Question

Have you ever offered a helping hand to  those who are in trouble?

One day ， two 26  were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a  large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very 27 . They went up to  her and said," Are you going to town? If you are, we will help carry your  basket."

"Thank you, " 28 the woman , " you are very  kind. You see I am weak and ill." Then she told them thai she was now going to  market to 29 the pears which grew on the only tree in her little  garden.

"We are all going to the 30 ，" said the boys."Let us have the basket." And they took hold of il  ,one each side. They walked 31 with the heavy basket, but happily.

The other day ,1 saw a little girl stop and  32 a piece of orange peel(皮).She threw it into ihe  dustbin(垃圾桶). "I wish 33  would throw that on the sidewalk," she said. "Someone may step on it and  fall."

Perhaps some may say that these are not 34  things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful  mind and a feeling heart.We must not wait for the 35 to do great things.We must  begin with little things of love.

26. A. boys B. girls C. men D •  women

27. A. bored B • tired C. pleased D.  surprised

28. A. asked B. told C. repl ied D.  spoke

29. A.bring B.buy C.take D.sell

30. A. town B. market C. garden D.  school

31. A. weakly B. quickly C. slowly D.  quietly

32. A.take out B.cut off C.put down D.pick  up

33. A. nobody B • everybody C • somebody D.  anybody

34. A.little B.good C. great  D.bad

35. A. pay B.time C.advi"' D.love

Answer 1

26.A 由第四段中的said the boys可知应填boys。

27. B 由语境和前面的they  saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears可知老太太看起来很"疲惫"(tired)。

28. C两个男孩问老太太是否进城，并且主动给她提供帮助，  故此处是老太太对他们的问题的"回答"，用动词reply。

29. D根据常识，老太太提着自己果园里结出来的梨去市场的  目的是"卖"（sell)梨。

30. A根据上文的Are you  going to town?可知句意为"我们都 进城去"，所填词意思为':城镇"，用toWn。

31. C 由with the  heavy basket推知两个男孩是"慢慢地"(slow?ly) 行走。

32. D由"她把它扔进了垃圾桶"可知前面意思为"我看见一个 小女孩停下来捡起一片橘子皮"。take out意为"取出"，cut off意为"切除"，put  down意为"放下",pick up意为"捡起"。

33. A根据语境可知句意为"我希望没有人把那（橘子皮）扔在 人行道上"，所填词意思为"没有人"，用iu>body。

34. C 由下文such a  little thing shows...可知句意为"也许一些 人会说这些不是伟大的事情"，所填词意思为"伟大的"，用 great .

35. B句意:我们不要等做伟大事情的时机。我们必须从做有

爱心的小事开始。由此可知选项B是正确答案。