Section A: Banked Cloze
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Violence and Fear in America
During the summer, when I was a visiting poet at a residency out of state, an angry, confused woman wandered into my class and said: “I have three guns and I want to use them.” We all (26) ______. It was not clear if she had the guns, but we each know that when we teach in America, we are already in danger.
I was dizzy with fear. The woman, who later turned out to be a schizophrenic (精神分裂症患者) without (27) ______ to her medications, was, by some force, wrestled out and (28) ______ away, then put in a hospital for observation, in a step that was actually safer for everyone than any one of us pressing charges. My class went on; we talked about poems. But despite the fact that the rest of our days on campus passed (29) ______, I was rattled. I couldn’t shake the sense that in this country we always live at (30) ______ risk.
A few months later, crisis (31) ______ again. While my husband was locking his bike to drop off our 3-year-old daughter for her preschool-aged day camp, a different woman approached. Swiftly and for no (32) ______ reason, she bent down, picked up our daughter, and began to carry her down the street. It was so fast and confusing that my daughter (33) ______ cried. My husband, in a burst of speed, chased the woman and reclaimed our daughter. The woman, clearly confused, retreated into the public library. A (34) ______ of homeless people who generally know the other homeless in the area said they did not recognize the woman. The woman was so clearly unwell that when she was taken into custody she was incoherent. Heartbreakingly, she called our daughter by the name of someone else’s child. Each part of the episode was as haunting as it was (35) ______.
Answers & Explanations (答案与解析)
Section A: Banked Cloze
26. F (froze)。解析：空格作主语
We all 的谓语动词，需要动词过去式。前文说一个女人闯入教室声称自己有三把枪想用它们，正常反应是吓呆了。freeze 的过去式 froze 意为“僵住，吓呆”，完美符合语境。27. A (access)。解析：空格在介词
without 之后，to 之前，需要填入名词。have access to 是固定搭配，意为“能够获得，能够接触”。此处指这名精神分裂症患者“无法获得/没吃”她的药物（without access to her medications）。28. E (escorted)。解析：空格与
wrestled out 并列，在被动语态的系动词 was 后，需要过去分词。句意：这个女人被强行拉出去并“押送/护送”（escorted）走了。因此填入 escorted。29. K (peacefully)。解析：空格修饰动词
passed，需要填入副词。前面有 despite（尽管），表示虽然发生了恐怖的事件，但接下来在校园的日子度过得很“平静”（peacefully）。因此填入 peacefully。30. G (incredible)。解析：空格在介词
at 和名词 risk 之间，需要形容词修饰 risk。作者一直感到在这个国家总是生活在“极大的/难以置信的”（incredible）风险之中。因此填入 incredible。31. N (struck)。解析：空格作主语
crisis 的谓语，需要动词过去式。crisis strikes（危机爆发/降临）为常见搭配。此处填入 strike 的过去式 struck。32. B (apparent)。解析：空格在
for no 和名词 reason 之间，需要填入形容词。for no apparent reason 是固定短语，意为“毫无明显原因”。因此填入 apparent。33. C (barely)。解析：空格修饰动词
cried，需要副词。前文说事情发生得太快太令人困惑，以至于女儿“几乎没有”（barely）哭。因此填入 barely。34. I (network)。解析：空格在
A 和 of 之间，需要单数名词。此处指一个通常互相认识的无家可归者的“网络/关系网”（network）。他们说不认识这个女人。因此填入 network。35. O (terrifying)。解析：空格在
as it was 后，与前面的形容词 haunting（萦绕于心的）并列，需要填入形容词。事件的每一个环节既令人难以忘怀又令人“恐惧”（terrifying）。因此填入 terrifying。【核心搭配与亮点句型】
turn out to be：结果是，原来是（turned out to be a schizophrenic）
have access to：能够获得，有机会使用（without access to her medications）
press charges：提出指控，起诉（pressing charges）
shake the sense：摆脱...的感觉（couldn't shake the sense that...）
for no apparent reason：毫无明显原因（Swiftly and for no apparent reason）
take into custody：拘留，羁押（when she was taken into custody）