Question

Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __ with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily _23_ up their new home, the light suddenly __ . Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along __ and had to wait __ in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant __ on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __ night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a __ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __ , so he went to the door and opened it __ . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door __ . “What a nuisance(麻烦事)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to __ things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. __ this time she was __ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She __ me here to give you these.” Terry was very __ by what he saw.

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __ in life. It was his __ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was __ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

1.A. complaining     B. telling         C. hoping      D. pretending

2.A. pleased         B disappointed    C. exhausted    D. encouraged

3.A. looking         B. turning       C. coming      D. tidying

4.A. went on          B. went down    C. went out      D. went through

5.A. candles         B. matches       C. lights        D. flashlights

6.A. happily         B. patiently       C. hopefully    D. helplessly

7.A. steps           B. words         C. knocks      D. screams

8.A. dark           B. quiet          C. noisy        D. crowded

9.A. newcomer       B. stranger       C. guest         D. settler

10.A. called          B. disturbed      C. watched      D. offered

11.A. surprisingly    B. delightedly    C. impatiently   D. willingly

12.A. gently          B. kindly         C. politely      D. violently

13.A. lend            B. sell           C. harness      D. borrow

14.A. And            B. But           C. So          D. For

15.A. holding         B. hiding         C. fetching     D. lifting

16.A. suggested       B. commanded     C. sent        D. forced

17.A. frightened      B. pleased        C. puzzled      D. surprised

18.A. failure         B. success        C. complaint    D. determination

19.A. warmth         B. coldness       C. kindness     D. nearly

20.A. doubtfully      B. hardly         C. actually     D. sympathy (同情)

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：有时我们总是觉得这个世界上有很多坏人，把失败的原因归结于他人。事实上，我们自己更应该打开自己的心胸，只有自己敞开心扉去接纳、理解、包容的帮助，这个世界才会对我们微笑。

1.考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. complaining抱怨；B. telling告诉；C. hoping希望；D. pretending假装。Terry是一个中年的皮革商，他的事业反复失败使他很沮丧，这里是Terry的一种消极的心情的反映：他经常抱怨被人骗了。故选A。

2.2】考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. pleased 高兴；B disappointed失望；C. exhausted筋疲力尽的；D. encouraged鼓励；一天他告诉他的妻子他对这个城市很失望以至于要离开它。事业失败的心情应该是失望，感到受挫。所以用disappointed选B。

3.3】考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. look up 向上看，查阅；B. turn up  开大音量，出现；C. come up上来；D. tidy up 收拾，整理。结合语境可知，Terry和他的妻子搬到另一个城市，在周末的傍晚，他们正忙着收拾新家。故选D。

4.4】考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. went on发生，持续；B. went down下去；C. went out熄灭；D. went through经历。根据do you have candles?可知，灯突然灭了。故选C。

5.5】考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. candles蜡烛；B. matches火柴；C. lights灯；D. flashlights手电。灯突然灭了。根据常识理解，Terry后悔自己忘了带蜡烛，故选A最佳。

6.6】考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。 A. happily高兴地；B. patiently耐心地；C. hopefully满怀希望地；D. helplessly无助地。Terry情绪很差，不知道什么时候会有电，所以应该是无助地等待，故选D。

7.7】考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. steps台阶，步伐；B. words话；C. knocks敲；D. screams尖叫声。就在那时，他听到听到轻轻的犹豫的敲门声。宾语是door，所以应该是knock，敲。后面有the door was knocked again.故选C。

8.8】考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. dark黑暗的；B. quiet安静的；C. noisy喧闹的；D. crowded拥挤的。前面说敲门声很轻，所以只有在安静的环境下才能听到，故选B。

9.9】考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. newcomer新来的人；B. stranger陌生人；C. guest 客人；D. settler定居者。会是谁？他很纳闷。因为Terry是新来到这个城市的人。根据前面他们搬家收拾东西可知，Terry是新来的，故选A。

10.0】考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. called被叫；B. disturbed被打扰；C. watched被监视；D. offered被提供。没有电不能收拾东西，他心情不好的时候Terry尤其不喜欢被打扰，故选B。

11.1】考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. surprisingly吃惊地；B. delightedly高兴地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. willingly自愿地。根据前面的介绍可知，Terry情绪很糟糕，不喜欢被打扰，这时有人敲门，所以“他很不耐烦地去开门”才符合语境，故选C。

12.2】考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. gently轻轻地；B. kindly友好地；C. politely礼貌地；D. violently猛烈地。门口站着一个小女孩，说自己是邻居，问Terry有蜡烛没有？Terry很生气地回答说没有。由此可知，他是猛地把门一关，表达他的愤怒。故选D。

13.3】考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. lend借入；B. sell卖；C. harness治理；D. borrow借出。他抱怨说：“我们刚安顿下来邻居就来借东西了。”根据后面可知选borrow，他生气的原因是，他认为邻居是来借东西的。故选D。

14.4】考查连词辨析及对语境的理解。A. And和，而且；B. But但是；C. So因此；D. For为了。和前一次比较，所以用but表转折，意思是：但是，这一次小女孩手里拿着两根蜡烛。故选B。

15.5】考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. holding握住；B. hiding藏；C. fetching取回；D. lifting抬高。结合女孩说的话“我奶奶告诉我楼下的新邻居可能需要蜡烛。”可知，这一次小女孩手里拿着两根蜡烛。选A。

16.6】考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. suggested建议；B. commanded命令；C. sent派遣；D. forced强迫。她让我来这里给你这些. 分析四个选项在语境的意思可知是sent，故选C。

17.7】考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. frightened害怕；B. pleased高兴；C. puzzled困惑；D. surprised惊讶。Terry惊讶于他所看到的这一切。 听到小女孩说的话，Terry知道事实和自己想的正好相反，所以用surprised更符合语境，故选D。

18.8】考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. failure失败；B. success成功；C. complaint抱怨；D. determination决心。在那一刻他突然意识到是什么导致他在生活中的失败。文章最后和文章开头遥相呼应。故选A。

19.9】考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。 A. warmth温暖；B. coldness寒冷、冷淡；C. kindness善良；D. nearly几乎。失败是因为他对其他人冷淡和刻薄。从他第一次对带小女孩的态度可以看出，他对人态度冷淡，总认为别人是想从他那里得到什么。故选B。

20.20】考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. doubtfully怀疑地；B. hardly几乎不；C. actually事实上、实际上；D. sympathy 同情。生活中欺骗他的人实际上是他自己而不是其他人，他的眼睛被他无情的心灵蒙蔽了。文章开头提到，Terry总是认为自己被人欺骗，所以事业总是失败。而这个小女孩却让他有了不同的认识。Terry的人生观改变了。所以选actually更合适，故选C。

考点：故事类阅读。