Question

  Last week I was in the boarding area of the airport excited about my trip home to see my parents. I was busy planning for the weekend,1        I was taken out of my daydreaming by an elderly woman talking 2        into her cell?phone. She kept asking the person to 3        her where she was. She 4        the gate number again and again. She got a little louder each time she did that. Many people snickered (窃笑) because she was nearly 5        and thought how silly old people could be.

  Then I heard her say, "I'm 6        ,but I can't hear you. There seems to be something wrong with my hearing aid.”"That's too 7 .”I thought as I moved forward to board the flight. Then I noticed her        was becoming increasingly frantic (发狂似的) as she tried to understand the person on the other end of the phone. It was almost my 9     to board. I couldn't 10       looking back at the woman. It made me think how 11     I was to have my hearing. And I realized I could offer her some 12    

  I suddenly got out of the 13        and went to the woman. I showed her to 14        me the phone and shouted, "Let me help you. I'll tell you what tlie person is 15    . ”She looked at me and agreed 16        I took the phone from her,17        who I was,listened for a moment and told the woman her hus?band was 18        her outside the airport as he could not enter the gate area.

Finally,I pointed her in the right 19     . it took me less than two minutes to finish the task,but my 20      in having been able to help her remains strong.

1. A. but   B. if

   C. so   D. unless

2. A. secretly   B. loudly   C. sadly   D. quickly

3. A. call   B. help   C. tell   D. meet

4. A. asked   B. wrote    C.repeated   D. guessed

5. A. shouting   B. singing   C. leaving   D. dying

6. A. sick   B. tired   C. sorry   D. busy

7. A. bad   B. funny   C. possible   D. strange

8. A. step   B. tone   C. friend   D. mind

9. A. duty   B. idea   C. task   D. turn

10. A. avoid   B. stop   C. continue   D. keep

11. A. normal   B. lucky   C. proud   D. healthy

12. A. money   B. comfort   C. help   D. guide

13. A. line   B. space   C. circle   D. thought

14. A. throw   B. examine   C. hand   D. fix

15. A. doing   B. saying   C. watching   D. planning

16. A. honestly   B. bravely

   C. angrily   D. thankfully

17. A. explained   B. considered   C. forgot   D. lied

18. A. thinking of   B. turning to   

   C. waiting for   D. staring at

19. A. queue   B. direction   C. street   D. room

20. A. pity   B. hope   C. love   D. pride

Answer 1

—位老人因助听器出了问题而无法听清电话，又找不到来接她的丈夫，作者热心地帮助了她。

1.A此空前后两句之间存在转折关系，故此处需要一个表示转折的连词。

2. B根据下文的"She got a little louder each time she did that."可知为了让对方听清，她说话很"大声"。

3. D老太太在机场，她告诉听电话的人她在哪里，应该是为了让那人到她所在的地方来"接"她。

4. C老人听不清对方在说什么，因此只好不停地"重复"相同的内容。

5. A听不清对方在说什么，老人很着急，应该是几乎"喊" 了起来。

6. C根据"…but I can't hear you."可知此处为"对不起，我听不见你在说什么"。

7. A从下文作者帮助老人的举动可知他非常同情这位老人的处境，所以此处选A.

8. B此处指作者注意到老人说话的"语气"因焦急而变得发狂起来。

9. D根据上文"I thought as I moved forward to board the flight."可知此处指"轮到"作者登机了。

10. B此处指作者"忍不住"向老人看去。

11. B通过与老人的处境对比，作者觉得自己听得见是一件多么"幸运的"事。

12. C根据后文中描述的作者的行为可知，此处作者觉得自己可以给老人一些"帮助"。

13. A作者当时是在排队准备登机，为了帮助老人，他应该从所站的"队"里出来了。

14. C根据下文"I took the phone from her..."可知，作者让老人把电话"给"他。

15. B作者要电话，是为了帮助老人听到电话那头的人在"说"什么。

16. D作者主动提出帮助老人，老人应该很"感激"。

17. A作者接过电话后，应向对方"解释"他是谁，这样电话那头的人才会跟他说话。

18. C这里是指老人的丈夫正在机场外面"等"她。

19. B作者听清了电话那头的话，因此给老人指明了正确的"方向"。

20. D作者成功地帮助了这位老人，应该感到很"自豪"。