Question

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Rachel lived in a small town in America. She always wanted to help others when she was young. At the age of 5, she learned about an organization named Locks of Love. It uses hair donations(捐赠) to make wigs(假发) for children who have 　   their hair because of cancer or other illnesses. Rachel then asked her mother to cut her long hair and send 　   to the organization.

At the age of eight, she learned that other children had no clean 　   in Africa, and she was shocked, When her school began 　   money to build wells（水井） there, she asked her parents to 　     holding her birthday party. Also, she asked her friends each to donate $ 9 to the project in Africa 　   giving her birthday presents.

One year later, it was her 　   birthday on June 12. She made a 　   page on the Internet with a goal(目标) of $300. However. Rachel was able to raise only $200. This made her a little 　  .

Unluckily, Rachel was badly hurt in an accident 　  eight days. That was a terrible shock to her friends. They wanted to find some ways of showing support(支持) to her.         they began donating on Rachel’s birthday page. Donations      her $ 300 goal quickly and kept rising(上升).

When it was clear that she would      come back to herself(苏醒), her parents donated her organs(器官) to other children. They also donated her hair a       time to Locks of Love.

More           was(were) being raised. The total donations soon reached $ 100,000, then $ 300, 000. So far more than $ 850,000 has been raised from all over the world, including donations from the Africans who are moved by the little American girl.

1.A. sold       B. lost          C. borrowed        D. used

2.A. them        B. her           C. one            D. it

3.A. room        B. air           C. toy             D. water

4.A. spending     B. making       C. raising          D. saving

5.A. stop         B. start          C. keep           D. finish

6.A. because of    B. out of         C. instead of      D. such as

7.A. eighth        B. ninth         C. tenth           D. eleventh

8.A. birthday      B. family        C. child           D. game

9.A. angry        B. happy         C. excited         D. sad

10.A. before       B. after           C. in             D. during

11.A. But         B. And           C. Though        D. Unless

12.A. passed       B. offered         C. showed         D. brought

13.A. exactly       B. hardly          C. clearly         D. never

14.A. final         B. first           C. following        D. next

15.A.clothes       B. money           C. books   D. food

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要记述了一个八九岁的美国小女孩，为需要帮助的孩子们捐款的故事。在她在自己的生日网页上发起捐款活动后，自己不幸的出了严重的事故，最后离开了人世。她的父母根据她生前的愿望，捐献了她的一些身体器官。在她的感召下，越来越多的人为她的生日网页捐款，这个数字很快就超过了$ 850,000。

1.考查语境理解及sold卖，销售；lost丢失，迷路；borrowed借入；used用，使用。联系上下文描述，可知此处指的是，失去头发的孩子们。故选B。

2.考查语境理解及代词。Them他们；her她；one同名不同物的任何一个；it它。联系前文描述，可知此处代词指的是蕾切尔的头发，hair在本句中用作不可数名词，故选D。

3.考查语境理解及名词。Room房间，空间；air空气，样子； toy玩具，装饰品；water水。联系下文to build wells（水井） there,描述，可知此处指的是，在非洲孩子们没有干净的水。故选D。

4.考查语境理解及动词。Spending花费；making制作，使得；raising增长，筹集；saving 拯救，节省。结合语境可知此处指示，筹集资金来打水井。故选C。

5.考查语境理解及动词。Stop停止，阻止；start开始；keep保持，阻止；finish完成，结束。联系上下文，可知此处指的是，他要求她的父母不在举行她的生日聚会。故选A。

6.考查语境理解及短语辨析。because of因为；out of 由于，缺乏；instead of 代替；such as比如，诸如。结合语境可知此处指的是，她要求她的亲人通过给非洲的这个项目捐款来代替给自己生日礼物。故选C。

7.考查语境理解及序数词。Eighth第八；ninth第九；tenth第十；eleventh第十一。联系前文At the age of eight, ……One year later, 描述，可知此处指的是，这是她的第九个生日。故选B。

8.考查语境理解及名词。Birthday生日；family家庭；child孩子；game节目，游戏。联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是，她制作了一个生日网页。故选A。

9.考查语境理解及形容词。angry 生气的，愤怒的；happy高兴的；excited兴奋的；sad伤心的。联系前两句描述，可知此处指的是，她有点伤心。故选D。

10.考查语境理解及介词。before在……之前；after在……之后；in在……里面；during 在……期间。联系上一段描述，可知此处指的是，在八天之后，她严重的受伤了。故选B。

11.考查语境理解及连词。But 但是；And和，并且；Though虽然，尽管；Unless除非，如果不。联系上下文，可知前后是顺接关系，故选B，并且他们开始在蕾切尔的生日网页上捐款。

12.考查语境理解及动词。Passed经过，通过；offered提供，出价；showed说明，展出；brought带来。结合语境可知捐款很快就通过她的目标，故选A。

13.考查语境理解及副词。Exactly恰好地，精确地；hardly几乎不，简直不；clearly清晰地，明显地；never从来不，永远不。联系后一句描述，可知此处指的是，她永远不再醒来，故选D。

14.考查语境理解及形容词。Final最终的，最后的；first首先，第一的；following接下来的；next下一个的。联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是，蕾切尔最后一次捐献自己的头发。故选A。

15.考查语境理解及名词。Clothes服装；money金钱，资金；books书籍；food食物。联系下文，可知此处指的是，更多的资金被捐献出来。故选B。

考点：考查故事类短文。