Question

At the age of 16, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we ________ that “our family” was living in a trailer (拖车) that was in ________ condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, ________ every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.

We decided the only reasonable ________ was to build a new house — something unusual but ________ under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.

On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room? ” Expecting ________ and other gadgets (小玩意) that children usually ask for, we were ________ when Josh responded, “I just want a bed.”

The boys had ________ slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect ________. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.

When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly ________ ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.

That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to ________ us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the ________.

As my father slipped a pillowcase (枕套) onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, “What is that?”

“A pillow,” he replied.

“What do you do ________ it?” Eric continued to ask.

“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow.

“Oh ... that’s soft,” he said, ________ it tightly.

Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks, “Do you have a pillow?” We know exactly what he ________.

1.A. imaginedB. ignoredC. discoveredD. required

2.A. brightB. strangeC. perfectD. poor

3.A. soB. butC. otherwiseD. though

4.A. effortB. purposeC. solutionD. treatment

5.A. necessaryB. expensiveC. amazingD. rare

6.A. toysB. moneyC. foodD. sneakers

7.A. upsetB. gladC. disappointedD. astonished

8.A. stillB. justC. neverD. seldom

9.A. awardB. giftC. lessonD. target

10.A. controlB. believeC. helpD. express

11.A. amuseB. guideC. helpD. watch

12.A. bedB. doorwayC. yardD. house

13.A. withB. forC. aboutD. on

14.A. squeezingB. huggingC. throwingD. shaking

15.A. explainsB. provesC. meansD. reflects

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者在十六岁时与父亲一起从事志愿者活动，帮助一个贫困家庭建房子，买床和床上用品，通过这次志愿活动让作者体会到要珍惜自己现在的生活。

1.1】C 考查动词。A. imagined想象；B.ignored忽视；C. discovered发现；D.required需要。晚上我们到达的时候，我们发现我们的家庭住在条件可怜的拖车里。故选C。

2.2】D 考查形容词。A. bright明亮的；B. strange奇怪的；C. perfect完美的；D. poor可怜的。住在拖车里，当然是不好的条件了。故选D。

3.3】B 考查连词。A. so所以；B. but但是；C. otherwise否则；D. though尽管。全体人员一直工作了两周，但是每次只解决一个问题，另一个问题又来了。故选B。

4.4】C 考查名词。A. effort努力；B. purpose目的；C. solution解决方案；D. treatment治疗，对待。我们决定唯一合情合理的解决方案就是建一座新房子。故选C。

5.5】A 考查形容词。A. necessary必要的；B. expensive昂贵的；C. amazing令人惊讶的；D. rare罕见的。我们决定唯一合情合理的解决方案就是建一座新房子——在这样的环境下不同寻常又必要的事情。故选A。

6.6】A 考查名词。A. toys玩具；B. money金钱；C. food食物；D. sneakers运动鞋。根据空后面other gadgets (小玩意) that children usually ask for可知，孩子们通常要的东西，根据常识可知孩子们爱玩具，故选A。

7.7】D 考查形容词。A. upset烦恼的；B. glad高兴的；C. disappointed失望的；D. astonished吃惊的。根据后文“I just want a bed.”可知，我只想要一张床。他没要玩具而是要一张床，所以我们感到吃惊。故选D。

8.8】C 考查副词。A. still仍然；B. just仅仅，只是；C. never从来没有；D. seldom很少，难得。男孩们从来没在一张床上睡过，他们习惯睡在塑料垫子上。故选C。

9.9】B 考查名词。A. award奖品；B. gift礼物；C. lesson教训；D. target靶子，目标。根据上文可知，床是最完美的礼物。故选B。

10.10】A 考查动词。A. control控制；B. believe相信；C. help帮助；D. express表达。当我们看到卡车来的时候，我们告诉这家人惊喜。可知我们几乎不能控制我们的兴奋。故选A。

11.11】D 考查动词。A. amuse娱乐；B. guide指导；C. help帮助；D. watch观看。那天下午，当我们把床的框架安装在一起时，Eric跑进房子来看我们。故选D。

12.12】B 考查名词。A. bed床；B. doorway门口；C. yard院子；D. house房子。他怕太脏进入房间，他睁大眼睛热情地从门口往里看。故选B。

13. 考查介词。固定词组：do with处理。“你怎样处理它？故选A。

14. 考查动词。A. squeezing挤压；B. hugging拥抱；C. throwing扔，投；D. shaking摇动。那是软的，紧紧地抱着它。故选B。

15. 考查动词。A. explains解释；B. proves证明；C. means意味着；D. reflects反映。你有一个枕头了？我们知道他准确地意味着什么。故选C。

【学法指导】

1.结合上下文语境，并根据常识做题在完形填空中起着非凡的作用。39. 16.6】A考查名词。A. toys玩具；B. money金钱；C. food食物；D. sneakers运动鞋。根据空后面other gadgets (小玩意) that children usually ask for,孩子们通常要的东西，根据常识可知孩子们爱玩具，故选A。40. 17.7】D考查形容词。A. upset烦恼的；B. glad高兴的；C. disappointed失望的；D. astonished吃惊的。根据后文“I just want a bed.” 我只是想要一张床。他没要玩具而是要一张床，所以我们感到吃惊。故选D。

2. 做完形填空时一定要注意and/but/so/besides/however/furthermore/moreover/in addition/what’s more等词汇、固定结构的运用。它们连接了上下文，起着承上起下的作用。像but（但是）、however（然而），表示转折，这说明前后的内容相反或相对。把握住这一点，做起题来就会得心应手。36. 18.3】B考查连词。A. so所以；B. but但是；C. otherwise否则；D. though尽管。全体人员一直工作了两周，但是每次只解决一个问题，另一个问题又来了。故选B。

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