Question

Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing world. But the   31   is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a   32   country like Germany?

Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making   33  for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first   34   one long hot summer when most Germans were   35   on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches,   36   a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.

The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t    37    . “What these people also need is warmth and   38   ,” says Rita. The Mullers didn’t   39   to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita   40   there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always   41   to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.

The couple were soon   42   all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to    43   donations. Today, over thirty companies  44  donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help  to  45  them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer   46   new shoes.

Kurt and Rita receive no   47   for their hard work. “ We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t   48   money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets   49   , she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a   50   in the world.       

1.A. result                                B. truth                          C. reason                   D. idea

2.A. traditional                        B. developing    C. typical                   D. wealthy

3.A. preparations              B. houses               C. meals                     D. suggestions

4.A. began                                B. met                           C. called                    D. left

5.A. asleep                                B. alone               C. across                     D. away

6.A. brought up                        B. set up               C. put aside               D. gave away

7.A. enough                              B. necessary                 C. helpful                   D. expensive

8.A. fame                             B. freedom                    C. courage                 D. caring

9.A. hesitate                             B. agree                         C. pretend                 D. intend

10.A. made sense                    B. found out       C. made sure            D. worked out

11.A. open                                B. crowded                  C. noisy                       D. near

12.A. costing                            B. wasting                     C. taking                    D. spending

13.A. pay for                            B. ask for                      C. look into               D. carry out

14.A. completely                    B. calmly               C. regularly               D. roughly

15.A. advertise               B. sell                             C. deliver                  D. lend

16.A. donates                           B. produces            C. designs               D. collects

17.A. permission                      B. payment                   C. direction           D. support

18.A. borrow                            B. raise                           C. save                            D. expect

19.A. surprised                       B. excited                     C. tired                      D. amused

20.A. profit                               B. difference      C. decision                 D. rule

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：当我们谈到“无家可归”时，就会想到发展中国家，但是，就像德国这么发达的国家，在大街上也随处可以看到无家可归的人。一对有爱心的德国夫妇舍弃了外出度假的时光，为那些无家可归的人做饭，提供住宿。后来，花完了自己的积蓄，他们还向公司求助，让更多的人们关注那些无家可归的人。让这个世界多一份关爱，少一份痛苦。

1.考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. result结果; B. truth事实，真理; C. reason理由；D. idea主意。每当我们听到无家可归这个词，我们大多数人就会想到发展中国家。但事实是无家可归的到处都有。故选B。

2.考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. traditional传统的；B. developing发展中的；C. typical典型的；D. wealthy富裕的。我们有多少人会希望看到一个像德国这么富有的国家也有人住在大街上。故选D。

3.考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. preparations筹备；B. houses房子；C. meals餐，饭；D. suggestions建议。根据后文Kurt Muller and his wife stayed at home， made sandwiches可知：他们为德国首都柏林的无家可归者做饭已经十一年了。故选C。

4.考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. began开始；B. met遇到；C. called打电话，叫；D. left离开。他们从一个漫长而炎热的夏天开始的。故选A。

5.考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. asleep睡着的；B. alone单独的；C. across穿过；D. away离开，远去。他们从一个漫长而炎热的夏天开始，而此时大多数德国人都外出度假了。故选D。

6.考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. brought up提出，抚养；B. set up搭建，安装，布置，临时搭起；C. put aside放一边，储存；D. gave away无偿赠送，暴露。Kurt和他的妻子呆在家里做三明治，他们在街上布置好桌子，给无家可归者提供食物。故选B。

7.考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. enough足够的；B. necessary有必要的；C. helpful帮助的；D. expensive贵的。由后句中的what people also need…（人们还需要的是）可知，此处应该表达的是“穆勒夫妇意识到只有食物和衣服并不够”。故选A。

8.考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. fame名望，名声；；B. freedom自由；C. courage勇气；D. caring关心，关怀。他们还需要温暖和关怀。故选D。

9.考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. hesitate犹豫；B. agree同意；C. pretend假装；D. intend打算，想要。穆勒夫妇毫不犹豫地把电话号码给那些街上的人，并告诉他们随时给他打电话。故选A。

10.考查动词短语辨析及对语境的理解。A. made sense有道理；B. found out发现，查明；；C. made sure确保；D. worked out算出；制定。前面说到穆勒夫妇把电话号码给街上的人，因此此处应是：Rita确保家里有人随时接电话。故选C。

11.考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. open开放的；B. crowded拥挤的；C. noisy嘈杂的，吵闹的；D. near附近的。她家对那些不能在街上再呆一夜的人是敞开着的。Be open to意为“对某人是敞开的；对……开放”。故选A。

12.考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。穆勒夫妇马上就要花完他们的时间和金钱了。此处用动词过去进行时表示过去将要发生的动作。选项中，waste的词意（浪费）不符合句意；cost意为“花费”，但主语不能是sb，常用句式是：（某物）花费（某人）钱数；take也可表示“花费”，但其主语一般是sth.或形式主语it，常用句式是：It takes sb sometime to do sth。spend花费，主语是人，常用句式是：Sb spends sometime /money on sth/(in)doing sth.。故选D。

13.考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. pay for付出；B. ask for要求；C. look into调查；D. carry out执行。因为穆勒夫妇马上就要花完他们的时间和金钱了，所以Kurt去了几家食品厂和服装厂请求捐赠。故选B。

14.考查副词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. completely 完全地，完整地；B. calmly镇定地，平静地；C. regularly经常性地，定期；D. roughly大约，粗暴地。。现在，三十多家公司定期地为他们的事业捐赠食品和其他物品。故选C。

15.考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. advertise做广告；B. sell卖出；C. deliver发送、发表；D. lend借给。志愿者们帮助向无家可归者分发这些食品物品。故选C。

16.考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. donates捐赠；B. produces生产；C. designs设计；D. collects收集。公众也给衣服和钱，而且一家制鞋商还捐赠新鞋。故选A。

17.考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. permission许可；B. payment报酬，付款；C. direction；方向D. support支持。穆勒夫妇没有因为他们的艰难工作而得到报酬。故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. borrow借；B. raise提高；C. save保存；D. expect期望。我们感觉就像父母一样，父母是不应该因为帮助自己的孩子而期望得到钱的。其他动词都不符合句意。故选D。

19.考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. surprised惊讶；B. excited兴奋；C. tired累的；D. amused逗乐。尽管Rita承认常常会感到累，但她说她会继续这工作，故选C。

20.考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. profit利润；B. difference差异；C. decision决定；D. rule规则。make a profit“盈利”；make directions“作出说明”；make rules“制定规则”。 短语make a difference“有影响，有关系”。句意：她会继续工作下去，因为她喜欢能够在世界上发挥一定作用的感觉。故选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。