Question

About ten years ago, I was on a plane going west, and a young woman boarded and sat across the aisle (过道) from me. I ___41____ her for two reasons. She was very attractive, and she was holding a teddy bear about half her ____42____. I teased her by asking if she had a ___43___ for the bear. She laughed and said no.

About halfway through the flight she ___44____ over and told me she was going to Tucson to enter rehab (进行康复治疗). She ___45___ to share her life story with me. She had been working as a dancer in a nightclub. That ___46____ had led her down a dark ____47____ to drugs and alcohol. As I listened to her story. I was ____48____ at all she had gone through. I listened to all she shared and told her I was sure she was going to ____49___ it. At the end of the flight, she ___50____ me for listening to her.

A few years later, I got a ___51____ in the mail saying, “Wow, it’s been years since we met on that plane. It is ___52____ how you touched my life.” She went on to tell me that she had ____53____ to stay away from drugs, and had been working for a radio station. She felt she had achieved things she could not have ____54___ that day on the plane. We agreed to set up a time to get ___55___.

When I saw her, she was ____56____ the attractive young woman I remembered. She told me that that little ___57___ we had had turned her life around. She had boarded the plane ___58___ anything would work in her life, and my affirmation (肯定) of her as a person and of her ___59___ had given her the last bit of ___60___ she needed to work through her problems.

The young woman taught me it’s never too late to make a new start in life.

1.	A．found B．helped C．recognized D．noticed

2.	A．shape B．size C．weight D．leg

3.	A．name B．friend C．ticket D．cloth

4.	A．moved B．leaned C．looked D．pulled

5.	A．agreed B．learned C．continued D．refused

6.	A．manner B．feeling C．event D．lifestyle

7.	A．door B．path C．key D．point

8.	A．disappointed B．worried C．surprised D．blamed

9.	A．own B．reach C．leave D．make

10.	A．criticized B．avoided C．thanked D．remembered

11.	A．note B．word C．case D．text

12.	A．effective B．amazing C．easy D．clear

13.	A．managed B．tried C．decided D．worked

14.	A．realized B．produced C．required D．imagined

15.	A．through B．along C．together D．off

16.	A．never B．still C．once D．even

17.	A．expectation B．explanation C．information D．conversation

18.	A．doubting B．promising C．believing D．admitting

19.	A．condition B．discoveries C．criticism D．possibilities

20.	A．delight B．interest C．strength D．character

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】本文讲述了在飞机上的一段谈话给了一位吸毒女子自信，从而使她下定决心改变了自己的生活，开始了新的人生。

1.D考查动词辨析。“我”注意到(noticed)她有两个原因。

2.B考查名词辨析。她怀里抱着一个有她一半高的泰迪熊。这里的一般高是指大小，所以用size。

3.C考查名词辨析。我开玩笑地问她有没有给熊买一张票(ticket)。

4.B考查动词辨析。lean over倾身 她探过身来告诉我…。

5.C考查动词辨析。她继续(continued)分享她的故事。

6.D考查名词辨析。那种生活方式(lifestyle)使她走向了吸毒和喝酒的黑暗的道路(path )。

7.B考查名词辨析。解析同上。

8.C考查形容词辨析。我为她所经历的一切感到惊讶(surprised)。

9.D考查动词辨析。make it 成功。我告诉她我相信他会成功的。

10.C考查动词辨析。在旅程结束时，她感谢(thanked)我听她倾诉。

11.A考查名词辨析。几年以后，我收到了一张便条(note)。

12.B考查形容词辨析。你是怎样触动了我的生活，这是令人惊讶的(amazing)。

13.A考查动词辨析。她已经设法(managed)远离了毒品。

14.D考查动词辨析。她感觉她已经取得了那天在飞机上本不可能想象(imagined)的成就。

15.C考查介词辨析。我们同意定个时间聚一聚（get together）。

16.B考查副词辨析。前面讲到她是个很有魅力的女孩，所以她仍然(still)是个具有魅力的女孩。

17.D考查名词辨析。她告诉我我们之间的那段小小的谈话(conversation)已经扭转了她的人生。

18.A考查动词辨析。当初她登上飞机时怀疑(doubting)她生活中的任何东西是否奏效。

19.D考查名词辨析。我对她的作为一个人的肯定以及对她的可能性(possibilities)的肯定给了她最后一点她所需要的来解决她的问题力量(strength)。

20.C考查名词辨析。解析同上。