高三10月月考英语试题 (2)

广东省茂名市五校2020-2021学年高三10月月考英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、阅读选择
To ensure an excellent experience during your tour of the Mark Twain House, here are some guidelines and general information:
The House is Shown Only by Guided Tour.
To ensure an optimum (最佳) experience, house tours are limited to 14 people, first-come, first-served. If your group has more than 10 people, call (860) 280-3130 to reserve a discounted group tour in advance of your visit. If you have a party of fewer than 10 people feel free to purchase tickets online: We will hold them at Will Call. The tour schedule is usually online about a month in advance.
Our site is made up of three buildings
The Webster Bank Museum Center at the Mark Twain House & Museum is always your first and last stop as it houses our ticket counter, museum store, film, exhibits and cafe. All tours gather in the museum center before heading over to Mark Twain’s historic 1874 home. Mark Twain’s historic carriage house is the third bui lding on our property, but is generally not open to the public. The hayloft (干草棚) has been repurposed into offices and the main floor of the barn is a space available for rent for parties and meetings.
Coupons & Discounts
The Mark Twain House offers only a few coupons and discounts. The price you pay for admission helps us maintain the beauty of this icon of American architecture. If you are lucky enough to find one of those special offers online or at your local library, keep in mind they are good only for the general Mark Twain House Tours. No passes or discounts may be applied to our specialty tours.
1．What kind of tour booked beforehand enjoys a discount?
A．Specialty tour.
B．Guided tour
C．Group tour with 9 people.
D．Group tour with 13 people.
2．Which place is not available to tourists?
A．The Webster Bank Museum Center.
B．Mark Twain’s historic carriage house.
C．The hayloft.
D．Mark Twain’s historic 1874 home.
3．What is the purpose of charging admission fees?
A．To earn more money.
B．To well preserve the house.
C．To support Mark Twain’s family.
D．To offer parties and meetings.
My father loves his garden. He planted some seeds in it. But at that time I didn’t understand why working in the dirt excited him so much.
Unfortunately, in early May, my father was seriously injured in an accident. He had to stay in bed for a while. My mother had several business trips so she couldn’t take care of the garden.
I didn’t want my father to worry, so I said that I would take care of his garden until he recovered.
I assumed that the little plants would continue to grow as long as they had water, and luckily it rained fairly often so I didn’t think much about the garden.
One Saturday morning, my father said to me, “Christine, the vegetables should be about ready to be p icked. Let’s have a salad today!” I went out to the garden and was upset to see that many of the lettuce leaves and carrots had been half eaten by bugs. There were hundreds of bugs all over them!
I panicked for a moment, but then I quietly went to the nearest store to buy some vegetables.
When I gave the salad to him, he said, “Oh, Christine, what a beautiful salad! I can’t believe the carrots are this big already. You must be taking very good care of my garden.” I felt a little bit guilty.
Coming home, my mother saw the bag from the supermarket in the kitchen. I was embarrassed and I admitted, “Dad wanted a salad, but the garden was a disaster. I didn’t want to disappoint him so I went to the store.” She laughed but promised to help me in the garden and weeks later I was finally able to pick some.
I carefully made a salad and took it to my father. He looked at it with a hint of a smile. “Christine the carrots are smaller in this salad, but they taste better.”
Now, I better understand how putting a lot of effort into caring for something can help you
appreciate the results more, however small they maybe. Perhaps this was one of the reasons for my father’s love of gardening.
4．Christine originally said she would do the gardening because she ________.
A．knew it was important to her father
B．wanted to improve her gardening skills
C．was asked by her father to do it
D．was interested in growing vegetables
5．Which of the following was a problem in the garden?
A．Animals often dug in the garden.
B．Insects destroyed the lettuce and carrots.
C．The plants were given too much water.
D．The vegetables were marked incorrectly.
6．Christine could secretly make the salad from store-bought vegetables because ________. A．her father couldn’t see the garden’s progress
B．her father was in hospital at that time
C．her mother helped her to buy the vegetables
D．her mother helped her to make a spray
7．What did Christine learn through her experience of gardening?
A．Always prepare for a rainy day.
B．Don’t be disappointed by bugs.
C．Hard work can be rewarding.
D．Working alone produces results.
From quiet paths by a stream in a forest to busy roads running through a city, people have created various forms of routes in different places. These now exist all around us, and their use is imperative for societies. These routes have enabled people to move, transport things, and send information from one place to another quickly and safely. Throughout history, they have been important in our daily lives.
Early routes were often formed naturally on land. They gradually developed over long periods of time while people traveled them on foot or horseback. A significant turning point in their history arrived when the first wheeled carts appeared in ancient times. Once this happened, people recognized the importance of well-maintained routes. Therefore, towns, cities, and
entire countries improved them. As a result, life became more convenient, communities grew, economies evolved, and cultures expanded.
People have established routes on water, too. Rivers and canals have served as effective routes for people to move around and carry things. For instance, in the old, Japanese city of Edo, water routes were used for the transportation of agricultural products, seafood, and wood. People have also opened routes across the sea. The seaways were critical for the navigation of ships, particularly in the days when they moved mainly by wind power. Using these sea routes, people could travel great distances, and go to places they had not previously been able to reach.
People have gone on to open routes in the sky as well. Since the invention of the airplane, they have made it possible to travel long distances easily. Eventually, people became able to travel safely and comfortably high in the sky, and going vast distances only took a small amount of time.
Today, we have a new type of route, the Internet. By using this worldwide route, people can easily obtain information that once was available mainly from books and face-to-face communication. They can also instantly send messages to large numbers of people all at once.
As long as there have been people, there have been routes to connect them. Currently unknown routes will surely take us even further in the future.
8．Which of the following is closest to the meaning of the underlined word imperative in paragraph 1?
A．accidental B．industrial
C．essential D．traditional
9．Why is the example of Edo introduced in paragraph 3?
A．To describe the difficulty of creating routes on the water.
B．To emphasize the fact that it was an important city.
C．To explain the use of water routes to move along the coastlines.
D．To illustrate the important roles of water routes for cities.
10．What does paragraph 5 tell us about routes?
A．Routes can be thought of as existing invisibly in the world.
B．Routes that move information can be regarded as dangerous.
C．The fundamental functions of routes are declining.
D．The importance of different kinds of routes is the same.
11．What is the main idea of this article?
A．Humankind first created various types of convenient routes on land. B．Improvements in transportation have come at great cost.
C．Technology has interfered with opening up routes around the world.
D．The advancement of humanity was aided by the development of routes.
Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological change. It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesn’t se em to be a clear generational divide. The public overall is split on whether they’d like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not.
The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how transformative the change to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car now-and no one can get one yet—but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly involved.
Actually, this isn’t surprising. Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited mobility or difficulty driving on their own are one of the classic use-cases for driverless cars.
This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related technologies than older ones.
When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more pronounced based on factors not related to age. College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a
high-school diploma or less.
Where a person lives matters, too. More people who lived in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas.
While there’s reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person’s age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream. Once driverless cars are actually available for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.
12．What happens when a new technology appears?
A．It farther widens the gap between the old and the young.
B．It usually draws different reactions from different age groups.
C．It often leads to innovations in other related fields.
D．It contributes greatly to the advance of society as a whole.
13．What does the author say about the driverless car?
A．It will not necessarily reduce road accidents.
B．It has given rise to unrealistic expectations.
C．It does not seem to create a generational divide.
D．It may start a revolution in the car industry.
14．Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people?
A．It adds to the safety of their travel.
B．It saves their energy.
C．It arouses their interest in life.
D．It helps with their mobility.
15．What is likely to affect one’s attitude toward the driverless car?
A．The location of their residence.
B．The amount of training they received.
C．The length of their driving experience.
D．The field of their special interest.
二、七选五
Make a difference
I love to make a difference to others. 16．Do you want to contribute to other people’s lives, helping them in small and big ways? If the answer is yes, but you are frustrated not being able to follow through, keep reading.
17．It includes service, time, ideas and methods, leaving your mark on people so that if they were interviewed, they would say, yes, that person made a positive difference in my life.
Being inspired to make a difference ‘really increases your energy. 18．But that’s not the point! The problem is that we often don’t think we have enough time or resources to make a difference—we’re too busy living our lives or earning a living. Actually we can afford to spend time on it.
19．In fact, other than the challenge of finding the time to do this, I can’t think of a single disadvantage to this inspiration.
This is truly one of my favorite tools to attract more enthusiasm in an easy way into my life. More importantly, I love making a difference in other people’s lives.That’s why I do it. Attracting enthusiasm is just the “side” benefit.
We have all learned from Law of Attraction teachers that we will receive more of what we are “broadcasting” to the Universe. 20．
A．It is one of my top values.
B．It will help you attract more efforts and enthusiasm into your life.
C．Making a difference will help you attract more attention.
D．So get inspired to make a difference and your life will improve.
E.To make a difference, you can contribute something you have
F.If you want to make a difference, your energy will change when you focus there.
G.There is nothing but positive consequences when you focus on making a difference.
三、完形填空
A sound woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning. It was so 21 that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he 22 to investigate, he heard another sound, this one coming most 23 from outside. Looking out of his bedroom window, he 24 a tree covered by smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrappe d around the tree’s 25 , its engine on fire.
Languell 26 buckets of water and ran to the crash site. The car, a 1998 Buick Regal, was split nearly in two, and the 27 was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if 28 there. No one should have 29 this crash. Yet there was
16-year-old Quintin Thompson, whose 30 face pressed against the driver’s side window, in 31 pain. Languell, 35, tried to put out the fire with his buckets of water with no 32 . “When the f lames got into the front seats, I 33 I had to get him out of there, he told WAGM-TV.”
In an act that a police report described as showing “complete 34 of his own safety”, Languell climbed into the Buick’s After Thompson was 35 of the seat belt with his help, Languell pulled him out and then dragged the teen to 36 before the entire car was totally in flames
Although Thompson 37 multiple injuries to his legs, arms and face, a social media post described him as “looking great, smi ling and 38 .” Languell thinks about that day often. “My heart 39 Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel the 40 to help so directly.”
21．A．strong B．severe C．loud D．obvious 22．A．stood up B．got up C．came up D．looked up 23．A．significantly B．probably C．straight D．undoubtedly 24．A．spied B．explored C．removed D．checked 25．A．top B．base C．leaves D．branches 26．A．raised B．chose C．acquired D．carried 27．A．engine B．fire C．tree D．boy 28．A．spread B．deserted C．planted D．connected 29．A．controlled B．predicted C．expected D．survived 30．A．terrified B．excited C．disappointed D．calm 31．A．visible B．possible C．sensitive D．reasonable 32．A．success B．help C．hesitation D．mistake 33．A．noticed B．regarded C．realized D．required 34．A．consideration B．attention C．disappearance D．ignorance 35．A．nervous B．free C．aware D．guilty 36．A．sight B．safety C．road D．position 37．A．reserved B．caused C．suffered D．gathered 38．A．joking B．talking C．shouting D．waving 39．A．gives way to B．goes out to C．gets down to D．lives up to 40．A．reason B．purpose C．atmosphere D．urge
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Out of the 20 little things you’ve always wondered about, one of them 41．(probable) has to do with the small 42．(five) pocket on your jeans. By now, you might have given up on trying to use it since it’s too small to fit anything you actually need. But why is it there in the first place? Well, today, it doesn’t really serve 43．purpose, but it used to in the late 1800s.
Actually the small pocket is called a watch pocket because it was originally intended as a
safe place for men to store their pocket 44．(watch). It 45．(date) back to Levis first ever pair of jeans, which hit the market in 1879.
The Levi Strauss blog also pointed 46．that originally, there were only four pockets on a pair of blue jeans, the watch pocket 47．(include). “The first blue jeans had four pockets—only one in back and, in the front, two plus the small, watch pocket,” the blog stated.
So next time you find 48．(you) standing casually with your thumb hooked in that small pocket, know that it originally 49．(use) to store a pocket watch. And now that we’ve got to know the tiny jean pocket, find out 50．blue is the most common color.
五、短文改错
51．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last weekend I went on an eco-travel with a travel agency. All the way we enjoyed the beautiful sceneries and fresh air. And a few of us picked flowers while go sightseeing. Some even tried to catch the birds they saw. What was worst, many tourists threw rubbish here and there, that may do great harm to wildlife there.
I don’t think this is a true eco-travel. A true eco-travel is a tour that not only allows us to express our love nature, but develop our responsibility as well. As we enjoy the beauty of the nature, we should spare no effort to protect them. And we should also try to protect wildlife. A true eco-travel should be like this: take nothing away but your wonderfully memory; leave nothing behind but all the green trees and the clean water.
六、提纲类作文
52．假如你是李华，在上周举办的全市中学生英语演讲比赛中获得第一名。

你很感激访问教授Mr. Ronald对你的帮助和指导，为表谢意，你送他一把很有中国特色的折扇。

请你给他写封email，内容包括：
1. 对Mr. Ronald表示诚挚的感谢；
2. 告知他你已寄了礼物；
3. 介绍你送给他的折扇（材质，图案，文字，象征意义等）。

注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：折扇：folding hand fan
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参考答案
1．D
2．B
3．B
【分析】
本文是一篇应用文，介绍了参观马克·吐温故居的指南和信息。

1．推理判断题。

根据第一段中的“If your group has more than 10 people, call (860) 280-3130 to reserve a discounted group tour in advance of your visit.”可知，如果您的团体人数超过10人，请在您参观之前致电（860）280-3130预订折扣的团体游，由此可知，13人旅行团提前预定可以享受折扣，故D项正确。

2．细节理解题。

根据第二段中的“Mark Twain’s historic carriage house is the third building on our property, but is generally not open to the public.”可知，马克·吐温的马车屋是不对游客开放的，故B项正确。

3．细节理解题。

根据第三段中的“The price you pay for admission helps us maintain the beauty of this icon of American architecture.”可知，你们的入场费用帮助我们保持这个美国标志性建筑——马克·吐温故居的美丽，由此可知，收取入场费的目的是保护好马克·吐温故居，故B项正确。

4．A
5．B
6．A
7．C
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了帮养病的爸爸照顾花园的经历让Christine明白了努力工作是值得的。

4．细节理解题。

根据第一段中的“My father loves his garden.”及第二段中的“I didn’t want my father to worry, so I said that I would take care of his garden until he recovered.”可知，Christine的爸爸很喜欢花园，她不想让爸爸在养伤期间担心他的花园没人照顾，所以Christine 说她会帮他照顾花园，也就是说Christine知道花园对爸爸很重要才说帮他照顾花园，故A
项正确。

5．细节理解题。

根据第三段中的“I went out to the garden and was upset to see that many of the lettuce leaves and carrots had been half eaten by bugs.”可知，Christine去花园看到许多莴苣叶和胡萝卜被虫子吃掉了一半，由此可知，花园的一个问题是昆虫破坏了莴苣和胡萝卜，故B 项正确。

6．细节理解题。

根据第二段中的“Unfortunately, in early May, my father was seriously injured in an accident. He had to stay in bed for a while.”可知，Christine的爸爸在一次事故中受了重伤，需要卧床养伤，看不到菜园的进展，所以Christine才能偷偷地用商店里买来的蔬菜做沙拉，故A项正确。

7．推理判断题。

根据最后一段中的“Now, I better understand how putting a lot of effort into caring for something can help you appreciate the results more, however small they maybe.”可知，现在，Christine更好地理解，为某事付出大量的努力可以帮助你更好地欣赏成果，不管成果有多小，言外之意，这个经历让Christine明白了努力工作是值得的，故C项正确。

【点睛】
关于哲理感悟类的文章，其感悟往往在文章最后一段体现出来，通常是由realize, understand, learn，grasp之类的词引出的，例如本篇第4题，根据最后一段中的“Now, I better understand how putting a lot of effort into caring for something can help you appreciate the results more, however small they maybe.”可知，现在，Christine更好地理解到为某事付出大量的努力可以帮助你更好地欣赏成果，不管成果有多小，言外之意，这个经历让Christine明白了努力工作是值得的。

8．C
9．D
10．A
11．D
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了从最初的陆路到水路和空路，再到如今的互联网，这些路线促进了人类的进步和社会的发展。

8．词义猜测题。

根据画线词后的“These routes have enabled people to move, transport things, and send information from one place to another quickly and safely. Throughout history, they have
been important in our daily lives.”可知，这些路线使人们能够快速、安全地从一个地方到另一个地方移动、运输物品和发送信息。

纵观历史，它们在我们的日常生活中一直很重要，因此它们的使用对于社会来说是必不可少的，由此可知画线词词义为“必要的”，故C项正确。

9．推理判断题。

根据第三段中的“People have established routes on water, too. Rivers and canals have served as effective routes for people to move around and carry things.”可知，人们也在水上建立了路线，河流和运河已经成为人们走动和搬运东西的有效途径，紧接着举日本江户这个例子就是为了证明这一点，即：水路对城市有着重要作用，故D项正确。

10．推理判断题。

根据第五段中的“Today, we have a new type of route, the Internet. By using this worldwide route, people can easily obtain information that once was available mainly from books and face-to-face communication.”可知，如今，我们有一种新的路线——互联网，通过使用这条世界性的途径，人们可以很容易地获得以前主要从书本和面对面的交流中获得的信息，与传统的陆路、水路以及空路相比，互联网这种新的路线是无形的，由此可知，路线可以被认为是无形地存在于这个世界上，故A项正确。

11．主旨大意题。

通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了从最初的陆路到水路和空路，再到如今的互联网，这些路线促进了人类的进步和社会的发展，由此可知，本文介绍的是人类的进步得益于路线的发展，故D项正确。

【点睛】
词义猜测题的难度较大，抓住画线词后起解释说明或举例说明的句子是关键，例如本篇第1题，根据画线词后的“These routes have enabled people to move, transport things, and send information from one place to another quickly and safely. Throughout history, they have been important in our daily lives.”可知，这些路线使人们能够快速、安全地从一个地方到另一个地方移动、运输物品和发送信息，纵观历史，它们在我们的日常生活中一直很重要，这是对画线词所在句的解释说明，说的是它们的使用对于社会来说是必不可少的，由此可知画线词词义为“必要的”。

12．B
13．C
14．D
15．A
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了老年人和年轻人对无人驾驶汽车的态度上并没有表现出明显的代沟以及影响人们对无人驾驶汽车的态度的几个因素。

12．细节理解题。

根据第一段中的“generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological change.”可知，一般来说，在技术变革的前沿，年轻人往往比老年人多，由此可知，新技术的出现通常会引起不同年龄组的不同反应，故B项正确。

13．细节理解题。

根据第一段中的“generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological change. It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesn’t seem to be a clear generational divide.”可知，一般来说，在技术变革的前沿，年轻人往往比老年人多，不过，情况并不总是这样，当你看到人们对无人驾驶汽车的态度时，似乎并没有明显的代沟，故C项正确。

14．推理判断题。

根据第三段中的“driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited mobility or difficulty driving on their own are one of the classic use-cases for driverless cars.”可知，无人驾驶汽车尤其能为老年人带来真正的价值，老年人，特别是那些行动不便或独自驾驶困难的人，是无人驾驶汽车的典型使用案例之一，由此可知，无人驾驶汽车对一些老年人有吸引力是因为它有助于他们的行动，故D 项正确。

15．细节理解题。

根据倒数第二段“Where a person lives matters, too. More people who lived in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas.”可知，一个人居住的地方也会影响他对无人驾驶汽车的态度，住在城市和郊区的人比住在农村的人更愿意尝试无人驾驶汽车，故A项正确。

16．A
17．E
18．B
19．G
20．D
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了如何改变别人的几点建议。

16．空前说我喜欢改变别人，此处承接上文，讲的是改变别人对我的意义，A项中的It指代
的就是前面的“make a difference to others”，故A项（这是我的最高价值观之一）符合语境。

17．空后说它包括服务，时间，想法和方法，在人们身上留下你的印记，如果他们接受采访，他们会说，是的，那个人给我的生活带来了积极的改变，这是对空处的举例说明，因此空处是说你可以通过什么来改变别人，故E项（要想改变别人，你可以贡献你所拥有的）符合语境。

18．空前说被激励去改变真的会提高你的精力，此处承接上文，说的是这样会给你带来的好处，故B项（它将帮助你吸引更多的努力和热情进入你的生活）符合语境。

19．上一段结尾说实际上我们可以花时间来改变，空后又说事实上，除了找时间做这件事的挑战之外，我想不出它还有什么缺点，因此此处是说专注于改变会带来好的结果，故G项（当你专注于改变的时候，就会有积极的结果）符合语境。

20．空前说我们都从老师教的引力法则中学到了我们将会接收到更多我们向宇宙“传播”的东西，此处总结上文，说的是被激励去改变对自己的好处，故D项（所以，受到鼓舞，做出改变，你的生活将会改善）符合语境。

【点睛】
在七选五的解题过程中，被选选项中出现的代词与上下文中的某一单词或短语的指代关系往往是重要线索，例如本篇第1题，根据空前的“I love to make a difference to others.”可知，我喜欢改变别人，此处承接上文，讲的是改变别人对我的意义，A项中的It指代的就是前面的“make a difference to others”，故A项（这是我的最高价值观之一）符合语境。

21．C
22．B
23．D
24．A
25．B
26．D
27．C
28．C
29．D
30．A
31．A
32．A
33．C
34．D
35．B
36．B
37．C
38．A
39．B
40．D
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了35岁的兰格尔不顾自己的安危从着火的轿车里救出16岁的少年汤普森的故事。

21．考查形容词词义辨析。

句意：声音太大，他以为是从屋里传来的。

A. strong强壮的；
B. severe剧烈的；
C. loud大声的；
D. obvious明显的。

上文说早上8点15分，一个声响吵醒了达米安·兰格尔，此处是说声音很大，故C项正确。

22．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：当他起身去查看时，他听到了另一个声响，毫无疑问，这个声响是从外面传来的。

A. stood up站起来；B. got up起床、起立；C. came up出现；D. looked up向上看。

由于是早晨，达米安·兰格尔还未起床，所以听到声响后他起身去一探究竟，故B项正确。

23．考查副词词义辨析。

句意同上。

A. significantly显著地；B. probably可能地；C. straight 直接地；D. undoubtedly毫无疑问地。

起初他以为声响是从屋里传来的，可是第二个声响让他确定它无疑是从外面传来的，故D项正确。

24．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：从卧室的窗户向外望去，他发现500码外有一棵被浓烟笼罩的树。

A. spied发现、突然看见；
B. explored探索；
C. removed移除；
D. checked检查。

根据空前的“Looking out of his bedroom window”可知，空后是他从窗户向外看到的情景，故A项正确。

25．考查名词词义辨析。

句意：一辆汽车撞进了树的底部，发动机着火了。

A. top顶端；B. base底部；C. leaves叶子；D. branches枝干。

根据常识可知，汽车应该是撞在树的底部，故B项正确。

26．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：兰格尔提着几桶水跑向出事地点。

A. raised筹集；B. chose
选择；C. acquired取得；D. carried搬运。

兰格尔是去灭火的，所以他应该是提着几桶水跑向现场，故D项正确。

27．考查名词词义辨析。

句意：这辆车是1998年的别克君威，几乎一分为二，这棵树本该是司机座位的地方，就好像栽在那里一样。

A. engine 引擎；B. fire火；C. tree树；D. boy 男孩。

上文说这辆车撞在树上，此处指这棵树本该是司机座位的地方，故C项正确。

28．考查动词词义辨析。

句意同上。

A. spread传播；B. deserted遗弃；C. planted种植；D. connected连接。

这辆车撞在树上，被大树一分为二，而树本该是司机座位的地方，就好像栽在车里一样，旨在突出车祸之惨烈，故C项正确。

29．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：没有人能从这场车祸中幸存下来。

A. controlled控制；B. predicted预测；C. expected期望；D. survived幸存。

上文说车祸如此惨烈，所以没有人能够幸存下来，故D项正确。

30．考查形容词词义辨析。

句意：然而，16岁的昆丁·汤普森显然很痛苦，他惊恐的脸紧贴着驾驶座侧窗。

A. terrified害怕的、受惊吓的；B. excited兴奋的；C. disappointed失望的；
D. calm冷静的。

死里逃生，汤普森应该是惊恐万分，故A项正确。

31．考查形容词词义辨析。

句意同上。

A. visible看得见的、明显的；B. possible可能的；C. sensitive敏感的；D. reasonable合理的。

经历了如此惨烈的车祸，非死即伤，所以幸存下来的汤普森显然很痛苦，故A项正确。

32．考查名词词义辨析。

句意：35岁的兰格尔试图用水灭火，但没有成功。

A. success成功；
B. help帮助；
C. hesitation犹豫；
D. mistake错误。

根据空后的“When the flames got into the front seats”可知，兰格尔想用水灭火，但没有成功，故A项正确。

33．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：当火焰窜到前排座位时，我意识到我得把他弄出去。

A. noticed 注意到；B. regarded把……看作；C. realized意识到；D. required要求。

用水灭火无果后，兰格尔意识到要把汤普森从车里弄出来，故C项正确。

34．考查名词词义辨析。

句意：一份警方报告称，兰格尔完全不顾自己的安危，汤普森在他的帮助下解开安全带后，兰格尔爬上了别克轿车，把他拉了出来，然后在整辆车完全着火之前把汤普森拖到安全的地方。

A. consideration考虑；B. attention注意力；C. disappearance消失；D. ignorance无知；忽视。

兰格尔帮助汤普森解开安全带后爬上了别克轿车，把他拉了出来，然后在整辆车完全着火之前把汤普森拖到安全的地方，由此可见，兰格尔完全不顾自己的安全去救人，故D项正确。

35．考查形容词词义辨析。

句意同上。

A. nervous紧张的；B. free自由的、免除的；C. aware
意识到的；D. guilty内疚的。

be free of表示“免除、摆脱”，此处指兰格尔帮助汤普森解开安全带，故B项正确。

36．考查名词词义辨析。

句意同上。

A. sight视力；B. safety安全；C. road路；D. position位置。

兰格尔把汤普森从着火的车里拉出来之后自然是把他拖到安全的地方，故B项正确。

37．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：尽管汤普森的腿、手臂和面部多处受伤，但社交媒体上的一篇帖子称他看起来很棒，面带微笑，还在开玩笑。

A. reserved保留；B. caused引起；C. suffered 遭受；D. gathered聚集。

根据上文的描述可知，在车祸中汤普森的腿、手臂和面部多处受伤，故C项正确。

38．考查动词词义辨析。

句意同上。

A. joking开玩笑；B. talking谈论；C. shouting大喊；
D. waving挥手。

根据空前的“looking great, smiling”可知，汤普森看起来很棒，面带微笑，还开着玩笑，故A项正确。

39．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：兰格尔经常想起那一天，“我很同情汤普森。

当你接近那种程度的伤害时，你会有一种冲上去帮助他的冲动”。

A. gives way to给……让路；B. goes out to同情某人；C. gets down to开始认真考虑； D. lives up to不辜负。

根据空后的“When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel the ____20____ to help so directly.”可知，兰格尔说自己非常同情汤普森的遭遇，故B项正确。

40．考查名词词义辨析。

句意同上。

A. reason理由；B. purpose意图；C. atmosphere气氛；
D. urge强烈的欲望、冲动。

兰格尔说自己非常同情汤普森的遭遇，他说当你接近那种程度的伤害时，你会有一种冲上去帮助他的冲动，故D项正确。

41．probably
42．fifth
43．a
44．watches
45．dates
46．out
47．included
48．yourself
49．was used
50．why。