Last weekends, my kids along with few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car．My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of  36   other people’s cars as well．It was pretty   37   outside and I had no plans to   38   being in the bright sun．She   39   wanted to give lemonade（檸檬汽水）to passerby for free．I had seen little kids 40  and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free．Although I felt   41  , I decided to help her.

  42   she asked me, “What if we   43   this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold back my tears and   44   her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with   45   ideas．While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a(n)  46    with beautiful images of smiles．They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the   47   of their exercise was “smile”．It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the   48    to do something for others.

All that seemed   49   and came right from their heart．Nothing seemed to   50   to them: their playtime, the heat outside—they just wanted to   51  others and do something nice in the community!

I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional   52   to help clean cars．Passersby were   53   and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused．A pretty heartwarming   54   !

I feel blessed by being   55   by such wonderful and loving souls.

36．A．drying      B．repairing   C．washing    D．decorating

37．A．quiet B．hot    C．different   D．dirty

38．A．suggest     B．a(chǎn)void C．continue   D．practise

39．A．further     B．therefore   C．a(chǎn)lready     D．hardly

40．A choose B．enjoy C．buy   D．serve

41．A．worried    B．popular      C．confused   D．difficult

42．A．Finally     B．Simply     C．Then D．Luckily

43．A．show B．leave C．make D．order

44．A．challenged       B．expected   C．invited      D．encouraged

45．A．creative    B．ready C．changed    D．familiar

46．A．board       B．picture      C．idea   D．car

47．A．purpose    B．trouble     C．secret       D．theme

48．A．need  B．duty          C．imagination      D．skill

49．A．important B．disappointing        C．hopeful     D．natural

50．A．matter      B．object       C．belong      D．refer

51．A．relax B．try    C．help  D．smile

52．A．friends     B．rags   C．children    D．fruit

53．A．interested  B．a(chǎn)mazed     C．bored       D．frightened

54．A．scene B．gift           C．story D．explanation

55．A．supported B．understood       C．refused     D．surrounded

36---55   CBCAD   CCCDA   ADBDA   CBBAD  


解析:

36．C 根據(jù)上一句的后半部分以及as well可知，作者的女兒想出了清洗別人車輛的主意。

37．B 根據(jù)本句后面的in the bright sun 可知，外面非常炎熱。

38．C 由于天氣炎熱，作者不打算繼續(xù)在陽光下勞動(dòng)。

39．A 上文提到作者的女兒想給別人洗車，此處又提到她想免費(fèi)給路人提供檸檬汽水。

40．D 根據(jù)本句后半部分內(nèi)容可知，作者見到過一些孩子靠賣檸檬汽水賺取少量費(fèi)用。

41．C 可是自己 的女兒卻打算免費(fèi)地幫助別人，所以作者沒有想到自己的女兒會(huì)有這樣的想法，感到困惑不解。

42．C 根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知，then是最佳答案。

43．C 她想讓這一切給別人帶去微笑。

44．D 依前半句內(nèi)容可知作者很感動(dòng)，由此推斷答案應(yīng)選encouraged，鼓勵(lì)他人參與。

45．A 根據(jù)句中“come up with”可知，作者想讓孩子們在屋內(nèi)想出有創(chuàng)造性的主意。

46．A 根據(jù)上文提到“他們是想給別人清洗車輛并免費(fèi)提供檸檬汽水”以及下一句中“They had ‘Free Car Wash’ written on it”可知答案。

47．D 他們行動(dòng)的主題是“微笑”。

48．B 這群孩子把幫助別人看作是他們的責(zé)任。

49．D 后半句提到這是發(fā)自他們內(nèi)心的想法，由此可知，一切看起來應(yīng)該是十分自然的。

50．A 由于他們是真心真意地想幫助別人，即使是犧牲了玩耍時(shí)間，而且外面非常炎熱，對他們來說也沒有關(guān)系。

51．C 上文提到他們的愿望是給別人帶去快樂，因此他們只是想幫幫別人，為社區(qū)做貢獻(xiàn)。

52．B 根據(jù)本句后面的“to help clean cars”可知，作者又拿出一些碎布用來擦車。

53．B 過路人簡直不敢相信會(huì)有如此善良的孩子，所以驚奇不已。

54．A 作者目睹了所發(fā)生的一切，認(rèn)為這種場面感人肺腑。

55．D 孩子們是在作者的身邊勞動(dòng)，而且是孩子們自發(fā)產(chǎn)生的想法。

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