Question

【题目】完形填空。

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I felt very depressed the other day. The weather was dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so ___.

As I was sitting at my desk, I ___ it was the birthday of my good friend who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loving her ___.

Knowing that she didn’t have family in town, I ___ to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on her shift (当班), __ to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have ___ of a birthday this year. As always, though, she ___ cheerful and was happy that I __.

After I hung up, I couldn’t ___ the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day. ___ feeling a little depressed myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed, I couldn’t. I ___ gave in, and set off to the hospital with a card, a cake, and some balloons that evening. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise __ me that I’d done the right thing, and they were a generous ___ for the little effort it had taken.

When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a ___ friend on her birthday, but my own negative feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had ___my own! Isn’t that the way it is ___ we take the time and make the ____ to do something for someone else? It’s just like the saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who ____.”

Life constantly presents us with ____ to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to __. And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

【1】A. special B. positive C. nervous D. scared

【2】A. explained B. complained C. remembered D. informed

【3】A. family B. training C. work D. school

【4】A. decided B. continued C. agreed D. refused

【5】A. surprised B. disappointed C. bored D. prepared

【6】A. much B. many C. little D. few

【7】A. sounded B. looked C. grew D. found

【8】A. admitted B. called C. succeeded D. apologized

【9】A. experience B. imagine C. remove D. understand

【10】A. Almost B. Even C. Never D. Still

【11】A. luckily B. finally C. unhappily D. hardly

【12】A. convinced B. advised C. promised D. reminded

【13】A. response B. contribution C. reward D. share

【14】A. careless B. lonely C. weak D. curious

【15】A. troubled B. taken C. wasted D. made

【16】A. when B. where C. why D. how

【17】A. suggestion B. money C. effort D. call

【18】A. tries B. receives C. expects D. cares

【19】A. opportunities B. dreams C. choices D. regrets

【20】A. someone B. something C. everyone D. everything

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【6】A

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】D

【11】B

【12】A

【13】C

【14】B

【15】D

【16】A

【17】C

【18】B

【19】A

【20】A

【解析】

作者讲述了在自己心情不好的一天给一个从事护士职业的朋友过生日而得到的感悟：生活总是为我们提供机会，让我们多迈出一步或者做一件对别人有影响的善事。

【1】B 根据空格前的句子可知，作者心情不好，positive意为“乐观的”，符合语境。

【2】C 当作者坐在书桌前的时候，“记起”了一个朋友的生日。故选C。

【3】C 根据空格前的who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing可知，她从事护士职业30年，说明她很喜欢自己的“工作”。故选C。

【4】A 根据前面的原因状语可知，作者此时“决定”给朋友打个电话。故选A。

【5】D 根据前面的Sure enough, she was on her shift可知，这是她的当班时间，她“准备”工作到晚上。

【6】A 此处表示“不会有太多的时间过生日”。many和few用来修饰或指代可数名词，故排除；little本身含有否定的意思，在此处可排除；故选much。

【7】A 作者打电话给她，她“听上去”很高兴。故选A。

【8】B 前文提到give her a call，因此该空用动词call表示“打电话”。她很开心作者给她打电话。故选B。

【9】C 根据下文作者去医院给朋友过生日可知，作者没法“去除”这种感觉。故选C。

【10】D 根据下文作者尽力要把它驱散，但是没能够可知，作者“仍然”感到沮丧，与文章开头相呼应。故选D。

【11】B 作者的心情沮丧，尽力去去掉这种心情，但是经过一天的时间，还是没能摆脱，故“最终”屈服了。故选B。

【12】A 朋友的神情让作者“确信”自己做对了。convince“使（某人）确信”，符合句意。

【13】C 她的笑容和惊喜使作者确信自己做对了，这也是对作者慷慨的“回报”。reward“回报”，符合文意。

【14】B 由前文的she didn’t have family in town可知，作者的朋友是“孤独的”。故选B。

【15】D 让这位孤独的朋友快乐的同时，又扫除了作者的沮丧，所以说Making her day had made my own。

【16】A 那就是当我们花费时间为别人努力做一些事情的时候。故此处填when，引导表语从句，表示这个时候。

【17】C 参见上题解析。make the effort to do sth.是固定短语，意为“努力做某事”。

【18】B 根据空格前的gives可知，应用receives与gives相对应。

【19】A 生活总是为我们提供“机会”。opportunity意为“机会”，符合语境。

【20】A 生活总是为我们提供机会，让我们多迈出一步或者做一件对“某人”产生影响的善事。此空格处表示不确定的某个人，故选A。