Question

    In today’s world, it is nice to know a simple act of kindness doesn’t go unnoticed. When 15-year-old Dontarius Caldwell was taken in a ________ showing him helping a blind woman cross the street, he wasn’t doing it for clicks (点击量) or ________

“I was just trying to ________. I really didn’t think I would be on camera,” he said. A photo of the Aiken High School freshman became ________ on Tuesday, showing the young teen helping the woman at Hamilton Avenue in College Hill.

“I was just helping the elderly, ________ a helping hand. Everybody needs a helping hand,” he said. Like any other day, Dontarius was on his ________ and playing games while waiting for his school bus with his younger sister Diamond.

“Diamond was ________ music on the smart phone, too, then she looked over ________ and I looked over to see what she was ________.” Dontarius recalled. Diamond saw a woman

 ________ to press the button for the crosswalk sign, so she ________ her brother to do something. “I told Dontarius that I think she loses her ________, he should get up and go help her ________ the street while I waited for the ________ to come,” said Diamond.

“I asked, ‘Madam do you ________ some help?’ And she answered, ‘Yes.’ She gave me her hand and I ________ it,” Dontarius said. Dontarius said he didn’t do anything ________ He was just ________ to do the right thing in the family. “If you are ________, what happens to them happens to you.” Dontarius was given a key to the school as a ________ for his kindness.

1.A.photo B.notice C.post D.magazine

2.A.money B.feelings C.likes D.translation

3.A.remember B.help C.talk D.challenge

4.A.interesting B.outstanding C.comfortable D.popular

5.A.borrowing B.fixing C.washing D.giving

6.A.phone B.book C.computer D.bike

7.A.changing B.editing C.enjoying D.directing

8.A.naturally B.suddenly C.ridiculously D.particularly

9.A.hearing B.seeing C.doing D.considering

10.A.struggling B.touching C.jumping D.shouting

11.A.taught B.ordered C.begged D.urged

12.A.control B.direction C.sight D.job

13.A.cross B.return C.find D.leave

14.A.stranger B.bus C.teacher D.police

15.A.lack B.offer C.refuse D.need

16.A.held B.observed C.appreciated D.beat

17.A.common B.special C.suitable D.expensive

18.A.adopted B.praised C.trained D.raised

19.A.clever B.sensitive C.kind D.smart

20.A.punishment B.lesson C.reward D.position

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个15岁男孩Dontarius Caldwell在等校车时主动帮助一位失明的女士过马路并被人拍下来的故事。

1.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：15岁的Dontarius在帮助一个盲人过马路时被拍了下来。A. photo照片；B. notice通知；C. post帖子；D. magazine杂志。根据下文中“I would be on camera”，可知他被拍下来了，故答案为A。

2.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他做这件事不是为了获取点击量或点赞的。A. money 钱；B. feelings感情；C. likes喜欢；D. translation翻译。 根据语境可知Dontarius这样做并不是为了在网络上获得点击(clicks)或点赞，故答案为C。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我只是想帮忙，没有想过会被拍照。A. remember记得；B. help帮助；C. talk讨论；D. challenge挑战。根据前文showing him helping a blind woman cross the street可知Dontarius说自己只是去帮忙而已，没有那么多别的想法，故答案为B。

4.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一张Aiken高中新生的照片在星期二很受欢迎，照片显示这个年轻人在 college hill 的 hamilton 大街帮助那个女人。A. interesting有趣的；B. outstanding 杰出的；C. comfortable舒适的；D. popular受欢迎的。根据语境可知这张照片在网上很受欢迎，故答案为D。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我只是在帮助一位老人，伸出援手而已。A. borrowing借；B. fixing修理；C. washing洗；D. giving给。根据短语give a helping hand表示“伸出援助之手”，故答案为D。

6.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：Dontarius 与妹妹在等校车时正在看手机，玩游戏。A. phone手机；B. book书；C. computer电脑；D. bike自行车。由 games 以及 Diamond was enjoying music on the smart phone, too可知Dontarius在玩手机，故答案为A。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：Diamond 正在听音乐。A. changing改变；B. editing编辑；C. enjoying喜欢，欣赏；D. directing指挥。根据语境，Dontarius的妹妹Diamond在听音乐，即“欣赏”音乐，故答案为C。

8.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：然后，她突然看过来了。A. naturally自然地；B. suddenly突然地；C. ridiculously荒谬地；D. particularly特别地。根据语境可知妹妹正在听音乐，突然看过来，故答案为B。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我也看过去看妹妹在看什么。A. hearing听；B. seeing 看；C. doing做；D. considering考虑。根据前文的looked over 可知“我”也看妹妹在看什么，故答案为B。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她妹妹看到一个女士艰难地去按按钮。A. struggling斗争，挣扎；B. touching触摸；C. jumping跳；D. shouting喊。这位女士是盲人，只能努力地去按过马路的指示按钮，故答案为A。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她催促自己的哥哥去帮忙。A. taught教；B. ordered命令；C. begged乞求；D. urged催促。妹妹也是善良的人，她督促哥哥去做些什么，符合人物身份，故答案为D。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我告诉哥哥我认为她失明了，哥哥应该去帮忙。A. control控制；B. direction方向；C. sight视力；D. job工作。上文提到这位女士是失明的，即她失去了视力，故答案为C。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他应该过去帮助这位女士过马路。A. cross穿过；B. return返回；C. find发现；D. leave离开。由上文的“helping a blind woman cross the street”可知，故答案为A。

14.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我在等公交车的时候。A. stranger陌生人；B. bus公共汽车；C. teacher老师；D. police警察。上文提到兄妹二人是在等车，故答案为B。

15.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我问，女士，你需要帮忙吗？A. lack缺乏；B. offer提供；C. refuse拒绝；D. need需要。Dontarius有礼貌地询问这位女士是否需要帮助，故答案为D。

16.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她把手递给我，我牵着她的手。A. held抓住；B. observed观察；C. appreciated欣赏，感激；D. beat打。这位女士把手递给“我”，“我”紧紧地握住她的手，故答案为A。

17.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Dontarius 说自己没有干什么特别的事情。A. common常见的；B. special特别的；C. suitable合适的；D. expensive 昂贵的。Dontarius认为帮助他人是小事，没有什么特别的，故答案为B。

18.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他只是被教育要去做正确的事。A. adopted收养，采用；B. praised 表扬；C. trained训练，培训；D. raised养育，提高。在家里，他就被教育要去做正确的事情，故答案为D。

19.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：如果你过够善良，发生在他们身上的事，也会发生在你身上。A. clever聪明的；B. sensitive 敏感的；C. kind 善良的；D. smart聪明的。 根据最后一句，可知做人要善良，故答案为C。

20.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：作为对他好心的奖励，Dontarius 得到了学校的录取资格。A. punishment 惩罚；B. lesson教训；C. reward报酬，回报；D. position位置，职位。Dontarius因为他的善良而获得了奖励，符合语境，故答案为C。