Question

Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse(路边小店) on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One cold and wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a     on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from     to toe, explained that he had    out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant （怀孕的） wife and his two children   at the car and said that he would hitchhike （搭便车） back.

Once I had    a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both     , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he    me back.

Before leaving, I had turned the heater    in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and    . While the little ones played and ran    , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the     .

It was about 5 a.m. before they    . The young fellow asked me how much he should    for it and I told him that the petrol pump （加油泵） had   ＄15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later, I received a    from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to    to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It   out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most     person in the company.

In his letter, he thanked me again and __  me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this case, a little bit of    was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

1.A. kick    B. hit    C. beat    D. knock

2.A. finger   B. shoulder   C. head    D. hand

3.A. driven   B. used    C. come    D. run

4.A. away   B. behind       C. over    D. out

5.A. supplied   B. poured    C. equipped   D. filled

6.A. sleeping   B. crying    C. quarrelling   D. fighting

7.A. allow   B. ring    C. lead    D. follow

8.A. on    B. off    C. in     D. over

9.A. neat    B. hot    C. warm    D. attractive

10.A. around   B. inside    C. nearby    D. along

11.A. drivers   B. guests    C. customers   D. adults

12.A. left    B. arrived    C. ate    D. disappeared

13.A. give   B. pay    C. owe    D. offer

14.A. appeared  B. exhibited   C. calculated   D. shown

15.A. call    B. letter    C. check    D. notice

16.A. get    B. force    C. require    D. dislike

17.A. pointed   B. turned    C. worked   D. found

18.A. generous  B. successful   C. serious   D. powerful

19.A. praised   B. persuaded   C. promised   D. convinced

20.A. honesty   B. success   C. confidence      D. kindness

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：一个全身湿透的年轻人在凌晨来到作者的小店，得知他的车油耗尽了，作者开车给他送油，还请他们到店里取暖。后来，作者收到一封信，那个年轻人是一家大型公交公司的总经理，他承诺公司的所有的车都会到作者的服务站停留休息。

1.A young man, wet from to toe, explained”可知，是有人敲门，故选D。

2.A young man, wet from to toe,一个年轻人从头淋到了脚，故选C。

3.he had out of petrol他的汽车耗光了油，run out of sth用完某物，故选D。

4.

5.I took him back to his car”可知，作者加满一罐油后，带那个年轻人返回他的车那里，fill...with...用......装满......，故选D。

6.saying that they were cold”可知，两个孩子都在哭着说他们很冷，故选B。

7.I suggested that he me back根据下一段可知，作者建议他们随作者回到作者的小店，故选D。

8.Before leaving, I had turned the heater in the roadhouse离开之前，作者已经把加热器打开，turn on打开，故选A。

9.so that when we went in, it was nice and .这样的话，返回的时候，屋里就会很暖和了，故选C。

10.While the little ones played and ran ,小家伙们围着屋子追逐打闹，故选A。

11.and hot chocolate for the .作者给孩子们准备了面包，给两个大人准备了热巧克力，故选D。

12.how much he should for it”可知，一家人要离开了，故选A。

13.how much he should for it年轻人问他要付多少钱，pay for付钱，故选B。

14.展览；C计算；D显示。the petrol pump （加油泵） had ＄15加油泵上显示15美元，故选D。

15.In his letter,”可知，作者收到一封信件，故选B。

16.we had been trying to to stop off at our roadhouse作者一直希望这家公司能够在他们的店停留，get sb to do sth让某人做某事，故选A。

17.It out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager,结果证明，那个人是公司的总经理，turn out to be/that...结果是，证明是，故选B。

18.the most person in the company公司里最有权力的人，故选D。

19. __ me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station他在心里承诺他们的汽车都会去作者的服务站，故选C。

20.a little bit of was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits一点善意之举换来了巨大的收益，故选D。

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