Question

One day a poor boy, who was selling newspapers in a town, found that he had only ten pennies（便士）left, and he was hungry. He decided to ask for a  小题1:  at the next house. However, he had another idea when a young woman opened the door.
Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. But as he looked   小题2: , she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it, and then asked, “How much do I own（欠）you?”
“My mother teaches me that I should   小题3:  get money for any kindness,” she replied. “So you don’t owe me  小题4: .”
Many years later, the woman became seriously ill. Then she was sent to a famous hospital in London. Dr Kelly was called in to study her illness. When he heard the name of the  小题5:  which she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. As soon as he walked into her room, he got to know her at once. He did his best to  小题6:  her. Then he gave special attention to her. After some time she got well.
Dr. Kelly asked for her final bill before she left hospital. He    小题7:  it, then wrote something on it  小题8:  it was sent to her. She was afraid to open it, for she believed it would cost the rest of her life to   小题9:  for it all. But   小题10:  she opened it, and read these words on it: Paid in full with one glass of milk.
小题11:A．banana              B．drink                C．meal
小题12:A．excited             B．thirty               C．hungry
小题13:A．always              B．never                C．sometimes
小题14:A．anything            B．everything           C．nothing
小题15:A．country             B．house                C．town
小题16:A．protect             B．remember             C．save
小题17:A．looked at           B．looked after         C．looked for
小题18:A．after               B．before               C．when
小题19:A．take                B．pay                  C．spend
小题20:A．finally            B．quickly              C．happily

Answer 1

小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:A

试题分析：这篇短文中一位善良的女士曾经救助过一名小男孩，结果在自己生病后，这个小男孩有救了她一命。告诉了我们一个善有善报的道理。
小题1:联系上文and he was hungry. 他饿了，可知他想要些吃的，下文Instead of a meal he asked也证实了这一点。故选C，一顿饭，膳食。
小题2:词义辨析。Excited兴奋的；thirty三十；hungry饥饿的。结合语境可知他看起来是饥饿的，故选C。
小题3:联系下文描述可知此处表达否定含义，故选B，从来不。
小题4:联系上文描述可知句意为，你不欠我任何东西，故选A，任何东西。
小题5:联系上文who was selling newspapers in a town, 可知此处指的是曾经的那个小镇，故选C。
小题6:联系上下文可知句意为：他尽了最大努力救治她。故选C，拯救。
小题7:短语辨析。A．看；B．照顾；C．寻找。结合语境可知it指的是结账单，故选A。
小题8:连词辨析。After在……之后；before在……之前；when当……时。结合语境可知是在送给这个女士前写了点什么，故选B。
小题9:结合上下文可知此处是偿还的意思，故选B，付款。
小题10:词义辨析。finally 最后，终于；quickly快速地；happily高兴地。结合语境可知她最好打开了它，故选A。
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当做单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。