Question

If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it’s helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my _______ways to do this is by developing my own helping rituals (习惯). These little_______of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and helpful.

We live in a rural area of the San Francisco Bay Area. _______of what we see is the beauty of nature. One of the exceptions to the beauty is the_______that some people throw out of their windows as they are_______on the rural roads. One of the few drawbacks(缺点) to living out the boondocks（偏远地区）is that _______services, such as litter collection, are less available than those closer to the city.

A helping ritual that I practice _______ with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area. We’ve become so_______ doing this that my daughters will often say to me in animated(兴致勃勃)_______, “There’s some litter, Daddy, stop the car!” And if we have________, we will often pull over and pick it up. It seems strange, but we actually ________ it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically________. Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we ________. He smiled at me and said, “I saw you doing this, and it seemed like a good idea.”

Picking up litter is only one of an endless supply of possible helping rituals. You might like________a door open for people, visiting lonely old people in nursing homes, or shoveling snow from someone else’s driveway. Think of something that seems effortless yet helpful. It’s fun, personally rewarding, and________a good example. Everyone wins.

1.A. favorite    B. useful    C. unusual    D. strange

2.A. methods    B. idea    C. acts    D. knowledge

3.A. More    B. Most    C. Some    D. Any

4.A. litter    B. box    C. cigarette    D. bottle

5.A. driving    B. rolling    C. walking    D. running

6.A. private    B. public    C. water    D. electricity

7.A. strangely    B. easily    C. regularly    D. greatly

8.A. considerate to    B. popular with    C. familiar with    D. used to

9.A. sounds    B. voices    C. noises    D. tones

10.A. time    B. oil    C. money    D. book

11.A. develop    B. ignore    C. need    D. enjoy

12.A. somewhere    B. nowhere    C. anywhere    D. everywhere

13.A. stand    B. lie    C. live    D. stay

14.A. turning    B. knocking    C. kicking    D. holding

15.A. follows    B. sets    C. makes    D. creates

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.B

【解析】本文主要讲述了主人公想要通过自己身边的一点一滴的小事做起，包括定期和自己的孩子们进行捡拾垃圾这样的活动，去帮助别人，并从中获得愉悦。

1.A. favorite最喜爱，最喜欢的；B. useful有用的；C. unusual反常的；D. strange奇怪的。one of my ___1___ways to do this is by developing my own helping rituals (习惯).句意：我做这种事情最喜欢用的方式就是通过不断发展我自己帮助的习惯。”故A选项favourite最为符合题意，故选A项favourite。

2.A. method方式，方法，通常情况下和with搭配；B. idea主意，想法；C. acts行为；D. knowledge知识。These little _acts of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and helpful.意为“这些细微的友善的举动是提醒你善良和乐于助人的感觉是多么美好的契机。故C项acts最为符合题意，故选择C项acts。

3.A项more意为“更……”，通常用在比较级当中，more of意为“更多的”；B项most意为“最……，最多的”，most of意为“大多数的”；C项some意为“一些，某些”；D项Any意为“任何，一些”，通常用于疑问句和否定句中。在本题中作者想要表达乡下满眼都是自然风景的美丽，因此B项most of “大多数”最为符合题意，故本题选择B项。

4.A. litter垃圾；B. box盒子；C. cigarette香烟；D. bottle瓶子。One of the exceptions to the beauty is the litter that some people throw out of their windows 这句话意为“唯一与这美景格格不入的就是人们总是向窗外扔垃圾。”根据下文内容可知，是讲人们扔垃圾与美景格格不入，故选A项litter。

5.A. driving驾驶；B. rolling滚动；转动；C. walking步行；D. running奔跑。“One of the exceptions to the beauty is the___4___that some people throw out of their windows as they are___5___on the rural roads.’唯一与这美景格格不入的就是当人们驾车走过这乡间的路上之时，向窗外扔垃圾。A选项“驾驶”最为符合题意，故本题选择A项driving。

6.A. private私人的；B. public公共的；C. water水；D. electricity电。根据对文章的理解，上文中提到开车时向窗外扔垃圾属于在公共场合做不文明的举止，故本题选B项public。

7.A. strangely奇怪地；B. easily简单地；C. regularly常规地，有规律的；D. greatly很大程度上地。A helping ritual that I practice ___7___ with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area. 该句话意为“我一般定期与我的女儿们进行的助人为乐的事情就是捡拾我们附近的垃圾。”根据下文可知，作者是定期捡垃圾，故选C项regularly。

8.become used to sth/doing sth习惯某事/做某事。We’ve become so_used to doing this that my daughters will often say to me in animated我们早已习惯了做这件事，我的女儿们总是兴致勃勃地对我说。故本题选D项used to。

9.A. sounds声音，指的是单纯的声音；B. voices声音，指的是说话声，嗓音等；C. noises噪音；D. tones口气，语调。在本题中指的是女儿兴致勃勃的声音，故voice更为符合题意，故本题选择A项voice。

10.A. time时间；B. oil油；C. money钱；D. book书籍。And if we have_time__, we will often pull over and pick it up.意为“如果我们有时间的话，我们就会将他们捡起来。”故A项符合题意，故选择A项time。

11.A. develop发展，开发；B. ignore忽略；C. need需要；D. enjoy享受，喜欢。It seems strange, but we actually _enjoy_ it. 这件事看起来似乎很奇怪但是我们确实十分享受这一切。故D选项符合题意，故选择D项enjoy。

12.A. somewhere某处；B. nowhere没有任何地方；C. anywhere任何地方；D. everywhere到处。在文章中提到作者和自己的女儿们实际上是在任何地方都在捡垃圾，故本题选择C项anywhere最为符合题意，故本题选择C项anywhere。

13.A. stand站立；B. lie躺；C. live生活，居住；D. stay停留，保持。Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we ___live，该句话意为“一个素不相识的人在捡拾我家附近的垃圾。”故本题选择C项live。

14.A. turning调节，转变；B. knocking敲门；C. kicking踢；D. holding保持。You might like__holding__a door open for people你可能喜欢为别人敞着门。故holding最为符合题意，故本题选择D项holding。

15.A. follows跟随，循着；B. sets设定；C. makes制作；D. creates创造。It’s fun, personally rewarding, and_set__a good example.意为“这是一种乐趣，一种带有个人色彩的奖赏，并且树立了榜样。”因而set 最为符合题意，故本题选择B项set。