to drink, catching her breath her own doctor put it (11) to hysteria. Even when she was (12) into an (13) , hallucinating, recoiling in terror at the sight of water, she was directed (14) the nearest mental hospital.
But if her symptoms (15) little attention in life, in death they achieved a publicity close to hysteria. Cases like Andrea are (16) , but rabies is still one of the most feared diseases known to man. The disease is (17) by a bite of a lick from an (18) animal. It can, in very (19) circumstances, be inhaled-- two scientists died of it after (20) bat dung in a cave in Texas.

单选题 A. Hardly B. Nearly C. Almost D. Merely
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 副词辨析
[解析] 四个选项均表示“几乎”,但只有C选项表肯定含义,其余选项是否定意思。本句意思为:大约一年前。
单选题 A. fancied B. flashed C. flopped D. gasped
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词汇辨析及上下文理解
[解析] A.fancied 喜欢,想象 B.flashed 闪光 C.flopped 飘动 D.gasped 喘气本文从句意可判断出医生开玩笑说那条狗一定是喜欢吃Andrea的肉,其它选项均不合题意。
单选题 A. because B. though C. if D. as
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 上下文逻辑关系
[解析] 从句意看,医生给Andrea包扎伤口时跟她开玩笑,可见只有”“当……的时候”合题意。
单选题 A. snap B. spoil C. stray D. suit
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词汇辨析
[解析] A.snap 猛咬 B.spoil 破坏,宠爱 C.stray 迷路 D.suit适合
通过前面讲到Andre9被狗咬伤了腿,而这句又提到Andrea和她丈夫不想让被狗咬这件事破坏他们度假的兴致。B.spoil意为“破坏(气氛,兴致),宠爱(孩子)”,因此合符题意
单选题 A. noisily B. quietly C. absolutely D. exceedingly
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 副词辨析
[解析] 文章句意为“那条咬伤Andrea的狗从村子里悄然消失”,只有B合题意。
单选题 A. imagine B. realize C. assume D. presume
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 上下文推理
[解析] A.imagine 想象 B.realize意识 C.assume假设,承担 D.presume 假设根据上下文的句子来推测,说的是“我们根本就没意识到这会有什么事情发生”,故只有B合题意。
单选题 A. likeable B. likely C. liking D. likewise
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词语辨析
[解析] A.likeable adj.可爱的 B.likely adj.可能的 C.liking n.喜爱 D.likewise adv.同样地从句意看,那是一条小的可爱的狗,其它均不合题意。
单选题 A. change B. enter C. lose D. set
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 上下文句意理解
[解析] 四个选项均可接my mind,意思分别为:change one's mind改变主意;lose one's mind 发狂;set one's mind on…很想要……;enter (into) one's mind某人想到……该句的意思是“那是一条可爱的小狗,我没想到它会有狂犬病”,因此答案为B。
单选题 A. infect B. inject C. save D. give
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配
[解析] A.infect传染 B.inject注射 C.save 挽救,节省 D.give给予短语give sb.treatment意为“给……治疗”,该句意为“给予她狂犬病治疗”,因此答案为D。
单选题 A. symptoms B. sign C. signal D. mark
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词语辨析
[解析] A.symptoms症状 B.sign迹象,标志 C.signal信号 D.mark记号短语"to show the classic symptoms"意为“表现出典型病状”。
单选题 A. out B. down C. up D. off
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 动词短语
[解析] 四个选项中惟有put it down to hysteria“把……归因为癔病”合题意。put out“熄灭,制造,出版”;put up张贴,为……提供住宿;put off推迟。
单选题 A. loafed B. loaned C. loaded D. located
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词语辨析
[解析] A.loafed游荡 B.loaned借贷 C.loaded安放,负荷 D.located……坐落于根据语意应是把她安放在救护车里,因此只能选loaded。
单选题 A. automobile B. vehicle C. truck D. ambulance
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 上下文的逻辑推理及词义辨析
[解析] A.automobile 机动车,汽车 B.vehicle 交通工具,媒介 C.truck卡车,手推车 D.ambulance救护车根据上下文,我们得知Andrea被患有狂犬病的狗咬伤之后,出现了一些歇斯底里的症状,即癔病,情况非常严重,所以根据上下文,“应该把她安放在救护车上”,最佳选项应是D。
单选题 A. for B. out of C. from D. to
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 动词短语
[解析] 该句前面提到“即使把她安放在救护车里,她也会产生幻觉,一见到水就吓得退缩”那么该句意思是“把她送到附近的精神病院”,故此应是be directed to…。
单选题 A. paid B. gave C. turned D. received
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 动词短语
[解析] 固定词组sb.give/turn one's attention to以及sb.pay attention to,而该句主语为symptoms,因此只有D合题意。
单选题 A. seldom B. rare C. scare D. less
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 同义词辨析
[解析] 根据句意应是“像Andrea这样的病症是罕见的,很少有的”,所以应选B,其它用法不当。
单选题 A. transformed B. transferred C. transmitted D. transported
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词语辨析
[解析] A.transformed 转变,改革 B.transferred转移,调动 C.transmitted传导,传播 D.transported运输根据句意为“这种病是被感染的动物的咬伤而传播的”,因此只有C合题意。
单选题 A. injected B. infected C. injured D. inserted
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词语辨析
[解析] A.injected 注射 B.infected 传染,感染 C.injured损害,伤害 D.inserted 插入句意为“被传染的动物……”,只有B符合。
单选题 A. outstanding B. common C. ordinary D. exceptional
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 词语辨析
[解析] A.outstanding 杰出的,显著的 B.common常见的,通常的 C.ordinary普通的 D.exceptional例外的,异常的
根据句意说的是两个科学家在Texas的一个洞里,那就暗示了他们是“在非常异常的情况下”进行考察,而不是“在通常情况下”中的考察。故只有D符合。
单选题 A. inhaling B. inverting C. inheriting D. initiating
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词语辨析
[解析] A.inhaling 吸入 B.inverting 使颠倒 C.inheriting 继承 D.initiating创始该句讲述两位科学家在Texas一个洞里由于吸入了蝙蝠粪便而死亡。