Question

 It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight 1

  I worked in a 2 doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 3 than usual. It seemed I was going to be late 4 home and my husband, being a 5 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe if I hurried, I could still it home.

  I was heading inside to 7 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for 8 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just 9 a few minutes ago.

  The young man at the counter was trying to be 10 in explaining how to get there，with two other people making 11 One of them was 12 trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 13 ？"

   A look of 14 crossed the woman's face.

  "I'm going right by there," I said,which wasn't a 15since I had just made up my mind to do 16 that.

  I got into my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 17 me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 18   . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.

  Later, as I arrived home,my husband 19 me, "So you aren't ever late any more."

  I said, "Sometimes it's 20 to be late.”
(  )l._vA. break    B. cold       C. fever    D. headache

(   ) 2. A. foreign  B. common     C. noisy    D. busy

(   ) 3. A. later    B. earlier   C. easier    D. simpler

(   ) 4. A. getting  B. cooking      C. calling    D. working

(   ) 5. A. tough    B. generous    C. punctual    D. rough

(   ) 6. A. get    B. take       C. arrive    D. make

(   ) 7. A. pay    B. charge       C. wait    D. search

(   ) 8. A. opinions    B. guides    C. directions    D. instructions

(   ) 9. A. reached    B. visited    C. called    D. left

(   ) 10. A. skilled    B. helpful    C. experienced    D. active

(   ) 11. A. comments    B. promises   C. jokes    D. offers

(   ) 12. A. only      B. still      C. even    D. ever

(   ) 13. A. station    B. office     C. hospital    D. hotel

(   ) 14. A. happiness    B. relief     C. sadness    D. peace

(   ) 15. A. lie          B. fact     C. reason    D. duty

(   ) 16. A. partly    B. voluntarily   C. exactly    D. perfectly

(   ) 17. A. across    B. before      C. beside    D. behind

(   ) 18. A. go up    B. die down     C. take up    D. get through

(   ) 19. A. teased    B. yelled     C. joked    D. laughed

(   ) 20. A. possible    B. special     C. good    D. safe

Answer 1

1-5 DDAAC      6-10 DACDB

11 -15 ACCBA 16 -20 CDBAC

本文講述了一個(gè)助人為樂的故事。作者在回家途中給車加油時(shí)，偶遇一對不知道去醫(yī)院的路的老夫婦，并主動(dòng)將他們送到醫(yī)院后才回家。

1. D從倒數(shù)第三段最后一句話可以得知該答案。

2. D 從上文"I was tired and had a slight head?ache" 可以推斷出作者很" 忙"。其他三項(xiàng)在文中沒有依據(jù)。

3. A 從上文所描述的"the unexpected hap?pened" 和文章最后作者丈夫?qū)λ�的取笑可以推斷出，作者那天肯定�?quot;較晚"離開診所的。

4. A前面說過作者因診所發(fā)生了意外的事而推遲下班，因此可以推斷作者要晚"到家"。get home意為"到家"。

5. C下文說，作者的丈夫會說她又晚回了。只有"守時(shí)"的人才會批評他人遲到。punctual 意為"守時(shí)的"。

6. D作者認(rèn)為，或許她抓緊時(shí)間，仍能準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)到家。make it home意為"準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)到家"。

7. A加完油需要付賬。pay for意為"為…… 付賬"。charge for表"為……要價(jià)"之意。

8. C從下文作者親自將老夫婦送到醫(yī)院的描述來看，老人肯定是在問去醫(yī)院的"路線"。direction表"說明;指導(dǎo)"之意。

9. D前文"the same hospital"說明該醫(yī)院肯定就是作者剛"離開"的那所醫(yī)院。

10. B 從下文"explaining how to get there"的描述不難看出，柜臺里的年輕人是想幫助老人的。

11. A上文說柜臺里的年輕人試圖告訴老人路線，下文說其中一人試圖給出一個(gè)完全相反的路線。所以，另外兩人是在對前者的描述進(jìn)行評論。

12. C其中一人"甚至"試圖提供一個(gè)方向相反的路線。

13. C前面已經(jīng)提到"醫(yī)院"，所以作者主動(dòng)帶老人去的地方只能是"醫(yī)院"。

14. B有人主動(dòng)提出幫忙解決難題會讓人感到"寬慰"。

15.A從下文可知，作者的確下決心那么做，所以作者說她"I'm going right by there"不是在"撒謊"。

16. C作者下決心要做的就是那件事。

17. D因?yàn)槭窃诩佑驼締柭�，所以可以斷定老夫婦也是開著車的。作者在前面帶路,肯定擔(dān)心老人會沒跟上。

18. B前面說只花了 15分鐘就到了醫(yī)院，說明路上擁堵現(xiàn)象不那么嚴(yán)重了。所以用die down表"逐漸消失"之意說明擁堵正開始消退。

19. A從丈夫說話的語氣可知，他是在故意"取笑"作者。

20. C作者認(rèn)為因?yàn)閹椭�他人而遲到并不為過。