Question

    I keep a pocket knife in my handbag and it comes in handy for all sorts of things. I have _______ carried it with me since I discovered it on a boat we bought and _______ for about twenty years. It has been through many  _______ with us.

I recently _______ an interesting flight and was pulled up at the departure gate. When my bag went through the x-ray machine, my _______ was discovered. I had forgotten it was there and as I rarely _______, it hadn’t crossed my mind that it would be discovered and confiscated(没收). We had gone through the gate and it was the time for us to _______ the plane so there wasn’t time for me to go _______ and post it to myself.

The security lady at the gate saw that I was _______ at losing one of my treasure possessions. They usually ________threw away things that got confiscated. But she ________ to post it to me if I wrote down the ________and gave her the postage money.

I was so grateful that I tried to ________her and she asked me to stop as they weren’t supposed to do this and she would get into trouble ________ anyone found out.

The next day in the post I ________ a little package with my pocket knife and the ________ from the $10 note I had given her, even though I had ________ her to keep the rest for her ________. It was so nice to be the recipient(接受者)of a kind deed ________ that.

Now I often do ________ things for others and have started using smile cards. Hopefully the world is becoming a kinder place bit by bit.

1.A.never B.always C.hardly D.seldom

2.A.stayed in B.kept up C.looked around D.lived on

3.A.adventures B.quarrels C.arguments D.fights

4.A.invited B.hired C.took D.brought

5.A.knife B.money C.secret D.plan

6.A.walked B.spoke C.thought D.flew

7.A.order B.follow C.board D.find

8.A.ahead B.back C.down D.up

9.A.anxious B.nervous C.angry D.happy

10.A.even B.still C.just D.also

11.A.refused B.offered C.agreed D.pretended

12.A.number B.promise C.time D.address

13.A.persuade B.satisfy C.thank D.comfort

14.A.if B.because C.until D.though

15.A.discovered B.picked C.bought D.received

16.A.reward B.change C.cost D.expense

17.A.urged B.encouraged C.begged D.force

18.A.bravery B.support C.kindness D.cleverness

19.A.for B.like C.with D.in

20.A.difficult B.interesting C.important D.little

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者有一把喜爱的小刀，坐飞机安检时被发现，本来要被没收的小刀，但因为一位安检人员的帮助小刀被邮寄给了作者，这让作者深受感动，从此也以帮助他人为乐，希望这个世界变得更加和谐。

1.

考查副词辨析。句意：我一直携带者这把小刀。 A. never从不；B. always总是；C. hardly 几乎不；D. seldom很少 ，根据下文“…since I discovered it… for about twenty” 可知，自从发现了这把刀子，作者总是( always) 把它带在身上。故答案为B。

2.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我在我们买的并且生活了20年的船上发现了它 。A. stayed in 待在家里、不外出；B. kept up保持、继续；C. looked around四处看看 ；D. lived on生活在…上、靠…生活，由上文“I discovered it on a boat we bought and…”中的and可知空格处所填与we bought是并列成分，作定语，都用来修饰boat,根据定语与所修饰成分的合理搭配，故答案为D。

3.

考查名词辨析。句意：我和这把小刀经历了很多冒险的事情。A. adventures 冒险；B. quarrels争吵；C. arguments争论 ；D. fights打架。作者和这把小刀经历了很多冒险的事情故答案为A。

4.

考查动词辨析。句意：我最近乘坐了一趟有趣的航班。A.invited邀请；B. hired雇佣；C. took乘坐、带走；D. brought 带来。根据an interesting flight可知，作者最近乘坐了一趟有趣的航班。故故答案为C。

5.

考查名词辨析。句意：小刀被发现了。A. knife小刀；B. money 钱.；C. secret 秘密；D.plan 计划，根据上文“When my bag went through the x-ray machine,”可知是在过安检时，我的小刀（属于违禁物）被发现了，故答案为A。

6.

考查动词辨析。句意：我很少乘坐飞机，我几乎没有想起来小刀还在包里。

A. walked 散步；B..spoke 说；C. thought 思考、认为；D. flew 飞、乘坐飞机，根据下文“it hadn’t crossed my mind that it would be discovered and confiscated(没收).”可知作者这方面的经验不足，连基本的不能携带刀具的常识都不知道，可见作者很少乘坐飞机，故答案为D。

7.

考查动词辨析。句意：到登机的时间了。A. order 命令；B.follow跟随；.C board 上（飞机、船）；D. find 找到、发现，根据空格后the plane可知此时是到了作者登机的时间了，故答案为C。

8.

考查副词辨析。句意：我没有时间回去并把小刀邮寄给自己。A.ahead 超前地；B.back 向后地；C.down 向下地；D.up 向上地，根据空格后半部分…and post it to myself.及前文作者着急登机等细节可知作者没有时间回去并把小刀邮寄给自己，go与back连用go back表示回去，故故答案为B。

9.

考查动词辨析。句意：门口安检处的女士注意到我像丢了一件珍贵的所有物那样焦虑。A. anxious焦虑的、担忧的；B. nervous紧张的；C. angry 生气的；D. happy高兴的，根据前文描述可知，这把小刀伴随作者多年，像朋友一样，再根据空格后部分“…at losing one of my treasure possessions.像丢失了一件珍贵的所有物”可知作者对小刀的重视程度，所以当小刀被没收后，作者的心情是焦虑和担忧，故答案为A。

10.

考查副词辨析。句意：他们通常仅仅把没收的东西扔掉。A. even 甚至；B. still 仍然；C. just 仅仅；D. also 也，根据下文“But she ___11___ to post it to me if…”可知我的小刀没有像通常的处理方式那样被简单地（仅仅地）扔掉，结合选项，故答案为C。

11.

考查动词辨析。句意：但是她主动提出可以将小刀邮寄给我。A. refused 拒绝；B. offered 主动提出；C. agreed 同意；D. pretended 假装，根据前文“The security lady at the gate saw that I was ___9___ at losing one of my treasure possessions.”可知，这位女士注意到了我对小刀的不舍，所以才会主动提出帮我邮寄，offer to do主动帮助做某事，故B为正确答案。

12.

考查动名词辨析。句意：如果我写下地址并付给她邮费。A. number 数字；B. promise 承诺；C. time时间；D. address地址，根据“to post it to me”可知是要把小刀邮寄给我，所以我要写下地址，故答案为D。

13.

考查动词辨析。句意：我是如此地感激，我要尽可能地向她表示感谢。

A. persuade劝说；B. satisfy使…...满意；C. thank感谢；D. comfort 安慰，根据前文“I was so grateful …我是如此地感激”可知作者要对这位女士表达感谢，故答案为C。

14.

考查连词辨析。句意：如果有人发现的话，她会陷入麻烦。A. if如果； B. because因为 ；C.until直到…才；D. though即使，根据前文“he asked me to stop as they weren’t supposed to do this ”可知这位女士帮助作者邮寄东西和接受感谢是不被允许的，所以如果被发现，会带来麻烦，故答案为A。

15.

考查动词辨析。句意：第二天在邮局，我收到一个装着我小刀的包裹。A. discovered发现 B. picked 捡起、挑出；C. bought 买；D. received收到，根据前文安检处的女士为我邮寄小刀的细节描写，可知现在作者收到了小刀，故答案为D。

16.

考查名词辨析。句意：我收到了装着小刀和我给她的10美元剩余的零钱的包裹 。A. reward 奖励；B. change 零钱；C. cost 花费；D. expense 损失、代价，根据前文“if I wrote down the ___12___ and gave her the postage money.”可知作者给了这位女士邮费，再根据下文“from the $10 note I had given her, even though I had ___17___ her to keep the rest for her”作者曾让这位女士把剩下的钱自己留着，所以邮费有剩余，故答案为B。

17.

考查动词辨析。句意：即使我曾劝说她把剩余的钱留着,只因她的善意。A. urged劝说； B. encouraged 鼓励；C. begged请求；D. force迫使，根据前文“I was so grateful that I tried to ___13___ her and she asked me to stop as they weren’t supposed to do this”可知作者曾想表达感谢（用剩余的钱感谢），但被拒绝了，故答案为A。

18.

考查名词辨析。句意：即使我曾劝说她把剩余的钱留着,只因她的善意。A. bravery勇气；B. support支持；C. kindness 善意、善举；D. cleverness 聪明，根据下文“It was so nice to be the recipient(接受者)of a kind deed”可知作者是因为这位女士的善意想让她把剩下的钱留着，故答案为C。

19.

考查介词辨析。句意： 能接受这样的善举真是太好了。

A. for 因为；B. like 像；C. with和… ；D. in在…里、用…，根据前文描述的事情，可知空格后的that指的是安检处女士主动邮寄小刀又不图回报的举动，like that 像那样的，作者认为能接受这样的善举真是太好了，故答案为B。

20.

考查形容词辨析。句意：现在我经常为他人做一些小事。A. difficult 困难的；B. interesting有趣的；C. important 重要的；D. little小的、少的，根据文章所描述的这件主动提供帮助又不图回报的善意举动，可知作者也受到了触动，所以会为他人做一些小事，故答案为D。