Question

  My father’s friend Jane recently related a story to us. Due to some unfortunate circumstance her sister Cathy was left in the snow,far away from her cabin and companions during a trip to mountains. She was 1        because a man on his snow plow (伊雪車) found her and took her to a 2     at 2:00 am.

  The hospital first 3        Cathy was dead because she had been 4        in the snow for hours. But luckily,they were able to revive (使復(fù)蘇) her. Cathy has been in hospital 5      .When she woke up,the doctor couldn’t 6 Jane that Cathy would be as 7        as before,but it seemed that she would be okay and back to normal 8     ! 

  Jane was 9        of money,and she got into trouble since she needed to 10        her sister’s hospital fees. Today she came to ask if my father could 11        her a few hundred dollars,since her employer didn’t give all her salary in advance 12        the situation.

  My father was 13        to give only $ 150 to her. I’m only a college student. I don’t have too much 14        of my own,but I was thinking about what I could do to help her. Finally I managed to 15        together $ 100 from my own money and passed it to her. She was really surprised,but also 16        grateful,and I felt happy that I could help ease someone else’s 17     in time of need.

  It may not be a huge 18        of kindness,but I felt great that I could be there to 19        someone—emotionally and financially. It always reminds me that I can reach out to those in need 20        I am not wealthy!

(   ) 1. A. worried   B. freezing

   C. lucky   D. weak

(   ) 2. A. base   B. hospital

   C. cabin   D. hotel

(   ) 3. A. found   B. reported

   C. discovered   D. thought

(   ) 4. A. waiting   B. blocked

   C. trapped   D. lying

(   ) 5. A. ever since   B. at once

   C. soon after   D. for long

(   ) 6. A. remind   B. assure

   C. say   D. warn

(   ) 7. A. pretty   B. active

   C. same   D. heavy

(   ) 8. A. too   B. yet

   C. forever   D. soon

(   ) 9. A. aware   B. afraid

   C. short   D. fond

(   ) 10. A. apply for   B. pay for

   C. long for   D. stand for

(   ) 11. A. lend   B. offer

   C. present   D. provide

(   ) 12. A. in view of   B. in need of

   C. in honour of   D. in spite of

(   ) 13. A. willing   B. prepared

   C. able   D. likely

(   ) 14. A. freedom   B. money

   C. thought   D. time

(   ) 15. A. gather   B. join

   C. hold   D. bring

(   ) 16. A. instantly   B. strongly

   C. lightly   D. extremely

(   ) 17. A. fear   B. pain

   C. burden   D. press

(   ) 18. A. act   B. trick

   C. plan   D. behaviour

(   ) 19. A. meet   B. cure

   C. pity   D. support

(   ) 20. A. if   B. though

   C. because   D. when

Answer 1

[文章大意]父親的朋友急需錢救治她被凍傷的妹妹。"我"主動(dòng)拿出自己的100美元零花錢。雖然"我"只是一個(gè)大學(xué)生，不富有，但是"我"很高興自己能伸出援助之手，幫助那些需要幫助的人。

1. C由空格后的a man on his snow plow (If*雪車) found her可知，她是很幸運(yùn)的，因?yàn)楸灰粋�(gè)開鏟雪車的人及時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了。

2. B由下文的"The hospital first;…Cathy was dead…"可知， Cathy在凌晨2點(diǎn)被送往醫(yī)院，故選B.

3. D起初，醫(yī)院以為Cathy已經(jīng)死了。

4. C由第一段中的"…Cathy was left in the snow,far away from her cabin and companions during a trip to mountains.”可知，她被困在雪地里好幾個(gè)小時(shí)。故選C.

5. A此后Cathy—直住在醫(yī)院里治療。由空格前的Cathy has been in hospital可知，此處用了現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。故選A.

6. B當(dāng)Cathy蘇醒后，醫(yī)生不能向簡保證Cathy能夠完全康復(fù)。

7. C醫(yī)生不能保證Cathy在治療以后恢復(fù)得和原來一樣。

8. D但是，看來她的身體不久就會(huì)好起來，有望恢復(fù)正常。由but it seemed that she would be okay可推知答案。

9. C簡手里缺錢。由下文中的since her employer didn't give all her salary in advance可知，她缺錢。 

10. B她現(xiàn)在非常需要錢來支付妹妹的治療費(fèi)。 

11. A由下文的"My father was... to give only $ 150 to her."可知，簡來到"我"家，問"我"父親能不能借給她幾百美元。 

12. D盡管她現(xiàn)在的情況很特殊，她的老板也不愿意提前支付她全部的工資。

in spite of盡管。 

13. C父親目前只能給她150美元。 

14. B   "我"是一個(gè)大學(xué)生，屬于自己的錢并不多。 

15. A但是"我"也想辦法幫助她。"我"從自己的零用錢中湊了 100美元給她。 

16. D她感到有些意外，但是對(duì)"我"非常感激。 

17. C   "我"很開心，能在別人陷人困境時(shí)，幫助他們減輕負(fù)擔(dān)。 

18. A雖然這不算什么大的善舉。act of kindness善舉。 

19. D但是，能在物質(zhì)和精神方面給某人以支持，"我"感覺很棒。 

20. B盡管"我"不是很富有，但"我"仍可以向需要幫助的人伸出援助之手。