C.thanked D.checked 答案与解析:
在圣诞节时,作者没有用辛苦赚来的钱给自己买梦寐以求的衣服,而是除了给父母买了礼物外,还给一位家境贫困的同学买了一套衣服。
41.解析:根据上一句中的my dream coat可知,此处指作者一直在寻找这个“款式”。
答案:D
42.解析:由第一段中的my dream coat可推知,此处应指衣领、线条和气味等一切都跟作者“想象”中的一样。
答案:D
43.解析:作者试穿了,衣服非常合身。
答案:A
44.解析:由衣服非常合身可知,作者穿上这件衣服后像个模特(model)。
答案:C
45.解析:根据该空后的by some of the money I earned by working all last summer可知,此处指作者在很久以前就
为家人“准备”了礼物。
答案:A
46.解析:“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”这句话一直萦绕在作者心头,故用word。
答案:A
47.解析:根据下文描述的Kate的穿着可知,在校车上,作者注意到(notice)了自己的朋友。
答案:C
48.解析:根据下文介绍的Kate的家庭情况可推知,Kate应该是那几天一直穿着同一件衣服,故用wear。
答案:B
49.解析:根据下文介绍的Kate父母的情况可知,作者询问的是Kate的“家庭”情况。
答案:D
50.解析:由Kate连续几天穿同一件衣服可知,Kate家境拮据,所以此处应该指她母亲工作的工厂刚“倒闭”。close down意为“(公司、商店等)倒闭”。
答案:A
51.解析:此处指她父亲酗酒,花光了她母亲“赚”的所有的钱。
答案:D
52.解析:根据该空前的That night和第54空前的When I awoke可知,作者梦到(dream)了Kate。
答案:C
53.解析:圣诞节的早上应该是拆开礼物,故用open。
答案:C
54.解析:根据下一段第一句可知,作者已确定了自己要做的事。be certain of (doing) sth.意为“确定(做)某事”。
答案:A
55.解析:此处指作者向家人“宣布”了她的计划。
答案:C
56.解析:根据下文可知,作者的计划得到了家人的支持,所以此处指最后结果是不止作者自己想这么做。turn out意为“最后结果是,最终成为”。
答案:A
57.解析:圣诞节是在冬天,所以作
者应该是买了一套能够保暖的衣服给Kate,故用warm。
答案:C
58.解析:因为作者和家人想偷偷地将礼物送到Kate家,所以当他们开车“接近”Kate的房子时,他们关掉了车灯。
答案:D
59.解析:根据空前的The first day back to school可知,此处应该指在圣诞假期过后学生们回到了学校。break在此意为“短暂的假期”。
答案:D
60.解析:尽管那个圣诞夜过去很多年了,但是作者没有“忘记”过。
答案:A
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下列材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
It was a very cold evening,an old man was waiting for a ride across the river. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didn't ask for any help. The wait
seemed __61__ (end). Then came another rider; the old man __62__ (catch)his eye and said, “Sir,would you mind doing me a favor?”
Stopping his horse, he replied, “Of course.” Almost __63__ (freeze) , the old man could not get __64__ the ground. The horseman helped him onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, __65__ to his home.
“Sir,you didn't even ask the other riders for help,why? What __66__ I had said ‘no’ and left you there?” the horseman asked.
The old man looked at him straight in the eyes and said, “I looked into their eyes,I found they didn't care, __67__ told me it would be useless,but when I looked into __68__, I saw kindness.”
These words touched the rider deeply. “Thank you for __69__ you've said. I hope I will never be too busy to help others.” With that, Thomas Jefferson, the __70__ (three) president of the US,