Question

    I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so _______.

As I was sitting at my desk I _______ it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her _______. Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town I _______ to give her a call. Sure enough she was on B-shift, _______ to work late into the evening and wouldn’t have much of a birthday this year. As always, _______, she sounded cheerful and was happy that I _______.

After I hung up I couldn’t _______ the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day. _______ feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my ________, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I ________ gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise ________ me I’d done the right thing and were a generous ________ for the little effort it had taken.

When I got home I realized that not only had I cheered up a ________ friend on her birthday but my own gloomy feelings had also ________. Making her day had made my own!

That’s true ________ we take the time and make the effort to do something for someone else. It’s like the little saying “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who ________.”

Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with ________ to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a ________ to someone. And the ________ thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

1.A. special B. positive C. nervous D. proud

2.A. explained B. complained C. remembered D. informed

3.A. family B. study C. life D. work

4.A. decided B. continued C. failed D. refused

5.A. surprised B. disappointed C. bored D. prepared

6.A. though B. besides C. therefore D. otherwise

7.A. admitted B. called C. succeeded D. apologized

8.A. get on with B. put up with C. get rid of D. take hold of

9.A. Almost B. Even C. Never D. Still

10.A. opinion B. image C. mind D. expectation

11.A. luckily B. finally C. unhappily D. hardly

12.A. convinced B. advised C. promised D. reminded

13.A. demand B. desire C. reward D. share

14.A. guilty B. lonely C. weak D. curious

15.A. existed B. deepened C. wasted D. disappeared

16.A. when B. because C. though D. if

17.A. tries B. receives C. loves D. cares

18.A. experiences B. dreams C. choices D. opportunities

19.A. difference B. connection C. discovery D. decision

20.A. normal B. similar C. wonderful D. practical

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议类的文章。文章讲述了作者通过给一个朋友去庆祝生日，不仅使朋友高兴，而且使自己摆脱了沮丧的情绪。由此作者得出结论：善良的行为是双倍的祝福。施予者和接受者都会从中受益。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。A. special特殊的，专门的；B. positive积极的；C. nervous紧张的；D. proud骄傲的。根据“I felt gloomy”可知，作者感到沮丧，心态不积极。故B选项正确。

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. explained解释；B. complained抱怨；C. remembered记住；D. informed通知，告知。作者坐在桌边的时候，记起了那天是一个朋友的生日。故C选项正确。

3.考查名词词义辨析。A. family家庭；B. study学习；C. life生活；D. work工作。根据“…has devoted 30 years to nursing”可知，作者的朋友从事护士工作30年，由此可知，她非常喜欢自己的工作。故D选项正确。

4.考查动词词义辨析。A. decided决定；B. continued继续；C. failed失败；D. refused拒绝。知道朋友在镇上没有家人，所以作者决定给她打个电话。A选项正确。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。A. surprised惊讶的；B. disappointed失望的；C. bored厌烦的；D. prepared有准备的。作者的朋友是B班，准备工作到深夜。D选项正确。

6.考查副词词义辨析。A. though虽然；B. besides此外，而且；C. therefore因此；D. otherwise否则。前面提到，作者的朋友要工作到深夜，也没有过生日。后文提到，朋友的声音听起来像往常一样开心快乐。由此判断，上下文之间是转折关系。故A选项正确。

7.考查动词词义辨析。A. admitted承认；B. called打电话；C. succeeded成功；D. apologized道歉。根据上文中的“I 19 to give her a call”可知，作者给朋友打了一个电话，朋友很高兴。故B选项正确。

8.考查动词短语辨析。A. get on with和……相处；B. put up with容忍，忍受；C. get rid of除掉，去掉；D. take hold of握住，控制住。根据下文“as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought…set off to the hospital with a card…”可知，作者一直摆脱不了那种在这个特别的日子里得到一点关注她会很感激的感觉。所以，最终作者带着礼物去医院看望朋友了。故C选项正确。

9.考查副词词义辨析。A. Almost几乎；B. Even甚至；C. Never从未；D. Still仍然。第一段提到“I felt gloomy”，该处又提到feeling a little gloomy myself，由此可知，作者在挂断电话之后，仍然感到有点沮丧。故D选项正确。

10.考查名词词义辨析。A. opinion看法，意见；B. image形象，影像；C. mind头脑，思想；D. expectation期望。作者努力地想把那种想法从大脑里消除掉。根据常识可知，想法肯定是存在于大脑中的。故C选项正确。

11.考查副词词义辨析。A. luckily幸运地；B. finally最终，最后；C. unhappily不高兴地；D. hardly几乎不。随着这一天过去，作者仍然摆脱不了那种想法。最终，作者屈服了，动身去医院看望朋友。B选项正确。

12.考查动词词义辨析。A. convinced使信服；B. advised建议；C. promised承诺；D. reminded提醒，使想起。朋友感激的笑容和惊喜使作者相信自己做了一件正确的事情。故A选项正确。

13.考查名词词义辨析。A. demand要求；B. desire渴望；C. reward酬谢，奖赏；D. share分享。朋友感激的微笑和惊喜是对作者付出的努力的奖赏。C选项正确。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。A. guilty愧疚的；B. lonely孤独的；C. weak虚弱的；D. curious好奇的。根据第二段中的“she doesn’t have family in town”可知，作者朋友的家人都不在她身边，朋友肯定在生日这一天很孤独。故B选项正确。

15.考查动词词义辨析。A. existed存在；B. deepened加深；C. wasted浪费；D. disappeared消失。not only…but also表示并列关系，因此该句指作者去看望朋友，这么做不仅仅使孤独的朋友精神愉悦，而且作者的情绪也好了起来，原来的沮丧感消失了。故D选项正确。

16.考查连词词义辨析。A. when当……时候；B. because因为；C. though尽管；D. if如果。当我们花时间努力为他人做点什么的时候，不仅可以使对方心情愉悦，而且我们自己也会感觉良好。A选项正确。

17.考查动词词义辨析。A. tries尝试，努力；B. receives收到；C. loves爱；D. cares在乎。倒数第三段作者以自己为例，证明帮助别人可以使双方受益。故根据It is like the little saying可知，该谚语想表达的是善良的行为是双倍的祝福。它赐福于施予者和接受者。B选项正确。

18.考查名词词义辨析。A. experiences经历，经验；B. dreams梦想；C. choices选择；D. opportunities机会。生活不断地赠与我们更进一步或者做一件对别人有意义的事情的机会。故D选项切题。

19.考查名词词义辨析。A. difference区别，不同；B. connection连接，联系；C. discovery发现；D. decision决定。做好事当然对别人会有影响。make a difference意为“起作用，有影响”。A选项正确。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。A. normal正常的；B. similar相似的；C. wonderful极好的；D. practical实际的，实践的。当我们做了好事的时候，我们的所作所为也使得我们自身的境遇变好，这是一件非常好的事情。C选项正确。