Question

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents   . He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed       him. No one showed kindness（友善） to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped       , she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were       kind words he had ever heard. He watched her      she went far away, and he whistled（吹口哨）to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” he repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low   he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tige raised       ears as if（似乎）it understood.

“Uh! Even a dog likes it!” he said, “Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw       but a dirty boy. He washed his face       . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed（震惊）. From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness.       a great power it has!” If you show kindness to others, you will be an able man.

1.A．deadB．dying    C．died

2.A．atB．toC．/

3.A．picking it upB．to pick up itC．to pick it up

4.A．the firstB．firstC．the last

5.A．untilB．beforeC．while

6.A．soundB．noiseC．voice

7.A．itB．it’sC．its

8.A．somethingB．nothingC．somebody

9.A．carefullyB．careful    C．carelessly

10.A．WhatB．HowC．It seemed

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是一个成功的商人Jim小时候的一件事。Jim在12岁的时候失去了父母，经常受到别人的嘲笑。有一次他帮助了一个女士，在那位女士那里，他第一次听到了友善的话语，他觉得这样的话是多么的美好。所以我们每个人都应该学会友善的对待他人。

1.动词及语境的理解。句意：当他12岁的时候，他的父母都去世了。dead 死的，是一个形容词；dying 快要死去的，是die 的现在分词的形式；died 死，是一个动词。这里是说在Jim12岁的时候的事，所以应该用过去时。故选C。

2.介词及语境的理解。句意：人们总是嘲笑他，没有人对他友好。laugh at 是一个固定的短语，意思是嘲笑。根据上文可知，he didn’t get along well with others 以及No one showed kindness to him可知，是人们总是嘲笑他。laugh 笑。故选A。

3.动词及语境的理解。句意：突然她的一个包从胳膊上掉了下来，当她停下来去捡的时候，另一个包又掉了。pick up 意思是拾起来，捡起来。空前有动词stop,句型是stop doing sth. 停止做某事；以及stop to do sth. 停下来去做某事。根据句意可知，这里是那位女士停下来去捡包。故选C。

4.数词及语境的理解。句意：他有一种奇怪的感觉。这是他听到的第一句友好的话。根据上文的意思可知，Jim在失去父母后，没有人友好的对待他。这位女士的话是他第一次听到的友好的话。故选A。first 是序数词，前面应该加定冠词the。last 是最后的。

5.连词及语境的理解。句意：他看着她，直到他走远。until 直到……时候；before 在……之前；while 当……时候。这三个词都是连词，根据句意可知，这里是Jim一直看着那位女士，直到她走远。故应选A。

6.名词及语境的理解。句意：然后他低声的对他的狗说：你是一个好心的小狗。sound 声音，指自然界里各种各样的声音；noise 噪音；voice 指人的声音。这里说的是Jim的声音，所以用voice。

7.代词及语境的理解。句意：Tige抬高了它的耳朵，好像它真的听明白了。这里的Tige 指的是Jim的小狗，故应该用代词its。it 是它，不符合句意；It’s 是it is 是缩写，意思是它是。

8.代词及语境的理解。句意：最后他在河里看到了自己的模样，他看到的只是一个很脏的男孩。something 一些事；nothing 没有什么事；somebody 某人；根据句意可知，这里在河里Jim看到的是他自己，是一个很脏的小男孩。see noting but 什么也没看到，只有……。

9.副词及语境的理解。句意：他认真的洗了洗他的脸。carefully 副词，认真地，仔细地；careful 形容词，仔细的，认真的；carelessly粗心地。根据句意可知C选项不符合。这里的carefully 是来修饰动词wash的，故选A。

10.连词及语境的理解。句意：我们所有人都应该学会友善，它有着多么大的力量。这句话是一个感叹句，what + a/an +adj. +名词。how 的句型是how adj. a/an + 名词。故应选A。It seemed 意思是好像，不符合句意。

考点：故事类短文。