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[2015·河北石家庄质检二]Last year, I was assigned to work at an office near my mother's house. __1__， I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped her out with the housework and contributed to the __2__.
After a week, I started__3__the groceries were running out pretty quickly. __4__，I began observing my mother's daily routine for two weeks. To my __5__， I found she would
pack a paper bag full of canned goods and __6__ every morning at about nine. She took the food to the slums (贫民窟) and distributed it to street
__7__.
I asked around and__8__my mum was popular in the area. The kids looked up to her as if she were their own mother. Then it hit me－why didn't she want to tell me about what she'd been doing? Was she__9__that I would stop buying the groceries if I knew the truth?
When she got home, I told her about my discovery and
__10__
she could react, I gave her a big hug and told her she didn't need to keep it a__11__from me. She told me that__12__of the children lived with an old lady in a makeshift home while others __13__on the streets. For years, my mum had been helping out by__14__
whatever food she could __15__. I was so moved by how __16__
she was. She used what was __17__for her to help others in need. And I was so
__18__ of her.
I __19__to buy groceries for my mum. But now, I always add a(n)
__20__bag for her other children.
本文讲述的是作者与母亲居住在一起的一段时间里，发现了一个秘密：母亲总会拿家里的零食给附近的孩子们，并帮助有困难的人，这深深地感动了作者。
1．A.However
B．Moreover
C．Therefore
D．Otherwise
答案：C 上文与下文之间为因果关系，句意：我被派去母亲家附近的地方工作，因此和母亲住在一起。
2．A.cans
B．groceries
C．goods
D．bags
答案：B 根据本文讲述的主题，以及文章中频频出现的groceries可知答案是B。
3．A.to ignore
B．to understand
C．to complain
D．to notice
答案：D 在下文“__4__，I began observing my mother's daily routine for...”可知，答案是D。
4．A.Confused
B．Embarrassed
C．Moved
D．Annoyed
答案：A 根据上文中作者发现，“零食用完的很快”，使作者很迷惑，才去“观察母亲每天做什么”。
5．A.delight
B．relief
C．surprise
D．regret
答案：C 根据下文，作者观察母亲后的发现，使作者感到非常的“吃惊”，故选C。
6．A.work out
B．hand out
C．clean up
D．get up
答案：B 此处讲述母亲每天的做法。从早上出发到分配东西，应为一系列的动作，故选B。
7．A.children
B．strangers
C．passersby
D．artists
答案：A 根据下文提示，“kids looked up to her...”可知道把东西分给孩子们。
8．A.made sure
B．let out
C．pointed out
D．found out
答案：D 上文中asked around以及下文中“my mum, was popular”可知D项正确。
9．A.angry
B．hopeless
C．worried
D．frightened
答案：C 根据上文中作者的疑问“why didn't she want to tell me...”可知，此处是作者自己以为母亲担忧些什么，故选C。
10．A.once
B．before
C．until
D．after
答案：B 考查句子之间的逻辑关系，作者问完母亲后，没等母亲作出回应便拥抱她，故用连词before，表示“未来得及”。
11．A.secret
B．surprise
C．gift
D．reminder
答案：A 根据下文中母亲对作者的讲述可知，作者以为这是一个“secret”，故选A。
12．A.few
B．all
C．any
D．some
答案：D 根据常识，并非所有的孩子，而是某些孩子，故选D。
13．A.lay
B．ate
C．slept
D．played
答案：C 此处对应上文中的12题，“while”为关键信息，表对比，“some...others...”，故选C。
14．A.giving
B．collecting
C．receiving
D．selling
答案：A 母亲这些年一直通过把一些她能够抽出来的东西给这些需要的人，来帮助他们走出困境，故填A。
15．A.lend
B．spare
C．afford
D．bring
答案：B 见14题解析，spare“抽出，留出”。
16．A.curious
B．ambitious
C．faithful
D．selfless
答案：D 根据上文的讲述，作者自然觉得母亲非常的无私，故选D。
17．A.meant
B．cooked
C．borrowed
D．sold
答案：A 考查固定短语，be meant for sb.“专门给某人”，故选A。
18．A.tired
B．fond
C．scared
D．proud
答案：D 考查语义理解及固定短语，be proud of“以……感到自豪”。
19．A.refuse
B．long
C．continue
D．agree
答案：C 根据上文作者讲述的故事，作者必会以母亲为榜样，故继续买零食给母亲，帮助他救助更多人。
20．A.large
B．extra
C．beautiful
D．empty
答案：B 上文中But now为关键信息，与之前相比，作者知道了真相，会买更多的食品，故用extra“额外的”，选B。