It began a year ago, around Christmas. Every time I drove down our street, I      an old man sitting in his front yard. He was usually smoking or drinking, and looking rather unhappy.
One day, while I was driving past him with my        , I decided to wave at him with a lot of excitement.      , when he noticed me waving at him, he looked a bit shocked. Then, I saw his hand go up and he waved back.
“       did you wave at him?” my daughter asked.
I told her it’s just an act of kindness that doesn’t        anything. It gives both him and me a feeling of joy. My daughter replied that she felt a bit uncomfortable to wave to a        , but next time she would try it as well.
We liked close to the old man,       we saw him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would start waving at him and, pretty soon, the old man started         at everyone who passed by his house.
One time, my daughter’s friend came to visit and she told my daughter that she saw this strange old man near our home wave at her very        . She mentioned that she waved back, although she didn’t know        , and it felt really good.
As soon as my daughter heard this, she told her friend the        of how all the waving began. Her friend answered: “Tell your mom that’s really cool!”
Other friends gave similar        . This taught my daughter that an act of kindness can be natural and        , if you really want to do it. It showed us how giving happiness can do good to        the giver and the receiver.
Moved by the old man’s actions, we’re planning to give our waving neighbor a thank-you card to express our        for his exciting waves. We are really thankful for him sharing his simple joy with all who pass by his house.
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A．noticedB．feltC．heardD．kept
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A．husbandB．sonC．daughterD．friend
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A．Just nowB．On timeC．In the endD．At the beginning
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A．WhyB．HowC．WhenD．Where
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A．buyB．costC．hideD．guess
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A．friendB．driverC．classmateD．stranger
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A．orB．butC．soD．yet
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A．shoutingB．wavingC．laughingD．looking
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A．a(chǎn)ngrilyB．excitedlyC．loudlyD．carefully
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A．himB．meC．herD．us
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A．lessonB．a(chǎn)ccidentC．newsD．story
小題12:
A．giftsB．notesC．opinionsD．books
小題13:
A．easyB．funnyC．usualD．special
小題14:
A．pastB．betweenC．a(chǎn)llD．both
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)ttentionB．thanksC．suggestionsD．interests

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B
小題6:D
小題7:C
小題8:B
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:A
小題14:D
小題15:B

試題分析：句意：這篇短文主要講述了一對父女無意間一個善意的形容詞，讓一個原本悲觀的老人開始客觀起來，進(jìn)而影響了一大批人。
小題1:考查語境理解及動詞辨析。Noticed通知，注意到；felt感覺；heard聽說；kept 保持，堅持。結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是，我注意到一個老人坐在前院，故選A。
小題2:考查語境理解及名詞辨析。Husband丈夫；son兒子；daughter女兒；friend朋友。聯(lián)系下文my daughter asked.可知我是帶著女兒經(jīng)過，故選C。
小題3:考查語境理解及短語辨析。Just now剛才；On time按時；In the end終于，最后；At the beginning一開始。結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是，一開始這個老人看到我們向他揮手，有點吃驚，故選D。
小題4:考查語境理解及疑問詞辨析。Why為什么；How如何，怎樣；When什么時候；Where 在哪兒。根據(jù)后一句描述，可知這個女兒問的是，你為什么向他揮手？故選A。
小題5:考查語境理解及動詞辨析。Buy買；cost花費；hide隱藏；guess 猜測。聯(lián)系前半句，可知此處指的是，這有不花費什么。故選B。
小題6:考查語境理解及名詞辨析。Friend朋友；driver司機(jī)；classmate同學(xué)；stranger 陌生人。聯(lián)系前兩句描述，可知此處指的是，向陌生人揮手，故選D。
小題7:考查語境理解及連詞辨析。Or或者，否則；but但是；so因此；yet然而。聯(lián)系上下文，可知前后是因果關(guān)系，故選C，我們喜歡接近這個老人，因此我們經(jīng)�？匆娝�。
小題8:考查語境理解及動詞辨析。Shouting喊叫；waving揮手；laughing笑；looking看。結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是，這個老人開始向每個經(jīng)過他家的人揮手。故選B。
小題9:考查語境理解及副詞辨析。Angrily憤怒地；excitedly興奮地；loudly大聲地；carefully 細(xì)心地。結(jié)合語境可知老人是興奮地向他揮手，故選B。
小題10:考查語境理解及代詞辨析。Him他；me我；her她；us 我們。聯(lián)系前兩句描述，可知此處代詞指代的是前文提到的那個老人，故選A。
小題11:考查語境理解及名詞辨析。Lesson課程，教訓(xùn)；accident事故，意外；news新聞；story 故事。結(jié)合語境可知她告訴了她的朋友這個故事是如何開始的。故選D。
小題12:考查語境理解及名詞辨析。Gifts禮物；notes禮物，便箋；opinions意見，主張；books 書籍。結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是其它朋友也給了相同的意見，故選C。
小題13:考查語境理解及形容詞辨析。Easy容易的；funny有趣的；usual通常的，平常的；special特殊的，專門的。結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是善意的形容詞又自然又容易，故選A。
小題14:考查語境理解及詞語辨析。Past越過，晚于；between在……兩者之間；all所有都；both 兩者都。聯(lián)系下文the giver and the receiver 可知此處指的是對給予者和接受者都有好處，故選D。
小題15:考查語境理解及名詞辨析。Attention注意力，關(guān)心；thanks感謝；suggestions建議；interests 興趣。根據(jù)give our waving neighbor a thank-you card 描述，可知此處指的是表達(dá)謝意，故選B。
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