Question

【题目】Our house was directly across the street from the entrance of a hospital. We rented the upstairs rooms to patients. One evening, there was a(n) ______ at the door. I opened it and saw a short man who was hardly ______ than my eight-year-old. But the worst thing was his face — it was ______ ugly. He told me he’d been ______ a room since noon but no one seemed to have one. For a moment I hesitated, not ______ to rent him a room, but his next words convinced me. He said, “I could ______in this chair. My bus leaves early in the morning.” I told him we would find him a ______.

It didn’t take a long time to see that this old man had a ______ heart in that tiny body. He fished for a living to ______ his daughter, her children and her disabled husband. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Instead, he was ______ that no pain was caused by his disease and that he still had strength to keep going. At ______, we put a camp cot in my children’s room for him. ______ he left the next morning, he asked, “Could I please come back and ______ the next time I see my doctor? Grownups are bothered by my ______, but children don’t seem to ______.” I told him he was welcome to come again.

On his next trip, he brought a big fish and a bag of the largest oysters (牡蛎) I had ever seen. Other times we received ______ in the mail. There were oysters, fish or some fresh vegetables. ______ how little money he had and that he must walk three miles to ______ these and made the gifts much more precious. And from him we ______ what it was to accept the bad _____ complaint and the good with appreciation.

【1】A. bell B. answer C. knock D. call

【2】A. taller B. stronger C. healthier D. better

【3】A. hardly B. usually C. really D. finally

【4】A. looking at B. looking for C. turning to D. checking in

【5】A. wanting B. knowing C. fearing D. refusing

【6】A. sit B. sleep C. hide D. wait

【7】A. seat B. bus C. bed D. way

【8】A. small B. normal C. funny D. beautiful

【9】 A. surprise B. please C. feed D. support

【10】 A. thankful B. interested C. scared D. worried

【11】A. midnight B. bedtime C. suppertime D. noon

【12】A. If B. Once C.Before D. After

【13】A. visit B. pay C. chat D. stay

【14】A. face B. way C. manner D. voice

【15】A. notice B. require C. escape D. mind

【16】A. cards B. letters C. books D. packages

【17】A. Knowing B. Believing C. Telling D. Doubting

【18】A. mail B. get C. find D. make

【19】A. remembered B. learnt C. explained D. showed

【20】 A. for B. in C. without D. under

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】D

【10】A

【11】B

【12】C

【13】D

【14】A

【15】D

【16】D

【17】A

【18】A

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】【1】根据作者去开门的宇晴,可推断她听到”敲门声”。

【2】根据saw a short man可知这个人非常矮小，所以可推断作者认为他几乎不比自己八岁大的儿子高。

【3】根据上文的But the worst thing was his face可推知，这个人不仅矮小,而且长得很丑。

【4】那个老人是在“找”住宿的旅馆。

【5】根据For a moment I hesitated可知作者开始有些犹豫,不“想”租给他房间。

【6】那个老人是来找旅馆过夜的,所以他应该是跟作者说他可以“睡”在椅子上。

【7】上文提到“他说他可以睡在椅子上……”，故此处选择bed，即“我告诉他我们会为他找一张床来”，与上文语境相呼应。

【8】作者发觉这个老人矮小的身体里的一个美丽的心灵。

【9】根据his daughter, her children and her disabled husband可知这里是指老人通过捕鱼来供养女儿一家，故选D。

【10】从He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Instead…可知老人不仅没有抱怨，相反还很“感激”他的病没有带来任何痛苦，而且他还有力气继续生活下去。

【11】根据we put a camp cot可知这里是指“睡觉时间”。

【12】老人是在离开之前跟作者说的话。

【13】老人问下次是否可以在来这里住宿。

【14】老人长着一张丑陋的“脸”，故可知老人是说成年人会受到他的愁脸的烦扰。

【15】成年人不喜欢他的这张脸，但孩子们却不“介意”。

【16】根据下文作者收到的东西有牡蛎、鱼和一些新鲜蔬菜可知，作者收到老人寄来的“包裹”。

【17】这里指的是作者“知道”后面提到的那些事后。

【18】作者他们收到的是老人邮寄过来的包裹,故这里指老人需要步行几英里去“邮寄”包裹。

【19】在这个老人身上，作者“学到”了什么才是毫无抱怨的接受不幸，并带着感激之心去接受好的事务。

【20】老人并没有抱怨生活中的不幸，故选C。