Question

【題目】Honest Thanks

I sat down at my desk and started writing. I wrote an emotional letter of gratitude. I put the notecard into the ______，sealed it and stuck the stamps on it，but when it came to actually placing the letter into the mailbox...I ______.

The letter was to a schoolmate with whom I kept in contact via Facebook ______.She had inspired me to live a(n) ______ life—for example，by ______ more.

Her volunteer efforts weren’t ______—she wasn’t building wells in Uganda，but _____ she was doing small，local good deeds，such as serving as a crossing guard. These were things I could do，too. She made me ______ I could make a difference here at home. I felt I should let her know how her ______ positively influenced my life .I could have easily sent her an e-mail，______ that seemed a bit lame for such an important thank you. That’s why I ended up ______ the letter. But now I stood before the mailbox，unable to place the envelope inside. What was ______ me? Why was this so ______ to do? I guess I felt strange because it wasn’t like she was my best friend，I just knew her，“People don’t ______ do this，” I thought to myself. However，______ thinking it over，I still felt a(n) ______ to let her know how grateful I was. Finally，I put the envelope in the mailbox.

Weeks later I received her reply. She was ______ a tough time and my letter meant the ______ to her. She didn’t know she had such a(n) ______ on others. Not only did this letter make her happy，but her response to it increased my ____ of happiness，I decided to write a gratitude letter to someone each month. Cultivating gratitude is a great skill to practice. Life is too short not to do it.

【1】A. pocket B. drawer C. handbag D. envelope

【2】A. froze B. sighed C. panicked D. smiled

【3】A. usually B. occasionally C. formally D. secretly

【4】A. tough B. different C. enthusiastic D. rich

【5】A. enjoying B. exercising C. volunteering D. travelling

【6】A. essential B. meaningful C. ordinary D. huge

【7】A. once B. also C. instead D. still

【8】A. realize B. accept C. admit D. prove

【9】A. words B. example C. thoughts D. emotion

【10】A. and B. or C. so D. but

【11】A. editing B. handwriting C. answering D. receiving

【12】A. stopping B. urging C. encouraging D. confusing

【13】A. boring B. pleasant C. hard D. cool

【14】A. directly B. constantly C. equally D. normally

【15】A. until B. while C. after D. before

【16】A. desire B. ambition C. fear D. curiosity

【17】A. going through B. going for C. going against D. going over

【18】A. earth B. world C. dream D. future

【19】A. influence B. honor C. comment D. concern

【20】A. search B. level C. appreciation D. experience

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】C

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【11】B

【12】A

【13】C

【14】D

【15】C

【16】A

【17】A

【18】B

【19】A

【20】B

【解析】 作者受一個(gè)聯(lián)系不是很多的校友的影響，使生活有了很多積極的改變，為表達(dá)感謝，寫了一封感謝信，最后收到了校友的回信。

【1】D

考查名詞。pocket口袋；drawer；handbag手提包；抽屜；envelope信封。我把便簽卡片放進(jìn)了信封里，密封起來(lái)然后貼好郵票。故選D。

【2】A

2.考查動(dòng)詞。A. froze僵住，呆��；sighed嘆氣； panicked恐慌； smiled微笑。但是當(dāng)真正要把信投進(jìn)郵箱的時(shí)候，我僵住了。此處指作者有遲疑，一時(shí)呆住了，故選A。

【3】B

考查副詞。usually經(jīng)常地；occasionally偶爾地；formally正式地； secretly秘密地。這封信是寄給我的一個(gè)偶爾通過(guò)Facebook聯(lián)系的校友。根據(jù)后問(wèn)的提示可知，倆人聯(lián)系不多，故選B

【4】B

考查形容詞。A. B. tough艱難的；different不同的； enthusiastic熱情的；rich富有的，豐富的。她鼓勵(lì)我去過(guò)一個(gè)不同的生活，比如更多地參與志愿活動(dòng)，故選B

【5】C

考查動(dòng)名詞。enjoying享受；exercising鍛煉； volunteering志愿；travelling旅行。根據(jù)上題題意，再結(jié)合下面一段的關(guān)鍵詞volunteer可知，答案為C

【6】D

考查形容詞。essential必要的； meaningful有意義的； ordinary普通的； huge巨大的。她的志愿者的努力成果并不是很大，她沒(méi)有在烏干達(dá)建造很多的井，但是相反只是做了很小的服務(wù)當(dāng)?shù)氐暮檬�。根�?jù)后一句中的small…… good deeds可知，此處選huge，故選D。

【7】C

考查副詞。once一旦； also也；instead； still仍然相反。根據(jù)上題題意可知，此處選C，表示前后轉(zhuǎn)折或?qū)Ρ鹊年P(guān)系，故選C項(xiàng)。

【8】A

考查動(dòng)詞。A. realize意識(shí)到； accept接受；admit承認(rèn)； prove證明。她使我意識(shí)到我在家就可以做出有影響的事。故選A

【9】B

考查名詞。words話；example例子； thoughts思想；emotion感情。我感覺(jué)我應(yīng)該讓她知道她的事例是如何積極地影響了我的生活。故選B

【10】D

考查連詞。我本可以很輕松地給她發(fā)e-mail，但是對(duì)于這樣一個(gè)重要的感謝信似乎很差勁，沒(méi)有說(shuō)服力。前后之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選D

【11】B

考查動(dòng)名詞。editing編輯；handwriting親手寫； answering回答；receiving接收。那也是為什么最后我親手寫這封信。故選B。

【12】A

考查動(dòng)詞。stopping停止，阻止； urging敦促； encouraging鼓勵(lì)；confusing使困惑。是什么在阻止我呢？故選A。

【13】C

考查形容詞。boring令人厭煩的； pleasant開心的； hard艱難的； cool涼爽的。為什么這么做就那么艱難呢？C項(xiàng)符合語(yǔ)境

【14】D

考查副詞。directly直接地；constantly持續(xù)地，不斷地； equally平等地； normally正常地，通常地。因?yàn)椴皇桥笥�，只是認(rèn)識(shí)，所以說(shuō)人們通常不會(huì)這么做。故選D

【15】C

考查連詞。A. until直到；while當(dāng)……時(shí)候； after之后；before之前。但是，在充分地考慮之后，我依然有種渴望讓她知道我對(duì)她有多么感激。故選C

【16】A

考查名詞。desire渴望； ambition志向； fear害怕； curiosity好奇。根據(jù)上題題意可知，此處表示一種渴望，故選A。

【17】A

考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。going through經(jīng)歷； going for對(duì)……感興趣； going against反對(duì)； going over復(fù)習(xí)。她正在經(jīng)歷一段艱難的時(shí)光，我的信對(duì)她來(lái)說(shuō)意味著整個(gè)世界。故選A

【18】B

.考查名詞。earth地球； world世界； dream夢(mèng)想； future未來(lái)。根據(jù)上題題意，且mean the world to sb屬于習(xí)慣表達(dá)，表示“對(duì)某人來(lái)說(shuō)意味著一切”，故選B。

【19】A

考查名詞。A. influence影響； honor榮譽(yù)；comment評(píng)論； concern關(guān)心。她不知道她對(duì)別人有這么大的影響。故選A。

【20】B

考查名詞。search尋找；level水平； appreciation感激； experience體驗(yàn)，經(jīng)歷。不僅僅是我的信給她帶來(lái)了快樂(lè)，而且她給我的回信增加了我的開心程度。根據(jù)句意此處可以用level這個(gè)詞來(lái)表達(dá)這層含義，故選B。