Question

    I met a man yesterday and didn’t get his name. Our meeting seemed to be ______ by something unknown.

He was a (n) ______ man. His hair was totally white and his back was bent. I didn’t see him at first. I decided to search for the ______ when I found a very worn and old wooden walking stick, which was hanging outside of a shopping cart. I looked around and ______ out to a man who was walking away. I ______ it was his. It was. And he returned ______ to get it. A short distance cost him a long time.

I was in a friendly mood to start a ______. That was when the story between us began. I stood outside the supermarket with him for 10 minutes just ______. And that was all he wanted to be heard and to ______ his story. I stood there feeling his ______ over losing his first wife during childbirth to his only son and later his joys of ______ this son on his own as well as traveling the world. He ______ found his true love and married a childhood sweetheart, his second wife. He is very ______ that he has an intact (完整的) family now.

At the end of our walk, this man ______ my hands, looked me in the eye and thanked me ______. And then he turned back and walked away.

As he walked away, a strong feeling ______ me. And I seemed to hear a ______ in my mind that told me he was peaceful now.

Strangers are never strangers ______ you open your heart to them. Often they dress up like ______,waiting to bless you or to be blessed.

Yesterday I was an ______ angel to this man, yet at the same time, blessed by him.

1.A.joined B.arranged C.made D.invented

2.A.elderly B.poor C.strong D.ordinary

3.A.food B.friend C.owner D.salesman

4.A.went B.called C.broke D.worked

5.A.decided B.remembered C.guessed D.suggested

6.A.quickly B.angrily C.happily D.slowly

7.A.speech B.discussion C.conversation D.meeting

8.A.listening B.watching C.laughing D.speaking

9.A.write B.share C.finish D.report

10.A.worry B.pain C.joy D.calmness

11.A.bringing out B.taking up C.taking out D.bringing up

12.A.hardly B.finally C.frequently D.usually

13.A.surprised B.confident C.positive D.satisfied

14.A.held B.touched C.made D.covered

15.A.really B.nervously C.sincerely D.eventually

16.A.came over B.came with C.came through D.came across

17.A.word B.voice C.song D.story

18.A.if B.unless C.before D.though

19.A.strangers B.angels C.friends D.enemies

20.A.neither B.either C.both D.all

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在超市外偶遇一位陌生老人并倾听他的故事，陌生老人对作者心存感激，从而引发作者的一番感慨---只要敞开心扉，愿意倾听，陌生人也可以变成朋友。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们的会面好像被某种未知的事情安排着。A. joined加入；B. arranged安排；C. made制作；D. invented发明。结合语境可知，作者在昨天和一位老人相遇，但是不知道他的名字，而他们的相遇就像是冥冥之中安排好的一样。故选B项。

2.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他是一位老人。A. elderly老人，年长的人；B. poor贫穷；C. strong强壮的；D. ordinary普通人。根据下文“His hair was totally white and his back was bent.”可知我遇见的是一位年龄很大的人。故选A项。

3.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我发现一根拐杖的时候，我决定去找到它的主人。A. food食物；B. friend朋友；C. owner所有者，主人；D. salesman销售员。根据后文“when I found a very worn and old wooden walking stick, which was hanging outside of a shopping cart.”可知我在寻找拐杖的主人。故选C项。

4.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我四处看看，向一位正在离开的男士大喊。A. went走，去；B. called叫；C. broke破坏；D. worked工作。该句中，call out to sb译为“向某人高声喊叫”，为固定短语。故选B项。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我猜拐杖可能是他的。A. decided决定；B. remembered记得；C. guessed猜测；D. suggested建议。根据上文我向那个人大声喊，推出我猜测可能这个拐杖是他的。故选C项。

6.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：他慢慢的返回来取拐杖。A. quickly快速的；B. angrily气愤的；C. happily开心的；D. slowly缓慢地。根据上文“He was a (n) ___2___ man.His hair was totally white and his back was bent.”可推出，这个人是个驼背的老人，因此行动缓慢。故选D项。

7.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我心情很好，开始了交谈。A. speech演说，讲话；B. discussion讨论；C. conversation交谈，谈话；D. meeting会见。根据后文“That was when the story between us began.”可知我们得故事就是在那是开始的，推出我们之间开始交谈。故选C项。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我和他在超市外面站了10分钟，我只是在倾听。A. listening听；B. watching观看；C. laughing大小；D. speaking谈话。根据后文“And that was all he wanted to be heard”可知我全程10分钟都在倾听这位老人讲述自己的经历。故选A项。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他所需要的就是被聆听并且分享他的故事。A. write书写；B. share分享；C. finish完成；D. report记录。根据前文出现“he wanted to be heard”可知，他想要与人分享他的故事。故选B项。

10.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我站在那里感受到他的痛苦，他的妻子在生了他们唯一的儿子之后就去世了。A. worry担心；B. pain疼痛，痛苦；C. joy高兴，愉快；D. calmness冷静，镇静。根据该句中“losing his first wife during childbirth to his only son”可推出，对于失去妻子他非常的悲伤。故选B项。

11.

考查动词词组辨析。句意：……在独自抚养儿子长大的过程中，他也得到了快乐……。A. bringing out生产，出版；B. taking up开始从事，占领；C. taking out去除，除掉；D. bringing up养育，抚养。根据后文“his son on his own as well as traveling the world”可知在妻子去世之后，他独自一人养大了儿子。故选D项。

12.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：最后他找到了真爱，他的第二位妻子也是他的青梅竹马。A. hardly几乎不；B. finally最终；C. frequently频繁的；D. usually经常的。根据后文“found his true love and married a childhood sweetheart, his second wife.”可知他遇到了他的第二任妻子，也是他的青梅竹马，推出他最后是找到了真爱。故选B项。

13.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他非常满足，因为现在他拥有一个完整的家庭。A. surprised吃惊的；B. confident自信的；C. positive积极的；D. satisfied满意的，满足的。根据后文“he has an intact (完整的) family now.”可知，他现在非常满足。故选D项。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：交谈结束后，他握住我的手，真诚的感谢我。A. held拿着，抓住；B. touched触碰；C. made制作；D. covered覆盖。根据下文“my hands, looked me in the eye and thanked me”中的一系列动词“looked、thanked”可推出此处他应是握着我的手。故选A项。

15.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：交谈结束后，他握住我的手，真诚的感谢我。A. really事实上，真正的；B. nervously神经质的；C. sincerely真诚的；D. eventually最终。根据上文“___14___ my hands, looked me in the eye and thanked me ___15___.”可知，他握着我的手，看着我的眼睛，所以他是很真诚的感谢我。故选C项。

16.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：当他离开的时候，一种强烈的感觉涌向我。A. came over支配，影响；B. came with伴随…发生；C. came through安然渡过；D. came across偶然发现。根据上文“a strong feeling”可知，一种强烈的感受包围着我。故选A项。

17.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我似乎听到了我头脑中的一个声音：“他现在很平静”。A. word话语，言语；B. voice说话声；C. song歌曲；D. story故事。根据前文“hear”可知，听到的是一个声音。故选B项。

18.

考查连词辨析。句意：如果你对陌生人敞开心扉，陌生人就不在是陌生人了。A. if如果；B. unless如果……不；C. before在……之前；D. though尽管。根据语句可知，此处应为表示假设关系的连词，结合各选项意思，if译为“如果”符合题意。故选A项。

19.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们经常打扮的像个天使，等着保佑你，或被保佑。A. strangers陌生人；B. angels天使；C. friends朋友；D. enemies敌人。根据下文“Yesterday I was an ___20___ angel to this man”可知他们会像天使一样保佑你。故选B项。

20.

考查代词词义辨析。句意：昨天我对于他来说就是全部的天使。A. neither两者都不；B. either任何一个；C. both两者都；D. all全部。根据上文“waiting to bless you or to be blessed.”可知，昨天我既是他的天使，同时，也得到了他的保佑，这就是全部的，故选D项。