Question

阅读下面短文，从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I moved into a new apartment but the couple next door were loud all the time. After suffering from it for weeks, I decided to_______ them. I went next door and knocked on the door and introduced myself. An old woman asked if I came over to _______ the noise, and I said yes.

I politely asked them to be _______, as I had to work at night, I always went to bed in the _________. She explained both she and her husband were going _________ and that they needed to speak loudly to each other. She invited me in and offered me a coffee and we started talking.

Suddenly, we heard a loud bang in the kitchen. Her husband had fallen onto the ground. Immediately, we rushed him to the hospital.

When I came home from work the next day, there was a _______ on the door from the lady asking me to come over. When I_______  her home, she asked if I’d drive her to the hospital, to which I said no_______. When we got to the hospital, I guided her to his room where he_______ me.

Soon we ended up being friends until they moved away a year later.

One day after five years, I got a call from a lawyer. He told me that the couple had died and he was ____________ by their children to find me. They wanted to thank the old friend of their parents’ personally.

You can never know when, where or how you are next going to make new friends. Life is full of surprises. Whatever happens, try to treat others exactly as you would like to be treated.

1.A.shout B.punish C.face D.treat

2.A.fight against B.look for C.find out D.complain about

3.A.calmer B.kinder C.slower D.quieter

4.A.evening B.noon C.daytime D.afternoon

5.A.disabled B.blind C.deaf D.weak

6.A.paper B.notice C.note D.announcement

7.A.reached B.left C.found D.searched

8.A.doubt B.way C.matter D.problem

9.A.used B.followed C.carried D.thanked

10.A.forced B.asked C.encouraged D.ordered

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.D

10.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述的是作者和隔壁邻居一对老夫妇的故事，使作者明白了你永远不知道什么时候，在哪里，或者以什么样的方式，会结交到新朋友。生活中充满了惊喜，无论发生什么，试着像你想要的那样去对待别人。

1.句意：忍受了几个星期后，我决定去面对他们。
shout呼喊；punish惩罚；face面对；treat对待。结合上下文语境可知，邻居家的一对夫妇总是很大声，忍受了几周后，作者打算当面交涉，结合选项，故选C。

2.句意：一位老太太问我是不是来抱怨他们制造的噪声的，我说是的。
fight against对抗；反对；look for寻找；find out找出；complain about抱怨。根据上文“the couple next door were loud all the time. After suffering from it for weeks, I decided to face them”可知，作者忍受了几周的噪音后来找这对夫妇是来投诉他们制造的噪音的，结合选项，故选D。

3.句意：我礼貌地要求他们安静一点，因为我晚上得工作，总是白天睡觉。
calmer更平静的；kinder更友好的；slower慢一点的；quieter更安静的。根据上文“the couple next door were loud all the time”可知，这对夫妇很吵，找他们自然是想让他们安静一点，故选D。

4.句意：我礼貌地要求他们安静一点，因为我晚上得工作，总是白天睡觉。
evening晚上；noon中午；daytime白天；afternoon下午。根据“as I had to work at night”可知，作者晚上工作，由此推断，他是白天睡觉，故选C。

5.句意：她解释说她和她的丈夫都快聋了，所以他们需要对彼此大声说话。
disabled残疾的；blind瞎的；deaf聋的；weak虚弱的。根据“they needed to speak loudly to each other”可推断，他们听力不好，所以需要大声讲话，结合选项，故选C。

6.句意：第二天我下班回家时，门上有一张那个女人留给我的便条，让我去她家里。
paper纸；notice通知；note便条；announcement宣告。根据“on the door from the lady asking me to come over”可知，门上贴着隔壁女人留给我的便条，结合选项，故选C。

7.句意：当我到她家时，她问我是否能开车送她去医院，我说没问题。
reached到达；left离开；found找到；searched搜索。根据上文可知，女人留便条让作者去她家，所以这里指的是作者到她家，故选A。

8.句意：当我到她家时，她问我是否能开车送她去医院，我说没问题。
doubt怀疑；way方法；matter事件；problem问题。根据下文“When we got to the hospital”可知，对于她的请求，我说没问题，故选D。

9.句意：当我们到达医院时，我把她带到他的病房，在那里他感谢了我。
used用；followed跟着；carried携带；thanked感谢。根据上文，我把他送到了医院，又带他妻子来到医院，可推断，他在那里向我表示了感谢，故选D。

10.句意：他告诉我说，这对夫妇已经去世，他们的孩子请他来找我。
forced强迫；asked请求；encouraged鼓励；ordered命令。根据“They wanted to thank the old friend of their parents’ personally”可知，是这对夫妇的孩子想亲自谢我，所以请律师来找我，结合选项，故选B。