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Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important __1__: giving away makes life so much more __2__. One discovery I made about giving away is that it is __3__ impossible to give away anything in this world __4__getting something back, though the __5__ often comes in an __6__ form.
One Sunday morning the local post office __7__ an important special delivery letter to my __8__, __9__ it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the __10__ a note of appreciation. More than a __11__ later I needed a post office box for a new business I was starting. I was __12__ at the window that there were no boxes left, and __13__ my name would have to go on a long waiting __14__. As I was about to leave, the postmaster __15__ in the doorway. He had overheard (偶尔听到) our __16__. “Wasn't it your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a __17__ in this post office if we have to __18__ one for you. You don't know what a letter like __19__ means to us. We usually get nothing but __20__.”
1.A.sense B.discovery C.thought D.preparation
2.A.surprising B.interesting C.annoying D.exciting
3.A.almost B.hardly C.even D.also
4.A.beyond B.without C.like D.about
5.A.fact B.idea C.return D.harvest
6.A.unexpected B.unforgettable C.experienced D.inacceptable
7.A.addressed B.left C.discovered D.delivered
8.A.office B.company C.home D.post
9.A.though B.since C.however D.so
10.A.businessmanB.receiver C.postmaster D.secretary
11.A.year B.moment C.second D.minute
12.A.stopped B.told C.received D.refused
13.A.where B.that C.when D.what
14.A.rank B.row C.line D.list
15.A.came B.disappeared C.appeared D.opened
16.A.conversationB.quarrel C.trouble D.reason
17.A.letter B.box C.right D.chance
18.A.make B.give C.buy D.send
19.A.this B.that C.it D.one
20.A.complaints B.welcomesC.appreciation D.understanding
答案:
这是一篇以奉献与回报为主题的记叙文。文章运用第一人称叙述了主人公“我”给送错了地址的邮递人员写感谢信,反过来得到邮局工作人员的感激和帮助的故事。
1.解析:根据下文提示,在三十多岁时有了这一“发现(discovery)”,sense和make搭配不合理,而且也不符合语境。
答案:B
2.解析:根据最后一段可知:作者一年多时间后得到了意想不到的回报,因此作者发现:奉献会使得生活如此“令人振奋(exciting)”。
答案:D
3.解析:之前,在作者看来,不图回报而乐于奉献一切“几乎(almost)”是不可能的,hardly是半否定副词。
答案:A
4.解析:根据本句的意思可知:作者不相信“不要(without)”回报。
答案:B
5.解析:本句意思是:虽然回报别人的方式常常预料不到,但完全不要回报的事是几乎不可能的。所以谈及的话题是“奉献与回报(return)”。
答案:C
6.解析:别人的回报方式是“未知的、不可预料的(unexpected)”。
答案:A
7.解析:根据下文“delivery letter”可知:邮递员“递送(deliver)”给我一封信。
答案:D
8.解析:根据下文“Wasn't it your home?”“I said it was”可知邮递员把信件送到家里(home)送错了。
答案:C
9.解析:前后两句为让步关系,虽然(though)信件上写的是办公室的地址,可邮递员把信送到家里了。
答案:A
10.解析:作者感谢的是送信的“邮递员(postmaster)”。
答案:C
11.解析:根据情景只有用year合理。作者在此去邮局寄东西不可能是瞬间的事情。排除B、C和D项。
答案:A
12.解析:我“被告知(told)”没有寄件的盒子了,stop与refuse和本句的后面衔接不上。
答案:B
13.解析:“was told”后为两个宾语从句,两个宾语从句都句意完整,分别都应该用that。
答案:B
14.解析:我的名字在长长排队等待的名单(list)后面,名字不能在队列(line)里。
答案:D
15.解析:在我要离开时,以前为我送错信,而我还写信感谢他的邮递员“出现(appeared)”在门口,came、opened和in the doorway搭配都不恰当。
答案:C
16.解析:他偶然中听到了我们的“谈话(conversation)”,quarrel和trouble文中没有语境。
答案:A
17.解析:作者需要的是邮寄东西的包装“盒(box)”。
答案:B
18.解析:上文提及邮局没有包装盒了,我们为你“制作(make)”一个,体现作者前面提及“奉献让生活振奋”的主题,买(buy)一个有点夸大其词,既然邮局没有包装盒,也就不存在“给(give)”和“送(send)”了。
答案:A
19.解析:that指代前面作者提到的给邮局写感谢信的事情。此题容易误选A.this,多指代下文内容。
答案:B
20.解析:作者之所以得到这样的回报,是因为以前邮递人员送错了地址,我没有抱怨却写了感谢信。而在其他人那里,工作人员得到的往往是“抱怨,投诉”(complaints)。此题容易误选D.understanding,和句意相反。此题考查学生联系上下文的能力和把握整体语篇的能力。
答案:A