Question

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

When he was 12 years old, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one was _________ to him.

His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not _________ to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart (心脏) like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. One of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to _________, 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. It was his __________ time to hear the kind words. He watched her   _________ a long time, and then he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river_________ .

“Thanks, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated what the woman said. Then he said to his dog _________ a low voice, “You are a nice little dog.” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.

“Hmm! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, I won’t say anything unkind to you, Tige.” Tige waved its tail _________ .

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

After _________  this, the businessman said, “That kind woman planted the first seed (种子) of kindness in my heart.” What a great power it has!

1.A. kind          B. sad          C. bad            D. worried

2.A. exciting      B. interesting   C. strange        D. friendly

3.A. find it      B. pick it up   C. look it up     D. give it up

4.A. best         B. first        C. second         D. last

5.A. to           B. for          C. as             D. in

6.A. far         B. nearby        C. near          D. nearly

7.A. on           B. at            C. in             D. for

8.A. sadly         B. angrily      C. hungrily       D. happily

9.A. anything      B. nothing      C. everything    D. something

10.A. told         B. to tell      C. telling       D. tell

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中一个成功的商人讲讲述了一个发生在他的童年，改变他一生的故事。文章一个不受人欢迎的小男孩在一位女士的善意表扬下幡然醒悟，立志重新做人，最后终于成为了现在成功的商人。

1.A考查形容词及语境的理解。A. kind 友善的；B. sad悲伤的；C. bad 差的；D. worried担心的。根据上文People always laughed at him.可知选A，没有人对他表现出友好的行为。

2.D考查形容词及语境的理解。A. exciting令人兴奋的；B. interesting 有趣的；C. strange陌生的；D. friendly友好的。根据上文He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but 及下文描述可知有时他对他的狗并不友好，故选D

3.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. find it找到；B. pick it up捡起；C. look it up查阅；D. give it up放弃。联系上文One of her bags dropped from her arms.可知她要把包捡起来，故选B。

4.B考查形容词及语境的理解。A. best 最好； B. first第一；C. second 第二；D. last最后。根据上文可知是他第一次有这种感觉，高兴B。

5.B考查介词及语境的理解。他看了很长一段时间。for达……，结合句意，故选B。

6.B考查副词及语境的理解。A. far远方的 B. nearby 附近的，一般位于被修饰词的后面 C. near附近的，一般位于被修饰词的前面 D. nearly副词，几乎，差不多。联系上下文可知句意为：来到附近的小河边，故选B。

7.C考查动词及语境的理解。他大声地对狗说。 in a loud voice用大声的语言。结合句意，故选C。

8.D考查副词及语境的理解。A. sadly悲伤地；B. angrily生气地；C. hungrily饥渴地；D. happily高兴地。根据上下文可知狗高兴地摇动尾巴。故选D。

9.B考查代词及语境的理解。nothing but，只不过，不过……而已。句意：他只不过看到一个脏乎乎的小男孩而已。故选B。

10.在讲述了这件事情后，after介词，后加名词或者动名词，故选C。

考点：考查故事类短文。