Question

【題目】 Normand Gallant is a common person that we should remember.

He lives in a small village far from the _________ hospital. So when his wife got cancer several years ago, he had to drive four and a half hours there for his wife’s treatment (治療). That meant lots of money for meals, gas (汽油), hotels and so on. But _________ the cancer took his wife away.

Normand was very _________ about his wife’s death, but when he realized that many other people were facing the same _________, he wanted to help. But he didn’t want to give _________ to the charities (慈善結構) because he didn’t know how much of it would actually get to the families. So he started to give parties in his house.

During the parties Normand tells _________ about a poor family he has found who can’t afford a cancer patient’s treatment far from home. Then he passes a honey-pail (桶) around to _________ money. Every cent (分) of it goes _________ to that family. The people at the party enjoyed themselves and the family were happy to get help.

Normand’s idea to help came out of his _________, but for those who have received the money, it is an act of love.

It would be __________ if we had more people in the world like Normand Gallant. They make world a better place.

【1】A.largestB.newestC.busiestD.nearest

【2】A.luckilyB.certainlyC.surprisinglyD.finally

【3】A.sadB.angryC.nervousD.disappointed

【4】A.illnessB.difficultyC.chanceD.mess

【5】A.timeB.energyC.moneyD.power

【6】A.doctorsB.guestsC.neighboursD.patients

【7】A.spendB.makeC.collectD.borrow

【8】A.directlyB.easilyC.quietlyD.hardly

【9】A.planB.partyC.experienceD.dream

【10】A.niceB.possibleC.necessaryD.enough

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

這篇短文介紹了諾曼在妻子患癌癥去世后決定通過舉行派對募捐以幫助有同樣困難的人。

【1】句意：他居住在一個離最近的醫(yī)院非常遠的村莊。

考查形容詞及語境理解。A. largest最大的；B. newest最新的；C. busiest最忙的；D. nearest最近的。根據(jù)“he had to drive four and a half hours there for his wife’s treatment”可知他居住的地方離最近的醫(yī)院非常遠，故選D。

【2】句意：但是最后癌癥帶走了他的妻子。

考查副詞及語境理解。 A. luckily幸運地；B. certainly當然；C. surprisingly吃驚地；D. finally最后。根據(jù)上文及此處的轉折，可知最終癌癥還是帶走了他的妻子，故選D。

【3】句意：諾曼對妻子的死感到非常傷心。

考查形容詞辨析及語境理解。 A. sad悲傷的；B. angry生氣的；C. nervous緊張的；D. disappointed失望的。根據(jù)上文及“his wife’s death”可知諾曼對妻子的死亡感到悲傷，故選A。

【4】句意：但是當他意識到許多其他人正在面臨相同的困難時，他想去幫助他們。

考查名詞辨析及語境理解。A. illness疾�。�B. difficulty困難；C. chance機會；D. mess混亂。根據(jù)上文他的經歷及后文他為離家遠的患病的貧困家庭募捐，可知此處指他意識到許多人也會面臨相同的困難，故選B。

【5】句意：但是他不想把錢給了慈善機構因為他不知道那個家庭到底能得到多少錢。

考查名詞辨析及語境理解。A. time時間；B. energy力量；C. money錢；D. power權力。根據(jù)后文他舉行派對為患癌癥的貧困家庭籌集錢，可知此處指他不想把錢給慈善機構，故選C。

【6】句意：在派對期間諾曼告訴客人有關他發(fā)現(xiàn)的支付不起癌癥病人費用而且離家遠的貧困家庭的情況。

考查名詞辨析及語境理解。A. doctors醫(yī)生；B. guests客人；C. neighbours鄰居；D. patients病人。根據(jù)后文“Then he passes a honey-pail (桶) around to ____7____ money.”可知此處指派對上的客人，故選B。

【7】句意：然后他拿著蜜桶轉著收集錢。

考查動詞辨析及語境理解。A. spend花費；B. make制作；C. collect收集；D. borrow借。根據(jù)后文“Every cent (分) of it goes ____8____ to that family. ”可知此處指他拿著蜜桶轉著收集錢，故選C。

【8】句意：收集到的錢的每一分都直接到了那個家庭。

考查副詞辨析及語境理解。 A. directly直接地；B. easily容易地；C. quietly安靜地；D. hardly幾乎不。根據(jù)上文諾曼不想把錢給慈善機構，可知他把錢直接給了貧困家庭，故選A。

【9】句意：諾曼助人的想法來自他的經歷，但對于那些已經收到錢的人來說，這是一種愛的行為。

考查名詞及語境理解。A. plan計劃；B. party聚會；C. experience經歷；D. dream夢想。根據(jù)第一段可知諾曼助人的想法來自自己的經歷，故選C。

【10】句意：如果世界上有更多像諾曼格蘭特這樣的人，那就好了。

考查形容詞及語境理解。 A. nice好的；B. possible可能的；C. necessary必要的；D. enough足夠的。根據(jù)“They make world a better place.”可知如果有更多像諾曼那樣的人世界將會很美好，故選A。