The young engineer sat down on a rock and rested his head in his hands. He would never get

The young engineer sat down on a rock and rested his head in his hands. He would never get home; it was 36 . For weeks he had been 37 in the Northwest Canadian forest. Now there was a terrible 38 behind his eyes, and 39 of all, he had gone blind.
Suddenly a man 40 out of the woods, an Indian who had been hunting in the area. Seeing the engineer's 41 , he caught a fish in a nearby 42 and fed the sick man the 43 of the fish and some flesh from its head. 44 within a few hours the engineer's pain was 45 . A day later he could 46 again, and the next day he had 47 recovered.
When he returned home, the engineer told the 48 to Dr Price. 49 years later did it become a(n) 50 fact that this was just an everyday lifeguard doing its work. For what the engineer did, by eating fish eyes, was to 51 vitamin (维生素).
Vitamin A's biggest job is to keep the eyes 52 . Without Vitamin A, people and animals get night blindness and other eye problems. Without Vitamin A, people can even be totally blind. Vitamin A helps to keep the skin in good 53 . A also helps 54 bones and teeth and has something to do with proper 55 of blood cells.
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(答案→)A 解析：本文叙述了一位年轻的工程师因为缺乏维生素A自己的眼睛看不见了，所以在森林里迷路了，不能回家，多亏了一位打猎的印度人帮忙，给他在小溪里抓了一条鱼，然后他吃了鱼的眼睛及眼睛周围的肉，几天后眼睛不疼了，也能看见了，他就回家了。后来也得到了证实工程师因为缺乏维生素A使眼睛看不见，在他补充了维生素A后就能看见了。维生素A是人们身体不可缺少的东西。【小题1】考查形容词及语境的理解。 A. hopeless无望的； B. useless无用的；C. careless粗心地；D. timeless永恒的。根据下文he had gone blind 可知他的感觉无望（hopeless）了，故选A 。【小题2】考查动词及语境的理解。A. lost失去，be lost迷路； B. losing 失去；C. hunting狩猎；D. working工作。根据下文因为他看不见，所以他在加拿大的西北补森林迷路了（lost）好几周了，故选 A。【小题3】考查名词及语境的理解。 A. disaster 灾难； B. illness疾病；C. pain疼，痛苦；D. heat加热。根据下文within a few hours the engineer's pain was 45 可知现在他的眼很疼（pain），故选C 。【小题4】考查形容词及语境的理解。 A. good好的； B. bad坏的；C. best最好的；D. worst最坏的。根据he had gone blind ，Worst of all最糟糕的是；最糟糕的是（worst）他完全看不见了，故选D。【小题5】考查动词及语境的理解。 A. reached到达； B. appeared出现；C. hid躲藏；D. watched观看。根据下文可知突然有一个人从森林里走了出来（appeared），故选B。【小题6】考查名词及语境的理解。 A. starvation饿死； B. trouble麻烦；C. reality现实；D. situation形势。根据上文he had gone blind，他看见工程师的麻烦（trouble），故选B。【小题7】考查名词及语境的理解。 A. pond池塘； B. stream小溪；C. place地方；D. sea大海。根据常识森林附近应该是小溪。他抓了一条鱼从附近的小溪里，故选 B。【小题8】考查名词及语境的理解。 A. tail尾巴； B. skin 皮肤；C. eyes眼睛；D. bone骨头。根据下文by eating fish eyes，他喂了工程师鱼的眼睛及鱼头周围的鱼肉，故选C。【小题9】考查副词及语境的理解。 A. Possibly可能地； B. Immediately立刻；C. Fortunately幸运地；D. Surprisingly惊人地。根据上文可知这位工程师的眼睛已经瞎了，并且很疼。吃了鱼肉和鱼眼睛竟然不疼了真是令人吃惊的。令人吃惊（Surprisingly）的是几周过后他的眼睛不疼了，故选D。【小题10】考查动词及语境的理解。 A. gone消失，离去；B. shown表明；C. settled解决；D. disappeared消失。根据上文工程师的眼睛当时很疼的。令人吃惊（Surprisingly）的是几周过后他的眼睛疼痛消失了（gone），故选A。【小题11】考查动词及语境的理解。 A. speak讲话；B. see 看见；C. walk步行；D. work。根据上文he had gone blind，一天之后就能看见了，故选B 。【小题12】考查副词及语境的理解。A. completely完全地；B. naturally自然地；C. partly部分地；D. physically身体上地。又过了一天就完全康复了，故选A。【小题13】考查名词及语境的理解。A. news消息；B. result结果；C. secret秘密；D. story故事。根据When he returned home，当他回家之后他把这个故事告诉了Dr Price，故选D。【小题14】考查连词及语境的理解。 A. Unless除非；B. After在……之后；C. Not until直到……才；D. When当……时候。这里用的是not until放在句首句子用倒装。不多年以后，这已经成为一种可接受的事实，就是好像是日常必需品一样，工程师们所作的一切就是通过吃鱼眼睛来汲取维生素。故选C。【小题15】考查动词及语境的理解。 A. recognized认出；B. accepted接受；C. solved解决； D. explained解释。不多年以后，这已经成为一种可接受（accepted）的事实，就是好像是日常必需品一样，工程师们所作的一切就是通过吃鱼眼睛来汲取维生素。故选B。【小题16】考查动词及语境的理解。 A. keep保持；B. bring带来；C. take吸取，带走；D. try试图。工程师们所作的一切就是通过吃鱼眼睛来汲取（take）维生素。故选C。【小题17】考查动词及语境的理解。 A. working工作； B. rolling旋转；C. moving移动；D. going走，进行。这里是keep sth doing；维生素最大的功效就是保持眼睛能够正常工作，故选A。【小题18】考查名词及语境的理解。 A. place地方；B. order命令；C. shape形状；D. sense感觉。因为这里谈到的皮肤，特别指出的是维生素的功效。维生素能够使皮肤保持滑润，故选C。【小题19】考查介词及语境的理解。这里是短语help sth with sth对……有帮助。with 维生素A也能有助于我们人的骨骼和牙齿的生长，故选D。【小题20】考查名词及语境的理解。 A. type种类；B. growth增长；C. choice选择；D. size大小。根据常识可知维生素与适量的造血的增长有关，故选B。

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