Question

One day, a poor boy named Howard Kelly was trying to sell things door to door. He was ______ so he decided to beg for (乞讨) a meal at the next house.

However, he was too nervous when a lovely young woman opened the door. He asked for a drink of water _______ a meal. She thought he was hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He _______ it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe (欠) you ?”

“ You owe me _______.” She answered, “Mother has taught me never to accept anything for a kindness.” The boy was thankful to her for her kindness and then left.

Years later the woman became very ______. She was sent to a hospital in the big city. The poor boy now was a famous _______. When he heard the name of the town she came from, he went down through the hospital hall into her room at once. He recognized (认出) her at once. He decided to save her ______ no matter how hard it was.

______ the woman felt much better. Dr. Kelly asked the business office to pass the final bill （账单）to _______. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. Then the bill was given to the woman. She was afraid to open it _____ she thought that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words: “Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

1.A. tired    B. sad    C. thirsty    D. hungry

2.A. with    B. without    C. instead of    D. of

3.A. eats    B. ate    C. drinks    D. drank

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

5.A. ill    B. healthy    C. well    D. fine

6.A. teacher    B. professor    C. doctor    D. nurse

7.A. body    B. life    C. live    D. illness

8.A. In the end    B. By the end    C. At the end    D. End up

9.A. she    B. her    C. him    D. he

10.A. since    B. as soon as    C. so    D. because

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】短文大意：曾经的穷小子Howard Kelly在穷困潦倒时，得到了一位善良的女性的一杯牛奶的帮助。数年后他成长为一名有名的医生，而他恰恰遇到了他的救命恩人，他知恩必报，尽全力挽救了她的生命。

1.句意：他很饿，因此决定在下家讨一顿饭吃。A. tired疲劳的；B. sad悲伤的；C. thirsty口渴的；D. hungry饥饿的。结合下文 he decided to beg for a meal at the next house 可知，男孩决定在下家要点吃的东西。由此可知，他应该是饿了，故答案选D。

2.句意：他要了一杯水而不是一顿饭。A. with和，与……一起；B. without 没有；C. instead of 而不是，代替；D. of……的。结合上文 He asked for a drink of water 可知，男孩要了一杯水而不是（instead of）一顿饭。故正确答案为C。

3.句意：他慢慢地喝了起来。结合上文，年轻的女人给了男孩一杯牛奶，男孩应该是慢慢地喝了牛奶。drink 意为“喝”，由于事情发生在过去，应使用一般过去时。因此 drank 符合题意。eat 意为“吃”，不符合题意。答案为D。

4.句意：你没有欠我什么。结合下文 Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness 可知，妈妈时常教导“我”，施以爱心，不图回报。由此可知，年轻女人说的是：你什么也不欠“我”的。故B项符合题意。everything 意为“所有”，anything 意为“任何事”，something 意为“某些事”，均不符合题意。

5.句意：多年以后那位妇女生了重病。A. ill生病的；B. healthy健康的；C. well良好的，健康的；D. fine好的，健康的。结合下文 She was sent to a hospital in the big city 可知，女人应是生病了，所有才被送到大城市的医院。故答案选A。

6.句意：那位贫穷的男孩已经成为一名著名的医生。A. teacher教师；B. professor教授；C. doctor医生；D. nurse护士。根据下文 He decided to save her 可知，男孩应是成为了有名的医生。故正确答案为C。

7.句意：他决定不管有多大的困难，他都要拯救她的生命。A. body身体；B. life生命；C. live居住；D. illness疾病。结合上下文，女人生了重病，不管有多难，成为了医生的男孩都要救女人的命（life）。故正确答案为B。

8.句意：最终，女人感觉好多了。A. In the end最后，终于，相当于 at last 和 finally；B. By the end意为“到…为止”，通常与一般将来时连用；C. At the end意为“最终，最后”，常与 of 连用；D. End up意为“结束；死亡”。故正确答案为A。

9.句意：Kelly医生让营业厅把最后的账单交给他。A. she她，主格；B. her她，宾格；C. him他，宾格；D. he他，主格。根据下文中的句子“He looked at it and then wrote something on the side.”可知，答案为C。介词to后跟代词宾格形式。

10.句意：他害怕把它打开，因为她认为高额的医药费需要她的余生才能偿还。A. since意为“既然”，表示对方已知的无需加以说明的原因或事实；B. as soon as意为“一…就…”；C. so因此；D. because意为“因为”，结合下文 she was afraid that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off 可知，由于女人害怕高额的医药费需要她的余生才能偿还，所以她不敢打开账单。因此空格处应使用表原因的连词。because符合题意，故正确答案为D。