Question

    Coronavirus(冠状病毒) is not only a globally terrible story, but a window to people's soul Coronavirus erupted in many countries and resulted in a great number of deaths, leaving the world _______.To control the spread, the Spanish government _______ announced lockdown(防范紧闭)and _______ people to stay at home.

With the 80-year-old birthday _______, Charo intended to prepare for it, which fell just days after the _______. At the thought of the lockdown, _______, the urge to celebrate it wasn't as particularly strong as ever.

On the birthday, having her simple meal, she was called out by her neighbor when she was a bit _______. With the door opened, Charo was _______ to find there was nobody, but a gift. It was a cake with a birthday candle that was placed _______ on a table outside her front door! She was ________. Who could remember the special day? Her friends and neighbors, who were familiar with her, had moved away.

As Charo ________ up the cake and stepped out to find the visitor, her neighbors suddenly appeared behind their apartment windows, ________ singing the birthday song. ________ of what happened, the elderly woman struggled to hold back ________ when she returned to her house. After a while. she rushed back to the window to ________ at her neighbors and expressed ________ with a round of applause(鼓掌).

The lockdown didn't stop a(an) ________ from getting together. Fear around emergencies can also provide ________ examples. In the face of threat, these adorable people are helping people, ________ the lives of one another in their ________ways.

1.A.at ease B.at risk C.at war D.out of work

2.A.urgently B.mildly C.frequently D.constantly

3.A.forbade B.permitted C.appointed D.urged

4.A.passing B.celebrated C.approaching D.missed

5.A.celebration B.invitation C.announcement D.treatment

6.A.however B.anyway C.otherwise D.besides

7.A.content B.upset C.desperate D.delighted

8.A.annoyed B.alarmed C.astonished D.disturbed

9.A.falsely B.roughly C.appropriately D.unbelievably

10.A.embarrassed B.cautious C.puzzled D.anxious

11.A.cut B.held C.packed D.picked

12.A.bursting out B.looking forward to C.dreaming of D.having a gift for

13.A.Regardless B.Tired C.Fond D.Aware

14.A.anxiety B.anger C.laughter D.tears

15.A.glare B.wave C.glance D.yell

16.A.appreciation B.enthusiasm C.admiration D.agreement

17.A.community B.committee C.association D.league

18.A.ridiculous B.inspiring C.controversial D.frightening

19.A.balancing B.destroying C.threatening D.supporting

20.A.generous B.reliable C.heartwarming D.humorous

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了西班牙的一个社区，在冠状病毒爆发，居民呆在家中封闭防范期间发生的暖心故事：邻居们在各自家中，大声唱生日歌为80岁的Charo庆祝生日。面对疫情，这些可爱的人们在帮助别人，用他们温暖的方式支持彼此的生活。

1.

考查介词短语辨析。句意：冠状病毒在许多国家爆发，造成大量死亡，使世界处于危险之中。A. at ease安逸，自由自在；B. at risk处于危险中；C. at war在交战状态中；D. out of work失业的。根据前文“Coronavirus erupted in many countries and resulted in a great number of deaths”可知，冠状病毒在许多国家爆发，造成大量死亡，因此给世界带来了不安和风险。故选B项。

2.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：为了控制蔓延，西班牙政府紧急宣布封锁，并敦促人们呆在家里。A. urgently迫切地；紧急地；B. mildly温和地；和善地；C. frequently频繁地，经常地；D. constantly不断地；时常地。根据前文“Coronavirus erupted in many countries and resulted in a great number of deaths, leaving the world ___1__ .”可知，冠状病毒的爆发造成了严重的后果，因此可推知，西班牙政府在非常紧急的情况之下做出了宣告。故选A项。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：为了控制蔓延，西班牙政府紧急宣布封锁，并敦促人们呆在家里。A. forbade禁止；B. permitted允许；批准；C. appointed任命；D. urged竭力主张；力劝。根据前文“To control the spread”可知，目的为控制新冠病毒的传播，因此，政府主张/规劝人们呆在家中。故选D项。

4.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：随着80岁生日的临近，Charo打算为生日做些准备，而她的生日就在该消息公布后的几天后。A. passing经过；穿过；B. celebrated庆祝；C. approaching临近，逐渐接近（某时间或事件）；D. missed错过；思念。根据后文“Charo intended to prepare for it”可知Charo原本为生日做准备，因此可知，Charo的八十岁生日要到了。故选C项。

5.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：随着80岁生日的临近，Charo打算为生日做些准备，但而她的生日就在该消息公布后的几天。A. celebration庆祝；B. invitation邀请；C. announcement公告；宣布；D. treatment治疗；对待；处理。根据空前的定冠词the可知，应是特指前文提及的“To control the spread, the Spanish government ___2___ announced lockdown and ___3___ people to stay at home.”中关于“封锁和力劝人们呆在家里”的政府公告。故选C项。

6.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，一想到封闭防范，庆祝的冲动就不像以前那么强烈了。A. however然而；B. anyway反正；不管怎样；C. otherwise否则；要不然；D. besides此外；而且。分析可知，本句“the urge to celebrate it wasn't as particularly strong as ever(庆祝它的冲动不像以前那么强烈了)”与前文“With the 80-year-old birthday ___4___ , Charo intended to prepare for it(随着80岁生日的到来，Charo打算为此做好准备)”表达上为转折关系。故选A项。

7.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：生日那天，她吃着简单的饭菜，有点沮丧的时候，邻居叫她出来。A. content满足的；满意的；B. upset难过的；沮丧的；C. desperate不顾一切的；极度渴望的；D. delighted高兴的。根据前文“On the birthday, having her simple meal”可知，生日那天，她吃着简单的饭菜，并没有庆祝，因此应是感到有点沮丧难过。故选B项。

8.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：门打开后，Charo惊讶地发现没有人，只有一份礼物。A. annoyed恼怒的；B. alarmed恐慌的；C. astonished感到十分惊讶的；D. disturbed不安的；焦虑的。根据后文“find there was nobody, but a gift”可知，打开门之后只看到一份礼物，并未看到其他人，Charo应是感到很吃惊。故选C项。

9.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：那是一个插着一支生日蜡烛的蛋糕，恰当地放在她前门外面的桌子上。A. falsely错误地；虚伪地；B. roughly粗糙地；概略地；C. appropriately适当地；合适地；D. unbelievably难以置信地。根据后文“Who could remember the special day? Her friends and neighbors, who were familiar with her, had moved away(谁还记得这个特别的日子?熟悉她的朋友和邻居都搬走了)”可知，Charo没想到有人会记得自己的生日，因此生日蛋糕是出现使她感到难以置信。故选D项。

10.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她很困惑。A. embarrassed尴尬的；B. cautious谨慎的；C. puzzled感到困惑的；D. anxious焦急的；焦虑的。根据后文“Her friends and neighbors, who were familiar with her, had moved away.”可知，熟悉她的朋友和邻居都搬走了，却有人默默地送给她生日蛋糕，对此，她应是感到困惑的。故选C项。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当Charo托着蛋糕走出去找客人时，她的邻居突然出现在他们公寓的窗户后面，大声唱着生日歌。A. cut切；B. held拿着；托住；C. packed 打点 （行装）；包装；D. picked拾起；捡起。根据后文宾语为“the cake”，应是托住蛋糕。故选B项。

12.

考查动词词组辨析。句意：当Charo托着蛋糕走出去找客人时，她的邻居突然出现在他们公寓的窗户后面，大声唱着生日歌。A. bursting out突然爆发出；B. looking forward to期待；盼望；C. dreaming of梦想；梦见；D. having a gift for对……有天赋。根据前文“her neighbors suddenly appeared behind their apartment windows”可知，她的邻居们突然出现在他们公寓的窗户后面，呼应前文的“suddenly”，本句应是使用A项“bursting out”表达邻居们突然出现，大声唱出生日歌以给她惊喜。故选A项。

13.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：知道发生了什么事后，这位老妇人回到家里时强忍住泪水。A. Regardless不管的，不顾的；B. Tired疲倦的；厌烦的；C. Fond喜爱的；D. Aware意识到……的。根据后文“the elderly woman struggled to hold back ___14___ when she returned to her house. After a while. she rushed back to the window to ___15__ at her neighbors and expressed ___16__ with a round of applause.”可知，Charo回到家里然后她跑到窗口向邻居们挥手，用热烈的掌声表示感谢，因此可推知，Charo明白了发生的事情：邻居们在给她庆祝生日。Be aware of，固定结构，意为“意识到……”。故选D项。

14.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：知道发生了什么事后，这位老妇人回到家里时强忍住泪水。A. anxiety焦虑；B. anger愤怒；C. laughter笑声；D. tears眼泪。根据前文“her neighbors suddenly appeared behind their apartment windows, ___12 _ singing the birthday song.”可知，在这样的冠状病毒疫情期间，需要呆在家中防范的情况之下，邻居们还为自己庆祝生日，她应是很感动的。hold back tears, 可意为“忍住泪水”，表达Charo的感动之情。故选D项。

15.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：过了一会儿，她跑到窗口向邻居们挥手，用热烈的掌声表示感谢。A. glare怒视；B. wave挥手以示意；C. glance瞥；浏览；D. yell （因兴奋、生气或痛苦）大声叫喊。根据前文“she rushed back to the window”可知，她跑回窗口，应是对着邻居挥手示意感谢。故选B项。

16.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：过了一会儿，她跑到窗口向邻居们挥手，用热烈的掌声表示感谢。A. appreciation感激；B. enthusiasm热情；C. admiration钦佩；D. agreement协议。根据后文“with a round of applause”可知，她应是用掌声表达对邻居的感激和谢意。故选A项。

17.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：封闭防范措施的施行并没有阻止社区的团结。A. community社区；B. committee委员会；C. association协会；（与某人、某物的）关联；D. league联盟; 协会。文章主要讲述了新冠病毒疫情期间，邻居们为80岁的Charo庆祝生日的感人故事， 因此，本句应是强调在疫情封闭防范期间，社区人们之间的团结互动并未停止，只不过换了一种方式。故选A项。

18.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对紧急情况的恐惧也可以提供鼓舞人心的事例。A. ridiculous荒唐可笑的；B. inspiring鼓舞人心的；启发灵感的；C. controversial有争议的；D. frightening令人恐惧的。根据所选形容词应是修饰后文名词“examples(例子)”，结合文章主旨可知，本文所描写的事件应是其中之一，体现了邻里之间的友爱，是鼓舞人心的事例。故选B项。

19.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：面对威胁，这些可爱的人们在帮助别人，用他们温暖的方式支持彼此的生活。A. balancing使平衡；B. destroying破坏；毁坏；C. threatening威胁；D. supporting支持。根据前文“In the face of threat, these adorable people are helping people”可知，面对疫情，这些可爱的人们在帮助别人，支持别人。故选D项。

20.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：面对威胁，这些可爱的人们在帮助别人，用他们温暖的方式支持彼此的生活。A. generous慷慨的；B. reliable可靠的；可信赖的；C. heartwarming暖人心房的；令人高兴的；D. humorous幽默的。根据本文的故事内容为邻居们在用自己的方式给Charo庆祝生日，这是带给人温暖的方式。故选C项。