Question

I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and some homeless people frequent the stoplights. I often gave money to the homeless, feeling  36 for their bad luck. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge debt. As a result, I  37 giving and became very  38 .                                   
Things started to 39  for me. Again I had a home, and plenty of food, and I started to   40   myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the  41  , “Will work for food.” I 42  . My daughter commented, “Mommy, you 43   to give to those people in  44  .’’ I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for alcohol or other 45 things.” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.
Three days later, I was driving to 46 up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and something deep 47   me said, “Just help him.” 48   I rolled down my window, and he ran over with enthusiasm, saying “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I  49 into my ashtray and strangely enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.
I scooped（抓起）it up and gave it to him. He  50  with joy and tears in his 51  , “Wow, you just made it  52   for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you; the bus that had this great sale is  53   in 20 minutes!” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, 54   I was the one who got the best  55   in life -- GIVING.
36. A. pleased             B. sorry                C. nervous          D. notable 
37. A. stopped            B. refused           C. considered               D. continued  
38 A. bitter                B. disappointed     C. satisfied          D. happy
39. A. reform                      B. decline           C. end                D. change
40. A. pull                B. drive              C. persuade         D. concern 
41. A. gesture             B. symbol           C. sign                  D. sentence 
42. A. passed by           B. gave in          C. stood up            D. held on  
43. A. expected            B. attempted       C. promised            D. used
44. A. shock                 B. happiness        C. comfort                D. need 
45. A. dim              B. bad                   C. exciting         D. anxious 
46. A. pick                 B. look              C. ring               D. beat  
47. A. beside             B. inside          C. behind          D. above
48. A. So                B. Otherwise      C. However       D. Moreover 
49. A. climbed            B. jumped         C. saw              D. reached
50. A. turned around     B. broke down    C. burst out         D. spoke up
51. A. eyes              B. face           C. nose              D. mouth
52. A. necessary       B. possible             C. important      D. nice
53. A. taking             B. operating       C. leaving              D. driving
54. A. but            B. or                    C. and           D. nor       
55. A. award                 B. message            C. gift            D. lesson   

Answer 1

36-55 BAADA CADDB ABADC ABCAC

36．根据前面的money，可知，“我”好对于那些无家可归的人是感到同情的，故选B项sorry。
37． 根据上文，“我”没有了家，并负了大笔的债可推测出A项stopped正确。而且，下文也有提示。
38．根据上文，既没有了家，又负了债，这样的生活是凄苦的。故 A选项bitter最合适。其他三选项与此时“我”的心情不相符。  
39．从下文的提示again可推知，“我”又一次有了家，故生活发生了改变(change)。
40．从上文可知，“我”原来负债，现在还清了。只有pull最合适。
41．从下文的“Will work for food.”可知，那人手里拿着的是一个招牌，故选C项sign。
42． 从下文“我”说的话可知，“我”不想帮助那些无家可归的人，认为他们不过是买酒喝，因此“我”没就没有停车，而是passed by。
43．从第一段可知，“我”过去常常帮助那些无家可归的人，故选D项used，构成词组used to，过去常常。
44．in need指需要帮助的人，与上文homeless people对应，故选D项。
45．从上文的alcohol可知，“我”认为他们会用给的钱买酒喝，这些是bad things，故选B项baD.
46．从下文from school 可知是到学校接女儿。Pick up用车接……；look up在……查找；ring up给……打电话；beat up痛打……。
47．从上文I said that, it didn’t feel right和something deep可知，作者心地善良，上次没有帮助那些需要帮助的人，感到愧疚，所以这次一看到这些无家可归的人，内心深处在呼喊，一定要帮助他们。所以B项正确。
48． 从上下文可知，“我”按照自己的想法拉下窗子，和上文是顺接关系，故选A项so。
49．从上文可知，作者是伸出手拿钱，只有reach符合此意。
50．从上下文，此人只想要77cents，却意外的得到three quarters and two pennies，所以高兴和感激地泪都出来了。Turn around转身；break down（身体）垮下来、（机器等）出毛病；burst out突然……；speak up大声点说。只有burst out符合文意。
51．由前文tears一词可知为eyes。
52． 由上下文可推测，这些钱使他回家看望母亲、过圣诞成为可能。故选B项possible。
53．前文提到他要回家，四个选项中只有leaving和bus搭配能表达此意，注意take和drive的主语是人，bus只能作其宾语。
54． 由上文和下文的got the best可知，作者认为自己的善举对于二人对很难忘，而对自己尤其如此。两句之间是转折关系，选A项but符合文意。
55． 由上文可知，作者自己给了别人帮助，自己也收到了最好的馈赠(gift)。其它三选项均不符合文意。