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“Hi!” Steller shouted. “I’m driving arou...

    “Hi!” Steller shouted. “I’m driving around giving free haircuts. Do you want one right now?”

The man looked to be in his 60s, heavyset and missing a few teeth. “Actually,” he said, “I have a wedding to go to. I was really _______ to get a haircut.”

The man, named Edward, _______ sat on Steller’s red chair. She began to trim his curly graying hair. Then he began to tell her about his childhood, about moving here to be closer to his adult children, and how he still talks to his mom every day. After the haircut, Edward looked in a mirror, exclaiming “I look _______! I’ll remember to put my _______ in next time. I look better with teeth!”

To date, Steller has given 30 or so such haircuts. These clients all live on the margins (边缘), and she is keenly aware of the _______ of her clean-up job. “It’s more than a haircut,” she says. “I want it to be a gateway—to show value and _______.”

Steller knows that a haircut can change a life. As a teen, she suffered from a(n) _______ which was so severe that her hair _______ drastically. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut. “To sit down and have somebody talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel _______ about and less alone,” she says.

After that, Steller decided to have her own salon so she could help people feel the ________ she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology (美容术) school, she began her Red Chair Project, ________ out to people on the streets. Although she can’t ________ their problems by giving free haircuts, she believes it might help them feel less ________ for a moment.

Steller listens to people’s ________ of loss and struggle to get back on their feet. The attention apparently ________. When she was cutting a woman’s hair one day, someone drove by and yelled, “You look amazing!” The woman in the chair beamed. “I’m not ________,” she exclaimed. “I thought I was invisible. Look, people see me!”

A Branch of the Red Chair Project is the Steller Kindness Project, in which people who ________ acts of kindness are invited for a free makeover (美容) at Steller’s salon. In exchange, they tell their stories, which Steller ________ on her website. Her hope is that by reading about kind acts, others will be ________ to spread their own.

So far, it’s working. And it all began with a(n) ________ in simple acts of kindness, such as a free haircut.

1.A.hoping B.learning C.promising D.hesitating

2.A.freely B.gladly C.patiently D.voluntarily

3.A.fit B.ugly C.good D.silly

4.A.feet B.hand C.heart D.teeth

5.A.energy B.force C.length D.power

6.A.reward B.respect C.sympathy D.determination

7.A.attack B.threat C.accident D.disease

8.A.thinned B.loosened C.whitened D.shortened

9.A.cared B.worried C.known D.thought

10.A.use B.way C.need D.reason

11.A.running B.calling C.reaching D.pointing

12.A.fix B.face C.raise D.present

13.A.afraid B.alone C.annoyed D.ashamed

14.A.complaints B.explanations C.desires D.stories

15.A.disappears B.grows C.works D.spreads

16.A.innocent B.invisible C.unimportant D.uncommon

17.A.appreciate B.discover C.commit D.witness

18.A.creates B.enjoys C.sells D.shares

19.A.urged B.allowed C.inspired D.persuaded

20.A.belief B.trust C.investment D.pleasure

 

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.D 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.A 10.B 11.C 12.A 13.B 14.D 15.C 16.B 17.C 18.D 19.C 20.A 【解析】 这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了,Steller在去明尼苏达州工作的路上下高速公路后帮陌生人免费理发传递善行的事迹。 1. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:“实际上,”他说,“我要去参加一个婚礼。我真的希望做一个发型。”A. hoping希望;B. learning学习;C. promising承诺;D. hesitating犹豫。由上文的I have a wedding to go to可知,去参加婚礼要一个好形象,所以希望弄一个发型。故选A项。 2. 考查副词词义辨析。句意:这个叫爱德华的人很高兴地坐在Steller的红色椅子上。A. freely自由地;B. gladly高兴地;C. patiently耐心地;D. voluntarily自愿地。由上文语境可知,Steller免费帮他理发,所以他会高兴地坐在Steller的红色椅子上。故选B项。 3. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我剪了头发后,很好看!A. fit健壮的;B. ugly丑陋的;C. good好看的;D. silly愚蠢的。由全文语境可知,理完发的爱德华很好看。故选C项。 4. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:下次我会记得把牙放进去的。A. feet脚;B. hand手;C. heart心;D. teeth牙齿。由上文的missing a few teeth和下文的I look better with teeth可知,爱德华缺了一些牙齿,有牙齿会更好看,所以他要在嘴里放牙齿。故选D项。 5. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:这些客户都生活在边缘,她敏锐地意识到她清理工作的力量。A. energy精力;B. force力量;C. length长度;D. power力量。由上文的These clients all live on the margins可知,Steller为边缘人理发,所以她意识到这份工作的力量。故选D项。 6. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:我希望它成为展示价值和尊重的门户。A. reward奖励;B. respect尊重;C. sympathy同情;D. determination决心。由上文的“她意识到这份工作的力量”和value可知,此处指展示价值和尊重的门户。故选B项。 7. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:十几岁的时候,她患了一种非常严重的疾病,以至于头发大幅度变薄了。A. attack袭击;B. threat威胁;C. accident事故;D. disease疾病。由下文的To sit down and have somebody talk to me like a person and not just an illness可知,Steller头发变薄的很严重,是因为她得了病。故选D项。 8. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:十几岁的时候,她患了一种非常严重的疾病,以至于头发大幅度变薄了。A. thinned变薄;B. loosened松开;C. whitened变白;D. shortened缩短。由全文语境可知,此处指Steller因生病头发变薄。故选A项。 9. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:她说:“坐下来,别人像对一个人一样和我说话,而不仅仅是一种疾病,这让我感觉到了关心,也减少了孤独感。”。A. cared关心;B. worried担忧;C. known知道;D. thought思考。由上文的have somebody talk to me like a person and not just an illness可知,别人像对一个人一样和Steller说话,而不仅仅是一种疾病,这让Steller感觉到了关心。故选A项。 10. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:在那之后,Steller决定拥有自己的沙龙,这样她就能帮助人们感受到她那天的感受。A. use用法;B. way方式;C. need需要;D. reason理由。由上文语境可知,Steller从别人那里感受到了关心,所以她希望自己的沙龙能帮助人们感受到她那天的感受,the way (that)+定语从句。故选B项。 11. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:在美容学校学完技术后不久,她就开始了她的红椅子计划,向街上的人们伸出援手。A. running跑步;B. calling打电话;C. reaching伸出;D. pointing指出。由上文的she could help people feel the ___10___ she’d felt that day可知,Steller要伸出援手帮助街上的人。故选C项。 12. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:尽管她不能通过免费理发来解决他们的问题,但她相信这可能会帮助他们暂时不再感到孤独。A. fix修理、解决;B. face面对;C. raise提高;D. present展示。由全文语境可知,理发并不能解决问题,只能给予关心和排解孤独。故选A项。 13. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意:尽管她不能通过免费理发来解决他们的问题,但她相信这可能会帮助他们暂时不再感到孤独。A. afraid害怕的;B. alone孤独的;C. annoyed恼怒的;D. ashamed羞愧的。由上文的it helped me feel ___9___ about and less alone可知,理发能帮助人们暂时不再感到孤独。故选B项。 14. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:Steller倾听人们关于失去并挣扎着重新站起来故事。A. complaints抱怨;B. explanations解释;C. desires欲望;D. stories故事。由下文的loss and struggle to get back on their feet可知,此处指的是失去并挣扎着重新站起来的故事。故选D项。 15. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:注意力显然起作用了。A. disappears消失;B. grows成长;C. works工作;D. spreads扩散。由下文语境可知,开车经过的人说被理发的女人看起来棒极了,然后这个被理发的女人说自己不再是隐形的了,说明(别人的)注意力起了作用。故选C项。 16. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意:“我不是隐形的,”她喊道。A. innocent天真的;B. invisible隐形的;C. unimportant不重要的;D. uncommon不普通的。由下文的I thought I was invisible可知,被理发的女人现在认为自己不是隐形的。故选B项。 17. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:红椅子项目的一个分支是Steller善举项目,在Steller的沙龙里,那些做善事的人会被邀请进行一次免费的(美容)改造。A. appreciate欣赏;B. discover发现;C. commit做出;D. witness目击。由下文的are invited for a free makeover可知,肯定是做好事的人会被邀请进行一次免费的(美容)改造。故选C项。 18. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:作为交换,他们讲述自己的故事,Steller在她的网站上分享。A. creates创造;B. enjoys喜欢;C. sells卖;D. shares分享。由全文语境可知,此处指Steller把别人的好人好事故事分享在自己的网站上。故选D项。 19. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:她希望通过阅读有关善良行为的文章,其他人将受到启发,传播自己的行为。A. urged催促;B. allowed允许;C. inspired启发、激励;D. persuaded说服。由下文的to spread their own可知,是希望别人收到启发,也做好人好事,传播善行。故选C项。 20. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:一切都是以一个简单善举的信念开始的,比如免费理发。A. belief信念;B. trust信任;C. investment投资;D. pleasure快乐。由全文语境可知,Steller就是以一个简单善举的信念开始,然后开启了她帮人免费理发之举,传播善行。故选A项。
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