题目内容
I lived in a big city in Australia and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge and hardly any income. As a result, I stopped giving and became very .
Things started to change. I became enough to have a home, and even a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a person with the sign, “Will work for food.” I . My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in . I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for or other bad things.” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.
Three days later, I was to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside my heart drove me to help him. So I stopped my car, and he ran over with . He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I reached into my ashtray（烟灰缸） and enough, there sat 3 quarter and 2 pennies.
Greatly shocked by this , I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He tears with joy, “You just made it for me to see my mom for Christmas! The bus this great sale is leaving right away!”
Undoubtedly, it was a moment I, together with the man will never forget, but I was the one who got the best gift in life--giving. It also me that nothing is a coincidence, and everything has meaning.
1.A. debt B. responsibility C. shadow D. pressure
2.A. awkward B. hopeless C. sensitive D. bitter
3.A. fortunate B. wealthy C. generous D. successful
4.A. hopeful B. careless C. homeless D. aimless
5.A. got back B. pulled out C. passed away D. passed by
6.A. emergency B. need C. danger D. panic
7.A. alcohol B. food C. medicine D. entertainment
8.A. cycling B. jogging C. wandering D. driving
9.A. courage B. care C. enthusiasm D. anxiety
10.A. amusingly B. strangely C. gradually D. naturally
11.A. incident B. condition C. coincidence D. circumstance
12.A. broke into B. burst into C. let out D. poured out
13.A. necessary B. difficult C. possible D. suitable
14.A. offering B. demanding C. delivering D. serving
15.A. impresses B. informs C. persuades D. reminds
1.A
2.D
3.B
4.C
5.D
6.B
7.A
8.D
9.C
10.B
11.C
12.B
13.C
14.A
15.D
【解析】
试题分析：作者居住在澳大利亚，她总是会给周围无家可归的人很多钱，因为她能体会到他们的不幸。可是，后来作者成了单亲妈妈，变得几乎一无所有，甚至欠下了许多债务。
1.I became a single mom with no home, a huge and hardly any income作者成了一个单亲母亲，没有住房，没有任何收入，还欠了巨额债务，根据第二段“pull myself out of debt”可知，作者欠下了债务，故选A。
2.
3.have a home, and even a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt”可知，作者的境况有了改观，她有了房子，也开始脱离债务的纠缠，故选B。
4.Will work for food.”可知，这个人想通过劳动来换取食物，说明他是无家可归的人，故选C。
5.My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people...”可知，作者没有帮助那个求助的人，而是走开了，故选D。
6.helped the people in 帮助有需要的人，故选B。
7.or other bad things”可知，空白处指的是不好的事情，故选A。
8.So I stopped my car”可知，作者是开车接女儿，故选D。
9.he ran over with .当作者停下了车，那个人满怀热情地跑了过来寻求帮助，故选C。
10.there sat 3 quarter and 2 pennies正好有三个25分的和两个一分的，那个人需要的正好是77分，因此作者感到奇怪，故选B。
11.Greatly shocked by this ,烟灰缸里正好有77分钱，作者对这样的巧合感到不可思议，故选C。
12.He tears with joy他突然开心地流泪了，burst into tears突然哭起来，故选B。
13.You just made it for me to see my mom for Christmas!你给的钱使我去看望母亲成为了可能，故选C。
14.The bus this great sale is leaving right away!提供这种特价车票的车就要开车了，故选A。
15.It also me that nothing is a coincidence, and everything has meaning.这件事也提醒作者，没有什么事情是巧合的，发生的每件事都有它的意义，故选D。
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Previous 2._________ | The brain no longer makes new neural connections once the 3.________ of one’s body has stopped. |
New 4. ________
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7._________ | ●Keep yourself away from 8._________blood pressure. ●9._________in more vitamins for the needs of your brain. ●10._______your brain as much as you can. |
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