Can a small cola can (罐子) save a family? For 13-year-old Ryan Hulance, the answer is a huge YES! This young hero from England has a very special ____36____. He likes collecting empty metal (金属) cans to raise ____37____ for people living in poverty (贫穷).

At first, he only collected a few cans every week. His parents helped him by driving their car over the cans to crush (挤压) them in order to save ____38____. Now, Ryan has a machine to do that work. Over the past three years, he has ____39____ many cans. Ryan has ____40____ the cans and given all the money to charity organizations (慈善组织). He has raised a lot of money to buy food for ____41____ families.

Ryan spends 20 hours a week collecting cans after school and on weekends. This is not ____42____ for a 13-year-old boy. Sometimes he wants to play with his friends. But then he thinks about the ____43____. “I really love what I do because I help people who are in ____44____,” Ryan said. His parents are very ____45____ of him, and they want to help his project grow even bigger.

1.36.

A problem

B hobby

C chat

D test

解析：选B。名词词义辨析。后文 “He likes collecting empty metal cans（他喜欢收集空金属罐）” 说明这是他的爱好。A.problem 问题；C.chat 聊天；D.test 测试。均和 “收集罐子” 这件事语义不符。

2.37.

A price

B children

C money

D examples

解析：选C。名词词义辨析。线索：后文given all the money to charity organizations把钱捐给慈善机构。本句含义：收集罐子为穷人筹集资金。A.price 价格；B.children 孩子；D.examples 例子。raise money 为固定搭配，意为 “筹款”。

3.38.

A space

B water

C life

D cost

解析：选A。名词词义辨析。父母用车把罐子压扁。压扁金属罐的目的就是压缩体积，节省存放的空间。B.water 水；C.life 生命；D.cost 成本。压扁罐子不能节水、救命、节省开销，逻辑不通。

4.39.

A wasted

B bought

C used

D collected

解析：选D。动词词义辨析。全文主线是 Ryan 收集易拉罐。句意：过去三年，他收集了大量罐子。A.wasted 浪费；B.bought 购买；C.used 使用。文章没有说他买、浪费或者使用罐子，与故事事实不符。

5.40.

A built

B sold

C received

D noticed

解析：选B。动词词义辨析。要得到钱，就要把收集来的空罐子卖掉。sold the cans卖掉罐子，换来金钱再捐赠。A.built 建造；C.received 收到；D.noticed 注意到。代入语境逻辑不成立。

6.41.

A rich

B happy

C poor

D lucky

解析：选C。形容词词义辨析。第一段出现people living in poverty生活贫困的人。poor 和 poverty 是同根词复现。为贫困家庭购买食物。A.rich 富裕的；B.happy 幸福的；D.lucky 幸运的。慈善帮助的是贫困人群。

7.42.

A difficult

B bad

C easy

D proper

解析：选C。形容词词义辨析。前句：每周要花 20 小时课余时间收集罐子；后句：Sometimes he wants to play with his friends（有时他想和朋友玩耍）。说明这份工作对 13 岁孩子并不轻松容易。A.difficult 困难的；B.bad 坏的；D.proper 恰当的。本句 not easy=difficult，若选 A 则变成 not difficult（不难），和原文含义相反。

8.43.

A friends

B classmates

C teachers

D families

解析：选D。名词词义辨析。文章开头提问 “Can a small cola can save a family?”，前文也提到为贫困家庭买食物。当他想玩耍的时候，就会想到那些需要帮助的家庭。A.friends 朋友；B.classmates 同学；C.teachers 老师，文中没有提到这三类需要他帮助的对象。

9.44.

A need

B sleep

C check

D team

解析：选A。名词固定短语。in need是中考高频固定短语，意为 “在困境中，有困难的”。people who are in need处于困境中的人们。B.sleep 睡觉；C.check 检查；D.team 团队，无法和 in 构成符合本文的搭配。

10.45.

A worried

B proud

C tired

D disappointed

解析：选B。形容词词义辨析。固定搭配be proud of：为…… 感到骄傲。男孩做慈善公益，父母为他感到自豪。A.worried 担忧的；C.tired 疲惫的；D.disappointed 失望的，都是负面情绪，和后文 “希望项目发展壮大” 的积极态度矛盾。