Question

For John and Amy, birthdays have always been a big deal—a welcome excuse to celebrate life. When their son, Alex,       three in 2005, they invited 20 friends to a nearby park. Not long after that the     were brainstorming ways to teach Alex about giving to    1  . “We wanted to do something that would have a(n)      on our community（社区）, and that our young child could       in. We started wondering what      fortunate kids do on their birthdays. The next day, we called a local shelter, and learnt that    children typically didn’t do        to celebrate at all. No cake. No gifts. No party.” The couple said.

Several weeks later,       threw a party at the       for the children who had birthdays that month. They decorated, served cake, and danced with 50 kids. Alex helped      presents.

22  that first party, the couple have turned their simple idea       Birthday Blessings, a non-profit that hosts monthly parties at 10 shelters.

To date, Birthday Blessings (birthdayblessings.org.) has thrown more than 500      at different shelters and handed out 22,000 party      to nearly 4,000 homeless children in and around their community.

Birthday Blessings is      entirely by volunteers. The charity（慈善）will take almost anything — toys, clothing, candy, baby items—       it’s not used. “These kids never get anything new.” John said, “It makes a big       to them psychologically.”

Being “part of this labor love” is       making an impression on their son Alex. On his seventh birthday, his grandparents sent a check.      it, the first thing he said was that he wanted to give half to the birthday kids.

1.A. turned          B. grew         C. came          D. got

2.A. shelters         B. neighbors     C. friends         D. couple

3.A. the other        B. another       C. others          D. each other

4.A. impression      B. influence      C. permission      D. limitation

5.A. participate      B. take          C. bring          D. move

6.A. fairly          B. less           C. rather          D. more

7.A. penniless       B. jobless        C. homeless       D. hopeless

8.A. nothing        B. anything       C. everything      D. something

9.A. Alex          B. John         C. Amy           D. the family

10.A. shelter         B. church        C. school          D. community

11.A. make out       B. pass out       C. show out        D. leave out

12.A. Before         B. Until          C. After           D. Since

13.A. into           B. down          C. out            D. off

14.A. birthdays       B. parties         C. presents       D. donations

15.A. cakes          B. honors         C. favors         D. surprises

16.A. continued       B. undertaken     C. operated       D. performed

17.A. as far as        B. as soon as      C. as simple as     D. as long as

18.A. difference      B. surprise        C. benefit         D. advantage

19.A. never         B. always         C. hardly          D. already

20.A. Realizing      B. Saving         C. Opening        D. Folding

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述一对夫妇为了教育儿子，为收容所的孩子举办生日派对，并且持续这种善举，使得这种善举最后为慈善机构所办理，成为一种惯例。

1. their son, Alex, three in 2005当他们的儿子，艾利克斯，在2005年变成三岁时，多用turn…表示长成多少岁，故选A

2. were brainstorming ways to teach Alex about…应该是这对夫妻突发奇想一些方法来教艾利克斯，故选D

3. Alex about giving to . others泛指其他人，故选C

4. wanted to do something that would have a(n) on our community（社区），我们想要做一些对我们社区有影响的事，故选B

5. young child could in. participate in 固定短语，参与，另根据句意，夫妇俩希望自己的孩子也能参与，故选A

6. A公平的B较少的C相当的D更多的，根据句子We started wondering what fortunate kids do on their birthdays夫妇俩想找一些事，即对社区有利又可以让自己的孩子参与，因此他们就在考虑孩子在生日生做的较少的事情是什么，故选B

7. called a local shelter, and learnt that children我们给当地一个收容所打电话，既然是收容所，应该都是无家可归的人，故选C

8. that children typically didn’t do to celebrate at all.，既然是无家可归的孩子，那么应该是什么都没有做来庆祝生日，前面有否定词，应用anything表示全盘否定，故选B

9. weeks later, threw a party，这对夫妇了解到收容所的孩子从来没有庆祝过生日后，就举办了一个派对，用这个家庭更好，故选D

10. weeks later, threw a party at the for the children who had birthdays that month.他们是为收容所的孩子举办派对，应是在收容所举办派对，故选A

11. decorated, served cake, and danced with 50 kids. Alex helped presents.他们装扮，吃蛋糕，并和50个孩子跳舞，艾利克斯帮忙分发礼物，故选B

12. that first party, the couple have turned their simple idea Birthday Blessings, a non-profit that hosts monthly parties at 10 shelters.自从第一个派对后，这对夫妇就将这个想法延续了下去，在10个收容所每月举办派对，故选D

13. couple have turned their simple idea Birthday Blessings，turn into把…变成，这对夫妇把他们简单的想法变成了生日祝福，故选A

14. Blessings (birthdayblessings.org.) has thrown more than 500 at different shelters前文说这对夫妇是在收容所举办派对，本句应是生日祝福已经在不同的收容所举办了500多个派对，故选B

15. out 22,000 party to nearly 4,000 homeless children。 party favor一般是指派对礼物，故选C

16. Blessings is entirely by volunteers. The charity（慈善）will take almost anything生日祝福完全被志愿者操作，故选C

17. charity（慈善）will take almost anything — toys, clothing, candy, baby items— it’s not used.慈善将会负责每件事，玩具、衣服、糖果、婴儿用品，只要没有被用过，故选D

18. kids never get anything new.” John said, “It makes a big to them psychologically. Make a difference固定短语，有影响，这对他们心理来说有很大影响，故选A

19. “part of this labor love” is making an impression on their son Alex成为这个活动的一部分对他们的儿子艾利克斯已经留下一定影响，故选D

20. his seventh birthday, his grandparents sent a check. it, the first thing he said was that he wanted to give half to the birthday kids.在他7岁生日时，他的祖父母给了他一张支票，打开它，他说的第一件事就是他想给一半给过生日的孩子，，故选C

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