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【題目】On November 5th, 1872, the shipMary Celesteleft New York for Italy. The captain (船長(zhǎng)), his wife and daughter and seven sailors were on this ship. But something________happened. The captain of another ship found Mary Celeste floating in the sea on December 4th, 1872. The captain, his family and the sailors were not on the ship and were never________.

What happened? Why did the captain, the sailors and the________leave the ship?Mary Celestewas not________. Everything was good. There was no fighting, no fire and no smoke sign. There was enough________and drinking water. There were signs that the captain, his family and the sailors had________the ship in a hurry. We could tell all these because there was half-eaten food on the table. The sailors also left all________clothing behind.

How and when did the people leave the ship? Some people said that the lifeboat (救生艇) was still on the ship________others said it was missing. The captain’s diary was found on the ship and the last passage was written on November 24th. So, we could only________that something happened between November 24th and December 4th.

A man went aboard the ship several times to________the answers to all these questions. But he could not find any. No one else has solved the mystery yet.

【1】A. stupid B. terrible C. fantastic D. similar

【2】A. found B. protected C. introduced D. visited

【3】A. workers B. engineers C. patients D. passengers

【4】A. bright B. wide C. broken D. expensive

【5】A. time B. food C. energy D. space

【6】A. sold B. left C. pushed D. controlled

【7】A. his B. her C. their D. your

【8】A. so B. but C. unless D. because

【9】A. advise B. regret C. report D. guess

【10】A. search for B. pay for C. prepare for D. care for

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 A

【3】 D

【4】 C

【5】 B

【6】 B

【7】 C

【8】 B

【9】 D

【10】 A

【解析】

文章大意：主要講述了神秘的瑪麗．西萊斯特的故事，它是一艘航行的木船，它最著名的航程從1872年11月份開始。從紐約出發(fā)，在另一艘般發(fā)現(xiàn)它以前，它已失蹤了一個(gè)月。

【1】句意：但發(fā)生了可怕的事情�？疾樾稳菰~辨析。A. stupid愚蠢的；B. terrible可怕的；C. fantastic好極的；D. similar類似的；根據(jù)下文The captain of another ship found Mary Celeste floating （漂�。� in the sea on December 4th，1872. The captain，his family and the sailors were not on the ship 1972年12月4日被發(fā)現(xiàn)，但沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)船長(zhǎng)和家人，可知發(fā)生了可怕的事情，故答案是B。

【2】句意：船長(zhǎng)、他的家人和水手不在船上，也沒有被發(fā)現(xiàn)�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析。A. found發(fā)現(xiàn)； B. protected保護(hù)；C. introduced介紹；D. visited拜訪。根據(jù)前面his family and the sailors were not on the ship and were never他的家人沒有在船上，也沒有被…，應(yīng)該是發(fā)現(xiàn)，找到，故答案是A。

【3】句意：為什么船長(zhǎng)、水手和乘客離開了船？考查名詞辨析。A. workers工人；B. engineers工程師；C. patients 病人；D. passengers乘客。根據(jù)后面leave the ship離開船，前面是船長(zhǎng)，家人，海員，應(yīng)該還有乘客，故答案是D。

【4】句意：瑪麗·塞萊斯特沒有損壞�？疾樾稳菰~辨析。A. bright明亮的；B. wide寬的；C. broken壞的；D. expensive貴的。根據(jù)后面Everything was good. There was no fighting, no fire and no smoke sign所有的東西都好的，沒有打斗等，可知前面是沒有損壞，故答案是C。

【5】句意：有足夠的食物和飲用水�？疾槊�詞辨析。A. time時(shí)間；B. food食物；C. energy能量；D. space空間。根據(jù)后面_____ and drinking water ______ 和飲用水，前面是并列關(guān)系，應(yīng)該還有足夠的食物，故答案是B。

【6】句意：有跡象表明船長(zhǎng)、他的家人和水手們匆忙離開了船�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析。A. sold賣；B. left離開；C. pushed推；D. controlled控制。根據(jù)后面the ship in a hurry和上文，應(yīng)該是說(shuō)這么快離開，故答案是B。

【7】句意：水手們也把衣服都落下了。考查代詞辨析。A. his他的；B. her她的；C. their他們的；D. your你的。根據(jù)前面The sailors復(fù)數(shù)形式，主謂一致，也要用他們的，故答案是C。

【8】句意：有人說(shuō)救生艇還在船上，但也有人說(shuō)它不見了�？疾檫B詞辨析。A. so所以；B. but但是；C. unless除非；D. because因?yàn)�；根�?jù)Some people said that the lifeboat （救生艇） was still on the ship （43）others said it was missing，前面一些人說(shuō)救生艇在船上；后面其他人說(shuō)失蹤了，轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故答案是B。

【9】句意：所以，我們只能猜測(cè)11月24日到12月4日之間發(fā)生了什么。考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. advise建議；B. regret后悔；C. report報(bào)告；D. guess猜。根據(jù)The captain's diary was found on the ship and the last passage was written on November 24th．So，we could only （44）that something happened between November 24th and December 4th．前面說(shuō)發(fā)現(xiàn)了航海日志，后面應(yīng)該是根據(jù)這個(gè)猜發(fā)生了什么，故答案是D。

【10】句意：一個(gè)人上船好幾次，尋找所有這些問題的答案�？疾槎陶Z(yǔ)辨析。A. search for尋找； B. pay for付錢；C. prepare for準(zhǔn)備；D. care for照顧。根據(jù)后面But he could not find any．No one else has solved the mystery yet．但是他找不到任何東西，其他人還沒有解決這個(gè)謎。可知前面是去尋找答案，故答案是A。

完形填空題與單項(xiàng)選擇題不同，它給出的是一篇意思較為完整的短文。做該題型試題時(shí)，首先應(yīng)跳過(guò)空格通讀全文，以全文為背景，聯(lián)系句子的上下文進(jìn)行推理和判斷，從4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一項(xiàng)進(jìn)行試填�？忌�可以從詞義用法、固定搭配、邏輯推理和上下文的聯(lián)系等方面去考慮。最后應(yīng)再把全文通覽一遍，細(xì)心檢查所選答案能否使短文上下連貫，前后呼應(yīng)，詞句通順，使短文意思完整。檢查時(shí)還應(yīng)從語(yǔ)法、慣用法、邏輯推理和事情發(fā)生的情節(jié)等方面進(jìn)行考慮，以達(dá)到準(zhǔn)確無(wú)誤之目的。第1小題是考查形容詞辨析，要結(jié)合上下文做出準(zhǔn)確判斷，句意：但發(fā)生了可怕的事情�？疾樾稳菰~辨析。A. stupid愚蠢的；B. terrible可怕的；C. fantastic好極的；D. similar類似的；根據(jù)下文The captain of another ship found Mary Celeste floating （漂浮） in the sea on December 4th，1872. The captain，his family and the sailors were not on the ship 1972年12月4日被發(fā)現(xiàn)，但沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)船長(zhǎng)和家人，可知發(fā)生了可怕的事情，故答案是B。第6小題是考查動(dòng)詞辨析，要結(jié)合上下文做出準(zhǔn)確判斷，句意：有跡象表明船長(zhǎng)、他的家人和水手們匆忙離開了船�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析。A. sold賣；B. left離開；C. pushed推；D. controlled控制。根據(jù)后面the ship in a hurry和上文，應(yīng)該是說(shuō)這么快離開，故答案是B。