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II.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

There is a saying, "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." After seeing all the good that her parents and other people had done, Judith O'Reilly wanted 2012 to be the 18 of her doing good. So at the start of 2012， she  19 to do a good deed(行为)every day in the coming year. A full 365 days later, she has 20 in fulfilling her plan. She has done a total of 365 good 21 ， from picking up litter on the beach to making cups of tea for builders. She felt these small acts 22 a lot to others.

 She tried to be good in 2012. 23 her past year, Judith humorously concluded there were both good and bad things. 24 her deeds started to spread, Judith decided to record them and has written a book about her 25 ： A Year of Doing Good. "When I made the decision, I didn't 26 what I was taking on that year," she said. "The idea of doing one good deed a(n) 27 has changed into something else. It made me 28 what a good life is, and how we give our lives meaning. It also 29 me that doing good is harder than it looks."

A year of doing good has helped make Judith a 30 person. Since then, she has been 31 with charity work. She became a companion for cancer patients, and taught32 disabled children to read and write. She even 33 up her own charity collection called the Jam Jar Army. That is， she put any small 34 she had into a jam jar. Thousands of people joined her, and 35 an amazing £26 ,000 for a variety of good causes.

The book A Year of Doing Good 36 people with the day-to-day journey of meaning, pleasure and joy, which come from 37 the lives of others in so many creative ways.

18.  A. age            B.  year          C.  date          D. cycle

19.  A. agreed         B.  decided       C.  appeared     D. refused

20.  A. failed          B.  improved     C.  lost      D. succeeded

21.  A. deeds          B.  models       C.  plans      D. examples

22.  A. increased        B.  remained     C.  meant          D. held

23.  A. Speaking highly of              B.  Ending up with

C.  Looking forward to             D.  Looking back on

24.  A. Once          B.  As            C.  Unless        D.  In case

25.  A. imagination        B.  task          C.  challenge     D. fault

26.  A. realize         B.  fear          C. offer           D. observe

27.  A. hour           B.  day           C.  week         D. month

28.  A. question           B.  control        C.  hope             D. promise

29.  A. gave            B.  served      C.  left           D. taught

30.  A. poorer         B.  healthier         C.  stronger      D. better

31.  A. angry          B.  tired         C.  busy         D. limited

32.  A. strangely           B.  finally          C.  mentally     D. partly

33.  A. set              B.  took           C.  picked       D. made

34.  A. cake            B.  box             C. change        D, plate

35.  A. earned        B.  raised         C. wasted        D. borrowed

36.  A. inspires       B.  awards        C.  satisfies      D. decorates

37.  A. cheering up                      B.  slowing down

C.  connecting with                D.  contributing to

Answer 1

 18. B根据上下文可知Judith O'Reilly希望2012年成为她做善事的一年。

  19.B在2012年初，她就下决心在这一年里每天都要做件好事。

20.D 根据"A full 365 days later... She has done a total of 365…"可知Judith在一年中做了 365件好事，成功地完成了自己的计划。

21. A  根据文章语境尤其是"…from picking up litter on the beach to making cups of tea for builders."可知，在一年里Judith成功地做了 365件好事。

22.C  Judith认为自己的这些小善举对别人意义重大。

23. D  look back on回顾过去。回想过去的2012年Judith幽默地总结说，这当中有好事也有坏事。

24. B随着她所做的好事增多，Judith决定将其记录下来并编写成书。as意为"伴随着……"。

25.C敢承诺在一年365天做365件好事，很显然是个大的挑战。

26. A当Judith做出这一决定时，她并没有意识到自己在那一年将会承担什么。

27. B根据前文可知Judith在2012年每天都做件好事。

28. A在每天都做好事的过程中，Judith思考了很多，她不断问自己：什么才是好的生活？我们该怎样做才能使生活更有意义？

29. D同时它也教会了 Judith"真正做好事要比看起来难得多"。

30. D根据上下文可知，做善事让Judith改变了很多，她更多地参与到慈善中来， 这让她成为一个更好的人。

31.C根据后面的内容可知，从此以后Judith忙于慈善工作。

32.C  mentally精神上，智力上。她教智障的孩子读书和写字。

33. A  Judith甚至成立了自己的慈善募捐机构the Jam Jar Army, set up建立， 成立。

34. C  根据下面人们给福利机构捐款£260Q0可知，Judith是在存钱，故答案为change"零钱"。

35. B  raise money募捐，筹款。很多人加入她的活动，给福利机构募捐£26000。

36. A综合上文可知A Year o/Do^g Good这本书激励了很多人，让他们了解到生活的意义和乐趣。

37. D   contribute to奉献于/有助于……。根据文章的主旨可推测，生活的意义和乐趣来源于通过这么多具有创意的方式为别人做点贡献。