Question

Two Candles

Tom was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often _______ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so _______ with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Tom and his wife were busily _______ up their new home, the light suddenly went out. They had to stop work. Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait _______ in a low mood. Just then he heard slight knocks on his door that sounded clear in the _______ night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom was a _______ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be disturbed, so he went to the door and opened it _______. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door _______ “What a nuisance (讨厌鬼)!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to _______ things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. ________this time she was ________ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to give you these.” Tom was very ________ by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your grandmother. God bless you!”

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his ________ in life. It was his ________ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was actually nobody else but himself, for his life had been darkened by his unsympathetic ________.

1.A.hoping B.telling C.complaining D.pretending

2.A.inspired B.disappointed C.embarrassed D.impressed

3.A.building B.turning C.coming D.tidying

4.A.anxiously B.doubtfully C.hopefully D.helplessly

5.A.dark B.quiet C.cold D.sleepless

6.A.newcomer B.traveler C.guest D.settler

7.A.surprisedly B.delightedly C.impatiently D.willingly

8.A.gently B.kindly C.politely D.violently

9.A.lend B.sell C.fetch D.borrow

10.A.And B.So C.But D.For

11.A.holding B.hiding C.blowing D.lighting

12.A.frightened B.pleased C.puzzled D.surprised

13.A.failure B.dissatisfaction C.complaint D.determination

14.A.responsibility B.apology C.coldness D.concept

15.A.mind B.opinion C.behavior D.look

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过一个“两根蜡烛”的小故事告诉我们：对待这个社会要热情积极，不要冷漠刻薄的看待事物，那样会让自己失败。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：汤姆是一个中年的皮革商，他的事业反复失败使他很沮丧，他经常抱怨被人骗了。A. hoping希望；B. telling告诉；C. complaining抱怨；D. pretending假装。根据空前whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man可知，他事业的屡次失败使得他成为一个悲观的人，所以他常抱怨被别人欺骗。故选C。

2.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：有一天，他告诉他的妻子，他对这个城市太失望了以至于自己不得不离开。A. inspired受鼓舞的；B. disappointed失望的；C. embarrassed尴尬的；D. impressed印象深刻的。根据上文Tom was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often ___1___ that he had been cheated by others.可知，他事业的屡次失败使得他成为一个悲观的人，所以他常抱怨被别人欺骗。故他对这个城市失望。故选B。

3.

考查动词（短语）词义辨析。句意：那是在一个周末的晚上，汤姆和他的妻子正忙于整理他们的新家，灯突然熄灭了。A. building (up) 建造；B. turning (up)出现，调大；C. coming (up)出现；D. tidying (up) 收拾，整理。根据上文So his family moved to another city.可知，他和家人搬到了另一个城市，他和妻子应该正忙着收拾他们的新家。故选D。

4.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：汤姆后悔忘了带蜡烛，只好情绪低落地无助地等着。A. anxiously焦虑地；B. doubtfully怀疑地；C. hopefully有希望地；D. helplessly无助地。根据上下文可知，电灯熄灭了，家里又没有蜡烛，所以汤姆只能怀着低落的心情无助地等待。故选D。

5.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：就在这时，他听到轻轻的敲门声，在寂静的夜里听起来很清楚。A. dark黑暗的；B. quiet安静的；C. cold冷的；D. sleepless失眠的，不休息的。根据下文可知是邻居敲门送蜡烛，那么应该是有敲门声，那敲门声在安静的晚上特别清楚。故选B。

6.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：“这是谁呢？”他想知道，因为汤姆是这个城市的新来的人。A. newcomer新来的人；B. traveler旅行者；C. guest客人；D. settler定居者。根据上文可知，他们一家刚来到这个城市，自然是新来的人。故选A。

7.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：这是一个他特别讨厌别人打搅他的时刻，于是他走到门口，不耐烦地把门打开。A. surprisedly吃惊地；B. delightedly高兴地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. willingly情愿地。根据when he especially hated to be (9) , 以及下文Tom in anger and shut the door可知，他不耐烦地打开门。故选C。

8.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：“没有，”汤姆生气地回答，使劲地把门关上。A. gently温柔地；B. kindly亲切地；C. politely礼貌地；D. violently猛烈地。根据下文“What a nuisance (讨厌鬼)!” He complained over it with his wife.可知，他猛地关上门。故选D。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们刚安顿下来，邻居就来借东西了。A. lend借出；B. sell销售；C. fetch去取；D. borrow借入。根据下文He complained over it with his wife.可知，汤姆之所以抱怨，一定是他以为小女孩需要蜡烛来借蜡烛。故选D。

10.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：但是这次她拿着两支蜡烛，说，“我奶奶告诉我楼下的新邻居可能需要蜡烛。她让我来给你们这些。”A. And表示递进；B. So表示结果；C. But表示转折；D. For表示原因。根据上下文语境可知，此处与前面是转折关系。故选C。

11.

考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. holding握住；B. hiding隐藏；C. blowing吹；D. lighting点亮。根据下文My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles.可知，小女孩手里拿着两根蜡烛。故选A。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：汤姆对他所看到的感到非常惊讶。A. frightened害怕的，受惊的；B. pleased高兴的；C. puzzled困惑的；D. surprised吃惊的。据上下文语境可知，这种情况出乎他的意料，所以他应该是很惊讶。故选D。

13.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那一刻，他突然意识到是什么导致了他人生的失败。A. failure失败；B. dissatisfaction令人不满的事物；C. complaint抱怨；D. determination决心。根据文章第一句中的repeated failure可判断，他突然意识到是什么造成了他生活中的失败。故选A。

14.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：正是他自己对其他人的冷漠与刻薄。A. responsibility责任；B. apology道歉；C. coldness冷漠；D. concept观念，概念。根据前文汤姆开始对小女孩的态度可判断，他确实是个冷漠与刻薄之人。故选C。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在生活中欺骗他的人其实不是别人，而是他自己，因为他的生活已经被他无情的心灵所蒙蔽。A. mind心智；B. opinion观点；C. behavior行为；D. look表情。根据上文The person who had cheated him in life was actually nobody else but himself,

for his life had been darkened by his unsympathetic可知，在生活中欺骗他的人其实不是别人，而是他自己，因为他的生活已经被他无情的心灵所蒙蔽。故选A。