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【題目】【原創(chuàng)】Times were tough in our household.My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him.In addition to going to nursing school full-time,1 was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.

After a rather__ meal one night,I answered the ringing phone. With no ,a voice asked,’’Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.”Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.

1 was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ?When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. ,lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy （輪廓分明有皺紋的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation!’’Look around. If you see what you want,__ yourself.”'He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn't be real!

I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what we needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man.。’Be here next week. You’ll of the food by then “was his reply,

Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.

I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped" in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.

【1】A.worrying B.boring C.confusing D.promising

【2】A.just B.even C.ever D.also

【3】A.delicious B.necessary C.simple D.ordinary

【4】A.information B.communication C.introduction D.instruction

【5】A.physical B.financial C.educational D.social

【6】A.trusted B.accepted C.recognized D.satisfied

【7】A.certainly B.originally C.actually D.barely

【8】A.chance B.step C.decision D.measure

【9】A.future B.possibility C.trap D.kindness

【10】A.appointed B.directed C.guided D.requested

【11】A.Therefore B.Besides C.Instead D.However

【12】A.discovered B.greeted C.reminded D.examined

【13】A.help B.enjoy C.behave D.seat

【14】A.welcome B.supply C.assistance D.message

【15】A.mostly B.eventually C.absolutely D.accidentally

【16】A.leave out B.drop out C.run out D.get out

【17】A.interesting B.worthwhile C.mysterious D.astonishing

【18】A.usable B.additional C.acceptable D.valuable

【19】A.recalled B.sought C.identified D.inspected

【20】A.although B.since C.before D.until

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】D

【8】A

【9】C

【10】B

【11】C

【12】B

【13】A

【14】D

【15】C

【16】C

【17】B

【18】A

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了一個溫暖人心的故事。作者一家在經(jīng)濟(jì)困難時接到一個陌生人的電話，這個陌生人告訴作者他可以幫助作者。通過陌生人的幫助，作者一家解決了吃飯問題。

【1】D;從文章第一句話可以看出，作者～家處于困難境地，所以此處用promising（有希望的），表示作者的丈夫沒有希望找到工作。，

【2】A ;just”僅僅，只不過”。作者之所以兼職三份工作，只是為了讓…家 五口能夠吃上飯。

【3】C; simple"樸素的，簡單的”，符合作者面臨困難這個語境。

【4】C;從常識可知，陌生人打電話時首先應(yīng)該作自我介紹，但該電話沒有，所以選C。

【5】B;從上文可以看出，作者面臨的是經(jīng)濟(jì)困難。，

【6】A;對于是否相信陌生人在電話里說的話，這由作者一家決定。

【7】D; barely”幾乎沒有”。此處表示”儲藏柜里幾乎沒有食物”。

【8】A; take a chance”冒險”，此處對應(yīng)上文所說的作者未決定是否相信陌生人的話，但事已至此，作者只好試一試。

【9】C; trap這里是名詞，意思是”詭計，圈套”。雖然作者決定接受陌生人的幫助，但還是心存疑問。

【10】B; direct這里意思是”給（某人）指路”，對應(yīng)第二段中的”Directions followed”。

【11】C;作者發(fā)現(xiàn)車庫里沒有車，相反( Instead)，車庫里整齊排列的桌子上卻滿是各種各樣的食物。

【12】B;作者來取食物，所以主人來打招呼。

【13】A; help yourself'’請自便”，符合語境。

【14】D;這里指主人向新來者說了對作者講過的相同的話，即”請自己取你想要的東西”。

【15】C ;absolutely”絕對地，完全地”。此處指”最需要的東西”。

【16】C;這里表示”到那時你會吃完了食物”。run out of"用完，耗盡（供應(yīng)品）”。

【17】B;老人想做一些”值得做的，有益的”事情來度過晚年。

【18】A;老人開著皮卡貨車到當(dāng)?shù)氐碾s貨店討些能用的( usable)物品以及罐裝商品。

【19】B ;sought是seek（尋找）的過去式，這里指”尋找像我們一樣遭遇不幸的人”。

【20】D;本句中的never和until構(gòu)成”直到……才……”結(jié)構(gòu)。