Question

I drove a school bus as a part-time job. Thirty-nine children all had stories to tell me about their summers. Charlie though __16__me. From the first day on Charlie was __17__. If a fight broke out I didn’t have to turn my __18__to know who had started it. If a girl was crying chances were that Charlie had __19__ her hair. No matter how I spoke to him gently or __20__ he wouldn’t say a word. He’d just __21__ me with those big gray eyes of his. One day I found a small tin heart (小锡心 )on the bus was gone. “Does anyone know __22__happened to the little heart here” I asked. Some children cried “Charlie __23__it Search him” When I asked him to come forward his gaze( 注视) __24__ my eyes. I stuck my hand into one of his pockets. Then I felt it—the __25__ outline(轮廓 )of the small tin heart. Charlie stared at me for a long time. There were no __26__ in those big gray eyes no plea( 恳求) for mercy. He seemed to be waiting for what he’d come to __27__ from the world. I was about to pull the tin heart out of Charlie’s pocket __28__I stopped myself. Let him keep it, I said “It must have fallen off before I got here.” Without a word Charlie __29__ to his seat. When he got off at his stop, he didn’t so much as glance at me. Several days later just that__30__ Charlie moved away… A dozen years after retirement we met in the street. To my __31__, he hugged me. After he let go, he pulled something from his pocket and held it up for me to see. An old key chain… bent out of __32__, the lettering faded (消褪). You __33__probably guess what it was—the little tin heart. “You were the only one who kept trying.” He explained. We __34__ again and went our separate ways. I am so __35__ I’d done a good job.

1.A. ignored      B. feared          C. greeted         D. told

2.A. active        B. troublesome     C. independent     D. noisy

3.A. position      B. shoulder        C. head           D. attention

4.A. pulled       B. cut             C. stole           D. played

5. A. secretly      B. carefully        C. proudly         D. strictly

6.A. laugh at      B. stare at          C. depend on      D. concentrate on

7.A. how         B. why            C. what           D. who

8.A. did          B. made           C. wore           D. said

9.A. turned into    B. burned into      C. stepped into     D. flew into

10. A. shining       B. hard            C. strange         D. familiar

11.A. tears         B. puzzles         C. hopes           D. ways

12.A. plea          B. ask            C. expect          D. disappoint

13.A. while         B. when          C. as              D. if

14.A. came         B. wanted         C. intended         D. returned

15.A. summer       B. autumn         C. spring          D. winter

16.A. delight        B. sadness         C. surprise        D. annoyance

17.A. shape         B. date            C. order          D. fashion

18.A. need          B. can            C. must           D. may

19.A. talked         B. looked         C. smiled          D. hugged

20.A. happy         B. sure           C. lucky           D. shocked

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：

1.A. 39个孩子都有暑假故事和我分享。而查理却对我视而不见。ignore忽视，忽略；fear害怕；greet问候；tell告诉。

2..B 联系下文可知答案。从第一天起，查理就是一个惹麻烦的家伙。active活跃的；troublesome讨厌的，令人烦恼的；independent独立的；noisy吵闹的。

3.C 如果有人打架，我不用回头就知道是谁挑起的。turn one's head转头。

4.A 要是有女孩子哭了，很可能是因为查理扯了她的头发。pull拉，扯；cut剪；steal偷；play玩耍。

5.D 不管我怎样跟他说话，温和也好，严厉也罢，他就是一言不发。secretly秘密地；carefully细心地；proudly骄傲地；strictly严格地。

6.B 从本句的those big gray eyes of his可知答案。他就是一言不发，只是用他那双灰色的大眼睛盯着我。laugh at嘲笑；stare at盯着；depend on依靠；concentrate on集中注意力于……。

7.C 有谁知道“小锡心”哪儿去了吗？happen“发生”。

8.A “是查理干的！搜他的身！”do it做这件事。

9.B 我让查理走上前来，他那凝视的目光深深地印在我的眼中。turn into变成；burn into烙上，使深印于；step into走进；fly into飞进。

10.D我把手伸到他的一只口袋里，摸到了它——那颗“小锡心”熟悉的轮廓。shining闪光的；hard硬的；strange陌生的；familiar熟悉的。

11.A 那双灰色的大眼睛里没有眼泪，也没有乞求同情。

12.C 他似乎正在等待着一个早已料到的结果。plea恳求；ask询问；expect预料，期待；disappoint使失望。

13.B 就在我要把“小锡心”从查理的口袋里拿出来的时候，我停住了。让他留着吧。be about to do sth. when...“正准备做某事，这时……”。

14.D 由上文可知他们在车上，再联系上一段When I asked him to come forward可知答案。查理一言不发地回到了他的座位上。come来到；want想要；intend打算；return返回。

15.A 联系上文第二段“Thirty­nine children all had stories to tell me about their summers.”可知，应用summer。就在那年夏天，查理搬走了……

16.C 让我吃惊的是，他拥抱了我。delight高兴；sadness悲伤；surprise吃惊；annoyance恼怒。查理一直都是个叛逆的孩子，很排斥我，这次见面能主动拥抱我，给我更多的是“吃惊”，而不是“高兴”。

17.A 放开我后，他从口袋里拿出了一样东西，举起来让我看。那是一个很旧的钥匙链……已经弯曲变形，上边的字也模糊褪色了。out of shape变形的，走样的；lettering字，字母。

18.B 你可能已经猜到它是什么了——就是那个“小锡心”。联系probably可知答案，can能，表示有能力做或能够发生。

19.D “你是唯一没有放弃我的人，”他解释道。我们再次“拥抱”对方，然后各自上路了。联系上一段第一句可知答案。

20.A 我很高兴自己做了这样一件好事。happy高兴的；sure确信的；lucky幸运的；shocked吃惊的。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读