Question

It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey____the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in ____ clothes and thin little sandals(涼鞋), staying together at the door on the top step.

“Any old____， lady？” asked one of them.

I was ____. I wanted to say “no” until my eye____their sandals, which were wet with heavy snow.

“____and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”

They walked ____and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the____. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight____the freezing cold outside.____I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget for Thanksgiving Day.

The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice，“Lady, are you____？”

I looked at my old sofa covers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer(托盤)____and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was____with a need that no amount of food could supply.They left after that，____their papers against the wind.They hadn’t said“Thank you.”They didn’t need to.They had____me that I had so much for which to be grateful.Plain blue china cups and saucers were____worth five pence. But they matched.

I tasted the potatoes and the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these____， too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and____the living room. The muddy(沾上泥的)____of small sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to____how rich I am.

1.A. before B. while C. when D. as

2.A. worn B. strange C. ordinary D. smart

3.A. clothes B. papers C. cups D. shoes

4.A. sad B. nervous C. busy D. happy

5.A. fell upon B. came at C. went through D. got into

6.A. Stand back B. Turn around C. Get out D. Come in

7.A. over B. out C. off D. on

8.A. door B. floor C. ground D. wall

9.A. about B. against C. for D. in

10.A. Thus B. But C. Then D. So

11.A. rich B. kind C. helpful D. healthy

12.A. curiously B. hopefully C. carefully D. silently

13.A. hungry B. pleasant C. deep D. cold

14.A. turning B. delivering C. pushing D. holding

15.A. reminded B. promised C. persuaded D. told

16.A. really B. even C. well D. only

17.A. matched B. worked C. mixed D. agreed

18.A. decorated B. equipped C. emptied D. cleaned

19.A. lines B. prints C. signs D. steps

20.A. realize B. doubt C. forget D. prove

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：作者在感恩節(jié)時幫助兩位收廢品的小孩，從他們對生活的樸實的理解中受到啟迪，明白了知足者常樂、生活充實就意味著富有的道理。

1.考查連詞辨析。A.在…之前；在…以前；比…更早。B.在…期間；與…同時。C.在…時候。D.像；像…一樣。本題是表示我正忙著做火雞的時候，門鈴?fù)蝗豁懫饋砹恕Ｋ�以根�?jù)上下文意思，所以選C。

2.考查形容詞辨析。A.破爛的；穿舊的，用舊的。B.奇怪的；陌生的；生疏的.C.普通的；正常的。D.聰明的；漂亮的；整齊的。根據(jù)后文提到的thin little sandals

和heavy snow可知，在冬天腳上還穿的涼鞋，小孩應(yīng)該是很可憐的，所對應(yīng)的衣服應(yīng)該也是破舊的。綜合上面的選項，所以選A。

3. B.紙張。C.杯子。D.鞋子。根據(jù)49空附近，作者讓小孩子們帶走了一些紙，可以知道，小孩子們是在這里找她要一些舊紙張。所以選B

4.I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey可知，作者當時的狀態(tài)應(yīng)該是非常忙碌的。所以選C。

5. B.撲向；向…逼近。 C.經(jīng)歷；翻閱，查找。 D.從事于，致力于；被批準入學。根據(jù)上文的eyes和下文的their sandals可知，作者是想表示他的眼睛突然轉(zhuǎn)向了他們鞋子，所以選A。

6.（使）轉(zhuǎn)身；（使）好轉(zhuǎn)；改變意見。C.出來；出版；（使）出現(xiàn)；作出。D．進來，進入。根據(jù)后文作者邀請小孩們喝一些熱可可可以知道，這時候作者是要邀請孩子們進入他們家。所以選D。

7. 穿過；走到另一地方。B. 罷工；突然離開。C. 離開；走開。D. 繼續(xù)走；（演員）上臺。根據(jù)后文可以得知，作者邀請小孩進入他們家，小孩已經(jīng)坐下了。所以前文要表示小孩走進來了。根據(jù)選項判斷，所以選A。

8.

9. 爭奪，爭吵。B. 與…作斗爭，與…爭吵。C. 為…而戰(zhàn)。D. 在某方面反對某人；在…作戰(zhàn)。根據(jù)后文的the freezing cold可知，這個地方是表示和外面的寒冷進行斗爭。所以選B.

10.0】考查連詞辨析。A. 因此。B. 但是。C. 然后。D. 所以。根據(jù)后文I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget for Thanksgiving Day.可以得知，坐著給他們提供了熱飲之后，又回到了廚房繼續(xù)準備火雞。根據(jù)選項意思判斷，答案選C。

11.考查形容詞辨析。A. 富有的；肥沃的。B. 和藹的；仁慈的。C. 給予幫助的，愿意幫忙的。D. 健康的；健全的。根據(jù)文章最后提到how rich I am可知，此處小孩在問作者，他是否非常富有。答案選A

12.考查副詞辨析。A. 好奇地；奇怪地。B. 有希望地；有前途地。C. 小心地；警惕地。D. 寂靜地，沉默地。根據(jù)前文小男孩的flat voice，說明兩個小孩到陌生人家里，拿著帶有托盤的茶杯，話都不敢大聲講，與前文照應(yīng)，此處應(yīng)該表示女孩也很小心翼翼。答案選C。

13.考查形容詞辨析。A. 饑餓的。B. 開心的；高興的。C. 深的；深遠的；深奧的。D. 寒冷的。根據(jù)后文no amount of food could supply可知，小孩說話就像沒有吃飽飯似的，所以根據(jù)選項，答案選A。

14.考查動詞辨析。A. 轉(zhuǎn)動；改變方向。B. 發(fā)表；遞送；傳送。C. 推動；逼迫。D. 抓住，把握；保留。根據(jù)后文their papers against the wind是表示他們在寒風中緊緊抓住他們得到的那些紙張，根據(jù)選項，答案選D。

15.考查動詞辨析。A. 使記起，使想起。B. 承諾，許諾。C. 說服，勸服。D. 告訴，使知道。根據(jù)后文I had so much for which to be grateful可知，作者是想說明，這些小孩讓我想起了，我還有很多值得我去感激的東西。所以根據(jù)選項，答案選A.

16.考查副詞辨析。A. 真正地，真實地。B. 甚至；更加。C. 好；好意地。D. 只，僅僅。根據(jù)后文的but是一個轉(zhuǎn)折。作者表示茶杯和托盤只價值5便士，但是他們卻能夠相匹配。答案選D。

17.考查動詞辨析。A.匹配，使配套；使相同。B.使工作；使運C.混合，；相容。D.同意，贊成。作者提到了自己的土豆和肉湯，丈夫和，想說明屬于自己的一切都搭配的非常好。而且上文也有提到茶杯和杯墊也是matched。根據(jù)文意，答案選A。

18.考查動詞辨析。A. 裝飾，裝扮。B.裝備，使具備。C. 把…弄空，騰空。D. 打掃。根據(jù)后文提到的muddy可知，被鞋子踩過的地板臟了，所以作者要把地面的泥巴打掃干凈。所以答案選D。

19.考查名詞辨析。A.線條，線路；方法。B.照片；印刷字體。C.記號，符號。D.步子；步驟。根據(jù)后文small sandals were still wet upon my floor可知，留在地板上的是一些腳踩過的鞋印。答案選B。

20.20】考查動詞辨析。四個選項含義分別是A.意識到；了解；實現(xiàn)。B.懷疑，疑慮；不確定。C.忘記；忽略。D.證明，證實。本題題意是表示，作者希望能夠?qū)⒛切┠_印留在那里一下，以免自己開始忘記自己有多富有。因為前文作者一直在表示，和那些小朋友比較，自己還是很富有的，但是自己一直都沒有意識到，所以怕自己會開始忘記自己多富有。所以根據(jù)上下文意思，答案選C.

考點：考查敘事性短文完形。