Question

All of us can give others a hand as long as we are willing to do so. Actually, there are some people doing kind things all the time. Spreading kindness, one good deed at a time, is Karla Gibson’s mission. “I wish everyone could join me , ____ there are so many bad things going on in the world; I mean every day,” said Karla.

Karla had the ____ and sense of duty in December of 2013. The single mother of three said she tended to feel down around the holidays, so she ____ to do something to cheer others up. She started a Facebook page and ____ her good deeds each day, from feeding the homeless to giving Easter gifts to prisoners. She hoped to ____ others.

“We have to do something. Our ____ can make a difference in someone’s day. You ____ know when someone might be having their worst day, and then something like buying them a coffee can change their whole attitude,” Karla ____.

Karla’s greatest ____ had to do with coffee. On September 27^th, Karla’s birthday, she went to her local Starbucks and gave the ____ $127 to pay for other people’s drinks. She sat at the end of the drive-thru(汽车餐厅)holding a ____ reading “Have a great day.” She ended up ____ about 23 customers. “It was really fun. It was ____ one of the best birthdays ever,” she said. Her kindness that day didn’t go ____. One couple was so grateful that they surprised her with flowers and balloons to show their ____.

Karla’s acts of kindness have become a ____ affair. Her two sons are always ____ others. “Sometimes I’ll ask Kyle, ‘So, did you do anything extra nice today?’ and he would say ‘Somebody ____ something in the hallway and I picked it up’ or ‘I held the door for someone’, that kind of thing,” said Karla.

It’s because of Mom that the boys think it’s ____ to give a hand to others. “I think it’s a great idea of hers. It’s always nice to help someone out especially when they are going through ____  things,” said Karla’s 15-year-old son Chad.

1.A. however    B. though    C. as    D. therefore

2.A. commitment    B. appointment    C. preference    D. success

3.A. managed    B. agreed    C. hesitated    D. decided

4.A. did    B. shared    C. mentioned    D. missed

5.A. greet    B. inspire    C. introduce    D. remember

6.A. kindness    B. happiness    C. stories    D. sadness

7.A. still    B. often    C. never    D. even

8.A. whispered    B. explained    C. argued    D. complained

9.A. interest    B. challenge    C. concern    D. moment

10.A. cashier    B. customer    C. beggar    D. secretary

11.A. mark    B. flag    C. sign    D. symbol

12.A. paying for    B. picking up    C. paying off    D. picking out

13.A. occasionally    B. usually    C. probably    D. hardly

14.A. unoccupied    B. unnoticed    C. far    D. up

15.A. wisdom    B. existence    C. generosity    D. appreciation

16.A. society    B. love    C. holiday    D. family

17.A. encouraging    B. inviting    C. helping    D. affecting

18.A. dropped    B. bought    C. found    D. stole

19.A. formal    B. great    C. strange    D. funny

20.A. nice    B. new    C. good    D. bad

Answer

1. C

2. A

3. D

4. B

5. B

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. D

10. A

11. C

12. A

13. C

14. B

15. D

16. D

17. C

18. A

19. B

20. D

【解析】

本文为记叙文。文章叙述了Karl经常帮助别人并影响家人和号召更多的人用帮助别人的故事。这告诉我们：只要我们愿意就能帮助他人。

1.考查连词辨析。However然而；though尽管；as因为，当…时候；therefore因此。根据句意“我希望每个人都能加入我的行列，因为世界上发生了很多坏事，我的意思是每天（都发生坏事）”。根据前后两句可知两句是因果关系，故选C项。

2.考查名词辨析。commitment 承诺，保证，义务；appointment任命，约会； preference偏爱；success成功。根据并列连词 and后面的名词sense of duty可知，义务与责任是并列的，故选A。

3.考查动词辨析。managed管理；agreed同意；hesitated犹豫；decided决定。根据上文可知，指这个单亲母亲假期期间往往情绪低落，决定做些事让别人高兴，可知选D。

4.考查动词辨析。did做；shared分享； mentioned提到； missed错过。根据“She started a Facebook page”可知，此处指她开始在网页上每天分享她的好事。故选B。

5.考查动词辨析。greet 问候，迎接；inspire激励，激发；introduce介绍；remember记得。此处是指她想用分享来激励别人。故选B项。

6.考查名词辨析。kindness 善意，仁慈happiness 快乐，幸福；stories 故事；sadness悲伤。下文Her kindness that day didn’t go ___14___和Karla’s acts of kindness have become a ___16__有提示，可知，这个单亲母亲做的都是好事。此处指我们的善举对某些人来说会有影响的。故选A。

7.考查副词辨析。still 仍然；often经常；never 从未；even甚至。根据语境可知，本句是说“你从不知道当有人心情不好时，给他买一杯咖啡能改变他的态度”，因此C符合题意。

8.考查动词辨析。whispered低语；explained解释 argued 争论；complained报怨。从前文她所说的话，可知是指karl解释道。因此B符合题意。

9.考查名词辨析。interest兴趣；challenge 挑战；concern 关心；moment时刻。下文的列举给了提示，可知Karl到目前为止最伟大的时刻都与咖啡有关。故选D项。

10.考查名词辨析。cashier 收银员；customer顾客；beggar 乞丐；secretary秘书。根据后面给别人付饮料的钱可知，此处指的是付款给“收银员”，故选A。

11.考查名词辨析。 mark标志；flag旗子；sign招牌，符号；symbol象征。根据 “Have a great day”可知，是在汽车餐厅她举着一个牌子，故选C项。

12.考查动词短语辨析。paying for为….付款；picking up拾起；paying off付清，偿清；picking out挑出。根据语境可知她在汽车餐厅里，可能是她为23个顾客付的款，因此选A。

13.考查副词辨析。occasionally 偶尔；usually通常；probably或许；hardly几乎不。根据语境可知，这或许是过的最好的一次生日，因此选C项。

14.考查形容词辨析。unoccupied 未被占领的，空闲的；unnoticed被忽视的，未被注意； far远的；up上面的。根据语境可知，一对夫妇用鲜花和气球来回报她，可知她那天的善举没有被忽视。故选B项。

15.考查名词辨析。wisdom智慧；existence存在；generosity慷慨大方；appreciation感激，欣赏。根据上文One couple was so grateful.可知，这对夫妇对她非常感谢，用鲜花和气球来来表示他们的感谢。故选D项。

16.考查名词辨析。society社会；love爱 holiday 假期；family家庭，家人。根据Her two sons are always ___17___ others.可知，Karl的善举变成了家庭事务，全家人都受到了她的影响，因此选D项。

17.考查形容词辨析。encouraging令人鼓舞的；inviting有魅力的；helping 给予帮助的， affecting感人的。根据上句“Karla’s acts of kindness have become a family affair.”善举成为家务事，可知，她的两个儿子也受她的影响，经常帮助别人。故选C项。

18.考查动词辨析。dropped下降；bought买；found发现；stole偷。根据in the hallway and I picked it up可知，指有人掉了东西，Karl帮忙捡起来。因此选A。

19.考查形容词辨析。formal正式的；great伟大的；strange奇怪的；funny有趣的。根据I think It’s always nice to help someone out可知，母亲的影响让儿子认为帮助别人是很伟大的一件事。故选B项。

20.考查形容词辨析。ｎice美好的，愉快的；new 新的；Good好的； bad坏的，有害的。根据语境可知，本句是指“帮助别人总是好的，尤其是当他们经历不好的事情时”，可知本空选D。