Question

Cure for Sorrow
There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her 1, she went to the wise man that is always2for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what 3ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will4you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or 5with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never 6sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in7of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment,8at the door, and said in a9voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n)10that I want? It is very important to me.”
11, she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of 12. They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to 13all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor,14people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She15to comfort them till they16. Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But 17she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one 18after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so 19in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never 20that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      joy
   2. B.
      danger
   3. C.
      belief
   4. D.
      sorrow
2. 2.
   1. A.
      envied
   2. B.
      considered
   3. C.
      respected
   4. D.
      treated
3. 3.
   1. A.
      strange
   2. B.
      magical
   3. C.
      valuable
   4. D.
      important
4. 4.
   1. A.
      reward
   2. B.
      supply
   3. C.
      provide
   4. D.
      award
5. 5.
   1. A.
      quarreling
   2. B.
      discussing
   3. C.
      reasoning
   4. D.
      arguing
6. 6.
   1. A.
      suffered
   2. B.
      known
   3. C.
      obtained
   4. D.
      forgotten
7. 7.
   1. A.
      honor
   2. B.
      favor
   3. C.
      need
   4. D.
      search
8. 8.
   1. A.
      knocked
   2. B.
      broke
   3. C.
      stood
   4. D.
      pointed
9. 9.
   1. A.
      excited
   2. B.
      confident
   3. C.
      sad
   4. D.
      urgent
10. 10.
    1. A.
       place
    2. B.
       answer
    3. C.
       apartment
    4. D.
       person
11. 11.
    1. A.
       Luckily
    2. B.
       Immediately
    3. C.
       Gradually
    4. D.
       Unfortunately
12. 12.
    1. A.
       praise
    2. B.
       Respect
    3. C.
       comfort
    4. D.
       encouragement
13. 13.
    1. A.
       exchange
    2. B.
       describe
    3. C.
       simplify
    4. D.
       decorate
14. 14.
    1. A.
       unfortunate
    2. B.
       unfriendly
    3. C.
       unimportant
    4. D.
       unfamiliar
15. 15.
    1. A.
       planned
    2. B.
       managed
    3. C.
       continued
    4. D.
       stayed
16. 16.
    1. A.
       settle down
    2. B.
       break down
    3. C.
       calm down
    4. D.
       get down
17. 17.
    1. A.
       wherever
    2. B.
       whatever
    3. C.
       however
    4. D.
       whenever
18. 18.
    1. A.
       excuse
    2. B.
       tale
    3. C.
       lie
    4. D.
       reason
19. 19.
    1. A.
       curious
    2. B.
       puzzled
    3. C.
       worried
    4. D.
       involved
20. 20.
    1. A.
       recognizing
    2. B.
       realizing
    3. C.
       remembering
    4. D.
       wondering

Answer 1

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文章以一個故事告訴我們幫助別人能讓我們真正的快樂起來，無論我們遇見多大的痛苦。
1.D 名詞辨析。A快樂；B危險；C信念；D悲哀；根據(jù)上文可知兒子死了，她很難過。
2.C 動詞辨析。根據(jù)上文可知這是一位智者，智者總是受到人們的尊重。
3.B 形容詞辨析。這里是指由魔力的能把她的兒子找回來的方法。
4.A 動詞辨析。A以…付報酬；BC提供；D獎勵。這里是指她以她所有來回報那位智者。
5.C 動詞辨析。Reason with sb與…理論，談論。這里指智者沒有和她多討論。
6.B 動詞辨析。智者讓她2從一個從來都不知道悲哀的家庭里找芥末的種子。
7.D 名詞辨析。In search of尋找。根據(jù)上下文可知是去尋找這樣的人家。
8.C 動詞辨析。這里是指站在一家人的門前。本題容易錯選A。
9.A 形容詞辨析。這里是指她用興奮的聲音說好話。
10.A 上下文串聯(lián)。很清楚她是在問這是不是她要找的地方。
11.D 副詞辨析。根據(jù)下文可知她找不到那樣的地方，所以是很不幸的事情。
12.C 動詞辨析。這里是指甚至都沒有人來安慰她。
13.B 動詞辨析。A交換；B描述；C使…簡化；D裝飾。指那些人向她描述他們痛苦的事情。
14.A 形容詞辨析。這里是指那些比她還要不幸的人。
15.D 動詞辨析。這里是指她留在那些地方來幫助那些人直到他們平靜下來。
16.C 詞義辨析。A定居；B機器壞；C平靜；D寫下。解析同上。
17.A 語法分析。無論她到什么地方，都會發(fā)現(xiàn)一個接一個不幸的故事。
18.B 名詞辨析。A借口；B故事；C謊言；D原因。解析同上。
19.D 固定詞組。Be involved in參與….
20.B 動詞辨析。這里是指她沒有意識到到幫助別人已經(jīng)驅趕了她心中的悲哀。