Question

    The phrase “take a penny, leave a penny” may not have been created by 14-year-old Nomaan “Nomi” Bilal, but he’s taken it to a whole new level.

Bilal collected quite a few pennies and _______ them with organizations helping people in need. With mostly pocket change, Bilal _______ a total of $4,150 from neighbors, family and friends. He donated it all to a district-run program for _______ disadvantaged families. The organizations used the donations to purchase and _______ gift cards for about 20 families.

While finishing up his first year of high school online, Bilal started collecting _______change he found. Through Facebook, Bilal and his mother, Nadia Pervez, got the _______ out, and soon enough plenty of people were stopping by to _______ bags upon bags of change. Every day, Bilal devoted most of his spare time to _______ and hand-rolling coins. Eventually, a stranger heard about his _______ and contacted Pervez to donate a coin sorter, which has made the __________ quicker and easier.

Roseann Miceli, director of a charity organization, called Bilal's efforts __________ and unprecedented (前所未有的). Miceli will buy more gift cards with the rest of Bilal’s fundraising, which continues to __________. She said the families were so appreciative — they would be __________ out their windows: “Thank you so much”. Miceli wanted Bilal to know that he’s made a big difference with small change. The idea came to her while she was __________the donations from his house. “I think a ‘thank-you’ and a wave __________ the door 6 feet away with a face mask is not enough for this kid who has been __________ pennies for the past 20 days,” Miceli said. She organized a “thank-you parade” to drive past Bilal’s house. Cars lined the street, with the drivers all waving, holding signs and shouting “thank you” from a social __________.

“I was just __________ at the scene that so many people should come out of their way just to see me,” he said. One of the parade participants gave Bilal a handmade sign that __________: “Nomi is our hero.”

“It shows that one person can make a difference and how such a small effort can turn into such a big thing,” he said. “And that my community is very helpful and thoughtful throughout these __________ times.”

1.A.saved B.left C.gathered D.provided

2.A.raised B.made C.expected D.created

3.A.mentally B.physically C.financially D.socially

4.A.receive B.deliver C.pick D.apply

5.A.slight B.simple C.certain D.loose

6.A.word B.promise C.truth D.news

7.A.drop off B.put away C.leave out D.pass out

8.A.counting B.balancing C.sorting D.marking

9.A.attitude B.efforts C.choice D.task

10.A.routine B.business C.process D.method

11.A.modest B.convenient C.available D.generous

12.A.grow B.move C.return D.expand

13.A.waving B.nodding C.coming D.screaming

14.A.giving out B.picking up C.taking out D.giving away

15.A.beyond B.across C.through D.by

16.A.earning B.managing C.studying D.rolling

17.A.distance B.movement C.order D.scene

18.A.shocked B.surprised C.curious D.relieved

19.A.carried B.offered C.said D.showed

20.A.pleasant B.essential C.inspiring D.tough

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了14岁的小男孩比拉尔把“拿一分钱，留一分钱”这句话践行到了一个新的高度——他筹集硬币并捐给慈善组织帮助贫困家庭，人们非常感谢他的努力，他的行为也证明了一个小小的努力也可以成就一件大事。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：比拉尔收集了不少硬币，把它们留给了帮助有需要的人的机构。A. saved节省；B. left留下；C. gathered收集；D. provided提供。根据文章第一句话中的“take a penny, leave a penny”可知，此处是说把它们留给帮助有需要的人的机构，故B项正确。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：比拉尔从邻居、家人和朋友那里总共筹得4150美元，其中大部分是零用钱。A. raised筹集；B. made制作；C. expected期望；D. created创造。根据空后的“a total of $4,150 from neighbors, family and friends.”可知，比拉尔从邻居、家人和朋友那里总共筹得4150美元，故A项正确。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：他把所有的钱都捐给了一个帮扶贫困家庭的地区性项目。A. mentally精神上；B. physically身体上；C. financially财政上；D. socially社交上。根据空后的“disadvantaged families”可知，这个项目旨在帮扶经济条件不好的家庭，故C项正确。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些组织用这些捐款为大约20个家庭购买和发放礼品卡。A. receive收到；B. deliver递送、发放；C. pick挑选；D. apply申请。根据空前的“The organizations used the donations to purchase and”可知，这些组织用这些捐款为大约20个家庭购买和发放礼品卡，故B项正确。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在在线学习高中一年级的课程时，比拉尔开始筹集零钱。A. slight轻微的；B. simple简单的；C. certain确定的；D. loose宽松的、零散的。根据上文中的“With mostly pocket change”可知，比拉尔筹集的主要是零钱，loose change表示“零钱”，故D项正确。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：通过脸书，比拉尔和他的母亲纳迪娅·佩尔韦兹把这个消息传开了，很快就有很多人来到他家，送来一包包的零钱。A. word消息；B. promise承诺；C. truth真相；D. news新闻。空前一句说在在线学习高中一年级的课程时，比拉尔开始筹集零钱，此处指的就是“比拉尔筹集零钱”这一消息，故A项正确。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. drop off放下；B. put away放好；C. leave out遗漏；D. pass out分发。根据空前的“enough plenty of people were stopping by to”可知，这些人来到比拉尔的家里，放下一包包的零钱，故A项正确。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：每天，比拉尔都把大部分业余时间用来给硬币分类和打卷。A. counting数数；B. balancing平衡；C. sorting分类；D. marking做标记于。根据常识可知，硬币的面值是不同的，所以比拉尔要给它们分类，故C项正确。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：最终，一个陌生人听说了他的努力，并联系了佩尔韦兹捐赠了一个硬币分类机，这使得这个过程更快更容易。A. attitude态度；B. efforts努力；C. choice选择；D. task任务。空前一句说每天，比拉尔都把大部分业余时间用来给硬币分类和打卷，此处是说一个陌生听说了他的这些努力，故B项正确。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. routine常规；B. business业务；C. process过程；D. method方法。空前说每天，比拉尔都把大部分业余时间用来给硬币分类和打卷，此处指的就是“给硬币分类和打卷”这个过程，故C项正确。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一家慈善组织的负责人罗丝安·米塞利称比拉尔的努力是慷慨的、前所未有的。A. modest谦逊的；B. convenient方便的；C. available有空的；D. generous慷慨的。根据空后的“unprecedented”可知，比拉尔的努力是慷慨的、前所未有的，故D项正确。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：米塞利将用比拉尔剩余的筹款购买更多的礼品卡，比拉尔的筹款还将继续增长。A. grow增长；B. move移动；C. return返回；D. expand扩张。上文说比拉尔筹集硬币的消息传开后，很快就有很多人来到他家，送来一包包的零钱，此处是说比拉尔的筹款数额还将继续增长，故A项正确。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她说，这些家庭都非常感激——他们会向窗外大呼：“非常感谢”。A. waving挥动；B. nodding点头；C. coming来到；D. screaming尖叫，大呼。根据空后的“out their windows: "Thank you so much"”可知，他们会向窗外大呼：“非常感谢”，故D项正确。

14.考查动词短语辨析。句意：她是在从他家取捐款时想到这个主意的。A. giving out分发；B. picking up拿起、获得；C. taking out取出；D. giving away赠送。上文说比拉尔把筹集来的这些硬币捐给慈善组织，所以慈善组织的负责人来他家里取这些硬币，故B项正确。

15.考查介词词义辨析。句意：米塞利说：“我认为，对这个在过去20天里一直在给硬币打卷的孩子来说，一声“谢谢”以及带着口罩从6英尺外的门口向他挥手致意是不够的”。A. beyond在……之上；B. across横过；C. through通过、透过；D. by凭借。根据空后的“the door 6 feet away”可知，此处是说“通过6英尺外的门口向他挥手”，故C项正确。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. earning挣得；B. managing管理；C. studying学习；D. rolling滚动，给……打卷。上文说每天，比拉尔都把大部分业余时间用来给硬币分类和打卷，因此此处指“给硬币打卷”，故D项正确。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：汽车排在街道两旁，司机们都挥舞手中的牌子，在社交距离之外大喊“谢谢你”。A. distance距离；B. movement运动；C. order命令；D. scene场景。汽车排在街道两旁，离得很远，所以此处指“在社交距离之外”，故A项正确。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他说：“我只是很惊讶，竟然有那么多人特意来看我”。A. shocked震惊的；B. surprised惊讶的；C. curious好奇的；D. relieved宽慰的。根据空后的“so many people should come out of their way just to see me”可知，竟然有那么多人特意来看比拉尔，这让他很惊讶，故B项正确。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一位参加游行的司机给了比拉尔一个手工制作的标语，上面写着：“Nomi是我们的英雄”。A. carried搬运；B. offered提供；C. said说、写着；D. showed展示。根据空后的“Nomi is our hero.”可知，这个手工制作的标语上面写着：“Nomi是我们的英雄”，故C项正确。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他说：“这表明，一个人可以有所作为，一个小小的努力也可以成就一件大事，在这段艰难的日子里，我的社区为我提供了很多帮助，也很周到”。A. pleasant舒适的；B. essential必不可少的；C. inspiring鼓舞人心的；D. tough艰苦的、困难的。根据上文内容可知，比拉尔为筹集硬币做了很大的努力，把大部分业余时间用来给硬币分类和打卷，因此此处指“这段艰难的日子”，故D项正确。