Question

I was on a plane returning home to Dallas, Texas after completing my duty in Vietnam. There were no hometown parades for us veterans （退役老兵） from that _________ war and I had been warned about the unfriendliness from our countrymen at that time. _________, I was just trying to get home without incident.

I sat, in uniform, in a window seat, _________ eye contact with my fellow passengers. No one was sitting in the seat next to me, which _________ my loneliness. A little girl, not more than 10 years old, suddenly _________ in the passage. She smiled and, without a word,_________ handed me a magazine. I accepted her _________ together with her quiet “welcome home”. I turned to the window and wept. Her small _________ of caring was the first I had _________ in a long time.

I believe in the __________ between strangers when we reach out to one another.

Today, that young girl __________ has no memory of what happened years ago. I like to think of her as having grown up, continuing to __________ others and teaching her children to do the same. I know she might have been told to give me the “__________” by her parents. It doesn’t matter why she gave me the magazine. The __________ thing is she did.

From then on, I have followed her __________ and tried, in different ways for __________people, to do the same for them. I know that my __________ since then are all due to that little girl. Her offer of a magazine to a tired, scared and __________ soldier has echoed throughout my __________. I have to believe that my small gestures have the same __________ on others.

1.A. fair    B. great    C. unpopular    D. unexpected

2.A. However    B. Therefore    C. Besides    D. Meanwhile

3.A. making    B. keeping    C. reducing    D. avoiding

4.A. resulted from    B. accounted for    C. contributed to    D. added to

5.A. screamed    B. appeared    C. jumped    D. waved

6.A. anxiously    B. casually    C. shyly    D. unconsciously

7.A. admiring    B. offering    C. apology    D. invitation

8.A. gesture    B. discussion    C. idea    D. exchange

9.A. predicted    B. imagined    C. experienced    D. evaluated

10.A. coincidence    B. connection    C. conflict    D. conversation

11.A. ridiculously    B. surprisingly    C. undoubtedly    D. unfortunately

12.A. panic    B. tease    C. touch    D. judge

13.A. gift    B. lesson    C. reminder    D. reward

14.A. important    B. unusual    C. appropriate    D. concrete

15.A. advice    B. dream    C. example    D. requirement

16.A. old    B. wounded    C. homeless    D. different

17.A. worries    B. attempts    C. puzzles    D. emotions

18.A. unfit    B. tough    C. lonely    D. desperate

19.A. life    B. duty    C. career    D. journey

20.A. stress    B. effect    C. threat    D. consequence

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】作者是不受欢迎的战争中回来的退役老兵。在回家路上，家乡人不欢迎他们。坐在车中，备受孤立时，一个小女孩对他微笑并给了作者一份杂志。女孩的小小的关怀让他感动。从此以后作者也立志像她一样善待他人。

1.C考查形容词。我完成了在越南的任务后，我坐飞机上返回了达拉斯的德克萨斯。家乡没有人列队欢迎从那场不受欢迎的战争中回来的退役老兵。fair公平的，合理的；great伟大的，杰出的，优异的，显著的；unpopular不受欢迎的，不流行的；unexpected料不到的，意外的。故选C。

2.B考查副词辨析。不仅没人欢迎从战场回家的老兵，而且还有来自同胞们的不友好，因此（therefore），我只想能平安回家。however无论如何，然而，可是；therefore因此；besides而且，此外；meanwhile同时，其间。从上下文的句意看是因果关系。故选B。

3.D考查动词辨析。我穿着军装，靠着窗户坐着，目光避免与其他的乘客接触。因为是不受欢迎的军人，所以不愿意与他们接触。故选择D项“避免（avoid）”。keep保持；reduce减少。

4.D考查短语辨析。没人坐在我旁边，这让我更加孤单。result from导致；account for对……作出解释，占据；contribute to有助于，促使，导致；add to增添，增加。根据语境，应该是增添了我的孤单。

5.B考查动词。一个不到10岁的小女孩，突然出现在过道。scream尖叫；appear出现；jump跳；wave挥手。出现（appear）合适。故选Ｂ。

6.C考查副词。她微笑着，没有说话，只是羞涩（shyly害羞地）地递给我一份报纸。anxiously焦急地；casually随便地；unconsciously下意识地。故选Ｃ。

7.B考查动名词。我接受了她的好意。admiring赞赏；称赞；欣赏；offering主动提供的事（指小文递给我报纸一事）；apology道歉；invitation邀请。

8.A考查名词。我转向窗户，哭了。她小小的一个关怀的举动（gesture手势，姿势，举止）是我第一次体验的。discussion讨论；idea观点，想法；exchange交流，交换。

9.C考查动词。这是我第一次体验（experience）到的关怀。predict预言，预测，预示；imagine想像；evaluate评估，评价。

10.B考查名词。我相信我们向对方伸出手，陌生人之间也有交集。coincidence巧合；connection联系，关系，交集；conflict冲突，矛盾；conversation谈话。B项符合语境。

11.C考查副词。今天，那个年轻女孩无疑对多年前发生的事情毫无记忆。ridiculously可笑地，荒谬地；surprisingly惊人地，出人意外地；undoubtedly必定；无疑；Unfortunately不幸地。Ｃ项符合语境。

12.C考查动词。我愿意把她看作是在成长时，同样地继续这样与别人接触，教育她的孩子这样做。panic使恐慌；tease取笑，戏弄；touch接触；联系；judge评判，断定。Ｃ项符合文章内容。

13.A考查名词。句意。我知道也许是她的父母让她给我那份“礼物”（即杂志）。（在当时大家都孤立我时这样做确实是一份珍贵的礼物）。reminder提醒物；reward报酬。故选Ａ。

14.A考查形容词辨析。句意：她为什么给我杂志不重要。重要的是她这样做了。important重要的；unusual不同寻常的；appropriate合适的，恰当的；concrete具体的。故选Ａ。

15.C考查固定搭配。从那以后，我就跟她学。follow one’s examle跟某人学。

16.D考查形容词。句意：我也跟着她学，尽力以不同的方式对不同的人，为他们做同样的事。old老的；wounded受伤的；homeless无家可归的；different不同的。故选Ｄ。

17.B考查名词。我知道从那以后我的努力（attempts）都是因为那个小女孩。worry担心；puzzles迷惑；emotions情感。

18.C考查形容词。她把杂志递给一个疲惫的、恐惧的而又孤独（lonely）的士兵手里。

19.A考查名词。她对我的关怀在我的一生（life）中永不消失。duty责任，任务；career职业；journey旅行。

20.B考查固定搭配。句意：我相信，我的小小的行为也会对别人有同样的影响。have an effect on…对……有影响。