Question

【題目】 There were so many lovely lemons in a nice basket, with a sign said: "Take some free lemons, please”.

I took two of the lemons, smiling. The generous ______ from my kind neighbor lifted my spirits. So I wrote a note of thanks, without referring my name.

The following week there was a letter in the local newspaper. It _____: " This season I had a lot of lemons and , ______ see them being wasted, I put them in a basket with a ‘Take some please' notice. A few days later I ______ a lovably handwritten note thanking me for the lemons —-no name. The note was completely ______.I would like to thank this person for making me happy.”

I knew this message was from my neighbor Grace. It warmed my heart. I never ____ a simple exchange of kindness could result in such a wonderful experience for both of us . Since that day. every time I walked past the house , it would ______ failed to cheer me up.

Then one day, a woman was outside the house and spoke on her phone, I heard her say, "Mom would never want me to sell this house”.

I asked. " Excuse me, but is Grace OK?” She said, "My mother ______”

Shocked by this news , I said slowly, " I'm so sorry for your loss.” Then I was _____ for words. To ______ the silence, I told Grace ‘s daughter the story of the lemons. "So that was you !

You'd be _____ at how much it meant to her!” She said excitedly.

After that I got familiar with Grace's daughter, Sarah, and I developed a _____ friendship with her. As Sarah had no ______ to sell her parents' house , I decided to rent it.

I look after Grace's garden carefully. Every year, when the lemon tree produces its fruit, I put out a basket _____ lemons and put with a sign. I just want to ____ my neighbors to take some just as that Grace did.

【1】A.dealB.tradeC.actD.skill

【2】A.readB.told.C.spoke.D.sensed

【3】A.since then.B.no doubt.C.less thanD.rather than

【4】A.accepted.B.receivedC.affordedD.won

【5】A.unbelievable.B.unexpected.C.uncertainD.unwelcome

【6】A.treatedB.expressedC.suggested.D.imagined

【7】A.seldomB.everC.neverD.sometimes

【8】A.passed byB.gave in.C.passed away.D.gave away

【9】A.lost.B.missedC.inspiredD.lively

【10】A.stopB.keepC.finishD.break

【11】A.surprisedB.upset.C.patientD.responsible

【12】A.ugly.B.span>closeC.reusableD.common

【13】A.questionB.reasonC.point.D.plan

【14】A.parted withB.filled withC.dealt withD.agreed with

【15】A.offerB.giveC.invite.D.join

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】B

【6】D

【7】C

【8】C

【9】A

【10】D

【11】A

【12】B

【13】D

【14】B

【15】C

【解析】

文章主要講述了作者因?yàn)猷従拥目犊�送檸檬的行為而感�?dòng)，并寫(xiě)了感謝信，這種簡(jiǎn)單的善意交換讓彼此都感受到了美妙的體驗(yàn)，當(dāng)鄰居去世后，作者租了她的房子，繼續(xù)打理花園，檸檬成熟時(shí)，作者效仿鄰居，慷慨送出果實(shí)。

【1】句意：我熱心鄰居的慷慨行為鼓舞了我的精神。

deal 處理；trade交易；act行為；skill技能；根據(jù)上文“There were so many lovely lemons in a nice basket, with a sign said"Take some free lemons, please推斷空格指鄰居慷慨行為；故選C。

【2】句意：它寫(xiě)到，這個(gè)季節(jié)我有很多檸檬，比起看著它們浪費(fèi)掉，我把它們放在籃子里，放一張紙條“請(qǐng)取用”。

read讀；told告訴；spoke講話；sensed感覺(jué)；根據(jù)“The following week there was a letter in the local newspaper.”推斷空格指報(bào)紙上寫(xiě)著；read表示報(bào)紙上寫(xiě)著內(nèi)容，故選A。

【3】句意：它寫(xiě)到，這個(gè)季節(jié)我有很多檸檬，我不想看著它們浪費(fèi)掉，而是把它們放在籃子里，放一張紙條“請(qǐng)取用”；

since then自從那時(shí)起；no doubt無(wú)疑地；less than少于；rather than而不是，從文字的表層意思推斷空格指不愿看著它們浪費(fèi)掉；故選D。

【4】句意：幾天后，我收到一張可愛(ài)的手寫(xiě)便條，感謝我的檸檬——沒(méi)有名字。

accepted接受；received收到；afforded提供；won贏；根據(jù)上文“So I wrote a note of thanks, without referring my name”可知空格指鄰居收到字條；故選B。

【5】句意：這個(gè)便條完全意外的。

unbelievable不可信的；unexpected想不到的；uncertain無(wú)常的；unwelcome不受歡迎的；從文字的表層意思推斷空格指作者給鄰居的感謝的便條讓鄰居感到意外；故選B。

【6】句意：我從來(lái)沒(méi)有想到一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的善意交換可能會(huì)給我們雙方帶來(lái)如此美妙的體驗(yàn)。

treated對(duì)待；expressed 表達(dá)；suggested.建議；imagined想象；從文字的表層意思推斷空格指從來(lái)沒(méi)有想到一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的善意交換可能會(huì)給我們雙方帶來(lái)如此美妙的體驗(yàn)；故選D。

【7】句意：自從那一天起，每次我走過(guò)這所房子，它都會(huì)讓我高興起來(lái)。

seldom幾乎不；ever曾經(jīng)；never從不；sometimes有時(shí)；從文字的表層意思推斷空格指這件事情總讓我感到開(kāi)心，never fail to do sth做某事從未失�。还蔬xC。

【8】句意：她說(shuō)：“我媽媽去世了。”

passed by經(jīng)過(guò)；gave in放棄；passed away去世；gave away贈(zèng)送；根據(jù)下文“I'm so sorry for your loss”推斷她媽媽去世了，故選C。

【9】句意：接著我不知道說(shuō)什么好。

lost失去；missed錯(cuò)過(guò)；inspired激勵(lì)；lively生氣勃勃的，上文可知聽(tīng)到鄰居去世的不幸消息，感到震驚，推斷空格指一時(shí)不知道說(shuō)什么；be lost for words不知說(shuō)什么才好；故選A。

【10】句意：為了打破沉默，我把檸檬的故事告訴了格蕾絲的女兒。

stop停止；keep保持；finish完成；break打破；根據(jù)上文“Then I was lost for words”推斷空格指為了打破沉默，故選D。

【11】句意：你會(huì)驚訝于這對(duì)她意味著什么。

surprised驚訝的；upset.心煩的；patient耐心的；responsible負(fù)責(zé)的，從報(bào)紙上老人的陳述可知作者的感謝紙條對(duì)老人意義重大；推斷空格指你會(huì)驚訝于這件事對(duì)她的意義；be surprised at驚訝于，固定搭配，故選A。

【12】句意：在那之后我認(rèn)識(shí)了格蕾絲的女兒莎拉，我和她建立了親密的友誼。

ugly丑陋的；close親密的；reusable可重復(fù)使用的；common普通的；從文字的表層意思推斷空格指和她建立了親密的友誼；故選B。

【13】句意：由于莎拉沒(méi)有打算賣(mài)掉她父母的房子，我決定把它租了。

Question問(wèn)題；reason原因；point要點(diǎn)；plan計(jì)劃；根據(jù)下文“I decided to rent it”推斷空格指Sarah沒(méi)有計(jì)劃賣(mài)房子，故選D。

【14】句意：每年，當(dāng)檸檬樹(shù)結(jié)出果實(shí)時(shí)，我拿出一個(gè)裝滿檸檬的籃子，放上一個(gè)牌子。

parted with與…分開(kāi)；filled with充滿…；dealt with處理；agreed with同意；根據(jù)下文“I just want to invite my neighbors to take some just as that Grace did”推斷空格指作者和Grace一樣擺出一個(gè)裝滿檸檬的籃子；故選B。

【15】句意：我只想像格雷斯一樣邀請(qǐng)我的鄰居們拿點(diǎn)東西。

offer提供；give給；invite邀請(qǐng)；join加入；根據(jù)just as that Grace did推斷我也想邀請(qǐng)我的鄰居來(lái)免費(fèi)拿檸檬，故選C。