Question

I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people. Luckily there're small ways of helping them and you needn't have a lot of__1__. One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__2__doing this one day, I got to__3__a young homeless man. He was often_4__the magazine at the train station.

He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his__5_was close to mine. It_6__that we were born in the same month.

I met him last year_7__after his birthday, and after congratulating him, without__8__， I asked if he had had a good day. He__9__and said that he hadn't really celebrated. I felt so __10_.

I just couldn't bear the thought of this nice, young man being__11__on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn(纱线) basket.__12__for me, I had enough yarn__13__. I set to work and knitted a__14__for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty__15_I didn't knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be__16__when he got it.

I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had__17__to meet him so I had__18__the scarf and a piece of my own birthday__19__around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The_20__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!

1.．A. work          B．energy         C．money           D．experience

2.．A. In             B．On            C．Besides         D．By

3.A. realize          B．ignore        C．know            D．recognize

4.A. selling          B．reading       C．covering        D．buying

5.A. birthday         B．house         C．height          D．hobby

6.A. said             B．found         C．guessed         D．meant

7.A. long             B．shortly       C．ever            D．even

8.A. stopping         B．helping       C．praising        D．thinking

9.A. looked up        B．turned up     C．looked down     D．got down

10.A. foolish         B．excited       C．clever          D．worried

11.A. calm           B．happy          C．alone           D．hungry

12.A. Suddenly       B．Luckily        C．Badly           D．However

13.A. used        B．done              C．left            D．produced

14.A. scarf           B．cap           C．sock            D．glove

15.A. when            B．because       C．so              D．and

16.A. different       B．dry           C．wet             D．clean

17.A. liked           B．hoped         C．promised        D．agreed

18.A. made            B．thrown        C．received        D．carried

19.A. cake            B．present       C．song            D．party

20.A. light           B．pain          C．sight           D．Tear

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：

1.名词辨析A. work工作,劳动B．energy活力, 干劲,C．Money金钱D．experience经验, 体验

由上文可知，作者和一群无家可归的人住在一起，帮助他们不需要很多钱

2.介词辨析A. In在…里面;B.On在…上C．Besides除…之外(还有)D．By在…近旁，通过...的方式   由句意可知：通过这样做的方式

3.动词辨析A. realize了解; 认识到B．ignore不理, 忽视C．know知道, 懂得D．recognize认出, 识别出  由上文可知，作者通过给这些无家可归的人购买杂志，结识了一位年轻人

4.动词辨析A. selling卖; 售; 销B．reading读; 看懂, 理解C．covering覆盖, 遮盖D．buying购买, 购得   由语境和常识可知，他经常在火车上卖报纸

5. 名词辨析A. birthday生日B．house住宅, 房子C．height高度, 身高D．hobby业余爱好 由下文可知，作者的生日和这位年轻人的生日挨得很近

6. 动词辨析A. said说; 讲B．found找到, 发现C．guessed猜D．meant本意是, 原意为; 意味由上文可知，此处应为：也就意味着两人出生在同一个月

7.形容词辨析A. long长的；长时间的, 长期的B．shortly不久; 很快C．ever 在某时; 有时D．even甚至, 即使  考察固定短语：shortly after...在...不久之后

8. 动词辨析A. stopping停止; 中断 B．helping帮助C．praising称赞, 赞赏  D．thinking想, 思索 认为  由上句可知，固定短语：without thinking 不假思索作者不假思索地问了他生日是否过得愉悦

9.动词短语辨析A. looked up向上看; B．turned up开大; 翻起C．looked down俯视,跌价D.got down下车   由上下文串联可知，年轻人埋下头说道其实自己并未庆祝过自己的生日

10. 形容词辨析A. foolish愚蠢的, 笨的，没有礼貌B．excited兴奋的, 激动的C．clever聪明的, 机灵的D．worried焦虑的,烦恼的  由上下文串联可知，作者为自己问了这样的一个问题而感到自己当时是多么的没有礼貌，因为年轻人很羞愧的低下头并未过自己的生日。

11.动词辨析.A. calm镇定的, 沉着的; 宁静的,B．happy愉快的, 高兴的C．alone单独的; D．hungry饥饿的   由原文可以看出：作者无法内心无法容忍人这样好的一位青年会在自己25岁生日的时候这样孤单，甚至没有人帮他庆祝，没有人送他蛋糕，什么都没有！

12.副词辨析A. Suddenly意外地;忽然;冷不防B．Luckily幸运地C．Badly坏, 差, 拙劣地   D．However 无论如何 由上下文串联可知，作者此时感到很幸运，还有多余的纱线

13. 形容词辨析A. used用过的, 旧的,B．done已完成C．Left剩下, 离开D．produced生产, 产生, 出产  由语境可知，作者还剩得有足够的纱线

14. 名词辨析A. scarf围巾; 披肩; 领巾B．cap帽子C．sock短袜D．glove手套

由上下文串联可知，作者准备为青年织一条围巾

15. 连词辨析A. when在…时, 当时；如果, 要是B．because因为C．so因此, 所以    D．and和 那么,   由上下文串联可知，因为由于作者不是经常织东西，纱线变得有点脏了。

16. 形容词辨析A. different不同的, 差异的B．dry干的,干燥的C．wet湿的, 潮湿的D．clean清洁的, 干净的; 纯净的  由语境可知，作者把纱线拿去洗了，希望送给青年的时候是干干净净的。

17. 动词辨析A. liked喜欢, 喜爱B．hoped希望, 期望    C．promised允诺; 答应D．agreed同意, 赞同  固定用法：had hoped to ..一直希望干...由上下串联可知，作者一直希望把这条围巾送给青年

18. 动词辨析A. made做; 制造B．thrown投; 掷;C．received收到, 接到D．carried提, 挑, 背 运送, 搬运   由上下文串联可知，作者一直把织好的围巾和自己准备的礼物带在身上。

19. 名词辨析A. cake蛋糕B．present礼物C．song歌曲D．party聚会 由下文gift可知，此处为present礼物

20. 名词辨析A. light光, 光线,B．pain痛苦C．sight视野, 视界D．tear眼泪, 泪水

由语境可知，由于作者在他最孤单的时候送给了他亲自做的礼物，青年感动得热泪盈眶。

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