Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Many years ago,I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One very cold,wet night at about 3:30 a.m.,there was a    1on the front door of our house.A young man,wet from      2to toe,explained that he had      3out of petrol about 30 km up the road.He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children    4at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.

Once I had    5a can with petrol,I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both    6,saying that they were cold.Once the car had started,I suggested that he    7me back.

Before leaving,I had turned the heater    8in the roadhouse,so that when we went in,it was nice and    9.While the little ones played and ran    10,I prepared bread and butter for the children,and hot chocolate for the    11.

It was about 5 a.m. before they   12.The young fellow asked me how much he    13

me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had    14$15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”,but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later,I received a    15from Interstate,a large bus company that we bad been trying to    16to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time.It    17out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager,the most    18person in the company.

In his letter,he thanked me again and    19me that,from then on,all their buses would stop at my service station.In this    20,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

1.A.kick            B.hit                   C.beat              D.knock

2.A.finger          B.shoulder          C.head              D.hand

3.A.driven          B.used              C.come              D.run

4.A.away            B.behind                C.over              D.out

5.A.supplied            B.poured                C.equipped          D.filled

6.A.sleeping            B.crying                C.quarrelling           D.fighting

7.A.allow           B.ring              C.lead              D.follow

8.A.on              B.off               C.in                    D.over

9.A.neat                B.hot               C.warm              D.attractive

10.A.around         B.inside                C.nearby                D.along

11.A.drivers            B.guests                C.customers         D.adults

12.A.left               B.arrived               C.ate               D.disappeared

13.A.gave           B.paid              C.owed              D.offered

14.A.appeared           B.exhibited         C.calculated            D.shown

15.A.call               B.letter                C.check             D.notice

16.A.get                B.force             C.require               D.hope

17.A.pointed            B.turned                C.worked                D.found

18.A.generous           B.successful            C.serious               D.powerful

19.A.praised            B.persuaded         C.informed          D.convinced

20.A.lesson         B.business          C.aspect                D.case

Answer

1.D

解析:knock意为“敲”。根据其宾语the front door可判断出敲前门。kick 意为“踢”；hit 意为“打,打击,命中”；beat 意为“打,拍,敲,连打”,作“敲”的意思时表示用工具进行敲打。

2.C

解析:head意为“头”,from head to toe表示“从头到脚”,根据上文中的One very cold,wet night可判断出来人从头到脚都湿透了。finger 意为“手指”；shoulder 意为“肩膀”；hand 意为“手”。

3.D

解析:run out of意为“用完”。根据下文中的“Once I had filled a can with petrol”可判断出这位年轻人来的原因他汽车中的汽油用完了,想让作者帮忙。drive out of 意为“驱逐出”；come out of 意为“出现,真相大白”。

4.B

解析:leave sb.behind意为“把某人留下”,根据上文中的“he had run out of petrol about 30 km up the road”可判断出他把怀孕的妻子和孩子们留在了汽车里。leave over 意为“剩下,暂时不去解决”；leave out 意为“省去,遗漏,不考虑”。

5.D

解析:fill...with意为“用……充满”。根据上文中的内容可判断出作者充满了一罐汽油,带那位年轻人到他的妻子和孩子们留在的那个地方。supply 意为“供给，供应,配给,补充,填补,弥补(不足、损失等)”；pour 意为“注,倒,灌,泻,喷散(液体、粉粒、光线等),流(血等),倾注,源源不断地输送”；equip 意为“配备,装备”。

6.B

解析:cry意为“哭叫”。根据下文中的“saying that they were cold”可判断出由于天气寒冷一个两岁的孩子和一个四岁的孩子都在哭喊。sleep 意为“睡,睡眠,睡着”；quarrel 意为“争吵,争论”；fight 意为“打仗,搏斗,打架”；都与下文中所提供的情景“saying that they were cold”不符。

7.D

解析:follow意为“跟随”。根据下文的内容可判断出作者建议年轻人跟他一起回去。allow 意为“准许(做某事),许可(某现象存在)”；ring 意为“给……打电话”；lead 意为“率领,指挥,领导,主持”。

8.A

解析:turn on意为“打开”。根据上文中“One very cold,wet night”可判断出作者已经把房间里的加热器打开了。turn off 意为“关掉”；turn in 意为“出卖,把……向内折,告发,取得”；turn over 意为“打翻,营业额达到,周转,移交给,反复考虑,翻身,折腾,翻阅”。

9.C

解析:warm意为“温暖”。根据上文中的“I had turned the heater on in the roadhouse”可判断出把加热器打开的目的是使房间温暖。hot 意为“热的”；attractive 意为“有吸引力的”。

10.A

解析:around意为“各处,四处”,run around表示“四处跑”；inside 意为“在内,在内部,在里面”；nearby 意为“附近”；along 意为“沿,循”。

11.D

解析:adult意为“成年人”。根据上文的内容可判断出有孩子还有成年人。所以作者为孩子们和成年人准备面包。driver 意为“司机”；guest 意为“客人”;customer 意为“顾客”。

12.A

解析:leave意为“离开”,表示当他们离开时,年轻人问欠多少钱。arrive 意为“到达”;eat 意为“吃”;disappear 意为“消失”。

13.C

解析:owe意为“欠”。根据短文的开头中的“Many years ago,I owned a service station...”可判断出作者拥有一所服务站,为顾客服务自然要收费,所以那位年轻人问应付给作者多少钱。give 意为“给”,pay 意为“付(款)”,都表示给了作者多少钱,而实际上还没有付钱。offer 意为“提供,提出”。

14.D

解析:show意为“显现,呈现”。根据上文中的“Once I filled a can with petrol”可判断出作者灌满了一罐汽油,所以加油泵上显示出油钱是15美元。appear 意为“出现,露出,显现”;exhibit 意为“表明,显示,显出”;calculate 意为“计算,核算”。

15.B

解析:letter意为“信”。根据下文中的In the letter可判断出作者收到一封信。call 意为“电话”；check 意为“收据,发票,(餐馆)账单”；notice 意为“情报,消息，通知,预告,警告，(正式)通告，呈报”。

16.A

解析:get to do sth.表示“有可能或有机会做某事”,因为作者开办的是个公路服务站,所以Interstate来这儿接受服务。force 意为“强制,迫使,逼迫”;require 意为“要求，请求,命令”；hope 意为“希望”。

17.B

解析:turn out意为“证明是”,表示作者知道他帮助的那位年轻人是一位总经理。point out 意为“指出”；work out 意为“可以解决,设计出,计算出,消耗完”；find out 意为“找出,发现,查明(真相等),认识到,想出,揭发”。

18.D

解析:powerful意为“有权力的”,根据上文中的“the young fellow I had helped was its general manager”可判断出因为这位年轻人是总经理所以在公司里最有权力。generous 意为“宽大的,慷慨的,大方的”；successful 意为“成功的”；serious 意为“严肃的，一本正经的”。

19.C

解析:inform意为“通知”,根据上文中的“About a month later,I received a letter from Interstate”和In this letter可判断出这位总经理告诉作者以后公司的全部公共汽车将在他的服务站接受服务。praise 意为“称赞,赞扬,表扬,歌颂”；persuade 意为“说服,劝服，使相信”；convince 意为“使确信,说服,使承认”。

20.D

解析:case意为“事例”,这篇短文讲述了作者在Interstate公司的总经理最困难的时候给予了帮助,而一月后他收到这位总经理的信,告诉他将让公司的全部公共汽车都在他的服务站接受服务,所以作者说,在这件事中,小小的好意获得了最大的好处。