Question

For hours I had been traveling up the Nile Valley，from Luxor to Cairo，on a train jammed with Egypt's working poor.

At 1：00 a．m.I__16__Cairo and took a taxi to Tahrir Square.I was__17__and，having been to Cairo before，knew that while most of the city was__18__at this hour，a couple of fast­food restaurants would be open there.

The taxi dropped me__19__across the street from Hardee's.A moment later，just as I was about to__20__the restaurant door，two street children ran towards me with full__21__for food.

Being a veteran(经验丰富的) traveler__22__having once lived in Egypt for a year，I was no stranger to children__23__or people asking me for help.But seldom had I been so__24__by the sincerity of the request.

I turned back to the__25__and asked them to wait while I went inside to buy them food.At the counter I__26__two hamburgers for the boys.

When their food was ready，I walked back__27__and invited them in to eat with me.“No！” they cried__28__．“We do not belong in such a nice place！”

__29__to persuade them otherwise，I brought the__30__out，and as they took the burgers，they showered me with 30 seconds of nonstop__31__，praying that Allah would always bless me.

And this is__32__，five years later，I still ask for God's blessings for those two Egyptian boys.I__33__as sincerely as they had for me，__34__that while they had nothing material to give，they had given me something__35__： an awareness of my spiritual poverty and a desire for a softer heart.

16．A.reached  B．saw  C．visited  D．noticed

17．A.thirsty  B．angry  C．hungry  D．frightened

18．A.let down  B．closed down  C．got down  D．put down

19．A.away  B．back  C．out  D．off

20．A.shut  B．lock  C．cover  D．open

21．A.smiles  B．hardships  C．cries  D．honors

22．A.apart from  B．as well as  C．in favour of  D．in return for

23．A.beating  B．struggling  C．begging  D．trembling

24．A.surprised  B．regretted  C．appointed  D．moved

25．A.boys  B．drivers  C．waiters  D．workers

26．A.ordered  B．demanded  C．requested  D．deserved

27．A.inside  B．outside  C．forward  D．backward

28．A.happily  B．cheerfully  C．astonishingly  D．sadly

29．A.Unable  B．Impossible  C．Ready  D．Willing

30．A.book  B．food  C．cook  D．look

31．A.blessings  B．belongings C．campaigns  D．challenges

32．A.how  B．why  C．where  D．when

33．A.tell  B．speak  C．pray  D．bow

34．A.forgetting  B．following C．regretting  D．remembering

35．A.greater  B．fewer  C．less  D．lower

Answer 1

作者在埃及旅游时遇到两个乞讨的孩子。在作者给他们买下食物后，他们不断地为作者祈祷，希望安拉保佑作者。作者由此明白：虽然有时别人不能给予我们物质上的回报，但是他们所给予的精神上的东西是更好的。

16．A　根据文章前面的叙述，“我”从Luxor坐火车去Cairo旅游，在凌晨1点，“我”到达(reach)了目的地Cairo。

17．C　根据下文的“a couple of fast­food restaurants would be open there”可以判断出，“我”饿了，想找吃饭的地方，故正确答案为C。

18．B　由于“我”以前去过Cairo，知道此时城里的大多数餐馆都关门(close down)了。let down使失望，放下；get down记下，写下；put down记下，均不符合语境。

19．D　出租车把“我”放在了Hardee's对面的街道。短语drop sb off意思是“中途卸客”，符合语境。

20．D　作者要进去就餐，当然要去推开(open)那家餐馆的门。

21．C　根据文章的语境，街道上的两个男孩向作者跑来，叫喊(cry)着向他要食物。

22．B　根据空前后的内容，可以知道这里是并列的关系，作者作为一个经常旅游的人，又在埃及生活过一年，很熟悉孩子们的这种乞讨行为，所以要用as well as，意思是“和，又”。apart from(除了……外)；in favour of(赞成)；in return for(作为对……的回报)，均与语境不符。

23．C　根据语境，可以知道“我”对于乞讨的人并没有感到奇怪。

24．D　根据语境可知，“我”为孩子真诚的请求所感动(moved)。surprised吃惊的；regretted遗憾的；appointed约定的，均不符合语境。

25．A　根据下文的“two hamburgers for the boys”可以知道，这里指的是那两个男孩儿(boys)。

26．A　根据语境可知，“我”为那两个孩子点(order)了汉堡包。demand强烈要求；request要求，请求；deserve值得，均不符合语境。

27．B　汉堡包准备好时，“我”走到外边(outside)，邀请孩子们和“我”一起吃饭。

28．C　孩子们听到“我”的邀请，发出了令人惊讶的喊声：“不，我们不应待在这样的好地方！”

29．A　根据下文的意思可知，“我”没能(unable)说服那两个孩子进来。

30．B　“我”把买来的食物(food)带出了餐馆。

31．A　当那两个孩子拿到食物后，不断地祈祷安拉保佑“我”。只有A项符合文意。

32．B　这里作者要告诉我们原因(why)，“我”为什么一直为那两个埃及孩子祈祷。

33．C　根据上文的“praying that Allah would always bless me”可知，作者也这样祈祷着。

34．D　表示作者永远记着(remember)这一点……

35．A　虽然他们无法给予我物质上的回报，但是他们给我的祈祷比物质上的东西更好(greater)。