Question

An old man lived in the suburb of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get the right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single of his life. He sat at the street corner and begged for almost 20 years.

His house was , and a stench (惡臭) came out of the house and it smelled horribly. The could not stand the smell anymore, they asked the police officers to clean the place. The officers down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had over the years.

The police the money, and they soon that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house in anticipation to the good news with him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.

He said nothing at all: he went into his house and the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, got into the train, and sat at the street corner and to beg.

, this old man had no great plans, or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story except staying on the things we enjoy doing, commitment (專心,敬業(yè)). We should remain true to our , although it may mean committing ourselves to things that people around us would normally . Just keep it in mind that commitment attracts .

1.A. bus B. car C. taxi D. train

2.A. day B. week C. month D. year

3.A. wide B. dark C. same D. lonely

4.A. huge B. dirty C. pleasant D. neat

5.A. officials B. neighbors C. onlookers D. children

6.A. but B. so C. yet D. as

7.A. knocked B. climbed C. jumped D. rolled

8.A. stolen B. donated C. collected D. hidden

9.A. counted B. washed C. burned D. made

10.A. admitted B. denied C. agreed D. realized

11.A. enjoy B. share C. hear D. announce

12.A. doubt B. evidence C. need D. time

13.A. locked B. opened C. cleaned D. broke

14.A. refused B. continued C. learned D. requested

15.A. Sadly B. Surprisingly C. Obviously D. Luckily

16.A. cars B. friends C. jobs D. dreams

17.A. focused B. calm C. open-minded D. silent

18.A. career B. god C. money D. country

19.A. agree B. enjoy C. disapprove D. advise

20.A. confidence B. courage C. attention D. wealth

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了一個老人日復一日地在倫敦市中心乞討的故事。乞討了差不多二十年的時間，老人因此積累下了大量的財富。但是，老人仍然堅持每天乞討。作者想告訴我們的是，即使有人不贊成你所做的事情，你也應該忠于你的事業(yè)。

1.got into the train, and sat at the street corner”可知，老人乘坐的是地鐵，train在此指地鐵列車，故選D。

2.He would do this every single of his life.老人每天都是這樣乘坐地鐵到倫敦市中心乞討，日復一日，年復一年，every single day強調每天都是如此，從不間斷，故選A。

3.He sat at the street corner and begged for almost 20 years.老人二十年來一直都是坐在同一個街角乞討，故選C。

4.and a stench (惡臭) came out of the house”可知，老人的房子里很臟，故選B。

5.The could not stand the smell anymore,老人的鄰居們無法忍受從老人房子里散發(fā)出來的臭味，故選B。

6. they asked the police officers to clean the place鄰居們無法忍受臭味，因此報警讓警察來處理，前后是因果關系，故選B。

7.and cleaned the house”可知，警察把門打開進去清理老人的房子，根據下一段“When he arrived home that evening”可知，警察是在老人不在家的情況下打開的房門。knock down撞倒，拆除，推倒，拆毀，這里指警察打開那個老人的房門，故選A。

8.There were small bags of money all over the house that he had over the years.房間里到處都是裝滿錢的小袋子，這些錢是老人多年乞討得來的，collect指老人通過乞討收集起來的錢，故選C。

9. A數(shù)，把......算在內； B清洗；C燃燒；D做，制作，使。根據“and they soon that the old man was a millionaire”可知，警察意識到老人是一個百萬富翁，說明警察數(shù)了一下老人的錢，故選A。

10.and they soon that the old man was a millionaire根據上文可知，老人積攢了很多的錢，警察數(shù)了錢之后，他們意識到老人是個百萬富翁，故選D。

11.in anticipation to the good news with him警察在老人的房外等候老人，他們想與老人分享這個消息，share sth with sb和某人分享某物/某事，故選B。

12.there was no for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire一個警察告訴老人他已經是百萬富翁了，沒有必要再乞討了，故選C。

13.he went into his house and the door.老人什么也沒說，走進房子并鎖上了房門，故選A。

14.and sat at the street corner and to beg.老人像往常一樣乘坐地鐵前往倫敦市中心，并坐在老地方繼續(xù)乞討，continue to do sth繼續(xù)做某事，故選B。

15. , this old man had no great plans,顯然，老人沒有人生規(guī)劃，根據上文可知，老人已經很富有了，但他仍然繼續(xù)乞討，說明老人沒有計劃他的人生，故選C。

16.this old man had no great plans, or anything significant for his life老人的人生沒有規(guī)劃、夢想或其它重要的事情，老人只知道做乞討這一件事情，故選D。

17.staying on the things we enjoy doing我們能從這個故事中學到的是要專心做自己喜歡的事情，stay focused on sth專注于......，故選A。

18.staying on the things we enjoy doing, commitment”可知，我們應該忠于我們做的事情，即事業(yè)，remain true to sth忠于......，true在此意為“忠誠的”，故選A。

19.although it may mean committing ourselves to things”可知，前后表示轉折關系，即使周圍的人對我們正在做的事情持有異議，我們也要忠于我們的事業(yè)，故選C。

20.Just keep it in mind that commitment attracts .我們只需要記住的是，對事業(yè)的忠誠能夠帶來財富，就像老人忠于乞討一樣，故選D。

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