Question

  My father’s friend Jane recently related a story to us. Due to some unfortunate circumstance her sister Cathy was left in the snow,far away from her cabin and companions during a trip to mountains. She was 1        because a man on his snow plow (伊雪車) found her and took her to a 2     at 2:00 am.

  The hospital first 3        Cathy was dead because she had been 4        in the snow for hours. But luckily,they were able to revive (使復(fù)蘇) her. Cathy has been in hospital 5      .When she woke up,the doctor couldn’t 6 Jane that Cathy would be as 7        as before,but it seemed that she would be okay and back to normal 8     ! 

  Jane was 9        of money,and she got into trouble since she needed to 10        her sister’s hospital fees. Today she came to ask if my father could 11        her a few hundred dollars,since her employer didn’t give all her salary in advance 12        the situation.

  My father was 13        to give only $ 150 to her. I’m only a college student. I don’t have too much 14        of my own,but I was thinking about what I could do to help her. Finally I managed to 15        together $ 100 from my own money and passed it to her. She was really surprised,but also 16        grateful,and I felt happy that I could help ease someone else’s 17     in time of need.

  It may not be a huge 18        of kindness,but I felt great that I could be there to 19        someone—emotionally and financially. It always reminds me that I can reach out to those in need 20        I am not wealthy!

(   ) 1. A. worried   B. freezing

   C. lucky   D. weak

(   ) 2. A. base   B. hospital

   C. cabin   D. hotel

(   ) 3. A. found   B. reported

   C. discovered   D. thought

(   ) 4. A. waiting   B. blocked

   C. trapped   D. lying

(   ) 5. A. ever since   B. at once

   C. soon after   D. for long

(   ) 6. A. remind   B. assure

   C. say   D. warn

(   ) 7. A. pretty   B. active

   C. same   D. heavy

(   ) 8. A. too   B. yet

   C. forever   D. soon

(   ) 9. A. aware   B. afraid

   C. short   D. fond

(   ) 10. A. apply for   B. pay for

   C. long for   D. stand for

(   ) 11. A. lend   B. offer

   C. present   D. provide

(   ) 12. A. in view of   B. in need of

   C. in honour of   D. in spite of

(   ) 13. A. willing   B. prepared

   C. able   D. likely

(   ) 14. A. freedom   B. money

   C. thought   D. time

(   ) 15. A. gather   B. join

   C. hold   D. bring

(   ) 16. A. instantly   B. strongly

   C. lightly   D. extremely

(   ) 17. A. fear   B. pain

   C. burden   D. press

(   ) 18. A. act   B. trick

   C. plan   D. behaviour

(   ) 19. A. meet   B. cure

   C. pity   D. support

(   ) 20. A. if   B. though

   C. because   D. when

Answer 1

[文章大意]父親的朋友急需錢救治她被凍傷的妹妹。"我"主動(dòng)拿出自己的100美元零花錢。雖然"我"只是一個(gè)大學(xué)生，不富有，但是"我"很高興自己能伸出援助之手，幫助那些需要幫助的人。

1. C由空格后的a man on his snow plow (If*雪車) found her可知，她是很幸運(yùn)的，因?yàn)楸灰粋�(gè)開(kāi)鏟雪車的人及時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了。

2. B由下文的"The hospital first;…Cathy was dead…"可知， Cathy在凌晨2點(diǎn)被送往醫(yī)院，故選B.

3. D起初，醫(yī)院以為Cathy已經(jīng)死了。

4. C由第一段中的"…Cathy was left in the snow,far away from her cabin and companions during a trip to mountains.”可知，她被困在雪地里好幾個(gè)小時(shí)。故選C.

5. A此后Cathy—直住在醫(yī)院里治療。由空格前的Cathy has been in hospital可知，此處用了現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。故選A.

6. B當(dāng)Cathy蘇醒后，醫(yī)生不能向簡(jiǎn)保證Cathy能夠完全康復(fù)。

7. C醫(yī)生不能保證Cathy在治療以后恢復(fù)得和原來(lái)一樣。

8. D但是，看來(lái)她的身體不久就會(huì)好起來(lái)，有望恢復(fù)正常。由but it seemed that she would be okay可推知答案。

9. C簡(jiǎn)手里缺錢。由下文中的since her employer didn't give all her salary in advance可知，她缺錢。 

10. B她現(xiàn)在非常需要錢來(lái)支付妹妹的治療費(fèi)。 

11. A由下文的"My father was... to give only $ 150 to her."可知，簡(jiǎn)來(lái)到"我"家，問(wèn)"我"父親能不能借給她幾百美元。 

12. D盡管她現(xiàn)在的情況很特殊，她的老板也不愿意提前支付她全部的工資。

in spite of盡管。 

13. C父親目前只能給她150美元。 

14. B   "我"是一個(gè)大學(xué)生，屬于自己的錢并不多。 

15. A但是"我"也想辦法幫助她。"我"從自己的零用錢中湊了 100美元給她。 

16. D她感到有些意外，但是對(duì)"我"非常感激。 

17. C   "我"很開(kāi)心，能在別人陷人困境時(shí)，幫助他們減輕負(fù)擔(dān)。 

18. A雖然這不算什么大的善舉。act of kindness善舉。 

19. D但是，能在物質(zhì)和精神方面給某人以支持，"我"感覺(jué)很棒。 

20. B盡管"我"不是很富有，但"我"仍可以向需要幫助的人伸出援助之手。