A
My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from 1 , but something told him to 2 and begin a new adventure.
He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road took him.
Getting along well sometimes seemed 3 . There were always a lot of 4 , especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to 5 in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about 6 . When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three due to bad roads and 7 traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her 8 turn toward my father. “No, ” she said. “I thought you did. ” That was how a seven-hour car trip turned into a 16-hour one, which was mostly spent in 9 .
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were 10 in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the 11 . Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and 12 one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.
This is why road trips were like 13 universities to us. We 14 our PHDs(博士学位) in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.
If we were 15 given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the suitcases in the car myself.
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者的父亲喜欢冒险, 经常带着家人去旅行, 作者通过讲述旅行故事让我们学会与他人相处的道理。
1. A. move B. life
C. experience D. belief
【解析】选B。父亲来自小镇, 他不太确定想从生活中获得什么。move行动;life生活;experience经历;belief信念。故选B。
2. A. live up B. struggle on
C. get out D. walk around
【解析】选C。与上文是转折关系, 但是他知道要走出去, 开始新的冒险。 live up不负众望; struggle on奋斗;get out出去; walk around四处走动。故选C。
3. A. available B. alternative
C. necessary D. impossible
【解析】选D。根据下文提及的争吵可知, 姐妹之间好好相处似乎不可能(impossible)。 available可得到的; alternative供选择的; necessary必要的; impossible不可能的。故选D。
4. A. arguments B. fights
C. embarrassments D. amusements
【解析】选A。在旅途中有很多争吵。 arguments争吵; fights斗争; embarrassments尴尬; amusements娱乐。故选A。
5. A. settle B. rest
C. sit D. watch
【解析】选C。根据上下文语境可知, 三姐妹关于谁坐在中间有很多争吵。 settle解决; rest休息; sit坐; watch观察。故选C。
6. A. sharing B. respect
C. communication D. tolerance
【解析】选D。根据下文作者描述的一次经历可知, 尽管很难, 但学会了容忍。 sharing分享; respect尊重; communication交流; tolerance容忍。故选D。
7. A. light B. thick
C. local D. fast
【解析】选B。由于很差的路况和拥挤的交通, 本该一小时的路程他们开车开了三个小时。 light轻的; thick密集的, 拥挤的; local当地的; fast快的。故选B。
8. A. suddenly B. sensitively
C. calmly D. slowly
【解析】选D。我们从后排座看到妈妈慢慢转向父亲说话。 suddenly突然; sensitively敏感地; calmly冷静地; slowly慢慢地。故选D。
9. A. silence B. vain
C. panic D. disappointment
【解析】选A。上文说到在旅途中我们都学会了容忍, 因此在7个小时的车程结果变成了16个小时的车程时, 大部分时间里我们都是沉默的。 silence沉默; vain徒劳; panic恐慌; disappointment失望。故选A。
10. A. buried B. crazy
C. stuck D. impatient
【解析】选C。在那种情况下, 我们学会了放下愤怒, 因为我们都是同一群人待在同一个车上, 彼此包容。 buried专心的; crazy疯狂的; stuck困于; impatient没有耐心的。故选C。
11. A. holiday B. journey
C. exploration D. march
【解析】选B。这里指全家在旅途中。 holiday假期; journey旅途; exploration探索; march行军。故选B。
12. A. dragging B. pushing
C. helping D. sending
【解析】选B。这里是夸张的说法, 作者有时候想要打开门把自己的姐妹推下车。 drag拖拽; push推; help帮助; send送。故选B。
13. A. unusual B. common
C. free D. mobile
【解析】选D。对我们来说, 公路旅行就像移动的大学。unusual不寻常的; common普遍的; free免费的; mobile移动的。故选D。
14. A. earned B. expected
C. missed D. valued
【解析】选A。在这所移动的大学, 就如何与别人相处方面, 我们获得了博士学位, 意指我们在旅途中学到了很多。 earn获得; expect期待; miss错过; value重视。故选A。
15. A. somewhere B. anytime
C. somehow D. anyway
【解析】选C。如果我们以某种方式被给予第二次生命的机会, 我们会重新来过。 somewhere在某处; anytime任何时候; somehow以某种方式; anyway不管怎样。故选C。
【知识拓展】 佳词积累
adventure n. 冒险
