Question

As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to     a little pocket money.

  One day I     on the door of an elderly woman and asked if she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in      and I showed her my worn coat, which no longer kept me warm. She        me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be        now.” She then took out a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a       job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to     new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to        me with your report card and I will      you when I see you have worked hard and have some good        . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much      as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and grabbed so much money that it was      for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she        . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time showed her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge      this wonderful lady made over my life with her        . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

1.A. save       B. give         C. earn           D. change

2.A. turned        B. knocked   C. worked        D. looked

3.A. school        B. time       C. trouble            D. bed

4.A. allowed     B. forced        C. helped            D. stopped

5.A. punished      B. tested        C. praised           D. paid

6.A. boring       B. new        C. fine            D. terrible

7.A. keep          B. buy         C. remove     D. make

8.A. visit          B. forgive       C. welcome        D. serve

9.A. recognize      B. reward      C. understand          D. protect

10.A. goals         B. stories        C. marks              D. ideas

11.A. room          B. money       C. food              D. time

12.A. rare     B. enough    C. simple        D. special

13.A. promised    B. discovered    C. knew       D. admitted

14.A. decision   B. progress       C. mistake            D. difference

15.A. courage    B. kindness      C. honesty       D. happiness

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。“我”到了上学的年纪却因为家境贫寒不得不给邻居做活赚零花钱，在一次帮邻居老妇人做活时，她了解了“我”状况，用善举帮助我走进了校园，改变了我的一生。

1.C考查动词。A. save节省；B. give给；C. earn挣；D. change改变；从前文“I would often help do something for the neighbors”可知帮邻居做些活是为了挣点零花钱，故选C。

2.B考查动词。A. turned转变；B. knocked敲；C. worked工作；D. looked看；从情理可知应该是敲门。故选B。

3.A考查名词。A. school学校；B. time时间；C. trouble问题；D. bed床；从情理可知，老妇人看着我一个小男孩很奇怪，我为何不上学去。故选A。

4.A考查动词。A. allowed允许；B. forced强迫；C. helped帮助；D. stopped停止；从情理可知，因为我穿着破烂，她就允许我在她家院子干活。故选A。

5.D考查动词。A. punished惩罚；B. tested测试；C. praised表扬；D. paid付钱；从后面的“took out a jar filled with dollar bills”可知，我完工了要给我付钱了。故选D。

6.C考查形容词。A. boring无聊的；B. new新的；C. fine好的；D. terrible可怕的；从语境可知，小男孩活计做得不错，但是不是他这个年龄的孩子应该做的事情。从后面的“but”一词可以推测答案。故选C。

7.B考查动词。A. keep保持；B. buy购买；C. remove去除；D. make做；从上文“I showed her my worn coat”可知，老妇人要他去购买新衣服然后上去去。故选B。

8.A考查动词。A. visit拜访；B. forgive原谅；C. welcome欢迎；D. serve服务；从情理可知，老妇人希望男孩能够再过来拜访她。故选A。

9.B考查动词。A. recognize辨认；B. reward奖励；C. understand理解；D. protect保护；从后面的“when I see you have worked hard and have some good .”可知，如果男孩学习好就会奖励他。故选B。

10.C考查名词。A. goals目标；B. stories故事；C. marks分数；D. ideas想法；从上文“worked hard”可知，如果男孩学习认真，得到一些好的分数，就奖励他。故选C。

11.B考查名词。A. room房间；B. money钱；C. food事物；D. time时间；从情理可知，老妇人让男孩自己尽可能多地拿她罐子里面的钱。故选B。

12.B考查形容词。A. rare稀少的；B. enough足够的；C. simple简单的；D. special特别的；从情理可知，男孩肯定拿足够多的钱去购买他十分需要的东西。故选B。

13.A考查动词。A. promised承诺；B. discovered发现；C. knew知道；D. admitted承认；从情理可知，以后男孩按照老妇人的要求经常去拜访她，所以老妇人也遵守自己当初的承诺。故选A。

14.D考查 名词。A. decision决定；B. progress进步；C. mistake错误；D. difference区别，与后面的make构成短语“make a huge difference,有很大影响”，故选D。

15.B考查名词。A. courage勇气；B. kindness善良；C. honesty诚实；D. happiness幸福；纵观全文，正是老妇人的善良改变了我的一生。故选B。