Question

As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem. She had come to live in an American home and learn English.  31 , she would mind the children and do anything she was asked.

One of her tasks was to keep track of arriving Christmas presents. Ursula did this faithfully, but she became increasingly worried. What could she buy for her   32  with the little money she had that would compare with the gifts she was recording daily?   33  , even without any of the gifts , her employer seems to have everything.

Ursula  34  long and hard. On Christmas Eve, she went to a store. She moved slowly through crowds of shoppers,  35  things in her mind. Finally she bought a baby dress. She immediately called a taxi.  “Excuse me, please, can you help me find a poor family with a baby?”  “A poor family?” said the  36  driver. “Yes, a very poor family.” Ursula told the man what she was trying to do. He listened in silence, and then said, “I know a family who needs just about everything.”

When they reached a building, the driver said, “They live on the third floor.” Ursula shook her head, “Would you take this dress to them and tell them it’s from someone …someone who has everything.”

Early the next day, Ursula   37  everyone for the presents she received. Then, she began to   38  why there seemed to be none from her. She told about what she did the night before. When she finished, there was a long   39  . “You see,” she added, “I try to do a kindness in your   40  .  And this is my Christmas present to you.”

1.	A．In return B．As a result C．By the way D．In a sense

 

2.	A．own family B．classmates C．friend D．American family

 

3.	A．Otherwise B．Therefore C．Besides D．But

 

4.	A．talked B．thought C．waited D．worked

 

5.	A．selecting B．matching C．remembering D．organizing

 

6.	A．delighted B．a(chǎn)nxious C．surprised D．respectful

 

7.	A．thanked B．encouraged C．praised D．a(chǎn)dmired

 

8.	A．settle B．repeat C．a(chǎn)rgue D．explain

 

9.	A．delay B．silence C．time D．break

 

10.	A．case B．opinion C．memory D．name

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.D

【解析】文章告訴我們一種新型的送禮的方法。

1.介詞辨析。A作為回報(bào)；B結(jié)果是；C隨便說(shuō)一下；D在某種意義上。根據(jù)句意可知她來(lái)到這個(gè)美國(guó)家庭學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)，給他們的回報(bào)就是幫他們照顧孩子，做一些事情。

2.上下文串聯(lián)。圣誕節(jié)就要來(lái)了，她想給她的美國(guó)家庭買(mǎi)禮物表示感謝！

3.副詞辨析。A否則；B因此；C而且；D但是；根據(jù)上下文可知，而且那個(gè)美國(guó)家庭什么也不缺。

4.動(dòng)詞辨析。A談?wù)�；B考慮；C等待；D工作；根據(jù)句意可知她考慮了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。

5.動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知她穿過(guò)購(gòu)物的人群，精心挑選這禮物。

6.形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知司機(jī)對(duì)于她說(shuō)的話很驚訝。

7.動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知?jiǎng)e人送禮物，她向別人表示感謝。

8.動(dòng)詞辨析。A解決；B重復(fù)；C爭(zhēng)論；D解釋。根據(jù)句意可知她向別人解釋自己原因。

9.名詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文大家聽(tīng)她這樣說(shuō)了以后都不說(shuō)話了。

10.短語(yǔ)辨析。In one’s name以…的名義。