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。
On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have ____41____ the course earlier than she did. Her ____42____ came because she was carrying a ____43____ across the finish line.
As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her ____44____ when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She ____45____ to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with ____46____. She couldn’t. Bailey then ____47____ to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get ____48____ attention.
Once there, Lenoue was ____49____ and later taken to a hospital, where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme ____50____ to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help.
As for Bailey, she is more ____51____ about why her act is considered a big ____52____. “She was just crying. I couldn’t ____53____ her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.”
Although the two young women were strangers before the ____54____, they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the ____55____ of human kindness won the day.
41. ______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:Melanie Bailey应该更早完成比赛。A、 designed设计;
B、 followed跟随;
C、 changed改变;
D、 finished完成。根据下一段的“carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get ____8____ attention”可知,Bailey在比赛中背一名参赛者,所以完成比赛晚了,因此句子表示“Melanie Bailey应该更早完成比赛”。故选D。
42. ______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:她的延迟是因为她背着一名竞争对手冲过终点线。A、 delay延误;
B、 chance机会;
C、 trouble麻烦;
D、 excuse借口。根据上文“Melanie Bailey should have ____1____ the course earlier than she did”和上一题的解析可知,Melanie Bailey应该更早完成比赛,她的延迟是因为她背着一名竞争对手冲过终点线。故选A。
43. ______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:她的延迟是因为她背着一名参赛者冲过终点线。A、 judge裁判;
B、 volunteer志愿者;
C、 classmate同学;
D、 competitor参赛者。根据第一段的“hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race”可知,她是背着一名参赛者冲过终点线。故选D。
44. ______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:据当地一家报纸报道,当Bailey跑到比赛的三分之二多的时候,她前面的一名选手开始痛苦地哭泣。A、 race比赛;
B、 school学校;
C、 town城镇;
D、 training训练。根据第一段的“hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race”可知,此处是说“当Bailey跑到比赛的三分之二多的时候”。故选A。
45. ______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:她停下来帮助她同伴Danielle Lenoue。A、 agreed同意;
B、 returned回来;
C、 stopped停止;
D、 promised答应。根据下文“to help her fellow runner”可知,她停下来帮助她的同伴Danielle Lenoue。故选C。
46. ______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:Bailey扶着她的胳膊,看看她能否帮助下向前走。A、 courage勇气;
B、 aid帮助;
C、 patience耐心;
D、 advice建议。根据上文“Bailey took her arm”可知,此处表示看她是否能在她的帮助下向前走。故选B。
47. ______
考查动词短语辨析。句意:然后Bailey弯下腰,让Lenoue爬到她的背上,一路背着她走到终点线,然后又走了300英尺,到Lenoue接受治疗的地方。A、 went away离开;
B、 stood up站起来;
C、 stepped aside让路;
D、 bent down弯腰。根据下文“let Lenoue climb onto her back”可知,Bailey弯下腰,让勒诺爬到她的背上。故选D。
48. ______
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:然后Bailey弯下腰,让Lenoue爬到她的背上,一路背着她走到终点线,然后又走了300英尺,到Lenoue接受治疗的地方。A、 medical医疗的;
B、 public公众的;
C、 constant持续不断的;
D、 equal平等的。根据上文“began crying in pain”可知,Danielle Lenoue很疼,所以是要接受治疗,medical attention意为“医疗救助”。故选A。
49. ______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:Lenoue在那里接受了检查,后来被送往医院,在那里她得知自己的一个膝盖受了重伤。A、 interrupted打断;
B、 assessed评估;
C、 identified识别;
D、 appreciated感激。根据下文“later taken to a hospital”可知,她是先接受了检查,再被送往医院,也就是先接受评估。故选B。
50. ______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:如果没有Bailey的帮助,她可能会在极度的痛苦中挣扎着到达那个援助检查站。A、 hunger饥饿;
B、 pain疼痛;
C、 cold感冒;
D、 tiredness疲劳。根据第5空前的“began crying in pain”可知,此处表示“如果没有Bailey的帮助,她可能会在极度的痛苦中挣扎着到达那个援助检查站”。故选B。
51. ______
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:至于Bailey,她更困惑的是为什么她的行为被认为是一件大事。A、 worried担心的;
B、 ashamed惭愧的;
C、 confused困惑的;
D、 discouraged泄气的。根据下文“I feel like I was just doing the right thing”可知,Bailey觉得自己只是做了正确的事情,所以她对她的行为被认为是一件大事感到困惑。故选C。
52. ______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:至于Bailey,她更困惑的是为什么她的行为被认为是一件大事。A、 game游戏;
B、 problem问题;
C、 lesson课;
D、 deal交易,局面。根据下文“I feel like I was just doing the right thing”可知,Bailey觉得自己只是做了正确的事情,所以她对她的行为被认为是一件大事感到困惑,a big deal意为“非常重要的事”。故选D。
53. ______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我不能离开她。A、 leave离开;
B、 cure治愈;
C、 bother打扰;
D、 understand理解。根据上文“She was just crying”以及Lenoue爬到她的背上,一路背着她走到终点线,然后又走了300英尺。可知,Bailey看见Lenoue哭喊,所以觉得不能离开她。故选A。
54.______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:虽然这两个年轻女子在那场体育比赛之前是陌生人,但后来她们成了朋友。A、 ride短途旅程;
B、 test测试;
C、 meet体育比赛;
D、 show展示。根据第一段“hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race”及空前的“the two young women were strangers before”可知,当时是一场比赛,句子表示“这两个年轻女子在那场体育比赛之前是陌生人”。故选C。
55. ______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:两人都没有赢得比赛,但展示出的人类善良赢得了胜利。A、 secret秘密;
B、 display展示;
C、 benefit利益;
D、 exchange交换。根据第二段的“let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get ____8____ attention”可知,Bailey背着一个参赛者过终点,并背她去接受检查,这展示了人类的善良。故选B。