Question

A few years ago, my younger brother and I went to Norfolk, Virginian by plane. , before we took off, we heard the pilot's voice throughout the plane, “Sorry, ladies and gentlemen. We have no on the plane. We have a generator(发电机), and we are going to the engines with it. We will in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens. ”

See what happens? We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens? At this point, one woman started crying. “Oh, no! We are going to ！” There were sighs of and anxiety quickly spreading throughout the plane, and we hadn't even yet. Thirty minutes passed and we were still there. Then the voice of the pilot came over again,“ Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are , so are we. We only have one engine going right now, and it is working double time. ”

There was crying we had walked in to grave(坟墓). But the pilot told us our one engine was working double time, and his was to get up in the air and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air and happened. We arrived in Norfolk and everyone for still being alive.

Although I do sincerely like to have a plan “see what happens”, it really isn’t such a bad life strategy. All too often, I would see people pursuing their goals with inaction just because they don’t have success. Actually, success will never be guaranteed. The thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what hap­pens.

If you are planning to learn a new skill, “get up in the air, and see what happens!” It might not be as as you thought. You might be smarter than you thought, and the result could be very ! So don’t stay there trying nothing just because there is no of guaran­teed success.

1.A. HopefullyB. ExcitedlyC. UnfortunatelyD. Thankfully

2.A. serviceB. powerC. waterD. fuel

3.A. shutB. fixC. changeD. start

4.A. get upB. pack upC. light upD. speed up

5.A. waitB. delayC. crashD. suffer

6.A. rumorB. desperationC. diseaseD. pain

7.A. looked overB. gone outC. got acrossD. taken off

8.A. sittingB. checkingC. watchingD. boarding

9.A. puzzledB. patientC. anxiousD. embarrassed

10.A. even ifB. as ifC. what ifD. only if

11.A. commentB. complaintC. promiseD. plan

12.A. everythingB. somethingC. nothingD. anything

13.A. escapedB. cheeredC. sighedD. praised

14.A. less thanB. other thanC. better thanD. more than

15.A. frozenB. annoyedC. concernedD. satisfied

16.A. realisticB, organizedC. potentialD. guaranteed

17.A. sameB. commonC. bestD. last

18.A. interestingB. challengingC. surprisingD. encouraging

19.A. rewardingB. disappointingC. sorrowD. trouble

20.A. meaningB. signC. actionD. reward

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了作者一次乘飞机的经历，因为故障问题，飞机只能用发电机发电，但是飞行员还是计划起飞，期望能安全抵达。虽然乘客非常绝望，但是结果却令人庆幸。从这件事作者想到在生活中有计划固然不错，但是有时在没有十足把握的时候去尝试一下，也未必是错误的选择。

1.考查副词辨析。A. Hopefully有希望地；B. Excitedly激动地；C. Unfortunately不幸地；D. Thankfully感谢地。根据下文中的sorry, ladies and gentlemen. We have no   on the plane可知飞机上没有电这种事情，是很不幸的。根据句意选C。

2.考查名词辨析。A. service服务；B. power电力；C. water水；D. fuel燃料。从下文信息：We have a generator(发电机), and we are going to ….the engines with it.可知飞机上没有电，将用发电机来发电。选B。

3.考查动词辨析。A. shut关闭；B. fix修理；C. change改变；D. start启动。此处指“我们要用它来启动发动机”。根据句意选D.

4.考查短语辨析。A. get up起床，上升；B. pack up收拾行李；C. light up点亮；D. speed up加速。根据下文中的We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens?可知这里指升入天空，选A。

5.C考查动词辨析。A. wait等待；B. delay拖延；C. crash坠毁；D. suffer遭受。从情理可知因为飞行员说飞机没有电了，但是想飞起来看看能否到达目的地，所以乘客们会害怕飞机坠毁。根据句意选C。

6.考查名词辨析。A. rumor谣言；B. desperation绝望；C. disease疾病；D. . pain疼痛，痛苦。从上文内容可知人们感到害怕，所以在飞机里蔓延着绝望的叹气和焦虑。选B。

7.考查短语辨析。A. looked over俯瞰；B. gone out熄灭；C. got across传达；D. taken off起飞。从上文We are going to get up in the air和,before we took off可知作者乘坐的飞机还没有起飞。故选D。

8.考查动词辨析。A. sitting坐；B. checking检查；C. watching观看；D. boarding登机。从上文可知当飞行员宣布消息的时候飞机还没有起飞，根据still一词可以判断30分钟过去了，飞机还没有起飞，人们还是坐在那里，选A。

9..考查形容词辨析。A. puzzled困惑的；B. patient耐心的；C. desperate绝望的；D. embarrassed尴尬的。根据当时的情景可以推测乘客和机组成员都很绝望。选C。

10.考查连词辨析。A. even if即使；B. as if好像；C. what if倘若……又如何？D. only if但愿。后句we had walked in to grave中使用了虚拟语气（过去完成时），由此判断此处用as if“仿佛”，句意：有人在哭泣，好像我们已经走进了坟墓。选B。

11.考查名词辨析。A. comment评论；B. complaint抱怨； C. promise许诺；D. plan计划。根据上文We will ….in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens.可知这是飞行员计划要做的。故选D。

12.考查代词辨析：A. everything   一切，B. something某些事情，C. nothing没有什么，D. anything任何东西，从下文的We arrived in Norfolk and everyone …..for still being alive.可知飞机起飞了，但是没有什么意外发生，故选C

13.考查动词辨析：A. escaped逃跑，B. cheered欢呼，C. sighed叹气，D. praised表扬。从情理可知当人们绝处逢生，化险为夷的时候，大家都因为活着而欢呼。根据句意选B。

14.考查短语辨析。A. less than少于；B. other than除了；C. better than好于；D. more than多于。从常理可知有计划要比没计划好，选C。句意：虽然作者希望有个计划要比看到所发生的要好…..。

15.考查形容词辨析。A. frozen冰冻的；呆住的；B. annoyed恼火的；C. concerned关心的；D. satisfied满意的。从上下文推断作者经常看到追逐目标的人们因为不作为而停滞。选A。

16.考查形容词辨析。A. realistic现实的；B, organized有组织的；C. potential潜在的；D. guaranteed有保证的。仅仅是因为他们没有确保的成功。根据句意故选D.

17.考查形容词辨析。A. same相同的；B. common普通的；C. best最好的；D. last最后的。根据上文内容可以推断作者认为在某些情况下最好的方法是尝试一下，选C。句意：你能做的最好的事情就是起飞，然后看看会发生什么情况。

18..考查形容词辨析。A. interesting有趣的；B. challenging有挑战性的；C. surprising令人惊讶的；D. encouraging鼓舞人心的。从作者讲述的故事可知在这次意外中人们安全抵达目的地，所以在这里指的是发生的事情，或者要应对的情况可能不会像人们认为的那样有挑战性，那么难以做到。根据句意选B.

19.考查名词辨析。A. fun有趣的事情；B. pain痛苦；   C. sorrow悲伤；  D. trouble困难。根据作者经历的事情的结局和上文It might not be as …..as you thought. You might be smarter than you thought.可知这种偶然出现的状况可能是一件有趣的事情。根据句意选A.

20.考查名词辨析。A. meaning意思；B. sigh标志；C. action行动；D. reward奖赏。通过这件事作者意识到遇到意外情况不要因为仅仅没有确保成功的迹象就感觉束手无策，坐以待毙。根据句意选B。

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