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One summer evening as I was cooking dinner, there was a knock at the door. I _______ it and saw an old man. But his voice was pleasant as he said, “Good evening. I come to see if you have a   _______ for just one night. I came for a(n) _______ this morning from the eastern part. And there’s no bus till next morning.” He told me he’d been _______ for a room but with no success. “I guess it’s my face … I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments…” he said. I told him we would _______  him a bed, but to rest on the porch（走廊）. I went inside and prepared dinner. When we were _______ , I asked him if he would like to _______ us. “No, thank you. I have plenty.”

When I had finished the dinner, I went out to talk with _______  . It didn’t take a long time to see that this old man had an oversized heart crowded into that tiny body. He told me he fished for a living to _______ his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was hopelessly disabled. At bedtime, we _______ a bed in the children’s room for him.

On his next trip, _______ a gift, he brought a big fish I had never seen. In the years he came to stay overnight with us, and there was _______ a time he did not _______ us some fish or vegetables from his garden.

I knew our family will always be _______ to have known him. From him we learned what it was to accept the   _______ without a complaint (抱怨) and the good with thanks.

1.A. felt           B. opened         C. repaired       D. painted

2.A. room         B. book           C. bus           D. castle

3.A. interview      B. meeting        C. show          D. treatment

4.A. crying         B. hunting       C. studying       D. choosing

5.A. offer          B. borrow         C. send           D. sell

6.A. happy         B. free           C. busy           D. ready

7.A. call           B. visit          C. join           D. invite

8.A. her           B. him           C. them           D. it

9.A. expect       B. save           C. support      D. serve

10.A. put           B. planted        C. covered        D. discovered

11.A. at            B. in             C. for            D. as

12.A. always        B. never        C. ever           D. even

13.A. bring         B. water          C. desert         D. buy

14.A. beautiful     B. thankful       C. special        D. silent

15.A. poor          B. wounded        C. ill           D. bad

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章描述的是作者与一个借宿者之间的故事，通过与借宿的老人交流和了解，作者学到了毫无抱怨地接受不好的命运并以感恩的心态接受恩惠这样的道理。

1.B考查动词及语境理解。句意：我打开门看见一位老年人。A. felt 感觉； B. opened 打开；C. repaired 修理；D. painted 粉刷。上文提到有人在敲门，故答案为B。

2.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：我想知道你是否有房间能让我暂居一晚。A. room 房间；B. book 书籍；C. bus 公共汽车；D. castle 城堡。根据句意及上下文（我想知道你是否有房间能让我暂居一晚。），所以此题选A。

3.D考查名词及语境理解。句意：我今早从东岸过来看病，明天早晨才会有车。A. interview采访；B. meeting会议；C. show表演；D. treatment 治疗。 依据下文中的句子“but my doctor says with a few more treatments…”可知，老人是去看病。答案为D。

4.B考查动词及语境理解。句意：他对我说 他找地方住 但是没找到。A. crying哭；B. hunting 打猎，寻找；C. studying 学习；D. choosing选择。 hunt for 有寻找的意思。故答案为B。

5.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：我说我愿意为他找个睡觉的地方。A. offer 提供；B. borrow 借；C. send 发送；D. sell 卖。依据句意可知，作者愿意提供老人一个住的地方。答案为A。

6.D考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我们准备吃饭时。A. happy 高兴的；B. free 有空的；C. busy忙碌的；D. ready准备好的，情愿的。上句提到做饭，此处准备吃饭。答案为D。

7.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：我问他是否愿意和我们一起吃。A. call打电话；B. visit 访问；C. join加入；D. invite 邀请。根据句意及上下文：我问他是否愿意（加入到我们中）和我们一起吃，故选C。

8.B考查代词及语境理解。当我们吃完饭时，我出去跟他闲聊。句意：A. her她；B. him 他；C. them 他们；D. it 它。代词代指上面的那位老人，答案为B。

9.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：他告诉我他以打鱼为生来养活他的女儿，以及她的五个孩子，还有她的背部有残疾的丈夫。A. expect 期待；预期； B. save 节约，拯救；C. support支持，供养；D. serve招待。；根据此题句意是她告诉我他以打鱼为生来养活他的女儿，以及她的五个孩子，还有她的背部有残疾的丈夫。故选C。

10.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：睡觉时，我们为他在孩子房里放了张床。A. put 放置；B. planted种植；C. covered覆盖；D. discovered 发现。 依据句意，答案为A。

11.D考查介词及语境理解。句意：在他下一次来时，他带了一条我从未见过的大鱼作为给我们的礼物。A. at 在（表示存在或出现的地点、场所、位置、空间）；B. in 在……之内；C. for为了，因为；D. as 作为。 依据句意可知，老人是把鱼作为礼物送人。答案为D。

12.B考查副词及语境理解。句意：没有一次不给我们带鱼或他自种的蔬菜。A. always 总是；B. never 从不；C. ever曾经；D. even 甚至。 依据语境理解，老人每次都带礼物来。答案为B。

13.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：没有一次不给我们带鱼或他自种的蔬菜。A. bring 带来；B. water 浇水，水；C. desert 遗弃，沙漠；D. buy买。 依据句意，答案为A。

14.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我知道我们全家人都很庆幸认识他。A. beautiful漂亮的；B. thankful 感激的；C. special特殊的；D. silent 沉默的。 be thankful to sb.想某人表示感激。故答案为B。

15.D考查形容词及语境理解。句意：从他身上我们学到了毫无抱怨地接受不好的命运并以感恩的心态接受恩惠。A. poor 贫穷的；B. wounded受伤的；C. ill 生病的；D. bad 坏的，糟糕的。此处bad与后面的good相对应。故答案为D。

考点：故事类短文阅读。