Question

【題目】 She used to sleep on the Fifth Street. I could smell her before I rounded the entrance to where she slept. The _______ smell coming from her dirty clothing made me want to leave. Her mouth was nearly toothless. I seldom saw her talk with others. If she was not asleep, she talked to _______.

One Thanksgiving, we had lots of food _______ over. I thought about the old lady. She might be still hungry. So I packed the food up and drove over to the Fifth Street.

It was a freezing night. There was hardly anyone out. But I knew she would stay at the same place and I would find her _______.

There she was, rolled herself up on the sidewalk, against a fence near the post office. She was dressed _______ she always was.

I pulled my shiny car to the sidewalk, rolled _______ the window and said, “I’ve brought you some food. Would you like some turkey and apple pie?”

However, the old woman didn’t seem to be very _______ about this. She looked at me and said quite clearly, “Oh, thank you very much, but I’m quite full now. Why don’t you take it to someone else who really needs it?”

Her words were clear and her _______ were polite. Soon her head sank into her arms again. Hearing this I didn’t know what to _______. An old lady who was so down on her ________ still thought about others. Why don’t more of us do that?

【1】A.pleasantB.awfulC.strangeD.weak

【2】A.meB.herC.usD.herself

【3】A.takenB.goneC.leftD.handed

【4】A.easilyB.normallyC.difficultlyD.slowly

【5】A.forB.asC.thoughD.while

【6】A.upB.downC.overD.off

【7】A.seriousB.anxiousC.embarrassedD.excited

【8】A.methodsB.ordersC.mannersD.decisions

【9】A.sayB.expectC.giveD.suggest

【10】A.chanceB.needC.goalD.luck

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】D

【8】C

【9】A

【10】D

【解析】

本講述了一個蜷縮在人行道上，靠在郵局附近的籬笆上，身穿臟衣服的老太太。她的嘴幾乎沒有牙齒，如果她沒有睡著，她就自言自語。有一次感恩節(jié)，作者家剩下來很多食物，就打包去送給她，但是老太太拒絕了作者，讓作者把食物送給真正需要它的人，這件事讓作者感觸很深。

【1】句意：她的臟衣服發(fā)出的難聞的氣味使我想離開。

pleasant愉快的；awful可怕的，難聞的；strange奇怪的；weak虛弱的；根據“her dirty clothing”可知她的臟衣服，可推測出此處是“可怕的，難聞的”，故選B。

【2】句意：如果她沒有睡著，她就自言自語。

me我；her她；us我們；herself她自己；talk to oneself表示“自言自語”，根據“I seldom saw her talk with others. ”可知我很少看到她和別人說話，可推測出此處是“自言自語”，所以用“herself”，故選D。

【3】句意：有一次感恩節(jié)，我們剩下了很多食物。

taken拿；gone去；left離開，剩下；handed交；根據“So I packed the food up”可知所以我把食物打包，可推測出此處是“剩下”，故選C。

【4】句意：但我知道她會待在同一個地方，我很容易就能找到她。

easily容易地；normally正常地；difficultly困難地；slowly緩慢地；根據“I knew she would stay at the same place”可知我知道她會待在同一個地方，可推測出此處是“容易地”，故選A。

【5】句意：她的穿著和往常一樣。

for為了；as和……一樣；though盡管；while然而；dress as表示“打扮成”，根據“She was dressed ___5___ she always was.”可知她的穿著和往常一樣，可推測出此處是“as”，故選B。

【6】句意：我把閃亮的車停在人行道上，搖下車窗說:“我給你帶了些吃的�！�

up向上；down向下；over超過；off離開；根據“rolled ___6___ the window and said”可知搖 車窗，可推測出此處是“down”搖下車窗才能和外面的人對話，故選B。

【7】句意：然而，老婦人似乎對此不太興奮。

serious嚴肅的；anxious擔憂的；embarrassed使……困惑的；excited興奮的；根據“thank you very much, but I’m quite full now.”可知非常感謝，但我現在已經吃飽了，結合句中是否定，可推測出此處是“興奮”，故選D。

【8】句意：她說話清楚，舉止文雅。

methods方法；orders訂單；manners行為，禮貌；decisions決定；根據前文回答“謝謝你，但是我吃飽了”可知她很有禮貌，可推測出此處是“manners”，故選C。

【9】句意：聽到這個我不知道說什么。

say說；expect期望；give給；suggest建議；根據“Hearing this I didn’t know what to ___9___.”可知聽到這個我不知道 什么，無言以對，可推測出此處是“說”，故選A。

【10】句意：一位垂頭喪氣的老太太還在為別人著想。

chance機會；need需要；goal目標；luck幸運；be down on one’s luck 表示“倒霉，運氣不佳”，根據文章中對老太太的遭遇的描述可知她是一個很不幸的人，可推測出此處是“luck”，故選D。