Question

An old man lived in the suburb of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get the    right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single     of his life. He sat at the    street corner and begged for almost 20 years.

   His house was          , and a stench (恶臭) came out of the house and it smelled horribly. The      could not stand the smell anymore,       they asked the police officers to clean the place. The officers    down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had     over the years.

The police  the money, and they soon    that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house in anticipation to   the good news with him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no     for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.

He said nothing at all: he went into his house and     the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the train, and sat at the street corner and    to beg.

      , this old man had no great plans,     or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story except staying    on the things we enjoy doing, commitment (专心,敬业). We should remain true to our   , although it may mean committing ourselves to things that people around us would normally   . Just keep it in mind that commitment attracts    .

1.A. bus         B. car       C. taxi          D. train

2.A. day         B. week       C. month      D. year

3.A. wide         B. dark       C. same      D. lonely

4.A. huge         B. dirty       C. pleasant      D. neat

5.A. officials     B. neighbors   C. onlookers D. children

6.A. but         B. so       C. yet          D. as

7.A. knocked     B. climbed   C. jumped      D. rolled

8.A. stolen     B. donated    C. collected      D. hidden

9.A. counted     B. washed   C. burned      D. made

10.A. admitted   B. denied       C. agreed      D. realized

11.A. enjoy     B. share       C. hear          D. announce

12.A. doubt     B. evidence   C. need      D. time

13.A. locked     B. opened   C. cleaned      D. broke

14.A. refused     B. continued   C. learned      D. requested

15.A. Sadly     B. Surprisingly  C. Obviously D. Luckily

16.A. cars     B. friends       C. jobs          D. dreams

17.A. focused     B. calm       C. open-minded D. silent

18.A. career     B. god       C. money      D. country

19.A. agree     B. enjoy        C. disapprove D. advise

20.A. confidence B. courage     C. attention      D. wealth

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一个老人日复一日地在伦敦市中心乞讨的故事。乞讨了差不多二十年的时间，老人因此积累下了大量的财富。但是，老人仍然坚持每天乞讨。作者想告诉我们的是，即使有人不赞成你所做的事情，你也应该忠于你的事业。

1.got into the train, and sat at the street corner”可知，老人乘坐的是地铁，train在此指地铁列车，故选D。

2.He would do this every single of his life.老人每天都是这样乘坐地铁到伦敦市中心乞讨，日复一日，年复一年，every single day强调每天都是如此，从不间断，故选A。

3.He sat at the street corner and begged for almost 20 years.老人二十年来一直都是坐在同一个街角乞讨，故选C。

4.and a stench (恶臭) came out of the house”可知，老人的房子里很脏，故选B。

5.The could not stand the smell anymore,老人的邻居们无法忍受从老人房子里散发出来的臭味，故选B。

6. they asked the police officers to clean the place邻居们无法忍受臭味，因此报警让警察来处理，前后是因果关系，故选B。

7.and cleaned the house”可知，警察把门打开进去清理老人的房子，根据下一段“When he arrived home that evening”可知，警察是在老人不在家的情况下打开的房门。knock down撞倒，拆除，推倒，拆毁，这里指警察打开那个老人的房门，故选A。

8.There were small bags of money all over the house that he had over the years.房间里到处都是装满钱的小袋子，这些钱是老人多年乞讨得来的，collect指老人通过乞讨收集起来的钱，故选C。

9. A数，把......算在内； B清洗；C燃烧；D做，制作，使。根据“and they soon that the old man was a millionaire”可知，警察意识到老人是一个百万富翁，说明警察数了一下老人的钱，故选A。

10.and they soon that the old man was a millionaire根据上文可知，老人积攒了很多的钱，警察数了钱之后，他们意识到老人是个百万富翁，故选D。

11.in anticipation to the good news with him警察在老人的房外等候老人，他们想与老人分享这个消息，share sth with sb和某人分享某物/某事，故选B。

12.there was no for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire一个警察告诉老人他已经是百万富翁了，没有必要再乞讨了，故选C。

13.he went into his house and the door.老人什么也没说，走进房子并锁上了房门，故选A。

14.and sat at the street corner and to beg.老人像往常一样乘坐地铁前往伦敦市中心，并坐在老地方继续乞讨，continue to do sth继续做某事，故选B。

15. , this old man had no great plans,显然，老人没有人生规划，根据上文可知，老人已经很富有了，但他仍然继续乞讨，说明老人没有计划他的人生，故选C。

16.this old man had no great plans, or anything significant for his life老人的人生没有规划、梦想或其它重要的事情，老人只知道做乞讨这一件事情，故选D。

17.staying on the things we enjoy doing我们能从这个故事中学到的是要专心做自己喜欢的事情，stay focused on sth专注于......，故选A。

18.staying on the things we enjoy doing, commitment”可知，我们应该忠于我们做的事情，即事业，remain true to sth忠于......，true在此意为“忠诚的”，故选A。

19.although it may mean committing ourselves to things”可知，前后表示转折关系，即使周围的人对我们正在做的事情持有异议，我们也要忠于我们的事业，故选C。

20.Just keep it in mind that commitment attracts .我们只需要记住的是，对事业的忠诚能够带来财富，就像老人忠于乞讨一样，故选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读