Question

【題目】

The day before my daughter Norah’s fourth birthday, I picked her up from preschool. On the way, she said, “I like old people best because they walk slowly like I walk slowly and they have soft skin like I have soft skin.”What she said marked a ______beginning.

The following day—her birthday—again on the way home, she asked ______ we could stop at the store to buy cakes for her. How could I say ______ to a birthday girl? After paying for the bill, I noticed that Norah was standing up in the cart, ________announcing, “Hi, old person! It’s my birthday today!” However, the old man in front of her didn’t show he was______ by my talkative child. He ______ with a smile, “Well, little lady! And how old are you today?” After a few minutes’ chat, Norah offered to take a photo with the old man called Mr. Dan, his expression changed from surprised to delighted. We exchanged our phone numbers. There was magic happening in the store that day, and we could ________ feel it.

During our first visit in Mr. Dan’s home, We walked with him to his front door. He pulled out a knife and ______ the only blooming red rose. He spent ten minutes cutting every thorn（刺）_____ the stem（莖）before handing it to his new friend. Norah keeps that rose, now_______as a bone, under her pillow for a long time.

Norah asks about Mr. Dan every day. She worries about him. She wonders if he’s ______, or cold. She wants him to be OK. She wants him to feel loved. Mr. Dan thinks about Norah too. After ______ recent visit, he said that he had ______ had a whole night’s sleep since his wife died. “Norah has healed me since meeting her.” he said. That left me ______ and my eyes wet with tears. Somehow, their hearts and souls seem to recognize each other from long ago. Sometimes talking to strangers can ________ beautiful new beginnings.

【1】A. broken B. beautiful C. boring D. busy

【2】A. what B. that C. if D. when

【3】A. hello B. no C. yes D. thanks

【4】A. excitedly B. sadly C. luckily D. carefully

【5】A. treated B. trained C. trapped D. troubled

【6】A. realized B. replied C. repeated D. recorded

【7】A. neither B. both C. all D. none

【8】A. let B. get C. put D. cut

【9】A. off B. down C. into D. away

【10】A. wet B. white C. dry D. red

【11】A. relaxed B. excited C. lonely D. silly

【12】A. the other B. another C. other D. others

【13】A. never B. always C. often D. usually

【14】A. useless B. meaningless C. careless D. speechless

【15】A. belong to B. lead to C. thanks to D. speak to

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】A

【10】C

【11】C

【12】B

【13】A

【14】D

【15】B

【解析】有時候和陌生人的談話會導致一個美好的開始。偶然的一次談話，作者四歲的女兒就和一個老人成為了好朋友，還深深地影響了那個老人的生活。

【1】句意：她說的話標志著一個美好的開始。broken 打破的；beautiful 美麗的；boring無聊的；busy忙碌的。根據(jù)下文Sometimes talking to strangers can ____15____ beautiful new beginnings.可知，這篇短文首尾呼應，因此這里是一個美好的開始，故應選B。

【2】句意：第二天是她的生日，在回家的路上，她問我們是否可以在商店停一下來給她買蛋糕。what 什么；that引導賓語從句時，沒有意義，在從句中也不做成分；if 是否；when什么時候。根據(jù)句意可知，這里是用if引導賓語從句，故選C。

【3】句意：我怎么能對一個過生日的女孩說不呢？hello 你好；no不，沒有；yes是的；thanks謝謝。根據(jù)下文After paying for the bill可知，作者答應了給女兒買蛋糕，所以應選B。

【4】句意：在付了錢之后，我注意到Norah站在車里，興奮的宣布：“嗨，老人，今天是我的生日�！� excitedly 興奮地；sadly傷心地；luckily幸運地；carefully仔細地，認真地。根據(jù)Norah所說的話可知，今天是她的生日，所以她非常的開心，故應選A。

【5】句意：然而她前面的那個老人并沒有表現(xiàn)出被我這個多嘴的孩子弄得心煩意亂。treated 對待；trained訓練；trapped 被困；troubled被煩惱。根據(jù)下文He ___6___ with a smile這個老人笑著回答可知，這個老人很友好，他并沒有被孩子弄得心煩意亂，故應選D。

【6】句意：他帶著微笑回答說：“親愛的小姐，你今天幾歲了？” realized 意識到；replied 回答，回應；repeated重復；recorded記錄。根據(jù)上下文可知，作者的女兒對前面的老人說話，這里是老人的回答，故應選B。

【7】句意：那天在商店里發(fā)生了神奇的事情，我們都感覺到了。neither 兩者都不；both 兩者都；all三者以上都；none一個也沒有。根據(jù)文意可知，這次跟老人的對話讓作者的女兒和老人成為了熟人，而且還對這個老人有很大的影響，這就是這個神奇的事情，作者、她的女兒以及這個老人都能感受到。因此應選C。

【8】句意：他拿了一把刀，把唯一一個開花的紅玫瑰切了下來。let 讓；get得到；put放； cut切割。根據(jù)前面He pulled out a knife可知，老人是拿刀把玫瑰花切下來，故應選D。

【9】句意：在交給他的新朋友之前，他花費了10分鐘把莖上的每個刺都切下來。off 離開，脫落；down向下；into 進入；away離開。根據(jù)句意可知，這里說的是老人把莖上的刺切割下來，cut…off切斷，是固定短語，故應選A。

【10】句意：Norah把那朵玫瑰保存在她的枕頭下面很長時間，現(xiàn)在干得就像骨頭一樣。wet 濕的；white 白色的；dry 干的；red紅色的。根據(jù)句意Norah keeps that rose …under her pillow for a long time.可知，這朵花Norah保存了很長時間，所以花都干了，故應選C。

【11】句意：她想知道他是否孤獨或者寒冷。relaxed 放松的；excited興奮的；lonely孤獨的；silly愚蠢的。這句話說的是Norah擔心老人的感受，空后有一個形容詞cold，這里填的詞應跟它是表達相同的情感，故應選C。

【12】句意：在最近的又一次拜訪之后，他說自從他的妻子去世之后，他從來沒有睡過一整晚的覺。the other 兩者中的另一個；another不定數(shù)目中的另一個；other其他的；others其他人或物。根據(jù)上文During our first visit in Mr. Dan’s home,可知，上面介紹了去Dan先生家的第一次拜訪，這里說的是另外一次，故應選B。

【13】句意：在最近的又一次拜訪之后，他說自從他的妻子去世之后，他從來沒有睡過一整晚的覺。never 從不；always總是；often經(jīng)常；usually通常。根據(jù)文意…since his wife died. “Norah has healed me since meeting her可知，Dan先生的妻子去世了，后面又提到Norah治愈了Dan先生，由此我們可以推測到，自從他的妻子去世以來，他都沒有睡過整晚的覺，故應選A。

【14】句意：那讓我說不出話來，淚水濕潤了我的雙眼。useless 沒用的；meaningless沒意義的；careless粗心的；speechless無語的，無話可說的。根據(jù)文意可知，作者很受感動，她沒有想到自己的女兒會對Dan先生有這么大的影響，所以是說不出話來，故應選D。

【15】句意：有時候跟陌生人說話會導致美麗的新的開始。belong to 屬于；lead to導致；thanks to幸虧，由于；speak to和某人說話。根據(jù)句意可知，和陌生人說話會導致一個美麗的新開始，故應選B。