Question

完形填空

阅读下列短文， 从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

No one likes the “old people” smell. No one, not even the ________   people. Trust me, I know.

I volunteer at a hospice of Alzheimer’s Care(老年痴呆患者临终安养院). My health book   ________ a pretty picture of hospices, describing them as homes where family members and the sick can work together in ________ incurable illness. It shows pictures of ________ patients speaking to doctors, with, of course, loving ones around them.

That’s ________ what a hospice is. There aren’t family members, only cards sent periodically during the year. The ________ I help seldom smile because they’re struggling to________ where they are, what year it is, ________ their own names.

And they don’t like the “old people” smell—the smell of disease, of medicine and sweat, or of the lost self-respect. They don’t like it. But they   ________  in it.

Next week is my ________  .  I’m moving soon and I won’t have to________ that hospice. I won’t have to ________ a woman who can’t even close her mouth, or   ________ a man who’s crying because he can’t stop shaking ________  enough to tie his shoes. I won’t have to run for a nurse when Evelyn falls out of her wheel-chair.

But I feel far from ________ . After four years of volunteering, the place is the same as the day I started. All the   ________  remains fresh, never to be cut through by youthful spirits.

Some visit. Some bring cake and puppy dogs and flowers. But only   ________  . When you were born, loving arms held you. Shouldn’t you   ________  that way too? Shouldn’t the elderly, who’ve lived their lives, raised their ________ and contributed to society be cared about? Shouldn’t they end feeling loved? Why don’t   ________  ?

1.A. oldB. youngC. poorD. sick

2.A. paintsB. writesC. publishesD. reads

3.A. curingB. examiningC. testingD. accepting

4.A. cryingB. sufferingC. fightingD. smiling

5.A. certainlyB. maybeC. notD. hardly

6.A. hospitalsB. patientsC. doctorsD. nurses

7.A. sayB. recognizeC. rememberD. forget

8.A. everB. evenC. onlyD. however

9.A. playB. liveC. talkD. work

10.A. dutyB. turnC. firstD. last

11.A. feelB. seeC. smellD. taste

12.A. feedB. openC. stopD. keep

13.A. blameB. cureC. calmD. find

14.A. fastB. frequentlyC. shortlyD. long

15.A. light-heartedB. absent-mindedC. badD. sad

16.A. hopefulnessB. hopelessnessC. carelessnessD. desire

17.A. someB. fewC. meD. them

18.A. actB. liveC. dieD. speak

19.A. plantsB. childrenC. foodD. money

20.A. IB. weC. theyD. you

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述作者对于自己在养老院期间的工作感悟及对人生的思考。

1.A考查形容词辨析A. old老的；B. young年轻的；C. poor穷的；D. sick病的；句意：没有会喜欢老人的味道，没有人，甚至老人也不喜欢，根据语境可知选A项。

2.A考查动词辨析A. paints画；B. writes写；C. publishes出版；D. reads写；句意：我的健康书上画着一副可爱的养老院的图画，上面描述他们把这当作家，每个家人和生病的人一起对抗这些可以接受的无法的疾病，故选A项。

3.D考查动词辨析A. curing治愈；B. examining检查；C. testing检测；D. accepting接受；句意：我的健康书上画着一副可爱的养老院的图画，上面描述他们把这当作家，每个家人和生病的人一起对抗这些可以接受的无法的疾病，故选D项。

4.D考查动词辨析A. crying哭；B. suffering痛苦；C. fighting害怕；D. smiling微笑；句意：这展示了微笑着的病人与医生在交流，周围都是爱着他们的人们，故选D项。

5.C考查副词辨析A. certainly当然；B. maybe可能；C. not不；D. hardly几乎不；句意：这不是一个养老院本来的样子，故选C项。

6.B考查名词辨析A. hospitals医院；B. patients 病人；C. doctors医生；D. nurses护士；句意：我所帮助的病人很少会微笑因此他们努力地去记住他们是谁，现在什么年份，以及他们的名字，故选B项。

7.C考查动词辨析A. say说；B. recognize辨认；C. remember 记得；D. forget忘记；句意：我所帮助的病人很少会微笑因此他们努力地去记住他们是谁，现在什么年份，以及他们的名字，故选C项。

8.B考查副词辨析A. ever曾经；B. even甚至；C. only只有；D. however然而；句意：我所帮助的病人很少会微笑因此他们努力地去记住他们是谁，现在什么年份，以及他们的名字，故选B项。

9.B考查动词辨析A. play玩；B. live住；C. talk说；D. work工作；句意：但是他们与这些味道生活在一起。根据上文提到他们不喜欢疾病，药，汗水的味道，故选B项。

10.D考查名词辨析A. duty责任；B. turn顺序；C. first第一；D. last最后；句意：下周就是我在这的最后一天了。根据I’m moving soon我很快要离开，故选D项。

11.C考查动词辨析A. feel感觉；B. see看到；C. smell闻；D. taste尝；句意：我要离开，不需要再闻这种味道了。根据语境可知选C项。

12.A考查动词辨析A. feed喂；B. open打开；C. stop停止；D. keep保持；句意：我不用再喂一个不能张嘴吃饭的女性或平复一个因为鞋带很长而哭泣的男人，故选A项。

13.C考查动词辨析A. blame责备； B. cure治愈；C. calm平静；D. find发现；句意：我不用再喂一个不能张嘴吃饭的女性或平复一个因为鞋带很长而哭泣的男人，故选C项。

14.D考查副词辨析A. fast快速；B. frequently频繁；C. shortly短地；D. long长；句意：我不用再喂一个不能张嘴吃饭的女性或平复一个因为鞋带很长而哭泣的男人，故选D项。

15.A考查形容词辨析A. light-hearted轻松的；B. absent-minded心不在焉的；C. bad坏的；D. sad悲伤的；句意：但我没有感到放松。根据下方提到After four years of volunteering, the place is the same as the day I started可知并不轻松，故选A项。

16.B考查名词辨析A. hopefulness希望；B. hopelessness没有希望；C. carelessness粗心；D. desire愿望；句意：所有无助仍然还是存在的，没有丝毫的轻松，故选B项。

17.A考查代词辨析A. some一些；B. few几乎没有；C. me我；D. them他们；句意：但只有一些。根据上文提到一些人来参观，一些人带来了蛋糕和宠物狗，只有这些人，故选A项。

18.C考查动词辨析A. act行动；B. live住；C. die死；D. speak说；句意：当你出生时，被爱拥护着，难道你不能用这种方式死去吗？故选C项。

19.B考查名词辨析A. plants 植物；B. children孩子；C. food食物；D. money钱；句意：难道这些过着自己的生活，养大孩子，对社会做出贡献的老人们不应该得到关心吗？故选B项。

20.考查代词辨析A. I我；B. we我们；C. they他们；D. you你们；句意：难道他们不应该感受到爱吗？为什么他们没有？根据语境可知选C项。

考点 ：人生百味类阅读。