Question

A beautiful ,expensively dressed lady came to see her doctor and complained that her whole ______ was empty: it had no meaning.

The doctor called over the old lady who______ the office floors, and then said to the rich lady, “I’m going to _____ Mary here to tell you how she found happiness. _____ I want you to do is to listen.”

So the old lady put_______ her broom and began her story: “Well, my husband died of malaria(瘧疾） and three months later my______ son was killed by a car. I had nobody... I had nothing____. I couldn’t sleep; I couldn’t eat; I never smiled at______, I even thought of taking my own life. Then one evening a little____ followed me home from work. Somehow I felt ______ for it. I decided to let the cat_______. I got it some milk, and it licked the______ clean. Then it purred(咕嚕叫) and rubbed(蹭）against my ____, and for the first time in months, I smiled. Then I began to think: if_____ a little cat could make me smile, maybe doing something for people could make me_____. So the next day I took some biscuits to a neighbor who was______ in bed. Every day I tried to do something ______ for someone. It made me so happy to _____ them happy. Today, I don’t know of anybody who sleeps and eats better than I do. I’ve found _____, by giving it to others.”

When she heard that, the rich lady cried. She had everything that ____ could buy, but she had lost the things which money couldn’t buy.

1.A. house B. room C. life D. family

2.A. cleaned B. made C. stood on D. draw

3.A. let B. ask C. have D. teach

4.A. Something B. Both C. Everything D. All

5.A. down B. in C. off D. on

6.A. elder B. bigger C. only D. younger

7.A. better B. left C. made D. wrong

8.A. anyone B.everyone C. husband D. son

9.A. boy B. girl C. dog D. cat

10.A. happy B. sorry C. worry D. sad

11.A. in B. away C. go D. come

12.A. floor B. house C. plate D. milk

13.A. head B. leg C. floor D. bed

14.A. help B. helping C. feed D. feeding

15.A. smile B. cry C. sad D. happy

16.A. sleep B. happy C. sick D. glad

17.A. better B. nice C. wrong D. interested

18.A. see B. know C. look D. feel

19.A. happiness B. life C. value D. meaning

20.A. she B. people C. money D. her husband

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了一個很富有的少婦對醫(yī)生哭訴自己的生活空虛無意義。但是醫(yī)生叫她聽了一個掃地阿姨悲慘的命運以及那個掃地阿姨是如何重新找到活下去的意義的故事。

1. beautiful ,expensively dressed lady came to see her doctor and complained that her whole ______ was empty: it had no meaning.是說一個美麗的穿著昂貴衣服的女士向她的心理醫(yī)生抱怨道，她的整個人生是空洞的，沒有任何意義。故選C。

2. on站在；D：draw畫。The doctor called over the old lady who______ the office floors是說于是精神科醫(yī)生叫來了一位打掃辦公室地板的老太太。故選A。

3.“I’m going to _____ Mary here to tell you how she found happiness.這句話的意思是我要讓瑪麗來告訴你她是怎樣找到幸福的。故選B。

4. I want you to do is to listen.我想讓你做的就是傾聽。故選D。

5. my husband died of malaria(瘧疾）and…可知，老太太放下掃把，坐在椅子上講述了她的故事。故選A。

6. my husband died of malaria(瘧疾） and three months later my______ son was killed by a car.這里指老太太的丈夫死于瘧疾，三個月后她唯一的兒子也被車撞死。故選C。

7.better更好的；B：left留下；C：made使；D：wrong錯誤的。I had nobody... I had nothing___.這里前后句構(gòu)成并列，指這個老太太孤身一人，什么都沒有了。nothing left指一干二凈，蕩然無存的含義。故選B。

8.anyone任何人；B：everyone每個人；C. husband丈夫；D：son兒子。I never smiled at_____由于老太太失去了丈夫和兒子感到悲痛，因此從不向任何人微笑。故選A。

9.boy男孩；B：girl女孩；C：dog狗；D：cat貓。由下文I decided to let the cat來的是只饑餓的貓。故選D。

10.happy快樂的；B：sorry對不起的，同情的；C：worry擔心的；D：sad傷心的。Somehow I felt _____ for it.是指不管怎樣老太太同情那只貓，feel sorry for同情的含義。故選B。

11.in在；B：away離開；C：go去；D：come來。由I got it some milk,可知，老太太讓小貓進來了。故選A。

12. licked the_____ clean.由于貓很饑餓和渴，它把盤子添得很干凈。故選C。

13. it purred(咕嚕叫) and rubbed(蹭）against my ____,小貓喝完牛奶后，蹭著老太太的腿發(fā)出呼嚕聲。故選B。

14. a little cat could make me smile老太太自己想如果幫助一只小貓可以使自己微笑，這里用動名詞helping作主語，故選B。

15.老太太停下來開始思考：如果幫助一只小貓可以使自己微笑，也許為人們做些什么就可以使自己快樂。故選D。

16. the next day I took some biscuits to a neighbor who was_____ in bed. 于是第二天老太太烤了一些餅干帶給了一個生病臥床的鄰居。故選C。

17.better更好的；B：nice好的；C：wrong錯誤的；D：interested感興趣的。Every day I tried to do something ______ for someone. Today, I don’t know of anybody who sleeps and eats better than I do.

這里是說每天我都試圖為別人做好事。故選B。

18.see看到；B：know知道；C：look看；D：feel感覺。It made me so happy to _____ them happy.老太太看到別人快樂自己也感到很高興。故選A。

19.’ve found ____, by giving it to others.” 老太太看到他們快樂自己就非�？鞓贰９蔬xA。

20. husband她丈夫。When she heard that, the rich lady cried. She had everything that __55__ could buy, but she had lost the things which money couldn’t buy. 聽到這些，富太太哭了起來，她擁有金錢可以買到的任何東西，但是她丟失了金錢買不到的東西。故選C。

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