Question

   The hospital I work in sits on a beautiful mountain. People often have to walk about 40 kilometres in order to see a 1      . This is why home-based care comes in. A doctor and several nurses travel out to 2        sick people. Before I go out,I often buy some 3        for the poor people we will meet as some of them might be hungry. I 4        buy a bag of sweets for the children every time I go out.

  One day,I 5        at an orphanage (孤儿院) .〗nside I saw a beautiful little girl,Tanzile. I gave her a sweet from my bag with a ( n) 6      and she asked. "Can I have another one?" I gave her another one and 7        , "This little darling is so clever―she has taken two for 8      . ”But after I asked her some questions,I was 9      . Tanzile is 7 years old. Two years ago,both of her par?ents 10        in a car accident. Her younger sister who was only three then was taken away by a couple. Ever since then,she has 11        to accept what someone gives to her 12        they give her two.

  In fact,we found many things which she had been 13        to give to her sister one day.

  I said to her, " You must 14        it if someone gives you food or some?thing else―even if it is only one piece 15        two―for your own health. " It was so 16        for me to fight back the tears as she 17        her head. Her hope and 18        were all that she had. They 19        more than anything else.

  I hope that Tanzile and the other beautiful children like her will 20        with their brothers and sisters again.

1. A. result   B. doctor   C. parent   D. friend

2. A. help   B. surprise   C. encourage   D. protect

3. A. clothes   B. medicine   C. food   D. water

4. A. hardly   B. still   C. never   D. also

5. A. stopped   B. hid   C. survived   D. danced

6. A. wish   B. smile   C. plan   D. idea

7. A. guessed   B. believed   C. thought   D. imagined

8. A. myself   B. yourself   C. herself   D. themselves

9. A. interested   B. pleased   C. scared   D. surprised

10. A. died   B. tried   C. fought   D. cried

11. A. pretended   B. refused   C. hoped   D. dreamed

12. A. although   B. if

   C. once   D. unless

13. A. developing   B. choosing   C. collecting   D. making

14. A. want   B. check   C. eat   D. accept

15. A. more than   B. together with   C. except for   D. instead of

16. A. hard   B. sorry   C. funny   D. strange

17. A. shook   B. hit

   C. touched   D. pressed

18. A. honesty   B. attitude   C. love   D. humour

19. A. cared   B. mattered   C. cost   D. earned

20. A. show up   B. get along   C. get together   D. go out

Answer 1

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B

7. C根据下文的"This little darling is so clever —"可知这些是作者在心里所"想"的。

8. C作者以为那个小女孩要的两颗糖果都是给"她自己"的。

9. D根据后文小女孩说她父母双亡，妹妹被人带走的语境可知作者很"惊讶"。

10. A根据in a car accident以及她妹妹被别人带走的语境可知她的父母在两年前出车祸死了。

11. B小女孩想要两份，故别人只给她一份的时候，她都会"拒绝"接受。

12. D别人给小女孩东西时，她都会拒绝，"除非"别人给她双份。

13. C小女孩和她妹妹分开了，故她只能"收集"一些东西，留着以后给她妹妹。

14. D作者劝说小女孩"接受"别人给她的东西，即使只有一份。

15. D作者劝小女孩接受别人给她的东西，即使只有一份"而不是"两份。

16. A作者被小女孩的坚定感动了，"很难"不让眼泪流下来。

17. A小女孩没有答应作者，所以"摇"头了。

18. C这里是指小女孩的希望和对她妹妹的爱。

19. B希望和爱对于小女孩来说是最重要的，故选B.

20. C作者希望小女孩以及像小女孩这样的孩子们将来都能跟他(她) 们失散的兄弟姐妹"重聚"。