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【题目】【原创】Times were tough in our household.My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him.In addition to going to nursing school full-time,1 was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.

After a rather__ meal one night,I answered the ringing phone. With no ,a voice asked,’’Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.”Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.

1 was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ?When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. ,lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy （轮廓分明有皱纹的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation!’’Look around. If you see what you want,__ yourself.”'He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn't be real!

I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what we needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man.。’Be here next week. You’ll of the food by then “was his reply,

Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.

I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped" in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.

【1】A.worrying B.boring C.confusing D.promising

【2】A.just B.even C.ever D.also

【3】A.delicious B.necessary C.simple D.ordinary

【4】A.information B.communication C.introduction D.instruction

【5】A.physical B.financial C.educational D.social

【6】A.trusted B.accepted C.recognized D.satisfied

【7】A.certainly B.originally C.actually D.barely

【8】A.chance B.step C.decision D.measure

【9】A.future B.possibility C.trap D.kindness

【10】A.appointed B.directed C.guided D.requested

【11】A.Therefore B.Besides C.Instead D.However

【12】A.discovered B.greeted C.reminded D.examined

【13】A.help B.enjoy C.behave D.seat

【14】A.welcome B.supply C.assistance D.message

【15】A.mostly B.eventually C.absolutely D.accidentally

【16】A.leave out B.drop out C.run out D.get out

【17】A.interesting B.worthwhile C.mysterious D.astonishing

【18】A.usable B.additional C.acceptable D.valuable

【19】A.recalled B.sought C.identified D.inspected

【20】A.although B.since C.before D.until

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】D

【8】A

【9】C

【10】B

【11】C

【12】B

【13】A

【14】D

【15】C

【16】C

【17】B

【18】A

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个温暖人心的故事。作者一家在经济困难时接到一个陌生人的电话，这个陌生人告诉作者他可以帮助作者。通过陌生人的帮助，作者一家解决了吃饭问题。

【1】D;从文章第一句话可以看出，作者～家处于困难境地，所以此处用promising（有希望的），表示作者的丈夫没有希望找到工作。，

【2】A ;just”仅仅，只不过”。作者之所以兼职三份工作，只是为了让…家 五口能够吃上饭。

【3】C; simple"朴素的，简单的”，符合作者面临困难这个语境。

【4】C;从常识可知，陌生人打电话时首先应该作自我介绍，但该电话没有，所以选C。

【5】B;从上文可以看出，作者面临的是经济困难。，

【6】A;对于是否相信陌生人在电话里说的话，这由作者一家决定。

【7】D; barely”几乎没有”。此处表示”储藏柜里几乎没有食物”。

【8】A; take a chance”冒险”，此处对应上文所说的作者未决定是否相信陌生人的话，但事已至此，作者只好试一试。

【9】C; trap这里是名词，意思是”诡计，圈套”。虽然作者决定接受陌生人的帮助，但还是心存疑问。

【10】B; direct这里意思是”给（某人）指路”，对应第二段中的”Directions followed”。

【11】C;作者发现车库里没有车，相反( Instead)，车库里整齐排列的桌子上却满是各种各样的食物。

【12】B;作者来取食物，所以主人来打招呼。

【13】A; help yourself'’请自便”，符合语境。

【14】D;这里指主人向新来者说了对作者讲过的相同的话，即”请自己取你想要的东西”。

【15】C ;absolutely”绝对地，完全地”。此处指”最需要的东西”。

【16】C;这里表示”到那时你会吃完了食物”。run out of"用完，耗尽（供应品）”。

【17】B;老人想做一些”值得做的，有益的”事情来度过晚年。

【18】A;老人开着皮卡货车到当地的杂货店讨些能用的( usable)物品以及罐装商品。

【19】B ;sought是seek（寻找）的过去式，这里指”寻找像我们一样遭遇不幸的人”。

【20】D;本句中的never和until构成”直到……才……”结构。