Question

Choose the best answer and complete the passage  (选择最恰当的选项完成短文)

I went with some friends from my office for a dinner in a very popular local restaurant. It was regular business time and the restaurant was crowded. We ____________ found a table in a comer for three after waiting for an hour.

As soon as we sat down, we heard a loud noise when a young waiter hit the floor with all the plates he was carrying. There was _______________and no one was saying or doing anything.

In a flash, I remembered my experience many years ago, Once, I fell down on the ground in the airport because I had rushed to the airport on my own on an empty stomach. I was picked up and looked after by two ____________ This was my chance to pay it forward.

I ran to the young man's side. I turned him on his back and shouted for someone to bring a hot drink Soon people started asking if I was a doctor I said I was not, but I was skillful at blacking out(晕厥)。

The kid soon opened his eyes and started saying that he didn't know what had happened. I comforted him by saying it was OK and I had had a ___________ experience. He had not eaten, I held the warm drink to his mouth till he finished it and sat with him till he felt OK By then the_______________had arrived, I asked her to let the kid lie down for a little while until he was steady on his feet, and to give him something to cat, I offered to pay.

The lady was kind enough to refuse the payment and agreed to make sure the kid ate before he went home. By the time all this was over it was too late for my friends, We hadn't ordered anything yet, so we decided to go home.

I slowly walked home, not hungry any more, and my heart was thankful for the opportunity to pay forward the ______________ I had received many years ago.

1.A. actually    B. finally    C. carefully    D. quickly

2.A. silence    B. danger    C. shout    D. laugh

3.A. friends    B. strangers    C. relatives    D. policemen

4.A. wonderful    B. personal    C. similar    D. common

5.A. mother    B. waitress    C. manager    D. ambulance

6.A. service    B. wish    C. education    D. kindness

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.D

【解析】本文主要写了作者和朋友一起到当地一个很受欢迎的餐馆吃饭，结果碰到了一名服务生晕厥，然后作者向服务生施救的故事。

1.A. actually实际上；B. finally最后；C. carefully仔细地；D. quickly迅速地。根据前面提到的“popular crowded”推断出找到位子很难，根据句意，可知答案选B。

2.A. silence寂静；B. danger危险；C. shout呼喊；D. laugh嘲笑。根据“no one was saying or doing anything”可推出A选项符合题意，故答案选A。

3.A. friends朋友；B. strangers陌生人；C. relatives亲属；D. policemen警察。根据下文“This was my chance to pay it forward.”可推出是陌生人，故答案选B。

4.A. wonderful极好的；B. personal个人的；C. similar相似的；D. common普通的。 根据上文所提到的，可知是“遇到相似的经历”，故答案选C。

5.A. mother妈妈；B. waitress女服务员；C. manager经理；D. ambulance救护车。根据上下文的语境可可推出是餐厅经理，故答案选C。

6.A. service服务；B. wish祝愿；C. education教育；D. kindness友善、仁慈。根据文章大意，帮助别人是在偿还自己之前得到的帮助，kindness“友善”最符合题意，故答案选D。

点睛：解答完形填空首先要通读全文，掌握大意。结合选项初步弄清短文写了些什么内容。在理解全文意思的基础上，结合文章内容对空缺句子作合乎逻辑的推理。必须弄清空缺词句的确切含义，空缺词句与其前后句的意义衔接必须自然、合理，最后根据语境，结合选项，选出正确答案。如，第2小题，根据“no one was saying or doing anything”没有人说话，也没有人做任何事情，可知是“那里一片寂静”，结合选项，可知A选项符合题意，故答案选A。