湖北省松滋市第二中学2014-2015学年高二6月月考英语试题 Word版含答案

松滋二中2014-2015学年度高二下学期6月月考
英语试卷
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面五段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1．Where does the conversation probably take place?
A．In a bookshop. B．In a library. C．In a classroom.
2．What can we learn from the conversation?
A．The girl can’t go out this weekend.
B．The man wants the girl to do her homework first.
C．The man doesn’t like the girl’s friends.
3．Where are the speakers probably going?
A．To a zoo. B．To the beach. C．To a theater.
4．What probably is the man?
A．A chef（厨师）. B．A waiter. C．A salesman.
5．When will the next party be held?
A．In April. B．In may. C．In August.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面五段材料。

每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段材料读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6．What part of the man’s body was hurt?
A．His back. B．His neck. C．His leg.
7．What does the woman advise the man to do?
A．See a doctor. B．Have a good rest. C．Take a hot bath.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8．What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A．Husband and wife. B．Employer and employee. C．Waiter and customer. 9．What does the man plan to do this weekend?
A．Take a long vacation. B．Work in the company.C．Look for a new job. 10．What does the man think of the woman’s request?
A．It is unbelievable. B．It is unreasonable. C．It is acceptable.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11．How will they pick up these people for conference?
A．By taxi. B．By minibus. C．By car.
12．Where does Nancy Jordan come from?
A．Boston. B．New York. C．Chicago
13．Who has brown hair?
A．Bob Price. B．Nancy Jordan. C．Steve Maglieri.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。

14．Where was the woman yesterday?
A．At home. B．At school. C．In a hospital.
15．When will the speakers have a quiz ?
A．Tomorrow. B．On Friday. C．Next Friday.
16．What did the teacher ask the students to do?
A．Review Chapter6. B．Improve their reading skills.
C．Read the chapter about the Spanish War.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。

17．What happened to the speaker and the couple during the play?
A．They fought. B．They quarreled. C．They became friends.
18．Why didn’t the speaker enjoy the play?
A．It wasn’t interesting. B．He couldn’t hear it. C．He didn’t have a good seat. 19．What did the manager do?
A．He apologized for the speaker. B．He returned the speaker’s money.
C．He apologized for the couple.
20．How does the speaker feel now?
A．Angry. B．Calm. C．Happy.
二、阅读理解（共20小题, 每小题2分，满分40分）
Make the most of college
Dear Daughter,
As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind. First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament（证明）of what a great well-rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.
Your college years will be the most important of your life. It is in college that you will discover what learning is about. This will be the period when you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn’t extremely impotant for your life, the le arning skills you gain will be something you will cherish（怀念）forever.
Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don’t be trapped by what others think or say, but make up your own mind.
Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life. Pick a few friends and become really close to them –pick the ones who are sincere and honest to you. Don’t worry about their hobbies, grades, looks or even personalities.
Start planning early – what would you like to do? Where would you like to live? What would you like to learn? I think your plan to study fashion is good, and you should decide where you want to be, and get onto the right courses.
Whether it is summer-planning, or coursework planning, or picking a major, or managing your time, you should take control of your life. I will always be there for you, but the time has come for you to be in the driver’s seat – this is your life, and you need to be in control. Being in control feels great. Try it, and you’ll love it!
College is the four years where you have:
The greatest amount of free time
the first chance to be independent
the most flexibility（灵活性）to change
the lowest risk for making mistakes
So please treasure your college years – make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny（命运）, be bold（敢于冒险的）to experiment, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.
May your years at Columbia be the happiest of your life, and may you become just what you dream to be.
Love,
Dad (&Mom)
1．What does the author think college life holds in store for his daughter? ______
A. Uncertainty
B. Pure enjoyment.
C. Successes and challenges.
D. Experimentation with life.
2．What does the author advise his daughter to do in college?______
A. Plan everything.
B. Party with friends in her free time.
C. Ignore what others think or say.
D. Treasure and make the best of her college years.
3．Which of these pieces of advice is given in the article?_____
a. think and live independently
b. learn how to learn
c. choose friends with similar personalities
d. be genuine and sincere
e. try new things
A. abc
B. bce
C. cde
D. abe
4．From the text, we can conclude the father ______.
A. is worried about his daughter
B. is optimistic about his daughter’s future
C. is strict with his daughter
D. is sad that his daughter is leaving home
One of the most traditional features of American culture is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
This attitude toward manual(体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.
5．From the second paragraph of this passage we can find that _______.
A. Hagner busies herself by following a trend
B. Hagner doesn't spend much time on her full-time job
C. Hagner is interested in sports and music
D. Hagner wastes much time helping her children's lessons
6．British parents, as the writer described in this passage, _______.
A. treat their children as sports players
B. give their children little time to develop freely
C. bring up their children in a simple way
D. pay no attention to their children's lessons
7．The writer's opinion about after-school clubs is that ________.
A. activities in the country are too competitive
B. children should attend four clubs at a time
C. clubs should have more subjects for school children
D. some clubs result in competitive pressures
8．The last paragraph tells us that in Britain _______.
A. parents used to take their children to every club
B. parents have all benefited from children’s clubs
C. parents used to be wise on how to raise children
D. parents have come to know the standard of education
My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. Summer after summer, I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. People knew everyone, their kids, their pets, their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older. Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting. She would make little sandwiches and we’d have tea parties. She’d make beautiful quilts for each one. I remember the small thimble(顶针) she would use while doing her needle work.
A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth, I bid farewell to a loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change. We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday.
I missed her very much. On one particular birthday, when I was feeling a little low, something happened to make me feel like she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow. It was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam(接缝) that I carefully opened, and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble! How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her. Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing it in that little pillow that I
just happened to place on my bedspread that day. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I’ve collected over the years, where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal to me. What a precious memory of a very special lady who somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble inside my pillow.
I made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!
9．The author liked staying with her grandparents because________.
A. they often bought her some gifts
B. she was curious about people and things there
C. she could have tea parties and eat sandwiches
D. she could learn to sew quilts
10．How did the author feel when she found the silver thimble?
A. Sad
B. Proud
C. Lucky
D. Cheerful
11．It can be inferred from the passage that the silver thimble________.
A. was the item the author had been trying to find
B. was the most treasured possession of Grandma
C. was very precious to the author
D. was a birthday gift Grandma had given the author
12．What is the best title for the passage?
A.A little pillow
B. Grandma’s silver thimble
C. My grandparents
D. My childhood
People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behavior are formed. It is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.
Social scientists are of course extremely interested in these types of questions. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behavior. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from each other, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory. The controversy is often conveniently referred to as “nature
and nurture”．
Those who support the “nature”side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics and behavior is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme，this theory states that our behavior is predetermined to such a great degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts(本能)．
Proponents of the “nurture”theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists, claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. A behaviorist, B. F. Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. The behaviorists' view of the human being is quite mechanistic. They state that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli (刺激) as the basis of their behavior.
Socially and politically, the consequences of these two theories are far-reaching. In the US，for example, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligence tests. This leads some “nature”proponents to conclude that blacks are genetically lower in status than whites. Behaviorists, on the contrary, say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often robbed of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result, they do not develop the same responses that whites do.
Neither of these theories can yet fully explain human behavior. In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes and that the controversy will continue for a long time is certain.
13．This passage is mainly concerned with ________.
A. relation between personality and behavior
B. relation between behavior and environment
C. different accounts of patterns of human behavior
D. different theories of the formation of human behavior
14．The underlined word “proponents”in Paragraph 2 means ________.
A. creators
B. advisors
C. advocates
D. judges
15．In Paragraph 5, the author mainly writes about ________.
A. the considerable influence of the two theories
B. differences between the blacks and whites
C. racial discrimination in the United States
D. different responds to intelligence tests
16．What's the author's purpose in writing the passage?
A. To call our attention to the changes of human behavior.
B. To urge scientists to do more research in social science.
C. To give us a detailed explanation of human behavior.
D. To present an argument in the field of social science.
The koala(考拉) is possibly one of the best known Australian animals, and is found in four states: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The word “koala”comes from an Australian aboriginal word meaning “no drink”.
Sometimes people call them “koala bears”but koala is not a bear. It belongs to a special group of Australian mammals, called marsupial(有袋类). Female marsupials have a pouch where the baby animals live after they are born.
Koalas have soft, thick, grey or brown fur on their backs. The fur on the stomach is white. Koala that live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north because of the cold winters, whereas the koalas in the northern part of the country live in warm to hot weather most of the year so have thinner fur. A koala has a large hairless nose and round ears. Koalas don’t have tails. Adult koalas measure between 7 and 14 kilograms.
Koalas spend nearly all their time in the trees using their sharp, curved claws and long toes to climb about and to hold on to the tree branches. They sleep most of the day, and feed and move from tree to tree mainly at night.
The reason koala sleep for much of the day is because their food eucalyptus(桉树) leaves are very tough so they use a lot of energy to digest. Sleeping saves energy. Eucalyptus leaves are poisonous to almost every other animal. Koalas rarely drink water; they get water from the leaves they eat. Each koala has a home range made up of several trees that they visit regularly. They normally do not visit another koala’s home trees except that a male is looking for a female to mate with. 17．Which of the following statements is NOT true about the name “koala bear”?
A. The name was given by the native in Australia
B. The word “koala”is an original English word
C. The name describes one of its living habits
D. The name is partly false
18．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “punch”？
A. House
B. Cave
C. Pocket
D. Nest
19．Why do the koalas live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north?
A. The thicker fur can protect them from the colder weather
B. It’s always hot in summer in the north
C. It’s always cold in the winter in the south
D. They have to move to the north in the winter
20．Why do koalas sleep much in the day?
A. Their foods are poisonous
B. They want to save energy for the activities at night
C. They can’t get enough e nergy from their tough foods
D. They can’t get enough water from their leaves
三、完形填空（共20小题, 每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Ten years ago, my family moved to a new city, therefore I studied in the new primary school.. Sometimes, I felt very unhappy and lonely. Then one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner . I was a little anxious, but finally I gladly .
Not really knowing how the bus ride should be, I when I saw the landmarks on my friend’s hand-drawn map. But when I got close enough to the , I found none of the streets were shown on the map. I was on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sight. I had no when the next bus would come, when a bus did come by, I got on. I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the bus, but he let me stay on. After he had finished his scheduled bus route, he to help me out. I gratefully showed him my little hand-drawn map but did not help much.
He finally me off at a main road to catch a different bus and was that he could not help me more. After a few minutes of walking, I noticed a bus pull up beside me. It was the bus driver. He explained that he didn’t want to leave me there . He sent out a call and
someone radioed back, saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten minutes away. At last I made it to the dinner party I was over an hour late.
I am forever thankful for the that this bus driver had for me. His act of kindness left a on my heart.
21．A. club B. conference C. party D. meeting
22．A. rejected B. accepted C. went D. got
23．A. long B. soon C. much D. far
24．A. got out B. got on C. got off D. got in
25．A. to showing B. showing C. shown D. to show
26．A. destination B. street signs C. building D. the corner
27．A. lying B. seating C. seated D. standing
28．A. know B. question C. idea D. way
29．A. so B. even C. and D. still
30．A. fast B. quickly C. happily D. ready
31．A. correct B. nice C. wrong D. fastest
32．A. offered B. refused C. supplied D. wanted
33．A. their B. him C. its D. it
34．A. kept B. dropped C. drove D. turned
35．A. sorry B. happy C. unhappy D. disappointed
36．A. foolish B. nice C. kindly D. same
37．A. helpful B. lonely C. unaccompanied D. alone
38．A. before B. although C. so D. as
39．A. kind B. concern C .attitude D. love
40．A. thought B. sign C. mark D. words
四、阅读填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

请将答案写在答题卷上相应题号的横线上。

You want to be confident and feel confident, but what if you're starting with little or no confidence? True self-confidence isn't an overnight acquisition. It takes dedication to realize you are a good
human being that is worthy of respect and love.
Recognize your insecurities
What does that voice in the back of your mind say? Why do you feel uncomfortable or ashamed of yourself? This could be anything from regrets to friends at school or negative experience. Whatever is making you feel unworthy, or ashamed, identify it, give it a name, and write it down. You can also tear these written pieces to start feeling positive on those points.
Get rid of insecurities gradually
Each day you should weaken it. There's no quick fix. Get to the root of the problem; focus on it and understand that you need to resolve each issue before you can move on. Check if it is an old past emotion and if it is really still relevant or applicable in your life today. And that does not mean you have to get rid of whatever makes you feel bad (many times, you simply can't). You need to learn to accept yourself, your past, your circumstances as they are, without necessarily thinking of them as “bad”.
Identify your successes
Everyone is good at something, so discover the things at which you do extremely well, then focus on your talents. Give yourself permission to be proud of them. Give yourself credit for your successes. Inferiority (自卑) is a state of mind in which you've declared yourself a victim. Do not allow yourself to be victimized.
Be Positive
Avoid self-pity, or the pity and sympathy of others. Never allow others to make you feel inferior—they can only do so if you let them. If you continue to dislike and look down upon yourself, others are going to do and believe likewise. Instead, speak in a positive way about yourself, about your future, and about your progress. Do not be afraid to show your strengths and qualities to others. By doing so, you strengthen those ideas in your mind and encourage your growth in a positive direction.
Apply “facial feedback theory”
Studies surrounding what’s called the "facial feedback theory" suggest that the expressions on your face can actually encourage your brain to express certain emotions. So look in the mirror and smile every day, and you might feel happier with yourself and more confident in the long run. Help others
When you know you’re of help to the people around you, and are making a positive difference in other people’s lives (even if it's just being kinder to the person who serves you coffee in the morning), you'll know that you are a positive force in the world—which will boost yourself confidence.
Now, dear friends, will you let confidence keep you company? Be confident, and accomplishing your goals will be just around the corner.
Title: The ways to become confident
五、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。

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。

Good morning everyone, since two managers wanted in the E-reading room, I’m speaking to recommend me to you for the job.
I am from Class 8, Senior 2. I think I am fit for the job. To begin with, I can operate on a computer skillful. Secondly, being a warm-hearted person, I enjoy do some voluntary work for other. Lastly, I have good communication skills. I believe I can provides what the students need. However, I firmly believe I am a ideal person for the job.
I hoped I will have the honor. Thank you for your consideration.
六、书面表达（25分）
52．题目：Things Making Life Happy
要点：1. 不同人有不同的幸福观；
2. 我认为身体健康是幸福；
3. 但是，只有身体健康是不够的。

注意：1. 分三段书写；2，词数：100~120。

Things Making Life Happ
参考答案
1．C
2．D
3．D
4．B
【解析】
1．C细节理解题。

作者在信中希望女儿积极投身大学生活，在成功和挑战中磨砺自己。

选项D有偏颇，不是作者的主要意思。

2．D细节理解题。

作者希望女儿能够珍惜大学时光，努力学习、交友、计划未来、勇于挑战自我等，可以用选项D概括。

选项A显然不对，作者并未让女儿事事计划周全；选项C 与文章意思不符，文中作者希望女儿不要受别人的意见所困，要有自己的主见，但并非不管不顾别人的言论。

3．D细节理解题。

作者在信中给女儿出了多条建议，对比文章可知，作者希望女儿交的朋友对她是真心的，别管其他很多条件。

D项的描述在文章并未提及。

4．B情感态度题。

根据全文的语言基调得出.
5．A
6．B
7．D
8．C
【解析】
试题分析：本文讲述了英美国的父母从小让孩子上培训班的现象及其对孩子的不利影响。

5．A细节理解题。

第二段的意思是即使Hagner和她三个孩子的时间都很紧，但是她还是要在放学后带他们去上各种辅导班。

故选A
6．B 细节理解题。

第三段的最后一句话…British parents treat their children as if they are competitors….英国的父母对待孩子就像对待竞争者一样的严厉。

故选B
7．D细节理解题。

根据倒数第三段的第三句But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities.可知竞争压力也导致活动的泛滥。

故选D
8．C推理分析题。

最后一段意为固执己见的父母并不新奇，但之前逼着孩子去上班培训班这件事被认为奇怪的事，现已为人们所接受。

可知父母们已经习惯了这种教育方式。

故选C 考点：考查议论文阅读
9．B
10．D
11．C
12．B
【解析】
试题分析：文章大意：奶奶的爱，在那冒着热气的浓茶里，在她做针线活时用的那枚亮闪闪的顶针里……
9．推理判断题。

作者小候非常喜欢在爷爷奶奶家里度过炎热的夏天是因为那里的人、那里的事物对在城市里生活的她来说都很新鲜。

故B正确。

10．推理判断题。

从文章第三段中的How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her及文章最后一段的What a wonderful birthday that was可知答案。

故D正确。

11．推理判断题。

本文讲述一枚顶针引发了作者对奶奶的无限思念，可见它对作者来说很珍
贵。

故C正确。

12．主旨大意题。

本文讲述一枚顶针引发了作者对奶奶的无限思念，故用标题Grandma’s silver thimble。

故B正确。

考点：考查社记叙文阅读
13．D
14．C
15．A
16．D
【解析】
试题分析：本文主要讨论了人的个性和智力是先天形成的还是受环境影响的。

13．主旨大意题。

首段首句指出作者要讨论的问题，第2 段开始从两个方面解释该问题，末段是总结段，由此看来，首段首句和末段首句提到的human behavior 是本文的中心内容，虽然文章首段第 2 句就提到intelligent 一词，但该句的intelligent，cooperative，competitive 等都只是举例说明首句有关personalities 和behaviors 的问题，由此可见，选项B 并非本文主旨；作者提到两种理论是为了解释性格和行为形成的原因，并非讨论这两种理论形成的原因，因此A和C两项均不正确。

选D
14．猜词题。

根据文章内容，我们可以判断proponent 应指人，指这两种理论的支持者，只有 advocates“拥护者”符合这种推测，故选C。

15．段落大意题：题干问第五段主要关于什么，这要看第五段的结构。

第一句Socially and politically, the consequences of these two theories are far-reaching.很明心是个概括句，下面的论据是为了证明这两个理论的相当大的影响。

选A
16．写作意图题：结合文章的首尾可知作者的写作目的是为了介绍社会科学领域的一个争论吗，答案选D
考点：考查社会现象类短文
17．B
18．C
19．A
20．C
试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了考拉的外貌及生活习性。

17．根据The word “koala”comes from an Australian aboriginal word meaning “no drink”，故选B。

18．根据where the baby animals live after they are born. 故选C。

19．根据Koala that live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north because of the cold winters, whereas the koalas in the northern part of the country live in warm to hot weather most of the year so have thinner fur，所以答案为A。

20．根据The reason koala sleep for much of the day is because their food eucalyptus(桉树) leaves are very tough so they use a lot of energy to digest. Sleeping saves energy.所以答案为C。

考点：教育类短文阅读理解
点评：教育类短文阅读理解与普通英语存在许多差异，而又与人们日常生活密切相关，应用性很强。

所以它可以很好地考查学生提取信息、处理信息的能力，也是历年来高考考查的一个热点。

此类文章文句精练，信息量大，表达方式千变万化，做这种题目先略读题目，再浏览题干，然后带着问题找答案。

在阅读时又要特别注意文中以黑体、大写、下划线等方式加以提示的文字，因为这很有可能是文章的核心或至少是一部分内容的概括。

21．C
22．B
23．A
24．C
25．C
26．B
27．D
28．C
29．A
30．B
31．C
32．A
33．D
35．A
36．D
37．D
38．B
39．B
40．C
【解析】
试题分析：文章介绍作者应邀参加朋友的聚会，但是却迷路了，多亏了一个司机的帮助，让他达到了聚会地点，作者对这个司机非常感激。

21．考查名词辨析和上下文理解。

A. club俱乐部，B. conference会议，C. party聚会，D. meeting 会议，根据后面的句子：At last I made it to the dinner party 18 I was over an hour late.可知作者的同学邀请他参加聚会，所以选C。

22．考查动词辨析和上下文理解。

A. rejected拒绝，B. accepted接受，C. went 去，D. got得到，这句话的意思是：我有点紧张，但是我还是高兴的接受了，根据but，nervous，gladly这样的词，可知是接受了，所以选B。

23．考查形容词辨析和上下文理解。

A. long长的，B. soon快的，C. much多的，D. far远的，根据下文：I 4 when I saw the landmarks 5on my friend’s hand-drawn map. 可知作者不知道乘车有多远，所以选A。

24．考查短语辨析和上下文理解。

A. got out出去，B. got on上车，C. got off下车，D. got in 收获，根据下文：when I saw the landmarks 5on my friend’s hand-drawn map.可知作者在朋友手绘的地图标明的路标出下了车，所以选C。

25．考查动词形式辨析和上下文理解。

这里使用过去分词做定语，因为landmark和show是被动关系，所以选C。

26．考查名词辨析和上下文理解。

A. destination目的地，B. street signs街道标志，C. building 建筑，D. the corner拐角，根据上文：when I saw the landmarks可知当我看见街道标志的时候，所以选B。

27．考查动词辨析和上下文理解。

A. lying躺，撒谎，B. seating就坐，C. seated坐着的，D. standing站，根据下文：with cars driving past without a person in sight.可知作者站在繁忙的街道周围只有车辆没有人，所以选D
28．考查动词辨析和上下文理解。

A. know知道，B. question问题，C. idea想法，D. way道路，我不知道下班车什么时候来，have no idea不知道，所以选C。

29．考查副词辨析和上下文理解。

A. so那么，B. even甚至，C. and并且，D. still仍然，根据上文：I had no 8 when the next bus would come,可知当车来的时候，我迅速的上去了，所以选A。

30．考查副词辨析和上下文理解。

A. fast快地，B. quickly迅速地，C. happily快乐地，D. ready准备好的，fast 侧重于指人或物体具有运动速度快的特点。

而quickly 侧重指某事完成或发生的快，总共延续的时间很短，常指人的思维快，手快或动作敏捷等。

这里表示很快就上车了，所以选B。

31．考查形容词辨析和上下文理解。

A. correct正确的，B. nice好的，C. wrong错的，D. fastest 最快的，根据下文：but he let me stay on. After he had finished his scheduled bus route, he12 to help me out.可知作者上错了车，所以选C。

32．考查动词辨析和上下文理解。

A. offered 提供，B. refused拒绝，C. supplied供应，D. wanted想要，根据下文：I gratefully showed him my little hand-drawn map but 13 did not help much.可知司机主动提出帮忙，选A。

33．考查代词辨析和上下文理解。

A. their他们，B. him他，C. its它的，D. it它，我感激地给他看手绘的地图，但是这没有什么用，it指代的是hand-drawn map，所以选D。

34．考查动词辨析和上下文理解。

A. kept保持，B. dropped掉落，C. drove 驾驶，D. turned转变，根据下文：was 15 that he could not help me more.可知司机让作者在一个主干道下车，drop off让某人下车，所以选B。

35．考查形容词辨析和上下文理解。

A. sorry对不起，B. happy快乐的，C. unhappy不快乐的，D. disappointed失望的，根据下文：he could not help me more可知司机很抱歉不能帮忙了，选A。

36．考查形容词辨析和上下文理解。

A. foolish愚蠢的，B. nice好的，C. kindly好心地，D. same同样的，根据下文：He explained that he didn’t want to leave me there可知还是同样的那个司机，选D。

37．考查形容词辨析和上下文理解。

A. helpful有帮助的，B. lonely孤单的，C. unaccompanied 无伴侣的；不伴随的；无伴奏的，D. alone孤单的，他不想让我一个人留在那里，选D。

38．考查连词辨析和上下文理解。

A. before在…前面，B. although虽然，C. so因此，D. as 正如，虽然迟了一个小时，但是我还是参加了聚会，这两句话是转折关系，所以选B。