Question

Blogs allow readers to post comments. There were millions of blogs out there, so I   36   expected anyone to read mine,   37   respond. But almost immediately they did. Twelve messages were   38   after my first entry. I went to the library five times that day—each time there were more.

    The next morning I couldn’t wait to get up and hurry to the library.   39   I told my story. It gave structure and a purpose to my day.

    For so long I’d been unable to   40   in the real world, afraid of rejection or pity or scorn(輕蔑).   41   here it was safe. This   42   with people on the other side of the screen, many on the other side of the world, was   43   me back to life again.

    One particularly cold Tuesday I opened my   44   to see, among emails from bloggers   45   how I was surviving the snow, one saying: “New York Times Journalist Trying to Contact You.” Ian Urbina had discovered my blog   46   when researching an article on people living in their   47   in the U.S. exchanged emails and later he called me up. I hadn’t spoken to   48   for months but, as rain streamed down the glass   49  , the words came. I had been living in the car for almost nine months.

    The article   50   on the front page. I didn’t know until I opened my computer. There were emails from people around the world. For almost a year on one had known I   51   existed but now here were hundreds wishing me well. They said they were   52   for me.

    Now every time I pressed “Check Mail”, there were more messages. I watched the numbers of the visitors counter on my blog   53   by the hundreds. These were people at their computers all over the world. I felt as of I was viewing a miracle unfold(展開(kāi)).

    Over the next week, in libraries and in the car   54   under lamp posts at night, I wrote my papers. I had notepaper spread   55   the dashboard(儀表盤(pán)). And every morning in the quiet of the lane, I wrote for my life.

1.A. nearly         B. eagerly      C. patiently            D. hardly

2.A. rather than        B. more than        C. let alone            D. other than

3.A. read           B. printed          C. left             D. taken

4.A. The other day  B. Day and night    C. All day long         D. Another day

5.A. give out       B. reach out        C. make out         D. hand out

6.A. But            B. And          C. Or               D. Then

7.A. problem        B. work         C. appointment      D. connection

8.A. paying         B. giving           C. binging          D. writing

9.A. website        B. mailbox      C. blog             D. newspaper

10. A. concerned about B. bored with        C. careless of          D. disappointed at     

11.A. by mistake        B. in time          C. by chance            D. at last

12.A. homes         B. offices          C. cars             D. libraries

13.A. everybody     B. anyone       C. another          D. other

14.A. inwards       B. inside           C. outwards         D. outside

15.A. carried           B. published        C. appeared         D. contributed

16.A. already       B. even         C. almost               D. only

17.A. praying       B. fighting     C. voting               D. looking

18.A. ending            B. increasing       C. dropping         D. expanding

19.A. repaired      B. washed       C. crashed          D. parked

20.A. through       B. beyond       C. across           D. above

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】略