Question

A 14-year-old boy from the USA was  1  as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．
Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much interest in computer．One day，he  2  an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message  3  “Help! Pain! Help!”．The message was from Finland，thounds of kilometers away from America．
“I didn't know  4  I should do，” Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really  5  to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first. But the message kept coming．
By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He 6  and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja,  7  was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was  8  , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch  9   the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. Luckily, she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but  10   saved her life.”

【小題1】

A．described B．describing C．looked D．looking

【小題2】

A．sent B．sends C．was sending D．is sending

【小題3】

A．talk B．talking C．say D．saying

【小題4】

A．how B．what C．where D．when

【小題5】

A．patient B．painful C．easy D．difficult

【小題6】

A．telephoned B．replied C．found D．talked

【小題7】

A．she B．her C．who D．whom

【小題8】

A．better B．worse C．harder D．easier

【小題9】

A．with B．on C．to D．at

【小題10】

A．a boy B．doctors C．the police D．email

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】B
【小題5】D
【小題6】B
【小題7】C
【小題8】B
【小題9】A
【小題10】D

解析試題分析：
【小題1】結合語境可知句意為：一個男孩被描述成一個英雄，主語是動作對象，故用被動語態。選A。
【小題2】結合下文Suddenly he received a message可知上文描述的是過去某事正在進行的動作，故選C。
【小題3】talk強調兩個人相互交談；say強調說的內容�，F在分詞多表示被修飾詞正在進行的伴隨性的動作，結合語境可知選D。
【小題4】結合語境可知從句I should do缺少動作賓語，故選B，我不知道我應該做什么。
【小題5】結合下文So Dean did nothing at first. But the message kept coming．可知迪恩開始不相信這個消息，故選D，真的很難說這個消息是真的。
【小題6】結合上文he received a message可知他的反應就是回復這個消息，故選B，回答，反應。
【小題7】結合語境可知a student called Tarja為后面定語從句的邏輯主語，先行詞為人，故選C。
【小題8】結合語境可知句意為：更糟的是，故選B，更差的。
【小題9】考查短語get in touch with和……取得聯系，故選A。
【小題10】結合語境可知是一封電子郵件救了這個女人的性命。故選D。
考點：記敘文中的詞匯運用能力
點評：這篇短文內容比較簡單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當修改。個別小題可以當做單獨的詞義辨析題來做，區分詞義，選出最能使語句通順的答案。