Question

Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a big at the hospital, but somebody had to be left to look after the sick children, and Joan was not the one. She liked dancing very much, so she felt very for herself. She went to one sick child after another and said good evening, until she came to Dickey, who was only eleven years old, but he was already able to talk an adult. Poor Dicky had a very serious illness and now he was able to move. Joan knew he would never get any better, he was always happy and always about other people instead of himself. Dickey knew that Joan loved dancing, so he her with the words, “I’m very sorry that you have to the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer, you’ll find a piece of cake. And there is also a dollar for you to buy something to drink.” “And I’d and dance with you if I were able to,” he added.

Suddenly the hospital dance seemed not at all important to Joan.

1.A. concert B. discussion C. operation D. dance

2.A. quiet B. clever C. lucky D. brave

3.A. sorry B. happy C. proud D. calm

4.A. like B. with C. to D. about

5.A. nearly B. completely C. hardly D. easily

6.A. so B. and C. or D. but

7.A. talking B. thinking C. writing D. worrying

8.A. greeted B. praised C. corrected D. scolded

9.A. hold B. stop C. miss D. serve

10.A. come over B. set off C. call back D. get up

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一个发生在医院的故事。一天晚上，医院在举行一场大型舞会。遗憾的是，喜欢跳舞的Joan因为要照看生病的孩子们而无法参加。Dicky是一个为他人着想的孩子，他和其他的孩子为Joan举办了一个晚会来感谢Joan。

1.She liked dancing very much”可知，Joan非常喜欢跳舞，但她被留下照看生病的孩子们而不能参加舞会，说明医院里有一个大型舞会，故选D。

2.She went to one sick child after another”可知，Joan被留下照看孩子们，她不能参加舞会，说明她没有成为幸运的人之一，故选C。

3. 考查形容词辨析。A遗憾的，惭愧的，同情的；B开心的；C自豪的；D冷静的。so she felt very for herself她喜欢跳舞却不能参加舞会，Joan因此为自己感到遗憾，feel/be sorry for sb为......感到遗憾，同情某人，故选A。

4.but he was already able to talk an adult但是他的谈吐已经很像成年人了，故选A。

5.Poor Dicky had a very serious illness”可知，Dicky病得很重，几乎不能走路，故选C。

6.he would never get any better, he was always happy他将永远也不会康复，但是Dicky总是很开心，前后是转折关系，故选D。

7.and always about other people instead of himself他总是为他人考虑，think about考虑，故选B。

8.so he her with the words他知道Joan喜欢跳舞，因此Dicky就用这样的话语来问候Joan，故选A。

9.I’m very sorry that you have to the dance because of us.很抱歉因为要照顾我们，让你错过了舞会，故选C。

10.and dance with you”可知，Dicky说他会尽力让自己站起来，然后和Joan一起跳舞，故选D。

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