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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