Question

    It was last June. I entered a supermarket to pick some vegetables, when a young man asked me, “Can you tell me where the _______ counter is?”

“Well, the milk is in the lower right corner,” I replied.

Picking up my things, I finally came to the milk counter where I met the same man _______ almost 10 bottles of milk.

I asked, “Do you need a basket or a trolley (手推车)?”

“Sure, thank you,” he answered.

I was _______ he was still picking more bottles and after a few minutes his trolley had 24 bottles of milk.

I laughed and asked, “Why so many bottles?”

He smiled and said, “These are for my street _______. Today, I want to be a Santa for them.”

I said, “Well, it’s too _______ for you to be a Santa. It is still June and Christmas comes in December.”

He turned at me and walked a few steps, as if he wanted to say something but he left the counter without saying anything.

Luckily, we met again at the bread counter.

“So these bread and cakes are also for the street dogs, Mr. Santa.”

He smiled and said, “Yes. These are also for the dogs and I love to be Mr. Santa in the month of June. Santa is a representation (象征) of surprises and _______. Santa comes in December as we  _______ him around Christmas. But in real life there is a Santa in each one of us that shines through our personality at some point time, no matter which month it is. Maybe when you offered help to me by getting me a trolley, there was a _______ Santa in you. When we offer food to a poor man or a(n) _______ to someone who is caught in the rain, we are being Santa there. So when you offer help to others or get help from others, just think that Santa has come all the way for you.”

He left and I was happy that I had met him. It was right to understand that Santa can come before Christmas. We just need to realize that he is ________ us by spreading happiness and unconditional love.

1.A.vegetable B.milk C.bread

2.A.bringing B.choosing C.holding

3.A.surprised B.excited C.angry

4.A.cats B.dogs C.children

5.A.important B.easy C.early

6.A.love B.friendship C.success

7.A.call B.expect C.invite

8.A.lost B.forgotten C.hidden

9.A.umbrella B.camera C.scarf

10.A.in front of B.behind C.around

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

【解析】

这篇短文中作者主要描述了自己去年在超市的一次经历。他遇到一个买很多牛奶的人，就主动提供了帮助。在对话中得知这些牛奶买给街上的流浪狗的，这个人并笑言要做它们的圣诞老人，作者对此很感到奇怪。幸运的是，不久他们又在面包柜台那里碰面了，在接下来的对话中作者才真正懂了这个人的意思。也由此告诉我们，其实圣诞老人无时不刻不在我们身边，他通过散播幸福和无私的爱来围绕在我们身边。

1.

句意：你能告诉我牛奶柜台在哪里吗？

考查名词辨析。vegetable蔬菜；milk牛奶；bread面包。根据下文的回答“Well, the milk is in the lower right corner（嗯，牛奶在右下角）”，可知选B。

2.

句意：拿起我的东西，我终于来到牛奶柜台，在那里我遇到了同一个男人，拿着差不多10瓶牛奶。

考查动词辨析。bring带来；choose选择；hold抓住/拿着。根据下文“I asked, “Do you need a basket or a trolley (我问，“你需要篮子还是手推车？”？”)?”，可知那人手里拿着10瓶牛奶，故选C。

3.

句意：让我惊讶的是，他还在挑更多的牛奶，几分钟后他的手推车里就有了24瓶牛奶。

考查形容词辨析。surprised惊讶的；excited兴奋的；angry生气的。根据“he was still picking more bottles and after a few minutes his trolley had 24 bottles of milk（他还在挑更多的牛奶，几分钟后他的手推车里就有了24瓶牛奶）”，可知他挑选那么多牛奶让“我”很吃惊，故选A。

4.

句意：这些是给我的流浪狗的。

考查名词辨析。cats猫；dogs狗；children孩子们。根据倒数第3段“So these bread and cakes are also for the street dogs（那么这些面包和蛋糕也是给流浪狗的）”，可知选B。

5.

句意：现在做圣诞老人太早了。

考查形容词辨析。important重要的；easy容易的；early早的。根据下文“It is still June and Christmas comes in December（现在还是6月，圣诞节在12月。）”，可知做圣诞老人太早了，故选C。

6.

句意：圣诞老人代表着惊喜和爱。

考查名词辨析。love爱；friendship友谊；success成功。and连接并列结构，根据圣诞老人的角色，可知BC两项不合句意，故选A。

7.

句意：正如我们期待他在圣诞节期间来，在12月圣诞老人来了。

考查动词辨析。call称呼；expect期待；invite邀请。根据常识“在圣诞节期间我们期待圣诞老人”，故选B。

8.

句意：也许当你通过给我提供手推车帮助我的时候，你心里藏着一个圣诞老人。

考查动词辨析。lost丢失；forgotten忘记；hidden藏起。根据“when you offered help to me by getting me a trolley（当你通过给我提供手推车帮助我的时候）”和“in you（在你心里）”，可知你心里藏着一个圣诞老人，故选C。

9.

句意：当我们为穷人提供食物，或为被雨淋的人提供雨伞时，我们就在那里扮演圣诞老人的角色。

考查名词辨析。umbrella雨伞；camera相机；scarf围巾。根据“someone who is caught in the rain被雨淋的人”，可知提供的是雨伞，故选A。

10.

句意：我们只需要知道他在我们身边传播快乐和无条件的爱。

考查介词辨析。in front of在……前面；behind在……后面；around周围。根据常识可知“圣诞老人就在我们周围，传播幸福和无条件的爱”，故选C。