Question

    We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Jim and I worked full-time, and in the _______our garbage cans went out to the curb(路边), _______to wait the long, lonely 10 hours there until we returned to fetch them because we were busy. _______, we’d come home every garbage day to find them neatly_______ in their spot next to our garage. We_______who had done it for us, and then one day we_______ him: an elderly man who lived across the street from us.

I baked cookies and we left them on the bench outside the garage with a thank-you _______. When we got home from work that day, a typed letter had _______the gift. The letter was from Tom and _______how he had come to walk the________on garbage day, returning cans for people he ________knew. Back when he was ________in the army, his young wife Gee had to live by herself. In those ________days, neighbors had taken the time to ________her garbage cans so she didn’t have to. He never________ it, and now he paid it forward by doing it for all of us.

Over the next few years, we would ________Tom in their first-floor extra bedroom, where he spent his last days, still sharp and smiling.

We told Gee how________Tom had been to us, how we grieved(感到悲伤的) for his death and how________ we were to have known him. She wrote us back and told us she still talked to Tom every day. Sharing that ________our bond with her.

Tom and Gee, who opened up their hearts to us, made us realize that home doesn’t________at a property line. It extends to all the people in the neighbourhood.

1.A.morning B.afternoon C.evening D.lunchtime

2.A.advised B.pretended C.hoped D.supposed

3.A.Moreover B.Instead C.Therefore D.Meanwhile

4.A.exchanged B.repaired C.placed D.filled

5.A.wondered B.proved C.learned D.ignored

6.A.invited B.spotted C.praised D.wandered

7.A.pencil B.note C.book D.photo

8.A.become B.celebrated C.replaced D.shown

9.A.argued B.signed C.solved D.explained

10.A.garden B.countryside C.yard D.neighborhood

11.A.actually B.apparently C.barely D.seldom

12.A.serving B.showing C.winning D.talking

13.A.lonely B.frightening C.noisy D.interesting

14.A.take charge of B.deal with C.give up D.take off

15.A.minded B.refused C.forgot D.allowed

16.A.visit B.limit C.convince D.examine

17.A.optimistic B.polite C.strange D.special

18.A.curious B.successful C.thankful D.patient

19.A.prevented B.unlocked C.cut D.deepened

20.A.occupy B.end C.cross D.start

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者一家因为忙，没有时间收拾垃圾桶，邻居一位老人默默地帮他们做这件事。后来得知老人帮邻居是为了回报当年他的邻居给他的家庭提供帮助。作者一家对此很感动，和老人一家建立了深厚的关系，也明白了邻里之间应该互相帮助。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：吉姆和我做全职工作，早上我们的垃圾桶放到路边，在我们回家去把它们捡回之前它们要等长长的，孤独的10小时，因为我们很忙。A. morning早上；B. afternoon下午；C. evening傍晚；D. lunchtime中午。根据下文的wait the long, lonely 10 hours there until we returned to fetch them可知作者和丈夫10小时后才回家，推测他们是早上离家上班，故选A项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. advised建议；B. pretended假装；C. hoped希望；D. supposed料想，推断。根据前文的Jim and I worked full-time,可知作者用拟人的手法表达他们推测回来拣垃圾桶的时间，故选D项。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，我们每天回到家，发现它们整齐地摆放在车库旁边。A. Moreover此外；B. Instead相反；C. Therefore因此；D. Meanwhile同时。结合上文可知作者一家没有捡垃圾桶，而回家发现垃圾桶摆放整齐，前后是转折关系，故此处用“相反”符合语境，故选B项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. exchanged交换；B. repaired修理；C. placed放置；D. filled装。结合上下文，此处是指老人把垃圾桶放回原位，故选C项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们想知道谁帮我做了这件事，后来有一天我看见了他：一个住在我们对街的老人。A. wondered想知道；B. proved证明；C. learned学习，了解； D. ignored忽略。结合下文的then one day we___6___ him:可知他们看见了帮助他们的人，故推测他们一直想知道帮他们做好事的人是谁，故选A项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意: 同上。A. invited邀请； B. spotted看见；C. praised表扬；D. wandered游荡。结合下文的an elderly man who lived across the street from us.可知作者发现是住在对街的一个老人，故此处用“看见”符合语境，故选B项。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我烤了曲奇放在车库外的长凳上，上面还附了一张感谢的小纸条。A. pencil铅笔；B. note便签，纸条；C. book书；D. photo照片。此处是指作者在纸条上写了感谢的话，且下文的a typed letter也有暗示，letter和note是同义词复现，故选B项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们下班回家时，发现一封打印的信代替了原来的礼物。A. become成为；B. celebrated庆祝；C. replaced代替；D. shown展示。此处是指原来放曲奇饼和小纸条的地方放着一封信，用“代替”符合语境，故选C项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这封信是汤姆写来的，信中解释了他是如何在收垃圾的日子来到附近，给那些他几乎不认识的人送垃圾桶的。A. argued争辩；B. signed签字；C. solved解决；D. explained交代，解释。此处是指汤姆在信中讲述了自己做事情的经过，故用“交代/解释”符合语境，故选D项。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. garden花园；B. countryside乡村；C. yard院子；D. neighborhood附近，邻里。根据下文的It extends to all the people in the neighbourhood.

可知此处用“附近/邻里”符合语境， neighborhood是原词复现，故选D项。

11.考查副词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. actually 事实上；B. apparently明显地；C. barely几乎不；D. seldom极少。根据前文的We___5___who had done it for us,可知作者一家和汤姆属于互不认识的关系，故推测汤姆会帮助根本不认识的人，故选C项。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：回顾他在军队服役的时候，他年轻的妻子只能独自生活。A. serving服务，服役；B. showing展示；C. winning赢得；D. talking谈论。根据该句中的army可知用“服役”符合语境，故选A项。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在那些一个人的日子里，邻居花时间帮她处理垃圾桶，因此她不必自己做。A. lonely 一个人的；B. frightening令人害怕的；C. noisy吵闹的；D. interesting有趣的。根据前文的Gee had to live by herself可知他的妻子独自生活，故此处用“一个人的”符合语境，故选A项。

14.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意 :同上。A. take charge of 管理；B. deal with 处理，对付；C. give up放弃；D. take off脱下。结合上下文此处是指邻居帮着倒垃圾和放垃圾桶，用“处理”符合语境，故选B项。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他从来没有忘记，现在他通过帮我们做这样的事来回报邻居对他妻子的帮助。A. minded介意；B. refused拒绝；C. forgot忘记；D. allowed允许。结合下文的and now he paid it forward by doing it for all of us可知他现在做同样的事情来回报当年的帮助，故推测汤姆从来没有忘记邻居对他妻子的帮助，故选C项。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在接下来的几年里，我们会去他们家一楼的一间额外的卧室拜访汤姆，在那里他度过了最后的日子，他依然犀利，面带微笑。A. visit拜访；B. limit限制；C. convince使相信；D. examine检查。联系上下文此处是指作者夫妇去看望帮助过他们的汤姆，故选A项。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们告诉Gee汤姆对我们来说很特别，我们对他的去世感到悲伤，以及我们非常感激能够认识他。A. optimistic乐观的；B. polite礼貌的；C. strange奇怪的；D. special特别的。结合下文的Tom and Gee, who opened up their hearts to us, made us realize that home doesn’t___20___at a property line.可知汤姆和妻子让作者夫妇明白了家并不是地界的尽头，故推测汤姆对他们来说很特别，故选D项。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. curious好奇的；B. successful 成功的；C. thankful感激的；D. patient耐心的。结合上下文此处是指作者作者夫妇对于能认识汤姆感到感激，故选C项。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：分享她所做的事加深了我们和她之间的关系。A. prevented组织；B. unlocked开锁；C. cut切断；D. deepened加深。结合上下文，因为有书信的往来，所以感情和关系加深，符合逻辑，故选D项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：汤姆和妻子对我们敞开心扉，这让我们明白了家并不是地界的尽头。A. occupy占据；B. end结束；C. cross穿越；D. start开始。根据下文It extends to all the people in the neighbourhood. 可知家还延伸到附近的邻居，故此处用“没有结束”符合语境，end和extend是反义词复现，故选B项。