Question

【題目】通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。
A secret Santa brought an early Christmas gift to cash-strapped(囊中羞澀的) shoppers.
After overhearing 1 shopper say she may not be able to afford her outstanding(未付的) bill, Mr Parady walked over to the layaway(分期預付) department to see 2 he could do to help.
He paid the bills of six shoppers who were in the store at the time, 3 paying off half of every bill over $200.
Staff at the store 4 how the holiday hero swiped his card for customers who came up to the till (收銀臺) to cancel their orders, simply saying "5" afterwards.
"They didn't know what was happening 6," said Wal-Mart operations manager Deb Davis, "This one girl in particular, she goes, 'What do I owe?' My workmate goes, 'That gentlemen right there just paid for you.''
7, the woman, began to cry and had to sit down on a bench.
The man used three different cards, took up two cashiers, and also made payments over the phone during the hours-long spree(狂歡) which employees described as 8 they had ever seen.
"I didn't intend for the attention but I hope it 9 other people." he said.
"I hope everyone will use it as a tool to give in their own way. It doesn't have to be 10, it can be time, or just something kind."
（1）A.other B.the other C.another D.others
（2）A.what B.why C.how D.where
（3）A.while B.as well as C.when D.if
（4）A.found B.remembered C.knew D.recalled
（5）A.Pardon me? B.What? C.With pleasure. D.Merry Christmas.
（6）A.at last B.at first C.at once D.at the end
（7）A.Surprised B.Excited C.Moved D.Amazed
（8）A.the most generous B.the friendliest C.the most interesting D.the funniest
（9）A.inspires B.interests C.improves D.surprises
（10）A.value B.attitudes C.money D.life

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、C
（2）、A
（3）、B
（4）、D
（5）、D
（6）、B
（7）、C
（8）、A
（9）、A
（10）、C

【解析】一個神秘的圣誕老人為囊中羞澀的人們提早送出了圣誕禮品，他為商場里付不起賬的人買單，讓人驚訝又感動。
⑴句意：在偶然聽到一個購物者說她可能沒辦法支付掉未付賬單時，帕拉第先生走進分期付款商品保留部，他想知道自己是否能幫上一點忙。shopper是單數(shù)，故排除A和D；the other指兩個中的另一個；another指沒有范圍的另一個。根據(jù)上下文故選C。
⑵引導賓語從句，并且作從句中do 的賓語，因此選A。
⑶句意：他為當時在商場的6個購物者買了單，也支付了每筆超過200美元的賬單的一半款項。while，when和if都是連詞，后跟從句。而本空后的結構是動名詞短語，因此用as well as接短語。故選B。
⑷句意：商場的工作人員回憶這位“節(jié)日英雄”為那些在收銀臺準備取消賬單的購物者們刷卡買單的情形，每次刷完卡他就會說一句“圣誕快樂”。find發(fā)現(xiàn)；remember記得；know知道；recall回憶。這是一個新聞報道，所以用recall最佳，故選D。
⑸根據(jù)第一段Santa（圣誕老人），Christmas gift（圣誕禮物）可知說“圣誕快樂”，故選D。
⑹句意：一開始他們還不知道發(fā)生了什么事”，沃爾瑪?shù)倪\營經(jīng)理德布·戴維斯說道。故選B。
⑺句意：這個女生感動得泣不成聲，不得不坐在長凳上緩緩情緒。surprise驚訝；excited興奮的；moved感動的；amazed驚異的。根據(jù)邏輯推斷可知選C。
⑻句意：在這個長達好幾個小時的狂歡購物中，帕拉第先生付款時用了3張信用卡，2臺收銀機，同時也通過電話進行支付，工作人員表示這是他們見到過的最慷慨的行為了。根據(jù)邏輯推理可知選A。
⑼句意：“我并不想嘩眾取寵，我只是想通過這種方式來鼓勵大家多做善事”，他如是說。inspire鼓舞；激勵；interest使感興趣；improve提高；surprise使驚奇。根據(jù)下文可知通過這種方式鼓勵人們幫助別人。故選A。
⑽句意：“我希望大家把它當做一個例子來舉一反三。做好事不一定用錢，也可以是時間，或者一些好的東西�！眝alue價值；attitude態(tài)度；money錢；life生命。