Question

I was at the grocery store one evening. I had finished shopping and was looking for a line to __1__. I chose a line that had one woman ready to __2__， and another woman behind her who didn't have very much.

As I was standing there waiting for my __3__， I noticed the woman directly in front of me. She looked __4__ she had just had some kind of medical treatment. Her __5__ looked as if she had known a lot of pain and was __6__ of everything. She had a backpack to carry her __7__ in and she had bought everything that one would need to __8__ one's self at home. She kept glancing at her groceries and kept __9__ the money in her hand. I kept thinking to myself, I wish I had __10__ to pay for her groceries. What can I do to help her out?

To my __11__， as these thoughts were going through my head, the woman ahead of her softly __12__ to the woman who didn't look well, “Put your money __13__， this one is on me.”

The woman __14__ her head a few times and the front woman kept __15__ until it happened.

As I walked outside the woman who didn't feel well was right there，__16__ her groceries in her backpack. I introduced myself, told her the __17__ I was heading in and asked if she would like a ride. She introduced herself and __18__. As she got out of my car she said to me, “God Bless you，” and I said the same. I just keep thinking, maybe I put it out (明白；清楚)there __19__ the thing I couldn't do someone else did but，__20__， I was presented with some other way to help her out—and that I could do!

1. A. get into          B.  pass by     C. wait for       D. look after

2. A. buy               B.  leave      C. pay           D. stand

3. A. bag               B.  turn       C. change        D. bill

4. A. even though                    B.  as if    

C. so that                          D. in case

5. A. feeling           B.  body       C. hand          D. face

6. A. careful           B.  proud      C. tired         D. considerate

7. A. groceries         B.  books      C. clothes       D. newspapers

8. A. devote           B.  attend     C. convince      D. ask    

9. A. holding          B.  taking     C. counting      D. folding

10. A. money          B.  chance     C. time          D. courage

11. A. disappointment            B.  joy       

C. surprise                  D. excitement

12. A. nodded            B.  waved      C. signed       D. whispered

13. A. away              B.  down       C. up          D. off

14. A. raised            B.  covered    C. shook         D. lowered

15. A. asking            B.  insisting   C. begging       D. buying

16. A. seeing            B.  putting    C. moving        D. taking

17. A. place             B.  store      C. direction      D. seat

18. A. refused           B.  stopped    C. waited        D. accepted

19. A. so                B.  or         C. and          D. but

20. A. in return                B.  in turn   

C. for example             D. or else

Answer 1

 1. 解析：选A。联系空前的looking for a line可推断出，“我”找了一个队并进入这个队，等候付账。pass by从旁边经过，联系后文可知，此时“我”在排队。

2. 解析：选C。由文意可知，“我”选择这个队，在这里等候的原因是，一个顾客即将付账，还有一个顾客买的东西不是很多。B项有一定的干扰性，联系后文“这位顾客为后面的妇女付账”可知，她此时准备付账，而不是准备离开。

3. 解析：选B。联系前文我们知道，“我”在排队，再联系空前的waiting for可知，“我”在等 “我”的顺序。

4. 解析：选B。由空后“she had just had some kind of medical treatment”可知应用as if。even though即使；in case以防；so that以便于。

5. 解析：选D。联系空后的“as if she had known a lot of pain”可知，作者在此处描述妇女脸上的表情。

6. 解析：选C。由空前的“and”表明本空与前面的she had known a lot of pain为并列关系，因此选C。表示她似乎厌倦一切。

7. 解析：选A。联系下文的“her groceries in her backpack”可知，妇女带背包来是为了向里面装食品的。

8. 解析：选B。联系空后的at home可以推断出，妇女身体不好，她到商店来买这些食品是为了在家里自己照顾自己的。attend在这里是“照料”的意思。

9. 解析：选C。联系后文可知，这位妇女前面的顾客为她付了钱，这说明她带的钱不够，因此此处表达她翻来覆去地数着自己手中的钱。

10. 解析：选A。联系空后的“to pay for her groceries”可知，“我”希望自己有支付她食品的钱。B, D两项有一定干扰性，联系后文可知，作者因为能把她的食品放进背包，然后送她回家感到欣慰，并觉得自己做了能做的事情，因此是没有钱支付那人的食品。

11. 解析：选C。由文意可知，那位生病的妇女前面的顾客提出要为她付钱，这是“我”没有料到的，因此“我”很吃惊。其他选项均不能表达事情的发展超乎自己的预料。

12. 解析：选D。联系空前的softly和空后那人说的话可知，那人是很温柔地并低声地对这位妇女说。

13. 解析：选A。联系下文的“this one is on me”可知，那人要为生病的妇女付账，因此她让妇女把钱收起来。put away把……收起来。put down放下；写下；put off脱下；扑灭；put up张贴；穿上；建立。

14. 解析：选C。联系空后的内容可知，这名妇女拒绝了好几次，因此此处应为她摇头拒绝。

15. 解析：选B。联系空后的until it happened可知，尽管生病的妇女一再拒绝，她前面的人一直坚持要为她付钱。

16. 解析：选B。联系空后的in her backpack可知，“我”把生病妇女买的东西放到背包里面。

17. 解析：选C。联系空后的I was heading in可知，“我”告诉了她“我”去的方向。A项有一定干扰性，如果用place，与之搭配的介词应该是to。

18. 解析：选D。联系下文的“As she got out of my car she said to me”可知，她搭乘了“我”的车，因此对于“我”的邀请，她接受了。

19. 解析：选C。分析句子结构及根据句意可知，空前后为并列关系，故选C。

20. 解析：选B。句意为：别人能做的，“我”做不了，然而“我”也运用了“我”能帮助他人的其他方式。in turn反过来；in return作为回报，or else否则。