Question

Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing World. But the  ? ? ?   is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a developed country like Germany?

??? Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making  ? ? ?   for the homeless of Berlin, the capital of Germany. They first  ? ? ?    doing that during a long hot summer when most Germans were  ? ? ?  on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made? sandwiches,    ? ?? a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.

?? The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t  ? ? ??? . “What these people also need is warmth and   ? ?? ,” says Rita. The Mullers were always willing to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita  ? ? ?? there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always  ? ? ?? to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.

??? The couple were soon  ? ? ?   all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to  ? ? ?  donations. Today, over thirty companies  regularly donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to  ? ? ?? them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer  even gives away new shoes.

??? Kurt and Rita receive no payment for their hard work. “We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t    ? ? money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita says she often gets ? ? ? , she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a  ? ? ?? in the world.

1.A. result           ???? ? B. reason          ??? C. fact        ??  ? D. idea

2.A. meals   ???????? ? B. houses           ?? C.  preparations      D. suggestions

3.A. began           ???? B. met           ???? C. called          ??? D. left

4.A. asleep           ???? B. alone           ??? C. across          ?? D. away

5.A. brought up       ?? B. put aside          ? C. set up      ???? ? D. gave away

6.A. enough       ????? B. necessary       ?? C. helpful          ? ? D. expensive

7.A. right          ?????? B. freedom           ? C. courage           ? D. caring

8.A. found out     ???? B.  made sure     ?? C. looked up     ?? D. worked out

9.A. open           ????? B. crowded       ??? C. noisy          ?? ? D. near

10.A. spending       ??? B. wasting           ? C. costing        ?? ? D. taking 

11.A. pay for       ???? B. ask for           ?? C. look into      ?? D. carry out

12.A. give away       ?? B. give in           ?? C. give out           ? D. give up

13.A. raise        ????? B. borrow         ??? C. save          ??? ? D. expect

14.A. surprised       ?? B. excited           ?? C. tired          ??? ? D. shy

15.A.  difference           B. decision        ?? C.  plan    ?????? ? D. rule

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了Muller夫婦為無家可歸的人提供食物和住處，并且為他們籌集錢和物資的故事，雖然他們很累，但并沒有停止對(duì)別人的幫助，得到了人們的理解、尊重和支持，更多的人加入到他們的行列，為無家可歸的人帶來溫暖和關(guān)愛。

1.考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：但現(xiàn)實(shí)就是無家可歸的人到處都是。 A.result 結(jié)果B. reason原因  C. fact事實(shí) D. idea觀點(diǎn)；結(jié)合上文，無論什么時(shí)候我們聽到“無家可歸”，都會(huì)想到發(fā)展中國家。但實(shí)際上到處都有這樣的人，故選C。

2.考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：Kurt Muller和他的妻子Rita已經(jīng)花了11年的時(shí)間為柏林的無家可歸的人做飯，A. meals 飯 B. houses房子 C.  preparations  準(zhǔn)備D. suggestions建議；結(jié)合下文Kurt 和他的妻子在家里做三明治，在街上放好桌子給無家可歸的人發(fā)食物�？芍�他們是為那些人做飯而不是造房子，提建議，故選A。

3.考查動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。句意：他們第一次開始做那件事情是在一個(gè)漫長的炎熱的夏天，當(dāng)大部分的德國人都離開去度假的時(shí)候 。A. began 開始B. met 遇到 C. called 叫做D.left離開；根據(jù)句意此處應(yīng)該是開始做這種慈善，故選A。

4.考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：當(dāng)大部分的德國人都離開去度假的時(shí)候 。A. asleep 睡著的 B. alone 單獨(dú)的 C. across 穿過 D. away離開；根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)該是離開自己的家去度假，故選D。

5.考查動(dòng)詞短語及語境的理解。句意：Kurt 和他的妻子在家里做三明治，在街上放好桌子給無家可歸的人發(fā)食物。A. brought up  養(yǎng)育 B. put aside 擱在一旁 C. set up 創(chuàng)建，放置D. gave away捐贈(zèng)；結(jié)合句意，應(yīng)該是放置好桌子，故選C。

6.考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：Muller一家很快意識(shí)到僅有食物和衣服是不夠的。 A. enough 足夠的B. necessary 必要的 C. helpful 有幫助的 D.expensive昂貴的；結(jié)合下文，他們還需要溫暖和關(guān)心，故選A。

7.考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：這些人還需要的是溫暖和關(guān)愛。A. right 權(quán)力B. freedom  自由 C. courage  勇氣  D. caring關(guān)愛；根據(jù)句意他們需要關(guān)心，故選D。

8.考查動(dòng)詞短語及語境的理解。 句意：Rita確保家里有人接電話。A. found out  找出，查明 B.  made sure  確保 C. looked up 查找 D. worked out解決；結(jié)合上文Muller一家總是愿意把電話號(hào)碼給街上的人并告訴他們隨時(shí)可以打電話，可知Rita要確保家里有接電話的人，故選B。

9.考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：并且他們的家也總是為街上那些晚上沒地方去的人敞開著。A. open開著的 B. crowded 擁擠的  C. noisy吵鬧的   D.near附近的；根據(jù)句意，他們的家應(yīng)該是為無家可歸的人敞開著，故選A。

10.考查現(xiàn)在分詞及語境的理解。句意：這對(duì)夫妻正很快花光所有的時(shí)間和金錢。A. spending 花費(fèi)（時(shí)間或金錢） B. wasting 浪費(fèi) C. costing 花費(fèi)（主語是物）D. taking花費(fèi)（時(shí)間）；此處指花費(fèi)時(shí)間和金錢， 故選A。

11.考查動(dòng)詞短語及語境的理解。句意：于是Kurt參觀了食物和服裝公司來要求捐贈(zèng)。A. pay for 付款 B. ask for 要求 C. look into 查問 D. carry out實(shí)現(xiàn)；根據(jù)句意是向他們要求捐贈(zèng)，故選B。

12.考查動(dòng)詞短語及語境的理解。句意：現(xiàn)在有30多家公司向他們有規(guī)律地捐贈(zèng)食品及其它物資并有志愿者幫忙把這些東西分發(fā)給無家可歸的人。A. give away 捐獻(xiàn) B. give in屈服  C. give out 分發(fā)D. give up放棄；根據(jù)句意應(yīng)該是分發(fā)物物資，故選C。

13.考查動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。句意：父母不會(huì)因幫助孩子而期望回報(bào)。A.raise籌集  B. borrow 借  C. save節(jié)省 D. expect期望；根據(jù)句意Muller一家對(duì)待無家可歸的人就像對(duì)待自己的孩子一樣是不求回報(bào)的，故選D。

14.考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：盡管Rita說她經(jīng)常感到很累，但她還會(huì)繼續(xù)她的工作。A. surprised驚訝的  B. excited  激動(dòng)的 C. tired  累的D.shy害羞的；Rita做那么多事情當(dāng)然會(huì)很累，故選C。

15.考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：因?yàn)樗�喜歡被人需要的感覺。make a difference緊要，A.  difference區(qū)別，不同B. decision決定 C.  plan 計(jì)劃D. rule規(guī)則；make a difference緊要，故選A。

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