Question

【题目】It was a cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, heading home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean 【1】wet walk home from the bus stop.

Home was only two blocks away 【2】it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy fast asleep in the pram (手推婴儿车), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road and, a few minutes later, I saw it 【3】(pull) back and the driver looking directly at us.

A young man put the window down. “Hey, here’s an umbrella for you --- please take it.” He called out.

I stood there 【4】(surprise), hardly believing that the man, 【5】I didn’t know at all, could be so 【6】(thought). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I gratefully accepted the offer, 【7】(thank) him and watched the truck disappear down the road.

This man might have needed the umbrella for 【8】later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me 【9】it’s possible to give without expecting anything 【10】return.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】but

【3】pulling

【4】surprised

【5】who

【6】thoughtful

【7】thanked

【8】himself

【9】that

【10】in

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了作者带着两个孩子在回家的路上碰到了下雨，正在烦恼之时，一个陌生的卡车司机给了她一把伞，让她认识到付出而不求回报的可能。

【1】a，根据前文可知这是开始下雨，回家的路会变成潮湿的，a wet walk是指湿着走路的过程，句意：我意识到这意味着要从巴士站湿着走回家。

【2】but，副词，根据句意可知这里表转折。句意：虽然家距离巴士站只有2个街区，但是带着一个在婴儿车里熟睡和一个穿着雨衣的小孩，而且我没有雨伞，走回去是一件令人不愉快的事。

【3】pulling，pull back倒回、撤回，句意：一个载货的卡车经过了我们，在几分钟之后，我看见它又倒回来，那个司机直直地看着我们。

【4】surprised，结合前句可以判断，作者对于那个男人给自己一把伞感到很惊讶。句意：我站在那里不可置信的看着那个男人，感到很惊讶。

【5】who，考查who引导的定语从句，句意：这个我完全不认识的男人，竟然如此为我着想，让我感到很讶异。

【6】thoughtful，为人着想的、善解人意的，形容这个陌生的好心男人，句意：这个我完全不认识的男人，竟然如此为我着想，让我感到很讶异。

【7】thanked，根据前文可知作者在叙述一件过去发生的事，故采用一般过去时，句意：我十分感激那个男人的好意，感谢他然后看着卡车从路上消失。

【8】himself，反身代词，指示那个男人自己。句意：虽然那个男人之后也可能需要用伞但他却还是把伞给了我。

【9】that，考查主语性从句，形式主语it替代主语从句，it+系动词+名词+that从句。句意：这让我学到了一课：付出而不求回报是有可能的。

【10】in，in return作为回报，句意：这让我学到了一课：付出而不求回报是有可能的。