沙灘上的午后

It was on a windy afternoon that we drove to the Fareham coast and had this interesting walk. The town， once heavily______1 ______its clay soil for industry， producing bricks， tiles and chimney pots， unfortunately still______ 2______ that grim industrial look. Therefore to passers-by it doesn’t seem a______ 3______ place to visit at all.

However，______4______the town is the town， the suburb is totally different. On the way to the beach we passed quite a few farmlands______5______crops such as rhubarb(大黃) and cabbage are growing quietly， a plant nursery where plants are neatly separated into different patches and not______6______ moved into pots for markets， and a long field full of young fruit trees of various species.

While the field of young trees make my friend reminiscent(回憶) of years past when his parent bought him eight apple trees______7______ a present， the scene of vegetable patches brought me back to my childhood. I grew up in a countryside where every family had______8______ of their own and led a life of self-sufficiency(自給自足) all year round. Could anything taste sweeter than food and vegetable you picked up from your own fields? I often ______9______ going back to the fields and longing to have again the sensations that I experienced as a kid: the smell of tomato from my third uncle’s vegetable patch， the smell of a newly ploughed field， and the______10______of the soil under my naked feet on a cool and breezy summer afternoon.

It was very windy along the coast ______11______there was such a sense of space where the sea and the sky expanded______12______any boundary(界線) or restriction. Once again in a cloudy day like this， the brown color of beach stones and sand gave the coast a warm touch， and of course there were also______ 13______ birds of different kinds in the sky to accompany the wonderful view.

Later on we passed a newly ______14______ field near the coast and there were______ 15 ______ of seagulls hovering(翱翔) on the field to look for worms.The moving white birds against the still sky gave the place such a sense of force and vivacity(活潑) ______16______ one could imagine the upcoming of another crops season.

After the field we chose a different route to walk back to the______17______ . By that time it was already past five in the afternoon. As the weather forecast predicted， wafts(飄動) of mist started to rise over the fields and later it began to drizzle， but none of us______ 18______ . We knew the direction and the drizzle was so light that one could hardly feel it.

In the mist and the light drizzle， everything seemed to have come out of its normal self. Like those leafless trees everywhere， their silhouettes(剪影) became so much softer and nicer to look at. I had been always dreading to see their sight. The tall， hard， unmoving figures were so depressing: they seemed to be contaminated(沾染) by the long lingering(徘徊的)______19______ season， becoming harsh(苛刻) and indifferent to its surroundings， be they comely(秀麗) or not. But now thanks to the wafting mist and the soft drizzle， I easily forgave them. Maybe one just needs______20______ . After all won’t the spring come eventually?

1. A. depending forB. relying onC. counting onD. insisting on

2. A. appearsB. showsC. wearsD. covers

3. A. interestingB. promisingC. differentD. quiet

4. A. whenB. asC. becauseD. while

5. A. whenB. whereC. thatD. which

6. A. alreadyB. yetC. stillD. even

7. A. forB. toC. asD. with

8. A. farmsB. fieldsC. fruit treesD. vegetable patches

9. A. think aboutB. worry aboutC. talk aboutD. dream about

10. A. touchB. tasteC. smellD. sense

11. A. soB. andC butD. so

12. A. withB. withoutC. having notD.until

13. A. movingB. runningC. flyingD. singing

14. A. ploughedB.dugC. openedD. discovered

15. A.swarmsB. packsC. flocksD. groups

16. A. asB. thatC. whereD. when

17. A. busB. houseC. treeD. car

18. A. caresB. stoodC. mindedD. noticed

19. A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winter

20. A. patientB. being patientC. to be patientD. be patient

答案及解析

本文是一篇記述文。作者描述了在一個薄霧輕飄、下著毛毛細雨的下午，他們驅車來到一個以前不被看好的城鎮，在路途中，沿途的美麗景象深深地吸引著他們，使他們回憶起童年時代在老家的所見所聞，其后，他們全然不顧小雨和薄霧，盡情享受海濱風景。感受頗深。

1. B。rely on 是“依賴”的意思。此句的意思是:這個城鎮以前嚴重依靠利用黏土來做磚、瓦片和煙囪管。

2. C。wear此處的意思是:“配帶，具有”。這個城鎮還是擁有那種冷面的工業面貌。

3. B。promising“有希望的”。依上文，由于這個城鎮不被人看好，它是一個工業化的城市，因而游客不愿去那里旅游。

4. D。連詞考查。while 表讓步，有“盡管，雖然”之意。作者此處的意思是:城鎮盡管還是那個城鎮，但郊外卻是另一番景象。

5. B。此句考查讀者對從句的辨認。where 在此引導定語從句。A few farmlands 為表地點的先行詞。

6. B。考查副詞。yet 用于否定或疑問句中，not yet是“還沒有”的意思。already “已經” 用于肯定句。still 用于肯定、疑問以及否定句中。意思是“還，仍然、仍舊”。even 表程度“甚至，更”。

7. C。as介詞，是“作為”之意。

8. B。fields在上下文反復出現，線索很分明。

9. D。根據上文可知，作者一看到蔬菜地就使他回想到了他的孩童時代，他經常夢想回到蔬菜地并渴望再次擁有孩童時代所體驗的感覺。

10. A。根據上文，文句已提到the taste of...，the smell of...，再依本句話的意思可推測此處用the touch of...

11. C。前后句存有轉折關系。海濱風大但地域開闊。

12. B。從本句expanded 以及后面的any boundary or restriction之間的邏輯性可知。

13. C。空中有飛鳥，不能受下句影響而選moving，因它只強調移動。

14. A。ploughed 過去分詞作定語，“被犁耕過的”，此詞在上文也出現了。

15. C。要區別這幾個詞的用法。swarm是形容像蜜蜂群一樣，a swarm of bees;group指人、物、團體中的一群，一批，如a group of tall trees/people; pack指(野獸或獵犬的)一群，如a pack of wolves;而flock是指畜群、鳥群。如a flock of birds/seagulls。

16. B。由基本句型such...that可知。

17. D。從文章首段首句drove可知。

18. C。mind“介意”，在此句中作者很好地描述了他們雖有雨中游覽之苦，但他們全然不顧，雖苦尤甜。

19. D。從文章最后一句可知After all won’t the spring come eventually?經過漫長的冬季，春天還會遠嗎?

20. C。need此處是實義動詞，后接不定式。若作情態動詞，后接動詞原形。作情態動詞時，need無人稱和數的變化。

編輯/梁宇清