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【题目】The day was Thankful Thursday. It’s a weekly ___________ that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive ___________.

My girls shouted “McDonald’s, McDonald’s” as we ___________ along a busy Houston road. Suddenly I ___________ that almost every crossing I passed through was ___________ by a panhandler(乞丐). And then it hit me! All these panhandlers must be hungry, too. Perfect! After we ate, I ordered a (n) ___________ lunches and we set out to deliver them. We would pull alongside a panhandler, make a contribution, and tell him or her that we hoped things got better. Then we’d say, “Oh, by the way … here’s lunch.”

We handed our final contribution to a small woman and then immediately headed back in the opposite direction for home. ___________, the light caught us again and we were stopped at the same crossing where this small woman stood. I was ___________ and didn’t know quite how to behave.

She made her way to our car, “No one has ever done ___________ like this for me before,” she said with ____________. Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So, ____________ do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”

She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, “Oh honey, I’m not going to eat this lunch.” I was ____________, but before I could say anything, she continued, “You see, I have a little girl and she just loves McDonald’s, but I don’t have the money. But you know ____________ ? Tonight she is going to have McDonald’s!”

I don’t know if the kids ____________ the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our acts of kindness were too ____________ or insignificant to really effect change. Yet in that moment, I recognized the truth of Mother Teresa’s words: “We cannot do great things — only small things with great love.”

【1】A. tradition B. ceremony C. custom D. habit

【2】A. decision B. choice C. contribution D. plan

【3】A. walked B. ran C. wandered D. drove

【4】A. reminded B. realized C. understood D. thought

【5】A. crowded B. occupied C. discovered D. laid

【6】A. additional B. expensive C. cheap D. special

【7】A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Unexpectedly D. Hopefully

【8】A. excited B. embarrassed C. frightened D. annoyed

【9】A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing

【10】A. amazement B. fear C. sorrow D. amusement

【11】A. what B. how C. where D. when

【12】A. shocked B. confused C. pleased D. worried

【13】A. whether B. if C. what D. that

【14】A. realized B. felt C. noticed D. recognized

【15】A. many B. small C. big D. simple

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】B

【6】A

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】A

【11】D

【12】B

【13】C

【14】C

【15】B

【解析】文章讲述的是作者带着两个女儿在每周四都去帮助别人，一次帮助别人的经历让她意识到了虽然所做的是小事，但是也对别人产生了很大的影响。

【1】考查上下文联系。根据Thankful Thursday和后面的began years ago可知，这是每周一次的传统。tradition传统；ceremony仪式；custom习俗；habit习惯。故选A。

【2】考查上下文联系。句意：周四已经成为我们外出做好事的日子。根据下文We would pull alongside a panhandler, make a contribution, and tell him or her that we hoped things got better.可知，C正确。decision决定；choice选择；contribution贡献；plan计划。

【3】考查上下文联系。根据后文的just looking at us__45__we drove off可知，他们是在开车。walked走路；ran跑；wandered徘徊；漫步；drove开车。故选D。

【4】考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然我意识到我经过的每一个路口都有乞丐。

reminded提醒；realized意识到；understood理解；thought思考。故选B。

【5】考查动词词义辨析。每一个路口都有乞丐。crowded拥挤；occupied占据；discovered发现；laid放置。故选B。

【6】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们吃完后，我又预定了额外的午餐。additional额外的；expensive昂贵的；cheap便宜的；special特别的，专门的。故选A。

【7】考查副词词义辨析。当作者他们想离开的时候，突然红灯拦住了他们，这件事是不幸运的。故选A。Unfortunately不幸的是；Luckily幸运的是；Unexpectedly没有预料到的是；Hopefully有希望地。

【8】考查形容词词义辨析。她们面对这个乞丐很尴尬，因为她不知道说些什么。excited兴奋的；embarrassed尴尬的；frightened害怕的；annoyed生气的。故选B。

【9】考查不定代词辨析。根据下文可知，从没有人对他们做过任何类似的事情，所以他们感到非常的惊讶。something一些事；everything每一件事；anything任何事；nothing没有事情。否定句中用anything，故选C。

【10】考查名词词义辨析。根据这个妇女的回答可知，没有人这样对待过她，因此她很惊讶。amazement吃惊；fear害怕；sorrow伤心；amusement娱乐。故选A。

【11】考查疑问词辨析。根据语境，此处表达你打算什么时候吃午餐啊？所以应该用疑问词when。故选D。

【12】考查形容词辨析。听到那个女的说不打算吃时，我感到很困惑。shocked震惊；confused困惑；pleased高兴；worried焦虑，担心。故选B。

【13】此处语境表达“你知道吗？今晚她就能吃到麦当劳了。”whether是否；if是否，如果；what什么；that那个。“You know what”是美国人的口头禅。它是一个典型的不能按字面意思来理解的句子。发问者并不是问你知道什么，而是象征性地问一句“你知道吗？”不妨把“You know what”看成是“You know this”或者“Guess what”这句话就容易理解了。

【14】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不知道孩子们是否注意到了我的眼泪。

realized意识到；felt感到；noticed注意到；recognized辨认出。故选C。

【15】考查形容词义辨析。句意：很多次我都在怀疑我们的善举是否太小，是否对别人会产生影响。此处与insignificant并列，选small。many许多；small小的；big大的；simple简单的。