体裁 夹叙夹议文 话题 感恩 词数 401
The “Doorman”
On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a 1 beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench and opened the door for us. Regardless of his 2 , he greeted us in a friendly way.
Once inside, my daughters whispered, “Mom, he 3 . ”After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look 4 the dirt. We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many 5 him. Seeing this rudeness truly upset me. The day I became a mother, I had resolved to set a good 6 to my children. Yet sometimes when things didn’t go right, being a good example was 7 . When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the car-sick pills in the truck. With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I 8 myself from the meal and went to get them.
Just then, the “doorman” was opening the door for a couple. They rushed past him without even acknowledging his 9 . Letting them in first, I said a loud “thank you” to him as I 10 .
When I returned, we talked a bit. He said he was not allowed inside 11 he purchased food. I went back and told my family his 12 . Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich. The kids looked 13 as we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the “doorman”, they smiled. When it was time to 14 our trip, I noticed the “doorman” enjoying his meal. Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily. He then 15 his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted. I suddenly noticed the tears in his eyes—tears of 16 . What happened next drew great astonishment: I gave the “doorman” a 17 . He pulled away, with tears 18 down his face.
Back in truck, I fell into deep thought. While we can’t choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude(感恩). I said thanks to a man who had 19 help open a door for me, and also said thanks for that 20 to teach my children by example.
1. A. heavy B. long
C. messy
D. grey
2. A. service
B. appearance
C. status
D. attitude
3. A. smokes
B. smiles
C. sniffs
D. smells
4. A. beyond
B. over
C. around
D. into
5. A. hated
B. ignored
C. missed
D. refused
6. A. target
B. rule
C. record
D. example
7. A. stressful
B. authentic
C. awkward
D. tough
8. A. excused
B. freed
C. prevented
D. withdrew
9. A. company
B. presence
C. effort
D. attempt
10. A. quitted
B. marched
C. exited
D. approached
11. A. before
B. unless
C. though
D. since
12. A. story
B. deed
C. experience
D. demand
13. A. concerned
B. shocked
C. puzzled
D. bored
14. A. make
B. start
C. take
D. continue
15. A. lifted
B. washed
C. raised
D. waved
16. A. approval
B. affection
C. sympathy
D. gratitude
17. A. hug
B. nod
C. lift
D. clap
18. A. slipping
B. streaming
C. rushing
D. breaking
19. A. firmly
B. instantly
C. simply
D. politely
20. A. journey
B. wisdom
C. opportunity
D. challenge
【拓展训练】
用文中出现的短语或句式完成句子。
1. 不管别人说什么, 他都会签订那份合同。
He’ll sign that contractwhat anyone says.
2. 他到达北京那天就去看望姨妈。
, he went to visit his aunt.
3. 他开着灯就睡觉了。
He slept.
4. 一到达机场, 我们就受到了热烈欢迎。
, we were welcomed warmly.
答案解析
【文章大意】作者一家在去加利福尼亚旅行的途中停下吃饭, 一个胡子凌乱头发很脏的人为他们开门, 其他进来的顾客也忽视了这个开门的人。作者点完饭菜后想起了晕车药在货车上就起身去拿, 她出去时向开门人道谢。取药回来后和开门人进行了短暂交流, 并为他买了饭菜。当作者一家离开继续旅行时, 开门的人和作者握手拥抱, 感激得泪如泉涌。在生活中我们有好多东西不能选择, 但我们可以选择何时感恩。
1.【解析】选C。考查前后照应和词义辨析。根据dirty hair可知应用messy。messy凌乱的; heavy沉重的; long长的; grey灰白的。
2. 【解析】选B。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据a man, with abeard and dirty hair可知。appearance外貌; service服务; status地位; attitude态度。
3.【解析】选D。考查背景常识。这个开门的脏兮兮的, 自然气味难闻。
4.【解析】选A。考查词义辨析。我们点完菜, 我告诉孩子们不要只看他脏的外表。
5.【解析】选B。考查前后照应。根据句中的转折连词but可知许多顾客来饭店吃饭但却忽视了这个开门的。ignore忽视; hate憎恨; miss错过; refuse拒绝。
6.【解析】选D。考查固定搭配和词语复现。set a good example to sb. 为某人树立好榜样; target目标; rule规则; record纪录。下文Yet sometimes when things didn’t go right, being a good example was. 也有暗示。
7.【解析】选D。考查前后照应。有时当事情不正确时, 做个好榜样很难。tough困难的; stressful有压力的; authentic真正的; 真实的; awkward笨拙的, 难对付的。
8.【解析】选A。考查前后照应。由went to get them可知。excuse oneself from借故推脱; free释放, 使自由; prevent阻止; withdraw撤走, 撤退。
9.【解析】选B。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but manyhim. 可知此处用presence。presence存在; company陪伴; effort努力; attempt尝试。
10. 【解析】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据上文When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the car-sick pills in the truck. With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so Imyself from the meal and went to get them. 可知作者要出去。exit离开; quit停止; march行进; approach接近。
11.【解析】选B。考查语法结构。他告诉我除非点东西吃他才被允许进去。unless除非; before在……之前; though尽管; since自从, 既然。
12. 【解析】选A。考查词义辨析。作者回去告诉家人他的故事。story故事; deed事迹; experience经历; demand需要。
13.【解析】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。由于我们已经吃过了, 所以当作者向服务员再要一份汤和三明治时, 孩子们很困惑。puzzled困惑的; concerned关心的; shocked吃惊的; bored厌烦的。
14.【解析】选D。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. 可知作者一家吃完饭继续旅行。
15.【解析】选A。考查前后照应。根据for a handshake可知。
16. 【解析】选D。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich. The kids lookedas we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the“doorman”, they smiled. 可知开门的人应该很感激。
17.【解析】选A。考查背景常识。作者先和开门的人握手, 接下来应该是拥抱。
18.【解析】选B。考查对上下文语境的理解。作者并不嫌弃开门的人, 给他买了一份汤和三明治, 和他握手拥抱, 所以开门的人应该很感动, 泪如泉涌。
19.【解析】选C。考查词义辨析。那个人仅仅为作者开门。simply仅仅; firmly坚定地; instantly即刻地; politely有礼貌地。
20.【解析】选C。考查词义辨析。作者很感谢有这次机会给孩子们做榜样。opportunity机会; journey旅行; wisdom智慧; challenge挑战。
【拓展训练】
1. regardless of
2. The day he arrived in Beijing
3. with the light on.
4. Upon arriving at the airport
Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a water puddle(水池) ahead on the path. As I __1__ the puddle, I was suddenly attacked! I backed up a foot and my attacker __2__ attacking me. I took a step __3__.
My attacker rushed me again. He rammed(冲撞) me in the chest with his head and body, __4__ me over and over again with all his might. For a second time, I retreated a step. Yet again, I tried moving forward. My attacker charged me again. I wasn't sure what to do, __5__ to retreat a third time. This time, though, I stepped back several paces to __6__ the situation over. My attacker moved back as well to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was __7__.
She was beside the puddle where he landed.
Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing, but I was __8__， it was funny, and I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!
Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to __9__ her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his __10__ for his mate. He had taken it upon himself to attack me for his mate's sake, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few __11__ moments of life. Now I knew there was really only one option left for me. I __12__ made my way around the puddle to the other side of the path, though it was only inches wide and extremely muddy.
1. A. dug B. discovered
C. reached
D. missed
2. A. continued
B. stopped
C. forgot
D. hated
3. A. backward
B. sideway
C. upward
D. forward
4. A. striking
B. kissing
C. touching
D. attracting
5. A. other than
B. more than
C. less then
D. rather than
6. A. take
B. turn
C. look
D. think
7. A. flying
B. drinking
C. changing
D. dying
8. A. unhurt
B. wounded
C. untouched
D. excited
9. A. kill
B. fan
C. drive
D. feed
10. A. memory
B. regret
C. sorrow
D. concern
11. A. endless
B. unforgettable
C. precious
D. secret
12. A. hurriedly
B. carefully
C. immediately
D. steadily
全文大意：“我”在散步途中，经过一个小水池。一对恩爱有加的蝴蝶深深地吸引了“我”。故事感人至深，溢于言表。
1. C 从句意可知，此处应为“当我到达那个小水池时”。
2. B 句意：“我”后退一尺，袭击者也停止攻击。
3. D 句意：“我”向前走一步，袭击者又向“我”扑来。
4. A strike相当于上文中的attack。
5. A other than除了(＝except, but)。
6. C look (sth.) over仔细检查。
7. D 下文有提示。
8. A 此处注意前一句所用的虚拟语气，由此判断，事实上“我”没受到伤害。
9. B fan此处为动词，意为“给……扇风”。
10. D concern关爱，关心。
11. C 由前文可知，它的伴侣快死了，所以剩下的时间对她而言是宝贵的，故用precious。
12. B 此时，“我”小心翼翼地绕过水池，生怕惊扰了它们。
完形填空
I was doing a year of voluntary service abroad for people with learning disabilities. It was set in an English 16
, quite different from my home in Sweden.
One of my fellow
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, a girl from Tanzania, seemed a bit
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, so I asked what the problem was. She told me she had a
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back home who was really
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with her university studies. It seemed that
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difficulties would make it impossible for her to complete her course. So this friend of
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had done something unbelievable:
she had sent all her pocket money for the month to Tanzania to
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her friend!
This meant that she didn’t have much food to eat and had no money to go anywhere outside the village.
I was so
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that she did this for her friend and felt I had to do something. 25
, during my next trip to one of the nearby towns I walked into a shop to buy some food for her. I started
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to the woman working in the shop and
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told her about my friend. The woman looked at me,
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. “Does she eat pasta (意大利面食)? ” she asked. “Yes, ” I replied. She immediately 29 loading a bag with pasta, cookies, sweets and other things until the bag was full. “Give this to her for me. It’s my
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! ” I couldn’t believe it but cried with
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.
Imagine my friend’s face when I
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the gifts on my kitchen table and
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her from her room to see!
I have
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seen her so happy!
She told me that due to the generous help, she could definitely
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the month.
16. A. university
B. village
C. town
D. city
17. A. teachers
B. students
C. volunteers
D. workers
18. A. excited
B. angry
C. desperate
D. disappointed
19. A. sister
B. cousin
C. relative
D. friend
20. A. dealing
B. helping
C. struggling
D. improving
21. A. academic
B. cultural
C. intellectual
D. financial
22. A. mine
B. hers
C. ours
D. theirs
23. A. connect
B. support
C. reward
D. inform
24. A. curious
B. generous
C. influenced
D. touched
25. A. So
B. Instead
C. However
D. Otherwise
26. A. talking
B. calling
C. showing
D. walking
27. A. thankfully
B. constantly
C. generously
D. eventually
28. A. annoyed
B. amazed
C. confused
D. embarrassed
29. A. started
B. continued
C. allowed
D. stopped
30. A. duty
B. offer
C. treat
D. turn
31. A. regret
B. sorrow
C. sympathy
D. happiness
32. A. ate
B. arranged
C. consumed
D. finished
33. A. fetched
B. removed
C. wished
D. ordered
34. A. always
B. recently
C. never
D. frequently
35. A. go over
B. get through
C. make up
D. turn around
【文章大意】俗话说：好心有好报。看到自己的朋友为了帮助他人而变得一贫如洗，作者义无反顾地伸出了援助之手，没有想到她的义举却带来了更大的惊喜。
16.【解析】选B。根据第二段最后一句可知，她们是在一个乡村当志愿者。
17.【解析】选C。这里指志愿者中作者的一位朋友。
18.【解析】选C。根据下文可知作者的朋友把这个月所有的零用钱都寄给了家乡的朋友，因此她现在有点绝望。
19.【解析】选D。根据本段倒数第二句可知，这里指她家乡的一个朋友。
20.【解析】选C。根据下文作者的朋友给家乡上大学的朋友寄钱可知，她的朋友因经济问题难以完成学业，故选择struggling。
21.【解析】选D。从上下文可知她面临的是经济困难。A项是“学术的”；B项是“文化的”；C项是“聪明的”；D项是“经济的”。
22.【解析】选A。此题主要考查三个人之间的关系。根据上下文可知，作者的这位朋友向她自己在坦桑尼亚的朋友伸出了援助之手。
23.【解析】选B。朋友寄钱给她的朋友，用来支持她的学业。
24.【解析】选D。了解朋友的这一义举之后，作者很受触动。
25.【解析】选A。朋友的事迹感动了作者，因此才有了后文的故事。
26.【解析】选A。作者是在和商店的工作人员谈话，最后谈到了朋友的事情。
27.【解析】选D。A项是“感谢地”；B项是“不断地”；C项是“慷慨地”；D项是“最后，最终”。
28.【解析】选B。商店的那名妇女听了这事之后应该也感到很惊讶。
29.【解析】选A。根据下文的until the bag was full可知，那名妇女了解到这一情况后，立刻开始往包里装吃的东西。
30.【解析】选C。店员因为作者朋友之事深受感动，所以包了一大包的食品，并且说It’s my treat（算我请客）。
31.【解析】选D。看到店员如此慷慨，作者喜极而泣。
32.【解析】选B。根据下文可知，作者将这些食品放到厨房的桌上，并从朋友的屋子里把她请出来。
33.【解析】选A。fetch去请来。其他选项不符合语境。
34.【解析】选C。好心人遇到好心人，因此作者的朋友从来没有这么开心过。
35.【解析】选B。有了这些帮助，朋友就能够渡过难关。get through渡过，熬过（困难时期等）。