Question

    She used to sleep on the Fifth Street. I could smell her before I rounded the entrance to where she slept. The _______ smell coming from her dirty clothing made me want to leave. Her mouth was nearly toothless. I seldom saw her talk with others. If she was not asleep, she talked to _______.

One Thanksgiving, we had lots of food _______ over. I thought about the old lady. She might be still hungry. So I packed the food up and drove over to the Fifth Street.

It was a freezing night. There was hardly anyone out. But I knew she would stay at the same place and I would find her _______.

There she was, rolled herself up on the sidewalk, against a fence near the post office. She was dressed _______ she always was.

I pulled my shiny car to the sidewalk, rolled _______ the window and said, “I’ve brought you some food. Would you like some turkey and apple pie?”

However, the old woman didn’t seem to be very _______ about this. She looked at me and said quite clearly, “Oh, thank you very much, but I’m quite full now. Why don’t you take it to someone else who really needs it?”

Her words were clear and her _______ were polite. Soon her head sank into her arms again. Hearing this I didn’t know what to _______. An old lady who was so down on her ________ still thought about others. Why don’t more of us do that?

1.A.pleasant B.awful C.strange D.weak

2.A.me B.her C.us D.herself

3.A.taken B.gone C.left D.handed

4.A.easily B.normally C.difficultly D.slowly

5.A.for B.as C.though D.while

6.A.up B.down C.over D.off

7.A.serious B.anxious C.embarrassed D.excited

8.A.methods B.orders C.manners D.decisions

9.A.say B.expect C.give D.suggest

10.A.chance B.need C.goal D.luck

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.D

【解析】

本讲述了一个蜷缩在人行道上，靠在邮局附近的篱笆上，身穿脏衣服的老太太。她的嘴几乎没有牙齿，如果她没有睡着，她就自言自语。有一次感恩节，作者家剩下来很多食物，就打包去送给她，但是老太太拒绝了作者，让作者把食物送给真正需要它的人，这件事让作者感触很深。

1.句意：她的脏衣服发出的难闻的气味使我想离开。

pleasant愉快的；awful可怕的，难闻的；strange奇怪的；weak虚弱的；根据“her dirty clothing”可知她的脏衣服，可推测出此处是“可怕的，难闻的”，故选B。

2.句意：如果她没有睡着，她就自言自语。

me我；her她；us我们；herself她自己；talk to oneself表示“自言自语”，根据“I seldom saw her talk with others. ”可知我很少看到她和别人说话，可推测出此处是“自言自语”，所以用“herself”，故选D。

3.句意：有一次感恩节，我们剩下了很多食物。

taken拿；gone去；left离开，剩下；handed交；根据“So I packed the food up”可知所以我把食物打包，可推测出此处是“剩下”，故选C。

4.句意：但我知道她会待在同一个地方，我很容易就能找到她。

easily容易地；normally正常地；difficultly困难地；slowly缓慢地；根据“I knew she would stay at the same place”可知我知道她会待在同一个地方，可推测出此处是“容易地”，故选A。

5.句意：她的穿着和往常一样。

for为了；as和……一样；though尽管；while然而；dress as表示“打扮成”，根据“She was dressed ___5___ she always was.”可知她的穿着和往常一样，可推测出此处是“as”，故选B。

6.句意：我把闪亮的车停在人行道上，摇下车窗说:“我给你带了些吃的。”

up向上；down向下；over超过；off离开；根据“rolled ___6___ the window and said”可知摇 车窗，可推测出此处是“down”摇下车窗才能和外面的人对话，故选B。

7.句意：然而，老妇人似乎对此不太兴奋。

serious严肃的；anxious担忧的；embarrassed使……困惑的；excited兴奋的；根据“thank you very much, but I’m quite full now.”可知非常感谢，但我现在已经吃饱了，结合句中是否定，可推测出此处是“兴奋”，故选D。

8.句意：她说话清楚，举止文雅。

methods方法；orders订单；manners行为，礼貌；decisions决定；根据前文回答“谢谢你，但是我吃饱了”可知她很有礼貌，可推测出此处是“manners”，故选C。

9.句意：听到这个我不知道说什么。

say说；expect期望；give给；suggest建议；根据“Hearing this I didn’t know what to ___9___.”可知听到这个我不知道 什么，无言以对，可推测出此处是“说”，故选A。

10.句意：一位垂头丧气的老太太还在为别人着想。

chance机会；need需要；goal目标；luck幸运；be down on one’s luck 表示“倒霉，运气不佳”，根据文章中对老太太的遭遇的描述可知她是一个很不幸的人，可推测出此处是“luck”，故选D。