Question

【題目】Quicksand (流沙)

Everybody is afraid of quicksand. In the films, people fall into quicksand. They are pulled down and down. They ________! No one sees them again!

Can it really pull things down? No, it can’t. Quicksand cannot pull things into it. Quicksand is really loose(松的) and with a lot of water. The water makes the quicksand. It is ________ the sand on the beach. A person can walk on the beach but he cannot walk on quicksand. It is too loose.

Falling into quicksand does not hurt. It is ________ like falling into water! Your body will go down but then it will come up. People can ________ in quicksand. However, they must not _______in the sand. That would make them go down. They should move slowly when they are in quicksand.

There is quicksand in many places. We can find it near the mouths of large rivers. The mouth of the river is ________ the river meets the ocean or the sea. There is quicksand on land too. In some places the water stays on the land. It does not drain (排放) or dry up. If there is sand around, the sand gets very wet. Then it becomes quicksand.

【1】A.appearB.vanishC.approachD.come up

【2】A.similar toB.the same asC.different fromD.difficult to

【3】A.thoroughlyB.almostC.neverD.hardly

【4】A.floatB.walkC.speedD.travel

【5】A.sleepB.walkC.fightD.sing

【6】A.whyB.howC.whichD.where

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】D

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要介紹了流沙，通過描述流沙與沙灘上的沙子不一樣，以及在流沙中應(yīng)該怎樣做。

【1】句意：他們消失了。

本題考查動詞辨析，A. appear意為“出現(xiàn)”；B. vanish意為“消失”；C. approach意為“接近”；D. come up意為“出現(xiàn)、即將到來”，根據(jù)后句No one sees them again“沒有人看見他們”可知他們消失了，故答案選B。

【2】句意：它不同于沙灘上的沙子。

本題考查詞組辨析，A. similar to意為“與……相似”；B. the same as意為“與……相同”；C. different from意為“與……不同”；D. difficult to意為“對于……困難的”，根據(jù)后面A person can walk on the beach but he cannot walk on quicksand. It is too loose.“一個人可以在海灘上行走，但不能在流沙上行走，它太松了�！笨芍�是與沙灘上的沙子不同，故答案選C。

【3】句意：就像掉進(jìn)水里一樣！

本題考查副詞辨析，A. thoroughly意為“非常、徹底”；B. almost意為“幾乎”；C. never意為“從來不”；D. hardly意為“幾乎不”，根據(jù)前句Falling into quicksand does not hurt.“掉入流沙中不會受傷”可知幾乎就像掉進(jìn)水中一樣，故答案選B。

【4】句意：人們可以在流沙中漂浮。

本題考查動詞辨析，A. float意為“漂浮”；B. walk意為“行走”；C. speed意為“加速”；D. travel意為“旅行”，根據(jù)前面說掉進(jìn)流沙就像掉進(jìn)水里一樣，可知這里是漂浮，故答案選A。

【5】句意：但是，他們不能在流沙中戰(zhàn)斗。

本題考查動詞辨析，A. sleep意為“睡覺”；B. walk意為“行走”；C. fight意為“斗爭”；D. sing意為“唱歌”，根據(jù)后句That would make them go down.“那會讓他們倒下的�！笨芍�不要在流沙中掙扎戰(zhàn)斗，故答案選C。

【6】句意：河口是河流與海洋或大海交匯的地方。

本題考查疑問詞辨析，A. why意為“為什么”；B. how意為“怎么樣”；C. which意為“哪一個”；D. where意為“在哪里，在……的地方”，根據(jù)所給空后面的句子the river meets the ocean or the sea“這條河與大�；虼蠛�匯合”可知，應(yīng)該是匯合的地方，故答案選D。

做完型填空時，首先要通讀課文，明白主旨大意，然后再做題。做完型時要記住“瞻前顧后想結(jié)果”這一原則，根據(jù)上下文以及語境做題，切忌主觀臆斷。另外，平時還要多多積累詞匯。完型填空�？济�詞、動詞、形容詞和副詞等辨析。做詞義辨析題時，首先要確認(rèn)四個選項的含義，然后分析語境和邏輯關(guān)系，確定答案。

例如題目3中，首先確定四個選項含義，A. thoroughly意為“非常、徹底”；B. almost意為“幾乎”；C. never意為“從來不”；D. hardly意為“幾乎不”，根據(jù)前句Falling into quicksand does not hurt.“掉入流沙中不會受傷”可知幾乎就像掉進(jìn)水中一樣，故答案選B。