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One morning, a poor older man finds a brand new sports car instead of his old one when he steps out of his house. 80-year-old Gregory Smith stood on his front porch, ___1___. He pinched (拧) himself twice to ___2___ he wasn’t dreaming and called out to his wife, Cynthia, as he stared at the ___3___ of the envelope in his hand and then at the sports car in front of his house.

“Cynthia! Cynthia! Come here quickly!” he shouted, his hands ___4___ with anxiety at the sight of the new car and his old one gone. “What’s the matter with you, Gregory?” Cynthia came from ___5___, drying her hands on a towel and frowning. “I ___6___ the pancake because of you! If you don’t know, we were ___7___ our last packet of pancake mix! Why are you just standing here instead of going to the grocery store?”

“Look at this, Cynthia,” Gregory said, showing her the ___8___ he had found on their front porch. “There were car keys inside the envelope and our old car is ___9___ ! Look over there,” he added, pointing outdoors ___10___ he had parked his old car last night. “That’s a brand new car! And there’s no ___11___ inside or anything ___12___ who sent this. Who could have done this? ” Cynthia asked, confused. Gregory said, “I had carefully ___13___ the envelope. There is none! What do we—”

Before Gregory could finish his sentence, the honk (喇叭声) of a car cut him ___14___. When he looked out of the front door, he saw his old car ___15___ in front of his house and a man stepping out of it. Gregory burst into ___16___ when he saw who the man was. “It was he that kept his ___17___, Cynthia!” he said, turning to face her. Cynthia was smiling as if she knew this was going to ___18___.

The man gave Gregory a warm ___19___. Gregory cried happily, knowing he was ___20___ rewarded for the kindness he showed to a stranger.

1.1.

A shocked

B absorbed

C frightened

D worried

解析：选A。A 考查形容词辨析。早上出门看到房子外面停放的跑车，80岁的格雷戈利·史密斯站在他家的前廊上，应该是感到很震惊(shocked)。故选A。

2.2.

A suppose

B suggest

C ensure

D approve

解析：选C。C考查动词辨析。根据前面的“He pinched(拧) himself twice”他拧了自己两把，目的是确认(ensure)自己不是在做梦。故选C。

3.3.

A purposes

B covers

C forms

D contents

解析：选D。D 考查名词辨析。根据第三段中的“There were car keys inside the envelope”可知，格雷戈利看了手中信封里装的东西(contents)。故选D。

4.4.

A spreading

B waving

C trembling

D shaking

解析：选C。C 考查动词辨析。格雷戈利看到停在那里的新车以及自己的旧车消失不见，手不自然地因焦虑而颤抖(trembling)。故选C。

5.5.

A out

B inside

C near

D outside

解析：选B。 B 考查副词辨析。根据后文的“drying her hands on a towel”以及“pancake”可知辛西娅在做煎饼，因此她从房子里面(inside)出来。故选B。

6.6.

A ate

B burnt

C bought

D owned

解析：选B。B 考查动词辨析。根据前面的“frowning”辛西娅皱着眉头可知，由于格雷戈利的打扰，她把煎饼烧焦了(burnt)。故选B。

7.7.

A behind of

B away from

C down to

D back off

解析：选C。C 考查固定搭配。句意“这是我们剩下的最后一包煎饼粉了”，be down to表示“只剩下(少许钱财、货物等)”。故选C。

8.8.

A car

B envelope

C letter

D card

解析：选B。B 考查名词辨析。根据划线部分后文的“There were car keys inside the envelope”可知，格雷戈利给妻子展示他在前廊找到的那个信封(envelope)。故选B。

9.9.

A used

B broken

C gone

D repaired

解析：选C。C 考查形容词辨析。根据第二段的“and his old one gone”可知格雷戈利说“我们的旧车不见了(gone)”。故选C。

10.10.

A which

B why

C how

D where

解析：选D。D 考查引导词辨析。格雷戈利指着室外他昨晚停旧车的地方，用where引导定语从句。故选D。

11.11.

A sight

B note

C advice

D response

解析：选B。B 考查名词辨析。根据后文的“Who could have done this?”可知，他们都不知道是谁送的这辆车，即信封里没有任何字条(note)。故选B。

12.12.

A remarking

B announcing

C indicating

D expressing

解析：选C。C 考查动词辨析。结合上一题解析可知，信封里也没有任何东西可以表明(indicating)是谁送的车。故选C。

13.13.

A checked

B possessed

C demanded

D guided

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。根据后面的“There is none!”可知，格雷戈利说他已经仔细检查(checked)了信封。故选A。

14.14.

A out

B off

C away

D down

解析：选B。B 考查副词辨析。格雷戈利的话还没说完，他就被汽车的喇叭声打断了(cut him off)。故选B。

15.15.

A stayed

B driven

C remained

D parked

解析：选D。D 考查动词辨析。根据后面的“a man stepping out of it”可知，格雷戈利看到他的旧车停在(parked)他家门前，一个男人从车里出来。故选D。

16.16.

A tears

B shouts

C laughter

D applause

解析：选A。A 考查名词辨析。根据最后一段中的“Gregory cried happily”可知，格雷戈利流下了眼泪(tears)。故选A。

17.17.

A choice

B promise

C appointment

D movement

解析：选B。B 考查名词辨析。根据最后一段的“rewarded for the kindness he showed to a stranger”可知，这个男人遵守了他的诺言(promise)。故选B。

18.18.

A set out

B come about

C drop in

D go ahead

解析：选B。B 考查动词短语辨析。句意：辛西娅微笑着，好像她知道这一切会发生(come about)。故选B。

19.19.

A wave

B kiss

C hug

D hand

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。句意：这个男人给了老人一个温暖的拥抱(hug)。故选C。

20.20.

A especially

B unexpectedly

C entirely

D eventually

解析：选B。B 考查副词辨析。句意：格雷戈利高兴地哭了，他明白了因为他对陌生人表现出的善意而意外(unexpectedly)得到回报。故选B。