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It’s the small things in life that can have the biggest impact. Reporter Nick Beres was ___1___ about such a story by Darren James, a resident of Staffordshire, England. According to Darren, he’ll frequently take his ___2___, Alex, down to the M6 Bridge where he’ll ___3___ at traffic. This is an activity both Alex and the ___4___ enjoy.

“Some wave back or beep their horns (鸣笛),” Darren shared. “He gets very ___5___.” During one of their usual trips, the two of them noticed something out of the ___6___: A toy truck had been tied to the bridge’s railing (栏杆). Naturally, they got a closer ___7___. It turns out that a truck driver who regularly ___8___ by the bridge has seen Alex a few times now and has become quite ___9___ of him. To show his ___10___ for the cheerful young man, the driver ___11___ him this gift along with a kind ___12___.

“To the dad and the fellow who watch the trucks,” the ___13___ driver wrote on the box. “Drive for Royal Mail and see you and your fellow ___14___ and thought he might like his own truck. Have a nice day!” ___15___ by such thoughtfulness, Darren was in touch with Nick in hopes that they’ll be able to find the ___16___ person who took time out of their busy day to help make his son smile. “We went today and found this — it’s ___17___,” Darren said. “We’d love to ___18___ who the kind and generous driver is from Royal Mail!”

We sure hope that Darren and Alex can get in contact with this sweet driver but, in any case, there’s no ___19___ that he’s helped make the world a bit brighter — not only ___20___ Darren and Alex, but those who have come across their story. And for that we say thank you!

1.1.

A contacted

B prevented

C connected

D adapted

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。根据第三段中的“Darren was in touch with Nick...”可知，那位父亲戴伦·詹姆斯(Darren James)就他们遇到的这件事联系(contacted)了记者尼克·贝里斯(Nick Beres)。故选A。

2.2.

A friend

B father

C son

D assistant

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。根据第三段中的“Darren was in touch with Nick in hopes that...make his son smile”可知，艾利克斯(Alex)是戴伦的儿子(son)。故选C。

3.3.

A appear

B exist

C laugh

D wave

解析：选D。D 考查动词辨析。戴伦经常带儿子艾利克斯到M6大桥去，结合后文的“Some wave back”可知，他的儿子会在那里向路过的车辆挥手致意(wave)。故选D。

4.4.

A drivers

B joggers

C guests

D pedestrians

解析：选A。A 考查名词辨析。根据下文“Some wave back or beep their horns”可知，有的司机会挥手回敬或者鸣笛可知，这项活动是艾利克斯和那些司机(drivers)都喜欢的。故选A。

5.5.

A amused

B excited

C worried

D frightened

解析：选B。B 考查形容词辨析。看到有司机跟他互动，艾利克斯就变得很兴奋(excited)。故选B。

6.6.

A picture

B question

C ordinary

D place

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。根据后文描述的内容可知，在他们一次跟往常一样的旅行中，他们两个注意到了一个不寻常的(out of the ordinary)东西。故选C。

7.7.

A look

B move

C point

D choice

解析：选A。A 考查名词辨析。根据前面他们发现绑在桥栏杆上的这个东西是一个玩具卡车可知，此处指他们二人凑近看(look)。故选A。

8.8.

A stands

B benefits

C passes

D walks

解析：选C。C 考查动词辨析。前文提到他们二人在桥上向路过的车辆挥手致意，此时他们发现这个玩具卡车来自一位经常路过(passes by)桥下的卡车司机。故选C。

9.9.

A fond

B tired

C confident

D free

解析：选A。A 考查形容词辨析。卡车司机既然送给艾利克斯礼物，肯定是因为他很喜欢(fond of)艾利克斯。故选A。

10.10.

A enjoyment

B respect

C appreciation

D improvement

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。为了表达对这个快乐的年轻人的欣赏/喜爱(appreciation)，这位司机给他留下了这份礼物。故选C。

11.11.

A awarded

B made

C lent

D left

解析：选D。D 考查动词辨析。根据上一题解析可知，此处指“留下(left)”。故选D。

12.12.

A message

B call

C report

D project

解析：选A。A 考查名词辨析。接下来的内容引用了司机在礼物盒子上写下的话，由此可知，这是一条留言(message)。故选A。

13.13.

A energetic

B mysterious

C patient

D impressive

解析：选B。B 考查形容词辨析。结合上文可知，他们父子二人并不认识这名司机并且他们想找到这名司机，由此可见这名司机对他们来说是神秘的(mysterious)。故选B。

14.14.

A finally

B instantly

C normally

D regularly

解析：选D。D 考查副词辨析。根据前文中的“has seen Alex a few times now”可知，这名司机经常(regularly)看到戴伦和他的儿子艾利克斯。故选D。

15.15.

A Benefited from

B Blown away

C Brought up

D Turned down

解析：选B。B 考查动词短语辨析。戴伦被司机这种体贴/善意深深打动(blow away)。故选B。

16.16.

A responsible

B reliable

C incredible

D capable

解析：选C。C 考查形容词辨析。戴伦希望记者尼克能帮助他联系上这位百忙之中抽时间博得他儿子一笑的好(incredible)人。故选C。

17.17.

A sudden

B simple

C amazing

D strange

解析：选C。C 考查形容词辨析。句意：我们是今天去的桥上，发现了这个(礼物)，这简直太棒了(amazing)。故选C。

18.18.

A know

B show

C indicate

D hold

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。根据前文内容他们想找到这位好心的司机可知，“我们很想知道(know)这位来自皇家邮政的善良慷慨的司机是谁”。故选A。

19.19.

A sense

B belief

C doubt

D way

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。句意：毫无疑问(doubt)，他帮忙让这个世界变得更加光明。故选C。

20.20.

A as

B for

C in

D with

解析：选B。B 考查介词辨析。表示“对某人来说”，用介词for。故选B。