Question

  My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were sort of―1        about what was waiting for us.  However,when we 2        at the airport,a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were 3        made easy for us by this kind man.

  He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He4 us in going to the bank,in buying our groceries,in telling us 5        to buy almost everything. He told us he is our Big Brother.

 6        ，we watched the football match in a coffee shop. During the first gettogether,he 7       us that we're lucky―my husband and I are 8        in this for?eign land. He said he has been 9        for eight years now because he rarely sees his family,10       they are in his home country.

  During the second gettogether,he11 told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will 12        us because he has been given a 13      ,of45 days to go back to his home country. That night,he spoke these words which 14       a great impact in my life： "You changed my life..."

  That night deep in our hearts we were 15        by our friend's words. We texted him upon reaching home,16       him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him 17        that we feel safe in going out when we are with him,to which he 18       , " You are my family here."

  On the first week of October,we're going to 19        him back from his vaca?tion. We'll watch the football match again in that 20        shop that holds dear mem?ories.

1. A. curious   B. worried   C. certain   D. crazy

2. A. checked   B. dropped   C. landed   D. settled

3. A. therefore   B. instead

   C. anyhow   D. otherwise

4. A. expected   B. troubled

   C. comforted   D. accompanied

5. A. when   B. where   C. why   D. whether

6. A. Once   B. So

   C. Twice   D. Finally

7. A. informed   B. warned   C. blamed   D. convinced

8. A. together   B. nearby   C. around   D. apart

9. A. sick   B. lonely   C. cheerful   D. scared

10. A. once   B. unless   C. while   D. although

11. A. secretly   B. jokingly-   C. proudly   D. sincerely

12. A. remember   B. miss   C. forget   D. respect

13. A. delay   B. right   C. vacation   D. date

14. A. created   B. designed   C. solved   D. received

15. A. puzzled   B. touched   C. astonished   D. flattered

16. A. thanking   B. forgiving   C. repaying   D. punishing

17. A. after all   B. as well

   C. in return   D. in advance

18. A. agreed   B. objected "   C. added   D. replied

19. A. see   B. pick   C. call   D. force

20. A. book   B. grocery   C. coffee   D. sports

Answer 1

[文章大意]文章主要叙述了作者和丈夫在异国他乡时一位好心人所给予他们的无微不至的关心与照顾的故事。

1. B curious好奇的;worried担忧的;certain确定的;crazy疯狂的。作者和丈夫来到了一个新的国家，他们对接下来要发生的事有些担心。故选 B.

2. C此句意思是"当'我们'的飞机降落在机场时，一个身材高大的男人微笑着迎接'我们'"。故选C。

3. A therefore因此;instead代替;anyhow无论怎样;other?wise否则。有了这位好心人的帮忙，"我们"在异国他乡的日子因此过得很舒服。

4. D expect期望;trouble打扰;comfort安慰;accompany陪伴。这个好心人陪作者他们去银行、去购物等。故选 D.

5. B这位好心人还告诉作者他们去哪里才会买到所需要的东西。这里表示地点，用where ,故选 B.

6. C根据后文的the first gettogether和the second get-to-gether可知，他们见了两次面，故选C。

7. D inform通知;warn警告;blame指责;convince使信服。此处意思是"他让'我们'觉得'我们'是幸运的人"。

8. A作者和丈夫一起来到这个陌生的国家。 

9. B sick有病的;lonely寂寞的;cheerful髙兴的;scared恐惧的。根据后面"…rarely sees his family…"可知，他很少见到家人，难免会感到孤独。故选 B.

10. C他的家人还在他的老家。while这里表示"二者同时发生(存在) 的"。

11. D他很真诚地说他已把作者夫妇两人当成了他的家人，因此选 D.

12. B这位好心的大哥视作者他们为亲人，因此他会想念作者他们的。故选 B.

13. C这位老大哥享有一个为期45天的回国探亲的假期，故选 C.

14. A这位老大哥说的话对作者的生活产生了很大的影响。故选A.

15. B作者夫妇被这位朋友的话深深打动了。故选 B.

16. A作者夫妇感谢这位老大哥对他们在异国他乡的日子所给予他们的帮助。

17. B这里意思是"'我们'还告诉他……"。故选 B.

18. D agree同意;object反对;add补充;reply回复。这里是说"对此，他回复说'你们是我的亲人。'"

19. A这里是说这位好心人要探亲回来了，所以能与作者夫妇再次相聚。

20. C根据第三段第一句中的in a coffee shop可知，他们还会去那家咖啡馆，故选C。