阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One Monday morning, while the children were enjoying “free play”, I stepped to the doorway of the classroom to take a break. Suddenly, I ____1____ a movement of the heavy wooden door. This was the very door I ____2____ guided the children through to ensure their safety from the bitter cold. I felt a chill (寒意) go through my body.
My legs carried me to that door, and I pushed it open. It was one of my kindergarteners who I thought was ____3____ that day. He had been dropped off at school late and was ____4____ to open the door.
He must have been waiting there for quite a while! Without a word, I rushed him to the hospital. He was treated for frostbite on his hands. He’d need time to ____5____ , and wouldn’t come for class the next day, I thought.
The next morning, one of the first to ____6____ was my little frostbitten boy. Not only did he run in with energy, but his ____7____ could be heard as loud as ever! I gave him a warm hug and told him how ____8____ I was to see him. His words have stayed with me all these years, “I knew you would open the door.”
That cold Monday morning, he waited a long, long while for adults to ____9____. To a child, every minute feels like forever. He didn’t attempt to walk back home; he waited and trusted.This five-year-old taught me a powerful lesson in _____10_____ .
1._____
考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，我注意到那扇沉重的木门动了一下。A、 caused引起、使发生；
B、 spotted看见、注意到；
C、 checked检查、核对；
D、 imagined想象。根据后面的“a movement of the heavy wooden door.”可知，此处表示看到门动了下，spot符合语境。故选B项。
2._____
考查副词词义辨析。句意：这正是那扇我小心翼翼地领着孩子们穿过，以确保他们不受严寒侵袭的门。A、 hesitantly迟疑地、踌躇地；
B、 randomly随机地；
C、 dizzily头晕眼花地；
D、 carefully小心地、谨慎地。根据后面的“to ensure their safety from the bitter cold.”可知，要确保孩子们不受严寒侵袭，说明是小心翼翼地领着孩子们通过，carefully符合语境。故选D项。
3._____
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：是我幼儿园的一个孩子，我以为他那天没来。A、 angry生气的、愤怒的；
B、 absent缺席的、不在的；
C、 special特殊的、特别的；
D、 noisy嘈杂的、聒噪的。根据下文的“He had been dropped off at school late and was ____4____ to open the door.”可知，是小男孩来晚了，又开不了门，所以老师以为他没来，此处absent符合语境。故选B项。
4._____
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他很晚才被送到学校，打不开门。A、 courageous勇敢的；
B、 content满足的、满意的；
C、 unable无法胜任的、不会的；
D、 unwilling不愿意的。根据上文的“the heavy wooden door.”和下文的“He must have been waiting there for quite a while!”可知，门很重，小男孩打不开，所以才在门外等了很久，此处指“打不开门”，unable符合语境。故选C项。
5._____
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他需要时间恢复，我想他第二天不会来上课了。A、 recover恢复、康复；
B、 play玩闹、戏弄；
C、 change改变；
D、 wait等待。根据前面的“He was treated for frostbite on his hands.”可知，小男孩手冻伤了，所以需要时间恢复，此处recover符合语境。故选A项。
6._____
考查动词词义辨析。句意：第二天早上，我那冻伤的小男孩是第一批赶到的人之一。A、 settle解决、定居；
B、 gather聚集、召集；
C、 arrive到达；
D、 react反应。根据下文“Not only did he run in with energy,”可知，小男孩精力充沛地跑了进来，说明是来了学校，故此处指第一批到达学校的人，应用arrive。故选C项。
7._____
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他不仅精力充沛地跑了进来，而且他的笑声还像以前一样响亮！A、 sneeze打喷嚏；
B、 weep哭泣；
C、 complaint抱怨；
D、 laughter笑声。根据前面的“Not only did he run in with energy”可知，小男孩精力充沛地跑了进来，说明身体恢复好了，结合后面的“could be heard as loud as ever”可知，此处应指“笑声和以前一样响亮”，laughter符合语境。故选D项。
8._____
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我给了他一个温暖的拥抱，告诉他我很高兴见到他。A、 lucky幸运的；
B、 happy开心的、幸福的；
C、 curious好奇的；
D、 nervous紧张的、担忧的。根据上文“He’d need time to ____5____ , and wouldn’t come for class the next day, I thought.”可知，作者以为小男孩不会来学校，所以看到小男孩的时候，应该是开心的，happy符合语境。故选B项。
9._____
考查短语辨析。句意：在那个寒冷的周一早晨，他等了很久很久，才等到大人的出现。A、 show up露面，出现；
B、 pull up拔起、停下来；
C、 hold up举起、阻挡；
D、 line up排队。根据上下文语义可知，小男孩在门口等了很久，才等到大人出现给他开门，此处用show up符合语境。故选A项。
10._____
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个五岁的孩子给我上了一堂关于信念的有力的课。A、 gratitude感激；
B、 forgiveness宽恕；
C、 faith信任、信念；
D、 kindness善良、仁慈。根据前面“He didn’t attempt to walk back home; he waited and trusted.”可知，小男孩在门口等了很久，却没有试图回家，说明小男孩有很强的的信念，故此处指老师从小男孩身上学到了一些关于信念的东西，此处指“关于信念的课”，faith符合语境。故选C项。