单选题 For the (26) month, mysterious falls of large chunks of ice (冰雹) (27) rained down on Spain and Italy. Juana Sanchez, a 70-year-old woman in Almeria, southern Spain, was knocked
(28) when she was struck on the shoulder by a falling ice chunk (29) she walked in a street (30) her home. On January 12, just about 200 miles away in Seville, a man narrowly (31) serious injury when a 9-pound ball of ice (32) into his car. (33) the evening of January 27 priests at the Salesian monastery in L'Aquila, Italy were startled by a loud crash. (34) the noise, they discovered a large chunk of ice on their yard, (35) intact. Upon examination, the block of ice (36) in at 2 kilograms and no source (37) . On the same day, about 100 miles northeast in Ancona, Italy, the local officials were called to investigate the report of a man (38) was struck (39) the head by all kilogram chunk of ice that apparently fell from the sky.
Spain and Italy aren't the only European (40) getting attacked by huge ice blocks in January. On January 2 in Surrey, England (southwest of London), an East Indian man was walking through Newton Athletic Park when he (41) a strange whistling sound overhead. Seconds (42) ,a large hunk of ice fell out of the clear blue sky and pounded into the soft ground, shattering over a 50-foot-wide area. The ice dug a hole of a foot deep and a foot in diameter. Even the shattered remains of the mystery ice were as large as tennis balls and were described as opaque (43) no unusual color or smell.
Although eyewitnesses to the phenomenon report that they did not see anything in the sky that could account (44) the ice, scientists had to come up with a rationalization. Professor Jesus Martinez Frias, the geologist investigating the ice falls in Spain, told BBC News that the ice pieces had probably been (45) through sudden temperature drops in the stratosphere. This was the most likely explanation, he said, for the "very unusual" phenomenon.

单选题 [A] last [B] past [C] passed [D] early
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 词义辨析
[解析] 这里需要一个形容词修饰month,C是动词可以排除,而句子意思是“在过去的一个月里”,只有B可以表达这个意思,故选B。
单选题 [A] was [B] were [C] has [D] have
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 时态和主谓一致
[解析] 句子的主语为。mysterious falls为复数,动作发生在过去一个月里,强调已完成,应用现在完成时态,故选D。
单选题 [A] conscious [B] consciously [C] unconscious [D] unconsciously
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 词义辨析和形容词、副词的用法
[解析] conscious有知觉的,unconscious无知觉的,形容词表示状态,副词修饰谓语,这里句子意思是老太太被砸晕了,表示状态,故选C。
单选题 [A] before [B] after [C] as [D] since
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 连词辨析
[解析] 句子意思是当她在街上走时,as意思是“当…,一边…,一边…”故选C。
单选题 [A] at [B] in [C] along [D] near
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 介词辨析
[解析] 根据上下文句子意思应该是在她家附近走路,只有near符合,故选D。
单选题 [A] escaped [B] went [C] attacked [D] got
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 固定搭配
[解析] narrowly escape是常见搭配,表示“差一点就…”,类似的固定搭配还有a narrow escape,表示“九死一生”,故选A。
单选题 [A] smashed [B] broke [C] rolled [D] fell
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 动词词组辨析
[解析] smash into撞上,break:into破门而入,roll into滚入,fell into掉进,根据上下文司机没有受伤,冰球只是砸到车上没有进去,故选A。
单选题 [A] In [B] At [C] During [D] On
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 介词辨析
[解析] 在具体某一天的上午、下午、晚上都只能用介词on,故选D。
单选题 [A] Investigate [B] Investigating [C] Investigated [D] Investigation
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 分词的用法
[解析] 分词在句中可以作伴随状语,主动的动作用现在分词,被动的动作用过去分词,在这里动作的逻辑主语是they,是主动动作,因此用现在分词investigating,故选B。
单选题 [A] large [B] largely [C] big [D] huge
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 副词的用法
[解析] 这里文章意思是“大部分完整”,这里只有B是副词可以修饰形容词intact,故选B。
单选题 [A] weighs [B] weighed [C] has weighed [D] had weighed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 时态
[解析] 根据句子意思,这里讲述的是过去的动作,需要用一般过去时,故选B。
单选题 [A] determined [B] has determined
[C] was determined [D] had been determined
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 被动语态和时态
[解析] 句子意思是冰块的来源不能被确定,应该用被动语态,而这里讲述的是过去的动作,需要用一般过去时,故选C。
单选题 [A] which [B] who [C] whom [D] what
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 定语从句
[解析] 先行词为a man,从句中引导词作主语,因此该定语从句的引导词应为who,故选B。
单选题 [A] in [B] at [C] from [D] on
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 介词辨析
[解析] 身体部位如果是软的,前面的介词用in。如in the face,硬部位用on如on the head,故选D。
单选题 [A] country [B] nation [C] countries [D] place
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 名词的用法
[解析] 这里谈到的是意大利和西班牙两个国家,应为复数,故选C。
单选题 [A] saw [B] found [C] heard [D] witnessed
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析
[解析] 这里是指听到一声事物呼啸而过的声音,C最符合文意,故选C。
单选题 [A] ago [B] before [C] after [D] later
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 词义辨析
[解析] 这里是指几秒钟之后,需要一个副词,after只能做介词和连词,因此可排除,故选D。
单选题 [A] in [B] with [C] has [D] have
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 介词的用法
[解析] 这里句子不缺谓语因此不可以用动词,排除C、D,而句子意思是没有不寻常的颜色和味道,with符合文意,故选B。
单选题 [A] / [B] for [C] with [D] on
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 固定搭配
[解析] account for是固定搭配,表示“说明、做出解释”,故选B。
单选题 [A] formed [B] caused [C] made [D] fallen
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 动词词义辨析
[解析] A形成,B导致,C制造,D落下。根据文章,这里意思为“冰块的形成是由于同温层气温突变造成的”,A最符合文意,故选A。