Question

    Washington is home to lots of trees, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves. But what if you couldn’t chop _______ or couldn’t afford to pay someone to do it? _______, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons are happy to chop truckloads of wood—then donate it to those in need.

The _______ started as a father-son bonding project. “I had to cut wood with my dad. He just _______ doing it,” says Shane. He wanted to _______ that feeling, so he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 chopping wood. The _______ was a great wall of wood piled up.

It was too _______ for the McDaniels to use themselves, and when the weather turned cold that November, Shane started thinking of others. He _______ a photo of them and “Please help us help someone who ARE IN NEED OF FIREWOOD AND CANNOT AFFORD IT.” on Facebook. The _______ was immediate. One man ____________ to donate a wood-burning stove. One woman, noticing the photo of the McDaniel men in the Facebook post, felt ____________: “Please post more pictures. I don’t need the wood. ____________ truly I appreciate the eye candy!”

Single mom Katelyn Ticer and her four-year-old daughter ____________ a wood-burning stove as their sole source of heat, so it was a ____________ to receive a truckload of firewood from the McDaniels. She told msn.com, “So much stress and anxiety is ____________ my shoulders. I couldn’t be more thankful.”

Not every receiver is as ____________. “Some aren’t even friendly. It’s just not in them,” Shane says. “They are angry with the world and ____________ that they had to ask for help. They just have no other option than ____________.” But Shane is OK with that. “Giving is the ____________,” he says. “It has nothing to do with how well it’s received; it’s about how much it’s ________________

1.A.board B.wood C.bushes D.trees

2.A.Suddenly B.Surprisingly C.Excitedly D.Luckily

3.A.idea B.issue C.connection D.impression

4.A.tried B.hated C.loved D.minded

5.A.believe in B.show off C.start with D.pass along

6.A.result B.reason C.bonus D.promise

7.A.cheap B.little C.much D.expensive

8.A.saw B.took C.searched D.posted

9.A.advice B.analysis C.arrangement D.response

10.A.failed B.offered C.happened D.ceased

11.A.warm B.cold C.depressed D.satisfied

12.A.So B.Or C.But D.And

13.A.gave back B.took over C.relied on D.picked out

14.A.burden B.chance C.trouble D.relief

15.A.on B.off C.from D.across

16.A.grateful B.helpful C.hopeful D.careful

17.A.happy B.mad C.curious D.terrified

18.A.starving B.wandering C.freezing D.begging

19.A.reward B.success C.fault D.dilemma

20.A.ignored B.needed C.refused D.acknowledged

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。记叙了Shane McDaniel一家用砍下的一卡车木材捐给有需要的人的故事，他们的行为给很多人带去了温暖，如单身母亲Katelyn Ticer和她四岁的女儿，而对于不那么友好的接受者，Shane也认为没有关系，他认为给予就是报答。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是如果你不能砍柴，或者付不起钱请人来砍柴呢?A. board木板；B. wood木材；C. bushes灌木；D. trees树。根据上文Washington is home to lots of trees, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves.可知，是指砍柴。短语chop wood“砍柴”。故选B。

2.考查副词词义辨析。句意：幸运的是，Shane McDaniel和他的双胞胎儿子很乐意砍下一卡车的木材，然后捐给需要的人。A. Suddenly突然；B. Surprisingly惊人地；C. Excitedly激动地；D. Luckily幸运地。结合上文的提问“如果你不能砍柴，也付不起钱请人砍柴”可知，幸运地是有Shane McDaniel和他的双胞胎儿子砍柴捐给需要的人。故选D。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个主意最初来自一个父子关系项目。A. idea主意，想法；B. issue问题；C. connection联系；D. impression印象。砍柴捐给别人是一个主意想法，故选A。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他喜欢这样做。A. tried尝试；B. hated讨厌；C. loved爱；D. minded介意。结合后文he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 chopping wood.可知，父亲很喜欢砍柴。故选C。

5.考查动词短语辨析。句意：他想把这种感觉传递下去，于是他和双胞胎花了2018年夏天的时间砍柴。A. believe in相信；B. show off炫耀；C. start with开始；D. pass along传递。结合后文he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 chopping wood.可知，父亲想把这种感觉传递下去，于是和儿子们2018年夏天的时间砍柴。故选D。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：结果是一堵木头长城被堆积起来。A. result结果；B. reason理由；C. bonus奖金；D. promise承诺。结合上文可知，Shane和儿子们花了一个夏天砍柴，结果砍下许多木头，堆积起来像一堵墙一样。故选A。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对于McDaniels一家来说，这太多了，当那年11月天气转冷时，Shane开始为他人着想。A. cheap便宜的；B. little一点；C. much许多；D. expensive昂贵的。结合后文Shane捐赠木柴可知，柴对他们一家人来说太多了用不了。故选C。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他在Facebook上贴出了他们的照片，并写道：“请帮助我们帮助那些需要柴火却买不起的人。”。A. saw看见；B. took带走；C. searched搜索；D. posted张贴。根据后文on Facebook可知，是在Facebook上张贴了他们的照片。故选D。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：人们立即做出了反应。A. advice建议；B. analysis分析；C. arrangement安排；D. response反应，响应。结合后文一个男人提议捐赠燃木火炉可知，人们立即对Shane的帖子有了反应。故选D。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一名男子提议愿意捐赠一个燃木火炉。A. failed失败；B. offered提供；C. happened发生；D. ceased停止。结合后文to donate a wood-burning stove.可知一名男子提议愿意捐赠一个燃木火炉。故选B。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一位女士注意到Facebook帖子里McDaniel夫妇的照片，感到很温暖。A. warm温暖的；B. cold寒冷的；C. depressed沮丧的；D. satisfied满意的。结合后文Please post more pictures.可知，这位女士对McDaniel一家的行为感到温暖，想要他们多发点照片。故选A。

12.考查连词辨析。句意：但我真的很欣赏这些养眼的事物！A. So所以；B. Or或者；C. But但是；D. And并且。结合上下文女士并不需要木柴，但是很欣赏这些养眼的事物，可知为转折关系，故选C。

13.考查动词短语辨析。句意：单身母亲Katelyn Ticer和她四岁的女儿只能靠烧木柴的炉子取暖，所以从McDaniels一家收到一卡车柴火让他们松了一口气。A. gave back归还；B. took over接管；C. relied on依赖；D. picked out挑选出。结合后文a wood-burning stove as their sole source of heat可知，Katelyn Ticer和她四岁的女儿只能靠烧木柴的炉子取暖。故选C。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：单身母亲Katelyn Ticer和她四岁的女儿只能靠烧木柴的炉子取暖，所以从McDaniels一家收到一卡车柴火让他们松了一口气。A. burden负担；B. chance机会；C. trouble麻烦；D. relief安慰，减轻。结合上文Katelyn Ticer和她四岁的女儿只能靠烧木柴的炉子取暖，所以从McDaniels一家收到一卡车柴火是一种安慰。relief理解为“松了一口气，安慰”。故选D。

15.考查介词辨析。句意：我肩上的压力和焦虑都减轻了。A. on在……上面；B. off脱落；C. from来自；D. across穿过。因为必须要烧柴来取暖，因此Katelyn Ticer收到了柴火后，肩上的压力和焦虑都减轻了。短语be off shoulders理解为“卸下肩上的重负”。故选B。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：不是每个接受者都这么感激。A. grateful感激的；B. helpful有帮助的；C. hopeful有希望的；D. careful仔细的。结合后文Some aren’t even friendly.可知，不是每个人接受者都对Shane一家感激，故选A。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他们对这个世界感到愤怒，对不得不寻求帮助感到愤怒。A. happy快乐的；B. mad愤怒的，疯狂的；C. curious好奇的；D. terrified害怕的。根据上文They are angry with the world可知，是对寻求帮助感到愤怒。故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：除了冻死，他们别无选择。A. starving挨饿；B. wandering闲逛；C. freezing冻死，结冰；D. begging恳求。因为是冬天，而一些人对寻求帮助感到愤怒，因此除了冻死，他们别无选择。故选C。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他说，给予就是报答。A. reward报答，奖励；B. success成功；C. fault错误；D. dilemma困境。结合上文But Shane is OK with that.可知，Shane对这些人的反应觉得没有关系，他认为给予就是别人给他的报答。故选A。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这与它被接受的程度无关；而是与需要多少有关。A. ignored忽略；B. needed需要；C. refused拒绝；D. acknowledged承认。结合上文it’s about how much it’s可知，这与它被接受的程度无关；而是与需要多少有关。故选B。