Question

    It’s a sad reality that many of us find ourselves just too busy to contribute to our communities. For a long time, I, too, believed it cost too much in time, money and ______ to make a real difference. But all that changed when I ______ my good-deed-a-day project.

My daughter, Emily, was my primary ______. I wanted to show her we could do little things to help others, and be ______.

The first week, I wasn’t sure if I could ______ it. I surfed the Internet for ideas. One day, I ______ a blind man in the subway station. He ______ as he thanked me. Another day, I brought flowers from my garden to a ______ nursing home......I could only hope I was arousing ______ in others.

After just a few days, ______ I found it easier than I’d expected. I knew I was making a/an ______.

Every evening at the dinner table, I ______ that day’s good deed to Emily. Emily began ______ what I’d started. On a walk home from school, she ______ to a neighbour’s pot of geraniums (天竺葵), which had toppled (摇晃) in the wind, and set it right. “That was my good deed for the day!” she yelled. Another day, she helped me collect ______ from our neighbours for the food bank. We dropped off the food and, ______ we drove away, Emily announced ______ that she wanted to work there one day.

By the last week, I knew I’d changed. At first, I hadn’t been entirely ______ that I could do a good deed every day. Now it was practically second ______. I felt a greater responsibility to take action when I saw a need, ______ looking the other way. I felt as though I’d awakened, somehow.

1.A. energy B. space C. wisdom D. salary

2.A. stopped B. started C. forgot D. remembered

3.A. donation B. expectation C. celebration D. inspiration

4.A. lucky B. clever C. happy D. merciful

5.A. get B. manage C. put D. appreciate

6.A. watched B. waited C. guided D. ordered

7.A. smiled B. sighed C. frowned D. jumped

8.A. popular B. distant C. deserted D. local

9.A. interest B. mercy C. awareness D. praise

10.A. though B. besides C. therefore D. also

11.A. discovery B. difference C. mistake D. fortune

12.A. reminded B. pointed C. recalled D. described

13.A. criticizing B. sharing C. laughing D. praising

14.A. marched over B. pulled over C. turned over D. fell over

15.A. money B. vegetables C. donations D. clothes

16.A. before B. since C. until D. as

17.A. proudly B. eagerly C. anxiously D. casually

18.A. concerned B. convinced C. expected D. persuaded

19.A. scene B. language C. nature D. skill

20.A. by means of B. regardless of C. as well as D. instead of

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文为记叙文。作者长期以来认为自己只是太忙，无法花费太多的时间、金钱和精力为社区作出贡献，但是通过“日行一善”的计划，作者和女儿帮助了别人，也改变了自己。

1.考查上下文语境中的名词辨析。依据上下文，我们许多人发现自己只是太忙，无法为我们的社区作出贡献。作者长期以来也认为这要花费太多的时间、金钱和精力(energy) 。A. energy精力；B. space空间；C. wisdom智慧；D. salary薪水。故选A。

2.考查上下文语境中的动词辨析。依据上文，作者叙述自己先前的看法在开始(started)了日行一善的计划之后发生了改变。A. stopped停止；B. started开始；C. forgot忘记；D. remembered记得。故选B。

3.考查上下文语境中的名词辨析。依据上下文，作者讲到自己日行一善的初衷是源于对子女的积极影响。I wanted to show her we could do little things to help others，表明“影响女儿才是作者行善的原动力(primary inspiration)”A. donation捐献；B. expectation期待；C. celebration庆祝；D. inspiration动力。故选D 。

4.考查上下文语境中的形容词辨析。依据上下文，作者让女儿知道通过帮助别人可以获得幸福。A. lucky幸运；B. clever聪明；C. happy幸福；D. merciful怜悯。故选C。

5.考查上下文语境中的动词辨析。依据上下文，作者开始自己日行一善的计划，第一周，自己不确定能否成功。Manage it做成某事。A. get得到；B. manage设法；C. put放下；D. appreciate欣赏。故选B。

6.考查上下文语境中的动词辨析。依据上下文，作者上网求助得到启发，开始帮助身边之所需。一天，领着(guided)一个盲人过地铁站。A. watched观察；B. waited等待；C. guided带领；D. ordered命令。故选C。

7.考查上下文语境中的动词辨析。依据上下文，作者在地铁站帮助盲人，对方微笑(smiled)以表示感谢。A. smiled微笑；B. sighed叹气；C. frowned皱眉；D. jumped跳跃。故选A。

8.考查上下文语境中的形容词辨析。依据上下文，作者叙述另一次行善活动，把自己园子里的花送给当地(local)的一家疗养院。文章开头contribute to our communities有暗示。A. popular受欢迎的；B. distant遥远的；C. deserted荒芜的；D. local当地的。故选D。

9.考查上下文语境中的名词辨析。依据上下文，作者希望通过自己的行动唤起他人心中乐于助人的意识(awareness)。A. interest兴趣；B. mercy同情；C. awareness意识；D. praise赞扬。故选C。

10.考查上下文语境中的副词辨析。依据上文The first week, I wasn’t sure if I could manage it. 然而(though)，几天之后，我发现比预料的要容易。though此处为副词，表转折。A. though然而；B. besides此外；C. therefore因此；D. also也。故选A。

11.考查上下文语境中的名词辨析。依据上下文，作者开始疑虑日行一善是否能成功，通过几天的实践后发现，日行一善要比预料的容易的多。自己也知道自己正在产生影响(make a difference)。A. discovery发现；B. difference不同；C. mistake错误；D. fortune财富，运气。故选B。

12.考查上下文语境中的动词辨析。作者晚上回家，把自己白天行善的事情描述(described)给女儿听。A. reminded提醒；B. pointed指出；C. recalled回忆；D. described描述。故选D。

13.考查上下文语境中的动词辨析。依据上下文，作者言传身教，对女儿产生影响，女儿Emily开始参与(share)到日行一善的活动中来。share ~(in) sth: have a share in sth; participate in sth 分摊或分享某事物；参与某事物。A. criticizing批评；B. sharing分享；C. laughing嘲笑；D. praising表扬。故选B。

14.考查上下文语境中的动词短语辨析。依据上下文，女儿受到inspiration开始善举行动，看到邻居家的花盆在风中摇摇欲坠，走上前去，伸手扶正。A. marched over走过去；B. pulled over靠边停车；C. turned over掀翻，打翻；D. fell over摔跤，跌倒。故选A。

15.考查上下文语境中的名词辨析。依据上下文，女儿受大人影响，也开始做好事。这里帮助妈妈收集社区邻居的捐赠(donations)。A. money钱；B. vegetables蔬菜；C. donations捐赠；D. clothes衣物。故选C。

16.考查上下文语境中的连词辨析。依据上下文，母女俩一起做好事，在离开舍粥处时，女儿自豪地说将来要在这里工作。女儿因为帮助人而内心感到幸福自豪。故选D。

17.考查上下文语境中的副词辨析。参考16题。A. proudly骄傲地；B. eagerly急切地；C. anxiously焦虑地；D. casually随意地。故选A。

18.考查上下文语境中的动词辨析。依据上下文，作者开始并不完全相信自己能日行一善。Be convinced相信，信服。A. concerned关心；B. convinced信服；C. expected期待；D. persuaded说服。故选B。

19.考查上下文语境中的名词辨析。依据上下文，最后，日行一善成了作者的第二天性。nature表示typical qualities and characteristics of a person or an animal (人或动物的)本性，天性。A. scene场景；B. language语言；C. nature本性；D. skill技巧。故选C。

20.考查上下文语境中的固定短语辨析。依据上下文，助人为乐已成为作者的天性。因此每每看到有需要帮助的时候，自己就感到有施以援手的责任，而不是听之任之。A. by means of通过；B. regardless of不管，不顾；C. as well as也；D. instead of代替，而不是…。故选D。