Question

    As a primary school student in New York City, Robert Lee would stare in ________ at his classmates throwing away half-eaten sandwiches after lunch, because his parents had ______ him and his elder brother not to ________ food. They said it was bad karma(作孽).

While studying at New York University, Robert remembered this________ and joined Two Birds One Stone, a food-rescue club on campus that________, five days a week, uneaten pasta, vegetables, and other leftovers from the school ________to nearby homeless shelters.

When Robert and fellow club member Louisa Chen entered a college contest, they _________ a slightly ________ idea for a food-rescue nonprofit group: Their program wouldn’t have a _________minimum, would ________seven days a week, and its staff would ________volunteers.

Their idea________the competition. With the＄1,000 prize, they________Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in July, 2013. In just the first few weeks, Robert’s team delivered a donation of enough spaghetti and meatballs to_______ 20 people in line at a New Yorker City homeless shelter that had ________food.

Robert, who had taken a job as an analyst at J.P.Morgan, devoted his spare time to creating a network of New Yorker City restaurants that were________to donate food, and he enlisted(征募) volunteers to make food deliveries to homeless shelters. After RLC received national press_________, homeless shelters and soup kitchens in many places reached out to Robert for_______. Two years after being founded, RLC had already distributed more than 250,000 pounds of food.

Only a year into his finance job, Robert gave up his six-figure salary to_______RLC．“I compared work at J.P.Morgan with that at RLC, and the difference was great,” he says.

“One shelter told us that our donations allow them to provide entire dinners for more than 300 people, three nights a week,” Robert says. “Things like that make me feel________that I quit my job.”

1.A. safety B. relief C. honesty D. disbelief

2.A. taught B. allowed C. advised D. forbidden

3.A. prepare B. waste C. purchase D. consider

4.A. intention B. lesson C. rule D. conversation

5.A. cooked B. collected C. delivered D. consumed

6.A. library B. playground C. canteen D. laboratory

7.A. withdrew B. ignored C. avoided D. proposed

8.A. different B. modern C. outdated D. practical

9.A. donation B. wage C. speed D. height

10.A. grow B. produce C. change D. operate

11.A. compete with B. stand for C. consist of D. suffer from

12.A. brought B. won C. held D. contained

13.A. left B. joined C. founded D. defeated

14.A. inspire B. feed C. raise D. cure

15.A. dealt with B. protected C. stored D. run out of

16.A. brave B. nervous C. patient D. willing

17.A. invitation B. award C. attention D. offer

18.A. acceptance B. instructions C. partnership D. materials

19.A. take on B. focus on C. depend on D. turn on

20.A. glad B. regretful C. confident D. unlucky

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。在全融行业拿高薪的 Robert辞职去专门做慈善事业，他创建并运营一个慈善组织，这个组织从各餐馆收集剩余饭菜，然后送到流浪人员收容所等地方。

1.考查名词词义辨析。A. safety安全；B. relief欣慰；C. honesty诚实；D. disbelief难以置信。 Robert Lee在纽约市上小学时，看到他的同学午饭后扔掉吃一半的三明治会感到难以置信。故选D。

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. taught教；B. allowed允许；C. advised建议；D. forbidden禁止。因为他的父母曾经教导他和他的哥哥不要浪费粮食。故选A。

3.考查动词词义辨析。A. prepare准备；B. waste 浪费；C. purchase购买；D. consider考虑。根据后句They said it was bad karma(作孽).可知，因为他的父母曾经教导他和他的哥哥不要浪费粮食。故选B。

4.考查名词词义辨析。A. intention 目的；B. lesson告诫；C. rule规则；D. conversation谈话。在纽约大学学习时， Robert仍然记得父母对自己的告诫，并且加人了学校的一个旨在节约粮食的俱乐部——“一石二鸟”俱乐部。故选B。

5.考查动词词义辨析。A. cooked烹饪；B. collected收集；C. delivered递送；D. consumed消耗。这个俱乐部每周有五天时间从学校餐厅收集残羹冷炙，然后送往附近的流浪人员收容所。故选C。

6.考查名词词义辨析。A. library图书馆；B. playground操场；C. canteen餐厅；D. laboratory实验室。根据uneaten pasta, vegetables, and other leftovers from the school可知，这里来自学校餐厅。这个俱乐部每周有五天时间从学校餐厅收集残羹冷炙，然后送往附近的流浪人员收容所。故选C。

7.考查动词词义辨析。A. withdrew 撤回；B. ignored忽略；C. avoided避免；D. proposed向……提议。当 Robert和另一位俱乐部成员Lousia Chen参加一个校园创意大赛时，他们为一个非盈利组织提供了一个稍微不同的节省粮食的方案。故选D。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。A. different不同的；B. modern现代的；C. outdated 过时的；D. practical实际的。当 Robert和另一位俱乐部成员Lousia Chen参加一个校园创意大赛时，他们为一个非盈利组织提供了一个稍微不同的节省粮食的方案。故选A。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. donation捐赠；B. wage工资；C. speed速度；D. height高度。他们的方案不设立最小捐赠量，每周运行七天，成员由志愿者组成。故选A。

10.考查动词词义辨析。A. grow生长；B. produce 生产；C. change改变；D. operate运行。他们的方案不设立最小捐赠量，每周运行七天，成员由志愿者组成。故选D。

11.考查动词短语词义辨析。A. compete with与……竞争；B. stand for代表；C. consist of由……组成；D. suffer from遭受。他们的方案不设立最小捐赠量，每周运行七天，成员由志愿者组成。故选C。

12.考查动词词义辨析。A. brought带来；B. won赢得；C. held举办；D. contained含有。根据. With the＄1,000 prize可知，他们的方案赢得了比赛。故选B。

13.考查动词词义辨析。A. left离开；B. joined加入；C. founded成立；D. defeated打败。他们用得到的1000美元奖金在2013年7月创立了 Rescuing Leftover Cuisine（RIC）这个组织。故选C。

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. inspire鼓舞；B. feed为……提供食物；C. raise提高；D. cure治愈。在最初的几周内， Robert的团队就曾一次性为纽约市的一个流浪人员收容所送去了可以供20人一起吃的食物捐赠。故选B。

15.考查动词短语词义辨析。A. dealt with处理；B. protected保护；C. stored储存；D. run out of用完。当时这家流浪人员收容所已经断粮了。故选D。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。A. brave勇敢的；B. nervous紧张的；C. patient有耐心的；D. willing愿意的。Robert利用自己的业余时间把一些愿意捐赠食物的组约市餐馆组建成了一个网络。故选D。

17.考查名词词义辨析。A. invitation邀请；B. award奖品；C. attention关注；D. offer提供。在 Rescuing Leftover Cuisine（RLC）受到全国性新闻媒体的关注后，许多地方的流浪人员收容所和汤馆都联系了 Robert，想要和他建立合作关系。故选C。

18.考查名词词义辨析。A. acceptance接受；B. instructions说明；C. partnership合伙人身份；D. materials材料。在 Rescuing Leftover Cuisine（RLC）受到全国性新闻媒体的关注后，许多地方的流浪人员收容所和汤馆都联系了 Robert，想要和他建立合作关系。故选C。

19.考查动词短语词义辨析。A. take on呈现；B. focus on集中；C. depend on依靠；D. turn on打开。金融工作只干了一年， Robert就放弃了他的六位数薪水，转而把精力集中到了运营RLC上。故选B。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。A. glad高兴的；B. regretful遗憾的； C. confident自信的；D. unlucky不幸的。Robert说：“有一个收容所说我们的捐赠能让他们一星期为300多人提供3次完整的晚餐。像这样的好消息使我觉得我的辞职是值得的，我感到很高兴。” 故选A。