Question

 

     阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Loving Kindness Is Twice Blessed

    I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so   1.

    As I was sitting at my desk, I   2it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her   3.

Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I   4to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift,    5to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have  6of a birthday this year. As always,    7, she sounded cheerful and was happy that I   8.

    After I hung up, I couldn’t   9the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day.    10feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I   11gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise   12me I’d done the right thing and were a generous   13for the little effort it had taken.

    When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a   14friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had   15my own!

Isn’t that the way it is   16we take the time and make the   17to do something for someone else? It’s like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who   18.”

    Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with   19to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to   20. And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

1.A. positive           B. special              C. nervous          D. proud

2.A. explained      B. remembered       C. complained           D. informed

3.A. family         B. training         C. school               D. work

4.A. continued      B. decided          C. agreed               D. refused

5.A. prepared       B.surprised         C. disappointed     D. bored

6.A. little         B. many             C. much             D. few

7.A. therefore      B. besides          C. though               D. otherwise

8.A. admitted       B. apologized           C. succeeded            D. called

9.A. experience     B. shake                C. imagine          D. understand

10.A. Almost            B. Even             C. Never                D. Still

11.A. finally           B. luckily              C. unhappily            D. hardly

12.A. promised      B. advised          C. convinced            D. reminded

13.A. response      B. contribution     C. reward               D. share

14.A. careless          B. curious          C. weak             D. lonely

15.A. troubled          B. made             C. wasted               D. taken

16.A. why           B. where                C. when             D. how

17.A. suggestion        B. friend               C. call             D. effort

18.A. tries         B. receives         C. expects          D. cares

19.A. opportunities     B. dreams           C. choices          D. regrets

20.A. everyone      B. something            C. someone          D. everything

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.A  

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.D  

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.B 

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C