Question

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to   21   for a meal at the next house.

However, he lost his nerve   22   a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

“You don’t owe me anything,” she   23  . “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a   24 .” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger   25  , but it also increased his faith in God and human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.

Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called   26   to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now   27  , was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light   28   his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He   29   her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave   30   attention to her case.

After a long   31   the battle was won. Dr. Kelly   32   the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was   33   that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her   34  . She read these words…

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she   35   silently. “Thank you, God. Your love has spread trough human hearts and hands.”

21. A. call	B. make	C. beg	D. prepare
22. A while	B. when	C. though	D. unless
23. A. announced	B. shook	C. replied	D. doubted
24. A. reward	B. kindness	C. hand	D. value
25. A. physically	B. mentally	C. normally	D. properly
26. A. up	B. for	C. on	D. in
27. A. rich	B. famous	C. observant	D. vivid
28. A. fixed	B. consulted	C. filled	D. concentrated
29. A. recognized	B. knew	C. spared	D. regained
30. A. special	B. ordinary	C. normal	D. no
31. A. decision	B. preparation	C. struggle	D. debate
32. A. ordered	B. requested	C. confused	D. compressed
33. A. negative	B. uncertain	C. positive	D. obvious
34. A. presentation	B. preference	C. attention	D. arrangement
35. A. praised	B. pretended	C. pressed	D. prayed

Answer 1

21. C

解析：beg for“向……要”，也可以用ask for，其他答案不合语境。

22. B

解析：when=and suddenly; and at that moment.

23. C

解析：replied=answered.

24. B

解析：the young woman 在需要的时候帮助了the poor boy，这当然是一个善意的行动。

25. A

解析：上文已经交代了作者是饿了，所以是身体上的stronger.

26. D

解析：见7空后的call in.

27. B

解析：由下文的requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval 可以判断。

28. C

解析：由后面的eyes可以推断。此时，Kelly马上想起孩提时的那一件印象很深的事。

29. A

解析：recognized意思是“认出”，其他答案不能表达这个意思。

30. A

解析：special attention是“特殊的照顾”，表达Kell对那个woman的感激之情。

31. C

解析：由上文的rare disease可以判断。

32. B

解析：其它答案不合情理。

33. C

解析：the woman根据自己的病情推出费用一定昂贵。

34. C

解析：catch one’ attention “引起某人的注意”。

35. D

解析：由“Thank you, God”可以知道答案。