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Recently divorced(離婚), I had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices despite the great   36  . My old umbrella was broken, and I could not   37   another one.

I sat down in the streetcar — and there against the seat was a beautiful silk   38   with a silver handle inlaid (鑲嵌) with gold. I had   39   seen anything so lovely.

I   40   the handle and saw a   41  . I got off the streetcar and   42   opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a   43   book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.

Yes, she said in   44  , that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her for a birthday present.   45  , she added, it had been stolen at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before.

She was so excited that I   46   I was   47   a job and went directly to her house. She took the umbrella, her   48   filled with tears.

I refused the   49   she gave me. We talked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I don’t remember.

The next six months were   50  . I was able to obtain   51   here and there. l reached the lowest point in my   52  . Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless, jobless.

Christmas Eve came. No money to buy my daughter a gift. I was sobbing (抽泣) in the cold little kitchen   53   the doorbell rang and my daughter Peggy ran to answer it. He was a postman, and his arms were   54   of parcels. “This is a mistake” I said, but he read the name on the parcels and there were for me.

Peggy and I sat on the floor and opened them. I looked for the name of the sender. It was the teacher. The address was   55   “California”, where she had moved.

1.A. cloud                           B. rain                         C. wind                       D. snow

2.A. search                        B. catch　　         C. afford 　　         D. sell

3.A. raincoat                     B. seat          C. book 　            D. umbrella

4.A. never                          B. ever 　　　     C. almost 　　      D. nearly

5.A. concluded                  B. examined      C. learned 　          D. helped

6.A. name                          B. address 　         C. card 　                D. demand

7.A. deliberately               B. specially 　　   C. sadly                 D. thankfully

8.A. technology                B. engine 　　     C. telephone             D. medicine

9.A. anger                          B. surprise　　     C. danger                            D. sorrow

10.A. And                           B. But　　　　    C. So　　　             D. Or

11. A. forgot                      B. remembered        C. indicated 　　   D. decided

12.A. applied for               B. watching for         C. asking for　         D. looking for

13.A. face                           B. nose 　　　　  C. eyes　　　                   D. ear

14.A. reward                     B. prize　　　　　C. present                 D. umbrella

15. A. freezing                            B. surprising              C. shocking                D struggling

16.A. failures                     B. successes　　   C. jobs　　          D. wages

17.A. heart                        B. favor 　　          C. work　　            D. life

18.A. as                              B. while　　         C. when 　              D. then

19.A. proud                        B. full 　　  C. careful　　       D. glad

20. A. simply              B. directly          C. finally                 D. nearly

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.B        

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.D        

16.C

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：

1.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文帶著雨傘說明下雨了。故B正確。

2.C 動(dòng)詞辨析。A尋找；B抓��；C買得起；D賣；句意：我的雨傘壞了，而我買不起另外一個(gè)。

3.D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文可知我在車上看見了一把雨傘。

4.A 上下文串聯(lián)。句意：我從來沒有看見過這樣可愛的東西。

5.B 動(dòng)詞辨析。A結(jié)論；B檢查；C學(xué)會(huì)；D幫助；句意：我檢查了傘的把手，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)名字。

6.A 名詞辨析。A名字；B地址；C卡片；D要求；句意：我檢查了傘的把手，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)名字。

7.D 副詞辨析。A故意地；B特別地；C悲傷地；D幸虧；高興地；句意：我下了車，幸虧有這把傘保護(hù)著我。

8.C 名詞辨析。A技術(shù)；B發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)；C電話；D藥；句意：我查了電話本尋找那個(gè)名子。

9.B 名詞辨析。A生氣；B驚訝；C危險(xiǎn)；D悲傷；指對(duì)方接到這個(gè)電話很驚訝。

10.B 連詞辨析。她說這把傘是父母給她的生日禮物，但是一個(gè)星期前在學(xué)校里被偷掉了。上下文轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

11.A 動(dòng)詞辨析。A忘記；B記得；C說明；D決定；句意：她如此興奮以至于我忘記了我在尋找工作。

12.D 短語辨析。A申請(qǐng)；B當(dāng)心；C要求；D尋找。句意：我忘記了我在尋找工作而直接去了她家。

13.C 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文的眼淚說明是在眼里。故C正確。

14.A 名詞辨析。A酬勞；B獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)；C禮物；D傘；我?guī)退�找回了傘，她要給我酬勞。

15.D 動(dòng)詞辨析。A冰凍；B驚訝；D震驚；D掙扎；句意：在接下來的六個(gè)月里我一直在掙扎，到處找工作。

16.C 名詞辨析。A失敗；B成功；C工作；D工資；句意：我到處找工作。

17.D 名詞辨析。A心；B好感；支持；C工作；D生活；句意:我到了人生的最低點(diǎn)。

18.C 固定句型。Be doing sth when…正在做某事在這時(shí)…when后面接的句子表示意料之外的事情。

19.B 上下文串聯(lián)。句意：郵遞員的胳膊里面充滿了各種包裹。即對(duì)方給我寄的禮物。

20.A 副詞辨析。A簡(jiǎn)單地；樸素地；僅僅B直接地；C最后；D幾乎；句意：在包裹上僅僅只有“California”，她搬去的地方。

考點(diǎn)：考查情感類完型填空

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文通過一個(gè)故事告訴我們：生活沒有欺騙我們，與人為善永遠(yuǎn)都是真理。本文設(shè)空合理，集中考查了各種詞義在上下文中的辨析，要求考生要準(zhǔn)確理解單詞的詞性和詞義。同時(shí)注意上下文的串聯(lián)和理解，準(zhǔn)確理解文章的脈絡(luò)。