Question

    I often thought carefully and seriously about what my mother had said. At thought of my past conduct, a blush (脸红) of ______ rose to my cheeks, as many little acts of ______ and unkindness came back to my memory. So I decided that for the future, both in great things and small, I would ______ the Golden Rule.

It was not long after this that an ______ occurred of trying my principles. One Saturday evening when I went to Farmer Thompson’s inn to ______ the charge of my mother’s washing for the boarders. He was obviously busy ______ with some horse dealers and hardly noticing me as I made my ______, except to swear at me, as usual, he ______ handed me a banknote.

Glad to ______ so easily, I hurried out of the gate，and then, pausing to pin the ______ in my folded scarf. I ______ that he had given me two bills instead of one and my first impulse was joy at the ______ prize. “It is mine, all mine,” I said to myself. At that moment I _____ what my mother told me: Don’t do what ______ wouldn’t like others to do on you. Turning round, I ______ along the road with breathless speed until I found myself once more at Farmer Thompson’s gate.

“What do you ______ now?” asked the old fellow, as he saw me again.

“Sir, you paid me two bills, instead of one.” said I, ______ in every limb.

“Two bills? Did I? Let me see; well, so I did. Well, I am glad you are ______.”

I returned home with a ______ heart. I felt grateful that I practiced my life ______.

1.A.shame B.pleasure C.nervousness D.excitement

2.A.bravery B.pride C.selfishness D.carelessness

3.A.design B.follow C.change D.disobey

4.A.accident B.event C.opportunity D.example

5.A.take B.pay C.offer D.receive

6.A.playing B.bargaining C.cooking D.drawing

7.A.request B.answer C.order D.choice

8.A.sadly B.nervously C.impatiently D.quietly

9.A.escape B.finish C.settle D.reply

10.A.key B.sheet C.paper D.bill

11.A.knew B.thought C.wondered D.discovered

12.A.dangerous B.unexpected C.puzzling D.unsatisfactory

13.A.remembered B.heard C.repeated D.understood

14.A.she B.you C.I D.they

15.A.went B.walked C.ran D.wandered

16.A.do B.like C.have D.want

17.A.trembling B.keeping C.getting D.moving

18.A.careful B.brave C.honest D.friendly

19.A.beating B.broken C.warm D.lightened

20.A.lessons B.principles C.regulations D.moments

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者通过把汤普森多给他的钱还了回去这件事实践了自己的人生原则——不要做你不想别人对你做的事。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一想到我过去的行为，我会羞愧得脸红，因为许多自私和不友善的小举动又回到了我的记忆中。A. shame羞愧；B. pleasure快乐；C. nervousness紧张；D. excitement兴奋。根据空前的“a blush”及空后解释的原因可知，我会羞愧得脸红，故A项正确。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. bravery勇敢；B. pride骄傲；C. selfishness自私；D. carelessness粗心。根据空后的“unkindness”可知此处指“自私和不友善”，故C项正确。

3.设计；B. follow服从、遵循；C. change改变；D. disobey违反。根据空后的“the Golden Rule”可知，我决定遵循黄金法则，故B项正确。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：不久以后，我有了一个机会来实践我的原则。A. accident事故；B. event事件；C. opportunity机会；D. example例子。根据空后的“occurred of trying my principles”可知，我有了一个机会来实践我的原则，故C项正确。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个星期六的晚上，我到农夫汤普森的旅馆去收我母亲给寄宿者洗衣服的费用。A. take带走；B. pay支付；C. offer提供；D. receive收到。根据空后的“the charge of my mother’s washing for the boarders.”可知，我到旅馆去收我母亲给寄宿者洗衣服的费用，故D 项正确。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他显然正忙着和一些马贩子讨价还价，当我提出请求时，他几乎没注意到我，只是像往常一样对我骂骂咧咧。A. playing玩耍；B. bargaining讨价还价；C. cooking烹饪；D. drawing画。根据上文中的“Farmer Thompson’s inn”及空后的“with some horse dealers”可知，这家旅馆是汤普森开的，因此他在与要住店的马贩子讨价还价，故B项正确。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. request请求；B. answer回答；C. order命令；D. choice选择。根据上文中的“I went to Farmer Thompson’s inn to ___5___ the charge of my mother’s washing for the boarders.”可知，我去汤普森的旅馆是去收钱的，因此此处指的是“我提出收钱的请求”，故A项正确。

8.考查副词词义辨析。句意：他不耐烦地递给我一张钞票。A. sadly伤心地；B. nervously紧张地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. quietly安静地。根据空前的“swear at me”可知，当我提出收钱时，汤普森像往常一样对我骂骂咧咧，这说明他极为不耐烦，故C项正确。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我很高兴能这么容易地走掉了，便匆匆走出大门，然后，停下来把钞票别在我叠好的围巾里。A. escape逃脱、溜走；B. finish完成；C. settle定居；D. reply回复。根据上文中的“except to swear at me, as usual,”可知，每次我去收钱时，汤普森的态度都极为恶劣，我肯定是有些怕他，因此我非常高兴自己能够成功地从他手里拿到钱走掉，用escape一次最能体现出当我从态度极为恶劣的汤普森手里拿到钱时那种高兴的心情，故A项正确。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. key钥匙；B. sheet薄片；C. paper纸； D. bill账单、钞票。根据上文中的“a banknote”可知，汤普森给了我一张钞票，此处指的就是那张钞票，空后的“bills”也是提示，故D项正确。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我发现他给了我两张钞票而不是一张时，我的第一反应是为这意外的收获而感到高兴。A. knew了解； B. thought认为；C. wondered想知道；D. discovered发现。根据空后的“he had given me two bills instead of one”可知，我发现他给了我两张钞票而不是一张，故D项正确。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. dangerous危险的；B. unexpected意外的、意想不到的；C. puzzling令人迷惑的；D. unsatisfactory不满足的。空前一句说我发现他给了我两张钞票而不是一张，这属于意外的收获，故B项正确。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：那一刻，我想起了妈妈告诉我的话：不要做你不想别人对你做的事。A. remembered记起；B. heard听说；C. repeated重复；D. understood理解。根据空后的“what my mother told me”可知，那一刻，我想起了妈妈告诉我的话，故A项正确。

14.考查代词词义辨析。句意同上。A. she她；B. you你；C. I我；D. they他们。根据空后的“wouldn’t like others to do on you”可知，不要做你不想别人对你做的事，故B项正确。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我转过身来，气喘吁吁地沿着大路跑着，直到到了汤普森家的门口。A. went去：B. walked走；C. ran跑；D. wandered漫步。根据空后的“with breathless speed”可知，我气喘吁吁地跑到汤普森家的门口，故C项正确。

16.做；B. like喜欢；C. have有； D. want想要。根据上文中的“I went to Farmer Thompson’s inn to ___5___ the charge of my mother’s washing for the boarders.”可知，刚才我来汤普森的旅馆是收钱的，因此他问我这次又想要什么，故D项正确。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“先生，你给了我两张钞票而不是一张”，我说，浑身都在发抖。

A. trembling颤抖、发抖；B. keeping保留；C. getting得到；D. moving移动。根据上文中的“except to swear at me, as usual, he ___8___ handed me a banknote.”可知，每次我去收钱时，汤普森都会对我骂骂咧咧，态度极为不耐烦，因此我和他说话时紧张得发抖，故A项正确。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很高兴你是个诚实的孩子。A. careful小心的；B. brave勇敢的；C. honest诚实的；D. friendly友好的。我把他多给的那一张钞票还给了他，因此他夸我是个诚实的孩子，故C项正确。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我带着轻松的心情（心情愉快地）回家了。A. beating跳动的；B. broken破碎的；C. warm温暖的；D. lightened减轻的、发光的。根据空后的“I felt grateful that I practiced my life ___20___.”可知，我实践了我的人生原则，因此我的心情很轻松，故D项正确。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我很感激我实践了我的人生原则。A. lessons教训；B. principles原则；C. regulations规程；D. moments时刻。根据上文中的“trying my principles”可知此处指“人生原则”，故B项正确。