He discovered from the timetable that the train was (1) in twenty minutes. Edgar settled himself into a corner, worried in (2) when people saw him they would all wonder (3) a child like him was making a train journey alone. He sighed with (4) when at last he heard the first sound of the train and then saw it roar in — the train (5) was to take him out into the world.
As he climbed (6) he noticed his ticket was second-class. He (7) always travelled first-class before and again he felt that everything had changed. There were, differences he had never (8) before. His (9) companions were not (10) those he usually met. Some Italian workmen with hard hands and rough voices sat opposite (11) spades and shovels, and looked, out with dull, blank expressions. They had been working to (12) money. Edgar (13), but he could not imagine, how much it could be. He became (14) for the first time that he was accustomed as a matter of (15) to an air of comfortable ease, in his life, and there, was so much, he knew nothing about.
Edgar began to see many things from that narrow compartment with its windows to the (16) world. He (17) out of the window with new eyes. And it seemed, to him that, he saw everything in its proper light for the first time. Houses fled by as (18) blown away by the wind, and this made him think about the people who lived in them. Were they (19) or poor, happy or miserable? Did they (20), as he did to know everything?
1.【答案】due
【考查点】上下文语义和系表结构
【解题思路】空格前面是系动词was,系动词后面可以接名词、代词、数词、形容词、副词、介词、动名词等。此句表示:他从时刻表上得知火车将在20分钟后到达。因此填入形容词due一词。
【句意】他从时刻表上得知火车将在20分钟后到达。
2.【答案】case
【考查点】上下文语义和固定搭配
【解题思路】此处填入的词应与in构成搭配,因此填入case,in case是固定搭配,表示“万一,假使”,符合句意。
【句意】埃德加在一个角落里坐了下来,心里很担心……
3.【答案】why
【考查点】句间逻辑
【解题思路】分析句子结构可知,这里应填一个引导词,该引导词后的从句做wonder的宾语,因此填why符合句意。
【句意】埃德加在一个角落里坐了下来,心里很担心,生怕人们一看见他就会纳闷,像他这样的孩子为什么要独自乘火车旅行。
4.【答案】relief
【考查点】固定搭配
【解题思路】sigh with relief是固定搭配,表示“松了一口气”。
【句意】当他终于听到火车的第一声声音时,他松了一口气……
5.【答案】that
【考查点】定语从句
【解题思路】该空所在的部分结构为:名词the train+空格+谓语,因此空格处应为一个引导词,the train后面是一个定语从句用来修饰限定the train,故填that。
【句意】当他终于听到火车的第一声鸣笛时,他松了一口气,然后看到火车呼啸而来——那辆火车将带他去外面的世界。
6.【答案】abroad
【考查点】固定搭配
【解题思路】climb aboard是固定搭配,表示“上车”,符合句意。
【句意】当他上车时,他注意到他的票是二等票。
7.【答案】had
【考查点】时态
【解题思路】根据题干关键词before跟后面的动词felt可知这里应为travel一词的过去完成时形式。
【句意】他以前总是坐头等舱,现在他觉得一切都变了。
8.【答案】noted
【考查点】上下文语义和过去完成时
【解题思路】空格前面是had never,所以空格处应填一个动词的过去分词形式,根据前后文可知这里的句意为:这里有他以前从未察觉到的差异。因此noted符合句意。
【句意】他以前从未留意到有一些不同。
9.【答案】journey
【考查点】上下文语义
【解题思路】根据前后文可知空格处填入journey(长途旅行),符合句意。
【句意】他的旅伴们……
10.【答案】like
【考查点】上下文语义
【解题思路】根据前后文,空格处填入be like表示“像……,和……一样”符合句意。
【句意】他的旅伴不再像他通常遇到的那些一样了。
11.【答案】holding
【考查点】上下文语义和非谓语动词
【解题思路】分析句子可知,该处应填入一个动词的现在分词形式做Italian workmen的后置定语,其宾语为spades and shovels(铁锹),因此填holding比较合适。
【句意】一些手很硬、声音粗哑的意大利工人坐在对面,手里拿着铁锹和铲子,面无表情地望着外面。
12.【答案】earn
【考查点】上下文语义和词语搭配
【解题思路】空格处所填词宾语为money,故动词earn比较合适。earn money表示“赚钱”。
【句意】他们一直在工作赚钱。
13.【答案】thought
【考查点】上下文语义
【解题思路】空格后面的but he could not imagine是插入语,句子主干是:Edgar…how much it could be,所以这里应该填一个谓语动词,故填入thought符合句意。
【句意】埃德加想了想,但他无法想象,会有多少钱。
14.【答案】aware
【考查点】上下文语义
【解题思路】结合前后文可知此处表示“他意识到”,并且空格前是系动词became,因此用形容词aware做表语,符合句意。
【句意】他第一次意识到……
15.【答案】course
【考查点】固定搭配
【解题思路】as a matter of course为固定搭配,表示“自然地”。
【句意】他第一次意识到,在他的生活中,他习惯了一种自然的舒适的气氛,而他所不知道的还有很多。
16.【答案】outside
【考查点】上下文语义
【解题思路】根据前文可知这里表示“通向外面世界”,因此填入outside。
【句意】埃德加开始从那个开着窗户通向外面世界的狭小隔间里看到许多东西。
17.【答案】looked
【考查点】固定搭配
【解题思路】look out of the window是固定搭配,表示“看向窗外”。
【句意】他用新的眼光看着窗外。
18.【答案】though
【考查点】固定搭配
【解题思路】as though是固定搭配表示“好像;仿佛”,符合句意。
【句意】房子好像被风吹走了似的,呼啸而过。
19.【答案】rich
【考查点】上下文语义
【解题思路】根据后面的happy or miserable(快乐或者痛苦)可知此处所填词应跟poor是反义词,因此rich比较合适。
【句意】他们是富有还是贫穷,幸福还是痛苦?
20.【答案】long
【考查点】上下文语义
【解题思路】根据前文可知空格处应该填入“渴望”的含义,long to do sth.表示“渴望做某事”,符合句意。
【句意】他们也像他一样渴望知道一切吗?