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  • 1. (2019九下·海淀期中) 阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

        It was the middle of July. I had spent two days exploring a bat cave in the desert in southern New Mexico. The cave was part of an ancient flow of lava(熔岩流),now hardened into rock. I had left the cave and was driving my pickup truck on a rough(高低不平的)track across the  1surface of the lava flow.

        Suddenly, the truck came to a stop, caught on a black lava rock.

        A quick check of the underside 2the worst: the truck's axle(车轴)was bent,nearly broken in two. I couldn't 3 help in such faraway country. I put the food and cans of water into my backpack and set off on foot, going north, the direction of the main highway. I was low on water. Too little food did not matter much, but hiking across the desert in July without water could be dangerous. As I set out, unreasonable 4 came over my mind. I was afraid of everything around me. Each creature made my heart jump. In my mind, every movement was a scary animal about to strike and kill me.

        I walked for hours and cried until I 5that nobody was around to hear me. Complaining was useless. A change came over me. I began to feel less afraid. Fear was replaced by curiosity. I went on, and slowly but surely began to see the desert world differently, through 6 eyes, not frightened ones.

        That night I lay on the warm sand, using my backpack as a pillow. The sky went dark. The stars began to shine in the hugeness of the heavens. With a smile I thought how little there was to fear, after all. By noon the following day I 7north. I began to think how lucky I was to see the wild desert world. A wrecked truck and a forced hike across the desert gave me an/a 8 to see what few others ever saw

        Late in the day, I came to a farmhouse. I drank all the lemonade that the farmer and his wife had in their refrigerator. "I liked it out there," I told them when we got to talking. "I just wish I had been less frightened. I would have noticed more that way "I know what you mean," the man said thoughtfully.

    "It's a rare sight, that desert wilderness, a rare sight'

    (1)
    A . clean B . flat C . hard D . smooth
    (2)
    A . proved B . ordered C . thought D . imagined
    (3)
    A . choose B . explain C . suggest D . expect
    (4)
    A . pride B . fears C . pains D . surprise
    (5)
    A . wondered B . remembered C . described D . realized
    (6)
    A . tired B . nervous C . interested D . satisfied
    (7)
    A . continued B . searched C . improved D . increased
    (8)
    A . change B . opportunity C . attention D . responsibility

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