Question

【题目】Last year, around Labor Day, I read a "Happy Ad" in our local newspaper. There was a lady in a local nursing home, who was _______ her 90th birthday and her family wanted everyone to _______ it. It said that if you wanted to drop her a line, here was her ______. So I did. I found a birthday card and dropped her a short note, wishing her a happy birthday.

A week or so later, someone _______ at my front door. I opened the door and found a middle-aged man standing on my doorstep. He introduced himself _______ the son of this woman to whom I had sent the card. He explained that he just wanted to drop by in person and thank me for ______ such a nice card to his mom. Apparently, like many older folks, she did not receive much mail and was quite _______ to receive mine. I just didn't know ______ to say. I told him it was my pleasure and that I hoped his mom had enjoyed her birthday.That year, I did not send out any Christmas cards, ______ to this lovely old lady in the nursing home. I just told her that I was thinking about her and hoped that she had a nice holiday. I sent her a holiday card and also a couple of notes. I just thought she might like to have someone write to her, to get some mail.

She passed away a couple of months ago. I never met this lady, but I did keep her and her family in my ________. I dropped them a line of sympathy(同情). I hope that my few little notes were enough to brighten a couple of her days here on earth.

【1】A. holdingB. celebratingC. havingD. joining

【2】A. know aboutB. care aboutC. think aboutD. worry about

【3】A. addressB. phoneC. houseD. name

【4】A. lookedB. shoutedC. knockedD. pointed

【5】A. forB. toC. asD. by

【6】A. makingB. takingC. sendingD. choosing

【7】A. excitedB. disappointedC. relaxedD. bored

【8】A. whyB. whichC. whatD. how

【9】A. besidesB. exceptC. orD. towards

【10】A. houseB. pointedC. headD. thoughts

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

短文大意：短文讲述了“我”一个善意的举动给一位老人带来的惊喜。教育要我们多做好事，多做善事。

【1】句意：当地一家养老院的一位女士正在庆祝她的90岁生日。考查动词辨析。A. holding握住；B. celebrating庆祝；C. having拥有；D. joining参加。her 90th birthday她的90岁生日，根据句意语境，可知celebrate符合句意，故选B。

【2】句意：她的家人想让每个人都知道这件事。考查动词短语辨析。A. know about知道；B. care about关心；C. think about考虑；D. worry about担心。根据句意语境，可知后面三项不合句意，故选A。

【3】句意：上面说如果你想给她写信，这是她的地址。考查名词辨析。address 地址；phone电话；house房子；name名字。根据if you wanted to drop her a line，可知address符合句意，故选A。

【4】句意：大约一周后，有人来敲我的前门。考查动词辨析。根据下文I opened the door，可知knock at the door（敲门）符合句意，故选C。

【5】句意：他自我介绍说他是我寄卡片给的那个女人的儿子。考查介词辨析。for为了/因为，表目的或原因；to向，表对象；as作为，表身份；by通过，表方式。根据下文and thank me for sending such a nice card to his mom，可知这里是表身份，as the son of this woman作为这个女人的儿子，故选C。

【6】句意：他解释说，他只是想亲自过来，感谢我给他妈妈寄了这么好的贺卡。考查动词辨析。A. making制作；B. taking拿；C. sending送；D. choosing选择。根据前文I found a birthday card and dropped her a short note, wishing her a happy birthday.，可知“我”给她送了生日贺卡，故选C。

【7】句意：她没有收到多少邮件，但收到我的邮件时，她非常兴奋。考查形容词辨析。excited兴奋的；disappointed失望的；relaxed无拘无束的；bored无聊的。根据上文like many older folks, she did not receive much mail，可知老人很激动，故选A。

【8】句意：我只是不知道该说什么。考查关系词辨析。why为什么，表原因；which哪一个，表事物；what什么，表事情；how怎样，表方式。空白处做say的宾语，不可用关系副词，可排除why和how。根据句意语境，可知which不合句意，故选C。

【9】句意：那一年，我没有寄过圣诞贺卡，除了寄给养老院的这位可爱的老太太。考查介词辨析。besides除了…以外，指包含说话对象；except除了，指不包含说话对象；or或者，表选择；towards朝着，表方向。根据句意语境，我只给养老院这位可爱的老太太寄过圣诞贺卡，可知选B。

【10】句意：我从未见过这位女士,但我把她和她的家人记在我的脑海里。考查名词辨析。my后面需接名词，pointed突出的，形容词，可排除。house房子； head头脑；thoughts想法。根据句意语境，可知AD不合句意，故选C。