Question

I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I used to give a lot of money to the homeless, feeling ________ for them. But as time passed, I became a mom with no home, a huge ________, and hardly any income. As a result, I ________ giving money to the people on the side of the road and became very ________. Things started to change for me ________. I had a home, a backyard for my daughter, and plenty of food, and I started to ________ myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the ________, “Will work for food.” I ________. My daughter commented. “Mommy, you used to always give money to those people in ________.” I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for ________, or other bad things.” She didn’t respond. ________ when I said that, I didn’t feel right. Three days later, I was driving to ________ my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and something deep ________ me said, “Just help the guy.” So I ________ down my window, and he ran over excitedly. He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I ________ into my ashtray（烟灰缸）and strangely enough, there ________ three quarters and two pennies. I picked them up and gave them to him. He ________ with joy and tears in his eyes. “Wow, you just made it ________ for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you so much; the ________ that had this great sale is leaving in 20 minutes!” It was a moment I’ll ________ forever. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best gift in life—GIVING.

1.A. angry    B. sorry    C. grateful    D. strange

2.A. problem    B. burden    C. disease    D. debt

3.A. stopped    B. appreciated    C. hated    D. continued

4.A. bitter    B. pleased    C. relaxed    D. rich

5.A. greatly    B. immediately    C. quickly    D. slowly

6.A. save    B. pull    C. run    D. feed

7.A. determined    B. child    C. sign    D. advertisement

8.A. ran away    B. passed by    C. turned back    D. speed up

9.A. danger    B. love    C. sadness    D. need

10.A. life    B. book    C. smoking    D. food

11.A. And    B. So    C. But    D. Even

12.A. pick up    B. carry out    C. bring up    D. take out

13.A. inside    B. on    C. behind    D. over

14.A. pushed    B. rolled    C. blew    D. took

15.A. knocked    B. went    C. reached    D. shouted

16.A. hid    B. stood    C. slept    D. sat

17.A. stood up    B. burst out    C. set out    D. turned up

18.A. wonderful    B. meaningful    C. possible    D. interesting

19.A. plane    B. man    C. woman    D. bus

20.A. remember    B. respect    C. thank    D. hold

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题这是一篇记叙文。讲述的是作者之前给穷人很多钱，但是后来在自己的经济情况发生变化以后就不再施舍别人。后来发生的一件事情改变了作者的看法，作者再次认识到帮助别人仍然是应该做的事情。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。A. angry生气的；B. sorry对不起的；C. grateful感觉的；D. strange奇怪的。由上文“ I used to give a lot of money to the homeless,”可推断，“我”给穷人很多钱说明我很同情他们。feel sorry for sb.为(某人)难过；同情(某人)。故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。 A. problem问题；B. burden负担；C. disease疾病；D. debt债务。由“I became a mom with no home”可知，我成了一个没有家，负债累累，几乎没有收入的母亲。下文out of debt“负债累累”也是提示。故选D。

3.考查动词词义辨析。A. stopped停止；B. appreciated感激；C. hated讨厌；D. continued继续。从前面一句中所讲的“我”没有了家、负债、几乎没有收入可以推断后来“我”“停止”给路边的人钱了。故选A。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。A. bitter痛苦的；怀恨的；愤愤不平的；B. pleased高兴的；C. relaxed放松的；D. rich富有的。“我”以前经常给路边的人钱，但后来“我”没有了家、负债、几乎没有收入，因此变得“愤愤不平的”。故选A。

5.考查副词词义辨析。A. greatly非常；B. immediately立即；C. quickly很快地；D. slowly慢慢地。由下文“I had a home, a backyard for my daughter, and plenty of food...”可推断，情况在慢慢改善。故选D。

6.考查动词词义辨析。A. save节约；B. pull拖；拉；爬；C. run跑；D. feed喂养。我有了家，有了食物，摆脱了困境，渡过了难关。pull...out of表示“摆脱难关；渡过困境”。故选B。

7.考查名词词义辨析。A. determined坚定的；B. child孩子；C. sign牌子；标识；D. advertisement广告。由“will work for food”可推断，是打着“牌子”来说明自己的目的。故选C。

8.考查动词短语辨析。A. ran away跑走；B. passed by经过；C. turned back转身；D. speed up加速。由前文的讲述可知，我成了一个没有家，负债累累，几乎没有收入的母亲，不在帮助别人，因此推断我无意帮助那些人，使用pass by（经过）能恰当地表示我的心理状态。故选B。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. danger危险；B. love爱；C. sadness悲哀；D. need需要。我女儿评论到：妈妈，你过去总是把钱给那些处于困难中的人，in need“在困难中”，从第二句可知，作者以前常给那些无家可归的人许多钱。故选D。

10.考查名词词义辨析。A. life生活；B. book书；C. smoking吸烟；D. food食物。根据bad things可以判断这里是指不好的事情，用smoking正确。句意：他们只是用这些钱来吸烟或做其他不好的事情。故选C。

11.考查连词词义辨析。A. And并且；B. So因此；C. But但是；D. Even甚至。她没有回应但是当我说的时候，我感觉不对。上下文是转折关系。故选C。

12.考查动词短语辨析。A. pick up开车接某人；B. carry out执行；C. bring up抚养；D. take out取出。三天后，我开车去学校接女儿。故选A。

13.考查介词词义辨析。A. inside在……的里面；B. on在……上面；C. behind在……的后面；D. over在……的上面。一个男人站在角落里，我内心深处说：帮助那个人。inside此处指“在我内心深处”，故选A。

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. pushed推；B. rolled摇；C. blew吹；D. took拿；取。由上文可知，我开车接女儿，因此推断，这儿指摇下车窗。Roll down my windows“摇下车窗”。故选B。

15.考查动词词义辨析。A. knocked敲打；B. went去；C. reached伸手；D. shouted呼喊。由下文“strangely enough, there ____16____ three quarters and two pennies”可推断，我把手伸进烟灰缸里。reach into my ashtray把手伸进烟灰缸里。故选C。

16.考查动词词义辨析。A. hid躲藏；B. stood站；C. slept睡觉；D. sat坐落在；位于。由下文“ I picked them up and gave them to him.”可推断，奇怪的是，那里有三个硬币和两个便士。 there sat表示存在。故选D。

17.考查动词短语辨析。A. stood up站起来；B. burst out突然爆发；C. set out出发；D. turned up出现。他高兴地哭了起来，眼里含着泪水。burst out with joy“突然高兴起来”。故选B。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。A. wonderful精彩的；B. meaningful有意义的；C. possible可能的；D. interesting有趣的。由下文“Thank you so much”可推断，这个人高兴哭了起来，眼含热泪，对作者说：你成功的让我可能在圣诞节看到我妈妈，真是感激不尽。故选C。

19.考查名词词义辨析。A. plane飞机；B. man男人；C. woman女人；D. bus公共汽车。由上文内容可知，对于一个需要接济的人来说，坐飞机的可能性不大，况且“我”给他的钱不多，因此此处讲得是：这次大减价的公共汽车20分钟后就要出发了。 故选D。

20.考查动词词义辨析。A. remember记住；B. respect尊重；C. thank感谢；D. hold握住。
与后面的won’t forget对应，因此推断句意是：那是我永远记得的时刻，我想那个人也不会忘记的，但那是我一生中得到最好礼物的人。故选A。