Question

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was worried. Her______ had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his way back home from work as usual.

The lady wondered, “Is the man going to ______ me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her surprise, he stopped and said with a smile. “What’s wrong, madam?” The lady told him what was happening.

After a while, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him. “No, that is  _________, madam.” he said, “I was just helping someone in _________. If you really want to pay me back, I hope whenever you see someone in trouble, you should give him a hand.” A few minutes later, the lady ________ a shabby(破旧的)house by the road. She remembered Robert’s words, so she stopped. The hostess(女主人)warmly asked her ________. The lady could see that was a ________ family and that they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady ________ 500 dollars on a table and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how ________ their life was. Their baby was to be born the next month but there was not ________ money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don’t worry, dear! A stranger has helped us out!”

Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.

1.A. bike    B. motorbike    C. bus    D. car

2.A. help    B. save    C. kill    D. find

3.A. nothing    B. something    C. everything    D. anything

4.A. picture    B. rain    C. need    D. danger

5.A. saw    B. heard    C. smelt    D. felt

6.A. out    B. in    C. away    D. along

7.A. terrible    B. sad    C. rich    D. poor

8.A. dropped    B. forgot    C. left    D. lay

9.A. exciting    B. hard    C. happy    D. interesting

10.A. many    B. some    C. enough    D. few

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.C

【解析】文章大意：本文叙述了一位女士在一个下雪的晚上，由于汽车坏了，停在路边等人来帮助。Robert像往常一样，走在下班回家的路上。当他看见这位女士需要帮助时，便停下来帮助她修好了汽车。这位女士要付钱给他，他没要。他希望这位女士跟他一样以后帮助那些在困难中的人。这位女士在经过一家旧房子时，发现这家人很穷，于是留下500美元后悄悄地离开了。原来这是Robert的家，他的妻子快要生孩子了，但是他们没有足够的钱。所以我们经常说帮助别人就是在帮助自己。

1.句意：她很担心，她的车坏了。考查名词辨析。A. bike自行车；B. motorbike摩托车；C. bus公共汽车；D. car汽车。由下文的the car was at last fixed by Robert.可知，此处表示的是她的汽车坏了，故答案选D。

2.句意：那个人会杀了我吗？考查动词辨析。A. help帮助；B. save挽救；C. kill杀害；D. find找到。根据下文He looks very cold and hungry可知，这个男士看起来不像好人，所以女士感到害怕才会想“那个人会杀了我吗”，故答案选C。

3.句意：那位女士想付钱给他。他说“不，没有关系，女士”。考查代词辨析。A. nothing没事；B. something某事；C. everything每件事；D. anything任何事。根据上文The lady wanted to pay him.和Robert的回答No，可知此处表示的是他说“没有关系”，故答案选A。

4.句意：我只是在帮助需要帮助的人。考查名词辨析。A. picture图画；B. rain雨；C. need需要；D. danger危险。根据I was just helping someone in，结合选项，可知是帮助有需要的人，故答案选C。

5.句意：几分钟后，这位女士看到路边有一间破旧的房子。考查动词辨析。A. saw看到；B. heard听到；C. smelt闻起来；D. felt感觉。根据the lady ____5____ a shabby(破旧的)house by the road，结合选项，可知是看到路边破旧的房子，故答案选A。

6.句意：女主人热情地邀请她进来。考查介词辨析。A. out外面的；B. in里面的；C. away离开的；D. along沿着。根据The hostess warmly asked her，再联系下文语境，可知是女主人邀请她进去，故答案选B。

7.句意：这位女士可以看出那是一个贫穷的家庭，他们需要帮助。考查形容词辨析。A. terrible可怕的；B. sad伤心的；C. rich富有的；D. poor贫穷的。根据前文提到的a shabby(破旧的)house，可知这家的生活很糟糕，所以应该是很贫穷，故答案选D。

8.句意：那位女士在桌子上留下了500美元，然后悄悄地离开了。考查动词辨析。A. dropped掉下；B. forgot忘记；C. left离开；D. lay躺。根据句意，结合语境可知此处表示这位女士在桌子上留下了500美元并安静地离开了，故答案选C。

9.句意：Robert比以前回家晚了些，他想着他们的生活有多艰难。考查形容词辨析。A. exciting激动的；B. hard困难的；C. happy开心的；D. interesting有趣的。根据上文The lady could see that was a ____7____ family and that they needed help.可知这家需要帮助，推出他们生活很艰难，故答案选B。

10.句意：他们的孩子将在下个月出生，但他们没有足够的钱。考查形容词辨析。A. many许多；B. some一些；C. enough足够；D. few很少。由句中的but可推测此处表示没有足够的钱，故答案选C。