Question

【題目】It was a cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, heading home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean 【1】wet walk home from the bus stop.

Home was only two blocks away 【2】it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy fast asleep in the pram (手推嬰兒車), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road and, a few minutes later, I saw it 【3】(pull) back and the driver looking directly at us.

A young man put the window down. “Hey, here’s an umbrella for you --- please take it.” He called out.

I stood there 【4】(surprise), hardly believing that the man, 【5】I didn’t know at all, could be so 【6】(thought). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I gratefully accepted the offer, 【7】(thank) him and watched the truck disappear down the road.

This man might have needed the umbrella for 【8】later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me 【9】it’s possible to give without expecting anything 【10】return.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】but

【3】pulling

【4】surprised

【5】who

【6】thoughtful

【7】thanked

【8】himself

【9】that

【10】in

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了作者帶著兩個(gè)孩子在回家的路上碰到了下雨，正在煩惱之時(shí)，一個(gè)陌生的卡車司機(jī)給了她一把傘，讓她認(rèn)識(shí)到付出而不求回報(bào)的可能。

【1】a，根據(jù)前文可知這是開始下雨，回家的路會(huì)變成潮濕的，a wet walk是指濕著走路的過(guò)程，句意：我意識(shí)到這意味著要從巴士站濕著走回家。

【2】but，副詞，根據(jù)句意可知這里表轉(zhuǎn)折。句意：雖然家距離巴士站只有2個(gè)街區(qū)，但是帶著一個(gè)在嬰兒車?yán)锸焖�和一個(gè)穿著雨衣的小孩，而且我沒有雨傘，走回去是一件令人不愉快的事。

【3】pulling，pull back倒回、撤回，句意：一個(gè)載貨的卡車經(jīng)過(guò)了我們，在幾分鐘之后，我看見它又倒回來(lái)，那個(gè)司機(jī)直直地看著我們。

【4】surprised，結(jié)合前句可以判斷，作者對(duì)于那個(gè)男人給自己一把傘感到很驚訝。句意：我站在那里不可置信的看著那個(gè)男人，感到很驚訝。

【5】who，考查who引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句，句意：這個(gè)我完全不認(rèn)識(shí)的男人，竟然如此為我著想，讓我感到很訝異。

【6】thoughtful，為人著想的、善解人意的，形容這個(gè)陌生的好心男人，句意：這個(gè)我完全不認(rèn)識(shí)的男人，竟然如此為我著想，讓我感到很訝異。

【7】thanked，根據(jù)前文可知作者在敘述一件過(guò)去發(fā)生的事，故采用一般過(guò)去時(shí)，句意：我十分感激那個(gè)男人的好意，感謝他然后看著卡車從路上消失。

【8】himself，反身代詞，指示那個(gè)男人自己。句意：雖然那個(gè)男人之后也可能需要用傘但他卻還是把傘給了我。

【9】that，考查主語(yǔ)性從句，形式主語(yǔ)it替代主語(yǔ)從句，it+系動(dòng)詞+名詞+that從句。句意：這讓我學(xué)到了一課：付出而不求回報(bào)是有可能的。

【10】in，in return作為回報(bào)，句意：這讓我學(xué)到了一課：付出而不求回報(bào)是有可能的。