完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。
On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to
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and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were
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to go home. Some battled to
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a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the
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bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I
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to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most
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had stopped. After making my way
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crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was
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the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the
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. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train
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my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was
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through, exhausted and
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.
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer
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I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and
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reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their
to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that
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message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of
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can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic
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had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately
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me and put a smile back on my face.
【文章大意】本文是一篇以叙文，作者在记叙之后发表了自己的感悟。文章讲述了作者遭遇一次暴风雨而历经艰辛坚持去上班，就在作者因此而倍感疲惫和烦躁时，却收到了经理的一封电子信件。信中经理简短的几句对不顾风雨坚持来上班的人们表示了感激，这使得作者感到一天来的疲惫与烦恼一扫而光，并由此感悟到几句简短的话语可以使人的精神焕然一新。
本文所选内容逻辑性强，文章结构严谨，层次分明。文章是以第一人称进行叙述、描写的。文章具有启发和教育意义，充分体现考试说明的要求，能够积极引导考生树立正确的人生观、世界观和价值观，增强社会责任感，有利于全面提高人文素养。
【备考策略】
1、解题方法：做完型填空时，要先用2-3分钟快速浏览一下全文（此时不用看选项），掌握文章大意，有助于从整体理解文章，便于在做题时心里有数，可以做到上下联系，兼顾左右。在做题时我们只有对全篇进行掌握，并在做题时充分理解语境。这样才能正确用词。再结合词意、语法、语境三方面来解题。要根据行文逻辑、生活常识和相关知识去进行判断，并要特别注意文章的第一句，往往是文章的主旨所在。
2、设题情况：完型题往往考查学生对同义词、近义词（以动词和名词等实词为主）以及习惯用语、固定短语搭配掌握情况及运用能力的同时，还考查了学生在具体语言环境下捕捉信息、把握文章主人公的情感而使用语言的能力和技巧。
3、角色把握：在做完型填题时，要让自己成为以下四种角色：
文章作者：要让自己成为文章的作者，充分理解文章的思路；
篇章设题者：让自己成为本篇文章的设题者，以一个出题人的角度去看本文；
文中人物角色：要让自己融入文章中，认真体会和揣摩文中人物角色的情感、态度；
做题者：在充分理解文章的同时，别忘记自己还是被考查者，要以“拿得起、放得下”的高度对待文章，不可一叶障目，不见森林。
. A. break
B. flood
C. sink
D. crash
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) 2. A. forced
B. refused
C. adjusted
D. gathered
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) 3. A. order
B. pay
C. call
D. search
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) 4. A. climate
B. scenery
C. storm
D. burden
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) 5. A. used
B. promised
C. deserved
D. happened
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) 6. A. practice B. routine
C. process
D. service
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) 7. A. to
B. through
C. over
D. for
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) 8. A. operating
B. cycling
C. turning
D. rushing
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) 9. A. check
B. carry
C. find
D. board
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) 10. A. street
B. ground
C. floor
D. platform
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) 11. A. paused
B. crossed
C. reached
D. parked
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) 12. A. wet
B. weak
C. sick
D. hurt
(
) 13. A. ashamed
B. discouraged
C. surprised
D. puzzled
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) 14. A. while
B. when
C. where
D. after
(
) 15. A. hardly
B. casually
C. absolutely D. eventually
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) 16. A. devotion
B. donation
C. connection
D. reaction
(
) 17. A. accurate
B. urgent
C. brief
D. humorous
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) 18. A. promise
B. appreciation
C. advice
D. guidance
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) 19. A. troubles
B. signals
C. rules
D. signs
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) 20. A. corrected B. supported
C. amazed
D. refreshed
1.【答案解析】答案为B。考查动词辨析。根据语境，因为是rainstorm(暴风雨)，所以街道被雨水淹没。选项A为“中断”；C为“沉没”；D为“猛撞，崩溃”，均不合语境。句中cause sth. to be done使得…被…
【答案解析】答案为A。考查动词辨析。因为大雨，许多人被迫回家，不能够去上班。注意被句为被动形式，从意义上可以排除选项B、C、D。
【答案解析】答案为C。考查动词辨析。根据语境：有些人能够叫到出租车(call a taxi)。order为“订购，预定”。不合语境；search a taxi表示“搜查出租车（在车上找东西）”，也不正确。
【答案解析】答案为C。考查名词辨析。联系上文，根据文章第一句中rainstorm一词可知答案。语境：有些人能够叫到出租车，还有写人勇敢面对暴风雨，步行去上班。当时正在下雨，所以用face the storm bravely. C选项climate为“气候（指某一地区长期的天气状况）”；scenery为“景色”；burden为“负担”，均不合文意。
【答案解析】答案为D。考查动词辨析。联系下文可知作者“碰巧也是”去上班中的一个，happen to be表示“碰巧是…”。而used to be表示“过去常常（现在已经不再那样了）”；promise to表示“允诺去做…”;deserve to do表示“理应做，值得做”，均不符合文意与语境。
【答案解析】答案为D。考查名词辨析。根据语境：作者去了地铁，却发现大多数地铁都已经停止运行服务了，所以用service,表示“（地铁的运行）服务”。而practice表示“练习；惯例做法”；routine表示“常规；例行公事”；process表示“过程；程序”，均不符合语境。
【答案解析】答案为B。考查介词辨析。根据语境：make one’s way through the crowds of people在人群中挤出一条路。make one’s way to:表示“通往…”；make one’s way for:表示“让步于…”，均不合文意。
【答案解析】答案为A。考查动词辨析。operate表示“操作，运转，运行”。作者最终发现一条地铁还在运行。cycle 表示“循环，周期”；turn表示“变得；转弯”；rush表示“冲进，匆促”，均不符合语境。
【答案解析】答案为D。考查动词辨析。根据语意：那么多人在等待上车…；board the subway表示“木版；登车，上车（船、飞机等）”。Check表示“核查；登记”；carry“携带，搬运”；find“找到”，均不合文意。
【答案解析】答案为D。考查名词辨析。根据语境：“我”甚至无法踏上站台的台阶。Platform“站台”。其它不合语境。
【答案解析】答案为C。考查动词辨析。根据语境：最终过了好长时间，地铁终于停在了我的那一站。联系下文Then I had to …一句可知作者先坐了一程地铁，然后又在雨中步行了几个街区。pause表示“暂停，中止”；cross表示“交叉；越过”；park表示“停车”，均不合文意。
【答案解析】答案为A。考查形容词辨析。be wet through:浑身湿透了。（由于作者冒雨而行，在到达办公室时已经湿透了。）根据文章下一句：My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off.作者与同事一起花费了大半天的时间才晾干也可知。其它不合语境。
【答案解析】答案为B。考查动词辨析。要认真体会作者的情感、态度：此时由于作者浑身湿透，所以到办公室时已经是疲惫不堪了，所以此时作者的情绪应该是“沮丧的，泄气的”。这也可以根据下文第54、55两句形成对比：作者收到经理的E-mail而变的愉快起来。ashamed“惭愧的”；surprised“吃惊的”；puzzled “迷惑”，均不符合语境。
【答案解析】答案为B。考查连词。when表示“就在这时”。其它不合语境。
【答案解析】答案为D。考查副词辨析。eventually表示“最终”；hardly 表示“几乎不”；casually 表示“偶然地，随意地”absolutely 表示“完全地”。根据文意：我很感谢你们所有的不顾艰辛最终来上班的人。
【答案解析】答案为A。考查名词辨析。句意为：…，当员工们表明他们对于工作的投入时…。devotion表示“投入”；donation 表示“捐赠”；concern表示“关心”；reaction表示“反应”。(show one’s concern for sth表示“对…关心”)
【答案解析】答案为C。考查形容词辨析。联系文章，经理的这封e-mail并不长，所以用brief表示“简短的”。accurate 表示“精确的”；urgent表示“急切的”；humorous表示“幽默的”。
【答案解析】答案为B。考查名词辨析。句意为：这封e-mail让我知道即使是简短的几句感激的话也会有很大的影响。appreciation表示“欣赏，感激”；promise 表示“诺言”；advice表示“建议”；guidance表示“指导，引导”。
【答案解析】答案为A。考查名词辨析。句意为：暴雨和交通阻塞带来的麻烦使得“我”疲惫、烦乱。signals 表示“信号”；rules表示“规则”；signs表示“符号，迹象”，均不正确。
【答案解析】答案为D。考查动词辨析。句意为：经理Garth的话立即使得我提起精神来，让我又面带微笑。Refreshed表示“使...生气蓬勃,提起精神,恢复精神”； correct表示“纠正”；support表示“支持”；amaze 表示“使吃惊”，均不符合语境。
Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. Many television companies have used sports to attract viewers from particular sections of the general public, and then they have sold audiences to advertisers.
An attraction of sport programs for the major U. S. media companies is that events are often held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons—the slowest time periods of the week for general television viewing. Sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch much television at other times during the week. This means the television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices during what normally would be dead time for programming.
Media corporations also use sports to attract commercial sponsors that might take their advertising dollars elsewhere if television stations did not report certain sports. The people in the advertising departments of major corporations realize that sports attract male viewers. They also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance.
Golf and tennis are special cases for television programming. These sports attract few viewers, and the ratings (收视率) are unusually low. However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the United States, including many lawyers and business managers. This is why television reporting of golf and tennis is sponsored by companies selling highpriced cars, business and personal computers, and holiday trips. This is also why the networks continue to carry
these programs regardless of low ratings. Advertisers are willing to pay high fees to reach highincome consumers and those managers who make decisions to buy thousands of “company cars” and computers. With such viewers, these programs don't need high ratings to stay on the air.
1. Television sport programs on weekend afternoons ________.
A．result in more sport events
B．get more viewers to play sports
C．make more people interested in television
D．bring more money to the television networks
2. Why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs?
A．Because there would be few viewers.
B．Because the advertisers would be off work.
C．Because television programs would go slowly.
D．Because viewers would pay less for watching television.
3. In many families, men make decisions on ________.
A．holiday trips
B．sports viewing
C．television shoppingD．expensive purchases
4. The ratings are not important for golf and tennis programs because ________.
A．their advertisers are carmakers
B．their viewers are attracted by sports
C．their advertisers target at rich people
D．their viewers can afford expensive cars
5. What is the passage mainly about?
A．Television ratings are determined by male viewers.
B．Rich viewers contribute most to television companies.
C．Sports are gaining importance in advertising on television.
D．Commercial advertisers are the major sponsors of sport events.
【要点综述】本文讲述的是通过在星期六和星期日的下午播放一些电视节目来吸引那些高收入的人来看，给广告带来了极大的效益。说明体育在电视广告中起着很重要的作用。
1. D 细节理解题。由文章的“Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies.”看出在这个时段做体育广告会给电视台赚很多的钱。故选D。
2.
A 细节理解题。从第二段看出在这个时段看电视人很少，所以是dead time。故选A。
3.
D 细节理解题。从第三段…many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance.看出在美国家庭男士在购买贵重物品上做决定。故选D。
4.
C 细节理解题。根据第四段的内容“…However, the audience for these sports is attractive to certain advertisers. It is made up of people from the highest income groups…”可推知不是为了让他们看高尔夫这些运动的，而是为了吸引这些高收入的人。也就是说“他们面对的都是一些富人”。故选C。
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C 主旨大意题。文章开篇点题，讲的是通过在星期六和星期日的下午播放一些电视节目来吸引那些高收入的人来看，给广告带来了极大的效益。说明体育在电视广告中起着很重要的作用。故选C。