Question

Preschool girl lifts old man’s spirits

When Tara Wood brought her daughter to a grocery store to buy the four-year-old some birthday cupcakes, she had no idea that would be a life-changing _______.

As Tara pushed her daughter Norah around the store last month, she _______ an old man who was by himself. The old man looked cold, until Norah shouted to him, “Hi! It’s my birthday today!” The man stopped and his demeanor (举止、态度) changed from distant and serious to warm and _______. “How old are you today?” the man asked. After some time talking together, Norah asked her mom to take a _______ of her with her new friend “Mr. Dan”, Dan Peterson, 82 and then went their separate ways. That could have been the _______ of the story. But it was actually the beginning of a(n) _______ relationship.

Tara _______ the picture of her daughter and Mr. Dan on Facebook. Someone who _______ him reached out to her with Mr. Dan’s contact information. It turned out that Mr. Dan’s wife died in March and he had been _______ from depression and anxiety ever since. The person on Facebook told Tara that it was the first time they had seen Mr. Dan ________ since the death of his wife. Knowing that, Tara contacted Mr. Dan, and ever since Norah and the 82-year-old have developed a ________ unlike any other. “She has shown me a depth of love, a depth that I didn’t know existed,” Mr. Dan told the reporter.

Mr. Dan told Tara that before meeting Norah, he hadn’t had one night of uninterrupted ________ Anxiety kept him up at all hours and ________ him restless. After meeting Norah, he said he now sleeps soundly. For Mr. Dan’s 82nd birthday on October 20, the mother and the daughter brought balloons and presents—and, of course, cupcakes. Mr. Dan will also spend a day around Thanksgiving with Norah and her family. “If you don’t take the time to ________ people, you will never know how you can ________ impact a life,” Tara Wood said.

1.A.question B.idea C.experience D.promise

2.A.passed B.stopped C.welcomed D.shocked

3.A.calm B.unpleasant C.rude D.friendly

4.A.look B.picture C.seat D.message

5.A.end B.clue C.scene D.truth

6.A.poor B.special C.ordinary D.strange

7.A.took B.drew C.sold D.posted

8.A.followed B.confused C.recognized D.cured

9.A.escaping B.benefiting C.suffering D.learning

10.A.talk B.smile C.walk D.eat

11.A.plan B.skill C.knowledge D.friendship

12.A.sleep B.chat C.meal D.view

13.A.found B.made C.watched D.regarded

14.A.notice B.award C.rescue D.attract

15.A.legally B.suitably C.responsibly D.positively

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了4岁的小女孩诺拉用爱温暖了82岁的孤身老人丹·彼得森，让他摆脱了抑郁和焦虑之苦。

1.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当塔拉·伍德带着四岁的女儿去杂货店给她买生日蛋糕时，她不知道这将是一次改变人生的经历。A. question问题；B. idea想法；C. experience经历；D. promise承诺。根据下文讲述的诺拉与82岁的老人丹·彼得森结为朋友并用爱温暖他、让他摆脱了抑郁和焦虑之苦这件事可知此处指“经历”，故C项正确。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：上个月，当塔拉推着女儿诺拉逛商店时，她们从一个孤身老人身边经过。A. passed经过；B. stopped拦下； C. welcomed欢迎；D. shocked使震惊。根据空后的“an old man who was by himself”及诺拉与这位老人对话的情节可知，逛商店时，她们从一个孤身老人身边经过，故A项正确。

3.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：那人停了下来，表情从冷淡严肃变为热情友好。A. calm冷静的；B. unpleasant不高兴的；C. rude粗鲁的；D. friendly友好的。根据空前的“warm”可知此处指“热情友好”，故D项正确。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：诺拉让妈妈给她和82岁的新朋友丹·彼得森拍一张合影。A. look看；B. picture照片；C. seat座位；D. message信息。根据下文中的“the picture of her daughter and Mr. Dan”可知，诺拉让妈妈给她和丹·彼得森拍一张合影，take a photo of表示“给……拍一张照片”，故B项正确。

5.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：你可能以为故事就这样结束了，但这实际上是一种特殊关系的开始。A. end结束；B. clue线索；C. scene场景；D. truth真相。根据空后的“But it was actually the beginning of a(n) ___6___ relationship.”可知此处是说你可能以为故事就这样结束了，故A项正确。

6.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. poor贫穷的；B. special特殊的；C. ordinary普通的；D. strange奇怪的。根据下文所说的“诺拉和82岁的丹建立了一种不同于其他人的友谊”可知，他们之间是一种特殊的关系，故B项正确。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：塔拉把女儿和丹·彼得森的合影发到了脸书上。A. took拿；B. drew画；C. sold卖；D. posted发帖。根据空后的“the picture of her daughter and Mr. Dan on Facebook.”可知，塔拉把诺拉和丹·彼得森的合影发到了脸书上，故D项正确。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个认出了丹·彼得森的人向她提供了丹·彼得森的联系方式。A. followed跟随；B. confused使困惑；C. recognized认出；D. cured治愈。空后说这个人向塔拉提供了丹·彼得森的联系方式，这说明他认出了照片中的丹·彼得森，故C项正确。

9.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：原来，丹·彼得森的妻子于今年3月去世，此后他一直饱受抑郁和焦虑之苦。A. escaping from从……中逃离；B. benefiting from从……中受益；C. suffering from患有……、受……之苦；D. learning from向……学习。根据空前的“Mr. Dan’s wife died”及空后的“depression and anxiety”可知，妻子的死让丹·彼得森饱受抑郁和焦虑之苦，故C项正确。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：这个人告诉塔拉，这是丹的妻子去世后，他们第一次看到他的脸上露出了笑容。A. talk说话；B. smile微笑；C. walk走路；D. eat吃饭。空前一句说丹的妻子去世后他一直饱受抑郁症和焦虑之苦，应该是很少笑，因此这是别人第一次看到他的脸上露出了笑容，故B项正确。

11.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：塔拉联系了丹，自此诺拉和82岁的丹建立了一种不同于其他人的友谊。A. plan计划；B. skill技能；C. knowledge知识；D. friendship友谊。根据上文中的“her new friend”及下文诺拉给丹送去了生日礼物的情节可知，诺拉和丹建立起了友谊，故D项正确。

12.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：丹告诉塔拉，在见到诺拉之前，他没有睡过一晚整觉。A. sleep睡眠；B. chat聊天；C. meal膳食；D. view观察。空后一句说焦虑使丹终日睡不着，坐立不安，因此他没有睡过一晚整觉，故A项正确。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：焦虑使他终日睡不着，坐立不安。A. found发现；B. made使、让；C. watched看；D. regarded看待。根据空前的“Anxiety kept him up at all hours”可知，焦虑使他终日睡不着，坐立不安，故B项正确。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果你不花时间去注意别人，你就永远不知道你如何能对生活产生积极的影响。A. notice注意；B. award奖励、授予；C. rescue援救；D. attract吸引。根据上文情节可知，当塔拉推着女儿诺拉逛商店时，诺拉注意到了一个孤身老人并主动和他说话，因此此处指“注意别人”，故A项正确。

15.

考查副词词义辨析。句意同上。A. legally合法地；B. suitably适当地；C. responsibly负责地；D. positively积极地。根据全文内容可知，诺拉用爱温暖了82岁的孤身老人丹·彼得森，让他摆脱了抑郁和焦虑之苦，这说明诺拉对他产生了积极的影响，故D项正确。