Question

【題目】 Barry was going through a very difficult time in his life. His wife recently died. She and Barry had many happy years together. ___________his wife, Barry felt that life was meaningless.

For months, Barry stayed in his house all day feeling ___________. His friends and his family tried to get him out of the house and encourage him to start doing things, ___________they were not successful.

One day, Barry's neighbor, a very old woman named Gertrude, called _________ to come to the fence（柵欄）in front of her house.

“Hello, Barry! Look at this fence. It's_________ . You are a strong man, and you have some free time. I want you to fix this fence for me.” said Gertrude.

Barry wasn't happy. He thought he was the one who _________ help and support, because he recently lost his wife. He thought the old lady was being very impolite. _________, he knew she was too old to fix the fence _______, so he agreed to fix her fence.

Barry worked on the fence for days. When he finished, Gertrude was very thankful, and Barry_________for the first time in months. “Barry, you did such a wonderful job fixing my fence. Do you think you could____________ it for me?” Gertrude smiled at him.

Barry couldn’t believe she was asking for more____________. Didn't she know how sad he was? But because they had been ____________for years, Barry agreed. He worked hard painting the fence. He felt______________of the beautiful fence he was painting. Over the next few weeks. Gertrude kept giving Barry______________. He repaired her door and even built a beautiful patio（露臺(tái)）for her.

Barry no longer felt that life was meaningless. He finally______________that she was never being rude. Instead, she was wise and she saved him.

【1】A.AsB.ForC.FromD.Without

【2】A.nervousB.excitedC.sadD.surprised

【3】A.soB.unlessC.butD.because

【4】A.himB.herC.usD.them

【5】A.newB.brokenC.strangeD.beautiful

【6】A.neededB.gotC.offeredD.refused

【7】A.InsteadB.BesidesC.AlsoD.However

【8】A.himselfB.itselfC.herselfD.themselves

【9】A.cookedB.smiledC.sleptD.traveled

【10】A.paintB.buyC.buildD.clean

【11】A.helpB.moneyC.adviceD.attention

【12】A.classmatesB.familiesC.teammatesD.neighbors

【13】A.afraidB.fullC.proudD.tired

【14】A.presentsB.supportC.jobsD.ideas

【15】A.hopedB.worriedC.rememberedD.realized

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】A

【7】D

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【11】A

【12】D

【13】C

【14】C

【15】D

【解析】

本文主要講了巴里在妻子去世之后一蹶不振，郁郁寡歡，后來在鄰居格特魯?shù)碌膸椭�下重新燃起了�?duì)生活的希望的故事。

【1】句意：失去了他的妻子，巴里覺得生活毫無意義。

As作為；For為了，給；From來自，從；Without沒有。根據(jù)第一段“His wife recently died”可知，他的妻子去世了，所以此處應(yīng)為失去了他的妻子。故選D。

【2】句意：幾個(gè)月來，巴里整天呆在家里感到悲傷。

nervous緊張的；excited興奮的；sad悲傷的；surprised驚訝的。根據(jù)“His wife recently died”可知，妻子去世后他感到悲傷。故選C。

【3】句意：但是他們沒有成功。

so因此，表因果；unless除非；but但是，表轉(zhuǎn)折；because因?yàn)椋�表原因。根�?jù)“they were not successful”可知，巴里的親人朋友想幫助他走出陰霾，但是他們沒有成功，應(yīng)用but表轉(zhuǎn)折。故選C。

【4】句意：一天，巴里的鄰居，一位名叫格特魯?shù)碌睦咸�太，叫他到她家門口的柵欄前。

him他，賓格；her她；us我們；them他們。根據(jù)語境可知，巴里的鄰居，一個(gè)老太太，叫巴里到她家門口的柵欄前。此處應(yīng)用代詞him指代巴里。故選A。

【5】句意：它壞了。

new新的；broken破損的；strange奇怪的；beautiful美麗的。根據(jù)“I want you to fix this fence for me”可知，應(yīng)該是柵欄壞了，所以讓巴里修補(bǔ)。故選B。

【6】句意：他認(rèn)為他是那個(gè)需要幫助和支持的人，因?yàn)樗�最近失去了妻子�?/span>

needed需要；got得到；offered提供；refused拒絕。根據(jù)“because he recently lost his wife”可知，他失去了妻子，所以他是需要幫助和支持的人。故選A。

【7】句意：然而，他知道她太老了，自己修不好柵欄，所以他同意了。

Instead相反，而不是；Besides此外；Also也；However然而。根據(jù)語境可知，巴里不情愿幫老太太修柵欄，但是考慮到老太太年紀(jì)大了自己修不好所以答應(yīng)了請(qǐng)求，這兩者之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故應(yīng)用however然而。故選D。

【8】句意：然而，他知道她太老了，自己修不好柵欄，所以他同意了。

himself他自己；itself它自己；herself她自己；themselves他們自己。根據(jù)“he knew she was too old to fix the fence ____”可知，巴里知道老太太年紀(jì)太大自己修不了柵欄，所以空格處應(yīng)為herself她自己指代老太太自身。故選C。

【9】句意：當(dāng)他修好的時(shí)候，格特魯?shù)路浅８屑�，巴里幾個(gè)月來第一次笑了。

cooked做飯；smiled笑；slept睡覺；traveled旅行。根據(jù)語境可知，當(dāng)他修好柵欄時(shí)，老太太非常感謝他，此時(shí)巴里應(yīng)該是笑了。故選B。

【10】句意：你覺得你可以幫我把它粉刷好嗎？

paint粉刷；buy買；build建造；clean打掃。根據(jù)下文“He worked hard painting the fence”可知，此處是老太太請(qǐng)求巴里幫她粉刷柵欄。故選A。

【11】句意：巴里不敢相信她在要求更多地幫助。

help幫助；money錢；advice建議；attention注意。根據(jù)“Do you think you could paint it for me?”可知，老太太是在向巴里尋求幫助。故選A。

【12】句意：但是因?yàn)樗麄円呀?jīng)做鄰居很多年了，所以巴里答應(yīng)了。

classmates同學(xué)；families家人；teammates隊(duì)友；neighbors鄰居。根據(jù)“Barry’s neighbor, a very old woman named Gertrude”可知，老太太和巴里是鄰居。故選D。

【13】句意：他為他正在粉刷的美麗的柵欄而感到驕傲。

afraid害怕的；full滿的；proud驕傲的；tired勞累的。根據(jù)語境可知，巴里看到自己粉刷的柵欄特別美麗而應(yīng)該感到驕傲。故選C。

【14】句意：格特魯?shù)乱恢苯o巴里工作。

presents禮物；support支持；jobs工作；ideas想法。根據(jù)“He repaired her door and even built a beautiful patio（露臺(tái)）for her”可知，老太太給了巴里很多的工作。故選C。

【15】句意：他終于意識(shí)到她從不無禮。

hoped希望；worried擔(dān)心；remembered記�。�realized意識(shí)到。根據(jù)“Instead, she was wise and she saved him”以及語境可知，巴里最終意識(shí)到老太太是聰明的，她并不是無禮的，所以用realized符合語境。故選D。