题目内容

It’s a sad and familiar sentence from a beggar that we often hear. Usually, when asked “Can you spare some   36   ?” I’ve been struck with a feeling of   37   if I passed by without giving a coin or two.

         My conscience was hurt again when I was making a   38   in Venice in 2006. I was sitting in a quiet café. Outside the café on the street was an old woman on her knees,    39  . Steady streams of   40   were walking past her. A young backpacker stood away from the crowd drinking something, but I noticed he was also    41    the woman.

         She knelt motionlessly, her head almost touching the ground, a worn blanket providing little    protection   42    the cold. The sight was especially   43   when compared with the signs of the   44   city around her.

         A tourist group hurried along the street,   45   at the woman and walked on. Another group of tourists arrived,   46   again, walked past her. The backpacker watched. Then, as I prepared to leave, I stopped at the sight of the backpacker   47   and placing some money in the woman’s cup. He did this rather   48  , just before the arrival of another tourist group. I watched   49   the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. With the young man   50   the way, other tourists followed.

         The young backpacker   51   this process in front of the next tour party going past. Once again, the subtle peer(同伴) pressure   52   on the tourists, who all added coins to the cup. His work   53  , the young man walked over to the old beggar woman and said, “I hope that helps a bit.”

         I placed some money in the woman’s cup and  54   my tour, light-hearted after witnessing such a   55   act of caring.

1.A. time   B. effort    C. change          D. reward

2.A. satisfaction         B. guilt       C. anger    D. pleasure

3.A. lecture      B. report   C. study     D. tour

4.A. crying         B. begging          C. singing  D. dancing

5.A. passengers         B. customers     C. tourists D. foreigners

6.A. ignoring     B. serving C. observing      D. following

7.A. against        B. for         C. with       D. in

8.A. frightening          B. touching        C. fascinating     D. interesting

9.A. peaceful    B. noisy     C. wealthy          D. primitive

10.A. glanced    B. laughed         C. shouted         D. stared

11.A. unless      B. so C. but                   D. or

12.A. looking around         B. stepping forward  C. getting about         D. breaking in

13.A. secretly   B. carelessly      C. deliberately  D. eagerly

14.A. since        B. before  C. after      D. as

15.A. showing   B. showed          C. pointing         D. pointed

16.A. stopped   B. valued  C. made    D. repeated

17.A. moved     B. replied C. worked D. carried

18.A. done        B. was done       C. has been done      D. had been done

19.A. cancelled          B. continued     C. started  D. delayed

20.A. funny       B. smart    C. simple     D. modest

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.B

【解析】

试题分析:文章大意:当我们听到乞丐在街上乞求的语言时是那么熟悉和难过。2006年作者在威尼斯旅游,正在一家咖啡屋里所见的一幕:有一位穿着衣衫褴褛的女在街上跪着行乞,来威尼斯旅游的路过的第一批人没有给予钱,一位背包旅游者,在旅游者路过时,在他们面前给那位乞丐钱,接着后面的旅游者见到这位背包旅行者给钱给那个乞丐后陆陆续续地给,他感动了作者,明白了这位背包者是这样帮助那位乞丐的。

1.C 上下文串联。A 时间; B 努力;C零钱;D 奖赏;上文提到的是乞丐熟悉的语言,下文有提到乞丐,所以他们行乞主要是想得到money,所以与钱有关的单词就是change;故C正确。

2.B 名词辨析。A 满意; B 罪过; C 生气;D 愉快;作者假设路过的话补给一两个硬币就会觉得有一种负罪感所困惑。故选B项。

3.D 名词辨析。A演讲;B 报告;C 学习;D 旅游;根据常识:威尼斯是个著名的旅游城市,同时根据下文:A tourist group hurried along the street;Another group of tourists”中提到旅游者们,可以推断作者来这里也是旅游;故D正确。

4.B 上下文串联。上文提到提到乞丐说行乞的话以及下文该妇女跪着行乞可知是正在行乞;故B正确。

5.C 名词辨析。A 乘客;B 顾客; C 旅游者; D 外国人;根据下文第四段第一句“A tourist group hurried along the street,”“ Another group of tourists arrived,”及最后一句“other tourists followed.”可知讲的是旅游者们川流不息。故C正确。

6.C 动词辨析。A 忽视; B 服务; C 观察; D 跟随;根据第四段第三句“The backpacker watched.”可知背包者观察者乞丐和旅行者们路过时而开始帮助哪位妇女乞丐。故选C正确。

7.A 介词辨析。A 防备,抵御寒;B 为了; C 由于;D 在  里面;句意:乞丐她毫无表情头触地跪着,一破烂的毯子几乎无法抵御寒冷。前面又是protection,故选A正确。

8.B 形容词辨析。A 令人惊讶的; B 感人的; C 迷惑的; D 令人有趣的;句意:当把这场景与乞丐周围城市的迹象比较时,这场景是特别的令人同情。故此空填“令人同情的;感人的”选B正确。

9.C 上下文串联。 A 平静的 和平的;B 嘈杂的; C 富有的,D 原始的,落后的;根据上下文可知:女乞丐在吸引很多游客的威尼斯行乞,与城市富有的生活迹象形成鲜明对比。故C正确。

10.A  动词辨析。A 一瞥;B 嘲笑; C 叫喊; D 盯着;句意:一群旅游者匆忙地沿着街道行走,一瞥那女乞丐,并继续行走。下一句有提到:另一群旅游者走过她旁边。可见路人只是看她一眼。故A 正确。

11.C 连接词辨析。 A 除非 否则; B 因此; C 但是; D 或者;根据本段第一、二句“一群旅游者匆忙地沿着街道行走,一瞥那女乞丐,并继续行走。然而另一群旅游者走过她旁边。”,作者以为另一群旅游者会看,可是他们也继续行走。表示转折。故C 正确。

12.B 动词短语辨析。A 向四周看; B 向前走; C 环绕; D 破门而入; 句意:那时,作者准备离开,就停下来看到背包者向前走去。下文又提到:背包者过去放钱进帽子去。可知选B正确。

13.C 副词辨析。A秘密地; B 粗心地; C蓄意;有意地,D 渴望地;下文讲到:他是过去放钱到乞丐的帽子里,而且重复了几次,目的是做给路过的旅游者们给予乞丐帮助,所以是有意地,选C正确。

14.D 连接词辨析。 A 自从。。。B 在    之前; C 在   之后; D 由于; 句意:因为另一群人的领导停下来放钱,紧跟的同一群人里就放钱,因此表示原因,故D正确。

15.A 动词辨析。 A 带领; B 展示; C 指向; D 指;句意:背包者,即年轻人做着同样的方式,with+宾语+宾补,是背包者发出show的动作,故A正确。

16.D 上下文串联。A 停止; B 有价值; C 制作; D 重复;根据上下文:背包者做了同一动作几次,所以D 正确。

17.C 动词辨析。A 移动; B 答复; C 起作用; D 搬;句意:来自同伴的微妙的压力在游客们身上起作用了。从本句的后半部分“who all added coins to the cup.”看出:游客们受同伴的影响,也给那女钱。Work在这里是“起作用”的意思;故C 正确。

18.A 动词时态辨析。语境:那背包者重复给钱的动作做完了之后,走到那女乞丐面前说道,“我希望那会帮助许多。”这里强调帮助的工作完了,用独立主格结构。故A正确。

19.B 动词辨析。A 取笑; B 继续; C 开始; D 耽误;语境:看到刚才的一幕,我也给那女的一些钱,然后继续我的旅行,从后面“light-hearted after witnessing such a   55   act of caring.”看出作者做了好事感觉一身轻松。应该是继续旅行。

20.B 形容词辨析。 A 有趣的; B 明智的; C 简单的; D 谦虚的;作者目睹了这样帮助人的行为而感到那是一种明智的关心行为,故B正确。

考点:故事类短文。

 

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