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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

  Last night my mother told me a story of an old man and 1 was touched by it. A girl became a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from a/an  41  disease with days numbered.

  The girl was  42  to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroad.Their living conditions were not satisfactory  43  the old man had a lot of savings. so she was expected to comfort him and  44  his spirits.

  Every Saturday the girl came on time to keep him  45 , telling him stories. When he was having an intravenous drip(静脉滴注), she would help gently press his  46  .The doctor found the patient much improved  47 . The old man began to involve himself actively  48 !he medical treatment and he seldom  49  at others.

  But something that happened made the doctor uneasy and puzzled. Each time the girl left, the old man would  50  her some money. The doctor did nothing to interfere(干预),  51  to offend the old man. A month later the old man showed evident signs of  52  after suffering coma(昏迷)a few times.

  When  53  from the latest coma,the old man told the doctor his last wish,“I have deep  54  for the girl. Will you be kind enough to help her  55  her studies?” But the doctor knew that her family was  56  and she had no difficulty pursuing her studies. Sometimes she even came to the hospital in her father’s car.

  When the girl came at the weekend after the death of the old man,the doctor told her the bad news. She was very sad and burst into  57 . Then she handed $500 to the doctor, saying,“The old man had all along thought I came to do the job because of  58 . He gave me money so that I could continue my  59 .”Now he got the answer to the puzzle. In the last period of his life,the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl  60  in need.The story taught me that we are responsible for reaching out to others with kindness.

41.A.incurable     B.strange      C.rare      D.unavoidable

42.A.organized     B.assigned     C.reminded    D.urged

43.A.because      B.after       C.while      D.once

44.A.hold up      B.pick out      C.turn down    D.keep up

45.A.sponsor      B.friend       C.company     D.survivor

46.A.head        B.face        C.legs      D.arms

47.A.physically     B.psychologically  C.materially   D.mentally

48.A.in         B.with        C.about     D.for

49.A.stared       B.shouted      C.smiled     D.waved

50.A.show        B.lend        C.donate     D.give

51.A.unhappy       B.unwilling     C.unable     D.unfit

52.A.death       B.decline      C.recovery    D.conflict

53.A.protected     B.prevented     C.rescued    D.defended

54.A.regret       B.sympathy     C.impression   D.disappointment

55.A.finish       B.improve      C.pay       D.change

56.A.badly-off     B.broken       C.well-off    D.ordinary

57.A.anger       B.tears       C.laughter    D.cheers

58.A.curiosity     B.pleasure      C.motivation   D.poverty

59.A.1ife        B.career       C.schooling   D.dream

60.A.badly       B.slightly      C.hardly     D.eventually


答案与解析:

答案:

  41—45 A B C D C   46—50 D D A B D

  51—55 B B C B A   56—60 C B D C A

解析:

  41.A 从第二段第一句“cancer”可知这个老人得的是“难以治愈的”疾病。

  42.B 本句的意思是“这个女孩被指派去照顾这个老人”, B项符合语境。

  43.C “while”这里的意思是“尽管”,尽管老人有不少积蓄,但是他们的条件还是令人不满意。

  44.D “keep up one’s spirits”为固定短语,意思是“振作精神”。“hold up”意为“举起”; “pick out”意为“挑出”,“turn down”意为“调小,拒绝”,都不符合题意。

  45.C “company”此处的意思是“陪伴”。每个星期六女孩都来陪老人并且给他讲故事,其它选项不符合语境。

  46.D 上半句说老人在进行静脉注射,因此下半句的意思是女孩轻轻按摩老人的胳膊以缓解不适,是生活常识。

  47.D 从上文可知,女孩的陪伴和照顾让医生发现老人的精神状态有了很大提高。“physically”意思是“身体上”,“psychologically”意思是“心理上”,“materially”意思是“物质上”,都不符合题意。

  48.A “involve oneself in sth.”是固定搭配,意思是“参与”。老人开始积极参与治疗。

  49.B “shout at”意思是“对人大喊大叫”。老人心情好转,积极参与治疗,因此很少对他人吼叫。其他选项不符合语境。

  50.D 从文章最后一段可知,老人是通过给钱帮助了这个女孩。

  51.B 从上半句“did nothing to interfere”可知医生没有告诉老人女孩有钱的事实,不愿意去让他不愉快。

  52.B “decline”意思是“衰落”。一个月后老人在昏迷之后显示出了身体衰弱的迹象。下面一句讲到老人又一次昏迷,所以老人并没有死,不能选“death”。

  53.C “rescue… from…”意思是“把……从……拯救出来”。当老人再次昏迷之后被抢救过来,他说出了他的最后心愿。

  54.B “sympathy”的意思是“同情”。老人对女孩深表同情。

  55.A 老人希望医生帮助女孩完成学业,其他选项不符合语境。

  56.C “well-off”意思是“富有的”。从下文“she even came to the hospital in her father’s car”可知女孩家里并不贫穷。

  57.B “burst into tears”意思是“大哭起来”。从上半句“She was very sad”很容易判断出来。

  58.D 从下一句老人给女孩钱可以判断老人一直认为女孩做这个工作是因为贫穷。

  59.C “schooling”意思是“教育”。从上一段“Will you be kind enough to help her…”可知老人给钱是为了让女孩继续她的学业。

  60.A “badly”意思是“极其地”。老人发现在他生命的最后日子里,帮助一个非常需要帮助的女孩是快乐的。