It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together inside the storm door on the top step.

    "Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say “no” __  __looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin scandals (涼鞋),wet with heavy snow.     

“Come in and I'11         you a cup of hot cocoa.”

         They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet shoes left        on the floor.I     __   them cocoa and toast with jam        the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget. The silence in the front door __  __me. I looked in. The girl__    the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat        ," Lady ... are you rich?"

         "Am I rich? Mercy,         !"  I looked at my shabby slipcover(家具套).The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟)       .

         “Your cups match your saucers.”

         Her voice was ___  __with a need that no amount of food could supply.They left after that, holding their       against the wind.They hadn't said thank you.

         They didn’t         to. They had done more than that. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they  __  __.

            I tasted the potatoes and stirred(攪動)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a     __  over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these things matched, too.

    I moved the chairs back from the fire and       the living room.The muddy prints of small scandals were still         on my floor. “       them be for a while,” I thought. Just        I should begin to forget how         I am.

1.A. when         B. after        C. while          D. until

2.A. make         B. provide   C. do     D. cook

3.A. signs         B. signals      C. marks         D. symbols

4.A. showed       B. served    C. carried      D. supplied

5.A. against        B. from       C. on     D. in

6.A. beat            B. struck          C. got    D. noticed

7.A. watched              B. lifted  C. held  D. put

8.A. word          B. method       C. state D. voice

9.A. yes              B. sure   C. no     D. always

10.A. suddenly          B. carefully     C. quickly       D. anxiously

11.A. hungry     B. satisfied      C. pleased     D. curious

12.A. books       B. papers        C. dishes        D. drinks

13.A. dare         B. plan    C. want D. need

14.A. shone      B. matched     C. broke         D. equaled

15.A. house      B. ceiling         C. roof  D. curtain

16.A. washed             B. rubbed       C. wiped        D. tidied

17.A. dry           B. gone  C. wet   D. new

18.A. Made       B. Let      C. Got    D. Kept

19.A. in case     B. as if    C. if only        D. only if

20.A. nice          B. free    C. busy  D. rich

 

【答案】

 

1.D  

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析:本文講述了作者在感恩節(jié)時幫助兩位收廢品的小孩,從他們對生活的樸實的理解受到啟迪,明白了知足者常樂、生活充實就意味著富有的道理。

1.考查連詞。When當...時候;after在...之后;while與此同時;until直到..時。when引導的句子的謂語部分可以是短暫性的也可以是持續(xù)性的動詞或結(jié)構(gòu)。while 引導的句子的謂語部分必須是可以延續(xù)的動詞或結(jié)構(gòu)。until肯定形式表示的意思是“做某事直至某時”,動詞必須是延續(xù)性的,否定形式表達的意思是“直至某時才做某事”,動詞為延續(xù)性或非延續(xù)性都可以。根據(jù)句意:我本想說沒有,但直到看到他們的腳我改變主意。故選D。

2.考查動詞。Make制作;provide提供;do做;cook做飯。根據(jù)句意:進屋來吧,我來給你們煮一杯熱可可茶。make強調(diào)動作的結(jié)果,相當于produce,其賓語往往是產(chǎn)品或成果。do強調(diào)的是動作過程本身,類似于work,其賓語往往是一件工作或一項任務。故選A。

3.考查名詞。Signs標志;signals信號;marks痕跡;symbols符號。根據(jù)句意:他們浸濕的便鞋在爐邊留下了一連串的腳印。故選C。

4.考查動詞。Showed展示;served提供食品;carried帶來;supplied提供。根據(jù)句意:我給他們端上可可茶和果醬面包。故選B。

5.考查介詞。Against反對;from從...;on在...之上;in在..里面。根據(jù)句意:以便幫助他們抵御外面的風寒。故選A。

6.考查動詞。Beat(連續(xù))打擊;struck給…(某種)印象;got得到;noticed注意。根據(jù)句意:前屋里一片沉默,這是我感到很奇怪。故選B。

7.考查動詞。Watched看;lifted舉起;held握著;put放。根據(jù)句意:小女孩手里端著空茶杯,認真地凝視著它。故選C。

8.考查名詞。Word單詞;method方法;state情形;voice聲音。根據(jù)常識可知說話用的是嗓音。故選D。

9.考查助動詞。根據(jù)下文“破舊的沙發(fā)套”,可知作者家也并不富裕。故選C。

10.考查副詞。Suddenly突然地;carefully小心翼翼地;quickly快速地;anxiously不安地。根據(jù)句意:這時,那個小女孩非常小心地把杯子放回茶碟里。故選B。

11.考查形容詞。Hungry饑餓的;satisfied感到滿意的;pleased高興的;curious好奇的。根據(jù)下文“對食物的需求”可知是饑餓感迫使。故選A。

12.考查名詞。Books書;papers紙;dishes(盤中)食物;drinks飲料。根據(jù)上文可知兩個小孩是來收舊報紙的。故選B。

13.考查動詞。Dare敢于;plan計劃;want想要;need需要。根據(jù)句意:其實,他們根本沒有必要說。他們的表現(xiàn)已經(jīng)勝過了道謝。故選D。

14.考查動詞。Shone發(fā)光;matched相配;broke破壞;equaled平等。跟據(jù)上文中小女孩夸獎說杯子和盤子很相配,用到match。故選B。

15.考查名詞。House房子;ceiling天花板;roof屋頂;curtain窗簾。根據(jù)拘役可以排除A、D兩項。這里只可以遮風擋雨的房子,應該是屋頂。故選C。

16.考查動詞。Washed洗;rubbed摩擦;wiped用..擦;tidied整理。根據(jù)句意:然后將起居室整理干凈。故選D。

17.考查形容詞。Dry干的;gone消失;wet濕的;new新的。根據(jù)上文提到兩個孩子在作者地板上留下了濕腳印,此時的腳印還在,應該還是濕的。故選C。

18.考查動詞。Made制作;Let讓;Got得到;Kept保留。根據(jù)句意:其實,我想讓它們留在那里。故選B。

19.考查連詞。in case以防;as if好似;if only要是...多好;only if只要...就。根據(jù)句意:以防我忘記我是多么的富有。故選A。

20.考查形容詞。Nice好的;free自由地;busy繁忙的;rich富有的。根據(jù)全文可知作者對“富有”有了新認識。故選D。

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