Question

I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives, We stopped on a red light, and as always, there was a lot of activity outside the cars near the     . People walked in, between the cars       newspaper. water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It' s a familiar      in most poor developing' countries.         

   While we were    for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of     in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It's       unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively     clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of      his way around the spaces. He was blind.

   Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he     got to the outside of our car. Out of      , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and     , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to     the change. However, with his-superior sense of touch, he quickly      his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum's      . It was the exact change. T he cars behind us were really getting out of control,       we decided to go on our way.

   I      and even cried when I got home. Here's a blind man, born in       ,trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He      our sympathy. Life hasn't been      to him, yet he's giving it his best shot. I think that is what       is all about . facing life bravely.

1.A. signs      B. crossroads    C. stations     D. theatre  

2.A. giving      B. buying     C. selling      D. throwing

3.A. scene      B. play       C. activity      D. street

4.A. watching    B. asking      C. waiting      D. changing 

5.A. blocks     B. crossings     C. turns       D. cars

6.A. everything   B. something    C. anything      D. nothing

7.A. expensive   B. fashionable    C. ragged      D. splendid

8.A. pushed    B. drove       C. cleared      D. felt

9.A. eventually   B. quickly      C. frequently     D. happily

10.A. curiosity    B. sympathy     C. thirsty       D. politeness

11.A. impatiently   B. casually      C. naturally      D. carefully

12.A. keep     B. return       C. borrow      D. count

13.A. searched for  B. went through    C. turned over     D. looked for

14.A. hand     B. arm        C. face       D. lap

15.A. still      B. yet        C. so        D. but

16.A. gave up   B. set off      C. held on      D. broke down

17.A. pain     B. poverty      C. sadness      D. loneliness

18.A. refused    B. enjoyed       C. doubted      D. cheated

19.A. rich     B. unfair        C. kind       D. bad

20.A. kindness   B. courage       C. experience     D. challenge

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍一个作者在印度的十字路口遇到的盲人，虽然贫穷，在街头靠买水为生，但是却不愿意接受别人的同情和施舍，勇敢的面对生活。

1.考查名词辨析：A. signs 标志，B. crossroads十字路口，C. stations车站，D. theatre戏院，从上文的句子：We stopped on a red light,可知他们在十字路口停车，选B

2.考查动词辨析： A. giving给，B. buying买，C. selling 卖，D. throwing扔，人们在汽车中间卖报纸，水，选C

3.考查名词辨析： A. scene场景，B. play玩，C. activity活动，D. street街道，从上文的句子：People walked in, between the cars     newspaper. water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners.可知这是发展中国家常见的场景，选A

4.考查动词辨析：A. watching观看，B. asking问，C. waiting等待，D. changing改变，我们在等待红灯变绿，选C

5.考查名词辨析：A. blocks.块，街区，<英>大楼，大厦B. crossings十字路口，C. turns转弯，D. cars汽车，一个人在我们前面的几辆车外面卖瓶装水。选D

6.考查不定代词：A. everything每个人，B. something一些事情，C. anything任何事情，D. nothing没有什么，一开始没有什么事情不寻常的，选D

7.考查形容词辨析：A. expensive昂贵的，B. fashionable时尚的，C. ragged破烂的，D. splendid完美的，辉煌的，穿着有些破烂，选C

8.考查动词辨析：A. pushed推动，B. drove驾驶，C. cleared清除，D. felt感觉，摸索，从下文的：He was blind.可知他是摸索着前行，feel one’s way摸索着前行，选D

9.考查副词辨析：A. eventually最后地，B. quickly快地，C. frequently频繁地，D. happily快乐地，手里拿着几瓶水，他最后来到我们的车外面，选A

10.考查名词辨析：A. curiosity好奇心，B. sympathy同情，C. thirsty渴望，D. politeness礼貌，从下文的：He     our sympathy.可知出于同情妈妈决定买一瓶水，选B

11.考查副词辨析：A. impatiently不耐烦地，B. casually随意地，C. naturally自然地，D. carefully仔细地，后面的车大声地，不耐烦的按喇叭，想抄到前面。选A

12.考查动词辨析： A. keep保持，B. return回来，C. borrow 借，D. count数，妈妈好心的让这个人不要找零钱了，选A

13.考查动词短语：A. searched for寻找，B. went through经历，翻阅；翻找；整理C. turned over翻转，D. looked for寻找，他凭借非凡的触觉在衬衫口袋里面翻找，选 B

14.考查名词辨析：A. hand手，B. arm膀子，C. face面容，D. lap膝，下摆，一圈跑道，因为妈妈是坐在那里的，所以是将钱扔在妈妈的膝盖上，选D

15.考查副词辨析：A. still仍然，B. yet 然而，C. so因此，D. but但是，我们后面的汽车已经真的失控了，所以我们决定继续开车，所以选C

16.考查动词短语辨析：A. gave up放弃，B: set off出发，引爆，C. held on别挂断，D. broke down崩溃，从下文的：even cried可知作者到家的时候崩溃了，甚至哭了，选D

17.考查名词辨析：A. pain痛苦，B. poverty贫穷，C. sadness悲伤，D. loneliness孤单，从下文的：trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet.可知这个人出生贫寒，选B

18.考查动词辨析：A. refused拒绝，B. enjoyed享受，C. doubted怀疑，D. cheated欺骗，他拒绝我们的同情，选A

19.考查形容词辨析：A. rich富有的，B. unfair不公平的，C. kind好心的，D. bad坏的，人生对他并不友好，但是他给与最好的回击，选C

20.考查名词辨析：A. kindness善良，B. courage勇气，C experience经历，D. challenge挑战，我想这就是勇气，勇敢的面对生活，选B

考点：考查故事类短文