Question

    Normand Gallant is a common person that we should remember.

He lives in a small village far from the _________ hospital. So when his wife got cancer several years ago, he had to drive four and a half hours there for his wife’s treatment (治疗). That meant lots of money for meals, gas (汽油), hotels and so on. But _________ the cancer took his wife away.

Normand was very _________ about his wife’s death, but when he realized that many other people were facing the same _________, he wanted to help. But he didn’t want to give _________ to the charities (慈善结构) because he didn’t know how much of it would actually get to the families. So he started to give parties in his house.

During the parties Normand tells _________ about a poor family he has found who can’t afford a cancer patient’s treatment far from home. Then he passes a honey-pail (桶) around to _________ money. Every cent (分) of it goes _________ to that family. The people at the party enjoyed themselves and the family were happy to get help.

Normand’s idea to help came out of his _________, but for those who have received the money, it is an act of love.

It would be __________ if we had more people in the world like Normand Gallant. They make world a better place.

1.A.largest B.newest C.busiest D.nearest

2.A.luckily B.certainly C.surprisingly D.finally

3.A.sad B.angry C.nervous D.disappointed

4.A.illness B.difficulty C.chance D.mess

5.A.time B.energy C.money D.power

6.A.doctors B.guests C.neighbours D.patients

7.A.spend B.make C.collect D.borrow

8.A.directly B.easily C.quietly D.hardly

9.A.plan B.party C.experience D.dream

10.A.nice B.possible C.necessary D.enough

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.A

【解析】

这篇短文介绍了诺曼在妻子患癌症去世后决定通过举行派对募捐以帮助有同样困难的人。

1.句意：他居住在一个离最近的医院非常远的村庄。

考查形容词及语境理解。A. largest最大的；B. newest最新的；C. busiest最忙的；D. nearest最近的。根据“he had to drive four and a half hours there for his wife’s treatment”可知他居住的地方离最近的医院非常远，故选D。

2.句意：但是最后癌症带走了他的妻子。

考查副词及语境理解。 A. luckily幸运地；B. certainly当然；C. surprisingly吃惊地；D. finally最后。根据上文及此处的转折，可知最终癌症还是带走了他的妻子，故选D。

3.句意：诺曼对妻子的死感到非常伤心。

考查形容词辨析及语境理解。 A. sad悲伤的；B. angry生气的；C. nervous紧张的；D. disappointed失望的。根据上文及“his wife’s death”可知诺曼对妻子的死亡感到悲伤，故选A。

4.句意：但是当他意识到许多其他人正在面临相同的困难时，他想去帮助他们。

考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. illness疾病；B. difficulty困难；C. chance机会；D. mess混乱。根据上文他的经历及后文他为离家远的患病的贫困家庭募捐，可知此处指他意识到许多人也会面临相同的困难，故选B。

5.句意：但是他不想把钱给了慈善机构因为他不知道那个家庭到底能得到多少钱。

考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. time时间；B. energy力量；C. money钱；D. power权力。根据后文他举行派对为患癌症的贫困家庭筹集钱，可知此处指他不想把钱给慈善机构，故选C。

6.句意：在派对期间诺曼告诉客人有关他发现的支付不起癌症病人费用而且离家远的贫困家庭的情况。

考查名词辨析及语境理解。A. doctors医生；B. guests客人；C. neighbours邻居；D. patients病人。根据后文“Then he passes a honey-pail (桶) around to ____7____ money.”可知此处指派对上的客人，故选B。

7.句意：然后他拿着蜜桶转着收集钱。

考查动词辨析及语境理解。A. spend花费；B. make制作；C. collect收集；D. borrow借。根据后文“Every cent (分) of it goes ____8____ to that family. ”可知此处指他拿着蜜桶转着收集钱，故选C。

8.句意：收集到的钱的每一分都直接到了那个家庭。

考查副词辨析及语境理解。 A. directly直接地；B. easily容易地；C. quietly安静地；D. hardly几乎不。根据上文诺曼不想把钱给慈善机构，可知他把钱直接给了贫困家庭，故选A。

9.句意：诺曼助人的想法来自他的经历，但对于那些已经收到钱的人来说，这是一种爱的行为。

考查名词及语境理解。A. plan计划；B. party聚会；C. experience经历；D. dream梦想。根据第一段可知诺曼助人的想法来自自己的经历，故选C。

10.句意：如果世界上有更多像诺曼格兰特这样的人，那就好了。

考查形容词及语境理解。 A. nice好的；B. possible可能的；C. necessary必要的；D. enough足够的。根据“They make world a better place.”可知如果有更多像诺曼那样的人世界将会很美好，故选A。