第一节(共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Many years ago, I bought a house in the Garfagnana, where we still go every summer. The first time we ___21___ there, we heard the chug chug-chug of a motorbike ___22___ its way down the hill toward us. It was ___23___ called Mario, coming to ___24___ us a box containing some tormatoes and a bottle of wine. It was a very nice ___25___ for him to make. But when we looked at the tomatoes, we were ___26___ because they were so misshapen: not at all like the nice, round, ___27___ things you get in a supermarket. And the wine was cloudy, in a funny old bottle with no label (标签) on it. These can’t be any ___28___, we thought. But we were ___29___ his kindness, so we ___30___ them.
What we discovered is that it’s ___31___ to judge what you eat only by its ___32___. Those tomatoes had ___33___ that reminded me of the ones my uncle used to grow when I was a child. Nowadays supermarket tomatoes ___34___ perfect but taste of water. Nobody’s going to have a ___35___ memory of those. It’s a surprise they haven’t managed to grow square ones so that they can ___36___ them easily. Mario’s wine may have been cloudy and come out of an old bottle, but it was ___37___.
It’s good to eat things at the correct time, when they’re ___38___, and as close as possible to where they were ___39___. What Mario had ___40___ us was the taste of the Garfagnana.
21. A. waited B. met C. camped D. stayed
22. A. making B. searching C. squeezing D. feeling
23. A. customer B. neighbor C. relative D. passenger
24. A. lend B. send C. bring D. show
25. A. choice B. comment C. promise D. gesture
26. A. worried B. moved C. thrilled D. bored
27. A. simple B. real C. shiny D. fun
28. A. more B. good C. new D. easy
29. A. sympathetic to B. thankful for C. cautious about D. interested in
30. A. tried B. sold C. returned D. mixed
31. A. unnecessary B. uncertain C. unwise D. unusual
32. A. appearance B. quality C. origin D. price
33. A. size B. shape C. color D. taste
34. A. smell B. look C. become D. work
35. A. happy B. vivid C. short D. vague
36. A. clean B. check C. count D. pack
37. A. perfect B. useful C. convenient D. familiar
38. A. on view B. on sale C. in season D. in need
39. A. finished B. stored C. found D. grown
40. A. cooked B. given C. bought D. told
【答案】21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. A 31. C 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. A 36. D 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是记叙文。讲述了作者的邻居马里奥给作者一家送了一个盒子，盒子里是自己种的西红柿和酿的酒，刚开始作者一家因为西红柿畸形的外表，和酒的浑浊感到不是很好，但是尝试过后，发现比超市的好，让作者明白仅仅以外表来判断食物是否好吃是不明智的。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们第一次住在那里的时候，我们听到了一辆摩托车从山上向我们开过来的嘎吱嘎吱的声音。A. waited等待;B. met遇见;C. camped露营;D. stayed暂住。根据前文“Many years ago, I bought a house in the Garfagnana, where we still go every summer.”可知，作者在当地买了房子，所以是第一次住在那里。故选D项。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们第一次住在那里的时候，我们听到了一辆摩托车从山上向我们开过来的嘎吱嘎吱的声音。A. making使;让;B. searching搜索;C. squeezing挤压;D. feeling感觉。根据后文“coming to 4 us a box containing some tormatoes and a bottle of wine.”可知，摩托车是开过来给我们送东西的，所以make one’s way复合语境，为固定搭配，意为“前往”。故选A项。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：那是邻居马里奥，他给我们带来了一个盒子，里面装着一些西红柿和一瓶酒。A. customer顾客;B. neighbor邻居;C. relative亲戚;D. passenger乘客。根据前文“we heard the chug chug-chug of a motorbike 2 its way down the hill toward us.”以及最后一句“What Mario had 20 us was the taste of the Garfagnana”可知，马里奥是从山上下来的，送来了当地的食物，可推测是作者的邻居。故选B项。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：那是邻居马里奥，他给我们带来了一个盒子，里面装着一些西红柿和一瓶酒。A. lend借出;B. send发送;C. bring带来;D. show展示。根据后文“It was a very nice 5 for him to make.”可知，马里奥很友好，所以是给作者一家带来一个盒子。故选C项。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他这么做真是太好了。A. choice选择;B. comment议论;C. promise诺言;D. gesture姿态。根据前文“coming to 4 us a box containing some tormatoes and a bottle of wine.”可知，马里奥给作者一家带来一盒子的西红柿和酒，所以是好的姿态。故选D项。
【26题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但当我们看着那些西红柿时，我们是担心的，因为它们事非常畸形的：一点也不像你在超市里买到的那种漂亮的、圆的、闪亮的东西。A. worried担心的;B. moved感动的;C. thrilled兴奋的;D. bored.感到厌倦的。根据后文“because they were so misshapen”可知，西红柿是畸形的，所以作者一家很担心是否能吃。故选A项。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但当我们看着那些西红柿时，我们是担心的，因为它们是非常畸形的：一点也不像你在超市里买到的那种漂亮的、圆的、闪亮的东西。A. simple简单的;B. real真实的;C. shiny闪亮的;D. fun有趣的。根据前文“not at all like the nice, round”可知，空处是在形容超市里的西红柿，和前文的“nice, round”并列，结合选项，应是“shiny闪亮的”符合实际。故选C项。
【28题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们想，这些肯定不好。A. more更多的;B. good好的;C. new新的;D. easy容易的。根据前文“But when we looked at the tomatoes, we were 6 because they were so misshapen: not at all like the nice, round, 7 things you get in a supermarket. And the wine was cloudy, in a funny old bottle with no label (标签) on it.”可知，马里奥带来的西红柿和酒都不好，因此作者一家认为这些都不可能好。故选B项。
【29题详解】
考查形容词短语辨析。句意：但我们很感谢他的好意，所以我们试了试。A. sympathetic to同情;B. thankful for对……表示感谢;C. cautious about谨慎对待;D. interested in对……感兴趣。根据前文“It was 3 called Mario, coming to 4 us a box containing some tormatoes and a bottle of wine.”可知，西红柿和酒是邻居送的，所以应该是很感谢他。故选B项。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：但我们很感谢他的好意，所以我们试了试。A. tried尝试;B. sold出售;C. returned回来;D. mixed混合。根据后文“Those tomatoes had 13 that reminded me of the ones my uncle used to grow when I was a child.”可知，马里奥送的西红柿让作者想起了小时候叔叔种的西红柿，所以推知，他们是尝试了。故选A项。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们发现，仅仅以外表来判断你吃的东西是否好吃是不明智的。A. unnecessary不需要的;B. uncertain无把握;C. unwise不明智的;D. unusual特别的。结合前后文，可知，作者一家刚开始看到马里奥送的西红柿是畸形的，对其感到担心，但是后来发现，它的味道，比超市的西红柿要好，所以此处应是根据外观来判断你吃的东西是不明智的。故选C项。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们发现，仅仅以外表来判断你的吃的东西是否好吃是不明智的。A. appearance外观;B. quality质量;C. origin源头;D. price价格。根据前文“we were 6 because they were so misshapen”可知，此处应是通过外观来评判。故选A项。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：那些西红柿的味道让我想起了我小时候叔叔种的西红柿。A. size尺寸;B. shape形状;C. color颜色;D. taste味道。根据后文“Nowadays supermarket tomatoes 14 perfect but taste of water.”可知，此处应是用马里奥送的西红柿和超市的西红柿作对比，马里奥送的西红柿外观差，但是味道好，让作者想起了小时候叔叔种的西红柿。故选D项。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在超市里的西红柿看起来很好，但味道像水。A. smell闻起来;B. look看起来;C. become变成;D. work工作。根据前文“not at all like the nice, round, 7 things you get in a supermarket.”可知，超市的西红柿看起来很完美。故选B项。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：没有人会对那些有快乐的记忆。A. happy快乐的;B. vivid清晰的;C. short短的;D. vague模糊的。根据前文“Nowadays supermarket tomatoes 14 perfect but taste of water.”可知，超市的西红柿，看起来很好，但是吃起来像水，因此没有将会有快乐的记忆。故选A项。
【36题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：令人惊讶的是，他们没有设法种植方形的，这样他们就可以方便地包装它们。A. clean打扫;B. check检查;C. count计数;D. pack包装。根据前文“It’s a surprise they haven’t managed to grow square ones”结合实际，可知方形的易包装。故选D项。
【37题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：马里奥的酒可能是混浊的，而且是从一个旧瓶子里出来的，但它是完美的。A. perfect完美的;B. useful有用的;C. convenient便利的;D. familiar熟悉的。根据前文“Mario’s wine may have been cloudy and come out of an old bottle”以及空前的but可知，此处表转折，结合选项，此处应是“马里奥的酒可能是混浊的，而且是从一个旧瓶子里出来的，但它是完美的”之意，符合实际。故选A项。
【38题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。句意：在合适的时间，当它们是当令的时候，并且尽可能靠近它们生长的地方，吃东西是好的。A. on view在展出;B. on sale出售;C. in season当令的;D. in need困难中的。根据前文“It’s good to eat things at the correct time”可知，在合适的时间，也就是当令的时候。故选C项。
【39题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在合适的时间，当它们是应季的时候，尽可能靠近它们生长的地方，吃东西是好的。A. finished完成;B. stored贮存;C. found找到;D. grown成长。根据前文“It’s good to eat things”以及“as close as possible to where”可知，此处在讲在合适的时间吃东西是好的，根据where推断涉及地点，结合实际，应是在靠近它们生长的地方，摘下来吃，能保持新鲜，是好的，符合题意。故选D项。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：马里奥给我们的是Garfagnana的味道。A. cooked烹饪;B. given给;C. bought买;D. told告诉。根据前文“It was 3 called Mario, coming to 4 us a box containing some tormatoes and a bottle of wine.”可知，应该是马里奥给作者一家的。故选B项。
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