Question

Before seeing light we have slowly ______  for two hours on that cold December evening.  “This must be the house.” I told our group. We parked our car at an old house. We gathered up our  ______ books. We knocked on the door. We heard a ______ voice from inside say, “Come in. The door is open.” We ______ the door.

 

There in a rocking chair sat an elderly woman with a big smile on her face. “I am  ______   you.” Ruth said weakly. We ______ Ruth the basket of delicious food. I asked Ruth what carols(圣歌) she would like to hear. Then Ruth sang some carols with us happily.

As we hugged Ruth good-bye she said to me ______, “The day you called I was still in bed. I had just finished praying. I asked God if it would be ______ to have some Christmas Caroles come to my home and sing this year. Thank you for being the answer to my ______ prayer."

Wow, what an great ______ to have the opportunity(机会) to be the answer to someone's Christmas prayer.

1.A. waited    B. driven    C. walked    D. climbed

2.A. English    B. science    C. song    D. story

3.A. happy    B. sad    C. weak    D. exciting

4.A. broke    B. mended    C. painted    D. opened

5.A. expecting    B. writing    C. hating    D. advising

6.A. cooked    B. sold    C. made    D. handed

7.A. sadly    B. angrily    C. thankfully    D. angry

8.A. OK    B. necessary    C. possible    D. true

9.A. birthday    B. Christmas    C. Thanksgiving    D. Halloween

10.A. experience    B. news    C. dream    D. story

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】本文讲述的是在平安夜，作者一行在黑暗中驱车两个多小时来到了一位老奶奶家，和她一起过圣诞节的故事。体现了真正的圣诞精神：分享爱与欢乐。

1.考查动词及语境理解。句意：在看到光线之前，我们已经在那个寒冷的十二月的夜间驱车了两个多小时。 A. waited等待；B. driven开车；C. walked步行；D. climbed爬，攀登。由后面的：We parked our car at an old house.我们把小车停在一座旧房子旁。可以推测出他们是开车去的。故选B。

2.考查名词及语境理解。句意：我们把我们的歌本收集在一起。A. English英文；B. science科学；C. song歌，歌曲；D. story故事。根据下文内容，他们和老奶奶一起唱了一些圣歌，可以推测出这些书与歌曲相关。故选C。

3.考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我们听到来自屋内的一个虚弱的声音。A. happy高兴的；B. sad伤心的；C. weak 虚弱的；D. exciting令人激动的。由下文内容可知，屋内是一个老奶奶，躺在椅子上，在作者给她打电话时，她还躺在床上，可以推测出她的身体很虚弱。故选C。

4.考查动词及语境理解。句意：我们打开了门。A. broke打破；B. mended修理，修补；C. painted粉刷，上漆；D. opened打开。由前句里老奶奶的话：进来，门是开着的。可知，听到这话后，他们开了门。故选Ｄ。

5.考查动词及语境理解。句意：我在等待你们。A. expecting期待，预料；B. writing写；C. hating讨厌，憎恨；D.advising建议，劝告。老奶奶正在房间里等待客人的到来。期待，盼望：expect。故选Ａ。

6.考查动词及语境理解。句意：我们把一篮可口的食物递给Ruth。A. cooked煮，烹调；B. sold卖，销售；C. made做，制作；D. handed递，传递。进了老奶奶的房间后，把一篮子的食物递给她。故选Ｄ。

7.考查副词及语境理解。句意：当我们拥别时，他对我感激地说。A. sadly伤心地；B. angrily生气地；C. thankfully感激地；D. angrily生气的。孤独的老人和人们一起过了一个快乐的平安夜，心存感激。故选Ｃ。

8.考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我问上帝今年，一些圣歌欢唱都来到我的家唱歌是不是可能的。A. OK好，行；B. necessary需要，必须；C. possible可能的；D. true真的。对于一位孤独的老人来讲，在平安夜来一行人为她唱圣歌，是不是可能的事情。故选Ｃ。

9.考查名词及语境理解。句意：谢谢你给了我圣诞祷告的答案。A. birthday生日；B. Christmas圣诞节；C. Thanksgiving感恩节；D. Halloween万圣节。大家一起唱圣歌，所以是圣诞节。故选Ｂ。

10.考查名词及语境理解。句意：哇，成为一个人圣诞祷告的答案，是多么棒的经历啊。A. experience经历，体验；B. news新闻，消息；C. dream梦，梦想；D. story故事。能成为祷告成真的答案，是一件不错的经历。故选Ａ。