Question

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的四个选项(A,B,C 和D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Still in shock I wandered about the house trying to decide what to put into the suitcases._____ that evening I had received a call from my hometown in Missouri telling me that my brother and his wife had been killed in a car _____. “ Come as soon as you can,” ______ my mother.

While Larry, my husband, made plane ______ for the following morning, I aimlessly____ things and put them down. I couldn’t focus. Occasionally, someone phoned and said, “ _____ there’s anything I can do, let me know.” “Thank you very much, ” I’d_____. But I didn’t know what to ask for.

When the _____ rang, I _____ slowly and opened the door, seeing Emerson, our neighbor, standing on the porch(门廊). “ I’ve come to ______ your shoes,” he said. Confused, I asked him to repeat. “I just want to _____you. I remember when my father died, it _____me hours to get the children’s shoes cleaned and shined for the funeral. So that’s what I’ve come to do for you. Give me all your shoes-not just your good shoes ,but all your shoes.”

While Emerson_____ newspaper on the kitchen floor, I gathered Larry’s shoes, my heels and the children’s ______ shoes. While we cleared the supper dishes, he continued to work, saying nothing.

One by one , the jobs fell into ____. I went into the laundry room to put a load of wash into the dryer, returning to the kitchen to find that Emerson had left. In a line against one wall stood all our shoes, spotless. I could put the shoes _____ into the suitcase.

Now, whenever I _____an acquaintance who has lost a loved one, I no longer call with the vague(含糊的) offer, “ If there’s anything I can do…” Now I try to think of one_____ task that suits that person’s need –such washing the family car, house-sitting _____the funeral…And if the person says to me, “ How did you know I needed that done?” I reply, “It’s because a man ____cleaned my shoes. ”

1.A. LateB. LaterC. EarlierD. Former

2.A. accidentB. chanceC. showD. holiday

3.A. bentB. beggedC. beganD. bargained

4.A. observationB. reservationsC. preparationsD. services

5.A. picked upB. picked atC. picked outD. picked off

6.A. SinceB. IfC. UnlessD. Until

7.A. askB. tellC. replyD. talk

8.A. doorB. doorbellC. radioD. telephone

9.A. raisedB. roseC. jumpedD. ran

10.A. throwB. collectC. cleanD. polish

11.A. helpB. leaveC. saveD. call

12.A. spentB. leaveC. costD. took

13.A. spreadB. tookC. splitD. spit

14.A. freshB. dirtyC. newD. big

15.A. siteB. locationC. spotD. place

16.A. fortunatelyB. sadlyC. shortlyD. directly

17.A. rely onB. dream ofC. hear ofD. think back

18.A. specialB. toughC. sparklingD. specific

19.A. afterB. duringC. beforeD. through

20.A. onceB. agoC. alwaysD. often

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题解析：本文讲述了，我的亲人去世，邻居和朋友对我的帮助，一直影响着我，感动着我。

1.C考查时间副词。A. Late迟的；B. Later之后；C. Earlier早些时候；D. Former从前。根据前后文分析，可知我的兄弟和他的妻子是前些日子去世的，现在我在整理东西，C项earlier符合语境，故选C。

2.A考查名词。A. accident事故；B. chance机会；C. show表演；D. holiday假期。Car accident意思为“车祸”，故选A。

3.B考查动词。A. Bent爱好；B. begged乞求，请求；C. began创建，开始；D. bargained交易。根据文中妈妈说的话“ Come as soon as you can,”可知妈妈要求他尽快弄好，B符合语境，故选B。

4.B考查名词。A. observation监视，观察；B. reservations保留，预定；C. Preparations准备；D. Services服务。Reservations for意思为“预定”，句意为位的丈夫预定了明天早上的机票，B符合语境，故选B。

5.A考查短语。A. picked up拾起，捡起；B. picked at指责，吃得少；D. picked off摘掉；C. picked out挑选出。词句意为我没有目的地捡起一些东西并把他们放下，A符合句意，故选A。

6.B考查介词。A. Since自从；B. If 如果；D. Until直到；C. Unless除非。句意为如果有什么我可以做的，告诉我，B符合语境，故选B。

7.C考查动词。A. ask 询问；B. tell告诉；C. reply回复;D. talk谈论。根据上文可知，他们在对话，此时我回答了哪个好心的人，C项符合语境，故选C。

8.B考查名词。A. Door门；B. doorbell门铃；C. radio收音机；D. telephone电话。根据rang，可知只有B项符合句意，故选B。

9.B考查动词。A. Raised提高；B. rose升起；C. Jumped跳；D. ran跑。句意为，我慢慢地站起来打开门，B项符合语境，故选B。

10.C考查动词。A. throw扔；B. collect收集；C. clean清扫；D. polish润色。根据后文get the children’s shoes cleaned，可知这里是清洗鞋子，故选C。

11.A考查动词。A. help帮助；B. leave离开；C. save节约；D. call打电话。根据后文I’ve come to do for you，可知令局势来帮助她的，故选A。

12.D考查动词。A. spent花费；B. leave离开；C. cost花费；D. took花费。It takes sb.

+时间+to do sth. 意思为这花费了某人多少时间做某事，固定搭配，故选D。

13.A考查动词。A. spread展开；B. Took带走；C. split分离，劈开；D. spit吐。句意为，Emerson把报纸铺开在厨房的地板上，A符合句意，故选A。

14.B考查形容词。A. Fresh新鲜的；B. dirty脏的；C. new新的；D. big大的。根据上文，邻居要帮忙洗鞋子，可知这些事脏的鞋子，故选B。

15.D考查名词词。A. site地点；B. location地址；C. spot点；D. place位置。Fell into place意为依序排列，固定搭配，故选D。

16.D考查副词。A. fortunately幸运地；B. sadly悲伤地；C. shortly一会；D. directly直接地。根据前文鞋子很干净地放在墙边，可知可以直接放进行李箱内，D符合句意，故选D。

17.C考查短语。A. rely on依靠；B. dream of梦想；C. hear of听说；D. think back回想。句意为无论什么时候我听说有人失去了心爱的人，C符合句意，故选C。

18.D考查形容词。A. special特别的；B. tough艰难的；C. sparkling闪烁的；D. specific具体的。根据后面列举的事物，可知这里用具体的来形容task，故选D。

19.B考查介词。A. after在……之后；B. during在……期间；C. before在……之前；D. through通过。句意为在葬礼期间跪坐，B符合句意，故选B。

20.A考查介词。A. once曾经某次；B. ago以前；C. always总是；D. often经常。句意为曾经有个男人为我洗鞋子，A文章大意，故选A。

考点：考查上下文分析和主旨大意的掌握。

【名师点睛】

解这类完形填空时要注意：

1. 掌握几种逻辑关系词

考生在做这类题目是一定要很好地把握上下文逻辑关系，掌握常见的几种表示转折、让步、条件、因果、并列等逻辑关系的词，再根据上下文语境判断出最佳答案。

2. 准确把握逻辑关系

考生在做题过程中需要留意上下文，正确把握上下文之间的逻辑关系。逻辑关系涉及时间、条件、原因、转折等几个方面。正确理解文章的内容并把握逻辑关系有助于考生准确地解答试题。（如：根据后文I’ve come to do for you，可知令局势来帮助她的，故选A。）

3. 仔细体会作者的思想情感

在解题过程中，考生要仔细体会作者所要表达的思想情感，不能按自己的想法去揣测文章中人物的心理活动。如：本文主要讲述了弟弟和他的妻子一起去世，邻居和朋友对我的帮助一直影响着我，感动着我的主旨，然后根据上下文逻辑关系，进行答题。