Question

【題目】Last year, around Labor Day, I read a "Happy Ad" in our local newspaper. There was a lady in a local nursing home, who was _______ her 90th birthday and her family wanted everyone to _______ it. It said that if you wanted to drop her a line, here was her ______. So I did. I found a birthday card and dropped her a short note, wishing her a happy birthday.

A week or so later, someone _______ at my front door. I opened the door and found a middle-aged man standing on my doorstep. He introduced himself _______ the son of this woman to whom I had sent the card. He explained that he just wanted to drop by in person and thank me for ______ such a nice card to his mom. Apparently, like many older folks, she did not receive much mail and was quite _______ to receive mine. I just didn't know ______ to say. I told him it was my pleasure and that I hoped his mom had enjoyed her birthday.That year, I did not send out any Christmas cards, ______ to this lovely old lady in the nursing home. I just told her that I was thinking about her and hoped that she had a nice holiday. I sent her a holiday card and also a couple of notes. I just thought she might like to have someone write to her, to get some mail.

She passed away a couple of months ago. I never met this lady, but I did keep her and her family in my ________. I dropped them a line of sympathy(同情). I hope that my few little notes were enough to brighten a couple of her days here on earth.

【1】A. holdingB. celebratingC. havingD. joining

【2】A. know aboutB. care aboutC. think aboutD. worry about

【3】A. addressB. phoneC. houseD. name

【4】A. lookedB. shoutedC. knockedD. pointed

【5】A. forB. toC. asD. by

【6】A. makingB. takingC. sendingD. choosing

【7】A. excitedB. disappointedC. relaxedD. bored

【8】A. whyB. whichC. whatD. how

【9】A. besidesB. exceptC. orD. towards

【10】A. houseB. pointedC. headD. thoughts

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

短文大意：短文講述了“我”一個(gè)善意的舉動(dòng)給一位老人帶來(lái)的驚喜。教育要我們多做好事，多做善事。

【1】句意：當(dāng)?shù)匾患茵B(yǎng)老院的一位女士正在慶祝她的90歲生日�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析。A. holding握住；B. celebrating慶祝；C. having擁有；D. joining參加。her 90th birthday她的90歲生日，根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知celebrate符合句意，故選B。

【2】句意：她的家人想讓每個(gè)人都知道這件事�？疾閯�(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。A. know about知道；B. care about關(guān)心；C. think about考慮；D. worry about擔(dān)心。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知后面三項(xiàng)不合句意，故選A。

【3】句意：上面說(shuō)如果你想給她寫信，這是她的地址�？疾槊�詞辨析。address 地址；phone電話；house房子；name名字。根據(jù)if you wanted to drop her a line，可知address符合句意，故選A。

【4】句意：大約一周后，有人來(lái)敲我的前門。考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)下文I opened the door，可知knock at the door（敲門）符合句意，故選C。

【5】句意：他自我介紹說(shuō)他是我寄卡片給的那個(gè)女人的兒子�？疾榻樵~辨析。for為了/因?yàn)椋�表目的或原因�?/span>to向，表對(duì)象；as作為，表身份；by通過，表方式。根據(jù)下文and thank me for sending such a nice card to his mom，可知這里是表身份，as the son of this woman作為這個(gè)女人的兒子，故選C。

【6】句意：他解釋說(shuō)，他只是想親自過來(lái)，感謝我給他媽媽寄了這么好的賀卡�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析。A. making制作；B. taking拿；C. sending送；D. choosing選擇。根據(jù)前文I found a birthday card and dropped her a short note, wishing her a happy birthday.，可知“我”給她送了生日賀卡，故選C。

【7】句意：她沒有收到多少郵件，但收到我的郵件時(shí)，她非常興奮�？疾樾稳菰~辨析。excited興奮的；disappointed失望的；relaxed無(wú)拘無(wú)束的；bored無(wú)聊的。根據(jù)上文like many older folks, she did not receive much mail，可知老人很激動(dòng)，故選A。

【8】句意：我只是不知道該說(shuō)什么�？疾殛P(guān)系詞辨析。why為什么，表原因；which哪一個(gè)，表事物；what什么，表事情；how怎樣，表方式�？瞻滋幾�say的賓語(yǔ)，不可用關(guān)系副詞，可排除why和how。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知which不合句意，故選C。

【9】句意：那一年，我沒有寄過圣誕賀卡，除了寄給養(yǎng)老院的這位可愛的老太太�？疾榻樵~辨析。besides除了…以外，指包含說(shuō)話對(duì)象；except除了，指不包含說(shuō)話對(duì)象；or或者，表選擇；towards朝著，表方向。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，我只給養(yǎng)老院這位可愛的老太太寄過圣誕賀卡，可知選B。

【10】句意：我從未見過這位女士,但我把她和她的家人記在我的腦海里。考查名詞辨析。my后面需接名詞，pointed突出的，形容詞，可排除。house房子； head頭腦；thoughts想法。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知AD不合句意，故選C。