Question

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important  36  : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you  37  money.

       This is how I   38  with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store  39  to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the   40  . If an accident takes place, the  41  of which I think the local police could use, I  42  him up and tell him about it, though I am not in   43  here. One discovery I made about this world is to give  44  getting something back, though the  45  often comes in an unexpected form.

       One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important  46  letter to my home, though it was   47  to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of   48  . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was  49  . I was told at the window that there were  50  boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long  51  list. As I was about to  52  , the postmaster appeared in the   53  .“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office  54  we make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get  55  but complaints（投訴）.”

36．A．decision                  B．research                  C．speech                    D．discovery

37．A．earn                       B．lack                        C．spend                     D．steal

38．A．experienced            B．connected               C．combined                D．a(chǎn)greed

39．A．happens                  B．flashes                    C．sticks                      D．leads

40．A．postmaster              B．headmaster              C．storekeeper             D．policeman

41．A．story                      B．damage                   C．challenge                D．material

42．A．call                        B．hold                       C．break                      D．pick

43．A．need                       B．trouble                   C．common                 D．charge

44．A．within                    B．without                   C．for                         D．before

45．A．process                   B．goal                       C．return                     D．concern

46．A．curious                   B．immediate               C．special                    D．heavy

47．A．realized                  B．a(chǎn)ddressed                C．forgotten                D．brought

48．A．invitation                B．a(chǎn)pology                  C．instruction                     D．a(chǎn)ppreciation

49．A．dealing                   B．providing                C．operating                D．starting

50．A．enough                   B．some                      C．no                          D．more

51．A．a(chǎn)dmitting                B．relating                   C．examining               D．waiting

52．A．leave                      B．shout                      C．guess                      D．conduct

53．A．window                  B．doorway                 C．library                    D．yard

54．A．in case                   B．now that                 C．even if                    D．a(chǎn)s if

55．A．a(chǎn)nything                 B．everything                     C．nothing                   D．something

Answer 1

36---55   DBABC   AADBC   CBDDC   DABCC  

解析:

36 D

 本句句意為：像很多人一樣，我生來就認為生活就是獲得，直到三十多歲的時候才發(fā)現(xiàn)，放棄或給予也會使得生活如此精彩。再者，后文也提到了這種發(fā)現(xiàn)。

37 B

 你缺錢也無須擔心，因為生活并不只是一味的索取。

38 A

 下文列舉的事例都是作者生活中經(jīng)歷的事情。

39 B

 本句主語為 an idea。主意在某人腦海中閃現(xiàn)用flash 。happen to …發(fā)生在某人身上；stick to堅持; lead to導致，其賓語一般不為人。

40 C

 根據(jù)前文提到的neighborhood store可知答案。

41 A

 story故事，事情。出現(xiàn)事故，警察應了解事情的經(jīng)過真相。damage 破壞；challenge 挑戰(zhàn)；material物質(zhì)，材料。

42 A

 根據(jù)后文tell him about it 可知作者是打電話告訴警察事情的經(jīng)過。

43 D

 作者雖然不負責這里的事情，但他卻主動幫助警察了解事故經(jīng)過。

44 B

 上文列舉的事例都表明作者想主動幫助別人而不希望得到什么。

45 C

 return回報。根據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)折連詞though和下文所列舉的事例表明，幫助別人有時候在不經(jīng)意時也會得到回報。

46 C

 根據(jù)下文的postmaster說的話中可知答案。

47 B

 address此處為動詞，注明……的地址。信上標明收信人的地址是我辦公室的地址，但郵遞員卻把它送到了我的家里。

48 D

 appreciation欣賞，贊賞。郵遞員把本來該送到辦公室的信送到家里，人們通常只會責備他們，而作者卻與此相反，非但沒有責備，而是寫了一封表揚信。他也因此得到了回報。

49 D

 本句為定語從句，橫線上所缺動詞的賓語為new business 。deal 為不及物動詞，故排除。作者開辦了一項新的業(yè)務。

50 C

 結(jié)合上下文可知，郵局里已沒有剩余的郵箱，但作者原來無意的付出卻使得郵遞員愿意為他做一個。

51 D

 郵局里沒有剩余的郵箱，要想安裝郵箱，只能等到有的時候。

52 A

 作者被告知已沒有郵箱，只好離開。

53 B

 根據(jù)故事發(fā)生的地點，可排除C，D。另外，根據(jù)介詞in排除A項。作者正要離開，郵遞員在門口攔住了他。

54 C

 本句句意為在這個郵局里，你應該得到一個郵箱，即便是我們給你做一個。in case以防; now that既然,因為；as if 好像。

55 C

 本題考查not …but…結(jié)構(gòu)。不是………而是……。郵遞員從顧客那里一般不會得到任何東西，只有抱怨。