It was a cold afternoon. Ginny and I were walking home after work when suddenly a young man asked us, "Do you want a hug（擁抱）?”He carried a sign in his hand which read "Free Hugo". I looked     and noticed there were other young people with him. They all lifted their handmade signs high. The message was the same on all of them - Free Hugs!
"Sure!" Ginny smiled and hugged him with all the     she had in her heart,
"WOW!" he shouted. "That is the best hug I've had all day!"
Then the young man looked at me and asked, 'How about a hug?"
"You got it!" I walked into his     arms. We held a hug briefly（簡短地）and parted at once.
Ginny and I stepped back and watched the "free huggers" hug those who     them. All of the young people offered hugs to them.
Not all the people accepted their offers, but the fact was that those who opened their arms in return, walked away with      on their faces.
I felt warmth in my heart. So warm that it seemed as if it were not a cold winter day. At that time, Ginny and I were going through       times. We had little money and were heavily in debt(負債). We were stressed and     , but that afternoon, for a short moment, we   ___    all our problems because of a hug with love.
It took a simple hug to make everyone smile and make everything better.
小題1: A. out                  B. down                  C. round
小題2:A. strength              B. feelings                C. love
小題3:A. open                 B. warm                  C. strong
小題4:A. accepted              B. attracted               C. admired
小題5:A. kindness              B. shyness                C. smiles
小題6:A. busy                 B. lonely                  C. difficult
小題7:A. bored                B. worried                 C. surprised
小題8:A. forgot                B. solved                  C. met

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A
小題5:C
小題6:C
小題7:B
小題8:A

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是在一個寒冷的下午，Ginny和我下班后正走回家，遇到提供無償擁抱的一些人。不是所有人都接受他們的擁抱，但他們熱情地擁抱需要擁抱的人們。接受擁抱的人們臉上掛著微笑走開了。那時我們正處于困難時期，這件事讓我感覺很是溫暖，讓我們忘記了我們正面臨的困頓。
小題1:考查副詞及語境的理解。句意：我向四周看了看，注意到?jīng)]有其他年輕人和他在一起。look around向四周看，是固定詞組。據(jù)上下文此項符合題意，故選C。
小題2:考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：Ginny微笑著，帶著她滿心的愛擁抱了他。A. strength力量，              B. feelings感情，C. love愛。據(jù)下文"WOW!" he shouted. "That is the best hug I've had all day!"可知Ginny給了他一個充滿了愛的擁抱，故選C。
小題3:考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：我走向他伸開的雙臂。A. open伸開的，B. warm溫暖的，                  C. strong有力的。據(jù)We held a hug briefly（簡短地）and parted at once.可知，我是象征性地擁抱了他下，所以他的胳膊只是張開的，而不是溫暖的、有力的，故選A。
小題4:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：Ginny 和我往回走，看著這些提供免費的擁抱的人擁抱那些接受他們擁抱的人。A. accepted接受，B. attracted吸引，C. admired羨慕。據(jù)題意只有接受他們擁抱的人才會擁抱他們，故選A。
小題5:考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：不是所有人接受他們的擁抱，但事實是那些回報以張開的雙臂的人臉上是帶著微笑走開的。A. kindness善意，B. shyness害羞，C. smiles微笑。據(jù)題意接受他們擁抱的人應該是心懷溫暖，臉上會帶著微笑的，故選C。
小題6:考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：在那時，Ginny 和我正經(jīng)歷困難的時光。A. busy忙碌的，                 B. lonely孤獨的，C. difficult困難的。據(jù)We had little money and were heavily in debt(負債).可知我們處境困難，故選C。
小題7:考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：我們壓力很大且著急。A. bored乏味的，B. worried著急的，                C. surprised驚訝的。據(jù)上文我們當時處境困難故壓力大且著急，故選B。
小題8:考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：但那天下午，很短的時間，由于一個充滿愛的擁抱我們忘記了所有我們的問題。A. forgot忘記，B. solved解決，C. met遇到。據(jù)題意，一個擁抱的效果應該是讓我們忘記困難時光，其他不符合題意。故選A。
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