Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important【C1】______: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store【C2】______to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the【C3】______of which I think the local police could use, I call him up and tell him about it, though I am not in【C4】______here. One discovery I made about this world is to give【C5】______getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was【C6】______to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of【C7】______More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to【C8】______, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. "Wasn't it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?" I said it was. "Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office【C9】______we make one for you. You don't know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get【C10】______but complaints(投诉). "
单选题 【C1】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:本题考查名词辨析。discovery,发现。第一段最后一句也提到了这个单词。
单选题 【C2】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:本题考查动词辨析。本句主语为an idea。主意在某人脑海中闪现用flash。happen to…,发生在某人身上;stick to,坚持;lead to,“导致”,其宾语一般不为人。
单选题 【C3】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:本题考查名词辨析和句意理解。story,故事,情节;damage,破坏;challenge,挑战;material,物质,材料。
单选题 【C4】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:本题考查in相关的短语辨析。in need,有需要的;in trouble,有麻烦的;in common,有共同之处的;in charge,负责的,主管的。作者虽然不负责这里的事情,但他却主动帮助警察了解事故经过。
单选题 【C5】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:本题考查介词使用。上文列举的事例都表明作者想主动帮助别人而不希望得到什么,故选without。
单选题 【C6】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:本题考查动词辨析。address此处为动词,“注明……的地址”。信上标明收信人的地址是我办公室的地址,但邮递员却把它送到了我的家里。
单选题 【C7】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:本题考查词义辨析。appreciation,欣赏,感激;invitation,邀请信;apology,道歉;instruction,说明,指导。
单选题 【C8】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:本题考查动词辨析。作者被告知已没有邮箱,只好离开,选leave。conduct,进行,展开。
单选题 【C9】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:本题考查连词的使用。本句句意为:在这个邮局里,你应该得到一个邮箱,即便(even if)是我们给你做一个。in case,以防;now that,既然,因为;as if,好像。
单选题 【C10】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:本题考查固定结构。nothing but,只有。