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II.完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

There is a saying, "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." After seeing all the good that her parents and other people had done, Judith O'Reilly wanted 2012 to be the 18 of her doing good. So at the start of 2012， she  19 to do a good deed(行為)every day in the coming year. A full 365 days later, she has 20 in fulfilling her plan. She has done a total of 365 good 21 ， from picking up litter on the beach to making cups of tea for builders. She felt these small acts 22 a lot to others.

 She tried to be good in 2012. 23 her past year, Judith humorously concluded there were both good and bad things. 24 her deeds started to spread, Judith decided to record them and has written a book about her 25 ： A Year of Doing Good. "When I made the decision, I didn't 26 what I was taking on that year," she said. "The idea of doing one good deed a(n) 27 has changed into something else. It made me 28 what a good life is, and how we give our lives meaning. It also 29 me that doing good is harder than it looks."

A year of doing good has helped make Judith a 30 person. Since then, she has been 31 with charity work. She became a companion for cancer patients, and taught32 disabled children to read and write. She even 33 up her own charity collection called the Jam Jar Army. That is， she put any small 34 she had into a jam jar. Thousands of people joined her, and 35 an amazing £26 ,000 for a variety of good causes.

The book A Year of Doing Good 36 people with the day-to-day journey of meaning, pleasure and joy, which come from 37 the lives of others in so many creative ways.

18.  A. age            B.  year          C.  date          D. cycle

19.  A. agreed         B.  decided       C.  appeared     D. refused

20.  A. failed          B.  improved     C.  lost      D. succeeded

21.  A. deeds          B.  models       C.  plans      D. examples

22.  A. increased        B.  remained     C.  meant          D. held

23.  A. Speaking highly of              B.  Ending up with

C.  Looking forward to             D.  Looking back on

24.  A. Once          B.  As            C.  Unless        D.  In case

25.  A. imagination        B.  task          C.  challenge     D. fault

26.  A. realize         B.  fear          C. offer           D. observe

27.  A. hour           B.  day           C.  week         D. month

28.  A. question           B.  control        C.  hope             D. promise

29.  A. gave            B.  served      C.  left           D. taught

30.  A. poorer         B.  healthier         C.  stronger      D. better

31.  A. angry          B.  tired         C.  busy         D. limited

32.  A. strangely           B.  finally          C.  mentally     D. partly

33.  A. set              B.  took           C.  picked       D. made

34.  A. cake            B.  box             C. change        D, plate

35.  A. earned        B.  raised         C. wasted        D. borrowed

36.  A. inspires       B.  awards        C.  satisfies      D. decorates

37.  A. cheering up                      B.  slowing down

C.  connecting with                D.  contributing to

Answer 1

 18. B根據(jù)上下文可知Judith O'Reilly希望2012年成為她做善事的一年。

  19.B在2012年初，她就下決心在這一年里每天都要做件好事。

20.D 根據(jù)"A full 365 days later... She has done a total of 365…"可知Judith在一年中做了 365件好事，成功地完成了自己的計(jì)劃。

21. A  根據(jù)文章語境尤其是"…from picking up litter on the beach to making cups of tea for builders."可知，在一年里Judith成功地做了 365件好事。

22.C  Judith認(rèn)為自己的這些小善舉對(duì)別人意義重大。

23. D  look back on回顧過去�；叵脒^去的2012年Judith幽默地總結(jié)說，這當(dāng)中有好事也有壞事。

24. B隨著她所做的好事增多，Judith決定將其記錄下來并編寫成書。as意為"伴隨著……"。

25.C敢承諾在一年365天做365件好事，很顯然是個(gè)大的挑戰(zhàn)。

26. A當(dāng)Judith做出這一決定時(shí)，她并沒有意識(shí)到自己在那一年將會(huì)承擔(dān)什么。

27. B根據(jù)前文可知Judith在2012年每天都做件好事。

28. A在每天都做好事的過程中，Judith思考了很多，她不斷問自己：什么才是好的生活？我們該怎樣做才能使生活更有意義？

29. D同時(shí)它也教會(huì)了 Judith"真正做好事要比看起來難得多"。

30. D根據(jù)上下文可知，做善事讓Judith改變了很多，她更多地參與到慈善中來， 這讓她成為一個(gè)更好的人。

31.C根據(jù)后面的內(nèi)容可知，從此以后Judith忙于慈善工作。

32.C  mentally精神上，智力上。她教智障的孩子讀書和寫字。

33. A  Judith甚至成立了自己的慈善募捐機(jī)構(gòu)the Jam Jar Army, set up建立， 成立。

34. C  根據(jù)下面人們給福利機(jī)構(gòu)捐款£260Q0可知，Judith是在存錢，故答案為change"零錢"。

35. B  raise money募捐，籌款。很多人加入她的活動(dòng)，給福利機(jī)構(gòu)募捐£26000。

36. A綜合上文可知A Year o/Do^g Good這本書激勵(lì)了很多人，讓他們了解到生活的意義和樂趣。

37. D   contribute to奉獻(xiàn)于/有助于……。根據(jù)文章的主旨可推測，生活的意義和樂趣來源于通過這么多具有創(chuàng)意的方式為別人做點(diǎn)貢獻(xiàn)。