Question

  My first acts of kindness were done when I was about 12 years old. I always (1) people as soon as possible with whatever they wanted.

  At that time，I noticed that many (2) people had difficulty going to the shopping mall after heavy snow. I would spend part of a (3) Saturday knocking on my elderly neighbors' apartment doors to ask if they (4) anything from the mall. The mall was down a huge hill and I would bring back a couple of bags of necessities(必需品)for them every time. I liked it and it made them so (5) ，too.

  My friends asked me (6) I was doing,and after some time,some of them joined in and it became a (7) as time went by. I (8) asked for money for these, but sometimes the old ladies would (9) some in my pocket without telling me. The next time I would buy some flowers or cards for them.

  When I went to college, many of these people would ask my mother about me, (10) my mother didn't always know who they were. It was through those (11) between my mother and these people that she (12) what I used to do for them―I had never told her. I started helping others when I was 12 and it has (13) until today. Now I'm a teacher and teaching my students the art of true (14) - I originally wrote this for my profile(簡介)，but my mother said why not share it with(15) . I hope this inspires(激勵)younger people and the older alike.

(   ) 1. A. offered    B. provided    C. cared    D. gave

(   ) 2. A. lazy    B. tired      C. poor    D. old

(   ) 3. A. free    B. busy      C. funny    D. fine

(   ) 4. A. fetched    B. needed     C. got    D. took

(   ) 5. A. pleased    B. relaxed    C. disappointed    D. particular

(   ) 6. A. whether    B. when     C. why    D. what

(   ) 7. A. rule    B. habit     C. tradition    D. custom

(   ) 8. A. never    B. usually     C. always    D. sometimes

(   ) 9. A. put    B. use      C. keep    D. save

(   ) 10. A. so    B. as       C. but    D. or

(   ) 11. A. speeches    B. discussions    C. statements    D. conversations

(   ) 12. A. learned from    B. thought over   C.  knew about   D. reminded of

(   ) 13. A. troubled    B. stopped      C. paused    D. continued

(   ) 14. A. culture    B. kindness     C. surprise    D. pressure

(   ) 15. A. everyone    B. everything     C. nobody    D. nothing

Answer 1

1. B provide sb. with sth.為"給某人提供某物"。由后面的with可知答案為B。

2. D 由后文中提到的my elderly neighbors以及old ladies等可推斷答案為D。

3. A由本句的場景可推知答案為free"空閑的"。

4. B句意為：……問是否需要從購物中心買東西……，由此可知答案為B。

5. A我去購物中心給他們買東西，他們自然非常"高興"，由此可知答案為A。

6. D句意為：我的朋友問我在干什么……，由此可推斷所缺的詞是what。

7. B rule為"規(guī)定";habit為"習(xí)慣";tradition為"傳統(tǒng)";custom為"風(fēng)俗"。結(jié)合后文可知，"這成了一種習(xí)慣"，故答案為B。

8. A句意為：我從來沒有為此要過錢……，由此可知答案為A。

9. A put... in為"把……放在……里"，本句要表達的含義是"把一些錢放在我的口袋里"。故選A。

10. C由句意可知，兩分句之間為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故答案為(：。

11. D句意為:通過和這些人的對話，我媽媽才知道了我以前為他們做的那些事情。由此可知答案為D。

12. C learn from為"從……中意識到";think over為"仔細(xì)考慮";know about為"知道關(guān)于……";remind of為"提醒"。由句意可知答案為C。

13. D由上下文可知"……這件事一直持續(xù)到今天"，所以可推斷答案為D。

14. B通讀全文可知答案應(yīng)為kindness"友善"。

15. A share it with everyone為"和所有人分享"。