Question

There’s always been a debate on whether human beings are born good or bad.Depending on how you view the world，you can think of all the crimes and injustice and conclude that we’re bad，so we need a system of laws to keep us in check.However，there are also a lot of stories of good deeds.I think we’re all born good.

Today，I took a trip to South Bend to attend my friends’ wedding reception.I had____the night before at the forecast and it said we were going to get about 3 inches of snow，so I thought，“That’s not so____”I set out on my journey and it was completely clear until I____to get towards Niles，M1...

I was____with this ominous (不祥的) cloud，I thought to myself，“Hmm，this can’t be a good____.” Soon enough，the highway became a snow?packed wall of white.I should have remembered that such severe changes in____are common in this part of America.I then tried to get to the populous area of South Bend and got____in the snow，____to turn left onto a street，I____for 20 minutes to dig myself out with only a scraper (刮刀)．

It wasn’t a very____street，so I didn’t see many people.Just as I was starting to give up，a few people stopped by my car and then helped push me out of the snow bank.It was one person at first，and then a few others.

Then，on the way to my destination，another lady got stuck.____，I got out and was____to offer the same help that I had received.At least five others joined me in my____to get her car unstuck.It is kind of storm that makes roads undrivable.South Bend____up getting over 3 feet of snow.

In these____of kindness though，I was once again____of my belief that all people are born good.These people didn’t have to stop and help me out.They ran the____of having their own cars stuck.Even for myself，it was a(an)____reaction to get out and push the lady’s car out too.I didn’t think about it____a second.

I believe these situations really helped remind me that this world is a good place.Real life situations can____good deeds.It happened today，and it will happen again and again.

1.A.spent B．checked C．observed D．looked

2.A.late B．cold C．bad D．far

3.A.hoped B．stopped C．started D．planned

4.A.concerned B．met C．involved D．pointed

5.A.way B．event C．result D．sign

6.A.weather B．direction C．position D．system

7.A.frozen B．stuck C．hurt D．lost

8.A.attempting B．needing C．realizing D．having

9.A.waited B．stayed C． insisted D．struggled

10.A.long B．smooth C．busy D．quiet

11.A.Immediately B．Carefully C．Eventually D．Obviously

12.A.requested B．a(chǎn)ttracted C．inspired D．convinced

13.A.efforts B．group C．donation D．spirits

14.A.made B．ended C．came D．grew

15.A.attitudes B．characters C．manners D．a(chǎn)cts

16.A.informed B．reminded C．warned D．told

17.A.favor B．course C．caution D．risk

18.A.automatic B．generous C．valuable D．a(chǎn)ccurate

19.A.with B．by C．for D．in

20.A.find B．produce C．a(chǎn)dmire D．judge

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】文章大意：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。人性生來是善還是惡？在一次風(fēng)雪歷程中，我得到了陌生人的幫助，同時(shí)，也給了別人幫助。因此，我堅(jiān)信：人性本善。

1.解析： spend意為“度過；花費(fèi)”；check意為“檢查”；observe意為“觀察；慶祝”；look意為“看”。由語境可知，前一天晚上我看天氣預(yù)報(bào)。look at意為“看”。

2.預(yù)報(bào)說雪大概有三英寸厚，我想情況不是很糟糕。

3.由語境可知，直到開始向Niles，M1靠近時(shí)，周圍不是很清楚了。

4.concern意為“關(guān)系到；涉及”；meet意為“碰到”；involve意為“包含；牽涉”；point意為“指向”。由語境可知，我看到了不祥的烏云。

5.way意為“方法；道路”；event意為“事件”；result意為“結(jié)果”；sign意為“跡象；符號(hào)”。由語境可知，我看到烏云后想到這不是個(gè)好兆頭。

6.weather意為“天氣”；direction意為“方向”；position意為“位置”system意為“制度；體制”。由語境可知，在美國這個(gè)地方，這樣的天氣變化是很普遍的。

7.frozen意為“凍結(jié)的”；stuck意為“被卡住的；不能動(dòng)的”；hurt意為“受傷的”；lost意為“失去的”。由語境可知，來到人口密集的South Bend，車子陷入雪中動(dòng)彈不了。get stuck意為“被卡住”。

8.attempt意為“企圖；試圖”；need意為“需要”；realize意為“意識(shí)到”；have to意為“不得不”。由語境可知，車子陷入雪中后，我試圖左拐到街上�，F(xiàn)在分詞短語作伴隨狀語。

9.wait意為“等待”；stay意為“停留”；insist意為“堅(jiān)持”；struggle意為“努力；掙扎”。由語境可知，我自己在雪中努力了二十分鐘。

10.由語境可知，這不是一條很繁忙的街道，因此沒有看到很多人。

11.immediately意為“立刻”；carefully意為“仔細(xì)地”；eventually意為“最后；終于”；obviously意為“顯然”。當(dāng)我發(fā)現(xiàn)另一位女士的車子也被大雪卡住時(shí)，我立刻下車。

12.request意為“要求”；attract意為“吸引”；inspire意為“鼓舞；激發(fā)”；convince意為“說服”。由語境可知，我得到了別人的幫助，因此受到鼓舞也想去幫助她。

13.effort意為“努力”；group意為“團(tuán)體”；donation意為“捐款”；spirit意為“精力；態(tài)度”。最后又有其他人跟我一起努力幫忙。

14.make up意為“彌補(bǔ)；組成”；end up意為“結(jié)束”；come up意為“走進(jìn)；開始”；grow up意為“成長”。South Bend最終以三英尺厚的雪而結(jié)束了這次風(fēng)暴。

15.attitude意為“態(tài)度”；character意為“性格；品質(zhì)”；manner意為“方式”；act意為“行為”。聯(lián)系上文可知，此處指那些友好的行為。

16.inform of意為“通知；報(bào)告”；remind of意為“提醒；使想起”；warn of意為“警告”；tell of意為“講述”。由語境可知，他們的行為再一次提醒了我，人生下來都是善良的。

17.favor意為“贊成；喜歡”；course意為“過程；道路”；caution意為“小心；謹(jǐn)慎”；risk意為“風(fēng)險(xiǎn)”。由語境可知，他們冒著自己車子被困的危險(xiǎn)來幫助我。

18.automatic意為“無意識(shí)的；必然的”；generous意為“慷慨的”；valuable意為“有價(jià)值的”；accurate意為“精確的”。由語境可知，我?guī)椭�那位女士是一種無意識(shí)的反應(yīng)。

19.for a second意為“一會(huì)兒”。此處指我根本想都沒想。

20.find意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)”；produce意為“生產(chǎn)；引起”；admire意為“欽佩；贊美”；judge意為“判斷”。由語境可知，在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中，人們就可以養(yǎng)成良好的行為習(xí)慣。