Question

The park bench was deserted as I sat down beneath an old tree. I was feeling _______ for the world was trying to drag me down. And if that weren’t enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath _______me, all tired from play. He stood right before me and said with great _______, “Look what I found!”

In his hand was a flower, and what a _______ sight, with its petals(花瓣) all worn. _______him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I forced a _______ smile and then turned away. But instead of leaving, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his _______and declared with overacted(夸张的) surprise, “ It sure smells pretty and it’s _______, too. That’s why I picked it; here, it’s for you.”

The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I_______take it, or he might never leave. So I________for the flower, and replied, “Just what I need.” But________ placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I ________for the very first time that the boy could not ________.

At that moment I heard my voice________; tears shone in the sun ________I thanked him for picking a very best one. “You’re welcome,” he smiled, and then ran off to play, unaware of the________he’d had on my day.

I sat there and wondered ________he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old tree. Perhaps he’d been blessed with true ________from his heart. Through the eyes of a blind child, I________ could see the problem was not with the world; it was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I________ to see the beauty in life and appreciate every second that’s mine.

1.A. shocked    B. comfortable    C. curious    D. disappointed

2.A. visited    B. approached    C. passed    D. left

3.A. appreciation    B. sorrow    C. excitement    D. nervousness

4.A. pleasant    B. dangerous    C. pitiful    D. familiar

5.A. Wanting    B. Persuading    C. Allowing    D. Ordering

6.A. weak    B. cheerful    C. broad    D. real

7.A. eye    B. leg    C. nose    D. hand

8.A. useful    B. beautiful    C. meaningful    D. powerful

9.A. would    B. should    C. must    D. could

10.A. reached    B. paid    C. begged    D. asked

11.A. because of    B. except for    C. as for    D. instead of

12.A. suspected    B. remembered    C. admitted    D. noticed

13.A. write    B. see    C. read    D. hear

14.A. trembling    B. sinking    C. changing    D. repeating

15.A. until    B. because    C. as    D. since

16.A. influence    B. explanation    C. decision    D. burden

17.A. when    B. where    C. whether    D. how

18.A. courage    B. sight    C. will    D. wisdom

19.A. specially    B. luckily    C. strangely    D. finally

20.A. pretended    B. decided    C. expected    D. struggled

Answer

1. D

2. B

3. C

4. C

5. A

6. A

7. C

8. B

9. C

10. A

11. D

12. D

13. B

14. A

15. C

16. A

17. D

18. B

19. D

20. B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，一个人在生活中可能有着这样或那样的不如意，因此会抑郁、沉闷，就像该篇文章的作者。一天他在公园邂逅了一个素昧平生的盲人小男孩时，从男孩那儿，他学会了如何坚强、乐观地看待生活、笑对人生。

1.考查形容词辨析及上下文串联。A. shocked震惊的；B. comfortable舒服的；C. curious好奇的；D. disappointed失望的；后半句“the world was trying to drag me down”意为“全世界都想拖垮我”，这让我感觉很失望。故D项正确。

2.考查动词辨析及上下文串联。A. visited拜访，参观；B. approached靠近，接近；C. passed经过；D. left离开；根据后句“He stood right before me…”可知，小男孩就站在我前面，说明他之前靠近了我。故B项正确。

3.考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. appreciation欣赏；感激；B. sorrow悲伤；C. excitement兴奋；D. nervousness紧张；由上文“out of breath上气不接下气”以及下文“Look what I found”可知，男孩急于向我展示他找到的花儿，非常兴奋。故C项正确。

4.考查形容词辨析及上下文串联。A. pleasant令人愉悦的；B. dangerous危险的；C. pitiful可怜的；遗憾的；D. familiar熟悉的；根据后半句“with its petals all worn所有的花瓣都枯萎了”可知这是一个可怜的场景。故C项正确。

5.考查动词辨析及上下文串联。A. Wanting想要；B. Persuading说服；C. Allowing允许；D. Ordering命令，定购；根据第一段可知，我心情很糟糕，所以我不想理他；想要他把这些枯萎的花拿走，我挤出来勉强的微笑并转过身去。根据语境可知，A项正确。

6.考查形容词辨析。A. weak虚弱的；B. cheerful兴高采烈的；C. broad宽阔的；D. real真实的；短语weak smile表示“勉强的笑容”，我心情很糟糕，所以我不想理他；想要他把这些枯萎的花拿走，我挤出来勉强的微笑并转过身去。根据搭配可知，A项正确。

7.考查上下文串联及生活常识。A. eye眼睛；B. leg腿；C. nose鼻子；D. hand手；根据生活常识和后半句“It sure smells pretty…闻起来很好…”中的“smell”可知，男孩把花送到鼻子下面闻了起来。故C项正确。

8.考查形容词辨析。A. useful有用的；B. beautiful漂亮的；C. meaningful有意义的；D. powerful强大的；男孩把这些花送给作者是因为他认为这些花很好闻也很漂亮。形容词beautiful与pretty形成呼应。故B项正确。

9.考查情态动词辨析。A. would将要，会；B. should应该；将要；C. must一定；D. could能够；可能；根据第7空前“But instead of leaving…”可知，男孩没有放弃，我知道我必须收下这些花，否则他不会离开。故C项正确。

10.考查动词短语辨析。短语reach for伸手去拿；pay for支付；beg for祈求得到；ask for要求；我知道我必须得收下这些花，于是我伸手去拿花并告诉他“这些花的确是我需要的”。根据语境可知，我伸手去拿花。故A项正确。

11.考查介词短语辨析。A. because of因为；B. except for除……之外；C. as for关于；D. instead of代替，而不是；我伸手去拿花，他不是把花放在我的手里，他把花拿在半空里。就在这时我才注意到这个男孩是盲人，所以他没有看见我伸手拿花，也看不到这些花已经枯萎了。故D项正确。

12.考查动词辨析。A. suspected怀疑；B. remembered记得；C. admitted承认；被录取；D. noticed注意到；我伸手去拿花，他不是把花放在我的手里，他把花拿在半空里。就在这时我才注意到这个男孩是盲人。故D项正确。

13.考查动词辨析及上下文串联。A. write写；B. see看见；C. read阅读；D. hear听见；男孩没有看见我伸手拿花，也看不到这些花已经枯萎了，由此我知道男孩是盲人。故B项正确。

14.考查动词辨析。A. trembling颤抖；B. sinking沉迷；C. changing改变；D. repeating重复；根据上文可知，我发现男孩是一个盲人，我十分感动。说话的声音都在颤抖并留下了眼泪。故A项正确。

15.考查连词辨析。A. until直到……才；B. because因为；C. as当……时；D. since因为，既然；我发现男孩是一个盲人，我十分感动。说话的声音都在颤抖并留下了眼泪。句中as引导时间状语从句，表示当我向他表示感谢的时候，留下了眼泪。故C项正确。

16.考查名词辨析。A. influence影响；B. explanation解释；C. decision决定；D. burden负担；我向男孩表示感谢，他笑着说“不用谢”；当他跑开的时候并不知道他给我带来多大的影响。实际上男孩给我带来了很大的影响，故A项正确。

17.考查连词辨析。A. when当……时；B. where什么地方；C. whether是否；D. how如何；我坐在那里想知道他是如何看见我的，也许他心里可以看见吧！通过这个盲童的眼睛，我最终明白了问题不是这个世界，而是我。D项正确。

18.考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. courage勇气；B. sight视力；C. will愿望；D. wisdom智慧；根据前句中“he managed to see a self-pitying woman”可知，这个男孩是盲人，但是他却能够发现我，我怀疑他心里可以看见我，sight与视觉有关。故B项正确。

19.考查副词辨析。A. specially特别地；B. luckily幸运地；C. strangely奇怪地；D. finally最后，最终；通过这个盲人儿童的眼睛，我最终明白了问题不是这个世界，而是我。这是作者最后的发现和结论，故D项正确。

20.考查动词辨析。A. pretended假装；B. decided决定；C. expected期待；预料；D. struggled努力；奋斗；男孩让我明白了问题不在于这个世界，而是我自己，真正看不见的是我。于是我决定要发现生活中的美。故B项正确。