Question

A Good Man

It’s a late Saturday afternoon in early March, and I am sweating in search of the only gift my son wants from Los Angeles: a ______ to the homes of the stars such as Brad Pitt and Jet Li.

A cheerful taxi driver says, “No problem. Map sellers are everywhere!” When the taxi stops, a fellow____with a thin folded sheet and says: “Ten dollars.”

Ten dollars! With absolute______, I inform him, “That’s too much.” The map man leaves. I begin walking, certain I’ll find a(an)______star map soon.

I am______. There’s hardly anybody on the street. There don’t seem to be many real stores, just cars and bars. No maps. No stars. Blocks pass. The sun begins to sink. At the edge of West Hollywood, ______ fellow wanders ahead, selling star maps to some teenage girls.

Ten dollars ______. Forget it. My son will ______.

That night, I call my wife. “Did you get one of those maps to the stars? He’s been talking about______ else.”

This______is hard to ignore. It’s late. At all-night markets: no maps. I head back to the hotel. Morning is coming. There will be one last______. After I check out, I take a taxi. But at nine in the morning, map sellers are______to be found.

“You know,” says the driver, “The guys with the maps just ain’t up yet!” He’s right.

“ Forget it. Let’s go to the airport.”

“ Well,” says the driver, “ I could______you one if you like.”

Sure. Trust this guy? I might as well throw cash onto the freeway. But exiting the taxi, I______my last chance. I hand him $13 and my business card.    Three weeks pass. I’ve______on the star map. My son has stopped mentioning it.

Then one afternoon, sticking out from under piles of flyers, there it is: a big white envelope. There is a small note. I can hardly read it,______I make out a few phrases—“forgive______,” “taxi’s been down” and, finally, “here’s map for your son.” There’s no return address. It’s signed, “kind regards, M.”

I hold the note in my hand,______what my son said to me when I got back from Los Angeles.

“ Did you meet any______, Dad?” he asked.

Now I know what to tell him.

“ Yes, I did. I met a guy named M.”

If you never ______ anybody, you’ll never find the good guys.

1.A. decoration    B. map    C. book    D. symbol

2.A. argues    B. requests    C. competes    D. approaches

3.A. assurance    B. permission    C. anxiety    D. bargain

4.A. perfect    B. inexpensive    C. proper    D. detailed

5.A. shocked    B. confused    C. impatient    D. wrong

6.A. one    B. some    C. another    D. either

7.A. still    B. even    C. almost    D. yet

8.A. believe    B. regret    C. understand    D. admit

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

10.A. idea    B. news    C. change    D. reason

11.A. try    B. journey    C. action    D. minute

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

13.A. give    B. mail    C. show    D. spare

14.A. create    B. recognize    C. deserve    D. blow

15.A. given up    B. thrown doubts    C. refused offers    D. dropped in

16.A. and    B. or    C. but    D. for

17.A. fault    B. delay    C. carelessness    D. rudeness

18.A. remembering    B. reminding    C. reviewing    D. realizing

19.A. admirers    B. friends    C. stars    D. heroes

20.A. look up to    B. turn to    C. have faith in    D. agree with

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。儿子希望父亲能为自己买到一张通往明星家庭的地图，作者在洛杉机没能买到。一名出租司机许诺，最后为他买到并邮寄过去。从这件事上作者感到“如果你对任何人都没有信心，你就永远找不到好人。”

1.考查名词。A. decoration装饰；B. map地图；C. book书；D. symbol符号。这是一张通往明星家庭的地图，比如Brad Pitt 和Jet Li。结合第2段中的“No problem. Map sellers are everywhere!”故B选项切题。

2.考查动词。A. argues辩论；B. requests请求；C. competes竞争；D. approaches靠近。当出租车停下来的时候，一个人拿着一张薄的皱巴巴的单子走过来，并说“10美元”。故D选项切题。

3.考查名词。A. assurance确信，保险；B. permission许可；C. anxiety焦虑；D. bargain交易。10美元！带着绝对的保证，我告诉他，“那太过分了。”故A项切题。

4.考查形容词。A. perfect完美的；B. inexpensive不昂贵的；C. proper适当的；D. detailed细节的。我开始步行，肯定很快就会找到便宜的明星地图。根据上文的“That’s too much.”故B选项切题。

5.考查形容词。A. shocked震惊的；B. confused困惑的；C. impatient不耐烦的；D. wrong错误的。我想错了。根据下句There’s hardly anybody on the street.“大街上几乎没有人”，故D项切题。

6.考查不定代词。A. one一个人；B. some一些；C. another另一个；D. either两者中的一个。在好莱坞西部边缘，另一个人走在前面，向一些十几岁的女孩兜售明星地图。故C项切题。

7.考查副词。A. still仍然；B. even甚至；C. almost几乎；D. yet然而。仍然是10美元。根据上文Ten dollars!故A项切题。

8.考查动词。A. believe相信；B. regret遗憾；C. understand明白，理解；D. admit承认。算了吧。我的儿子会理解的。故C项切题。

9.考查不定代词。A. anything任何事情；B. everything每件事情；C. something某事；D. nothing无事。你得到了一张去明星那里的地图吗？他什么都没说。故D项切合题意。

10.考查名词。A. idea主意；B. news新闻；C. change变化；D. reason理由。这个消息很难被忽视。故B项切题。

11.考查名词。A. try尝试；B. journey旅程；C. action行动；D. minute分钟。有最后一次尝试。故A项切题。

12.考查名词。A. everywhere每个地方；B. somewhere某个地方；C. anywhere任何地方；D. nowhere无处。但在早上9点，地图卖家却无处可寻。故D项切题。

13.考查动词。A. give给；B. mail邮寄；C. show展示；D. spare抽出，匀出。如果你愿意，我可以寄给你。根据下文中“here’s map for your son.” There’s no return address. It’s signed, “kind regards, M.可知，地图是邮寄过来的，故B项切题。

14.考查动词。A. create创造；B. recognize认出；C. deserve应受；D. blow风吹。但我离开了出租车，我意识到了我最后的机会。故B项切题。

15.考查动词词组。A. given up放弃；B. thrown doubts被怀疑；C. refused offers拒绝；D. dropped in拜访。三周过去，我放弃了寻找明星地图，我儿子也不再提了。故A项切题。

16.考查并列连词。A. and和；B. or或者；C. but但是；D. for因为。我几乎看不出来，但我还是明白了一些内容——原谅拖延，这是给你儿子的星图。故C选项切题。

17.考查名词。A. fault缺点；B. delay拖延；C. carelessness粗心；D. rudeness粗鲁。我几乎看不出来，但我还是明白了一些内容——原谅拖延，这是给你儿子的明星地图。故B项切题。

18.考查动词。A. remembering记得；B. reminding提醒；C. reviewing回顾，复习；D. realizing意识到。我手里拿着字条，想起我从洛杉矶回来时儿子对我说的话。故A项切题。

19.考查名词。A. admirers钦佩者；B. friends朋友；C. stars明星；D. heroes英雄。儿子问，“爸爸，你见到明星了吗？”故C项切题。

20.考查动词短语。A. look up to尊重；B. turn to转向，求助于；C. have faith in对---信任；D. agree with和---意见一致。如果你对任何人都没有信心，你就永远找不到好人。故C项切题。