选修六 Unit 16 Stories
Ⅰ.完形填空
Mondays are usually pretty busy for me.On one of these __1__ Mondays，I got ready to go to work thinking about all the things I had to __2__ on that day and walked down to get to my car scolding myself for being late to work，but __3__ the car was nowhere to be found.I __4__ right across my apartment the previous night but it wasn't there that morning.
This was at 8∶00 am in the morning.I made __5__ to all the towing(拖)places，police stations all the time thinking that it was towed by __6__．By around 10∶00 am，I couldn't find it anywhere and the policemen decided that it was __7__ stolen.After filing a report with them，I finally got to work thinking how my day was completely __8__．
Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at an enterprise __9__ to realize that my license was missing too along with my car.I told the enterprise guy the whole __10__ and he was so sorry for me that he __11__ to take me to the nearest DMV(车管局)and get a duplicate(副本的) __12__．I was totally surprised.I didn't know why this complete stranger would want to __13__ some time off his day to help me.He actually took me to DMV，got a duplicate and then __14__ me a car.I was __15__ the whole day because of the continuous events that happened to me but somehow this simple act of kindness from a __16__ stranger made it all worth it.It cheered me up and made me forget all the misfortunes of the day.I was so __17__ by this kind act that the next day I made sure someone else got a similar __18__．I took some smiley shaped chocolates and __19__ them on some of my colleague's desks. There is still a lot of __20__ out there in the world.We just need to take the time to discover it.
【语篇解读】 一个星期一，一个素不相识的人的善意帮忙，使得作者郁闷的一天变得开心快乐，同时也让作者意识到帮助他人的意义。
1．A.typical B．lovely C．strange D．pleasant
答案 A [由首句“Mondays are usually pretty busy for me.”可知，此处用typical表示这一天和往常的星期一一样。]
2．A.face B．explain C．accomplish D．arrange
答案 C [作者准备去上班，心里想着这一天需要完成的工作。accomplish“完成”，符合语境。]
3．A.excitedly B．surprisingly C．interestingly D．hurriedly
答案 B [作者去开自己的车，却发现它不见了，这是令人惊奇的，故用surprisingly。
excitedly“激动地”，interestingly“有趣地”，hurriedly“匆忙地”，均不符合语境。]
4．A.stayed B．looked C．walked D．parked
答案 D [此处是作者回忆自己停车的情景，所以用parked。] 5．A.ways B．trips
C．surveys D．contributions
答案 B [作者丢了车，去拖车的地方和公安局找。表示到某个地方时可以用make a trip to。]
6．A.policemen B．doctors C．thieves D．officials
答案 A [由上下文信息“police stations”“and the policemen decided that”及常识可推知，作者认为警察把他的车拖走了。]
7．A.normally B．curiously C．actually D．finally
答案 C [到上午10点钟左右，作者还是找不到车，因此警察认为车实际上被偷了。actually“事实上，实际上”，符合语境。normally“通常”；curiously“好奇地”；finally“最后”。]
8．A.made up B．worked out
C．figured out D．messed up
答案 D [大早上发现自己的车被人偷走了，作者认为这一天都被搞乱了。mess up“弄糟，搞乱”，符合语境。]
9．A.still B．even C．never D．only
答案 D [由“to realize that my license was missing too along with my car”可知，用only加不定式作结果状语，意为“不料，竟然”。]
10．A.message B．secret C．story D．business
答案 C [作者把整个事情的来龙去脉讲给租车公司的人听。story“叙述，描述”，符合语境。]
11．A.declined B．offered C．hesitated D．approved
答案 B [他对作者的遭遇感到非常遗憾，主动提出带作者去最近的车管局办理副本驾
照。offer to do sth“主动提出做某事”，符合语境。]
12．A.license B．card C．book D．ticket 答案 A [参见上题解析。]
13．A.spend B．leave C．take D．get
答案 C [作者不知道为什么这位素不相识的人愿意抽出时间帮他。take some time off one's day“从一天中抽出时间”。]
14．A.lent B．presented C．bought D．rented
答案 D [根据第三段首句“Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at an enterprise”可推知，作者是去租车，因此此处表示那个人租给了作者一辆车。]
15．A.delighted B．annoyed C．disappointed D．amused
答案 B [发生的一连串事情让作者一整天都很烦闷。annoyed“生气的，烦恼的”。] 16．A.complete B．perfect C．wonderful D．special
答案 A [由13空前的“this complete stranger”可知答案。a complete stranger“素不相识的人”。]
17．A.moved B．puzzled C．shocked D．embarrassed
答案 A [陌生人的善举让作者非常感动，故A项正确。] 18．A.honor B．method C．problem D．surprise
答案 D [此处指的是作者受陌生人做法的启发，想给其他人一个惊喜(surprise)，故答案为D。]
19．A.forgot B．threw C．left D．exposed
答案 C [作者准备一些笑脸形状的巧克力，第二天把它们放到一些同事的桌子上。leave“把……留在某处”。]
20．A.friendship B．goodness
C．competition D．misunderstanding
答案 B [根据文章主旨可知，世界上还有很多美德需要我们慢慢去发现，故goodness“善良，美德”符合语境。]
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