Question

That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother   36   me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning,  ___37___,I felt like getting up early.

I stood by my window overlooking the ___38___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___39___ in life.

As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I ___40___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___41___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ___42___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ___43___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.

Several thoughts ___44___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___45___ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___46___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed___47___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___48___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___49___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.

There was a noticeable touch of___50___ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ___51___the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ___52___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.

It was a ___53___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ___54___if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___55__ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.

1.A．forces             B．allows           C．causes           D．forbids

2.A．otherwise          B．therefore        C．however          D．besides

3.A．parking lot        B．bus stop         C．school           D．market

4.A．interesting        B．surprising       C．awful            D．useful

5.A．noticed            B．recognized       C．called           D．assisted

6.A．back               B．handle           C．wheel            D．seat

7.A．searched           B．left             C．moved            D．wandered

8.A．stopped            B．started          C．intended         D．finished

9.A．crossed            B．slipped          C．disturbed        D．inspired

10.A．attractive        B．shiny            C．simple           D．expensive

11.A．repairmen         B．businessmen      C．drivers          D．cyclists

12.A．busy              B．content          C．careful          D．bored

13.A．waving            B．looking          C．laughing         D．pointing

14.A．about             B．for              C．with             D．like

15.A．worry             B．respect          C．sympathy         D．pride

16.A．cleaning          B．fixing           C．replacing        D．covering

17.A．still             B．yet              C．again            D．soon

18.A．lesson            B．subject          C．skill            D．fact

19.A．business          B．living           C．success          D．right

20.A．tired             B．doubtful         C．fearful          D．ashamed

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】一个假日的早上，作者偶然早起，发现了对自己的人生有益的事——一个衣着朴素，骑着一辆不入时的自行车的老者，在自食其力，而且对自己所做的事情非常自豪。这一刻，作者感觉很羞愧，因为他自己还没有认识到过生活的真谛。

1.考查动词辨析。 由on holidays 以及后问题到的我会充分利用这个假日可知，母亲会允许(allow)我睡懒觉。

2.考查副词辨析。 有前文“睡懒觉”以及本句“在这个特别的早上，我想早起些”可知前后为转折关系。故选C.

3.上下文语境串联。 由下一段第一句As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off…可知，作者应该是观望下面的停车场。

4.考查形容词辨析。 由最后一段作者得出的感悟可知，作者应该是了解了一些有用的(uaeful)东西。

5.考查动词辨析。 我往下看时，应该是注意到(noticed)一个老人。

6.考查名词辨析。 由后文提到自行车后有一筐子布条和瓶子，那么桶应该是挂在自行车的把手(handle)上。

7.根据语境考查动词辨析。 由后文的from one car to another可知，他应该是从一辆车移动到(move)另一辆车。wander徘徊

8.考查动词辨析。 由already和a dozen or more cars可知，此处指他已经完成了(finish)了许多辆车。

9.考查动词辨析。 当我看着他工作的时候，几种想法在我的脑子里交替(cross)出现。slip滑 inspire 激励disturb 打扰

10.考查形容词辨析。 由前一句中he wasn’t well-dressed可知，他穿着简单。

11.考查上下文联系。 由本句中的the bycycle可知，现在的骑车人(cyclist)不想被看到骑他那样的自行车。

12.形容词辨析。 此句为上一句的转折句，再结合…working hard at his small business,…stopping to chat now and then…可推知他对自己的生活是感到满意的。

13.上下文联系。 由后文的语境“她时不时停下来和附近去市场的老人交谈”可知他应该是向路人招手(wave)。

14.考查介词辨析。  表示“和某人交谈”用chat with…

15.考查动词辨析。 由后文standing back to admire it;… standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.可知他擦完后还会往后站，看车子擦完后的样子，可推知他应该是对自己的工作感到自豪(pride)。

16.上下文串联。 有第三段的washing and cleaning them可知，此处应该是擦洗(clean)挡风玻璃。

17.考查副词辨析。  由前一句then standing back to admire it可知，他再次(again)往后站欣赏车子。

18.考查名词辨析。 由后一句At no age need one have to beg for a… 可知，这是一条教训(lesson)。

19.考查名词辨析。 乞讨是为了求生(living)。

20.考查形容词辨析。 由后一句Young as I am，…可知，相比之下，作者感到惭愧(ashamed)。