Question

  Last week I was in the boarding area of the airport excited about my trip home to see my parents. I was busy planning for the weekend,1        I was taken out of my daydreaming by an elderly woman talking 2        into her cell?phone. She kept asking the person to 3        her where she was. She 4        the gate number again and again. She got a little louder each time she did that. Many people snickered (竊笑) because she was nearly 5        and thought how silly old people could be.

  Then I heard her say, "I'm 6        ,but I can't hear you. There seems to be something wrong with my hearing aid.”"That's too 7 .”I thought as I moved forward to board the flight. Then I noticed her        was becoming increasingly frantic (發(fā)狂似的) as she tried to understand the person on the other end of the phone. It was almost my 9     to board. I couldn't 10       looking back at the woman. It made me think how 11     I was to have my hearing. And I realized I could offer her some 12    

  I suddenly got out of the 13        and went to the woman. I showed her to 14        me the phone and shouted, "Let me help you. I'll tell you what tlie person is 15    . ”She looked at me and agreed 16        I took the phone from her,17        who I was,listened for a moment and told the woman her hus?band was 18        her outside the airport as he could not enter the gate area.

Finally,I pointed her in the right 19     . it took me less than two minutes to finish the task,but my 20      in having been able to help her remains strong.

1. A. but   B. if

   C. so   D. unless

2. A. secretly   B. loudly   C. sadly   D. quickly

3. A. call   B. help   C. tell   D. meet

4. A. asked   B. wrote    C.repeated   D. guessed

5. A. shouting   B. singing   C. leaving   D. dying

6. A. sick   B. tired   C. sorry   D. busy

7. A. bad   B. funny   C. possible   D. strange

8. A. step   B. tone   C. friend   D. mind

9. A. duty   B. idea   C. task   D. turn

10. A. avoid   B. stop   C. continue   D. keep

11. A. normal   B. lucky   C. proud   D. healthy

12. A. money   B. comfort   C. help   D. guide

13. A. line   B. space   C. circle   D. thought

14. A. throw   B. examine   C. hand   D. fix

15. A. doing   B. saying   C. watching   D. planning

16. A. honestly   B. bravely

   C. angrily   D. thankfully

17. A. explained   B. considered   C. forgot   D. lied

18. A. thinking of   B. turning to   

   C. waiting for   D. staring at

19. A. queue   B. direction   C. street   D. room

20. A. pity   B. hope   C. love   D. pride

Answer 1

—位老人因助聽器出了問題而無法聽清電話，又找不到來接她的丈夫，作者熱心地幫助了她。

1.A此空前后兩句之間存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故此處需要一個表示轉(zhuǎn)折的連詞。

2. B根據(jù)下文的"She got a little louder each time she did that."可知為了讓對方聽清，她說話很"大聲"。

3. D老太太在機(jī)場，她告訴聽電話的人她在哪里，應(yīng)該是為了讓那人到她所在的地方來"接"她。

4. C老人聽不清對方在說什么，因此只好不停地"重復(fù)"相同的內(nèi)容。

5. A聽不清對方在說什么，老人很著急，應(yīng)該是幾乎"喊" 了起來。

6. C根據(jù)"…but I can't hear you."可知此處為"對不起，我聽不見你在說什么"。

7. A從下文作者幫助老人的舉動可知他非常同情這位老人的處境，所以此處選A.

8. B此處指作者注意到老人說話的"語氣"因焦急而變得發(fā)狂起來。

9. D根據(jù)上文"I thought as I moved forward to board the flight."可知此處指"輪到"作者登機(jī)了。

10. B此處指作者"忍不住"向老人看去。

11. B通過與老人的處境對比，作者覺得自己聽得見是一件多么"幸運(yùn)的"事。

12. C根據(jù)后文中描述的作者的行為可知，此處作者覺得自己可以給老人一些"幫助"。

13. A作者當(dāng)時是在排隊準(zhǔn)備登機(jī)，為了幫助老人，他應(yīng)該從所站的"隊"里出來了。

14. C根據(jù)下文"I took the phone from her..."可知，作者讓老人把電話"給"他。

15. B作者要電話，是為了幫助老人聽到電話那頭的人在"說"什么。

16. D作者主動提出幫助老人，老人應(yīng)該很"感激"。

17. A作者接過電話后，應(yīng)向?qū)Ψ?解釋"他是誰，這樣電話那頭的人才會跟他說話。

18. C這里是指老人的丈夫正在機(jī)場外面"等"她。

19. B作者聽清了電話那頭的話，因此給老人指明了正確的"方向"。

20. D作者成功地幫助了這位老人，應(yīng)該感到很"自豪"。