Question

I live in an apartment building where there are several elderly people. There is an old neighbour of mine who is always willing to 　　 and go out of his way to help anyone in need.

A few weeks ago, I was taking a large amount of 　　 out. This neighbour saw me and stopped to help me as he was taking out his own rubbish. However, after he dumped his rubbish out of the bag, he　　　his rubbish bag.

“Why don’t you throw it away?” I asked him.

He replied that he had been using the 　　 rubbish bag for a few months because he really didn’t have extra money to buy new ones. This immediately made me tear up. I thought that having rubbish bags was really 　　.

So I started working out a(n)　. I went to every apartment in the building and told them what was going on. I asked each household if they could　　 at least one rubbish bag. I got almost 100 bags. I then put them into a gift basket and left an anonymous (匿名的) 　　 saying that they were from his grateful neighbours.

A few days later, he told me about the rubbish bags that he　　　. I, of course, did not tell him 　　　 they came from. Then, later that afternoon, I came home and found this very neighbour using all those rubbish bags to help another neighbour move out!

1.A. come outB. help outC. give out D. work out

2.A. rubbishB. money C. food D. medicine

3.A. threw B. openedC. kept D. sold

4.A. magic B. beautiful    C. new  D. same

5.A. difficultB. different C. expensiveD. simple

6.A. problemB. answer  C. planD. lesson

7.A. donateB. collectC. buyD. make

8.A. phoneB. noteC. bookD. ticket

9.A. receivedB. missedC. gave D. picked

10.A. when B. what C. why D. where

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了我的一个老邻居总是乐意帮助其他人解决困难。但是他一直使用相同的垃圾袋因为他真的没有额外的钱买新的袋子。作者帮助他筹集了100多个垃圾袋，但是不久却发现他用那些袋子帮助其他人搬家。

1.A. come out出版B. help out帮助解决困难C. give out分发D. work out 算出。我的一个老邻居总是乐意帮助其他人解决困难，特意的帮助那些需要帮助的人，根据句意，故选B。

2.动词及语境的理解。A. rubbish垃圾B. money金钱C. food 食物D. medicine药品。根据后文as he was taking out his own rubbish.可知我扔的是垃圾，故选A。

3.A. threw扔B. opened打开C. kept保持D. sold卖。根据后文作者的询问“Why don’t you throw it away?”可知老人保留了袋子，故选C。

4.形容词及语境的理解。A. magic魔术的B. beautiful美丽的C. new 新的D. same相同的。他回答，他一直使用相同的垃圾袋有几个月了，因为他真的没有额外的钱买新的袋子。根据句意，故选D。

5.形容词及语境的理解。A. difficult困难的B. different 不同的C. expensive昂贵故填D. simple简单的。我认为有垃圾袋是很简单的，根据句意，故选D。

6.名词及语境的理解。A. problem问题B. answer答案C. plan计划D. lesson课程。所以我开始产生一个计划，根据上下文，故选C。

7.动词及语境的理解。A. donate捐赠B. collect收集C. buy买D. make制作。我询问每个户主是否能捐献一个垃圾袋，根据句意，故选A.

8.A. phone电话B. note便条C. book书D. ticket票。然后我把垃圾袋放进一个礼品篮里，留下一张匿名的便条，说他们来自感激的邻居，根据句意，故选B。

9.A. received受到B. missed错过C. gave给予D. picked捡起几天后他告诉我关于他收到的垃圾袋的事情。根据句意，故选A。

10.特殊疑问词及语境的理解。A. when何时B. what什么C. why为什么D. where在哪里。当然我没有告诉他，他们来自哪里，根据句意，故选D。

考点：故事类短文。