Question

One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away when my daughter heard cries for help. When I went outside to what was wrong, I discovered an elderly neighbor had fallen down. She was in pain so I helped her inside her house and her on the bed.

I noticed how her place was and it was obvious she hadn’t cleaned it for a while. She insisted she didn’t need an and that someone would be around soon, so I put a bottle of water at her side and .

On my return, I felt sad that, although we had been neighbors for 18 months, apart from a few smiles, we hadn’t . I hadn’t even noticed she hadn’t been for weeks due to painful back.

That weekend I met my grandma for her 80th birthday, and I noticed how her flat seemed in comparison with my . Then I remembered that my grandma was usually visited by her relatives. , my neighbor, as far as I knew, had no family regularly .

When I returned home I went to visit her, but she didn’t my knocks. I walked inside. She was more now than when she started to see me. She explained she was Ok. Yet, unable to due to her back, she could not unpack groceries that a delivery boy had left at floor level and her kitchen was filled with because she was unable to take it out by herself.

we’ve become good friends and chat every day. Now, every time I from putting out her garbage, her mails or just chatting, I feel a deep sense of and peace, so I am really content that I can help others.

1.A. identify B. comfort C. assure D. check

2.A. luckily B. easily C. clearly D. scarcely

3.A. insisted B. settled C. persuaded D. called

4.A. dirty B. comfortable C. wide D. tidy

5.A. operation B. ambulance C. encouragement D. application

6.A. provided B. served C. presented D. left

7.A. worked B. competed C. quarreled D. connected

8.A. away B. off C. outside D. around

9.A. clean B. narrow C. smelly D. sweet

10.A. wife’s B. neighbor’s C. relative’s D. daughter’s

11.A. In short B. As a result C. On the contrary D. After all

12.A. dropping by B. looking after C. bringing up D. sending to

13.A. answer B. reply C. appreciate D. recognize

14.A. curious B. thankful C. angry D. impatient

15.A. sit down B. put down C. lie down D. bend down

16.A. dust B. garbage C. food D. furniture

17.A. Suddenly B. Gradually C. Temporarily D. regularly

18.A. suffer B. escape C. return D. stop

19.A. collecting B. reading C. writing D. copying

20.A. determination B. presentation C. ambition D. satisfaction

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】本文一篇记叙文，作者帮助了邻居，把她送进家门之后才发现原来邻居的家里很脏很乱。然而作者在祖母的八十大寿上明白了邻居那个样子的原因，于是她主动帮助了邻居。改善了邻里的关系，也让作者自己感受到了深深的满足。

1. identify 识别、鉴定；B. comfort 使舒适；C. assure 保证；D. Check检查。结合语境，作者的女儿听见外面有求助的哭喊声，所以作者出去查看发生了什么事情，故选D

2.

3. 坚持；B.settled解决、使安居；C.persuaded恳求；D.called打电话。作者看到老人很痛的躺在地上，于是把她扶进屋子里，让她躺在床上，故选B。

4.

5.A.operation手术；B.ambulance急救车；C.encouragement勇气；D.application应用。根据句意，她坚持她不需要救护车，很快她身边就会有人（来帮助她）。故选B

6.

7.

8.

9. 狭窄的；C.smelly难闻的；D.sweet甜美的。结合句意，作者为祖母庆祝80大寿的时候，作者注意到她的公寓和自己邻居的比起来太干净了。故选A

10.

11. short简而言之；B.As a result结果是；C.On the contrary相反的；D.After all毕竟。作者这个时候想起来，自己的祖母的房子干净是因为祖母的亲戚经常来看她，相反的，作者的邻居已经很久没有家人定期看她了，故选C

12. by顺便拜访；B.looking after照顾；C.bringing up养育、提出；D.sending to送到。结合语境，自己的祖母有亲戚经常来看她，但是相反的，就作者所知道的而言，邻居并没有定期来访的家人，故选A

13.

14.

15. down坐下；B.put down放下、记下；C.lie down躺下；D.bend down俯身、屈伸。结合语境，因为她的背伤，她不能够俯身，不能够解开送快递的男孩放在楼梯上的杂货包装。故选D

16.

17.

18. 经历痛苦；B.escape逃避；C.return返回；D.stop停止。结合句意，现在每次我帮她扔完垃圾后返回。Return from 从…返回。故选C

19. mail意思为收集邮件。这里是指作者帮邻居倒完垃圾之后取回邻居的邮件。故选A

20. B.presentation出现； C.ambition雄心、抱负；D.satisfaction满意。作者从帮助邻居中感觉到深深的满足，故选D

考点：考察记叙文阅读。