Question

Plant a Row for the Hungry

It was a cold night and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs:＂Don't give money to beggars." So I  _______ my head and kept walking.

I wasn't _______for a reply, but with submission, he said, "I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me _______!"But I kept on walking.

The_______bothered me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have _______ me to hand over a buck or two even if he had been_______. On a freezing night I assumed the _______of a fellow human being.

On the flight back home, I couldn't help thinking of him. I tried to explain my _______to help by assuming government agencies, churches and charities were there to_______him. Besides, you're not supposed to give money to ________

One day, I started to write my weekly garden column for The Anchorage Daily News as usual. Out of the blue, an idea ________my mind. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens dedicated to the ________?

We didn't keep records back then, but the idea began to ________.As more and more people started ________the Plant a Row for the Hungry concept, new ways and variations________ up, if you will pardon the pun (双关语）。Today, the program continues to flourish and ________ flowers for the spirit, and comfort for my________.

I am shocked that millions of Americans are________by hunger. If every gardener in America plants one row for the hungry, we can make a________in the number of neighbors who don't have enough to eat. Maybe then I will stop feeling guilty about________ a hungry man I could have helped.

1.A.nodded B.shook C.turned D.lowered

2.A.intended B.meant C.motivated D.prepared

3.A.eat B.shop C.live D.drink

4.A.accident B.situation C.incident D.condition

5.A.pleased B.confused C.saved D.killed

6.A.starving B.lying C.begging D.watching

7.A.best B.better C.worst D.worse

8.A.failure B.responsibility C.hope D.willingness

9.A.adopt B.feed C.house D.free

10.A.churches B.charities C.beggars D.readers

11.A.caught B.crossed C.changed D.slipped

12.A.hungry B.homeless C.poor D.generous

13.A.show up B.take up C.show off D.take off

14.A.paying for B.working with C.advertising for D.messing with

15.A.sped B.showed C.cropped D.broke

16.A.grow B.increase C.decline D.appear

17.A.conscience B.explanation C.assumption D.dedication

18.A.ruined B.infected C.threatened D.depressed

19.A.sense B.link C.difference D.leap

20.A.supporting B.discouraging C.abusing D.abandoning

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.A

18.C

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者在一次拒绝一个乞丐的请求后，内心难安，非常愧疚。他萌生了一个想法，他利用自己的专栏写一篇文章，鼓励所有读者在自家花园里种植一排果蔬，去帮助那些挨饿的邻居。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：于是我摇了摇头，继续往前走。A. nodded点头；B. shook摇头；C. turned转身；D. lowered低下。根据上文I'd read the signs:＂Don't give money to beggars."可知，作者读到过这样的话语“不要给乞丐钱”，因此摇了摇头，继续往前走，故选B。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没有准备回复他，但他谦恭地说:“我真的无家可归，我真的很饿!”A. intended意欲；B. meant意味着；C. motivated激励；D. prepared准备。作者没有打算去帮助他，没有准备回答回复他，因此摇头，故选D。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：你可以跟我来，看着我吃! A. eat吃；B. shop购物；C. live生活；D. drink喝。根据 I really am hungry!乞丐向作者解释自己很饿，真的需要吃的，乞丐对作者说作者可以看着乞丐吃，以此证实他的话是真的。故选A。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这一事件使我在这个星期剩下的时间里一直感到烦恼。A. accident意外，事故；B. situation情形，形势；C. incident事件；D. condition条件，状况。这里指作者拒绝帮助乞丐一事。故选C。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我口袋里有钱，即使他在撒谎，给他一两块钱也不会要了我的命。A. pleased使满意；B. confused迷惑；C. saved救，节省；D. killed杀掉。即便乞丐撒谎，给他一点钱也不会有什么太大损失，也不会要了作者的命，这里表达了作者内心后悔，故选D。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意见上。A. starving挨饿；B. lying撒谎；C. begging乞讨；D. watching观看。解析见上。故选B。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在一个寒冷的夜晚，我把一个人想象成最坏的人。A. best最好的；B. better更好的；C. worst最坏的；D. worse更坏的。作者将那个乞丐当成了坏人，在那个寒冷的夜晚，自己以最大的恶意来揣度别人。故选C。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我以为政府机构、教堂和慈善机构都在那里为他提供食物，试图以此来解释我没能帮上忙。A. failure失败，未能做到；B. responsibility责任；C. hope希望；D. willingness乐意。根据上文可知，作者并没有帮助乞丐，作者为自己没能够帮到那个乞丐而找借口，故选A。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意见上。A. adopt采取，收养；B. feed喂，提供食物；C. house提供住所；D. free释放。根据“by assuming government agencies, churches and charities”作者认为有政府机构、教堂和慈善机构为他提供食物，故选B。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：此外，你不应该给乞丐钱。A. churches教堂；B. charities慈善；C. beggars乞丐；D. readers读者。根据本文开头作者说到I'd read the signs:＂Don't give money to beggars."，故他认为不要给乞丐钱。故选C。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，我想到了一个主意。A.caught抓； B.crossed穿过； C.changed改变； D.slippeds滑倒。sth. cross one’s mind为固定短语搭配，意为“突然想到，偶然想起”,这里指作者想到了帮助乞丐的办法，故选B。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：为什么不试着让我所有的读者在他们的花园里种上一排果蔬，献给饥饿的人们呢?A. hungry饥饿的；B. homeless无家可归的；C. poor贫穷的；D. generous慷慨的。根据“Plant a Row for the Hungry”这里用“the+形容词”表示一类人，这里指帮助那些饥饿的人，故选A。

13.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们那时没有做记录，但这个想法开始流行起来。A. show up出现；B. take up占据；C. show off炫耀；D. take off起飞，突然成功。根据“As more and more people started 14 the Plant a Row for the Hungry concept, ”这里指这个想法开始流行起来，取得成功。故选D。

14.考查动词短语辨析。句意：随着越来越多的人开始用Plant a Row for the Hungry这一理念，新的方式和变化出现了。A. paying for支付；B. working with运用…...；C. advertising for为…...做广告；D. messing with干扰。根据“new ways and variations 15 up”可知，新的方式和变化出现了，是因为越来越多的人开始用Plant a Row for the Hungry这一理念。故选B。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意见上。A. sped 加速；B. showed 显露；C. cropped 出现；D. broke 打破。随着人们开始参与这个活动，出现了新的方式和变化，crop up “出现”。故选C。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：今天，这个项目继续蓬勃发展，为我的精神种植鲜花，为我的良心提供安慰。A. grow种植；B. increase增加；C. decline下降，拒绝；D. appear似乎。根据“ flowers for the spirit”这里指人们在自己的花园里种花，故选A。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意见上。 A. conscience良心，良知；B. explanation解释；C. assumption假设；D. dedication奉献。根据上文可知，作者拒绝了一个饥饿的人，良心收到了谴责，所以作者发起这个项目也为自己以前的行为作为弥补而得到良心的安慰，故选A。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我很震惊，数以百万计的美国人受到饥饿的威胁。A. ruined毁坏；B. infected传染；C. threatened威胁；D. depressed沮丧。根据“by hunger”可知，作者对受到饥饿威胁的人的数目感到震惊，故选C。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果美国的每个园丁都为饥饿的人种一排菜，我们就能改变那些没有足够食物的邻居的数量。A. sense意识；B. link连接；C. difference不同；D. leap飞跃。make a difference意为“有影响，起作用”，这里指为减少挨饿的人数做出努力，改变那些没有足够食物的邻居的数量。故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：也许到那时，我就不会因为抛弃了一个我本可以帮助的饥肠辘辘的人而感到内疚了。A. supporting支持；B. discouraging阻止，使气馁；C. abusing责骂；D. abandoning放弃。根据上文“I wasn't 2 for a reply”可知，作者一直因为抛弃了一个本可以帮助的饥肠辘辘的人而感到内疚。故选D。