Question

Doing community service work, I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a   36   shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.

I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to   37   . She wanted to help,    38   she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to    39    and hand out to people. When getting to the homeless shelter I passed out the remaining meals. I had the containers with my   40   cookies in them and began to   41   , offering them to anyone near me.

I    42    an old gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me    43   in the eye and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I had, and his eyes    44    a little bit and he said, “No one has    45    called me sir.” He was completely taken aback.

It struck me. 

I explained I had been raised that    46    color and social status, everyone deserved     47    . It made me    48    to think that just because he was homeless, no one    49   him the honor. It broke my   50   , and I couldn’t help   51   cry. I just didn’t understand    52   no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every    53   person deserves to be treated with dignity. Years later, I still carry that memory and the    54   it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can    55   make a difference in someone’s life.

How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?

36. A. useless                       B. careless             C. homeless                  D. hopeless

37. A. participate               B. involve          C. choose                D. go

38. A. however              B. but             C. yet                 D. so

39. A. bring               B. fetch            C. collect             D. take

40. A. classmate’s             B. schoolmate’s     C. sister’s                D. family’s

41. A. walk around       B. knock around      C. come around            D. stand around

42. A. went                  B. came           C. approached           D. met

43. A. right                   B. even             C. still                 D. just

44. A. watered             B. cried             C. tore                D. dropped

45. A. already              B. ever            C. still                D. yet

46. A. in spite              B. regardless of     C. concerned about      D. for fear of

47. A. happiness                   B. truth                 C. respect                         D. help

48. A. strong-minded            B. sad                 C. frightened           D. pleased

49. A. handed                 B. afforded          C. provided            D. supplied

50. A. eyes                          B. mind                 C. opinions                   D. heart

51. A. but                                B. and                   C. until                        D. or

52. A. what                B. when            C. whether              D. why

53. A. single                  B. poor           C. ordinary            D. normal

54. A. stories                       B. lessons              C. experiences            D. tears

55. A. equally                      B. hardly            C. really                       D. finally

Answer 1

36-40 CADDC 41-45 ACAAB 46-50 BCBBD 51-55 ADABC

解析:

36. C. 下文39和40之间有提示。

37. A. 妹妹年幼无法参加服务工作。

38. D. 因此她做了饼干让我带着。

39. D. 同上。

40. C. 容器里装着妹妹做的饼干。

41. A. 四处走发给周围的人饼干。

42. C. 走近一位老人。

43. A. 他直视我的眼睛。

44. A. 老人因激动而流泪。

45. B. 曾经。

46. B. 不受……的影响。

47. C. 称呼老人“先生”是一种尊重，没有种族和社会地位的区分。

48. B. 老人无家可归又受人歧视使我感到伤心。

49. B. afford 此处意为“给予”。

50. D. 想到老人的境遇，我很伤心。

51. A. can’t help but do 为固定搭配。

52. D. 我不理解为什么没有人称他先生。

53. A. 每一个人。

54. B. 得到的教训, teache sb. a lesson.

55. C. 真正起作用。