(2019·郑州高中毕业年级第二次质量预测)My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn't sure what he wanted from __1__， but something told him to __2__ and begin a new adventure.
He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road __3__ him.
It's easy to feel __4__ when you're on the road. We made lots of new friends on our trip—most of them are mechanics, since we often __5__ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much __6__ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to __7__ when it was 40 ℃ outside.
Getting along well sometimes seemed __8__. There were always a lot of __9__， especially among us back seat passengers about who had to __10__ in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about __11__. When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour's drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and __12__ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car？” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her __13__ turn toward my father. “No，” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a sevenhour car trip turned into a 16hour one, which was mostly spent in __14__.
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were __15__ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the __16__. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and __17__ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.
This is why road trips were like __18__ universities to us. We __19__ our PhDs (博士学位) in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.
If we were __20__ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the suitcases in the car myself.
篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。小时候“我”随父亲和母亲以及我的姐妹开车旅行，在此过程中，我们学会了忍让以及和别人相处。这个颠簸的旅程是一所移动的大学，让“我”受益匪浅。
1.A.move B．life
C.experience D．belief
答案：B 根据上文说到，“我”的父亲出生在美国的一个小镇上；以及下文叙述的他带着全家开车旅行可推知，那时他不确定想从生活(life)中要些什么，故B项正确。
2.A.live up B．struggle on
C.get out D．walk around
答案：C 根据该句中的“begin a new adventure”可推知，他得到启示，要他走出去，去开启新的冒险经历。get out意为“离开，从……出来”，故C项正确。
3.A.took B．drove
C.served D．controlled
答案：A 结合语境可知，他带着妈妈和我们这三个女儿，沿路旅行。take表示“带去，引领”，符合语境，故A项正确。
4.A.anxious B．upset
C.helpless D．lonely
答案：D 根据下文介绍的沿路交朋友可推知，当在路上时，很容易感到孤独(lonely)。
5.A.wasted B．worked
C.spent D．chatted
答案：C 根据语境可知，由于我们经常花费(spend)几个小时在修理店，所以我们交的朋友大部分是修理工。
6.A.better B．easier
C.safer D．cleverer
答案：A 由于外面的温度达到40摄氏度，所以去修理店要比坐在马路边等候好得多(better)。
7.A.break down B．cool off
C.clear up D．turn over
答案：B 根据该句中的“when it was 40 ℃ outside”可知，外面气温高达40摄氏度；据此可推知，该处指等待发动机冷却下来；cool off意为“使冷却下来”，故B项正确。break down意为“出故障”，clear up意为“清理”，turn over意为“翻转”，都与语境不符。
8.A.available B．alternative
C.necessary D．impossible
答案：D 根据下文中的“it was hard”并结合语境可知，友好相处有时似乎是不可能的(impossible)。
9.A.arguments B．fights
C.embarrassments D．amusements
答案：A 上句表明“友好相处有时似乎是不可能的”，由此可知，我们之间总是有很多争吵(argument)。
10.A.settle B．rest
C.sit D．watch
答案：C 根据语境及常识可知，此处是指我们的争吵在于后座的我们谁坐(sit)在中间。
11.A.sharing B．respect
C.communication D．tolerance
答案：D 根据该句中的“But”表达的语境可知，尽管这很难解决，但是我们学会了忍耐(tolerance)。
12.A.light B．heavy
C.local D．fast
答案：B 根据该句中的“It should have been an hour's drive but was nearly three”可知，本可以在一小时就完成的路程，我们却花了三个小时；据此可推知，这里道路较差，交通拥堵。heavy traffic意为“繁忙的交通”，故B项正确。
13.A.suddenly B．sensitively
C.calmly D．slowly
答案：D 根据语境可知，我们在后座看到母亲慢慢地(slowly)转过头对父亲说：“没有，我还以为你放了”。
14.A.silence B．vain
C.panic D．disappointment
答案：A 母亲忘记将手提箱放进车里；这个七小时的行程最终变成了十六小时的行程，可以想象当时车里的气氛应该是沉默的。
15.A.buried B．crazy
C.stuck D．impatient
答案：C 根据语境可知，在像上文提到的情况下，我们必须控制自己的怒气，因为我们和相同的人在接下来的旅程里一起被困在车里。be stuck in为固定搭配，意为“被困在……”，故C项正确。
16.A.holiday B．journey
C.exploration D．march
答案：B 文章是在讲父亲带我们一家开车旅行，所以这里应该是在接下来的旅程(journey)里。
17.A.dragging B．pushing
C.helping D．sending
答案：B 根据该句中的“I kept my feelings to myself”可知，“我”控制住了自己的情绪；据此可推知，此处表示有时“我”想要打开车门将“我”的一个姐妹推(push)出车外。故B项正确。
18.A.unusual B．common
C.free D．mobile
答案：D 对于我们来说，公路旅行就如可移动的(mobile)大学。
19.A.earned B．expected
C.missed D．valued
答案：A 根据语境可知，就在这辆旧汽车里，我们获得了如何和他人相处的博士学位；earn意为“博得，赢得”，故A项正确。
20.A.somewhere B．anytime
C.somehow D．anyway
答案：C 根据语境可知，如果我们能以某种方式在人生中获得第二次机会的话，我们还是会去旅行。somehow意为“以某种方式”，故C项正确。
