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Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 1: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you 2money.
This is how I 3with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 4to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the 5 If an accident takes place, the6of which I think the local police could use, I 7him up and tell him about it, though I am not in 8here. One discovery I made about this world is to give 9getting something back, though the10often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered n important11letter to my home, though it was12to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of13.More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was14. I was told at the window that there were15boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long 16list . As I was about to 17, the postmaster appeared in the18. “Wasn't it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office 19we make one for you. You don't know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get 20but complaints(投诉).”
（1）A.decision B.research C.speech D.discovery
（2）A.earn B.lack C.spend D.steal
（3）A.experienced B.connected C.combined D.agreed
（4）A.happens B.flashes C.sticks D.leads
（5）A.postmaster B.headmaster C.storekeeper D.policeman
（6）A.story B.damage C.challenge D.material
（7）A.call B.hold C.break D.pick
（8）A.need B.trouble C.common D.charge
（9）A.within B.without C.for D.before
（10）A.process B.goal C.return D.concern
（11）A.curious B.immediate C.special D.heavy
（12）A.realized B.addressed C.forgotten D.brought
（13）A.invitation B.apology C.instruction D.appreciation
（14）A.dealing B.providing C.operating D.starting
（15）A.enough B.some C.no D.more
（16）A.admitting B.relating C.examining D.waiting
（17）A.leave B.shout C.guess D.conduct
（18）A.window B.doorway C.library D.yard
（19）A.in case B.now that C.even if D.as if
（20）A.anything B.everything C.nothing D.something

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、D
（2）、B
（3）、A
（4）、B
（5）、C
（6）、A
（7）、A
（8）、D
（9）、B
（10）、C
（11）、C
（12）、B
（13）、D
（14）、D
（15）、C
（16）、D
（17）、A
（18）、B
（19）、C
（20）、C

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，通过作者的亲身经历，诠释了这样一个道理。送人玫瑰，手留余香。无回报的给予，回报经常以一种意想不到的方式回来。（1）考查名词。根据”One discovery I made about this world is to give ___9___getting something back,“可知这里意思是直到我三十几岁时，才有了这个重大发现。所以选D。
（2）考查动词。句意：你没有必要担心你缺钱。所以选B。
（3）考查动词。句意：这是我经历的如何给予。所以选A。
（4）考查动词。句意：如果我有如何改进一家商店橱窗展示的想法在脑海中闪现，我会走进商店，并且把这个建议告诉给店主。所以选B。
（5）考查名词。根据”If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store “可知作者是这个建议告诉给店主。所以选C。
（6）考查名词。句意：如果发生一次事故，我认为这次事故的来历对警察有用，我会给他打电话并且告诉他事情的原委。 所以选A。
（7）考查动词短语。句意：如果发生一次事故，我认为这次事故的来历对警察有用，我会给他打电话并且告诉他事情的原委。call sb. up固定用法，”给某人打电话“，所以选A。
（8）考查固定用法。句意：尽管我并没有这个责任。in charge固定用法，”负责“，所以选D。
（9）考查介词。句意：我对这个世界的一个重要的发现就是无回报的给予，尽管回报经常以一种意想不到的方式回来。选B。
（10）考查名词。根据”One discovery I made about this world is to give ___9___getting something back, “ 可知这里意思是尽管回报经常以一种意想不到的方式回来。选C。
（11）考查形容词。根据“Wasn't it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home” 可知这里填special。选C。
（12）考查动词。句意：尽管是在办公室写给我的信。 所以选B。
（13）考查名词。句意：我给邮局所长写了一个感谢便笺。所以选D。
（14）考查动词。句意：一年后，因为我开始的一项新的事业，我需要一个邮箱。 所以选D。
（15）考查形容词。根据”and that my name would have to go on a long ___16___list .“ 可知这里意思是我在服务窗口被告知没有剩余邮箱了。 所以选C。
（16）考查形容词。句意：我的名字将会进入很长的等候名单。所以选D。
（17）考查动词。句意：正当我要离开的时候，邮局所长出现在门口。所以选A。
（18）考查名词。句意：正当我要离开的时候，邮局所长出现在门口。所以选B。
（19）考查固定短语。句意：纵然我们为你做一个，你也一定会在这个邮局拥有一个邮箱。in case ” 万一“； now that ”既然“； even if ” 纵然“； as if”好像“，所以选C。
（20）考查代词。句意：通常我们除了抱怨，什么都得不到。所以选C。