题目内容
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A Deed a Day
It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder and chin. The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only about twenty minutes to eat ____ we had to take the girls to their next activity. My husband seemed a bit ____ that dinner was not on the table.
That night, I had a heavy ____,thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line (流水线).We had become too ____ in our own tasks and not very considerate towards those around us. We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives. It needed to be something that would ____ our own agendas and energize us toward the common good.
I bought a notebook, named it “Our Deed Diary” and held a family meeting. I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a ___ for others every day. It could be for each other or for people outside our____. And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.
I thought one deed a day was too easy.However,it was actually ____ than it seemed because it had to be something ____ what we had already done.Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not ____.
We had a rough ____.On some days,someone would forget to ____ a good deed,while on other days,we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary.After a few weeks though,I found myself waking up in the morning trying to ____ what good deed I could do for someone that day.My daughters began to rush to me after school to ___ me the good deed they had done.
Now,after a year,I am happy to say that it is making a(n) ____ in our lives.Instead of always ____ what the day will bring for us,we think about what we can do for someone else.
Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so
17 ? I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only ____ by giving to someone else from your heart.The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don't even look for or expect anything in ____.So,when someone does return the favor,it is an enormous and positive ___.
1.A. though B. unless C. before D. while
2.A. annoyed B. puzzled C. embarrassed D. frightened
3.A. shoulder B. stomach C. foot D. heart
4.A. absorbed B. interested C. confident D. successful
5.A. repeat B. relate C. refocus D. recall
6.A. kindness B. task C. job D. copy
7.A. room B. home C. school D. town
8.A. stranger B. sweeter C. harder D. bigger
9.A. beyond B. from C. about D. between
10.A. matter B. count C. last D. happen
11.A. time B. life C. start D. idea
12.A. praise B. check C. record D. do
13.A. describe B. decide C. remember D. explain
14.A. bring B. teach C. offer D. tell
15.A. effort B. choice C. difference D. fortune
16.A. forgetting B. believing C. knowing D. wondering
17.A. tiring B. moving C. surprising D. rewarding
18.A. experience B. imagine C. predict D. exchange
19.A. silence B. return C. time D. order
20.A. effect B. bonus C. attitude D. Contribution