Question

【題目】 I was standing in line behind a woman in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the shop owner greeted her and asked how she was doing.

The woman looked down, shook her head and said, “Not so _______, my husband just lost his job. I don’t know how I can ________the holidays.”

Then she gave the shop owner the food stamps（食品券）for poor families.

My _______hurt, I wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to pay for her food, or ask for her husband's resume（簡歷）？

AsI walked towards my car, I met the woman again. I remembered something in my wallet. It wasn’t any money or an offer of a job, but maybeit would help.

“Excuse me,” I said, “I heard what you said to the shop owner. It sounds like you’re going through a really _______time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something.”

I _______her the small card from my wallet.

When the woman read the two _______on the card, she began to cry. Through her tears, she said, “You have no idea how much this ________to me.”

To tell the truth, her reply was a little ________, Having never done anything like this before, I didn’t know what could happen. All I could say was, “Would it be OK to give you a hug?”

After that, I walked into my car and began to ________ , too.

The words on the card?

“You Matter.”

A few weeks earlier, a friend gave me a similar cardas encouragement for my work. When I read it, Ireally felt ________. So I ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started sharing them.

【1】A.badB.busyC.funnyD.good

【2】A.get throughB.give upC.put offD.talk about

【3】A.handB.headC.heartD.leg

【4】A.dullB.hardC.pleasantD.special

【5】A.handedB.lentC.readD.sold

【6】A.expressionsB.lettersC.sentencesD.words

【7】A.explainsB.introducesC.meansD.suggests

【8】A.boringB.excitingC.relaxingD.surprising

【9】A.chatB.cryC.driveD.shake

【10】A.sillyB.sorryC.wellD.warm

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【6】D

【7】C

【8】D

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】

這篇短文主要介紹了一位朋友送給了作者一張卡片作為對她工作的鼓勵。當作者讀到它的時候，感到了溫暖，然后作者也制作了一盒“你很重要”的卡片開始與人分享這種感受。

【1】句意：不是很好。

A. bad差的；B. busy繁忙的；C. funny可笑的；D. good好的。根據(jù)后文my husband just lost his job.可知老人回答：不是很好，故選D。

【2】句意：我不知道我怎么度過這個假期。

A. get through消耗，用完；B. give up放棄；C. put off推遲；D. talk about談論。根據(jù)上文及賓語the holidays，可知這里指老人不知怎么度過這個假期，故選A。

【3】句意：我的心很痛，我想幫忙，但不知道怎么幫。

A. hand手；B. head頭；C. heart心臟；D. leg腿。根據(jù)上文及后文I wanted to help but didn’t know how.可知作者感到心痛，故選C。

【4】句意：聽起來你現(xiàn)在過得很艱難。

A. dull枯燥無味的；B. hard困難的；C. pleasant令人愉快的；D. special特殊的。根據(jù)上文老人和店主的對話可知，故選B。

【5】句意：我遞給她我錢包里的卡片。

A. handed遞給；B. lent借給；C. read讀；D. sold賣。根據(jù)上文I’d like to give you something及后文When the woman read the two ___6___on the card,可知此處作者遞給了老人卡片，故選A。

【6】句意：當那個女人讀了卡片上的兩個字時，她開始哭了。

A. expressions表達方式；B. letters信；C. sentences句子；D. words單詞。根據(jù)后文“You Matter.”，故選D。

【7】句意：你不知道這對我有多重要。

A. explains解釋；B. introduces介紹；C. means意思；D. suggests建議。how much sth mean to sb某事對某人多么重要，結合句意，故選C。

【8】句意：說實話，她的回答有點兒令人吃驚。

A. boring無聊的；B. exciting令人興奮的；C. relaxing放松的；D. surprising令人吃驚的。根據(jù)Having never done anything like this before, I didn’t know what could happen.故選D。

【9】句意：之后，我上了車，也哭了起來。

A. chat聊天；B. cry 哭；C. drive駕駛；D. shake搖晃。根據(jù)上文When the woman read the two ___6___on the card, she began to cry.可知作者也開始哭，故選B。

【10】句意：當我讀到它的時候，我真的感到很溫暖。

A. silly愚蠢的；B. sorry抱歉的；C. well好的，身體好的；D. warm溫暖的。根據(jù)上文是鼓勵性的卡片及后文So I ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started sharing them.可知作者感到溫暖，故選D。