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
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{{/U}}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。