The four famous rock stars were due to arrive at any moment and a large crowd of young people had gathered at the airport to welcome them. The police found 1 difficult to keep the crowd under 2 after the plane landed and the 3 appeared. They smiled and waved 4 at everybody. Dressed in pink shirts and light blue trousers, and with their long hair and their musical instruments 5 their shoulders, the four young men looked remarkably 6 .

　　In spite of the large number of policemen 7 , it was clear that the group would be not 8 to get to their waiting car easily. Word had gotten out that they had composed a new song which would be heard when they performed at the auditorium that evening. They were now 9 with cries of " Play something! Play your new song!"

　　Even the police looked pleased when the young men unstrapped their instruments and prepared to do one of their numbers as the price for getting out of the airport. The crowd 10 down and listened to the first 11 of the new song. As soon as it was over, there was a great burst of applause and then everyone started 12 and shouting. Several young women fainted and had to be carried away by the rescues unit which was standing by. Greedy for more, the crowd demanded a repeat performance. Once again the performers yielded ( 屈从 ), but when the crowd requested still another song, the group cheerfully but firmly 13 . Now , closely surrounded by the 14 , they put away their 15 and started towards their car which was some distance away. The crowd pushed forward, but policemen, 16 in arm, prevented anyone from getting 17 . It took the singers 18 to reach their car. Finally, however, they got in and were just about to drive away 19 a young woman, who had somehow managed to get past the police, jumped onto the roof of the car. She shouted loudly at two policemen 20 her away and the car began moving slowly through the cheering crowd.

　　1. A. that B. then C. it D. how

　　2. A. control B. power C. rule D. care

　　3. A. rocks B. crowd C. shirts D. performers

　　4. A. straight B. cheerfully C. seriously D. directly

　　5. A. on B. over C. across D. at

　　6. A. ashame B. alone C. alike D. alive

　　7. A. present B. angry C. pleasant D. appear

　　8. A. quick B. possible C. able D. happy

　　9. A. shouting B. greeting C. shouted D. greeted

　　10. A. sat B. settled C. jumped D. went

　　11. A. scene B. performance C. sound D. sight

　　12. A. stamping B. to stamp C. singing D. to sing

　　13. A. accepted B. yielded C. refused D. answered

　　14. A. police B. rescuers C. people D. young women

　　15. A. shirts B. instruments C. luggage D. long hair

　　16. A. stood B. walked C. looked D. locked

　　17. A. through B. over C. in D. out

　　18. A. a while B. sometime C. a long time D. minutes

　　19. A. while B. when C. as D. before

　　20. A. dragged B. pushed C. shot D. swept

　　答案和解析:

　　1.选C。此题考查句子结构.it 为形式宾语,代替后面的不定式。

　　2. 选A。to keep the crowd under control "控制住人群"。

　　3. 选 D。the performers 是指四位著名摇滚明星。

　　4. 选B。前面的微笑暗示应选 cheerfully。

　　5. 选B。乐器挎肩背着,用 over 表达。

　　6. 选C。这四个年轻的歌星穿着粉红色的衬衫,淡蓝色的裤子,留着长发,肩背乐器,看上去非常相像。

　　7. 选A。present作后置定语修饰policemen .其余三项从语法角度讲都不对。

　　8. 选C。这句话的意思是:尽管有许多警察在场,但是很明显这个乐队是不可能轻易地走到他们的汽车那里去的。

　　9.选D。此题要求注意句子的结构和上下文.应回忆动词的搭配greet sb. with sth.,再看句意,便能选出D项。were greeted with... 为被动语态。

　　10. 选B。settled down " 安息、平息下来"。其他三项在语法上都正确,但意思和上下文不符。

　　11.选B。这时歌星的表演应是他们来到这座城市的第一场演出,其他三项不恰当。

　　12. 选A。started stamping and shouting"开始跺脚,喊叫"。

　　13. 选C。歌星们在表演了两次以后很开心,但很坚决地拒绝了(再演一次的要求)。

　　14. 选A。紧挨着歌星的应是警察,因为警察拦住人群。

　　15. 选B。put away their instruments "收起他们的乐器"。

　　16. 选D。此题考查对上下文的理解以及句子结构.locked in arm "挽臂",这里是过去分词作定语修饰policemen ,表现他们拦住人群时的样子。

　　17. 选A

　　18.选C

　　19. 选B。when 在这句话中有"这时突然"的意思,所以不可以被其他词代替。此句意思是:然而,当他们终于上了汽车,正要开走时,突然一个年轻女子,不知怎么搞的越过警察,跳上了车顶。

　　20. 选A。此句意思是:当警察把她拉开时,她大声叫着,接着汽车徐徐地穿过欢腾的人群。B项pushed "推", C项 shot "射", D项 swept "横扫"都不符合当时的情景。A项 dragged "拖,拉",最贴切。

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