Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year. I was a ticket-counter supervisor for a major airline and was looking forward to the ____ of my shift(輪班) at Stapleton International Airport in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could ____ our gifts for Christmas.

Just then，a very ____ gentleman went up to me. He asked how he could get to Cheyenne，Wyoming. He had just arrived from Philadelphia and ____ his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation area，where he could rent a ____.And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home ____.

About fifteen minutes later，the gentleman ____ and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars ____.I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport. Hearing that，he burst into ____.

I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom，and that his only son was ___ ill at home and was not expected to ____ another year. He expected that this would likely be the ____ Christmas with his son.

I told Tom to ___ his luggage and wait for me at the gate. I was driving to Cheyenne. I called my wife Kathy，telling her about it and not to wait up for me. I drove fast ___ and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2∶30 a．m.

Kathy was still ___ me when I got home in the early morning. We traded gifts and then our conversation ____ Tom. For Kathy and me，there was no ___ that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the ____ choice.

A couple of days later，I ____ a Christmas card with a picture of Tom and his family. In it，Tom thanked me for the special ____ he had received that holiday season，but I knew the best gift was mine.

【1】A. end B．turn C．role D．change

【2】A. expect B．get C．exchange D．make

【3】A. kind B．helpless C．sad D．worried

【4】A. mistook B．missed C．caught D．continued

【5】A. bus B．flight C．room D．car

【6】A. soon B．late C．early D．lately

【7】A. left B．moved C．came D．returned

【8】A. reliable B．present C．a(chǎn)vailable D．a(chǎn)cceptable

【9】A. laughter B．tears C．a(chǎn)nger D．sorrow

【10】A. really B．slightly C．seriously D．unluckily

【11】A. suffer B．live C．share D．grow

【12】A. last B．best C．happiest D．hardest

【13】A. hand B．find C．pack D．collect

【14】A. for a while B．a(chǎn)ll around

C．a(chǎn)ll the way D．from time to time

【15】A. waiting for B．caring for C．thinking of D．depending on

【16】A. remembered B．recalled C．concerned D．contained

【17】A. idea B．doubt C．point D．problem

【18】A. main B．only C．nice D．great

【19】A. received B．sent C．saved D．discovered

【20】A. drive B．help C．deal D．gift

Answer 1

【答案】【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】D

【6】A

【7】D

【8】C

【9】B

【10】C

【11】B

【12】A

【13】D

【14】C

【15】A

【16】C

【17】B

【18】B

【19】D

【20】A

【解析】“我”在平安夜駕車送一位陌生人回家，幫助那位錯(cuò)過轉(zhuǎn)接飛機(jī)的父親圓了和患重病的兒子一起過圣誕節(jié)的愿望，妻子為“我”的善行表示理解和欣慰。

【1】時(shí)間是平安夜的11∶30，作者期待著下班回家。the end of my shift指“我上班的結(jié)束”。

【2】因?yàn)槭瞧桨惨�，作者的妻子等他回家互相交換圣誕節(jié)的禮物。第六段中的第二句“We traded gifts”是答案暗示。

【3】由下文可知，這位先生錯(cuò)過了轉(zhuǎn)接班機(jī)，他過來問作者怎樣才能到達(dá)夏延，由此可推知他應(yīng)該很擔(dān)心(worried)。

【4】他來自費(fèi)城，錯(cuò)過了(missed)轉(zhuǎn)接班機(jī)。

【5】我給他指了指地上交通區(qū)域。在那里，他可以租一輛車(car)。

【6】然后，我給妻子打電話，告訴她我一會(huì)兒(soon)就回家。

【7】大約15分鐘后，那位先生又返回來了(returned)。

【8】他告訴我，所有的公交車已滿，而且也找不到可租用的(available)車。

【9】我告訴他，他只能在機(jī)場住宿一夜。聽到這，他突然大哭起來(burst into tears)。

【10】他唯一的兒子得了重病。seriously“嚴(yán)重地”。

【11】估計(jì)孩子活(live)不了一年了。

【12】他期待能和孩子度過很可能是最后的(last)一個(gè)圣誕節(jié)。

【13】我告訴Tom去把他的行李取來。collect“領(lǐng)�。唤幼摺薄�

【14】我一路上(all the way)開得很快，大約凌晨2∶30把Tom送到了夏延。

【15】第二天早上當(dāng)我趕回家時(shí)，Kathy還在等(waiting for)我。

【16】我們交換了禮物，然后我們談到了Tom。concern“涉及，與……有關(guān)”。

【17】對于Kathy和我來說，毫無疑問，開車送Tom去夏延是我唯一的選擇。there is no doubt that表示“毫無疑問。”

【18】解析見上題。

【19】幾天后，我收到(received)了Tom寄來的圣誕賀卡，附有他和家人的照片。

【20】文章最后的“the best gift”是答案提示。Tom感謝我并表示在圣誕前夕我給他的幫助是他收到的特殊禮物。