myself ask ___27___. “Arre bhai, get off my bus and let us go. We ___28___ to reach the next station on time. Where will you get a place to stay in this goddamned town?” he shouted back. Amid mounting panic, I felt a ___29___ tap on my shoulder. As I looked back, a warm smile ____30____ me. “I’m Sawant, from the next town. The bus ____31____ there for the night and returns tomorrow morning. Why don’t you buy a ticket for the next stop? You can spend the night at my place, and join work tomorrow.” I thanked him from my heart and accepted his ____32____. By the time the bus reached the final stop, it was 8:30 p.m. The kind soul led me to his house. He and his wife took great ____33____ to make my stay comfortable. I was ____34____ with warm water for a bath, followed by a hot ____35____ and a comfortable bed. All this took place in semi-darkness. No lights yet. I was up early the next morning and my benefactor (恩人) came to ____36____ me off. I could not see his face clearly, as it was ____37____ dark. I made it ____38____ the college in time and taught there for almost 11 years. All this while I ____39____ him, even asking my new friends and students to help find the kind soul. But Mr Sawant remained ____40____. Perhaps I had got his name wrong. My only regret: I could not thank him again. 21. A. Excited 22. A. home
B. Interested B. school
C. Worried C. comfort
D. Annoyed D. dilemma D. nodded off D. eye D. Nothing D. map
23. A. knocked off B. dropped off 24. A. start
B. jump
C. turned off C. ear
25. A. Something B. Anything 26. A. seat 27. A. sadly
B. room B. quickly B. get B. soft
C. Everything C. ticket
C. nervously
C. need C. real
D. surprisingly
D. ask D. warm D. shook D. drives D. request
D. pains
28. A. come 29. A. sudden 30. A. waved 31. A. stops
B. welcomed B. arrives B. solution
C. greeted C. leaves
32. A. family 33. A. pleasure 34. A. provided 35. A. chat
C. invitation
C. minds
B. energy
B. armed C. impressed C. meal
D. blessed D. tea
B. discussion
36. A. allow 37. A. yet 38. A. to
B. keep B. still B. in
C. show C. already C. from C. cared for
D. see
D. also
D. for D. waited for D. untraceable
39. A. sent for 40. A. silent
B. searched for B. strange
C. unbelievable
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. C 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. C 36. D 37. B 38. A 39. B 40. D
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在去任教的路上遇到大雨，在一位好心人的帮助下，在他家度过了一晚，第二天顺利到达了学院，在那里一教就是11年。但是作者唯一遗憾的是没有找到那位好心人，再次感谢他。
21. 考查形容词。A. Excited兴奋的；B. Interested感兴趣的；C. Worried担忧的；D. Annoyed烦恼的。我对我的新工作感到兴奋，但也感到焦虑和恐惧，我走出了自己的舒适区。根据后面的but可知，与后文的anxious and fearful相反，故选A项。
22. 考查名词。A. home家；B. school学校；C. comfort舒适；D. dilemma困境。我对我的新工作感到兴奋，但也感到焦虑和恐惧，我走出了自己的舒适区。故选C项。
23. 考查动词词组。A. knocked off击倒，中断；B. dropped off减弱，下降；C. turned off关掉；D. nodded off犯困。我在一个陌生的地方对我的新职业感到疑惑，我在座位上打盹。根据下句中的woke up可推知，是“在打盹”，故选D项。
24. 考查名词。A. start开始；B. jump跳跃；C. ear耳朵；D. eye眼。我一觉醒来，听到列车员宣布我的公共汽车站的名字。故A项切题。
25. 考查不定代词。A. Something某事；B. Anything任何事情；C. Everything每件事情；D. Nothing无事，无物。在大雨中没有什么特别的。故D项切题。
26. 考查名词。A. seat座位；B. room房间；C. ticket票；D. map地图。我可以在这里为自己 找个房间吗？我是新来的。根据下文可知，是找房间，不是找座位、票和地图。故选B项。27. 考查副词。A. sadly伤心地；B. quickly迅速地；C. nervously紧张不安地；D. surprisingly令人惊奇地。我听到自己紧张不安地询问。故C项切题。
31. 考查动词。A. stops停止；B. arrives到达；C. leaves离开；D. drives驾驶。公共汽车在那里停留过夜，明天早上返回。故选A项。
32. 考查名词。A. family家庭；B. solution解决方案；C. invitation邀请；D. request请求。我衷心地感谢他，并接受了他的邀请。根据下文可知，是接受邀请。故选C项。
33. 考查名词。A. pleasure快乐；B. energy精力；C. minds思想；D. pains疼痛。他和他的妻子煞费苦心地让我的生活舒适。take great pains to do sth.煞费苦心做某事，故选D项。 34. 考查动词。A. provided提供；B. armed武装；C. impressed留下印象；D. blessed祝福。我被提供给热水澡，接着是热餐和舒适的床。故选A项。
35. 考查名词。A. chat聊天；B. discussion讨论；C. meal餐饭；D. tea茶。我被提供给热水澡，接着是热餐和舒适的床。故选C项。
36. 考查动词。A. allow允许；B. keep保持；C. show显示；D. see看见。第二天一早我就起床了，我的恩人来为我送行。see sb. off为某人送行，故选D项。
37. 考查副词。A. yet然而；B. still仍然；C. already已经；D. also也。我看不清他的脸，因为天还黑。根据上文的No lights yet，故选B项。
38. 考查介词。句意：我及时赶到了学院，在那里教了将近11年学。to表示“向，朝着”，这里表示去了学员，故选A项。
39. 考查动词词组。A. sent for派人去叫；B. searched for寻找；C. cared for关心，D. waited 喜爱；for等待。在我寻找他的时候，我甚至要求我的新朋友和学生帮助找到这个善良的灵魂。故选B项。
40. 考查形容词。A. silent沉默的；B. strange奇怪的；C. unbelievable难以置信的；D. untraceable难以寻找的。根据下一句Perhaps I had got his name wrong.可知，“我”没找到Mr Sawant。故选D项。
【湖北省襄阳四中2018届高三5月第四次模拟】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One fall in the mid-1950s, I took some time off and got a train ticket to visit relatives in Cleveland. I was ___41___ out of school and had begun working as an office clerk. On my return trip, I noticed a couple across the aisle (通道) — a(n) ___42___ and a young woman — having a conversation.
___43___, I realized the two of them weren’t traveling together after all, but had just met on the train. The woman finally got off at Rochester, New York, leaving the soldier ___44___. I couldn’t help noticing his good looks out of the corner of my ___45___. He asked ___46___ he could look at the train timetable I was holding, and then if he could ___47___ next to me so we could chat. He’s a fast mover, I thought. I’ll have to ___48___ for this one. I invited him to ___49___ the too-large lunch my aunt had ___50___ for my trip, and we ___51___ all the way to my stop in Oneida, and we ___52___ addresses and he said he would be in ___53___. After a week, I still hadn’t heard from him and had begun to think he’d forgotten about me. Then, on Saturday, the phone rang and a ___54___ voice asked if I would like to see a movie with him that evening. He’d come to Oneida, and we ___55___ seeing On the Waterfront at the Kallet Theatre.
We had a few more ___56___ during his Army leave, and then he was ___57___ overseas. For the next few years, we ___58___ and he visited me on other holidays. Today we’ve been together more than 55 years, raising three daughters who now have daughters of their own.
Before taking my trip to Cleveland all those years ago, I was warned never to speak to ___59___ on a train. I’m certainly ___60___ I didn’t listen. 41. A. absent 42. A. armyman
B. fresh
C. expert
D. anxious
B. businessman C. policeman D. salesman C. Hurriedly D. Imaginarily C. amazed
D. alone
43. A. Immediately B. Eventually 44. A. aside 45. A. eye
B. annoyed
B. ear C. shoulder
C. if C. lean
D. seat
D. how D. bend D. watch out D. order
46. A. when 47. A. sit
B. where B. wait
48. A. set out 49. A. prepare
B. make out C. hang out B. share
C. deliver
50. A. carried 51. A. argued 52. A. found 53. A. need
B. packed B. wept
C. allocated C. talked
D. stored D. ate D. described
B. announced C. exchanged B. despair C. pain B. mature
D. touch
D. particular D. got up
54. A. familiar 55. A. gave up
C. strange
B. added up C. ended up
C. lessons C. assigned C. practiced
56. A. discussions B. dates 57. A. injured 58. A. separated 59. A. strangers 60. A. curious
B. attracted B. settled B. officers B. glad
D. deals
D. employed D. corresponded D. writers D. sorry
C. conductors C. aware
【答案】41. B 42. A 43. B 44. D 45. A 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. B 50. B 51. C 52. C 53. D 54. A 55. C 56. B 57. C 58. D 59. A 60. B
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在车上遇到了一位回家探亲的军人，后来他们开始约会、通信。作者曾被告诉“在火车上不要和么生人说话”，她庆幸没有听别人的。
41. 考查形容词。A. absent缺席的；B. fresh新鲜的；C. expert熟练的；D. anxious焦虑的。我刚从学校毕业，开始做办公室文员一职。故B项切题。
42. 考查名词。A. armyman军人；B. businessman商人；C. policeman警察；D. salesman推销员。在我回来的路上，我注意到有一对夫妇在过道里——一个军人和一个年轻的女士正在交谈。根据下文的leaving the soldier可知A项切题。
43. 考查副词。A. Immediately立刻；B. Eventually最后；C. Hurriedly匆忙地； D. Imaginarily 想象中地。最后，我意识到他们俩毕竟不是一起旅行，而是在火车上相遇了。故B项切题。44. 考查副词。A. aside在旁边；B. annoyed烦恼的；C. amazed吃惊的；D. alone独自地。这名女子最终在纽约的罗切斯特下车，把这名士兵单独留下。leave sb. alone把某人自己单独留下，故D项切题。
45. 考查名词。A. eye眼睛；B. ear耳朵；C. shoulder肩膀；D. seat座位。我情不自禁地从我眼角的余光注意到他较好的外表。故A项切题。
46. 考查状语从句。A. when当---时候；B. where在哪里；C. if是否；D. how怎样。他问是否能看一下我拿着的火车时刻表，然后如果他能坐在我旁边，这样我们就可以聊天了。此处是