Question

  My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were sort of―1        about what was waiting for us.  However,when we 2        at the airport,a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were 3        made easy for us by this kind man.

  He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He4 us in going to the bank,in buying our groceries,in telling us 5        to buy almost everything. He told us he is our Big Brother.

 6        ，we watched the football match in a coffee shop. During the first gettogether,he 7       us that we're lucky―my husband and I are 8        in this for?eign land. He said he has been 9        for eight years now because he rarely sees his family,10       they are in his home country.

  During the second gettogether,he11 told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will 12        us because he has been given a 13      ,of45 days to go back to his home country. That night,he spoke these words which 14       a great impact in my life： "You changed my life..."

  That night deep in our hearts we were 15        by our friend's words. We texted him upon reaching home,16       him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him 17        that we feel safe in going out when we are with him,to which he 18       , " You are my family here."

  On the first week of October,we're going to 19        him back from his vaca?tion. We'll watch the football match again in that 20        shop that holds dear mem?ories.

1. A. curious   B. worried   C. certain   D. crazy

2. A. checked   B. dropped   C. landed   D. settled

3. A. therefore   B. instead

   C. anyhow   D. otherwise

4. A. expected   B. troubled

   C. comforted   D. accompanied

5. A. when   B. where   C. why   D. whether

6. A. Once   B. So

   C. Twice   D. Finally

7. A. informed   B. warned   C. blamed   D. convinced

8. A. together   B. nearby   C. around   D. apart

9. A. sick   B. lonely   C. cheerful   D. scared

10. A. once   B. unless   C. while   D. although

11. A. secretly   B. jokingly-   C. proudly   D. sincerely

12. A. remember   B. miss   C. forget   D. respect

13. A. delay   B. right   C. vacation   D. date

14. A. created   B. designed   C. solved   D. received

15. A. puzzled   B. touched   C. astonished   D. flattered

16. A. thanking   B. forgiving   C. repaying   D. punishing

17. A. after all   B. as well

   C. in return   D. in advance

18. A. agreed   B. objected "   C. added   D. replied

19. A. see   B. pick   C. call   D. force

20. A. book   B. grocery   C. coffee   D. sports

Answer 1

[文章大意]文章主要敘述了作者和丈夫在異國他鄉(xiāng)時(shí)一位好心人所給予他們的無微不至的關(guān)心與照顧的故事。

1. B curious好奇的;worried擔(dān)憂的;certain確定的;crazy瘋狂的。作者和丈夫來到了一個(gè)新的國家，他們對接下來要發(fā)生的事有些擔(dān)心。故選 B.

2. C此句意思是"當(dāng)'我們'的飛機(jī)降落在機(jī)場時(shí)，一個(gè)身材高大的男人微笑著迎接'我們'"。故選C。

3. A therefore因此;instead代替;anyhow無論怎樣;other?wise否則。有了這位好心人的幫忙，"我們"在異國他鄉(xiāng)的日子因此過得很舒服。

4. D expect期望;trouble打擾;comfort安慰;accompany陪伴。這個(gè)好心人陪作者他們?nèi)ャy行、去購物等。故選 D.

5. B這位好心人還告訴作者他們?nèi)ツ睦锊艜�買到所需要的東西。這里表示地點(diǎn)，用where ,故選 B.

6. C根據(jù)后文的the first gettogether和the second get-to-gether可知，他們見了兩次面，故選C。

7. D inform通知;warn警告;blame指責(zé);convince使信服。此處意思是"他讓'我們'覺得'我們'是幸運(yùn)的人"。

8. A作者和丈夫一起來到這個(gè)陌生的國家。 

9. B sick有病的;lonely寂寞的;cheerful髙興的;scared恐懼的。根據(jù)后面"…rarely sees his family…"可知，他很少見到家人，難免會感到孤獨(dú)。故選 B.

10. C他的家人還在他的老家。while這里表示"二者同時(shí)發(fā)生(存在) 的"。

11. D他很真誠地說他已把作者夫婦兩人當(dāng)成了他的家人，因此選 D.

12. B這位好心的大哥視作者他們?yōu)橛H人，因此他會想念作者他們的。故選 B.

13. C這位老大哥享有一個(gè)為期45天的回國探親的假期，故選 C.

14. A這位老大哥說的話對作者的生活產(chǎn)生了很大的影響。故選A.

15. B作者夫婦被這位朋友的話深深打動了。故選 B.

16. A作者夫婦感謝這位老大哥對他們在異國他鄉(xiāng)的日子所給予他們的幫助。

17. B這里意思是"'我們'還告訴他……"。故選 B.

18. D agree同意;object反對;add補(bǔ)充;reply回復(fù)。這里是說"對此，他回復(fù)說'你們是我的親人。'"

19. A這里是說這位好心人要探親回來了，所以能與作者夫婦再次相聚。

20. C根據(jù)第三段第一句中的in a coffee shop可知，他們還會去那家咖啡館，故選C。