Driving through snowstorm on icy roads for long distances is a most nerve-racking experience. It is a paradox that the snow, coming【C1】______ gently, blowing gleefully in a high wind, all the while【C2】______ down a treacherous carpet, freezes the windows,【C3】______ the view. The might of automated man is【C4】______ . The horses, the powerful electrical systems, the deep-tread tires, all go【C5】______ nothing. One minute the road feels【C6】______ , and the next the driver is sliding over it, light as a【C7】______ , in a panic, wondering what the heavy trailer trucks coming up【C8】______ the rear are going to do. The trucks are like【C9】______ when you have to pass them, not at sixty or seventy【C10】______ you do when the road is dry, but at twenty-five and thirty. 【C11】______ their engines sound unnaturally loud. Snow, slush and【C12】______ of ice spray from beneath the wheels, obscure the windshield, and rattle【C13】______ your car. Beneath the wheels there is plenty of 【C14】______ for you to slide and get mashed to a pulp. Inch【C15】______ inch you move up, past the rear wheels, the center wheels, the cab, the front wheels, all【C16】______ too slowly by. Straight ahead you continue, 【C17】______ to cut over sharply would send you into a slip,【C18】______ in front of the vehicle. At last, there is 【C19】______ enough, and you creep back over, in front of the truck now, but【C20】______ the sound of its engine still thundering in your ears.
【答案解析】解析:从句引导词。空格所在句子中存在比较结构,即,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。as可用于比较结构,表示“像……一样,如同”,因此C项正确。what只能引导名词性从句,what you do表示“你做的事情”;since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】解析: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,朝”,against表示“逆着,与……相反”或“紧靠,倚”,off意为“从(某处落下)”,along意为“沿着,顺着”。根据句意,应是“雪、泥和碎冰碴溅到车上,又格格作响地从车上掉下来”,因此C项正确。
单选题
【C14】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:根据上下文选择恰当的词。四个选项都是常见的简单词汇,关键要根据句子含义进行选择。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snow“雪”,earth“泥土”或ice“冰”。因此C项正确。
单选题
【C15】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:英语成语。英语讲究对称美,其表现之一为成语排列形式上的对称美,即以介词、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),word for word(逐词地),like for like(以牙还牙)。A项为正确答案。
【答案解析】解析:逻辑词辨析。空格前后是两个独立的分句,因此空格处需要填人一个连词。meanwhile为副词,意为“同时”,放在句首时要么另起一句,要么与前一句用分号隔开,meanwhile首先排除。其他几个词都可作连词,unless意为“除非”;whereas常用于比较或对比两个事实,意为“然而,但是,尽管”;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,因为突然超车抢道到卡车前面(cut over sharply)会使你的车滑倒”,因此D项为正确答案。
单选题
【C18】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析: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”;fight意为“正好,恰好,直接地”,根据文意,D项为正确答案。
【答案解析】解析:介词辨析。空格前的but为并列连词,连接句子中的两个状语成分,即in front of…和the sound thundering。“with+名词+分词”可构成独立主格结构,作状语,因此A项正确。其他项作介词时,like意为“像,如同”,inside意为“在……里面”,upon意为“在……上”。