能够设计过山车, 她很关注科学和数学。说明她从小就开始考虑(think about)如何为设计过山车作准备。故选A。 3. A. got C. took
B. researched D. studied
【解析】选C。此处take classes“上课”为习惯搭配。故选C。 4. A. classical C. practical
B. ancient D. advanced
【解析】选D。承接上句, 再根据even more表达的语气, 此处指更高级的(advanced)数学。故选D。 5. A. visited C. sponsored
B. created D. managed
【解析】选A。根据常识可判断, 为了研究过山车, 她经常光顾(visit)主题公园。创造(create); 资助(sponsor)或管理(manage)主题公园不符合语境。故选A。 6. A. made C. won
B. bought D. got
【解析】选D。get a degree“获得学位”为习惯搭配。 7. A. counts
B. stays
C. spends
D. stops
【解析】选C。此处为spend time doing sth. 固定结构, 表示花费时间做某事。 8. A. largely C. carefully
B. completely D. possibly
【解析】选A。根据后面的“except for. . . ”可知, 此处指这些新型过山车大部分(largely)是用木头做的, 除了金属轨道。故选A。 9. A. road
B. frame
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C. fence D. track
【解析】选D。由下文the cars run 可知, 此处指金属制造的轨道(track)。 故选D。
10. A. metals C. colors
B. components D. plans
【解析】选B。根据后文“But they with the terrain and design. ”可知, 此处不是指颜色和计划; 根据前文可知, Lehrner设计的过山车大部分为木质, 所以排除A。component意为“组件”。故选B。 11. A. agree C. change
B. compare D. go
【解析】选C。此处意为“我们使用了很多相同的组件和概念。但随着地形和设计的变化而变化(change)。”故选C。 12. A. beautiful C. much
B. dangerous D. high
【解析】选D。地势的不同让我们知道过山车的弯应有多急, 陡坡应有多高(high)。此处指陡坡的高度。故选D。 13. A. drops C. places
B. coasters D. carriages
【解析】选A。根据常识可知, 过山车要想刺激, 降幅要大, 转弯要快, 倒悬要多。big drops“大的降幅”, 故选A。 14. A. slower C. further
B. crazier D. faster
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【解析】选D。根据本段第一句“Some parks want their coasters to be as scary as possible. ”可知, 既然一些公园希望过山车尽量刺激, 那么所设计的过山车应该让乘坐人员感到比实际要快(faster)。故选D。 15. A. family C. place
B. community D. park
【解析】选A。根据“children as well as their parents”可知, 此处应指全家(family)。故选A。
【知识拓展】佳词积累
1. advanced adj. 先进的; 高级的 2. mechanical adj. 机械的; 力学的 3. amusement 4. concept
n. 消遣; 娱乐
n. 观念; 概念
5. scary adj. 可怕的; 恐怖的 6. component n. 组件; 组成部分
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Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to 1 . So on a chilly January evening last year, the two friends ventured onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois, to get a better 2 . First, they tossed a rock onto the ice to test it. Convinced the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few 3 . Then, he crashed through the seemingly 4 surface. “There was no sound, no crack, ” recalled Anthony, “I just fell through 5 . ”
Cruz rushed to help his panicked friend. FOOMP—the pond swallowed him too.
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Cruz 6 to lift himself out of the cold water and onto a more 7 section. He then cautiously worked his way toward Anthony. But he fell in 8 . This time, he couldn’t get out.
The boys were up to their neck in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs. Any chance of their 9 themselves was slipping away. Cruz was sure he was going to die.
Anthony’s elder sister had seen the 10 fall through the ice and started screaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby heard her. He quickly 11 over. Seeing the boys, he kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water, chopping his way through the 12 with his free fist.
Lavin pulled the boys back to 13 . They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water had 14 their body temperature nearly ten degrees.
Fortunately, the boys have fully 15 . “Just to think, ” says Cruz, “if John wasn’t there, we could have died. ”
【文章大意】本文是记叙文, 两个男孩为求证冰上的鸟是鸭子还是鹅而落水, 幸好被路过的邻居救起。
1. A. come across B. find out C. get around
D. go through
【解析】选B。只有亲自到近处看看才能弄清楚(find out)池塘里到底是鸭子还是鹅, 所以此句意为, 只有一个方法能弄清楚。故选B。 2. A. understanding C. choice
B. solution D. look
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【解析】选D。根据上文可知, 两个孩子冒险走上池塘的冰面去看(look)个清楚。故选D。
3. A. pictures B. minutes C. steps D. risks
【解析】选C。大意为: 安东尼确信冰面能够撑住他们的重量, 就在冰上走了几步(steps)。故选C。
4. A. smooth B. cold C. frozen D. soft
【解析】选C。根据故事内容可知, 池塘的冰面看起来好像冻住了(frozen), 实际上没冻实在。故选C。 5. A. slowly C. deeply
B. instantly D. constantly
【解析】选B。根据安东尼说的话可知, 他是瞬间(instantly)掉进去的, 没有声音, 没有冰破的声音。故选B。 6. A. managed C. promised
B. failed D. jumped
【解析】选A。根据后面“But he fell in . This time, he couldn’t get out. ” 可知, 起初, 科鲁兹设法(manage)把自己从水里救了出来, 后来又掉了进去。故选A。 7. A. solid C. dangerous
B. special D. separated
【解析】选A。从水里出来, 应该是到了一块冰面比较坚固的(solid)地方。故选A。
8. A. later
B. again
C. even
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D. indeed
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