Question

Cure for Sorrow

There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her   31 , she went to the wise man that is always   32  for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what   33  ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will   34  you with all I have if you can.”

Instead of sending her away or   35  with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never   36  sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in  37  of that magical mustard seed.

She came first to a splendid apartment,  38  at the door, and said in a  39  voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n)   40  that I want? It is very important to me.”

  41 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of   42 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to   43  all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.

The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor,    44  people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She   45  to comfort them till they   46 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But   47  she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one  48  after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so  49  in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never   50  that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.

1.	A．joy B．danger C．belief D．sorrow

2.	A．envied B．considered C．respected D．treated

3.	A．strange B．magical C．valuable D．important

4.	A．reward B．supply C．provide D．award

5.	A．quarreling B．discussing C．reasoning D．arguing

6.	A．suffered B．known C．obtained D．forgotten

7.	A．honor B．favor C．need D．search

8.	A．knocked B．broke C．stood D．pointed

9.	A．excited B．confident C．sad D．urgent

10.	A．place B．answer C．apartment D．person

11.	A．Luckily B．Immediately C．Gradually D．Unfortunately

12.	A．praise B．Respect C．comfort D．encouragement

13.	A．exchange B．describe C．simplify D．decorate

14.	A．unfortunate B．unfriendly C．unimportant D．unfamiliar

15.	A．planned B．managed C．continued D．stayed

16.	A．settle down B．break down C．calm down D．get down

17.	A．wherever B．whatever C．however D．whenever

18.	A．excuse B．tale C．lie D．reason

19.	A．curious B．puzzled C．worried D．involved

20.	A．recognizing B．realizing C．remembering D．wondering

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C    

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.A   

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.D  

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.B

【解析】文章以一个故事告诉我们帮助别人能让我们真正的快乐起来，无论我们遇见多大的痛苦。

1.D 名词辨析。A快乐；B危险；C信念；D悲哀；根据上文可知儿子死了，她很难过。

2.C 动词辨析。根据上文可知这是一位智者，智者总是受到人们的尊重。

3.B 形容词辨析。这里是指由魔力的能把她的儿子找回来的方法。

4.A 动词辨析。A以…付报酬；BC提供；D奖励。这里是指她以她所有来回报那位智者。

5.C 动词辨析。Reason with sb与…理论，谈论。这里指智者没有和她多讨论。

6.B 动词辨析。智者让她2从一个从来都不知道悲哀的家庭里找芥末的种子。

7.D 名词辨析。In search of寻找。根据上下文可知是去寻找这样的人家。

8.C 动词辨析。这里是指站在一家人的门前。本题容易错选A。

9.A 形容词辨析。这里是指她用兴奋的声音说好话。

10.A 上下文串联。很清楚她是在问这是不是她要找的地方。

11.D 副词辨析。根据下文可知她找不到那样的地方，所以是很不幸的事情。

12.C 动词辨析。这里是指甚至都没有人来安慰她。

13.B 动词辨析。A交换；B描述；C使…简化；D装饰。指那些人向她描述他们痛苦的事情。

14.A 形容词辨析。这里是指那些比她还要不幸的人。

15.D 动词辨析。这里是指她留在那些地方来帮助那些人直到他们平静下来。

16.C 词义辨析。A定居；B机器坏；C平静；D写下。解析同上。

17.A 语法分析。无论她到什么地方，都会发现一个接一个不幸的故事。

18.B 名词辨析。A借口；B故事；C谎言；D原因。解析同上。

19.D 固定词组。Be involved in参与….

20.B 动词辨析。这里是指她没有意识到到帮助别人已经驱赶了她心中的悲哀。