Question

    It’s easy to see how to help others, but what about those whose needs aren’t so obvious? This story may have happened a while back, but it was a(n) ______ which has stayed with me and helped me ever since.

It was Thanksgiving and I was volunteering with my ______ at a shelter for the poor. We stood behind the counter dishing out hot food to ______ came in. Most of our diners looked like they had been having ______ times, their clothes old, worn and dry. In ____, they looked poor!

Then, a man came in, who looked ______ but poor. He was well dressed, wearing a(n) ______ suit. I wondered what he was doing there and my jaw dropped in ______ when he joined the line for food. The ______ he came to my service station, the more I muttered. What was this man doing? I wanted to know. ______ he wasn’t going to take food.

Then my mother quietly took me to one side. She said, “You have ______ that the needs of the people who come here must be purely physical: poverty, hunger or ______ shelter? What if he needs comfort, ______ or just to be among other human beings?”

Her words hit me like a ton of bricks! I felt like I should ______ to the man, but I didn’t.

About a week later the shelter received a large ______ from an anonymous (匿名的) source. I can’t ______ but wonder if it came from that man.

Now, whenever I meet others, I ______ my mother’s words and try to send kindness and blessings to them, ______ of how they look.

Needs aren’t always ______. But kindness always makes a(n) ______.

1.A.activity B.story C.lesson D.performance

2.A.cousin B.brother C.sister D.parents

3.A.anyone B.whoever C.who D.whom

4.A.hard B.easy C.cozy D.smooth

5.A.total B.all C.word D.short

6.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything

7.A.cheap B.ordinary C.strange D.expensive

8.A.amazement B.disappointment C.embarrassment D.appreciation

9.A.close B.closer C.far D.farther

10.A.Likely B.Surely C.Immediately D.Instantly

11.A.said B.required C.wanted D.thought

12.A.enough B.great C.inadequate D.comfortable

13.A.friends B.work C.assistants D.money

14.A.refer B.shout C.belong D.apologize

15.A.collection B.contribution C.donation D.affection

16.A.expect B.help C.assist D.wait

17.A.remind B.remember C.think D.forget

18.A.regardless B.despite C.beside D.instead

19.A.obvious B.shown C.hidden D.unclear

20.A.effect B.breakthrough C.impression D.difference

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.A

20.D

【解析】

本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了我和父母在穷人庇护所做志愿者服务，最后学会不管别人长得怎么样，我都会尽力给他们送去善意和祝福的故事。

1.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个故事可能发生在很久以前，但它是一个教训，一直伴随着我，并帮助我。A. activity活动；B. story故事；C. lesson教训D. performance表现。通过后文stayed with me and helped me ever since可知，只能是教训一直陪伴着我，并且帮助着我。故此题选C。

2.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：那天是感恩节，我和父母在一个穷人收容所做志愿者。A. cousin侄子；B. brother兄弟；C. sister姐妹；D. parents父母。根据下文Then my mother quietly took me to one side.可知作者是和父母一起的。故此题选D。

3.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：我们站在柜台后面，给进来的人分发热的食物。A. anyone任何人；B. whoever无论谁C. who谁；D. whom谁。在这里to是介词后面引导宾语从句，所以这里要用连词所以排除A。在宾语从句中缺主语所以排除D。在这里表达的意思是无论谁来都给热食物，所以选B更恰当。故此题选B。

4.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：来我们这里吃晚餐看起来都过得很艰难，他们的衣服又旧又破烂又干。A. hard艰难的；B. easy容易的；C. cozy温暖舒适的；D. smooth光滑的。根据上文的shelter for poor可知，这里是给穷人分发食物的，所以他们的日子过得不太好。故此题选A。

5.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：总之，他们看起来很穷！A. total总计；B. all全部；C. word单词；D. short简短。在这里in short构成固定搭配表示总而言之。故此题选D。

6.

考查不定代词词义辨析。句意：然后，一个男人进来了，他看起来一点也不穷。A. anything任何事物；B. something一些事物；C. nothing没有；D. everything一切。这里anything but构成固定搭配“一点也不”。故此题选A。

7.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他衣着考究，穿着一套昂贵的西装。A. cheap便宜的；B. ordinary普通的；C. strange奇怪的；D. expensive昂贵的。根据上文的well dressed可知，这个男士穿着体面。故此题选D。

8.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我不知道他在那里干什么，当他排队等待食物时，我惊讶得下巴都掉下来了。A. amazement吃惊；B. disappointment失望；C. embarrassment尴尬；D. appreciation感激。上文讲到这个男子穿着得体，此处说他加入穷人来领取食物，所以让作者觉得很吃惊。故此题选A。

9.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他越靠近我的服务台，我就越嘀咕。A. close近的；B. closer更近的；C. far远的；D. farther更远的。根据下文的the more可知这里要填比较级。上文说到这个男子joined the row可知，排队是越来越近的。故此题选B。

10.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：他肯定不是要吃东西的。A. Likely可能地；B. Surely确定地；C. Immediately马上；D. Instantly马上。通过下文he wasn’t going to take food可知作者已经对这个男子有了自己的判断。故此题选B.

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：你以为来这里的人的需求一定是纯粹的物质上的财产、饥饿、住房不足。A. said说；B. required要求；C. wanted想；D. thought认为。这里表达的是作者自己的一个主观判断，所以选择认为、看法更能满足题意。故此题选D。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意见上一题。A. enough足够的；B. great伟大的；C. inadequate不充足的；D. comfortable舒适的。根据上文的the needs of the people who come here must be purely physical可知作者认为来这里的人都是物质上很缺乏的，所以住房也是不充足的。故此题选C。

13.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果他需要安慰，朋友，或者只是为了和其他人在一起呢？A. friends朋友；B. work工作；C. assistants助手；D. money钱。根据下文among other human beings可知有的人对朋友也是有需求的。故此题选A。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我觉得我应该向那个男人道歉，但我没有。A. refer涉及；B. shout大叫；C. belong属于；D. apologize道歉。根据上文Her words hit me like a ton of bricks!可知，作者认识到自己的观点是错误的，所以他想要去道歉。故此题选D。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：大约一周后，庇护所收到了一个匿名来源的大笔捐款。A. collection收集；B. contribution贡献；C. donation捐款；D. affection感情。上文讲到这里是一个庇护所，所做的是慈善事业，所以这里应该是收到了大笔捐款。故此题选C。

16.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不得不去想这是不是来自于那个人的。A. expect期待；B. help帮助；C. assist帮助；D. wait等待。这里考查固定搭配“can’t help but do”表示“不得不”。故此题选B。

17.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在，无论我遇到其他人，我都会记住我母亲的话，不管他们长得怎么样，我都会尽力给他们送去善意和祝福。A. remind提醒；B. remember记住；C. think认为；D. forget忘记。根据文章第一自然段stayed with me可知，这个教训我一直记得并且陪伴在我身边。故此题选B。

18.

考查介词词义辨析。句意见上一题。A. regardless不管；B. despite尽管；C. beside旁边；D. instead代替。只有regardless of(不管)和instead of(代替)可以和空格后的of连用，在这里表示的是不管他们长得怎么样这一含义。故此题A。

19.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：需求并不总是可见的。A. obvious明显的；B. shown展示的；C. hidden隐藏的；D. unclear不清楚的。根据文章第一自然段what about those whose needs aren’t so obvious可知本文讲的就是帮助那些需求不明显的人。故此题选A。

20.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：但善良总是有不同的。A. effect效果；B. breakthrough突破；C. impression印象；D. difference不同。这里构成固定搭配make a difference(有…不同)来满足题意。故此题选D。