Question

 Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless,a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and was 6     only two classes in summer school,so I had some 7      time.

Three nights a week,I 8      in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and 9      hot meals for 25 people 10       vegetables,chicken,fish and fruit. The homeless people 11      this good food because many of them usually didn’t eat well.

I 12      this volunteer work，making 13      with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife,one a movie actor，another a young teacher,and the other a college student， 14      me.

I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories 15      me with sympathy. Some of them had 16      with alcohol or drugs while others only had bad 17     .  One woman worked for almost 10 years for a small company,and 18      she lost her job. She looked for a 19      job,but couldn’t find one，for she was too 20     . She could do nothing but sell her furniture—sofas，chairs,and tables 21      she could pay for her food. The woman 22      on job hunting,but she 23      couldn’t find one. She had no money for her 24      and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone,25     ，and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

6. A. studying   B. planning

   C.  holding   D. taking

7. A.  short   B. free

   C.  valuable   D. long

8.  A. helped   B. raised

   C.  appeared   D. washed

9. A.  ordered   B. bought

   C.  cooked   D. accomplished

10. A.  with   B. from

   C.  beyond   D. along

11. A.  appealed   B. required

   C.  collected   D. requested

12. A.  wanted   B. had

   C.  owned   D. enjoyed

13. A.  decisions   B. wishes

   C.  friends   D. amateurs

14. A.  as   B. like

   C.  except   D. besides

15. A.  struck   B. filled

   C.  deposited   D. provided

16. A.  habits   B. hardships

   C.  difficulties   D. problems

17. A.  luck   B. pain

   C.  experience   D. loss

18. A.  so   B. again

   C.  then   D. thus

19. A.  challenging   B. delicate

   C.  skilled   D. new

20. A.  old   B. poor

   C.  sick   D. dishonest

21. A.  for fear   B. now that

   C.  so that   D. in case

22. A.  went   B. moved

    C.  came   D. worked

23. A.  partly   B. still

   C.  almost   D. extremely

24. A.  block   B. cottage

   C.  building   D. flat

25. A.  afraid   B. unbearable

   C.  dull   D. awkward

Answer 1

6. D take classes 上課。

7. B 上文提到 “I wasn’t working that summer and was taking only two classes in summer school ... ”，據(jù)此判斷 free time(空閑時(shí)間) 切題。

8. A根據(jù)下文所述，應(yīng)選help,意為“幫忙(做飯) ”。

9. C cook hot meals for 25 people 意為“為 25 個(gè)人做熱騰騰的飯”。

10. A with意為“具有，配有”。

11. B作者對(duì)這些“無家可歸者”持同情態(tài)度，應(yīng)選require, 即“需要食用這樣豐盛的飯菜”，與文意相符。

12. D由后文描述可知，作者應(yīng)該是“喜歡這份志愿工作”。

13. C 根據(jù)下文“…nice elderly housewife…”可知，作者與

另外四位志愿者關(guān)系融洽，故選擇C項(xiàng)。

14. B

15. B fill me with sympathy 使我充滿同情之心；provide sb with sth供應(yīng)某人某物。

16. D從下文“…others only had bad…”可知，此處為“有些人存有嗜酒、吸毒問題”。habit通常與of搭配。

17. A從下面所舉事例可知答案。

18. C so和thus表因果關(guān)系，again表動(dòng)作重復(fù)發(fā)生，均不合題意。then在此表示前后動(dòng)作先后發(fā)生，符合題意。

19. D前句提到lost her job,故選D項(xiàng)。

20. A 從“One woman worked for almost 10 years...”可知答案。

21. C so that表目的。for fear意為“以免”，與文意不符。

22. A go on job hunting意為“繼續(xù)找工作”，符合題意。

23. B still意為“仍然，依然”。

24. D 由后文“…h(huán)ad to sleep in her car. ”可知，她無處棲身。flat意為“公寓”，符合題意。

25. A afraid 與 alone、homeless 相匹配。