Question

    When an earthquake hit a small town, many houses fell down.

After the earthquake, all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the __________ who were in trouble.

One Sunday, when I __________ a newspaper, a special picture touched me. It gave the clothing size of each family member. I thought that this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were less lucky than __________. I said to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old Meghan, “We have so much, and these poor people now have __________. We’ll share what we have with them.” I filled a box ___________ foods and clothes. While I was doing this, I encouraged the boys ___________ their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched__________as the boys ___________ their old toys and games and put them together. Then she walked away. A few minutes later she came back with Lucy, her much-loved doll. She put the doll on the top of the other toys. “Oh, dear,” I said. “You don’t have to give Lucy. You love her so much.” Meghan said, “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she’ll make __________ little girl happy, too.”

I looked at Meghan for a moment. She taught me a lesson.

It’s easy to give something that we don’t want any more, but __________ to give what we cherish, isn’t it?

1.A.houses B.neighbors C.families

2.A.read B.was reading C.reading

3.A.himself B.herself C.themselves

4.A.nothing B.anything C.everything

5.A.of B.with C.for

6.A.choose B.chooses C.to choose

7.A.terribly B.quietly C.sadly

8.A.took out B.took up C.took care of

9.A.other B.another C.the other

10.A.hardest B.hardly C.harder

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】

文章讲述了地震导致一个小镇受到严重的损害，作者打算利用这个机会来教育孩子们应该富有爱心。孩子们都很积极，并将一些玩具捐了出来，特别是 Meghan将自己最爱的玩偶捐赠了出来，这让作者非常感动。

1.句意：地震后，所有的报纸都报道了一些关于那些陷入困难中的家庭的故事。

houses房子；neighbors邻居；families家庭。根据上文“When an earthquake hit a small town, many houses fell down.”可知小镇遭遇地震后，房屋坍塌，可想而知，有多少家庭受难。所以报纸上报道那些受难家庭的故事。故选C。

2.有一天周末，当我正在看报纸时，一张特别的照片触动了我。

read看；was reading正在看；reading看。因read为延续性动词，根据句意以及“when，touched”可知从句时态应用过去进行时。故选B。

3.句意：我认为这将是一个很好的机会来教我的孩子们去帮助那些比他们自己不幸运的人。

himself他自己；herself她自己；themselves他们自己。根据下文“We have so much, and these poor people now have nothing.”可知作者是将他们所拥有的和那些陷入困境的家庭作比较。故选C。

4.句意：我们拥有这么多，而这些可怜的人现在什么都没有。

nothing没有什么；anything任何事物；everything每件事情。根据后文“We’ll share what we have with them.”可知作者想让孩子们把我们所拥有的分享给那些可怜的人，因为地震让那些可怜人什么都没有。故选A。

5.句意：我在一个盒子里装满了食物和衣服。

of属于，表示所属关系；with带有，伴随，表示伴随；for为了，表示目的。根据上文“We’ll share what we have with them.”可知作者将会分享自己所拥有的事物给那些可怜人，所以作者在盒子里装满食物和衣服。故选B。

6.句意：当我正在做这件事时，我鼓励我的孩子们把他们的玩具选出一些不大喜欢的出来，然后捐赠给灾区的可怜人。

choose挑选；chooses挑选，动词单三形式；to choose挑选，动词不定式。根据encourage sb. to do sth.鼓励某人做某事可知用动词不定式。故选C。

7.句意：当男孩们拿出旧玩具和游戏，然后把他们放在一起，梅格恩静静地看着。

terribly可怕地；quietly安静地；sadly悲伤地。根据后文“Then she walked away. A few minutes later she came back with Lucy, her much-loved doll.”可知梅格恩走开了，几分钟后她带着她心爱的玩具Lucy回来了，可以推测出在梅格恩离开前是静静地看着哥哥们拿出旧玩具和游戏。然后也学习哥哥们的做法。故选B。

8.句意：当男孩们拿出旧玩具和游戏，把他们放在一起，梅格恩静静地看着。

took out取出，出发；took up开始从事，拿起；took care of照顾，照料。根据后文“put them together”可知是先把玩具和游戏拿出来，然后放在一起。故选A。

9.句意：Meghan说：“妈妈，Lucy使我开心。也许她也会使另一个小女孩开心。”

other其他的，别的，修饰复数名词；another泛指同类事物中三者或三者以上中“另一个”，只能代替或修饰单数可数名词；the other特指两个或两部分中的另一个或另一部分，可接单数或者复数名词，常用结构：one...the other...。根据所给空后面的“little girl”及句意可知用another。故选B。

10.句意：给别人我们不想要的东西很容易，但给予我们爱护的东西很难，不是吗？

hardest最难的；hardly几乎不；harder更难的。根据句中“It’s easy to give…”及“but”可知前后句意的转折关系，且后句意义比原意更深。故选C。