Question

 I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I used to give a lot of money to the homeless, feeling  31   for them. But as time passed, I became a mom with no home, a huge 32    , and hardly any income. As a result, I  33  giving money to the people on the side of the road and became very  34  .

Things started to change for me  35  . I had a home, a backyard for my daughter, and plenty of food, and I started to  36  myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the  37  , “Will work for food.” I  38  . My daughter commented. “Mommy, you used to always give money to those people in  39  .” I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for  40  , or other bad things.” She didn’t respond.  41  when I said that, I didn’t feel right.

Three days later, I was driving to  42  my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and something deep  43  me said, “Just help the guy.” So I  44  down my window, and he ran over excitedly. He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I  45  into my ashtray (烟灰缸) and strangely enough, there  46  three quarters and two pennies.

I picked them up and gave them to him. He  47  with joy and tears in his eyes. “Wow, you just made it  48  for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you so much; the  49  that had this great sale is leaving in 20 minutes!” It was a moment I’ll  50  forever. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best gift in life—GIVING.

31. A. angry                    B. grateful                   C. sorry                     D. strange

32. A. problem                 B. burden                    C. disease                   D. debt

33. A. continued              B. stopped                  C. hated                     D. appreciated

34. A. rich                      B. bitter                      C. relaxed                   D. pleased

35. A. slowly                  B. immediately             C. quickly                  D. greatly

36. A. save                     B. pull                        C. run                        D. feed

37. A. determination         B. sign                        C. child                      D. advertisement

38. A. ran away               B. turned back             C. passed by              D. sped up

39. A. danger                  B. love                        C. need                      D. sadness

40. A. life                       B. book                      C. food                      D. smoking

41. A. And                      B.So                           C. But                        D. Even

42. A. bring up                B. carry out                C. pick up                  D. take out

43. A. on                        B. inside                     C. behind                    D. over

44. A. rolled                    B. pushed                   C. blew                      D. took

45. A. reached                 B. went                      C. knocked                D. shouted

46. A. hid                       B. stood                      C. sat                         D. slept

47. A. burst out                B. turned up                C. set out                   D. stood up

48. A. wonderful              B. meaningful              C. possible                  D. interesting

49. A. plane                    B. man                       C. woman                  D. bus

50. A. thank                    B. remember              C. respect                  D. hold

Answer 1

31. C。feel sorry for sb.为(某人)难过；同情(某人)。

32. D。从第41空后面的out of debt可以推断此处选A。

33. B。从前面一句中所讲的“我”没有了家、负债、几乎没有收入可以推断后来“我”“停止”给路边的人钱了。

34. B。“我”以前经常给路边的人钱，但后来“我”没有了家、负债、几乎没有收入，因此变得“愤愤不平的(bitter)”。

(说明：40----50的序号应为35----45)

46. C。sit在这里的意思是“坐落在，被放在”。

47. A。burst out突然激动地喊叫。

48. C。“我”的帮助使得被帮助者“有可能”在圣诞节回家看望母亲。

49. D。从上下文内容可排除C、D两项；对于一个需要接济的人来说, 坐飞机的可能性并不大, 况且“我”给他的钱也很少。故选B项。

50. B。与后面的won’t forget对应。