Question

A mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in my life. They are totally      , mixing with nobody. As they drive past neighbors they keep their eyes looking away and make no sign of      . The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌的人) of themselves to the local police station by    music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day and any other petty (琐碎的) little      .

On moving into this neighborhood, I was      of these two but decided I would make up my own mind. This proved quite a      to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast (猛烈抨击) me with some      or other. I    answered politely and made sure I    as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind      about their garden or pets.

Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give, Maureen and I decided to place a kindness rock in their garden. Their       remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to      these two unhappy ladies to our list and      a packet of cookies on their gate. Imagine my      when two days later they    at my gate and jokingly said they were      hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they brought me a bunch of flowers!

So, my fellow gifters, do not      on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know just what this    to others, nor how many broken or      hearted people you may just change    a simple act of kindness.

1.A. protected         B. depressed       C. separated           D. equipped

2.A. enthusiasm         B. acknowledgement  C. excitement      D. entertainment

3.A. discussing        B. requesting         C. reporting        D. rejecting

4.A. events         B. issues           C. incidents     D. affairs

5.A. accused         B. warned         C. reminded      D. convinced

6.A. challenge        B. project             C. task           D. matter

7.A. quarrels           B. opinions        C. explanations     D. complaints

8.A. seldom           B. never           C. always       D. sometimes

9.A. waved           B. stared          C. noticed         D. laughed

10.A. difference         B. account        C. gesture       D. remark

11.A. smile           B. attitude         C. decision         D. anger

12.A. add             B. recommend       C. reduced         D. drove

13.A. shared           B. took             C. left            D. fixed

14.A. interest          B. anxiety           C. surprise         D. doubt

15.A. whispered          B. stopped          C. shouted       D. wandered

16.A. imagining         B. intending          C. considering        D. approaching

17.A. take in          B. take up          C. give in          D. give up

18.A. refers           B. means            C. relates         D. contributes

19.A. kind            B. light             C. hard            D. warm

20.A. on           B. over         C. by       D. with

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一对非常不友好的母女在作者的感动影响下慢慢改变了待人处事的方式，对别人逐渐变得友好起来。这个故事告诉我们在生活中友善的举动会带来很大的改变，哪怕是不易相处的人也 会被感化。

1. 形容词辨析。A. protected 被保护的；B. depressed消极的；C. separated分开的； D. equipped装备好的。根据后句mixing with nobody可知这对母女不和任何人交往，选B。

2.名词辨析。 A. enthusiasm 热情； B. acknowledgement认知，告知，感谢；C. excitement 兴奋；D. entertainment娱乐。从上文可知他们即使见到邻居也视而不见，丝毫不会表现出认识的样子，选B。

3.动词辨析。 A. discussing 讨论；B. requesting 要求； C. reporting 报告，报道；D. rejecting拒绝。从前半句可知别人向警察报告他们家放音乐声音太大，其他不符合语境，选C。

4.名词辨析。A. events 事件，比赛项目；B. issues 期号；发行物 ；C. incidents 事故；D. affairs事务。从空格前面列举的事情可知这些都是日常琐碎的事务，选D。

5.动词辨析。A. accused 控告；B. warned警告； C. reminded 提醒；D. convinced说服。从上文可知这对母女因她们的冷漠而在小区里闻名，所以作者一搬进来的时候别人警告过他，选B。

6.名词辨析。 A. challenge 挑战；B. project 工程；C. task任务；D. matter事情，麻烦事。从下文的讲述可知作者想和这对母女示好很不容易，对作者来说是一个挑战，选A。

7.名词辨析。A. quarrels 争吵；B. opinions 观点；C. explanations 解释；D. complaints抱怨。从上下文可知这对母女对于作者的好心不加理睬，而且根据blast一词也可以判断他们对作者横加指责或者抱怨，选D。

8.. 副词辨析。A. seldom 很少；B. never 从不；C. always 总是；D. sometimes有时。从上文可知虽然作者被别人警告过，但是他还是下决心要去改变影响这对母女，由此判断尽管她们不礼貌，作者总是礼貌对待她们，选C。

9.动词辨析。A. waved挥手；B. stared开始； C. noticed 发现；D. laughed笑。从情理可知当她们路过的时候作者总会向她们挥手，打招呼，选A。

10.名词辨析。 A. difference 不同； B. account账号；C. gesture 手势；D. remark评论，话。从空后内容可以判断作者时不时地会赞赏一下她们的花园或者宠物，选D。

11.名词辨析。 A. smile微笑；B. attitude 态度； C. decision 决定；D. anger生气。作者努力想用自己的言行去影响这对母女，但是她们仍然那样，而没有任何的改变，选B。

12.动词辨析。 A. add 增添，增加；B. recommend 推荐；C. reduced 减少；D. drove开车。根据介词to可知此处指作者在复活节仍然把她们的名字列入送礼物的名单上，选A。

13.动词辨析。 A. shared 分享；B. took 带走；C. left 留下；D. fixed安装，固定。从情理可知作者在复活节那天把礼物放在她们的门口，选C。

14.名词辨析。 A. interest 兴趣；B. anxiety 焦虑； C. surprise惊讶；D. doubt怀疑。从上文的讲述可知尽管作者的努力，这对母女态度一如既往的冷淡，所以当作者看到她们给他送来鲜花的时候，非常吃惊，选C。

15.动词辨析。A. whispered 低语；B. stopped 停止； C. shouted 叫喊；D. wandered游荡。从语境判断她们在作者家门口停下，送给他一束鲜花，选B。

16. 动词辨析。A. imagining想象； B. intending 打算；C. considering 认为，考虑； D. approaching接近，来临。从上文可知作者给这对母女送去了一盒饼干，所以在此这对母女开玩笑地说要在门口挂上圣诞长筒袜来等作者再次给她们送来礼物，选C。

17.动词短语辨析。 A. take in 欺骗，吸收；B. take up 举起，从事； C. give in 让步；D. give up放弃。根据You may never know just what this. . . to others 可知，不要放弃对别人的善意，不经 意的善意会对人产生很大影响。

18.动词辨析。 A. refers 提及，参考；B. means 意思是；C. relates陈述；D. contributes做贡献。从上文的内容可知一个人的善意对别人意味着很多，选B。其他不符合语境。

19. 形容词辨析。A. kind 友善的；B. light 轻的；C. hard困难的；D. warm温暖的。从上文的讲述可知这对母女开始很固执，铁石心肠，后来在作者的感化下态度发生了改变。选C。

20. 介词辨析。A. on 在至少；B. over 在上面； C. by 通过；D. with用。此处指人们仅仅用一点善意的举动就会使人们有所改变，表示一种方式或手段时，by后面跟doing，选D。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读