It’s a sad and familiar sentence from a beggar that we often hear. Usually, when asked “Can you spare some   36   ?” I’ve been struck with a feeling of   37   if I passed by without giving a coin or two.

         My conscience was hurt again when I was making a   38   in Venice in 2006. I was sitting in a quiet café. Outside the café on the street was an old woman on her knees,    39  . Steady streams of   40   were walking past her. A young backpacker stood away from the crowd drinking something, but I noticed he was also    41    the woman.

         She knelt motionlessly, her head almost touching the ground, a worn blanket providing little    protection   42    the cold. The sight was especially   43   when compared with the signs of the   44   city around her.

         A tourist group hurried along the street,   45   at the woman and walked on. Another group of tourists arrived,   46   again, walked past her. The backpacker watched. Then, as I prepared to leave, I stopped at the sight of the backpacker   47   and placing some money in the woman’s cup. He did this rather   48  , just before the arrival of another tourist group. I watched   49   the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. With the young man   50   the way, other tourists followed.

         The young backpacker   51   this process in front of the next tour party going past. Once again, the subtle peer(同伴) pressure   52   on the tourists, who all added coins to the cup. His work   53  , the young man walked over to the old beggar woman and said, “I hope that helps a bit.”

         I placed some money in the woman’s cup and  54   my tour, light-hearted after witnessing such a   55   act of caring.

1.A. time   B. effort    C. change          D. reward

2.A. satisfaction         B. guilt       C. anger    D. pleasure

3.A. lecture      B. report   C. study     D. tour

4.A. crying         B. begging          C. singing  D. dancing

5.A. passengers         B. customers     C. tourists D. foreigners

6.A. ignoring     B. serving C. observing      D. following

7.A. against        B. for         C. with       D. in

8.A. frightening          B. touching        C. fascinating     D. interesting

9.A. peaceful    B. noisy     C. wealthy          D. primitive

10.A. glanced    B. laughed         C. shouted         D. stared

11.A. unless      B. so C. but                   D. or

12.A. looking around         B. stepping forward  C. getting about         D. breaking in

13.A. secretly   B. carelessly      C. deliberately  D. eagerly

14.A. since        B. before  C. after      D. as

15.A. showing   B. showed          C. pointing         D. pointed

16.A. stopped   B. valued  C. made    D. repeated

17.A. moved     B. replied C. worked D. carried

18.A. done        B. was done       C. has been done      D. had been done

19.A. cancelled          B. continued     C. started  D. delayed

20.A. funny       B. smart    C. simple     D. modest

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.B

【解析】

試題分析:文章大意:當我們聽到乞丐在街上乞求的語言時是那么熟悉和難過。2006年作者在威尼斯旅游,正在一家咖啡屋里所見的一幕:有一位穿著衣衫襤褸的女在街上跪著行乞,來威尼斯旅游的路過的第一批人沒有給予錢,一位背包旅游者,在旅游者路過時,在他們面前給那位乞丐錢,接著后面的旅游者見到這位背包旅行者給錢給那個乞丐后陸陸續(xù)續(xù)地給,他感動了作者,明白了這位背包者是這樣幫助那位乞丐的。

1.C 上下文串聯(lián)。A 時間; B 努力;C零錢;D 獎賞;上文提到的是乞丐熟悉的語言,下文有提到乞丐,所以他們行乞主要是想得到money,所以與錢有關(guān)的單詞就是change;故C正確。

2.B 名詞辨析。A 滿意; B 罪過; C 生氣;D 愉快;作者假設路過的話補給一兩個硬幣就會覺得有一種負罪感所困惑。故選B項。

3.D 名詞辨析。A演講;B 報告;C 學習;D 旅游;根據(jù)常識:威尼斯是個著名的旅游城市,同時根據(jù)下文:A tourist group hurried along the street;Another group of tourists”中提到旅游者們,可以推斷作者來這里也是旅游;故D正確。

4.B 上下文串聯(lián)。上文提到提到乞丐說行乞的話以及下文該婦女跪著行乞可知是正在行乞;故B正確。

5.C 名詞辨析。A 乘客;B 顧客; C 旅游者; D 外國人;根據(jù)下文第四段第一句“A tourist group hurried along the street,”“ Another group of tourists arrived,”及最后一句“other tourists followed.”可知講的是旅游者們川流不息。故C正確。

6.C 動詞辨析。A 忽視; B 服務; C 觀察; D 跟隨;根據(jù)第四段第三句“The backpacker watched.”可知背包者觀察者乞丐和旅行者們路過時而開始幫助哪位婦女乞丐。故選C正確。

7.A 介詞辨析。A 防備,抵御寒;B 為了; C 由于;D 在  里面;句意:乞丐她毫無表情頭觸地跪著,一破爛的毯子幾乎無法抵御寒冷。前面又是protection,故選A正確。

8.B 形容詞辨析。A 令人驚訝的; B 感人的; C 迷惑的; D 令人有趣的;句意:當把這場景與乞丐周圍城市的跡象比較時,這場景是特別的令人同情。故此空填“令人同情的;感人的”選B正確。

9.C 上下文串聯(lián)。 A 平靜的 和平的;B 嘈雜的; C 富有的,D 原始的,落后的;根據(jù)上下文可知:女乞丐在吸引很多游客的威尼斯行乞,與城市富有的生活跡象形成鮮明對比。故C正確。

10.A  動詞辨析。A 一瞥;B 嘲笑; C 叫喊; D 盯著;句意:一群旅游者匆忙地沿著街道行走,一瞥那女乞丐,并繼續(xù)行走。下一句有提到:另一群旅游者走過她旁邊。可見路人只是看她一眼。故A 正確。

11.C 連接詞辨析。 A 除非 否則; B 因此; C 但是; D 或者;根據(jù)本段第一、二句“一群旅游者匆忙地沿著街道行走,一瞥那女乞丐,并繼續(xù)行走。然而另一群旅游者走過她旁邊。”,作者以為另一群旅游者會看,可是他們也繼續(xù)行走。表示轉(zhuǎn)折。故C 正確。

12.B 動詞短語辨析。A 向四周看; B 向前走; C 環(huán)繞; D 破門而入; 句意:那時,作者準備離開,就停下來看到背包者向前走去。下文又提到:背包者過去放錢進帽子去?芍xB正確。

13.C 副詞辨析。A秘密地; B 粗心地; C蓄意;有意地,D 渴望地;下文講到:他是過去放錢到乞丐的帽子里,而且重復了幾次,目的是做給路過的旅游者們給予乞丐幫助,所以是有意地,選C正確。

14.D 連接詞辨析。 A 自從。。。B 在    之前; C 在   之后; D 由于; 句意:因為另一群人的領(lǐng)導停下來放錢,緊跟的同一群人里就放錢,因此表示原因,故D正確。

15.A 動詞辨析。 A 帶領(lǐng); B 展示; C 指向; D 指;句意:背包者,即年輕人做著同樣的方式,with+賓語+賓補,是背包者發(fā)出show的動作,故A正確。

16.D 上下文串聯(lián)。A 停止; B 有價值; C 制作; D 重復;根據(jù)上下文:背包者做了同一動作幾次,所以D 正確。

17.C 動詞辨析。A 移動; B 答復; C 起作用; D 搬;句意:來自同伴的微妙的壓力在游客們身上起作用了。從本句的后半部分“who all added coins to the cup.”看出:游客們受同伴的影響,也給那女錢。Work在這里是“起作用”的意思;故C 正確。

18.A 動詞時態(tài)辨析。語境:那背包者重復給錢的動作做完了之后,走到那女乞丐面前說道,“我希望那會幫助許多。”這里強調(diào)幫助的工作完了,用獨立主格結(jié)構(gòu)。故A正確。

19.B 動詞辨析。A 取笑; B 繼續(xù); C 開始; D 耽誤;語境:看到剛才的一幕,我也給那女的一些錢,然后繼續(xù)我的旅行,從后面“l(fā)ight-hearted after witnessing such a   55   act of caring.”看出作者做了好事感覺一身輕松。應該是繼續(xù)旅行。

20.B 形容詞辨析。 A 有趣的; B 明智的; C 簡單的; D 謙虛的;作者目睹了這樣幫助人的行為而感到那是一種明智的關(guān)心行為,故B正確。

考點:故事類短文。

 

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