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 : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an __ delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.”
1.A. difference B. research C. speech D. discovery
2.A. earn B. lack C. spend D. steal
3.A. experienced B. connected C. cooperated D. experimented
4.A. strikes B. flashes C. happens D. attempts
5.A. appeal B. request C. suggestion D. demand
6.A. story B. damage C. challenge D. material
7.A. call B. hold C. cheer D. pick
8.A. possession B. trouble C. place D. charge
9.A. plus B. without C. for D. before
10.A. process B. goal C. return D. concern
11.A. replied B. addressed C. driven D. brought
12.A. invitation B. apology C. complaint D. appreciation
13.A. discussing B. providing C. applying D. starting
14.A. enough B. extra C. no D. other
15.A. admitting B. relating C. buying D. waiting
16.A. positive B. shocked C. discouraged D. optimistic
17.A. doorway B. window C. home D. yard
18.A. unfamiliar B. unexpected C. unknown D. uncertain
19.A. in case B. now that C. even if D. rather
20.A. nothing B. something C. anything D. Everything
1.D
2.B
3.A
4.B
5.C
6.A
7.A
8.D
9.B
10.C
11.B
12.D
13.D
14.C
15.D
16.C
17.A
18.B
19.C
20.A
【解析】
試題分析：文章大意：大多數人認為，生活就是獲得的過程。但在人生的生中，放棄或給予同樣也是一種精彩。
1.D上下文連串。discovery發現。像很多人一樣，我生來就認為生活就是獲得，直到三十多歲的時候才發現，放棄或給予也會使得生活如此精彩。再者，后文也提到了這種發現。
2.B動詞辨析。A. earn賺的；B. lack缺乏；C. spend花費；D. steal偷。你缺錢也無須擔心，因為生活并不只是一味的索取。你缺錢也無須擔心，因為生活并不只是一味的索取。
3.A 動詞短語辨析。experience with使用……方面的經驗。下文列舉的事例都是作者生活中經歷的事情。這就是我怎么體驗到放棄的。
4.B動詞辨析。本句主語為 an idea。主意在某人腦海中閃現用flash 。happen to …發生在某人身上；stick to堅持; lead to導致，其賓語一般不為人。
5.C上下文連串。根據前文提到的neighborhood store可知答案。make a suggestion提出建議。我走進去，跟店主提出建議。
6.A 名詞辨析。story故事，事情。出現事故，警察應了解事情的經過真相。damage 破壞；challenge 挑戰；material物質，材料。
7.A動詞辨析。A. call打電話；B. hold把握； C. cheer歡呼；D. pick撿起。根據后文tell him about it 可知作者是打電話告訴警察事情的經過。
8.D。名詞辨析。A. Possession擁有；B. Trouble麻煩；C. Place地方D. Charge負責。這里考查短語in charge負責，掌管。作者雖然不負責這里的事情，但他卻主動幫助警察了解事故經過。
9.B 上下文連串。根據后面用getting可知這里用介詞。上文列舉的事例都表明作者想主動幫助別人而不希望得到什么。
10.C。名詞辨析。return回報。根據轉折連詞though和下文所列舉的事例表明，幫助別人有時候在不經意時也會得到回報。
11.B 上下文連串。根據下文的postmaster說的話中可知答案。在星期日的早上，當地郵局送了一封特別重要信到我家里，盡管它是到我辦公室的地址。
12.D 動詞辨析。address此處為動詞，注明……的地址。信上標明收信人的地址是我辦公室的地址，但郵遞員卻把它送到了我的家里。
13.D 名詞辨析。appreciation欣賞，贊賞。郵遞員把本來該送到辦公室的信送到家里，人們通常只會責備他們，而作者卻與此相反，非但沒有責備，而是寫了一封表揚信。他也因此得到了回報。
14.C 動詞辨析。本句為定語從句，橫線上所缺動詞的賓語為new business 。deal 為不及物動詞，故排除。作者開辦了一項新的業務。
15.D 上下文連串。結合上下文可知，郵局里已沒有剩余的郵箱，但作者原來無意的付出卻使得郵遞員愿意為他做一個。
16.C 形容詞辨析。A. positive積極的 ；B. shocked震驚的； C. discouraged使失望 D. optimistic樂觀的。正當我正要讓郵寄員失望的時候。
17.A 名詞辨析。根據故事發生的地點，可排除C，D。另外，根據介詞in排除A項。作者正要離開，郵遞員在門口攔住了他。
18.B 形容詞辨析。A. unfamiliar不熟悉的；B. unexpected意想不到的；C. unknown未知的； D. uncertain不確定的。難道你一年前沒有寫信給我們要寄一封意想不到的信到你家么？
19.C 短語辨析。本句句意為在這個郵局里，你應該得到一個郵箱，即便是我們給你做一個。in case以防; now that既然,因為；as if 好像。
20.A 代詞辨析。本題考查not …but…結構，不是………而是……。這里用nothing代替。這里指郵遞員從顧客那里一般不會得到任何東西，只有抱怨。
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