Question

An old woman walked around as she pushed her shopping cart full of many things. She was

 36 . Her hair was untidy. Her clothes were torn. And some of her teeth were missing.

She  37  and asked me for change. Instead of giving her change, I  38  her to eat out and she  39 . We went across the street to an outdoor café so she could  40  her cart while we had lunch. The  41  was surprised when this woman appeared and did not want to serve us,  42  she forced herself. We ate our lunch. She was very  43  and the food disappeared almost as soon as it arrived.

When we were ready to  44 , I was feeling very good about myself and then she asked for a  45 . It was then that I had to  46  myself and all the hidden bias (偏见) that I had towards this  47.

She wasn’t wrong, but my reluctance(不愿)must have  48 . I held her in my arms carelessly and  49 I felt shame. She thanked me for lunch and then left.

I  50  there for a moment and realized that I had  51  to give this woman the one thing that cost  52  —love. I ran after the woman and caught up with her and asked her if I could give her a  53  hug and she agreed. I gave the woman the best one I’ve ever given anyone. “That’s getting it right,” she said and her big  54  lit my path as we parted.

The  55  I learned was that if you’re going to give, then give it your all and get it right the first time.

1.                A．happy          B．dirty           C．nervous  D．small

2.                A．ran            B．arrived         C．stopped  D．hid

3.                A．invited         B．pushed         C．forced   D．wished

4.                A．refused        B．returned        C．left  D．agreed

5.                A．watch over      B．get hold of      C．reach for D．catch up with

6.                A．customer       B．shopper        C．waitress D．traveler

7.                A．and            B．but            C．or   D．so

8.                A．thirsty          B．sleepy          C．tired D．hungry

9.                A．leave          B．rest            C．move D．apologize

10.               A．break          B．gift            C．hug  D．partner

11.               A．believe         B．face           C．hurt  D．introduce

12.               A．behavior       B．nation          C．person    D．district

13.               A．gone          B．shown         C．resulted   D．remained

14.               A．slowly          B．again          C．gradually  D．soon

15.               A．stood          B．cried          C．lay   D．drank

16.               A．decided        B．hoped         C．tried  D．failed

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

18.               A．real           B．quiet          C．brave D．safe

19.               A．teeth          B．smile          C．feet  D．mouth

20.               A．fact           B．information     C．lesson D．expression

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A    

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：作者讲述自己请一个老太太吃饭但却不愿和她拥抱的故事，通过这次经历作者所得到了教训。如果你想给与别人爱，就要完全的给与。

1.考查形容词：下文描述这个老妇人头发蓬乱可推断她的身上很脏。答案B

2.考查动词：A.ran跑B.arrived到达C.stopped停止D.hid躲，根据常识老妇人应该先停下来向作者讨零钱。答案C

3.考查动词：A.invited邀请B.pushed推C.forced强迫D.wished希望，根据下文“We went across the street to an outdoor cafe”可知作者请她去吃饭了。答案A

4.考查动词：A.refused拒绝B.returned回来C.left离开D.agreed同意，根据下文“while we had lunch”可知她同意了作者的邀请同作者一起去吃饭了。答案D

5.考查词组：A.watch over照看B.get hold of抓住C.reach for伸手够D.catch up with赶上，因为是室外咖啡馆所以在吃饭的时候她可以照管着手推车。答案A

6.考查名词：A.customer顾客B.shopper购物者C.waitress女服务员D.traveler游客，根据常识在饭馆里为顾客服务的应该是服务员。答案C

7.考查连词：服务员不想招待他们但又不得不这么做。前后句是转折关系故用but。答案B

8.考查形容词：A.thirsty渴的B.sleeply困的C.tired疲劳的，D.hungry饥饿的，根据句中“the food disappeared almost as soon as it arrived”可知她非常饿。答案D

9.考查动词：A.leave离开B.rest休息C.move移动D.apologize道歉，根据下文内容可知他们吃完饭后准备离开。答案A

10.考查动词：A.break打破B.gift礼物C.hug拥抱D.partner伙伴，根据下文“I held her in my arms carelessly...”可知老妇人要与作者拥抱一下。答案C

11.考查动词：A.believe相信B.face面对C.hurt伤害D.introduce介绍，根据下文“my reluctance”可知作者不愿意和她拥抱因此当对方提出要拥抱时作者不得不面对自己和自己心存的偏见。答案B

12.考查名词：A.behavior行为B.nation国家C.person人D.district地区，根据语境此处指的是对老妇人的偏见。答案C

13.考查动词：A.gone去B.shown展示C.resulted结果，D.remained仍然，连词but表明作者不情愿拥抱她的表情显现出来了。答案B

14.考查副词：A.slowly缓慢地B.again再一次C.gradually逐渐的D.soon很快，根据下文可知作者叫住老妇人追上了她所以此处作者应该立刻意识到了自己的过错。答案D

15.考查动词：A.stood站立B.cried哭C.lay躺D.drank喝，根据上文可知作者拥抱了老妇人说明他当时是站在那里的。答案A

16.考查动词：A.decided决定B.hoped希望C.tried尝试D.failed失败，作者并没有真正地拥抱那位老妇人故用failed。答案D

17.考查不定代词：爱是不需要花费什么的故用nothing。答案B

18.考查形容词：A.real真的B.quiet安静的C.brave勇敢的D.safe安全的，根据下文“I gave the woman the best one I’ve ever given anyone”可知作者要给老妇人一个真正意义上的拥抱。答案A

19.考查名词：A.teeth牙齿B.smile微笑C.feet脚D.mouth嘴，根据老妇人说的话“That’s getting it right”及后面的“lit my path”可知老妇人开心地笑了。答案B

20.考查名词：A.fact事实B.information信息C.lesson教训D.expression表情，根据后半句意思可知这是作者通过这次经历所得到的教训。答案C

考点：考查故事类短文