Question

Cheating happens a lot in our city. It can be hard to know who is really in   1  and who is trying to take advantage of other people's    2  .

Recently, I was finishing my work at home    3  the dog barked letting me know that   4  was at the gate. I rushed to see who it was and there I saw a   5  weak woman in her late fifties. I said to her, "May I ask you what you   6 ?" She   7  , "Hello, my name is Mary. My husband and I live in the slum nearby. We earn our living   8  working at construction sites. A few days ago my   9  tripped on the stairs while

  10  a heavy load. He is   11  hurt and hasn't been able to  12 for the past five days, so we have no food. Now he is at home in bed with a high fever. Please help me! I need to take my husband to a doctor!"

"Oh!" I said. "Please  13  here." I went into the room. I felt really bad about her  14  but--- Was she telling me the   15  or trying to cheat me out of my money?

Finally, I   16 to help her. But first I said a simple prayer, "Dear Lord, you know  17  I earn my pennies, so please make sure that my hard earned money helps those who  18 need it. Amen." I went out with a fifty note and

  19 it to her. The moment she got the money she broke down in tears. She took my hand and said, "May god bless you, my dear! Thank you so much!"

I was so   20 , and turned back to my work smiling.

1.                A．need          B．case           C．use  D．Control

2.A. braveness      B. kindness      C. interest         D envy

3.                A．since          B．until           C．when D．after

4.                A．somebody      B．anybody        C．everybody D．nobody

5.                A．popular        B．proud          C．poor D．busy

6.                A．want           B．notice          C．enjoy D．recognise

7.                A．refused        B．expressed       C．showed   D．replied

8.                A．by             B．to             C．in   D．for

9.                A．son            B．father          C．brother   D．husband

10.               A．gathering       B．dropping       C．carrying   D．choosing

11.               A．hardly         B．badly          C．probably  D．actually

12.               A．work          B．drive          C．remove   D．operate

13.               A．stop           B．rest           C．come D．wait

14.               A．solution        B．situation        C．action D．position

15.               A．hope          B．news          C．truth D．result

16.               A．decided        B．agreed         C．tried D．expected

17.               A．when          B．whether        C．how  D．what

18.               A．only           B．naturally        C．really D．formally

19.               A．handed        B．put            C．reminded  D．ordered

20.               A．worried        B．moved         C．tired  D．frightened

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文记叙了在普遍信任缺失的城市，作者经过一番思想斗争，最后还是用钱帮助一位因为丈夫生病，生活没着落的老妇人的故事

1.首句提到“行骗时常发生在我们这城市”，所以很难判断到底谁是真的急需帮助。in need在危难中，在危急中

2.和前句应该是相反关系，谁又是利用他人的善良。A勇敢B善意，善良C兴趣D嫉妒，故选B

3.be doing sth ...when...,正在做某事，这时突然...,这时突然听到狗叫。

4.根据常识，听到狗叫，应该是有人在大门外。故填somebody.

5.联系下文讨钱及weak ，in her fifties等词可以得知此处应填poor

6.从下文老妇人的回答可以推断作者问“请问您需要什么”

7.从下文引号里老妇人的回答，可知此处是“她回答道”，reply回答，答复回应，

8.介词辨析。根据句意，凭借/通过。我们通过在建筑工地打工赚我们的生活

9.从下文信息丈夫受伤说明前几天我丈夫绊倒在楼梯上。故填husband

10.carry a heavy load背负沉重的负荷，carry 一般是指背，扛，运载比较重的东西，故符合题意。

11.上文提到“丈夫绊倒在楼梯上”，下文提到“发高烧躺在家里”，说明丈夫受伤严重。

12.上文提到“他们在建筑工地打工”，因为丈夫受伤严重。，所以不能上班。

13.作者叫老妇人在大门口那等着，然后自己走进房子（去拿钱）

14.对于老妇人的处境，我真的觉得很糟糕。A解决方法B情况，处境C行动D职位，位置，状况。在困难/危险的处境，多用situation

15.从but一词可以看出作者心存疑虑：她跟我讲的是事实还是来骗我的钱。

16.从下文 went out with a fifty note说明作者最后还是决定帮助她。

17.句意，“主啊，你知道我是怎样挣钱的”，言外之意，我挣钱也不容易啊!

18.因为挣钱不易，所以希望辛苦挣来的钱能帮助到真正需要帮助的人。

19.我拿着纸币递给老妇人。Hand传递，给remind 提醒，使想起，order命令，订购

20.老妇人拉着我的手，说了一些感激不尽的话语，因此作者很感动。

考点：记叙文