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【題目】When 24-year-old Hannah Brencher moved to New York after college, she was hit by loneliness. One day she felt so that she want to reach out to someone. And so she put pen to paper and started writing letters-letters to complete .

But these weren’t letters about how she was feeling. There were happy letters, all about the other person, not her. She would write messages for people to have a “ day " and tell strangers how brilliant they were, they thought no one else had noticed. Brencher began dropping the all over New York, in cafes, in library books, in parks and on the subway. It made her letter, knowing that she might be making somebody’s through just a few words. It gave her to focus on. And so, The Word Needs More Love Letters was born.

The movement is all about letters—not emails, but handwritten letters. Not love letters, written to a real beloved, but letters for strangers. They don’t necessarily say “I love you”, but they are kindness—telling people they are remarkable and and all-round amazing. It’s the sort of stuff that most people don’t really say out loud even to the people they , let alone a total stranger.

Brencher’s initiative(初衷) has now . There are more than 10,000 people who join in all over the world. Last year, she gave aspan> talk. In it, she talked about a university student who dropped letters around her campus, only to suddenly everyone was writing them and there were love letters hanging from the trees.

It’s a very cute idea. I know that if I was on the end of a letter like that, it almost certainly would put a on my face. So I decided to give it a try and see if I could do the same for someone else.

【1】A. sick B. alone C. comfortable D. great

【2】A. businessmen B. friends C. strangers D. fools

【3】A. formal B. sad C. long D. careless

【4】A. rainy B. cold C. hot D. bright

【5】A. in case B. so that C. as though D. even if

【6】A. notes B. pens C. papers D. books

【7】A. feel B. behave C. study D. play

【8】A. way B. day C. fortune D. dream

【9】A. funny B. sweet C. big D. empty

【10】A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing

【11】A. opening B. reading C. writing D. answering

【12】A. countless B. endless C. public D. conventional

【13】A. official B. polite C. apology D. surprise

【14】A. full of B. short of C. prepared for D. known for

【15】A. strong B. special C. common D. friendly

【16】A. look down upon B. give up on C. care about D. worry about

【17】A. failed B. occurred C. stopped D. exploded

【18】A. find B. forget /span>C. remember D. guess

【19】A. receiving B. sending C. starting D. finishing

【20】A. sign B. wrinkle C. smile D. sticker

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】D

【6】A

【7】A

【8】B

【9】B

【10】C

【11】C

【12】D

【13】D

【14】A

【15】B

【16】C

【17】D

【18】A

【19】A

【20】C

【解析】

本文記敘了Brencher創(chuàng)立The World Needs More Love Letters愛心組織，為陌生人寫祝福信。

【1】B 考查形容詞。根據(jù)上文she was hit by loneliness可以得到提示。A項(xiàng)sick惡心的，不舒服的；B項(xiàng)alone單獨(dú)的， 獨(dú)自的，孤單的；C項(xiàng)comfortable舒適的；D項(xiàng)great偉大的，杰出的。故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】C 考查名詞。由下文tell strangers how brilliant they were可以得到提示。A項(xiàng)businessmen 生意人，商人；B項(xiàng)friends朋友；C項(xiàng)strangers 陌生人；D項(xiàng)fools傻瓜。故選C項(xiàng)。

【3】B 考查形容詞。根據(jù)But的轉(zhuǎn)折意義可知，此處表示的意思與happy letters相反，故選B項(xiàng)sad悲傷的。A項(xiàng)formal正式的；C項(xiàng)long（內(nèi)容）長的；D項(xiàng)careless粗心的。

【4】D 考查形容詞。根據(jù)下文how brilliant they were及The World Needs More Love Letters等信息可知，信中所傳遞的信息是希望人們有“美好的（bright）”一天。故選D項(xiàng)bright明亮的，美好的。A項(xiàng)rainy多雨的；B項(xiàng)cold寒冷的；C項(xiàng)hot炎熱的。

【5】D 考查連詞。這些信會(huì)告訴那些陌生人他們有多么出色，“盡管（even if）”他們自己認(rèn)為自己沒有人注意到，故選D項(xiàng)even if盡管。A項(xiàng)in case萬一；B項(xiàng)so that以便；C項(xiàng)as though 似乎，好像。

【6】A 考查名詞。A項(xiàng)notes短信（short letters），即上文提到的letters，故選A項(xiàng)notes短信。B項(xiàng)pens鋼筆；C項(xiàng)papers文件；D項(xiàng)books書籍。

【7】A 考查動(dòng)詞。由下文此項(xiàng)活動(dòng)不斷發(fā)展壯大的事實(shí)可知，這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)讓Brencher“感覺(feel)”更好，故選A項(xiàng)feel感到。B項(xiàng)behave表現(xiàn)，舉止；C項(xiàng)study研究，學(xué)習(xí)；D項(xiàng)play玩耍。

【8】B 考查固定搭配。make sb.’s day意為“使某人非常高興”，故選B項(xiàng)。A項(xiàng)make sb.’s way行走，前進(jìn)；C項(xiàng)make sb.’s fortune發(fā)財(cái)；D項(xiàng)make sb.’s dream使夢(mèng)想……。

【9】B 考查形容詞。要讓陌生人高興，自然是要寫一些“甜蜜的（sweet）”話，故選B項(xiàng)sweet甜蜜的。A項(xiàng)funny有趣的，滑稽的；C項(xiàng)big大的；D項(xiàng)empty空的。

【10】C 考查不定代詞。給陌生人寫信使得Brencher關(guān)注“一些事情（something）”故選C項(xiàng)something一些事情。A項(xiàng)anything任何事；B項(xiàng)everything每件事，一切；D項(xiàng)nothing沒有事情。

【11】C 考查動(dòng)詞。由首段中的starting writing letters可以得到提示，故選C項(xiàng)writing寫（信）。A項(xiàng)opening打開；B項(xiàng)reading閱讀；D項(xiàng)回復(fù)。

【12】D 考查形容詞。love letters, written to a real beloved指的是“傳統(tǒng)的（conventional）”書信，故選D項(xiàng)conventional傳統(tǒng)的。A項(xiàng)countless無數(shù)的；B項(xiàng)endless無盡的；C項(xiàng)公眾的，公共的。

【13】D 考查名詞。由第二段中的描述Brencher began dropping the…all over New York, in cafes, in library books, in parks and on the subway可知，這些信件是“意想不到的（surprise）”信件，故選D項(xiàng)surprise意外的事，做定語。A項(xiàng)official官方的；B項(xiàng)polite有禮貌的；C項(xiàng)apology道歉。

【14】A 考查固定搭配。由下文的telling people they are remarkable可知，這些信件“充滿（full of）”愛，故選A項(xiàng)full of充滿。B項(xiàng)short of缺乏；C項(xiàng)prepared for為……準(zhǔn)備好的；D項(xiàng)known for因……出名。

【15】B 考查形容詞。此處應(yīng)該填與remarkable, amazing意思接近的詞，所以選B項(xiàng)special特別的。A項(xiàng)strong強(qiáng)壯的，強(qiáng)烈的；C項(xiàng)common常見的；D項(xiàng)friendly友好的。

【16】C 考查動(dòng)詞短語。對(duì)于我們“關(guān)愛（care about）”的人，我們也很難開口說愛，故選C項(xiàng)care about關(guān)愛。A項(xiàng)look down upon看不起；B項(xiàng)give up on放棄；D項(xiàng)worry about擔(dān)心。

【17】D 考查動(dòng)詞。根據(jù)There are more than 10,000 people who join in all over the world可知，Brencher的活動(dòng)開始“擴(kuò)大（exploded）”，故選D項(xiàng)exploded擴(kuò)大。A項(xiàng)failed失敗；B項(xiàng)occurred發(fā)生；C項(xiàng)stopped停止。

【18】A 考查動(dòng)詞。一位在校園里放置信件的大學(xué)生，突然“發(fā)現(xiàn)（find）”周圍每個(gè)人都在寫同樣的信件，故選A項(xiàng)find發(fā)現(xiàn)。B項(xiàng)forget忘記；C項(xiàng)remember記得；D項(xiàng)guess猜測。

【19】A 考查動(dòng)詞。如果自己是“收到信件的（receiving）一方”，這樣的一封信一定會(huì)讓我臉上滿是“笑容（smile）”，故選A項(xiàng)receiving收到。B項(xiàng)sending發(fā)送；C項(xiàng)starting開始；D項(xiàng)finishing完成。

【20】C 考查名詞。同上。A項(xiàng).sign標(biāo)志，跡象；B項(xiàng)wrinkle（使）起皺紋；C項(xiàng)smile微笑；D項(xiàng)sticker張貼物。故選C項(xiàng)。