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【題目】閱讀下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后從短文后各題所給的A,B,C,D四個選項中, 選擇最佳選項。

Is Started with a Bunch of Anthuriums

My first job out of high school was at a science research center. As a youngster, I was pretty worried by the administrative supervisor（行政主管）. I wished I didn't have to pass her desk every morning. In the first month there, I don't think I ever saw her ______.

I am not sure what encouraged me but one day I decided to bring her flowers. They were bright red anthuriums. As soon as I walked into the office, ______ her the flowers. But then, came the most beautiful smile. It spread across her face slowly and it seemed that the room got a bit ______ too. I remembered my heart pounding out of my chest because I then realized I had certainly not seen her smile before. She ______ me for the flowers and did so every day for as long as the flowers lasted. From then on, she always greeted me with a smile.

Then, it became my ______ to make her smile every day. Some days I'd bring her something I baked, tell a funny story, or invite her to lunch with our colleagues. Then things_____. She began to smile more and talk to people, even when she didn't need to. She just seemed lighter.

Now you would think this ______ was about the administrative supervisor. It's not. It's about how it changed me. I used to be pretty shy but after that day with the anthuriums, I started coming out of my shell too and I learned to smile more. I began to see people ______, you know, actually " seeing" people by looking deeper rather than accepting the superficial（表面的）.

That experience taught me a lesson for life：A loving act of kindness has a beautiful way of helping both the receiver and the giver in ways that we cannot imagine.

【1】A.talkB.smileC.leaveD.stand

【2】A.tookB.sentC.handedD.showed

【3】A.cleanerB.brighterC.darkerD.dirtier

【4】A.waitedB.thankedC.helpedD.greeted

【5】A.workB.turnC.choiceD.duty

【6】A.endedB.startedC.changedD.happened

【7】A.storyB.lessonC.thingD.event

【8】A.separatelyB.clearlyC.carefullyD.differently

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【解析】

本篇講述作者如何通過送花等小細(xì)節(jié)改變主管表面上冰冷的性格，同時也改變自己害羞的性格，從而明白一個道理：一個充滿愛心的善舉會以我們無法想象的方式幫助接受者和給予者。

【1】句意：在那里的第一個月里，我想我從沒見過她微笑。

talk談話；smile微笑；leave離開；stand站；根據(jù)第二段“But then, came the most beautiful smile.”，在作者把花給她時，她露出最美的微笑；由此推斷上文指“沒見過她笑”；故選B。

【2】句意：我一走進(jìn)辦公室，就把花遞給她。

took拿；sent “送給”，強(qiáng)調(diào)送出者沒有親自去送； handed將某物（親手）交給某人，強(qiáng)調(diào)“自己親手去送； showed展示；從文字的表層意思可知“作者親手把花給了主管”；故選 C。

【3】句意：微笑慢慢地在她臉上蔓延開來，房間似乎也更明亮了。

cleaner更干凈；brighter更明亮；darker更黑暗；dirtier更臟；從文字的表層意思推斷“主管的微笑讓房間的氣氛變得更加柔和了，使房間看起來似乎更明亮”；故選 B。

【4】句意：她感謝我送的花……。

waited等候；thanked謝謝； helped幫助；greeted迎接；從文字的表層意思推斷空格指“主管感謝我送的花”；thank sb for sth意為“為……感謝……”；故選 B。

【5】句意：然后，讓她每天微笑成了我的責(zé)任。

work工作；turn輪流；choice選擇；duty責(zé)任；由上文可知“作者送花讓主管開始有了微笑，房間里的氛圍也更輕松，推斷這讓作者心生“讓主管保持微笑的責(zé)任”；故選D。

【6】句意：后來情況變了。

ended結(jié)束；started開始；changed改變；happened發(fā)生；根據(jù)下文“She began to smile more and talk to people, even when she didn't need to.”，可知 “主管從起先很嚴(yán)肅，到更經(jīng)常微笑和別人交談”，推斷空格指“事情發(fā)生了改變”；故選 C。

【7】句意：現(xiàn)在你會認(rèn)為這個故事是關(guān)于行政主管的。

story故事；lesson功課；thing東西；event事件；由上文的陳述，作者是如何通過送花等一些小細(xì)節(jié)改變主管冰冷嚴(yán)肅的性格，推斷空格指“這是一個關(guān)于主管的故事”；故選A。

【8】句意：我開始用不同的角度看人。你知道的，真正從深層次的去“看人”而不是看表面。

separately單獨地；clearly清楚地；carefully仔細(xì)地；differently不同地；根據(jù)下文“actually " seeing" people by looking deeper rather than”可知“要深層次地看人而不是看一個人的表面；推斷空格指“用不同的角度看人”故選 D。