I arrived in the United States on February 6,1997, but I remember my first day there very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane __1__ at Kennedy Airport at three o' clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold and it was snowing, but I was __2__ excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I __3__ a taxi to my hotel. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I stared __4__ astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and their __5__ beauty. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then __6__ me because he __7__ go back to work. He __8__ to return the next day.

__9__ my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I __10__ speak a word of English, I couldn't __11__ the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and __12__ to make some gestures, __13__ the waiter didn't understand me. Finally, I __14__ the same thing the man __15__ the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway __16__ I came to Time Square with its movie theatres, and huge __17__ people. I didn't feel tired so I continued to walk __18__ the city.

When I returned to the hotel, I couldn't sleep because I __19__ hearing the fire and police sirens(汽笛)during the night. I __20__ awake and thought about New York. I decided that I had to learn to speak English.

1. A. took off                B. landed              C. got out            D. took down

2. A. too               B. so                   C. very                       D. much

3. A. got               B. took up           C. got on             D. took

4. A. in                  B. at                   C. for                        D. to

5. A. old－made     B. man－made    C. newly－made  D. natural

6. A. had left       B. would leave    C. left          D. was leaving

7. A. must              B. had to             C. should       D. ought

8. A.                      B. said                C. told         D. promised

9. A. Shortly after  B. Long before    C. Shortly      D. Soon

10. A. couldn't      B. could                C. didn't         D. did

11. A. ask        B. say            C. tell         D. order

12. A. begun      B. started         C. had         D. started to

13. A. and            B. so                C. then             D. but

14. A. ordered        B. booked      C. asked         D. got

15. A. on              B. for         C. at          D. to

16. A. when      B. until        C. after        D. before

17. A. crowds of  B. groups of    C. crowd of    D. group of

18. A. around    B. in           C. by        D. near

19. A. was       B. went       C. kept        D. started

20. A. lain       B. lay        C. laid         D. was

. 1. 解析：選B。從第一句“I arrived in the United States...”可知，飛機(jī)降落在肯尼迪機(jī)場。從下文“From the airport my friend and I __3__ a taxi to my hotel”同樣也可以得知，飛機(jī)是降落而不是起飛。

2. 解析：選A。本句前后為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，閱讀時要把握but一詞。句意為：天氣非常冷，天下著雪，然而我太興奮了，一點(diǎn)兒也不在乎。too...to...為固定搭配。

3. 解析：選D�？疾槎陶Z搭配。take a taxi乘出租車。

4. 解析：選A。in astonishment在此作狀語，修飾stared。

5. 解析：選B。 因?yàn)榇藭r“我”盯著看的是摩天大樓，這些都是人工建筑， 因此“我”欣賞它們的人工美。

6. 解析：選C。從空后“because he __7__ go back to work”可知，我朋友因?yàn)橐ド习�，他離開“我”了。

7. 解析：選B。上班是迫不得已的事，故用had to。

8. 解析：選D。 離開之前他答應(yīng)“我”第二天他會回來。B項(xiàng)有較大干擾性， 受漢語習(xí)慣的影響，我們很容易地想到“他說第二天來�！比欢鴽]有say to do這一形式。A項(xiàng)也有一定干擾性。agree to do表示在別人提出后同意做某事，通過上下文可知“我”并沒有要求他第二天來。

9. 解析：選A。 按照邏輯，“我”做下面這些事情是在朋友走后。shortly和soon都是副詞，因此C、D兩項(xiàng)不合題意。

10. 解析：選A。 a word 是一種強(qiáng)調(diào)的說法， 相當(dāng)于any word，因此此空是否定形式。didn't僅表示過去的一種情況，而couldn't則表示過去不能夠這么做。

11. 解析：選C。 因?yàn)椤拔摇辈粫f英語，因此“我”不能告訴服務(wù)員“我”想要的東西。

12. 解析：選B。由文意可知，“我”開始做些手勢。

13. 解析：選D。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，及句意可知，前后為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

14. 解析：選A。由語境及句意可知，“我”點(diǎn)了鄰桌人吃的同樣的東西。order sth.意為“點(diǎn)……”。

15. 解析：選C�！白谧琅浴庇胊t the table。

16. 解析：選B。句意為：飯后，我沿大街一直走到Time Square。D項(xiàng)有較大干擾性， 在此作者用until強(qiáng)調(diào)所走過的距離，而用before則強(qiáng)調(diào)先后的動作，因此選項(xiàng)D不合題意。

17. 解析：選A 。crowds of people意為“許許多多的人”。在此B選項(xiàng)有較大干擾性。 groups of people意為“一隊(duì)一隊(duì)的人”�？措娪暗娜瞬豢赡芏际墙Y(jié)隊(duì)而來，因此選項(xiàng)B不合題意。

18. 解析：選A。 walk around意為“四處走走”符合語境。

19. 解析：選C。句意為：因?yàn)橐估锊粩嗟芈牭交鹁途嚨钠崖�，我無法入睡。keep doing不斷(反復(fù))地做某事。start doing sth. 開始做某事，強(qiáng)調(diào)動作的開始，根據(jù)上下文，不合題意。

20. 解析：選B。此空所需要的是lie (躺，臥)的過去式，因此用lay。

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