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I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and some homeless people frequent the stoplights. I often gave money to the homeless, feeling 1 for their bad luck. But later I became a single mom with
no home, a huge debt. As a result, I 2 giving and became very 3 .
Things started to 4 for me. Again I had a home, and plenty of food, and I started to 5 myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the 6 , “Will work for food.” I 7 . My daughter commented, “Mommy, you 8 to give to those people in 9 .’’ I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for alcohol or other 10 things.” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.
Three days later, I was driving to 11 up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and something deep 12 me said, “Just help him.” 13 I rolled down my window, and he ran over with enthusiasm, saying “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I 14 into my ashtray and strangely enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.
I scooped（抓起）it up and gave it to him. He 15 with joy and tears in his 16 , “Wow, you just made it 17 for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you; the bus that had this great sale is 18 in 20 minutes!” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, 19 I was the one who got the best 20 in life -- GIVING. 1. A. pleased 2. A. stopped 3. A. bitter 4. A. reform 5. A. pull 6. A. gesture
B. sorry
C. nervous C. considered
D. notable D. continued D. happy D. change D. concern D. sentence
B. refused
B. disappointed C. satisfied B. decline
C. end
B. drive
C. persuade C. sign
B. symbol
7. A. passed by 8. A. expected 9. A. shock
B. gave in B. attempted B. happiness B. bad
C. stood up D. held on
C. promised D. used C. comfort C. exciting C. ring
D. need D. anxious D. beat D. above
10. A. dim 11. A. pick 12. A. beside 13. A. So
B. look B. inside
C. behind
B. Otherwise C. However D. Moreover B. jumped
C. saw
D. reached D. spoke up D. mouth
14. A. climbed
15. A. turned around B. broke down C. burst out 16. A. eyes
B. face C. nose
17. A. necessary B. possible 18. A. taking
C. important D. nice
D. driving
B. operating C. leaving
19. A. but B. or 20. A. award
答案与解析
C. and D. nor C. gift
D. lesson
B. message
选自：http://www.justgive.org/html/news/cents.html。
1．B. 根据前面的money，可知，“我”好对于那些无家可归的人是感到同情的，故选B项sorry。 2．A. 根据上文，“我”没有了家，并负了大笔的债可推测出A项stopped正确。而且，下文也有提示。
3．A. 根据上文，既没有了家，又负了债，这样的生活是凄苦的。故 A选项bitter最合适。其他三选项与此时“我”的心情不相符。
4．D. 从下文的提示again可推知，“我”又一次有了家，故生活发生了改变(change)。 5．A. 从上文可知，“我”原来负债，现在还清了。只有pull最合适。
6．C. 从下文的 “Will work for food.”可知，那人手里拿着的是一个招牌，故选C项sign。 7．A. 从下文“我”说的话可知，“我”不想帮助那些无家可归的人，认为他们不过是买酒喝，因此“我”没就没有停车，而是passed by。
8．D. 从第一段可知，“我”过去常常帮助那些无家可归的人，故选D项used，构成词组used to，过去常常。
9．D. in need指需要帮助的人，与上文homeless people对应，故选D项。
10．B. 从上文的alcohol可知，“我”认为他们会用给的钱买酒喝，这些是bad things，故选B项baD.
11．A. 从下文from school 可知是到学校接女儿。Pick up用车接……；look up在……查找；ring up给……打电话；beat up痛打……。
12．B. 从上文I said that, it didn’t feel right和something deep可知，作者心地善良，上次没有帮助那些需要帮助的人，感到愧疚，所以这次一看到这些无家可归的人，内心深处在呼喊，一定要帮助他们。所以B项正确。
13．A. 从上下文可知，“我”按照自己的想法拉下窗子，和上文是顺接关系，故选A项so。 14．D. 从上文可知，作者是伸出手拿钱，只有reach符合此意。
15．C. 从上下文，此人只想要77cents，却意外的得到three quarters and two pennies，所以高兴和感激地泪都出来了。Turn around转身；break down（身体）垮下来、（机器等）出毛病；burst out突然……；speak up大声点说。只有burst out符合文意。 16．A. 由前文tears一词可知为eyes。
17．B. 由上下文可推测，这些钱使他回家看望母亲、过圣诞成为可能。故选B项possible。 18．C. 前文提到他要回家，四个选项中只有leaving和bus搭配能表达此意，注意take和drive的主语是人，bus只能作其宾语。
19．A. 由上文和下文的got the best可知，作者认为自己的善举对于二人对很难忘，而对自己尤其如此。两句之间是转折关系，选A项but符合文意。
20．C. 由上文可知，作者自己给了别人帮助，自己也收到了最好的馈赠(gift)。其它三选项均
不符合文意。
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A policeman was walking along the street. In the doorway of a shop, a man was standing in the 1 light, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. The policeman 2 and then walked up to the man.
“I’m just waiting for a friend here,” the man said “It’s a(n) 3 made twenty years ago.” The man struck a 4 and lighted his cigar. The light 5 a pale face with a little white scar (疤) near his right eye. “Twenty years ago tonight, when I said goodbye to Jimmy Wells, my best friend to 6 for the West to make my fortune, we 7 we would meet here again exactly twenty years 8 that date and time.” “I hope your friend will come around soon.” said the policeman, 9 . Twenty minutes later, a(n) tall man hurried across the street. He went directly to the waiting man. “Is that you, Bob?” he asked. “Jimmy Wells?” 10 the man with excitement. “You have 11 , Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall.”
When they both looked at each other 12 , the man said suddenly “You’re not Jimmy Wells. Twenty years is a long time, 13 not long enough to change a man’s 14 .” “It sometimes changes a good man into a 15 one,” said the tall man. “You are under 16 now. Well, here is a note from your friend.” His hand was steady when he began to read, but it 17 a little by the time he had finished. It reads: “Bob: I was at the appointed place 18 . When you lighted your cigar I saw it was the face of the man 19 by Chicago police. 20 I couldn’t catch myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job.” 1. A. dark
B. bright
C. dim
D. colorful
2. A. slowed down B. picked out C. went on D. hurried up 3. A. mistake 4. A. cigarette 5. A. formed
B. time B. match
C. trade C. fire
D. appointment D. light D. showed
B. appeared C. reflected
6. A. start 7. A. insisted 8. A. for
B. work C. look D. search D. suggested D. at D. moving away D. choked D. became D. happily D. while D. size D. bad D. inspiration D. understood
B. preferred B. from
C. agreed C. later C. pulling off C. wept
9. A. speeding up B. coming to 10. A. cried 11. A. grew 12. A. clearly 13. A. but
B. smiled
B. achieved C. changed
B. surprisingly C. quickly B. and B. face
C. or
14. A. character 15. A. successful 16. A. discussion 17. A. trembled 18. A. in advance 19. A. asked
C. quality C. tall
B. ordinary B. control B. struggled B. on time B. wanted
C. arrest C. escaped
C. before long D. sooner or later C. discribed C. However
D. caught D. Somehow
20. A. Anywhere
答案与解析
B. Though
材料选自：http://henry.thefreelibrary.com/The-Four-Million/21-1#west
1．C. 从文章第二段开头可以推知，大街上灯光昏暗，所以dim用来修饰light是正确的。 2．A. 从本段开始was walking和结尾then walked up to the man可知，警察放慢脚步，走向那位等待的人。
3．D. 从本段Twenty years ago tonight, when I said goodbye to Jimmy Wells和would meet here again可知，这是他们20年前的约定，所以appointment正确。 4．B. 从struck和lighted the cigar可推知，他是在划火柴点香烟。
5．D. 从light可知，火光亮起，照亮了那人的脸，显示出眼部的伤疤，所以show正确。其他
几个选项均不合适。
6．A. 从上下文可知，他和朋友二十年后重回到此处见面，那么二十年前应该是动身到西部去。所以A项start符合文意。
7．C. 从文意可知，二人都同意这个想法，所以agree正确。
8．B. 分析四个选项可知，介词for和at意思不正确；later不可以再接that date and time，所以B项from正确，表示从那时起再过二十年。 9．D. 从文章的结尾可知，警察离开了。
10．A. 从下文excitement和他的问话可知，他由于激动而喊叫起来，所以crie正确。 11．C. 从下句I never thought you were so tall可知，20里你改变许多。注意，grew时态不对，而且grew是系动词，后要接形容词作表语，这里没有。
12．A. 从上下文可知，开始时他没看清，以为对方是自己的朋友Jimmy Wells，现在看清后，突然发现不是，所以clearly符合文意。
13．A. 从下文(twenty years) not long enough to change…可知，二十年时间很长，但有些东西无法改变。所以but最合适。
14．B. 上文提到此人突然认出对方不是自己的朋友，应该是从面部看出的，所以face正确。 15．D. 从下文可知，此人犯了罪，变成了坏人，所以选项D. bad正确。 16．C. 从下文可知，这人犯罪将要被捕，所以arrest正确。
17．A. 由His hand was steady when he began to read可以推测，他读完信后，手开始颤抖。 18．B. 由上文可知，前面提到的警察就是Jimmy Wells，他们都彼此遵守了二十年前的约定，按时到达了这里，所以on time是正确选项。其他选项不符合文意。
19．B. 由文意可知，这人是警察在寻找的犯罪，wanted此处的意为“想要（找）的”。 20．D. 由文意可知，警察Jimmy Wells处于朋友情谊，不愿自己动手逮捕他，所以somehow是正确的，意为“不管怎么着”。
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