I was nineteen years old the first time I saw my own true character.

My trip to and from work each day included a ten-minute walk through the heart of downtown, where the   36  often gathered. Like most busy citizens, I learned to   37  those nameless faces. When it came to homeless beggars, my   38  life experience had led me to one   39  that they are on the street because they choose to be, probably due to alcohol or drugs.

It was an extremely cold day. When I passed the groups of beggars as usual, I heard a shaky voice target me.

“Spare some change?” he asked.

I didn’t even   40  looking up at his nameless face. I briefly   41  him walking into a liquor store and buying whiskey with the money we spared him. Like most teenagers, it took me only moments to   42  him.

“I have no money on me,” I said quickly

Looking back now, I feel as if God had set out that day to teach me a lesson. And God   43 . Just a few feet past him, I managed to find the only ice patch on the sidewalk. I   44  and landed heavily on my right knee. The   45  was almost killing me as I tried to get up. Then I heard a shaky voice only inches above me.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

I knew immediately this was the man I had just rushed past. Even in pain, I   46  took a quick moment to sniff for the smell of alcohol on his breath. There was none. He wasn’t   47 . I saw the   48  in his eyes.

I   49  to get to my feet. He held my arm as I walked difficultly to the nearby bus stop.

“My name is Mike,” he said. “That’s quite a fall you took, and you really need to get it checked by a doctor,” he said with deep   50 .

“This bus goes past the hospital,” I said.

Mike paused, and a look of sudden   51  crossed his face. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small cup. He took out all the change and held it out toward me.

“I think there’s just enough here for you to take the bus,” he said,

I was highly embarrassed as I remember my   52 . I reached for my purse and took out my change. At least ten dollars. I offered Mike all my change.

“Thank you and take care of yourself,” I said. Both of us knew that few minutes earlier I couldn’t have   53  what happened to him.

Mike held his cup tightly,   54  it as if it were the first gift he had ever received.

A half cup of change seemed too small a gift for the man who gave a   55  to every nameless face I’ve ever seen.

1.                A．doctors         B．beggars         C．citizens   D．sellers

 

2.                A．pity            B．observe        C．forgive   D．ignore

 

3.                A．limited         B．painful         C．meaningful    D．rich

 

4.                A．fact            B．rule            C．a(chǎn)ssumption    D．suggestion

 

5.                A．mind           B．bother         C．a(chǎn)void D．bear

 

6.                A．imagined       B．followed        C．noticed   D．heard

 

7.                A．judge          B．stop           C．tease D．blame

 

8.                A．signed         B．succeeded      C．responded    D．a(chǎn)pproached

 

9.                A．skipped        B．dashed         C．slipped   D．hesitated

 

10.               A．regret         B．scare          C．cold  D．pain

 

11.               A．still            B．ever           C．yet   D．a(chǎn)lso

 

12.               A．honest         B．reliable         C．drunk D．shabby

 

13.               A．greed          B．surprise        C．sorrow    D．sympathy

 

14.               A．failed          B．struggled       C．hurried   D．chose

 

15.               A．relief          B．satisfaction      C．understanding  D．concern

 

16.               A．confusion       B．realization      C．excitement D．sadness

 

17.               A．lie            B．injury          C．promise   D．experience

 

18.               A．known         B．predicted       C．cared D．a(chǎn)ccepted

 

19.               A．treasuring      B．protecting      C．making    D．showing

 

20.               A．lesson         B．name          C．chance    D．fortune

 

 

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：作者本來(lái)對(duì)街上的乞丐是不理睬的，甚至是有些偏見(jiàn)，但是一次經(jīng)歷讓他改變了看法。

1.考查名詞：A. doctors醫(yī)生B. beggars乞丐C. citizens公民D. sellers銷售員，從后面的When it came to homeless beggars,可知商業(yè)中心經(jīng)常聚集一些乞丐。選B

2.考查動(dòng)詞：A. pity同情B. observe觀察C. forgive原諒D. ignore忽略，句意：向很多繁忙的市民一樣，我學(xué)會(huì)忽視這些沒(méi)有名字的臉。選D

3.考查形容詞：A. limited有限的B. painful痛苦的C. meaningful有意義的D. rich富有的，指“有限的人生經(jīng)歷”，選A

4.考查名詞：A. fact事實(shí)B. rule規(guī)則C. assumption假設(shè)   D. suggestion建議，我有限的人生經(jīng)歷讓我假設(shè)他們選擇這么生活是因?yàn)榫凭蛭�。選C

5.考查動(dòng)詞：A. mind介意B. bother麻煩C. avoid避免D. bear忍受，我甚至懶得看這個(gè)沒(méi)有名字的臉。選B

6.考查動(dòng)詞：A. imagined想象B. followed 跟隨C. noticed注意D. heard聽(tīng)見(jiàn)，我只是想象他走進(jìn)酒店，用我給他的錢買了威士忌。選A

7.考查動(dòng)詞：A. judge判斷B. stop停止C. tease嘲笑D. blame責(zé)備，象很多年輕人一樣，我花了幾分鐘就判斷了他。選A

8.考查動(dòng)詞：A. signed簽名B. succeeded成功C. responded回復(fù)D. approached靠近，現(xiàn)在回想起來(lái)，那天上帝出來(lái)是要給我一個(gè)教訓(xùn)，上帝成功了。選B

9.考查動(dòng)詞：A. skipped跳躍B. dashed沖C. slipped滑倒D. hesitated猶豫，從后面的heavily on my right knee. 可知作者是滑倒了，選C

10.考查名詞：A. regret后悔B. scare害怕C. cold冷D. pain疼痛，我起來(lái)的時(shí)候疼痛幾乎要了我的命。選D

11.考查副詞：A. still仍然B. ever曾經(jīng)C. yet然而D. also也，即使很疼，我還是用一會(huì)兒去嗅他呼吸里面的酒味。選A

12.考查形容詞：A. honest誠(chéng)實(shí)的B. reliable可靠的C. drunk喝醉的D. shabby破爛的，從前面的There was none.可知他并沒(méi)有喝醉。選C

13.考查名詞:A. greed貪婪B. surprise驚訝C. sorrow悲傷D. sympathy同情，我看見(jiàn)他眼睛里面的同情。選D

14.考查動(dòng)詞：A. failed失敗B. struggled努力C. hurried匆忙D. chose選擇，我掙扎著站起來(lái)。選B

15.考查名詞：A. relief緩解B. satisfaction  滿意C. understanding理解D. concern關(guān)心，從前面的That’s quite a fall you took, and you really need to get it checked by a doctor,可知乞丐很關(guān)心作者。選D

16.考查名詞：A. confusion困惑B. realization意識(shí)到C. excitement興奮D. sadness難過(guò)，這里指乞丐突然意識(shí)到什么，因?yàn)榍懊孀髡哒f(shuō)他沒(méi)有零錢。選B

17.考查名詞：A. lie謊言B. injury受傷C. promise諾言D. experience經(jīng)驗(yàn)，我想起自己的謊言感到尷尬。選A

18.考查動(dòng)詞：A. known知道B. predicted預(yù)測(cè)C. cared關(guān)心D. accepted接受，我們兩個(gè)幾分鐘前都知道我是不會(huì)關(guān)心他發(fā)生了什么的。選C

19.考查動(dòng)詞：A. treasuring珍惜B. protecting保護(hù)C. making制作D. showing展示，從前面的句子：Mike held his cup tightly,可知邁克很珍惜這些錢。選A

20.考查名詞：A. lesson  功課B. name名字C. chance機(jī)會(huì)D. fortune運(yùn)氣，半杯零錢對(duì)于給我這些沒(méi)有名字的臉一個(gè)名字來(lái)說(shuō)似乎太少了。選B

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：作者本來(lái)對(duì)街上的乞丐是不理睬的，甚至是有些偏見(jiàn)，但是一次經(jīng)歷讓他改變了看法。本文主要是測(cè)試學(xué)生綜合運(yùn)用語(yǔ)言的能力，即從語(yǔ)篇的角度綜合測(cè)試閱讀理解能力、詞匯的掌握和對(duì)英語(yǔ)習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)的熟悉程度、以及語(yǔ)法規(guī)則的靈活運(yùn)用�？忌鲱}時(shí)必須時(shí)刻從上下文考慮，不應(yīng)該只看到所添的詞在短語(yǔ)或句子內(nèi)是否可行。因此，在做題時(shí)最好將全文通讀一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。

 

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C．Loving, supportive and strong-willed.
D．Strict, sensitive and supportive.
【小題5】Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?
A．Self-confidence, hard work, higher-education and a poor family.
B．Mom’s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.
C．Clear goals,mom’s encouragement, a poor family and higher education.
D．Mom’s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：2014屆遼寧丹東寬甸二中高二下學(xué)期學(xué)期初摸底測(cè)試外語(yǔ)試卷（解析版） 題型：完型填空

When I was nine , my father was ill．I can remember my mother’s words ___16___ it were yesterday: “Kerrel, Your father has AIDS．Be very ____17___ when you are around him.”

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family ___18___．My parents were not together anymore, and Dad lived ___19___．For a while, he____20__ take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition__21____．My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn’t___22____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for ___23____ supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner．I would sit in class feeling completely ___24____, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my ___25___ with anyone．I had seen how people ___26___ to AIDS．Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be ___27__．When my father was __28____to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of __29____ his condition a secret．I was completely __30____when he reached his ___31___ days．__32___  and hopeless, I __33___ a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support．That day, she kept me on the phone for hours．I was so __34____to find someone who cared．She saved my life．

I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to___35____, even me．He didn’t want to call  attention to AIDS．I do.

1.                A．a(chǎn)s             B．though         C．a(chǎn)s if  D．even if

 

2.                A．dangerous      B．careful         C．calm D．confident

 

3.                A．difficulty        B．shyness         C．secret    D．weight

 

4.                A．unhappily       B．lonely          C．separately D．a(chǎn)lone

 

5.                A．could          B．must           C．should   D．need

 

6.                A．broken         B．worsened       C．damaged  D．destroyed

 

7.                A．pay            B．spend          C．a(chǎn)fford    D．offer

 

8.                A．family          B．everyday        C．medical   D．school

 

9.                A．lost            B．nervous        C．disappointed   D．worried

 

10.               A．suffering       B．burden         C．pressure  D．sadness

 

11.               A．treated         B．cared          C．reacted   D．feared

 

12.               A．different       B．nervous        C．sensitive   D．cruel

 

13.               A．moved         B．retreated       C．returned  D．recovered

 

14.               A．leaving         B．keeping        C．stopping   D．preventing

 

15.               A．uneasy         B．unabsorbed     C．unprepared    D．uncomfortable

 

16.               A．due           B．relaxing        C．profound  D．final

 

17.               A．Curious        B．Strange         C．Terrified   D．Sad

 

18.               A．encountered    B．visited         C．called D．contracted

 

19.               A．lucky          B．dramatic        C．romantic  D．magical

 

20.               A．a(chǎn)nyone         B．someone       C．nobody   D．none

 

 

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