sunglasses and keys and ran toward the car. 2. __________ elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty-four, sat in the driver's seat, 3. __________ (turn) the key and hitting the gas. His wife, Marion, seventy-eight, was looking 4. __________ (nervous) at him. Then Sammy walked 5. __________ the car and pushed it forward, but his boots slipped on the warm asphalt (沥青). He could see the train approaching fast.

It might be 6. __________ (easy) to push the car backward, Sammy thought. He ran around to the front of the vehicle and shouted at Jean 7. __________ (put) the car in neutral (空挡). Sammy could feel the ground trembling under his feet. He put his boots against the track and pushed forcefully. Finally, the car rolled off the tracks. When Sammy looked up, the train was just a couple of 8. __________ (foot) away. Sammy, shocked and 9. __________ (speech), went back to work as a crowd gathered at the scene.

Weeks later, Marion called to thank Sammy. He responded, "I just did 10. __________ I had to do. "

【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。Sammy Armstrong在开车上班的路上解救了一辆卡在铁轨上的汽车。

1. 【解析】noticed。考查时态。文章的整体时态为过去时, 且主句中用的是过去进行时, 故填noticed。

2. 【解析】An。考查冠词。man在文中第一次提到, 应用不定冠词, 且elderly的读音以元音音素开头, 故填An。

3. 【解析】turning。考查非谓语动词。空处与句子主语之间是主谓关系, 应用现在分词作伴随状语, 并与hitting并列, 故填turning。

4. 【解析】nervously。考查词性转化。副词作状语修饰动词, 故填nervously。

5. 【解析】behind。考查介词。根据下文的"pushed it forward"可知, 此处表示走到车的后面推车, 故填behind。

6. 【解析】easier。考查比较级。根据语境可知, 向前推车不好推, 所以他想向后面推可能更容易, 故填easier。

7. 【解析】to put。考查非谓语动词。此处为不定式作宾语补足语, 他向老人喊让老人挂空挡, 故填to put。

8. 【解析】feet。考查名词复数。a couple of后跟可数名词的复数形式。故填feet。

9. 【解析】speechless。考查词性转化。与shocked并列, 根据语境可知, 应填speechless。

10. 【解析】what。考查连词。分析句子结构可知, 空处引导的从句作did的宾语, 且空处在从句中充当do的宾语, 故填what。

Ⅳ. 完形填空

It was the second time my tire(轮胎)had burst. This came after I 　1　 to find water at an abandoned station, where the caretaker 　2　 my bottles from his own water supply.

After 　3　 several miles under the burning sun, I　4　my hand and eventually a truck 　5　. An old local and two Moroccans got out and 　6　 me to squeeze in. At last they stopped in front of a garage.

"Do you know where I can get something to 　7　? " I asked the old man. I had not yet eaten that day and was hungry.

"Nothing for miles, " was his reply, followed by an　8　to drive me somewhere. I