Question

    Jessica Morris, a 30-year-old dental technician from California, set a very special new year goal at the start of 2018—to _________ someone’s life. In San Francisco, David Nachere, also 30, had almost _________ hope after suffering from kidney (肾) failure for years, and was coming to terms with the idea of _________. But he decided to give it one more _________ and posted an ad for a kidney on Craiglist. _________ for him, Jessica was looking for a way to _________ the promise and contacted him.

“At first I _________ it was a trick.” David told KTVU. Actually, his _________ is understandable, as many people _________ him about the ad, but most of them, __________ thousands of dollars to even continue the conversation. So faced with Jessica, a total stranger’s __________, he had to keep himself from getting too __________. Gradually he got convinced of Jessica’s __________ devotion and tests showed that she was a perfect __________. Eventually David was asked to schedule the surgery.

“It didn’t sink in for David that his life was really about to __________ until he got the call to get ready for the surgery,”  Jessica recalled.

Although the operation carries a risk of significant complications (并发症), it was a(n) __________ and they’re both recovering.

“He’ll surely be my friend for life. He has a piece of me, so he has no __________,” Jessica jokingly said.

“I can’t __________ her enough,” said David, “It’s not an ordinary donation, but one of life.” The story __________ many people, receiving thousands of likes, __________ as well as shares shortly after posted on Twitter.

1.A.improve B.save C.influence D.experience

2.A.broken into B.given up C.put off D.put away

3.A.dying B.surviving C.struggling D.waiting

4.A.failure B.explanation C.try D.introduction

5.A.Luckily B.Specially C.Strangely D.Desperately

6.A.confirm B.break C.prove D.accomplish

7.A.found B.assumed C.knew D.hoped

8.A.surprise B.confusion C.doubt D.disappointment

9.A.cared B.interviewed C.disturbed D.contacted

10.A.wanted B.paid C.borrowed D.donated

11.A.challenge B.request C.offer D.invitation

12.A.excited B.anxious C.interested D.stressed

13.A.false B.intentional C.optional D.sincere

14.A.partner B.match C.clone D.coincidence

15.A.suffer B.continue C.change D.transform

16.A.exception B.wonder C.success D.experiment

17.A.idea B.regret C.freedom D.choice

18.A.thank B.expect C.reward D.love

19.A.awoke B.touched C.shocked D.embarrassed

20.A.clicks B.dislikes C.envies D.comments

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了加利福尼亚的一名牙科技术员捐肾拯救了一名陌生人的故事。

1.考查动词辨析。句意：来自加利福尼亚的一名30岁的牙科技术员Jessica Morris，在2018年年初设定了一个特别的新年目标---拯救一个人的生命。A. improve改善；B. save拯救；C. influence 影响；D. experience经历。由下文这名牙科医生选择捐肾，救助陌生人的生命，可知她的新年目标是拯救一个人。故选B。

2.考查动词短语。句意：旧金山的David Nachere，也是30岁，遭受常年的肾衰竭后，已经放弃了希望，甚至有了死亡的念头。A. broken into 闯入；B. given up放弃；C. put off延迟；D. put away把……收起。由于David Nachere常年遭受肾衰竭，按常理是应该放弃了希望。故选B。

3.考查动词辨析。句意同上。A. dying死亡；B. surviving生存；C. struggling努力；D. waiting等待。由于是放弃希望，所以有了死的念头，and前后是并列关系。故选A。

4.考查名词辨析。句意：他决定再试一次，在Craiglist网站上发布了寻肾的广告。A. failure失败；B. explanation解释；C. try尝试；D. introduction介绍。由发布广告可知，他决定再试一次。故选C。

5.考查副词辨析。句意：他很幸运，Jessica正在寻找方法来实现她的承诺，所以Jessica就联系了他。A. Luckily幸好；B. Specially专门地；C. Strangely 异常地；D. Desperately绝望地。由故事情节可知，他是很幸运的。故选A。

6.考查动词辨析。句意同上。A. confirm确认；B. break弄破；C. prove证明；D. accomplish完成。由上文中Jessica设定了一个新年目标可知，这里她在寻找方法实现她的承诺。故选D。

7.考查动词辨析。句意：一开始我以为这是个骗局。A. found发现；B. assumed假定，认为；C. knew知道；D. hoped希望。由下文他讲述的别人连继续交谈都要收钱的行为可知，他一开始是不敢相信这个是真实的。故选B。

8.考查名词辨析。句意：实际上他的疑虑是可以理解的。A. surprise令人惊奇的事；B. confusion困惑，混淆；C. doubt怀疑，不信；D. disappointment失望。由于他开始以为有人给他捐肾是假的，也就是说是一种怀疑。故选C。

9.考查动词辨析。句意：很多人看到广告后联系了他，但是其中很多人，甚至要几千万英镑来继续对话。A. cared担忧，关心；B. interviewed采访，访问；C. disturbed打扰；D. contacted联系。由很多人继续对话都想要钱，可知有很多人联系了他。故选D。

10.考查动词辨析。句意同上。A. wanted想要；B. paid付钱；C. borrowed 借；D. donated捐赠。由句中的even可知，这是一件不好的事情，甚至继续对话都想要钱。故选A。

11.考查名词辨析。句意：因此面对Jessica，一个陌生人主动提出捐赠，他不得不保持自己不要太激动。A. challenge挑战；B. request要求，请求；C. offer主动提出，自愿给予；D. invitation邀请。由前文中的故事情节可知，捐肾是Jessica主动提出的，故选C。

12.考查形容词辨析。句意同上。A. excited激动的；B. anxious令人焦虑的；C. interested感兴趣的；D. stressed焦虑不安。这里指David不想在确定之前太激动，避免事情不真实导致太多失望。故选A。

13.考查形容词辨析。句意：慢慢地David确定了Jessica是真心地捐赠，并且测试也表明Jessica是完美匹配者。A. false假的；B. intentional故意的；C. optional 可选择的；D. sincere真诚的。David是逐步相信Jessica是真心捐肾，故选D。

14.考查名词辨析。句意同上。A. partner同伴；B. match配对；C. clone克隆；D. coincidence巧合，巧事。我们知道，器官移植前都需要将捐赠者与接受者的器官配型，能匹配的才能进行移植。故选B。

15.考查动词辨析。句意：Jessica回忆道：直到David接到电话让他准备手术她才领悟到他的生活将真的被改变。A. suffer受苦，受难；B. continue继续；C. change改变；D. transform使改变形态。由于Jessica的捐赠真的使得David的生活发生了重大改变，故选C。

16.考查名词辨析。句意：尽管手术存在有并发症的危险，但是手术很成功，他们都正在康复中。A. exception例外；B. wonder惊讶，惊奇；C. success 成功；D. experiment实验，试验。由他们正在康复中可知手术很成功，故选C。

17.考查名词辨析。句意：Jessica开玩笑说：“他将是我终身的朋友。他身体里有我的一部分，因此他没有其他选择。”。A. idea主意；B. regret遗憾；C. freedom自由；D. choice选择。have no choice意为“别无选择”，符合句意，故选D。

18.考查动词辨析。句意：David说：“我怎么感谢都感谢不够。” A. thank感谢；B. expect期待；C. reward奖励；D. love爱。由于Jessica捐肾给David，所以David觉得怎么感谢Jessica都不够。故选A。

19.考查动词辨析。句意：这个故事在Twitter上发布后不就，感动了很多人，收到了千万个赞，评论以及转发。A. awoke唤起，被唤起；B. touched感激，受感动；C. shocked使惊愕；D. embarrassed使尴尬。由大家点赞，评论，转发可知这个故事让大家很感动。故选B。

20.考查名词辨析。句意同上。A. clicks点击；B. dislikes不喜欢；C. envies嫉妒；D. comments评论。大家喜欢故事，就会点赞、评论、转发，故选D。