
Seven years ago Luz Rueda, then a 21-year-old single mother, was holding her screaming infant son. She thought about whether to ___1___ almost all of the money she had left before payday to buy diapers for her baby. “I ___2___ there so long until I finally decided on the box that my son had lost his ___3___ and was screaming and crying for us to leave,” Rueda said. “I was so lost in my son’s ___4___ that I didn’t even notice the woman in front of me had ___5___ my box of diapers.”
Rueda never got a ___6___ to say “thank you” to the woman ___7___ she’s now paying it forward. “Even though this was many years ago, I ___8___ think about her all the time,” she said. She had a box and three bags of diapers at her home, so she posted an ___9___ message on the Internet, sharing the story of the stranger who ___10___ her. She would offer to do the same for other moms in ___11___ situations. “I would like to give to four young single mothers, but please feel ___12___ to message me even if you don’t meet these ___13___,” she wrote at the end of the post.
1.1.
A save
B share
C use
D donate
解析:选C。C 考查动词辨析。从后面的“she had left before payday”可以得知她考虑是否“用(use)”身上所有的钱给孩子买纸尿裤。该题容易误选B,认为Rueda是把自己的钱“分享(share)”出去,然而此时的Rueda是一个没有钱的人,根本不可能把自己的钱分享给其他人。故选C。
2.2.
A stood
B drew
C drove
D jumped
解析:选A。A 考查动词辨析。根据第1题前面的“She thought about whether...”可以得知她对是否买纸尿裤感到犹豫,所以她就在那里“站着(stood)”。故选A。
3.3.
A peace
B balance
C charge
D patience
解析:选D。D 考查名词辨析。从后面的“and was screaming and crying for us to leave”可以得知,孩子在喊叫,说明孩子失去了继续呆在那里的“耐心(patience)”。故选D。
4.4.
A tears
B questions
C books
D clothes
解析:选A。A 考查名词辨析。从第3题后面的“crying for us to leave”可以得知孩子开始哭泣了,因此Rueda关注的是儿子的“眼泪(tears)”。故选A。
5.5.
A picked up
B threw away
C paid for
D took down
解析:选C。C 考查动词短语辨析。从文章第6题后面的“say ‘thank you’ to the woman”可以得知那位女士替作者“付款(paid for)”了。故选C。
6.6.
A place
B room
C site
D chance
解析:选D。D 考查名词辨析。由于不知道那个帮助她的人是谁,因此她没有“机会(chance)”对那个帮助她的人说谢谢。故选D。
7.7.
A because
B before
C though
D so
解析:选D。D 考查连词辨析。是因为没有机会感谢那个帮助她的人,“所以”她把这份爱心往下传递,所以此处要用so。故选D。
8.8.
A still
B never
C hardly
D even
解析:选A。A 考查副词辨析。从前面的让步状语从句“Even though this was many years ago”可以得知虽然这是很多年前的事情,她“仍然(still)”还记得那个帮助她的人。故选A。
9.9.
A emotional
B old
C intelligent
D honest
解析:选A。A 考查形容词辨析。有人帮助了Rueda,此处Rueda发了一个“动情的”帖子来帮助另外一些需要帮助的人,所以此处要用emotional。故选A。
10.10.
A harmed
B destroyed
C fed
D helped
解析:选D。D 考查动词辨析。她在帖子中分享了有人“帮助(helped)”她的故事。故选D。
11.11.
A easy
B similar
C different
D generous
解析:选B。B 考查形容词辨析。她想帮助那些和她原来处境相似的人,所以此处要用similar。故选B。
12.12.
A sad
B happy
C free
D calm
解析:选C。C 考查形容词辨析。即使不满足条件,也可以和她取得联系(来拿纸尿裤),所以此处要用feel free to do something。故选C。
13.13.
A needs
B qualifications
C levels
D names
解析:选B。B 考查名词辨析。根据11题后面的“I would like to give to four young single mothers”可以得知,Rueda想把纸尿裤送给满足年轻的单身母亲这个“条件”的人,所以此处要用qualifications。故选B。
14.14.
A reward
B kindness
C pity
D shame
解析:选B。B考查名词辨析。根据前文作者得到了陌生人的帮助和后文“someone else in need”可知她希望接受她帮助的人可以回报她的“善举”,继续帮助其他人。故选B。
15.15.
A affected
B destroyed
C ruined
D organized
解析:选A。A 考查动词辨析。那个陌生人的行为“影响了(affected)”其他人的生活,给其他人的生活带来了积极的影响。故选A。