Question

I learned my first lesson at a meeting. As we sat around the table I heard Meg, who was ______ a recent operation, talking to Judith, the manager of our project. “Thank you so much for ______ my daughters to their dance lessons last week.” “Don’t mention it,” Judith says, “It was nothing.”

Knowing how ______ Judith’s schedule is, with her work, kids and aging parents, I found her driving Meg’s children to lessons unbelievably ______. I was about to say more about this when Donna, another colleague, entered the room ______. She apologized for being late, saying she just hosted a lunch for her friends who are over seventy. “That is so nice of you,” I say,______ how busy she was, how she didn’t like to cook and clean. “Oh,” she said, waving her hand, “It was nothing.”______, I could still tell the ______ in her voice. She did gain a sense of satisfaction from the entertainment offered to her friends.

Seeing their ______ to help others selflessly, I started thinking about the concept of “nothing”, this peaceful and generous way of living--- had it really been nothing or were they simply saying that? It ______ to me that once I spent a whole afternoon after work helping a friend ______ a speech. I ______ her to rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture to make it sound more ______. After the fifth try, she finally ______ it. She hugged me with ______, saying thanks to me. I smiled and said it was nothing.

Suddenly, I realized that helping someone was really something to me. I learned that giving from the heart doesn’t ______ mean sacrifice and hard work. The ______ is finding something we love to do and finding someone who ______ that something. Our generosity pan benefit others ______ ourselves. Once you have a good ______ of it, it’s nothing. And it’s really something.

1.A. adapting to    B. recovering from    C. going through    D. taking up

2.A. guiding    B. fetching    C. driving    D. dragging

3.A. tight    B. common    C. strange    D. practical

4.A. ridiculous    B. cautious    C. tiresome    D. generous

5.A. disappointedly    B. hurriedly    C. angrily    D. unexpectedly

6.A. ignoring    B. forgetting    C. knowing    D. predicting

7.A. Somehow    B. Therefore    C. Otherwise    D. Moreover

8.A. regret    B. sadness    C. surprise    D. pleasure

9.A. willingness    B. ambition    C. promise    D. progress

10.A. referred    B. occurred    C. appeared    D. seemed

11.A. put up    B. give away    C. prepare for    D. deal with

12.A. begged    B. invited    C. recommended    D. sponsored

13.A. sensible    B. confusing    C. subjective    D. typical

14.A. got    B. meant    C. caught    D. made

15.A. gratitude    B. worry    C. concern    D. apology

16.A. normally    B. accidentally    C. possibly    D. necessarily

17.A. treat    B. trick    C. plot    D. plan

18.A. needs    B. admires    C. loves    D. defends

19.A. on account of    B. as well as    C. except for    D. regardless of

20.A. order    B. glimpse    C. command    D. impression

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】试题分析：本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。在一次会议时，作者看到许多在百忙中乐于助人的人，自己也很快乐。从中作者感悟到：帮助别人不是没什么，而是真得有一些重要的东西，我们从中可以找到我们爱做的事情，我们的慷慨对别人有益对自己也有益。

1.考查动词短语辨析。A. adapting to使适应 ；B. recovering from从……恢复；C. going through经历；D. rejoicing in欣喜于。根据下文“a recent operation”和“the manager of our project”可推断，Meg应是刚从手术中恢复，回来上班。故选B。

2.考查动词辨析。A. guiding指导；B. fetching去取；C. driving开车；D. dragging拖；拉。根据下文“her driving Meg’s children to lessons”可推断，Meg谢谢Judith开车送她的女儿们去上舞蹈课。故选C。

3.考查形容词辨析。A. tight（日程）排满的；B. common常见的；C. strange奇怪的；D. practical实际的。根据下文“with her work,kids and aging parents”可推断，Judish的日程排的很满，需要上班，照顾孩子和年迈的老人。故选A。

4.考查形容词辨析。A. ridiculous荒谬的；B. eccentric古怪的；反常的；C. tiresome烦人的；D. generous慷慨的。根据上文可知，Judish日程排的很满，因此我发现她帮助送Meg孩子上舞蹈课时，感到令人难以置信的慷慨大方。故选D。

5.考查副词辨析。A. disappointedly失望地；B. hurriedly匆忙地；C. angrily生气地；D. unexpectedly出乎意料地。根据下文“She apologized for being late”可推断，Donna迟到了，因此她匆忙地走进房间。故选B。

6.考查动词辨析。A. ignoring忽视；B. forgetting忘记；C. knowing知道；D. predicting预测。根据上文“That is so nice of you”和下文“how busy she was,how she didn’t like to cook and clean”可推断，作者知道Donna是很忙的，非常不喜欢煮饭和打扫，因此作者说她是真好。故选C。

7.考查副词辨析。A. Somehow不知怎么地；莫名其妙地；B. Therefore因此；C. Otherwise否则；D. Moreover此外。根据下文“She did gain a sense of satisfaction from the entertainment offered to her friends.”可推断，她从帮助别人中获得了满足感，因此作者不知怎么地就能从她的声音中辨别出快乐。故选A。

8.考查动词辨析。A. regret遗憾；B. sadness悲伤；C. surprise吃惊；D. pleasure快乐。由下文“She did gain a sense of satisfaction”可推断，Donna帮助了别人获得满足感，应是快乐的，因此我从她的声音里能够辨别出快乐。故选D。

9.考查名词辨析。A. willingness乐意；B. ambition抱负；C. promise诺言；D. progress进步。根据下文“selflessly”推断，这些人都是愿意帮助别人的。故选A。

10.考查动词辨析。A. referred谈及；B. occurred发生；C. appeared出现；D. seemed似乎。根据下文内容可知，我突然想到曾经我下班后花费一整个下午帮助朋友这件事。it occurs to sb.that…“某人突然想起某事”是固定句型。故选B。

11.考查动词短语辨析。A. put up举起；B. give away泄露；C. prepare for为……做准备；D. deal with对付；处理。根据下文“I ____12____her to rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture to make it sound more ____13____.”可推断，我帮助一个朋友准备演讲。故选C。

12.考查动词辨析。A. begged乞求；B. invited邀请；C. recommended推荐；建议；D. sponsored发起。根据语境可知，我建议朋友重新排列演讲的顺序。结合上文提到的“helping”可推断，我应是给朋友提出建议。故选C。

13.考查形容词辨析。A. sensible明智的；合乎情理的；B. confusing令人困惑的；C. sensitive敏感的；D. typical特有的。由上文“rearrange the sequence of the stories in the lecture”可推断，重新安排顺序是为了使演讲听起来更加合乎情理。故选A。

14.考查动词辨析。A. got得到；B. meant打算；C. caught捉住；D. made使；让。根据语境可知，在第五次尝试之后，她最终成功了。make it“成功”是固定短语。故选D。

15.考查名词辨析。A. gratitude感激；B. worry担心；C. concern关心；D. apology道歉。根据语境可知，我帮助朋友准备演讲，她感激的拥抱我，对我说谢谢。故选A。

16.考查副词辨析。A. normally正常地；B. accidentally意外地；C. possibly可能地；D. necessarily必要地。根据上文“I realized that helping someone was really something to me.”可推断，我意识到帮助别人真的对我意义重大，知道从内心里给予并不一定意味着奉献和辛苦工作。not necessarily“未必；不一定”是固定短语。故填D。

17.考查名词辨析。A. treat款待；B. trick诡计；C. plot情节；D. plan计划。根据语境可知，帮助别人并不意味着奉献和辛苦工作的诀窍是发现了我们爱做的东西，发现了需要那些东西的人。故选B。

18.考查动词辨析。A. needs需要；B. admires钦佩；C. loves爱；D. defends保卫。解析同上。诀窍是发现了我们爱做的东西，发现了需要那些东西的人。故选A。

19.考查介词短语辨析。A. on account of由于；B. as well as也；不仅……而且；C. except for除了；D. regardless of不顾。根据语境可知，我们的慷慨不仅对别人有益对我们自己也是有益的。故选B。

20.考查名词辨析。A. order命令；B. glimpse一瞥；C. command指挥；D. impression印象。一旦你掌握了它，它就没什么。have a command of“掌握”是固定词组。故选C。