The police had moved quickly to block off the area. Now Jim stood across the street with the other students, watching in stunned disbelief as the fire department fought to (1) ____ control of the fire. But it looked hopeless. The east end of the building exploded into flames. The noise was so loud (2) ____ even Jim, as he fiddled absently (3) ____ the volume control to his hearing aid, could hear a faint roar. Across the street on the school grounds Mr. Maclntire, the principal, was shouting to the fire chief. Jim read his lips, (4) ____ some of what he said because of the distance but getting (5) ____ than enough to understand, “...eight students and a teacher...in a basement room...trapped!” The fire chief shook his head. Three times already firefighters had tried to enter the building, only to be (6) ___ back by the heat and smoke, and now there was no hope at all. Jim saw it in the chief’s face. His friends and the teacher he respected more than any (7) ____ were as good as dead. They had little (8) ___ to survive the smoke, not to mention the heat. It was Jim’s class in the basement, and he should have been in there himself. But he has stopped in the hall upstairs to talk to Mr. Maclntire about the Phonic Ear. It was a small radio receiver plugged into his hearing aid (9) ___ signals from a transmitter worn by his teachers. Born with a (10) ____ impairment, Jim had had problems in his classes. He was a good lip reader, but lip reading did not always (11) ____. Teachers sometimes, without thinking, (12) ___ their faces away when talking. Making good grades had been hard for him (13) ____ he began to use the Phonic Ear. Now he heard everything his teacher said, and his grades had shot (14) ____. That was one reason he had been placed in the advanced physics class, the only course still (15) ____ in any of the basement floor classrooms of the old school, (16) ____ was undergoing renovation. A new wing was to be added to the back of the school. Heavy equipment had been digging the new foundations and had broken a gas line leading into the basement. (17) ____ he was late to class, Jim had just turned away from Mr. Maclntire (18) ____ the school building was rocked by an (19) ____. Smoke rose from the basement stairwell and was followed by fire. Everyone on the upper two floors had gotten out. But there had been no escape for those (20) ____.
1.【解题思路】考查固定搭配。根据空格前的关键词“fire department(消防部门)”,可知消防部门应该是控制火势;且空格前为“to”,所以此处需要填入一个动词原形,并与后文的“control of”构成固定短语,短语含义为“控制”,因此可填入“gain”,构成固定搭配“gain control of”,意为“控制”。该句句意:现在吉姆和其他学生站在街对面,目瞪口呆地看着消防部门奋力控制火势。
2.【解题思路】考查固定搭配。根据空格后的关键信息“even Jim…could hear a faint roar”可知空格是一个完整的句子,因此需要一个引导词来引导从句;结合前文的关键词“so”,可知该句包含一个固定句型“so…that…”,意为“如此……以至于……”。该句句意:噪音是如此之大,以至于吉姆在……时,都能听到微弱的轰鸣声。
3.【解题思路】考查固定搭配。根据该空前的关键词“fiddle”可知此处包含一个固定短语“fiddle with”,意为“摆弄,拨弄”。该句句意:噪音如此之大,以至于吉姆在心不在焉地拨弄助听器的音量控制时,都能听到微弱的轰鸣声。
4.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。结合该空前文“Jim read his lips(吉姆读了他的唇语)”,及该空后文信息“because of the distance(由于距离的关系)”,可知吉姆应该只捕捉了一些他所说的话,可用动词“catch”,且因为该句已有谓语动词“read”,所以“catch”应该用非谓语形式,而“Jim”与“catch”之间是主动关系,因此采用现在分词形式,所以应该填入“catching”。该句句意:吉姆读了他的唇语,由于距离的关系,他捕捉了一些他所说的话……
5.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。由该空后表示比较的“than”,可知该空应该填入一个比较级形式的词;结合前文提到吉姆由于距离原因只捕捉了一些他所说的话,以及本空前表转折的关键词“but”,可知转折后该处的语义要表述的是“得到了足够多的能理解的信息”,所以应该填入“more”。该句句意:吉姆读了他的唇语,由于距离的关系,他漏掉了一些他所说的话,但还是得到了足够多的能理解的信息,“……八个学生和一个老师……在地下室……被困住了!”
6.【解题思路】考查固定搭配。结合该空所在句前文说“消防队员已经三次试图进入大楼”,以及后文说“没有希望”,可知消防员没能成功进入大楼,被高温和烟雾所击退,因此应填入一个与“back”构成表示“击退”的短语。“drive back”意为“击退;驾驶返回”,而“消防队员”是被“击退”,所以应填入“driven”。该句句意:消防队员已经三次试图进入大楼,却都被高温和烟雾赶了回来,现在一点希望也没有了。
7.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。该句中“teacher”后有一个省略了引导词的定语从句,由此可知“he respected more than any (7) ___”修饰的是“teacher”,表示吉姆尊敬这个老师超过任何人,因此空格应填入“one”。该句句意:他的朋友和他最尊敬的老师处于非常危险的境地。
8.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。根据前文说朋友和老师都处于非常危险的境地,可知他们应该是几乎没有机会幸存了,所以该空应填入意为“机会”的单词;结合关键词“little”后应该接不可数名词,所以应该填入“chance”。该句句意:他们几乎没有机会从浓烟中幸存,更不用说从高温中幸存了。
9.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。结合前文关键词“radio receiver(无线电接收器)”,以及后文信息“signals from a transmitter worn by his teachers(来自他老师佩戴的发射器的信号)”,可知“接收器应该会接收信号”,因此动词应用“receive”。因为该句已有谓语动词“was”,所以“receive”应用非谓语形式,而“receiver”与“receive”是主动关系,因此用现在分词形式,应该填入“receiving”。该句句意:这是一个插在他的助听器上的小型无线电接收器,接收来自他老师佩戴的发射器的信号。
10.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。结合关键词“impairment(某种缺陷)”,以及上文提到他需要用助听器,可知吉姆应该是存在听力缺陷,因此应该填入“hearing”。该句句意:吉姆生来就有听力障碍,在课堂上有问题。
11.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。根据关键词“but”表转折,可知应该是否定懂唇语的益处,结合空格前的“did not”可知该空需填入一个动词,因此可填“help”。该句句意:他很会读唇语,但读唇语并不总是有帮助。
12.【解题思路】考查固定搭配。结合前文说懂唇语也不是总是有帮助的,以及该空所在句关键信息“their faces away”,可知该句是说老师有时会在讲课时转过脸,这样看不到老师的嘴,唇语也发挥不了作用了。因为该句缺少谓语,所以应填入一个谓语动词,并与“away”构成搭配,所以应填入“turn”,“turn away”意为“转变方向;拒绝”。因为主语为“Teachers”,结合关键词“sometimes”可知该句说的是一般、通常的情况,所以填入动词原形“turn”。该句句意:有时,老师讲课时会不加思考就把脸转过去。
13.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。根据该空所在句含有两个谓语动词“had been”、“began”,可知该句是一个复合句,而句中没有从句引导词,所以空格处应填入能引导从句的连词。根据“had been”是过去完成时,表示过去的过去,而“began”是一般过去时,由此可知主句的状态先于从句的状态发生,也就是“had been”先于“began”,因此应填入意为“在……之前”的连词,也就是“before”。该句句意:在他开始使用声耳之前,取得好成绩对他来说很难。
14.【解题思路】考查固定搭配。结合前文说没有声耳之前取得好成绩很难,以及该空所在句前文信息“现在他听到了老师说的一切”,由此可知他的成绩会升高,所以应该填入一个与“shot”构成表示“升高”的固定短语。“shot”是动词“shoot”的过去分词,固定短语“shoot up”意为“迅速上升”,所以应填入“up”。该句句意:现在他听到了老师说的每一句话,他的成绩突飞猛进。
15.【解题思路】结合该空前的关键词“course(课程)”,以及该空后的关键信息“the basement floor classrooms(地下室的教室)”,可知“课程”应该是在教室“被教”,所以填入过去分词“taught”。该句句意:这是他被分到高级物理班的原因之一,高级物理课是老学校地下室教室里唯一还在教授的课程……
16.【解题思路】根据该空后文信息“was undergoing renovation(正在进行翻新)”可知是在说明“old school”,由此可知该空所在句应该是对“old school”进行限定的非限制性定语从句,由于从句缺少主语,因此填入“which”。该句句意:这是他被分到高级物理班的原因之一,高级物理课是老学校地下室教室里唯一还在教授的课程,而老学校正在进行翻新。
17.【解题思路】根据英语语法规则,后文已有主句“Jim had just turned away from Mr. Maclntire(吉姆刚从麦克蒂尔先生那里转过身去)”,则该空所在句“he was late to class(他上课迟到了)”应该变为从句,所以空格处应填入从句引导词。因该句与后文不存在明显的逻辑关系,而在时间上与后文几乎一致,因此可以填入时间状语引导词“While”。该句句意:当他上课迟到时,吉姆刚从麦克蒂尔老师那里转过身去……
18.【解题思路】考查固定搭配。根据前文关键词“had just turned”,以及后文信息“the school building was rocked by…”,可知该句包含一个固定句型“had just done...when...”,意为“刚做完……就……”,所以该空应填入“when”。该句句意:吉姆上课迟到了,他刚从麦克蒂尔老师那里转过身去,学校大楼就受到了……的震动。
19.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。根据该空前的关键词“an”可知该空应该填入一个发音为元音音素开头的名词;结合文章开头部分提到“The east end of the building exploded into flames(大楼的东端爆炸起火)”,可知此处学校大楼受到震动是来源于爆炸,所以应该填入“explosion”。该句句意:吉姆上课迟到了,他刚从麦克蒂尔老师那里转过身去,学校大楼就受到了爆炸的震动。
20.【解题思路】考查上下文语义衔接。结合该句前文说“Everyone on the upper two floors had gotten out(上面两层楼的所有人都逃了出来)”,以及该句表示转折的“But”,可知该句说的是楼下的人无处可逃,因此该空应填入与“upper”相反的词“below”。该句句意:但那些在楼下面的人却无处可逃。