Question

    One morning, Oral Lee Brown stopped by a local grocery store to make her usual purchases. A little girl approached Brown to ________ a quarter on this particular day. Because all she had was a $5 bill, Brown invited the little girl with her to the store to get some ________. Inside the store, Brown told the little girl she could ________ anything she wanted.

Instead of choosing candy or gums, which would have been the ________ choice for most kids, the little girl immediately ran for a loaf of bread. Brown asked the girl if she went to school. She ________ responded, “Sometimes,” as she shyly ________ Brown and quickly disappeared around the corner.

That night, Brown couldn’t sleep. She ________ she had to find the poor little girl. She went to the school the girl would most likely ________, but in vain. ________, she found many other similar children in less ideal conditions. Brown decided to “________” a class of 23 first-graders. She told them, “Stay in school, and I’ll ________ you to college.” To achieve this ________ goal, Brown began saving money, ________ $10,000 per year from her $45.000 salary.

From that day on, Brown did more than simply make a(n) ________ to the children; she became an active part of their lives, beginning with regular visits and parent meetings. Nineteen of the students were ________ to college and they all graduated from college in 2003 and 2004.

Brown is now working on her sixth ________ of “adopted” students. More than 125 young people have benefited from her ________. If it hadn’t been for Brown, they would never have been given such a ________ opportunity for college education.

With her life ambition found in the work of ________ others to achieve undreamed-of goals, Brown embodies the values of helping others and truly ________ how to pass the values on.

1.A.apply for B.look for C.pay for D.ask for

2.A.fruit B.food C.drink D.loan

3.A.point out B.give out C.pick out D.find out

4.A.right B.vital C.last D.first

5.A.quietly B.loudly C.proudly D.impatiently

6.A.pushed B.touched C.thanked D.greeted

7.A.supposed B.hoped C.knew D.expected

8.A.train B.instruct C.quit D.attend

9.A.Instead B.As a result C.Therefore D.In addition

10.A.follow B.start C.teach D.adopt

11.A.deliver B.send C.walk D.collect

12.A.great B.easy C.impossible D.simple

13.A.putting aside B.putting down C.putting off D.putting back

14.A.agreement B.decision C.appointment D.promise

15.A.accepted B.admitted C.taken D.brought

16.A.term B.grade C.class D.stage

17.A.generosity B.example C.wisdom D.honesty

18.A.ridiculous B.suitable C.valuable D.practical

19.A.leading B.persuading C.telling D.supporting

20.A.realizes B.shows C.learns D.understands

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

本文为记叙文。布朗一天早晨偶遇一个贫穷的小女孩向她要钱，布朗给女孩买了面包。后来发现有许多像这个女孩一样穷的孩子，于是自己节省钱来帮助他们中的一部分人上学，并承诺送他们上大学。最终她不仅兑现了自己的诺言，也在这种慷慨的资助中找到了帮助他人的人生抱负，实现了自己的人生价值。

1.考查动词短语辨析。A. apply for申请；B. look for寻找；C. pay for赔偿，为…付钱；D. ask for请求…，要求…。根据后面的内容可知，是一个小女孩走向布朗要25英镑，可知选D项。

2.考查名词辨析。A. fruit水果；B. food食物；C. drink饮料；D. loan贷款。根据后面的内容可知，因为布朗只有5美元的钞票。所以她邀请小女孩去商店买东西，小女孩径直去拿面包，可知是食物，故选B项。

3.考查动词短语辨析。A. point out指出；B. give out分发，公布；C. pick out挑选；D. find out查明，发现。根据后面的小女孩进店之后，直接跑向面包，可知是布朗告诉小女孩她可选择（pick out）任何想要的东西，故选C项。

4.考查形容词辨析。A. right正确的；B. vital至关重要的；C. last最后；D. first最初的，第一的，基本的。前面说小女孩没有选择大多数孩子喜欢的糖果和口香糖，而首先（第一）选择的是面包，可知选D项。

5.考查副词辨析。A. quietly平静地，轻声地；B. loudly大声地；C. proudly自豪地；D. impatiently不耐烦的。根据后面的“as she shyly”可知，她是害羞的女孩，所以轻声地（quietly），故选A项。

6.考查动词辨析。A. pushed推，推动；B. touched触摸，触动；C. thanked感谢；D. greeted打招呼。根据后面的小女孩很快消失不见了，可知是小女孩谢了布朗给她买的面包后走的，故选C项。

7.考查动词辨析。句意：那天晚上，布朗睡不着觉。她知道她必须找到那个可怜的小女孩。A. supposed假定，猜想，推测；B. hoped希望，期望；C. knew知道；D. expected期望。根据语境可知选C项。

8.考查固定搭配。attend school为固定搭配，意为“上学”。于是布朗去了小女孩可能要上学的学校。故选D项。

9.考查副词（短语）辨析。A. Instead代替，反而；B. As a result因此；C. Therefore因此；D. In addition另外，除此之外，并且。她去了女孩最可能上学的学校，但没有找到。相反的是，她发现了许多类似的孩子生活在很不理想的条件下。分析句子可知，前后是转折关系，故选A。

10.考查动词辨析。A. follow跟随；B. start开始，启动；C. teach教；D. adopt采纳，正式接受，接受…为候选人。根据语境可知，布朗决定“接受了”23人为一年级的学生。因此只有adopt有“接受…”之意，故选D项。

11.考查动词辨析。句意：她告诉他们：“在学校里好好上学，我会送你上大学的。”分析选项（A. deliver发表，递送；B. send送，使进入（某状态）；C. walk散步，走；D. collect收集，筹集）可知，B项符合题意，故选B项。

12.考查形容词辨析。A. great伟大的；B. easy容易的；C. impossible不可能的；D. simple简单的。布朗要让23个穷孩子从一年级上到大学确是一个伟大的（great）目标。故选A项。

13.考查动词短语辨析。A. putting aside储备，积攒，把…留着；B. putting down放下；C. putting off推迟；D. putting back放回原处，推迟；倒退；妨碍。根据前一句“Brown began saving money”（布朗开始省钱），可知她每年从45,000美元的薪水中留出（putting aside）10000美元。故选A。

14.考查名词辨析。句意：从那天起，布朗不仅向孩子们许下诺言，她也成了他们生活中活跃的一部分，从定期探望和家长会开始。A. agreement协议；B. decision决定；C. appointment约定；D. promise承诺。make a promise为固定搭配，意为“做出承诺”，根据语境可知，选D项。

15.考查固定搭配。句意：十九个学生考上大学，在2003和2004都毕业了。be admitted to…为固定搭配，意为“被…录取”。故选B项。

16.考查名词辨析。句意：布朗现在正在致力于她的第六个班的学生。A. term学期，术语；B. grade年级，分数；C. class班级；D. stage阶段，舞台。根据语境，故选C项。

17.考查名词辨析。A. generosity慷慨，大方；B. example例子；C. wisdom智慧，聪明；D. honesty诚实。根据文中的表述可知，布朗自己省吃俭用送125名年轻人上学，可谓真正的慷慨（generosity），故A项符合题意。

18.考查形容词辨析。句意：如果不是布朗，他们就永远不会有这样一个宝贵的接受大学教育的机会。A. ridiculous可笑的，荒谬的，荒唐的；B. suitable合适的；C. valuable宝贵的，有价值的；D. practical可行的。故选C项。

19.考查动词辨析。句意：她在支持他人实现梦想的工作中发现了自己的人生抱负。A. leading引导，导致；B. persuading说服；C. telling告诉，讲；D. supporting支持。根据语境可知D项正确。

20.考查动词辨析。句意：布朗体现了帮助他人的价值，并真正展示了如何传递价值观。A. realizes意识到，知道；B. shows表现出，展示；C. learns学习；D. understands理解。根据语境可知B项符合题意，故选B项。