Question

It was a cold winter day that Sunday. The parking lot to the  16  was filling up quickly. I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were  17  among themselves as they walked in the church. As I got 18__, I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down 19  he was asleep. His hat was 20 down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too 21  for his feet, with holes all over them and his toes 22  out. I guessed this man was  23  and asleep, so I walked on  24 through the doors of the church. We all talked for a few minutes, and someone  25 the man lying outside. People whispered but no one took 26  to ask him to come in, 27  me. A few moments later church began. We were all waiting for the Preacher (牧师) to take his  28  and to give us the Word, __29  the doors to the church opened. In 30 the man walking down the church with his head down. People gasped（喘息）and whispered and made _31  . He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit (讲坛) where he took off his hat and coat. My heart 32  .
There stood our preacher… he was the “homeless man”. The preacher took his Bible (圣经) and 33  it on his stand.
“ 34 , I don't think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you  35  people by their appearance, you have no time to love them.”
16.   A. school               B. lecture               C. park           D. church
17.   A. arguing             B. whispering     C. stating         D. speaking
18.   A. closer               B. clearer               C. lower         D. farther
19.   A. even though      B. so that          C. as if           D. even if
20.   A. dragged            B. pulled         C. dropped         D. pushed
21.   A. big                   B. bad                   C. ugly                  D. small
22.   A. reached             B. went                 C. stuck                 D. ran
23.   A. homeless           B. helpless             C. hopeless            D. careless
24.   A. out                   B. by                    C. across               D. from
25.   A. invited                     B. mentioned         C. took                  D. called
26.   A. pleasure            B. measure            C. courage             D. trouble
27.   A. except               B. besides              C. without             D. including
28.   A. turn                  B. place.                C. time                  D. seat
29.   A. when                B. before               C. as                     D. after
30.   A. rushed                     B. hurried              C. came                 D. entered
31.   A. decision            B. choices              C. faces                 D. jokes
32.   A. sank                 B. fell                   C. broke                D. failed
33.   A. threw                B. set                    C. laid                   D. folded
34.   A. Brothers            B. Folks                C. Supporters         D. Members
35.   A. judge                B. hate                  C. treat                  D. test

Answer 1

16-20 DBACB 21-25 DCABB 26-30 DDBAC 31-35 CACBA

16. D。从上下文可知人们去教堂做礼拜，故选church。
17. B。从among themselves可知人们在相互间交谈，又教堂师神圣的地方，所以应是轻声谈话。
18. A。get closer to the church：走近/靠近教堂。
19. C。那个人给人的印象似乎睡着了。
20. B。pull down his hat：把帽沿拉下（不被人看到脸）
21. D。从下文holes 和toes stick out可知鞋小。
22. C。stick out：伸/透出来。
23. A。从上文描述，作者猜想躺在墙脚下的人是个无家可归者/流浪汉。
24. B。walk by：走过他身边。
25. B。mention：提到、提及(那个人)。
26. D。take trouble to do sth.：麻烦（自己）做某事。
27. D。人们仅仅是谈起他，并没有请他或喊他，我也如此。
28. B。take one’s place：就位、就座。
29. A。when在这里作“就在这时”解释。
30. C。倒装句，正常顺序为：The man came in。
31. C。看到牧师来迟，大家私下议论，并相互做鬼脸。
32. A。one’s heart sinks / sank：某人的心一沉、一震。
33. C。laid的原型是lay, 作“放（下）”解释。laid it on his stand：把（圣经）放在讲坛上。
34. B。在发言时，folks作“各位、大伙儿”解释。
35. A。judge a person by his appearance.：以貌取人。