(2019·全国卷Ⅱ)
It’s about 250 miles from the hills of west-central Iowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota. During the long trip home, following a weekend of hunting, Ehlers 1 about the small dog he had seen 2 alongside the road. He had 3 to coax(哄)the dog to him but, frightened, it had 4 .
Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that 5 dog. So, four days later, he called his friend Greg, and the two drove 6 . After a long and careful 7 , Greg saw, across a field, the dog moving 8 away. Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him. Nervousness and fear were replaced with 9 . It just started licking(舔)Ehlers’ face.
A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one 10 as lost in the local paper. The ad had a 11 number for a town in southern Michigan. Ehlers 12 the number of Jeff and Lisa to tell them he had 13 their dog.
Jeff had 14 in Iowa before Thanksgiving with his dog, Rosie, but the gun shots had scared the dog off. Jeff searched 15 for Rosie in the next four days.
Ehlers returned to Minnesota, and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a flight to Michigan. “It’ s good to know there’s still someone out there who 16 enough to go to that kind of 17 , ”says Lisa of Ehlers’ rescue 18 .
“I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as 19 to it as I am to my dogs, ” says Ehlers. “If it had been my dog, I’d hope that somebody would be 20 to go that extra mile. ”
【文章大意】本文讲的是埃勒斯在打猎时发现一只走丢的小狗, 并帮助小狗寻找主人的故事。
1. A. read B. forgot C. thought D. heard
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据上下文可知一开始埃勒斯并没有带回来那只走丢的小狗, 故他在回家的途中“想起”了那只他曾经看到的小狗, 故用think about想到, 想起。
2. A. fighting B. trembling C. eating D. sleeping
【解析】选B。背景常识题。一只走丢的小狗, 再根据下文的frightened可知小狗很恐惧, 应该是trembling颤抖的。
3. A. tried B. agreed C. promised D. regretted
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据下文Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him. 可知一开始他试图哄小狗到他身边来没有成功, 故使用try to do sth. 试图做某事, 但不强调结果。
4. A. calmed down B. stood up C. rolled over D. run off
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据连词but以及形容词frightened可知小狗吓跑了, run off逃跑。
5. A. injured B. stolen C. lost D. rescued
【解析】选C。词汇复现题。根据下文whoever lost the dog可知小狗是丢失的, 故用形容词lost。
6. A. home B. past C. back D. on
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据第二段的第一句中的Back home可知他已经回到家, 再根据后文把小狗哄到他的身边可推知他又回到了发现小狗的地方, 故用back表示开车回去找小狗。
7. A. preparation B. explanation
C. test D. search
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据本句后面的Greg saw可知他们经过仔细的、长时间的寻找后才找到小狗。故用search寻找。
8. A. cautiously B. casually C. skillfully D. angrily
【解析】选A。背景常识题。根据文章可知走丢的小狗在一个陌生的地方, 小狗一定会很小心谨慎。cautiously谨慎地。
9. A. surprise B. joy
C. hesitation D. anxiety
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据下一句It just started licking Ehlers’ face. 可推知小狗很高兴与埃勒斯接触。joy高兴。
10. A. predicted B. advertised
C. believed D. recorded
【解析】选B。词汇复现题。根据下一句中的The ad可知小狗看起来像是当地报纸上登载寻狗启事的那只。advertise做广告。
11. A. house B. phone C. street D. car
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据埃勒斯居住的地方和狗的主人所在的地方不一样可知他们是通过电话联系上的。故选B项。
12. A. called B. copied
C. counted D. remembered
【解析】选A。背景常识题。 有了电话号码, 自然会想到打(call)电话。
13. A. fed B. adopted C. found D. cured
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。打电话给狗的主人告诉他们小狗找到了。find找到。
14. A. hunted B. skied C. lived D. worked
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据下文的the gun shots had scared the dog off, 再结合上文发现小狗的地点是hunting的地方, 可知Jeff是带着小狗去打猎了。
15. A. on purpose B. on time
C. in turn D. in vain
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。从下文的in the next four days可知Jeff找了小狗四天没找到, 故用in vain徒劳地。
16. A. cares B. sees C. suffers D. learns
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据句意“当狗的女主人Lisa说起埃勒斯为拯救小狗所做的努力时, 她说, 知道有人不嫌麻烦地去照顾小狗是一件很好的事情”可知选care关心, 照顾。
17. A. place B. trouble C. waste D. extreme
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。结合上一题解析中的句意及上文叙述可知埃勒斯很费劲地才找到狗的主人, 故用trouble麻烦。
18. A. service B. plan C. effort D. team
【解析】选C。词义辨析题。埃勒斯为了找到小狗、帮助小狗费了很大的劲。service服务; plan计划; effort努力; team团队。故用effort。
19. A. equal B. allergic C. grateful D. close
【解析】选D。固定搭配题。我认为丢了狗的人和小狗很可能就像我与我的狗一样关系这么亲密。be close to与……亲密。
20. A. suitable B. proud C. wise D. willing
【解析】选D。固定搭配题。要是我的狗丢了, 我也希望有人会愿意多走一英里给我送来。be willing to do sth. 愿意做某事。
