Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I’ll never forget the kindness offered by strangers. Last year, two days before Christmas, my friend Harry _______, saying that their kitchen had caught fire,______ everything in their kitchen, including all their food. Harry and his wife are ______ from Mexico with four children, and I knew they always had a(n) ______ harvest from their farm every year. After putting down the phone, I drove to their house, taking some _____ I had.

When I arrived there, I found that they had all their belongs _____ in their front yard. They were so._____ to see me, because they knew I could help them. Then I _____back, but I was very _____, knowing I was really in a hard place financially and was _____ to do more for them.

I told a friend of mine about the story and asked if he could give a hand. He immediately_____ and said, “I know these people mean a lot to you and I want to _____ them.” You know, they had _____ met before. He asked me to take Harry to buy some necessities. Of course, he would _____. At the check-out counter of a supermarket, I noticed we had chosen too many items, so I had the _____ take some back. As we were walking away, I_____ heard a voice behind me, “Wait, I want to pay for them.” I turned around, thanked the man _____, and told him that my friend’s house had been burned. He said he _____ because he had lost his job but was now working again. We went away with tears in our eyes. It was such a wonderful _____, seeing folks stepped up when someone needed help, even for a_____ stranger.

【1】A.visited B.called C.explained D.questioned

【2】A.destroying B.changing C.breaking D.cooking

【3】A.workers B.teachers C.farmers D.drivers

【4】A.common B.entire C.hard D.poor

【5】A.tools B.food C.medicine D.clothes

【6】A.burned up B.carried away C.collected up D.sold out

【7】A.excited B.surprised C.fortunate D.calm

【8】A.walked B.ran C.flew D.drove

【9】A.nervous B.upset C.regretful D.disappointed

【10】A.unwilling B.unable C.unnecessary D.unafraid

【11】A.went B.prepared C.agreed D.apologized

【12】A.interview B.save C.teach D.help

【13】A.never B.seldom C.still D.ever

【14】A.select B.pay C.shop D.exchange

【15】A.mom B.clerk C.friend D.manager

【16】A.suddenly B.frequently C.luckily D.immediately

【17】A.kindly B.indirectly C.informally D.patiently

【18】A.admitted B.complained C.understood D.tired

【19】A.feeling B.idea C.incident D.performance

【20】A.sick B.pitiful C.foreign D.total

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【9】B

【10】B

【11】C

【12】D

【13】A

【14】B

【15】B

【16】A

【17】A

【18】C

【19】A

【20】D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者的朋友Harry的厨房发生火灾，作者尽管自己处于困境，让提供力所能及的帮助，并顺利让自己的朋友帮助Harry，购物时又遇到陌生人希望给Harry提供帮助。当别人有难时，我们应该提供力所能及的帮助。

【1】B 考查动词A.visited拜访；B.called打电话给；C.explained解释，说明；D.questioned提问。根据后半句的saying可知是作者的朋友打电话来。故选B。

【2】A 考查动词A.destroying毁坏；B.changing改变；C.breaking打破；D.cooking做饭。根据前文的caught fire判断是厨房失火，毁坏了厨房的一切东西。故选A。

【3】C考查名词A.workers工人；B.teachers教师；C.farmers农民；D.drivers司机。根据下文的farm判断。故选C。

【4】D 考查形容词A.common共同的；B.entire全部的；C.hard艰苦的；D.poor贫穷的，不好的。根据上下文Harry一家是农民，且有四个孩子，应该是“不好的”收成。故选D。

【5】B考查名词A.tools工具；B.food食物；C.medicine医药；D.clothes衣服。根据前文是Harry家的厨房着火，可知作者是带着一些食物去。故选B。

【6】C 考查动词短语A.burned up烧光；B.carried away携带走；C.collected up收集起来；D.sold out卖光。根据前文的着火了，作者赶到时应是把一切火烧过的东西“收集”到院子里。判断。故答案选C。

【7】A 考查形容词A.excited兴奋的；B.surprised吃惊的；C.fortunate幸运的；D.calm平静的。根据前文的火灾过后看到友人来到，且because they knew I could help them因为他们知道我能够帮助他们，故一家人应该是感到兴奋的。故选A。

【8】D 考查动词A.walked步行；B.ran跑步；C.flew飞； D.drove驾驶。根据前文I drove to their house我开车去他们家，现在是开车回去。故选D。

【9】B考查形容词A.nervous紧张的；B.upset焦虑不安的；C.regretful遗憾的；D.disappointed失望的。根据下文的in a hard place financially处于经济困境，判断应该是我也焦虑不安，故选B。

【10】B 考查形容词A.unwilling不甘心情愿的；B.unable不能的；C.unnecessary不必要的；D.unafraid不担心的。根据前文in a hard place financially处于经济困境，判断是作者不能帮他们很多。故选B。

【11】C 考查动词A.went去；B.prepared准备；C.agreed同意；D.apologized道歉。根据下文应该是作者的朋友同意了帮助作者这位处于困境中的朋友。故选C。

【12】D考查动词A.interview面试；B.save拯救；C.teach教；D.help帮助。根据下文作者朋友所做的事情判断。故选D。

【13】A考查副词A.never从不；B.seldom很少，不常；C.still更；D.ever曾经。作者的这位朋友和那位处于困境中的朋友从没有见过面。故选A。

【14】B考查动词A.select挑选；B.pay付钱；C.shop购物；D.exchange交换。作者的朋友带Harry去买日用急需品，当然是作者的这位朋友付钱。故选B。

【15】B 考查名词A.mom母亲；B.clerk职员、店员；C.friend朋友；D.manager经理。根据空前的too many items太多的东西和check-out counter判断应该是“店员”。故选B。

【16】A 考查副词A.suddenly突然；B.frequently频繁地；C.luckily幸运地；D.immediately立即。根据下文发生的事情，突然有人喊要为Harry付钱。故选A。

【17】A考查副词A.kindly友好地、和蔼地；B.indirectly间接地；C.informally非正式地；D.patiently耐心地。别人要来帮助，作者应是“友好地、和蔼地”道谢。故选A。

【18】C 考查动词A.admitted承认；B.complained抱怨；Cunderstood理解；D.tired使……疲劳。

根据下文叙述的这位要助人的朋友理解对方的困境。故答案选C。

【19】A考查名词A.feeling感情、感觉；B.idea主意；C.incident小事；D.performance表演。根据空前的发生的陌生人在处于自己的困境时仍想提供帮助判断应该是太好的感觉。故选A。

【20】D考查形容词A.sick病的；B.pitiful遗憾的；C.foreign外国的；D.total全部的、完全的。根据前文这是位“完全的”陌生人想为他们提供的帮助。故选D。