Question

 

   阅读下面短文，掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑.

      I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _1_ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d  2?” Just when I started to  3that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women  4at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of  5that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t  6. Somebody had thought  7of me to bring me a gift. 

      Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my  8Christmas there special and memorable, I  9remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of  10for as many children as I could possibly reach.

      So I  11a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,  12with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were  13. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   14them that they couldn’t open their presents  15every child had come forward. Finally the  16they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles  17up the room. The  18in the room was obvious, and  19wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew  20that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 

1.A. sending        B. receiving        C. making      D. exchanging

2.A. found          B. prepared        C. got          D. expected

3.A. doubt          B. hope            C. suggest      D. accept

4.A. broke in        .B. settled down     C. turned up     D. showed off

5.A. relief           B. loss            C. achievement   D. justice

6.A. blamed          B. loved           C. forgotten     D. affected   

7.A. highly           B. little            C. poorly       D. enough

8.A. present          B. first             C. recent        D. previous

9.A. hardly           B. instantly         C. regularly      D. occasionally

10.A. strength          B. independence     C. importance    D. safety

11.A. kept up with      B. caught up with     C. came up with  D. put up with

12.A. none            B. few              C. some         D. each

13.A. fine             B. special            C. helpful       D. normal

14.A. reminded         B. guaranteed        C. convinced     D. promised

15.A. after             B. until              C. when        D. since

16.A. chance           B. gift               C. moment      D. reward

17.A. lit               B. took              C. burned       D. cheered

18.A. atmosphere       B. sympathy           C. calmness     D. joy

19.A. it                B. such               C. something   D. everybody

20.A. by               B. till                C. for         D. from

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

   解析：本题考查动词辨析。由上文可知，还是小孩子的我，在圣诞节来临，我应该是收到礼物，所以选择receiving。

2.C

解析：本题考查动词辨析。联系上下文，此处表达的意思是别人问我收到了什么礼物，所以选择got。

3.D

解析：本题考查动词辨析。联系上下文，推断此处表达的意思是：我开始接受没有礼物的现实，选择accept，其他三个选项意思都不符合。

4.C

解析：本题考查动词短语辨析。四个选项：break in闯入；settle down安居；turn up出现；show off炫耀。联系上下文此处是出现在我家，给我们圣诞礼物，故选择C，意思最贴切。

5.A

解析：本题考查名词辨析。根据下文：I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school（当我回到学校时，我不会再感到难堪了。）结合四个选项的意思，可以推断出此处是表示我解脱了，送了一口气，故选择A。

6.C

解析：本题考查动词辨析。分析四个选项，结合上下文，可以得知，这件礼物对我是多么重要，所以此处表达我将不会忘记这件事情，故选择C。

7.D

解析：本题考查短语辨析。联系上下文，首先排除B、C，think highly of sb的意思是“对……评价很高”。此处根据作者的前面的心态，选择enough，表示有人关心自己。

8.B

解析：本题考查形容词辨析。联系上下文，提到是new house，肯定选择first，西方人对于圣诞节很重视，是一家人团圆的日子，所以此时表达重要性，作者想让自己在新家过的第一个圣诞节有意义。选择B。

9.B

解析：本题考查副词辨析。根据四个选项的意思，联系上下文，可了解当时作者那种激动的心情，所以应该是很快就想到了那件让她难忘的事情；故选择B。

10.C

解析：本题考查名词辨析。根据第一段中描述那次圣诞节礼物给我的感慨，和作者此刻的心情，她认为送圣诞节礼物的给自己以及给得到的孩子们的重要性。

11.C

解析：本题考查动词短语辨析。从上一段的可以推断，是我提出了（came up with）了一个让四十个人来我公司帮忙的计划。

12.D

解析：本题考查不定代词辨析。根据作者的想法，应该是每个人都有自己的圣诞节礼物，所以选择每个人（each）。

13.B

解析：本题考查形容词辨析。每个人都有属于自己的礼物，而且不是固定的，所以作者的意思是给孩子们启示：每个人都是独一无二的。

14.A

解析：本题考查动词辨析。从下文的“One, two, three. Open your presents!”可知，此时在分发礼物时，我提醒每个人开始不要打开礼物。

15.B

解析：本题考查连词辨析。同34题，此时选择until，直到每个人都拿到礼物。

16.C

解析：本题考查名词辨析。根据下文的意思，此处表达大家等待的拆礼物的时刻到来了，故选择moment。

17.A

解析：本题考查动词辨析。分析四个选项的意思，根据文章的上下文：他们灿烂的笑容照亮了整个房间，所以选择light的过去式lit。

18.D

解析：本题考查名词辨析。联系上下文，分析四个选项的意思，此处是表达欢乐，故选择D。

19.A

解析：本题考查代词辨析。联系上下文，得知：欢乐不仅仅是因为玩具。所以选择it，指代欢乐。

20.D

解析：本题考查介词辨析。联系上下文，此处表示：我从很久以前的那次圣诞节上获得的感觉再次感受到了。故选择from。