Question

完形填空

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

The Magic of Waving

It began a year ago, around Christmas.

While driving around the corner of our townhouse sports center, I always noticed an old man sitting by his front yard. He was usually smoking or drinking and looked grumpy (脾气不好).

One day, while I was driving past him with my daughter, I decided to _________at him with a lot of excitement. At the beginning, when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit shocked(震惊). Then, I saw his   _________go up and he waved back.

“Why did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.

I told her that it was just an act of kindness that didn’t _________anything, and it gave both him and me a sense of joy. She responded by saying that she was a bit embarrassed (局促不安) to wave to a_________, but next time she would try it as well.

Lucky for us, we lived close to the old man, so we_________him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would wave at him and, pretty soon, the old man _________ waving at everyone who passed by his house.

One day, my daughter’s friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home who waved at her very _________  . She mentioned that she waved back at him, even though she didn’t know him, and that it felt really good.

Upon hearing this, my daughter told her friend the story of how all the waving began.

Her friend responded, “Tell your mom that’s really_________!”

Other friends made similar comments(评论), and this response taught my daughter just how much an act of kindness can be very natural and effortless, if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness _________ both the giver and the receiver.

Inspired by all these positive effects, we’re planning to give our elder waving neighbor a thank-you card, to express our thanks for the warmth that he communicated through his enthusiastic waves. And to thank him for   _________   this simple joy with all who pass by his house.

1.A. look        B. laugh         C. shout   D. wave

2.A. leg          B. hand         C. foot     D. head

3.A. cost        B. bring        C. break   D. hide

4.A. smoker      B. stranger     C. manager   D. driver

5.A. saw         B. asked         C. thanked D. visited

6.A. started      B. succeeded     C. guided   D. lasted

7.A. slowly     B. gradually     C. excitedly D. safely

8.A. different   B. easy         C. cool      D. humorous

9.A. attracted    B. controlled  C. reminded D. benefited

10.A. getting     B. sharing       C. following D. keeping

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一对父女无意间一个善意的挥手，让一个原本悲观的老人开始客观起来，开始向每个经过他家的人挥手。进而影响了一大批人。

1.D考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：我决定非常兴奋地向他挥手。A. look看；B. laugh 笑；C. shout大声叫喊；D. wave挥手。根据下文中出现的句子“when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit shocked(震惊).”可知，答案为D。

2.B考查名词辨析及语境理解。句意：然后，我看到他的手抬起来，挥手向我们回敬。A. leg腿；B. hand手；C. foot脚；D. head头。根据wave back可知，抬起的是手。答案为B。

3.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：我告诉她，这只是一个善举，不需要花费什么成本。A. cost花费，付出；B. bring带来；C. break 打破，弄坏；D. hide躲藏。联系前半句，可知此处指的是，这又不花费什么。故选A。

4.B考查名词辨析及语境理解。句意：她回应说，她有点不好意思向一个陌生人挥手。A. smoker吸烟者；B. stranger陌生人；C. manager经理；D. driver司机。联系前两句描述，可知此处指的是，向陌生人挥手，故选B。

5.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：我们喜欢接近这个老人，因此我们经常看见他。A. saw看见；B. asked询问；C. thanked 感谢；D. visited参观。联系上下文，结合句意，可知答案为A。

6.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：这个老人开始向每个经过他家的人挥手。A. started开始；B. succeeded成功；C. guided指导； D. lasted持续。结合上文的语境理解，我们感染了那位悲观的老人，使他开始也向其它路过的行人挥手。故答案为A。

7.C考查副词辨析及语境理解。句意：她看见在我家附近一位谋生的老年人兴奋地向她挥手。A. slowly 慢慢地；B. gradually逐渐地；C. excitedly兴奋地；D. safely安全地。结合语境可知老人是兴奋地向他挥手，故选C。

8.C考查形容词辨析及语境理解。句意：告诉你的妈妈这真的很酷。A. different不同的； B. easy容易的；C. cool凉爽的，出色的；D. humorous幽默的。此处的形容词修饰挥手这件事情或这种感觉，故答案为C。

9.D考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：它向我们展示给予幸福快乐如何让给予者和接受者都有好处。A. attracted吸引； B. controlled控制；C. reminded提醒，使想起；D. benefited受益。可知此处指的是对给予者和接受者都有好处，故选D。

10.B考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：感谢他与所有过路他的房子的人分享这个简单的快乐。A. getting得到；B.sharing分享；C. following跟随；D. keeping保持，遵守。幸福、快乐是相互的，因此用了分享二字，答案为B。

考点：考查故事类短文。