Question

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important _______: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you   _______money.

This is how I _______with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store   ______to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the ______. If an accident takes place, the ______of which I think the local police could use, I ______him up and tell him about it, though I am not in ______here. One discovery I made about this world is to give _______getting something back, though the  30  often comes in an unexpected form.

One Sunday morning the local post office delivered  an important_______letter to my home, though it was ______to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of________.More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was______. I was told at the window that there were______boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long ______list . As I was about to _____, the postmaster appeared in the______. “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office _____we make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get _____but complaints(投诉).”

1.A. decision    B. research    C. speech    D. discovery

2.A. earn    B. lack    C. spend    D. steal

3.A. experienced    B. connected    C. combined    D. agreed

4.A. happens    B. flashes    C. sticks    D. leads

5.A. postmaster    B. headmaster    C. storekeeper    D. policeman

6.A. story    B. damage    C. challenge    D. material

7.A. call    B. hold    C. break    D. pick

8.A. need    B. trouble    C. common    D. charge

9.A. within    B. without    C. for    D. before

10.A. process    B. goal    C. return    D. concern

11.A. curious    B. immediate    C. special    D. heavy

12.A. realized    B. addressed    C. forgotten    D. brought

13.A. invitation    B. apology    C. instruction    D. appreciation

14.A. dealing    B. providing    C. operating    D. starting

15.A. enough    B. some    C. no    D. more

16.A. admitting    B. relating    C. examining    D. waiting

17.A. leave    B. shout    C. guess    D. conduct

18.A. window    B. doorway    C. library    D. yard

19.A. in case    B. now that    C. even if    D. as if

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

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.D

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.C

【解析】本文通过作者的亲身经历，诠释了这样一个道理。送人玫瑰，手留余香。无回报的给予，回报经常以一种意想不到的方式回来。

1.考查名词。根据One discovery I made about this world is to give ___9___getting something back,可知这里意思是直到我三十几岁时，才有了这个重大发现。decision 决定， research 研究，speech 演讲，discovery发现，所以选D

2.考查动词。句意：你没有必要担心你缺钱。earn 挣， lack 缺少， spend 花费， steal 偷盗，所以选B。

3.考查动词。句意：这是我经历的如何给予。experienced 经历，connected 连接，combined 结合， agreed同意，所以选A。

4.考查动词。句意：如果我有如何改进一家商店橱窗展示的想法在脑海中闪现，我会走进商店，并且把这个建议告诉给店主。happens 发生， flashes 闪现， sticks 刺死，leads通往，所以选B。

5.考查名词。根据If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 可知作者是这个建议告诉给店主。postmaster 邮政局所长， headmaster 校长， storekeeper 店主， policeman警察，所以选C。

6.考查名词。句意：如果发生一次事故，我认为这次事故的来历对警察有用，我会给他打电话并且告诉他事情的原委。story 来历，damage 毁坏，challenge 挑战，material材料， 所以选A。

7.考查动词短语。句意：如果发生一次事故，我认为这次事故的来历对警察有用，我会给他打电话并且告诉他事情的原委。Call sb. up是固定用法，意思是给某人打电话，所以选A。

8.考查固定用法。句意：尽管我并没有这个责任。In charge是固定用法，意思是负责，所以选D。

9.考查介词。句意：我对这个世界的一个重要的发现就是无回报的给予，尽管回报经常以一种意想不到的方式回来。within 在……之内， without 没有，for 为了， before在……之前，所以选B。

10.考查名词。根据One discovery I made about this world is to give ___9___getting something back, 可知这里意思是尽管回报经常以一种意想不到的方式回来。process 过程，goal 目标，return 回报， concern关心，所以选C。

11.考查形容词。根据下文“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home” 可知这里填special。curious 好奇的， immediate 立即的，special 特别的，heavy沉重的， 所以选C。

12.考查动词。句意：尽管是在办公室写给我的信。realized 实现， addressed 写信给， forgotten 忘记，brought带来， 所以选B。

13.考查名词。句意：我给邮局所长写了一个感谢便笺。invitation 邀请，apology 道歉，instruction 说明， appreciation感谢，所以选D。

14.考查动词。句意：一年后，因为我开始的一项新的事业，我需要一个邮箱。dealing 处理，providing 提供，operating 手术，starting开始， 所以选D。

15.考查形容词。根据and that my name would have to go on a long ___16___list . 可知这里意思是我在服务窗口被告知没有剩余邮箱了。 enough 足够， some 一些， no 没有，more更多，所以选C。

16.考查形容词。句意：我的名字将会进入很长的等候名单。admitting 承认，relating 涉及，examining 检查， waiting等待，所以选D。

17.考查动词。句意：正当我要离开的时候，邮局所长出现在门口。leave 离开， shout 大喊， guess 猜测， conduct引导，所以选A。

18.考查名词。句意：正当我要离开的时候，邮局所长出现在门口。window 窗户， doorway 门口， library 图书馆， yard院子，所以选B。

19.考查固定短语。句意：纵然我们为你做一个，你也一定会在这个邮局拥有一个邮箱。in case 万一， now that 既然， even if 纵然， as if好像，所以选C。

20.考查代词。句意：通常我们除了抱怨，什么都得不到。anything 任何事，everything 每件事， nothing 什么都没有， something某事，所以选C。