Question

【题目】 When he was 5, Nicholas Lowinger visited a homeless shelter with his mother. He was _______ to show off his new lightup sneakers. But his mom warned him against doing so, _______ that these children might not have such things.

_______ enough, when Nicholas met kids at the shelter, he _______ realized that they were living in circumstances that were different from his own.

“I saw other kids who looked just like me. The only _______ was that they were wearing _______ shoes that were falling apart. Some didn't have a pair of shoes to call their own,” said Nicholas, now 15. “I’ve been _______ to grow up in a family that is able to provide me with whatever I need. A lot of kids here in the U．S. don't have the same _______．”

That first shelter _______ left a strong impression on Nicholas, who started ________ all the shoes he’d outgrown to local shelters. But he soon ________ that his donations weren't that helpful.

“It ________ me that I only had used shoes to give to them ________ new shoes that fit right,” he said. “No two people’s feet are exactly the same, and ________ you are wearing someone else’s worn shoes, your feet aren’t going to be comfortable.”

So at the age of 12, Nicholas started a program that donates ________ shoes to homeless children. ________, his efforts were part of a community service project. With the help of his parents, he then started the Gotta Have Sole Foundation, which has donated new footwear to more than 10,000 ________ children in 21 states.

“Something that seems so ________, a pair of shoes, can make children feel ________ about themselves and gain confidence.” Nicholas ________ other young people to do the same.

【1】A.disappointedB.puzzledC.excitedD.surprised

【2】A.explainingB.expectingC.decidingD.judging

【3】A.TerriblyB.SureC.StrangelyD.Fair

【4】A.actuallyB.possiblyC.quicklyD.simply

【5】A.resultB.problemC.reasonD.difference

【6】A.oldB.bigC.specialD.heavy

【7】A.braveB.fortunateC.healthyD.selfish

【8】A.educationB.experiencesC.clothingD.opportunities

【9】A.lectureB.showC.visitD.class

【10】A.donatingB.postingC.sellingD.delivering

【11】A.rememberedB.admittedC.doubtedD.realized

【12】A.delightedB.botheredC.amazedD.astonished

【13】A.because ofB.apart fromC.instead ofD.except for

【14】A.ifB.onceC.untilD.though

【15】A.expensiveB.newC.strongD.unique

【16】A.At leastB.In factC.In additionD.At first

【17】A.homelessB.specialC.poorD.sick

【18】A.uselessB.simpleC.funnyD.cheap

【19】A.warmB.luckyC.goodD.sad

【20】A.forcesB.commandsC.prefersD.encourages

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】D

【9】C

【10】A

【11】D

【12】B

【13】C

【14】A

【15】B

【16】D

【17】A

【18】B

【19】C

【20】D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。Nicholas在5岁时随妈妈拜访了无家可归者的收容所，住在里面的孩子穿着破旧的鞋给他留下了深刻的印象。长大之后，他发起了一个为无家可归者捐鞋的活动来帮助他们。他还鼓励其他年轻人也去做相同的事情。

【1】考查形容词。A. disappointed感到失望的；B. puzzled感到困惑的；C. excited兴奋的；D. surprised感到吃惊的。根据空格后的“to show off his new lightup sneakers”可推知，Nicholas为可以炫耀他的能发光的新运动鞋而感到兴奋(excited)。故选C。

【2】考查动词。A. explaining解释；B. expecting期盼，预测；C. deciding决定；D. judging判断。根据空格前的“But his mom warned him against doing so”可知，Nicholas的妈妈警告他不要这么做，并向他解释了(explaining)原因，因为收容所里的孩子可能没有这样的东西。故选A。

【3】考查副词。A. Terribly可怕地，糟糕地；B. Sure确信；C. Strangely奇怪地；D. Fair公正地。根据空格后的“... living in circumstances that were different from his own”可知，果然如妈妈所说，Nicholas发现收容所里的孩子们过着跟他不一样的生活。sure enough“果然，果真”，符合语境。故选B。

【4】考查副词。A. actually事实上；B. possibly可能地；C. quickly迅速地；D. simply简单地。根据第一段最后一句和空格后的内容可知，Nicholas来到收容所后，很快(quickly)就意识到收容所里的孩子们的生活环境和他自己的有所不同。故选C。

【5】考查名词。A. result结果；B. problem问题；C. reason理由；D. difference区分。根据上段和空格前的“I saw other kids who looked just like me. The only ...”可知，住在收容所里的孩子看起来和Nicholas差不多大，唯一的不同是他们穿着破损不堪的旧鞋子。故选D。

【6】考查形容词。A. old旧的；B. big大的；C. special特殊的；D. heavy重的。根据空格后的“shoes that were falling apart”可推知，住在收容所里的孩子们穿的是破损不堪的旧鞋子。故选A。

【7】考查形容词。A. brave勇敢的；B. fortunate幸运的；C. healthy健康的；D. selfish自私的。根据空后内容可知，Nicholas感到很幸运(fortunate)，因为他成长在一个能给他提供任何他需要的东西的家庭。故选B。

【8】考查名词。A. education教育；B. experiences经历；C. clothing衣服；D. opportunities机会。根据上句可知，Nicholas感到生长在一个能给他提供任何他需要的东西的家庭是很幸运的。而美国的很多孩子却没有同样的机会。opportunity“机会”，符合语境。故选D。

【9】考查名词。A. lecture演讲；B. show表演；C. visit拜访；D. class班。根据文章第一段第一句中的“visited a homeless shelter with his mother”可知，此处指第一次的拜访(visit)就给Nicholas留下了很深的印象。故选C。

【10】考查动词。A. donating捐献；B. posting张贴；C. selling卖；D. delivering递送。根据上文内容可知，收容所里的孩子们穿着破旧的鞋子给Nicholas留下了很深的印象，于是他开始将自己穿小了的鞋捐给(donating)当地的收容所。下句中的“donations”也是提示。故选A。

【11】考查动词。A. remembered记得；B. admitted承认；C. doubted怀疑；D. realized意识到。根据下文“No two people's feet ... to be comfortable.”可知，Nicholas很快意识到(realized)他的捐赠对那些无家可归的孩子们不是那么有帮助。故选D。

【12】考查形容词。A. delighted感到高兴；B. bothered感到困扰的；C. amazed惊讶的；D. astonished吃惊的。根据下文可知，因为每个人的脚并不完全相同，所以旧鞋穿到别人脚上可能会不舒服。而自己只有旧鞋而没有新鞋可以捐赠，这一点让Nicholas很烦恼(bothered)。故选B。

【13】考查词组。A. because of因为，由于；B. apart from远离，除……之外；C. instead of而不是……；D. except for除了……之外。句意同上。故选C。

【14】考查状语从句。A. if如果；B. once一旦；C. until直到……为止；D. though尽管。根据本句前半部分“No two people's feet are exactly the same”可知，没有两个人的脚会完全一样，如果你穿别人穿过的鞋，你的脚不会很舒服。此处表示假设的条件，故选A。

【15】考查形容词。A. expensive昂贵的；B. new新的；C. strong强壮的；D. unique独一无二的。根据上文内容可知，Nicholas意识到如果我们穿别人穿过的鞋，脚会不舒服，于是在12岁时，他发起了一项活动，为无家可归的孩子们捐赠新(new)鞋。故选B。

【16】考查词组。A. At least至少；B. In fact事实上；C. In addition另外；D. At first最初。根据下一句中的“then”可知，与之相对应的应该是at first，意为“最初，起先”。故选D。

【17】考查形容词。A. homeless无家可归的；B. special特殊的，专门的；C. poor贫穷的；D. sick病态的。根据该段第一句中的“to homeless children”可知，在父母的帮助下，Nicholas启动了Gotta Have Sole Foundation项目，为21个州的1万多名无家可归的(homeless)孩子捐赠了新鞋。故选A。

【18】考查形容词。A. useless无用的；B. simple简单的；C. funny好笑的；D. cheap便宜的。根据空格后的“a pair of shoes, can make children feel ________ about themselves and gain confidence”可知，捐赠一双鞋这么简单的(simple)事就能让孩子们感觉很好并且获得自信。故选B。

【19】考查形容词。A. warm温暖的；B. lucky幸运的；C. good好的；D. sad难过的。句意同上。故选C。

【20】考查动词。A. forces强迫；B. commands命令；C. prefers更喜欢；D. encourages鼓励。因为Nicholas从捐鞋这件小事中受益匪浅，所以他鼓励其他年轻人也去做相同的事情。encourage“鼓励，支持”，符合语境。故选D。