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The Brick

　　

　　About ten years ago, a young and very successful manager named Josh was travelling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit fast in his 1 car.

　　He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars. 2 his car passed, no child rushed out, but a brick did and WHUMP! It 3 his shiny black side door! Josh 4 out of his car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up 5 a parked car. He shouted at the kid,“ 6 was that all about and who are you? Just what are you doing?”He went on with 7 “That's my new Jaguar, that brick you threw is going to cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”

　　“Please, mister, please…I'm 8 ! I didn't know what else to do!” 9 the youngster.“I threw the brick 10 no one else would stop!”Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he 11 around the parked car.“It's my brother, mister,”he said.“He rolled 12 the sidewalk and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't 13 him up.”Sobbing, the boy asked the manager,“Would you please help me get him 14 into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.”

15　　 beyond words, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief 16 wiped the cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then 17 the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

　　

　　It was a long and slow walk back to his expensive car. Josh 18 did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the damage to 19 him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Pay 20 to the bricks of life coming at to you.

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

(1) A．old	B．expensive	C．secondhand	D．slow
(2) A．Since	B．After	C．As	D．So　　 　　 long as
(3) A．struck	B．destroyed	C．wiped	D．harmed
(4) A．climbed	B．stepped	C．got	D．jumped
(5) A．against	B．on	C．with	D．toward
(6) A．How	B．Why	C．When	D．What
(7) A．eagerness		B．anger
C．punishment		D．displeasure
(8) A．discouraged		B．disappointed
C．sorry		D．hopeless
(9) A．Explained		B．Cried
C．Shouted		D．Added
(10) A．until	B．if	C．before	D．because
(11) A．hid	B．pointed	C．ran	D．searched
(12) A．far	B．away	C．off	D．onto
(13) A．lift	B．raise	C．hold	D．pick
(14) A．over	B．up	C．down	D．back
(15) A．Encouraged		B．Moved
C．Excited		D．Frightened
(16) A．so	B．but	C．and	D．or
(17) A．watched	B．noticed	C．saw	D．observed
(18) A．ever	B．seldom	C．hardly	D．never
(19) A．require	B．remind	C．warn	D．keep
(20) A．love	B．turn	C．attention	D．respect

 

Answer 1

答案：B;C;A;D;A;D;B;C;A;D;B;C;A;D;B;C;A;D;B;C
解析：

(1) B；由下文得出是豪華轎車。 (2) C；as引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句“當(dāng)……。的時候”。 (3) A；strike“擊中”，指磚塊擊中車門。 (4) D；車門被砸，司機(jī)憤怒，從車中“跳出來”最符合文義。 (5) A；against此處表示“靠在”，指把男孩推到一輛停放的車上。 (6) D；要分清句子成分，此處what作about的賓語，問“為什么”。 (7) B；with anger用作狀語“生氣地”，表示繼續(xù)生氣地說”。 (8) C；sorry表示小孩的道歉和下文的解釋。小孩先說“對不起”。 (9) A；explained表示小孩竭力解釋。由下文得出。 (10) D；because引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句，他扔磚塊是因為沒有人停下來幫忙，他別無選擇。 (11) B；pointed“用手指著”，指著躺在地上的受了傷的哥哥，一個本來坐在輪椅上的殘疾人。 (12) C；介詞off表示“從……離開”，指輪椅滑出了人行道。 (13) A；lift sb. up“把某人從地上扶起來”。 (14) D；小孩的哥哥從輪椅上掉下來，現(xiàn)在再把他扶上去，所以用back。 (15) B；moved“受感動”，指這位經(jīng)理被小孩的話深深打動。 (16) C；and表示并列關(guān)系，“扶起”，“掏出手絹”、“為他擦傷”，所以用and。 (17) A；watch此處表示“注視、目送”的意思。 (18) D；never表示這位經(jīng)理從沒有修理被砸壞的車門，保留被砸的痕跡以提醒自己。 (19) B；remind sb. to do sth.“提醒某人做某事”。提醒自己多注意幫助別人。 (20) C；pay attention to“注意……”。最后一句點明主題，“要注意生活中向你扔來的磚塊”。