Question

   I was wandering around the Albuquerque airport. My flight had been 41 ,and I heard a(n) 42 : “If anyone pear Gate A-4 43 Arabic(阿拉伯语) ，

please come to the gate immediately." Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there.

   An older woman was 44 ,sitting on the floor. In her 45 Arabic dress,she reminded me of my grandmother.

   “46 to her,” the flight agent urged. “We told her the flight was going to be late,and she did this."

   I spoke to the woman 47 in Arabic while putting my arm around her. She 48 crying. It turned out that she thought the 49 had been canceled. She planned to be in New York for some medical treatment the next day. I comforted her and suggested 50 her family.

   We telephoned her son. In English,I told him that I would 51 with his mother until we got on the plane. Then his son was 52 . Next we called my dad. They spoke for a while in Arabic and 53 that they had ten shared friends. After that,I called some Arabic friends I 54 and let them talk to her.

   She was in a 55 wood (情绪) by then and took some homemade 56  — little cakes stuffed with nuts and topped with sugar 一 from her bag and 57 them to the people near the gate. To my amazement,no one 58 . It was like a party. The traveler from Argentina,the mom from California,the lovely woman from Laredo — we were all smiling,enjoying the same 59 . 

   I looked around and thought,this is the world I want to live in. One with no 60 . Everyone can be happy anywhere.

41. A. booked   B. confirmed   C. delayed   D. canceled

42. A. noise   B. argument   C. dialogue   D. announcement

43. A. likes   B. understands   C. accepts   D. studies

44. A. weeping   B. reading   C. thinking   D. begging

45. A. long   B. strange   C. expensive   D. traditional

46. A. Write   B. Sing   C. Explain   D. Apologize

47. A. quickly   B. softly   C. suddenly   D. loudly

48. A. stopped   B. started   C. kept   D. avoided

49. A. plan   B. performance   C. meeting   D. flight

50. A. calling   B. saving   C. showing   D. punishing

51. A. live   B. work   C. stay   D. play

52. A. in action   B. in relief   C. in charge   D. in trouble

53. A. found out   B. made sure   C.  agreed   D. promised

54. A. missed   B. helped   C. met   D. knew

55. A. changing   B. serious   C. cheerful   D. confident

56. A. chocolates   B. cookies   C. wine   D. bread

57. A. sold   B. lent   C. returned   D. offered

58. A. refused   B. wasted   C. ate   D. saw

59. A. custom   B. language   C. sugar   D. fruit

60. A. war   B. worry   C. illness   D. poverty

Answer 1

41. C 42. D 43. B 44. A 45. D 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. D 50. A 51. C 52. B 53. A 54. D 55. C 56. B 57. D 58. A 59. C 60. B

话题：人际关系

本文是记叙文。作者在机场帮助了一个语言不通的老妇人，在帮助别人的同时，作者也感受到了快乐。

41. C.根据第三段中的 We told her the flight was going to be late 可知，飞机“晚点(delayed) ” 了。

42. D.根据本空后引号中的内容以及作者当时身 在机场可知，作者听到的是一个“通知(announcement) ”。

43. B.根据第四段中的I spoke ... in Arabic可推测， 广播中请“懂(understands) ”阿拉伯语的人立刻 前往登机口。

44. A.根据第四段中的crying可知，当时老妇人正 坐在地上“哭泣(weeping) ”。

45. D.综合老妇人只会说阿拉伯语及作者想起自 己的祖母可推测，老妇人应该是典型的阿拉伯 人，穿着“传统的(traditional) ”阿拉伯服装。

46. C.由于语言不通，所以机场工作人员才找懂阿 拉伯语的作者给老妇人“解释(Explain) ”一下飞 机晚点了。

47. B.根据作者听到广播后主动去帮助别人以及 下文中想办法安抚老妇人可推测，作者应该是 “温柔地(softly) ”和老妇人说话。

48. A.老妇人听了作者的解释以后，“停止了 (stopped) ”哭泣。

49. D.老妇人之所以哭泣是因为她以为是她乘坐 的“航班(flight) ”被取消了。

50. A.根据下段中的We telephoned her son可知，

 作者提议让老妇人给家人“打电话(calling) ”。

51. C. 

52. B.电话中，作者告诉老妇人的儿子，她 将会和他的妈妈“呆在(stay) ”一起，直到登机， 因此她儿子“放心(in relief) ”了。

53. A.老妇人和作者的父亲用阿拉伯语聊了一会 儿，“发现(found out) ”他们居然有十个共同的 朋友。

54. D.根据本空后的et them talk to her可知，作者打电话把自己“认识(knew) ”的一些阿拉伯朋友 引荐给她。 .

55. C.根据上一段中老妇人和她的儿子以及许多 人通电话可推测，她现在应该很“高兴 (cheerfiil)”。

56. B.根据本空后的 little cakes stuffed with nuts and topped with sugar可知，老妇人从包里取出 家里自制的“小甜饼(cookies) ”。

57. D. 

58. A.根据本段中的 To my amazement,It was like a party,we were all smiling 可推测，老妇 人把饼干“送给(offered) ”登机口附近的人，让 作者惊讶的是，没有人“拒绝(refused) ”，大家就 像在开派对一样，都很高兴。

59. C.根据本段中的topped with sugar可推测，这 里用sugar —语双关，不仅指代老妇人送的小甜 饼，还表示大家都享受这份甜蜜。

60. B.根据全文内容以及文末的Everyone can be happy anywhere可知，作者希望生活在一个没有 “忧虑(worry) ”的世界。