Question

I walk just minutes away from one of London's busiest railway sta?tions. Another 1       or two away is a lovely,lively street with res?taurants 2       Mexican,Thai and French food,as well as cafes,sandwich places and many other stores.

One day,as I was walking around during lunchtime,I 3       a small elderly lady,dressed in rags,pushing an empty pushchair (購物車) slowly along the pave?ment. I 4 wanted to do something for her,but I felt a little 5        following her around,so I decided to continue my 6      . A few minutes later,when I was passing a grocery store,I saw her 7        groceries into her pushchair inside the store. That's 8          I decided to help by paying for her shopping.

The cashier looked at me in 9        as I tried to explain that the money I was 10        was for the elderly lady. It must have been the 11        time anyone had done this in the store,     12       she just couldn't quite get her head around the whole thing. And it was 13        for me to try to explain this 14        the other people queuing to pay for their groceries.The cashier 15 a colleague over and I tried to explain it again. "In a few minutes a (n) 16       lady with a pushchair  will be coming through the checkout;I have 17        your colleague some money that should help to pay for all or most of her shopping."Thankfully,they got the 18        and smiled at last.

I didn't 19        to watch,but I hoped  the surprise awaiting her at the checkout would bring a 20       to her face that day.

1. A. minute   B. second   C. metre   D. foot

2. A. growing   B. showing   C. selling   D. making

3. A. followed   B. saw   C. passed   D. heard

4. A. suddenly   B. usually   C. slowly   D. finally

5. A. natural   B. strange   C. interesting   D. difficult

6. A. thought   B. talk   C. purchase   D. walk

7. A. offering   B. putting   C. pouring   D. turning

8. A. what   B. that   C. whether   D. when

9. A. anger   B. joy

   C. worry   D. surprise

10. A. turning on   B. making up   C. handing over   D. giving up

11. A. last   B. first   C. second   D. most

12. A. though   B. as   C. but   D. or

13. A. hard   B. easy   C. simple   D. fine

14. A. in case of   B. in spite of   C. in front of   D. in favour of

15. A. invited   B. ordered   C. moved   D. called

16. A. thin   B. young   C. old   D. fat

17. A. given   B. lent   C. cheated   D. saved

18. A. idea   B. problem   C. lie   D. question

19. A. stop   B. stay   C. live   D. shop

20. A. shock   B. puzzle   C. smile   D. hope

Answer 1

本文是一篇記敘文。有一天散步的時候，作者看見了一個顫巍巍的老太太，忽然很想為她做點兒什么。后來正好看見老太太在一家雜貨店買東西，就想提前悄悄為她付賬讓她開心。開始收銀員懷疑他的舉動，后來在他的解釋之下還是理解了他的善舉。

1. A從上一句"I walk just minutes away from…"可以看出應(yīng)該是再走一兩分鐘的距離。

2. C飯店賣各國風味食品。

3. B由下文的"…I felt a little…following her around..."可知不是跟蹤也不是超過，而是看見了一個老太太。

4. A由上句可知"我"是在散步時偶然遇到老太太，然后突然有了要幫助她的想法。

5. B "我"覺得跟蹤一個偶然碰到的老太太并尋找機會幫助她有點兒奇怪。

6. D由第二段第一句"One day,as I was walking around…"可知此處應(yīng)該是"我"決定繼續(xù)散步。

7. B   "我"看見老太太正在把一些食品雜貨放進她的購物車。

8. D就是在那個時候"我"決定要替她付賬。

that指代上一句;when在此處引導表語從句。

9. D收銀員聽見"我"說交給她的錢是要替老太太付賬，覺得很驚訝。

10. C hand over遞給，交付。

11. B "我"推測這是第一次有人在這家店這么做，因為收銀員好像完全想不通"我"說的話。

12. B 由上一題解析可知答案。

13. A在那些排隊等著交錢買東西的旁人面前解釋這件事，對"我"來說很困難。

   H.       C見上題解析。

15. D收銀員不敢相信所遇到的事，所以叫了一個同事過來。

16. C 由第二段第一句的a small elderly lady可知是一位老人。

17. A 由第三段第一句"The cashier looked at me in ... as I tried to explain that the money I was ... was for the elderly lady."可知，"我"已經(jīng)給了收銀員一些錢。

18. A謝天謝地，她們最終理解丫這件事并笑了。

19. B   "我"沒有留下來看后面的事情結(jié)局。

20. C根據(jù)本句內(nèi)容及語境可選出恰當?shù)拿�詞。"我"希望當老太太出來發(fā)現(xiàn)已經(jīng)有人幫她付過賬時，臉上能露出笑容