Question

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important1: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you2money.
This is how I3with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store4to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the5. If an accident takes place, the6of which I think the local police could use, I7him up and tell him about it, though I am not in8here. One discovery I made about this world is to give9getting something back, though the10often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important11letter to my home, though it was12to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of13. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was14. I was told at the window that there were15boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long16list. As I was about to17, the postmaster appeared in the18.“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office19we make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get20but complaints(投诉).”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      decision
   2. B.
      research
   3. C.
      speech
   4. D.
      discovery
2. 2.
   1. A.
      earn
   2. B.
      lack
   3. C.
      spend
   4. D.
      steal
3. 3.
   1. A.
      experienced
   2. B.
      connected
   3. C.
      combined
   4. D.
      agreed
4. 4.
   1. A.
      happens
   2. B.
      flashes
   3. C.
      sticks
   4. D.
      leads
5. 5.
   1. A.
      postmaster
   2. B.
      headmaster
   3. C.
      storekeeper
   4. D.
      policeman
6. 6.
   1. A.
      story
   2. B.
      damage
   3. C.
      challenge
   4. D.
      material
7. 7.
   1. A.
      call
   2. B.
      hold
   3. C.
      break
   4. D.
      pick
8. 8.
   1. A.
      need
   2. B.
      trouble
   3. C.
      common
   4. D.
      charge
9. 9.
   1. A.
      within
   2. B.
      without
   3. C.
      for
   4. D.
      before
10. 10.
    1. A.
       process
    2. B.
       goal
    3. C.
       return
    4. D.
       concern
11. 11.
    1. A.
       curious
    2. B.
       immediate
    3. C.
       special
    4. D.
       heavy
12. 12.
    1. A.
       realized
    2. B.
       addressed
    3. C.
       forgotten
    4. D.
       brought
13. 13.
    1. A.
       invitation
    2. B.
       apology
    3. C.
       instruction
    4. D.
       appreciation
14. 14.
    1. A.
       dealing
    2. B.
       providing
    3. C.
       operating
    4. D.
       starting
15. 15.
    1. A.
       enough
    2. B.
       some
    3. C.
       no
    4. D.
       more
16. 16.
    1. A.
       admitting
    2. B.
       relating
    3. C.
       examining
    4. D.
       waiting
17. 17.
    1. A.
       leave
    2. B.
       shout
    3. C.
       guess
    4. D.
       conduct
18. 18.
    1. A.
       window
    2. B.
       doorway
    3. C.
       library
    4. D.
       yard
19. 19.
    1. A.
       in case
    2. B.
       now that
    3. C.
       even if
    4. D.
       as if
20. 20.
    1. A.
       anything
    2. B.
       everything
    3. C.
       nothing
    4. D.
       something

Answer 1

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36 本句句意为：像很多人一样，我生来就认为生活就是获得，直到三十多岁的时候才发现，放弃或给予也会使得生活如此精彩。再者，后文也提到了这种发现。
37 你缺钱也无须担心，因为生活并不只是一味的索取。
38 下文列举的事例都是作者生活中经历的事情。
39 本句主语为 an idea。主意在某人脑海中闪现用flash 。happen to …发生在某人身上；stick to坚持; lead to导致，其宾语一般不为人。
40 根据前文提到的neighborhood store可知答案。
41  story故事，事情。出现事故，警察应了解事情的经过真相。damage 破坏；challenge 挑战；material物质，材料。
42 根据后文tell him about it 可知作者是打电话告诉警察事情的经过。
43 作者虽然不负责这里的事情，但他却主动帮助警察了解事故经过。
44 上文列举的事例都表明作者想主动帮助别人而不希望得到什么。
45  return回报。根据转折连词though和下文所列举的事例表明，帮助别人有时候在不经意时也会得到回报。
46 根据下文的postmaster说的话中可知答案。
47 address此处为动词，注明……的地址。信上标明收信人的地址是我办公室的地址，但邮递员却把它送到了我的家里。
48  appreciation欣赏，赞赏。邮递员把本来该送到办公室的信送到家里，人们通常只会责备他们，而作者却与此相反，非但没有责备，而是写了一封表扬信。他也因此得到了回报。
49 本句为定语从句，横线上所缺动词的宾语为new business 。deal 为不及物动词，故排除。作者开办了一项新的业务。
50 结合上下文可知，邮局里已没有剩余的邮箱，但作者原来无意的付出却使得邮递员愿意为他做一个。
51 邮局里没有剩余的邮箱，要想安装邮箱，只能等到有的时候。
52 作者被告知已没有邮箱，只好离开。
53 根据故事发生的地点，可排除C，D。另外，根据介词in排除A项。作者正要离开，邮递员在门口拦住了他。
54 本句句意为在这个邮局里，你应该得到一个邮箱，即便是我们给你做一个。in case以防; now that既然,因为；as if 好像。
55 本题考查not …but…结构。不是………而是……。邮递员从顾客那里一般不会得到任何东西，只有抱怨