Question

完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I noticed an old man sitting in his front yard. He was usually smoking or drinking, and looking rather unhappy.

One day, while I was driving past him with my       , I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement.      , when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit surprised. Then, I saw his hand go up and he waved back.

“      did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.

I told her it’s just an act of kindness that doesn’t       anything. It gives both him and me a feeling of joy. My daughter replied that she felt a bit uncomfortable to wave to a stranger, but next time she would try it as well.

We lived close to the old man,       we saw him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would start waving at him and, pretty soon, the old man started       at everyone who passed by his house.

One time, my daughter’s friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home wave at her very       . She mentioned that she waved back, although she didn’t know him, and it felt really good.

As soon as my daughter heard this, she told her friend the      of how all the waving began. Her friend answered, “Tell your mom that’s really cool!”

Other friends gave similar       . This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and       , if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to both the giver and the receiver.

1.A. husband  B. son     C. daughter     D. friend

2.A. Just now  B. On time  C. In the end D. At the beginning

3.A. Why      B. How       C. When         D. Where

4.A. buy      B. cost      C. hide        D. guess

5.A. or       B. but       C.so           D. yet

6.A. shouting  B. waving    C. laughing     D. looking

7.A. angrily   B. excitedly C. loudly      D. carefully

8.A. lesson    B. accident  C. news        D. story

9.A. gifts     B. notes     C. thoughts    D. books

10.A. easy    B. funny     C. unusual     D. special

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了一对父女无意间一个善意的形容词，让一个原本悲观的老人开始乐观起来，进而影响了一大批人。

1.1】C 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：一天，我带着女儿从这经过。A.Husband丈夫；B.son儿子；C.daughter女儿；D.friend朋友。联系下文my daughter asked.可知我是带着女儿经过，故选C。

2.2】D 考查介词短语辨析及语境的理解。句意：一开始这个老人看到我们向他挥手，有点吃惊。A.Just now刚才；B.On time按时；C.In the end终于，最后；D.At the beginning一开始。根据句意，故选D。

3.3】A考查特殊疑问词辨析及语境的理解。句意：根据后一句描述，可知这个女儿问的是，你为什么向他挥手？A.Why为什么；B.How如何，怎样；C.When什么时候；D.Where 在哪儿.根据句意，故选A。

4.4】B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：联系前半句，可知此处指的是，这也不花费什么。此题考查动词，A.Buy买；B.cost花费；C.hide隐藏；D.guess 猜测。根据句意，故选B。

5.5】C考查连词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我们喜欢接近这个老人，因此我们经常看见他。此题考查连词，A.Or或者，否则；B.but但是；C.so因此；D.yet然而。联系上下文，可知前后是因果关系，故选C。

6.6】B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：这个老人开始向每个经过他家的人挥手。此题考查动词，A.Shouting喊叫；B.waving挥手；C.laughing笑；D.looking看。根据句意，故选B。

7.7】B考查副词辨析及语境的理解。句意：老人是兴奋地向他挥手。此题考查副词修饰动词，A.Angrily愤怒地；B.excitedly兴奋地；C.loudly大声地；D.carefully 细心地。根据句意，故选B。

8.8】D考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：她告诉了她的朋友这个故事是如何开始的。此题考查名词，A.Lesson课程，教训；B.accident事故，意外；C.news新闻；D.story 故事。根据句意，故选D。

9.9】C考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：其它朋友也给了相同的意见。此题考查名词，A.Gifts礼物；B.notes礼物，便笺；C.thoughts意见，主张；D.books 书籍。根据句意，故选C。

10.10】A考查形容词及语境的理解。结合语境可知此处指的是善意的形容词又自然又容易。此题考查形容词，A.Easy容易的；B.funny有趣的；Cunusual不通常的，不平常的；D.special特殊的，专门的。根据句意，故选A。

考点：考查故事类短文。