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A lesson in caring It was a cold evening...

    A lesson in caring

It was a cold evening and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box. But Nora did. She wasn’t even four, but she _______  at my coat and said, “That man’s cold. Daddy,  _______  we take him home?”

I don’t remember my reply. But I do remember a sudden_______feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her  _______, whether it was  _______ in flight or children playing. But now she was noticing  _______ and beggary.

A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and _______ it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy. I  _______us up. Nora was _______ about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how ________  our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to ________ myself to leave the house to fetch the food package. On my way to the school, I fought an urge to turn ________. The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home. Why do this?  ________, we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed. She  ________us right over.

The building was in a bad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed. ________  inside, I saw that the apartment belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears.

Professionals call such a(n)________“a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities, I’ve come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something ________that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and  ________clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve ________ her grow over these past four years, I still wonder—which of us has ________ more?

1.A.waved B.glanced C.pulled D.aimed

2.A.Would B.Can C.Need D.Must

3.A.general B.funny C.heavy D.curious

4.A.world B.part C.eyesight D.area

5.A.insects B.animals C.plants D.birds

6.A.coldness B.suffering C.illness D.ignorance

7.A.delivered B.returned C.devoted D.posted

8.A.held B.hurried C.signed D.lined

9.A.casual B.sorry C.astonished D.excited

10.A.creative B.valuable C.shocking D.simple

11.A.warn B.stop C.allow D.push

12.A.back B.away C.up D.out

13.A.Therefore B.Obviously C.Also D.Still

14.A.called B.promised C.invited D.helped

15.A.Although B.Once C.Because D.Though

16.A.stay B.visit C.adventure D.challenge

17.A.fair B.famous C.difficult D.enjoyable

18.A.collect B.make C.order D.wear

19.A.let B.made C.watched D.noticed

20.A.benefited B.increased C.tried D.seized

 

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.B 11.D 12.A 13.C 14.C 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.B 【解析】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲的是父亲和女儿在百老汇通过女儿做的一件小事受到启发和一些感慨。 1.考查动词词义辨析。句意:她还不到四岁,但她拉了拉我的外套。A. pulled拉;B. glanced扫视;C. waved挥动;D. aimed瞄准。根据语境,女儿拉了一下我的衣角说---,故选选A。 2.考查情态动词词义辨析。句意:她还不到四岁,但她拉了拉我的外套,说:“那个人很冷。”爸爸,我们能带他回家吗?”A. would将要,将会;B. can能,会;C. need需要;D. must必须。女儿见那个乞丐很冷,问她爸爸是否可以把他带回家。征询意见,can we ...? 我们可不可以---?故选B。 3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:但我确实记得我内心突然有一种沉重的感觉。A. general一般的;B. true真实的;C. heavy重的;D. curious好奇的。从下文可知女儿过去只在意孩童的美好世界,但现在开始关注苦难,赤贫。所以作者突然有一种沉重心情。故选C。 4.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我一直很高兴我的女儿在她的世界里引起了那么多的注意。A.area地区B.part部分C.eyesight视力D.world世界,下文提到提到鸟儿嬉戏,小孩玩耍等均是童趣,是女儿的她的孩童世界。故选D。 5.考查名词词义辨析。句意:无论是飞翔的小鸟还是玩耍的孩子。A. insects昆虫;B. dogs 狗;C. animals动物;D. birds鸟。根据常识,女儿的孩童世界,童趣当然是看鸟儿嬉戏,与小孩玩耍等。故选D。 6.考查名词词义辨析。句意:但现在她注意到了苦难和行乞。A. coldness冷;B. illness病;C. suffering痛苦,苦难;D. ignorance忽视。本空和beggary是并列关系,行乞与苦难有关,故选 suffering,故选C。 7.考查动词词义辨析。句意:几天后,我在报纸上看到一篇关于志愿者的文章,他们在星期天的早上从附近的一所学校拿了一个食物包并把它送到一位老人手中。A. delivered投递;B. returned归还;C. devoted奉献;D. posted邮寄。根据句意,自愿者把食物包装盒收集起来送到一位年迈的人。deliver sth to sb.把某物地送给某人,post 邮寄,不合语境。故选A。 8.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我报名了。A. held举行,握住;B. hurried匆忙;C. signed 签名;D. lined排成行。我们报名参加了自愿者活动,sign up报名,故选C。 9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:诺拉对此很兴奋。A. casual随便的;B. sorry 对不起;C. astonished感到惊讶地;D. excited感到兴奋。从第一段可知看出女儿很有爱心。对这次自愿者活动她感到很兴奋,故选D。 10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:她能理解食物的重要性,所以她能很容易地看到我们的工作是多么有价值。A. creative创造力的;B. valuable有价值的;C. shocking 令人震惊的;D. simple简单的。在此活动中女儿可以理解食物的重要性,因此我们的工作很有价值。故选B。 11.考查动词词义辨析。句意:但是我不得不强迫自己离开家去取食物。A. warn警告;B. stop停止;C. allow 允许;D. push推。从下一句可以看出,到了星期天,我想呆在家看报纸,喝咖啡,因而是“逼迫”着离开家,故选D。 12.考查词组词义辨析。句意:在去学校的路上,我抑制住了回去的冲动。A. back后面;B. away离开;C. up向上;D. out外面。根据句意,我有着强烈的欲望想转身回家。Turn back 往回走turn away走开,离开turn up出现,把声音调大,turn out结果是,被证明是,故选A。 13.考查副词词义辨析。句意:尽管如此,我们还是给我们指定的老人打了电话。A. Therefore 因此;B. Obviously显而易见;C. Still 仍然,但是,还;D. Also也。根据我们还是打电话给了指定的那位老人(准备把食物包装盒送去),故选C。 14.考查动词词义辨析。句意:她邀请我们过去。A. called 叫,喊;B. promised许诺;C. invited邀请;D. helped帮助。从下文可知我们走进了老人的住处,说明他邀请我们过去,故选invited,选C。 15.考查连词词义辨析。句意:一进屋,我就看到那套属于某个穷人的公寓。A. As由于;B. Once一旦;C. Because因为;D. Though尽管。根据上文Nora跑进去了,我不情愿的跟着进去,我一旦进去,我便看到了属于某个穷人的公寓。故选B。 16.考查名词词义辨析。句意:专业人士称这样的访问是“志愿者的机会”。A. stay停留;B. visit访问;C. adventure 冒险;D. challenge挑战。专业人士把这样的拜访(去老人家)叫做志愿者的机会。故选B。 17.形容词辨析词义辨析。句意:除了做志愿者,你还有什么机会去做一些对他人和自己都有好处的有趣的事情呢?A. fair 公平的;B. famous 著名的;C. difficult 困难的;D.enjoyable快乐的。与good 呼应,做既利人又利己的事,当然是令人愉快的事,有乐趣的事,故选D。 18.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我和诺拉经常为有需要的人提供食物,为无家可归的人收集衣服。A. collect 收集;B. make 制造;C. order 命令;D. wear穿戴。募集衣物给无家可归的人。故选A。 19.考查动词词义辨析。句意:然而,当我看着她在过去的四年里成长时,我仍然想知道——我们中谁受益更多?A. let 让;B. made 制造;C. watched 观看;D. noticed注意到。过去四年,通过在百老汇做志愿者活动,看着我女儿不断成长。故选C。 20.考查动词词义辨析。句意:然而,当我看着她在过去的四年里成长时,我仍然想知道——我们中谁受益更多?A. improved提高;B. benefited有利于;C. tried尝试;D. seized抓住,掌握。句意,我们到底哪个受益更多(我们都有收获),故选B。
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