Question

Many years ago,I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One very cold,wet night at about 3:30 a.m.,there was a    41    on the front door of our house.A young man,wet from      42      to toe,explained that he had      43      out of petrol about 30 km up the road.He had left his pregnant(懷孕的) wife and his two children    44    at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便車) back.

Once I had    45    a can with petrol,I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both    46   ,saying that they were cold.Once the car had started,I suggested that he    47    me back.

Before leaving,I had turned the heater    48    in the roadhouse,so that when we went in,it was nice and    49   .While the little ones played and ran    50   ,I prepared bread and butter for the children,and hot chocolate for the    51   .

It was about 5 a.m. before they   52  .The young fellow asked me how much he    53    

me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had    54    $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”,but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later,I received a    55    from Interstate,a large bus company that we bad been trying to    56    to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time.It    57    out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager,the most    58    person in the company.

In his letter,he thanked me again and    59    me that,from then on,all their buses would stop at my service station.In this    60   ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

A.kick                      B.hit                                   C.beat                          D.knock

A.finger                     B.shoulder                    C.head                         D.hand

A.driven                    B.used                          C.come                        D.run

A.away               B.behind                      C.over                          D.out

A.supplied                 B.poured                      C.equipped                   D.filled

A.sleeping                  B.crying                       C.quarrelling                D.fighting

A.allow                     B.ring                          C.lead                          D.follow

A.on                          B.off                            C.in                             D.over

A.neat                       B.hot                           C.warm                        D.attractive

A.around                  B.inside                        C.nearby                      D.along

A.drivers                  B.guests                       C.customers                  D.adults

A.left                       B.arrived                      C.ate                     D.disappeared

A.gave                     B.paid                          C.owed                        D.offered

A.appeared               B.exhibited                   C.calculated                  D.shown

A.call                      B.letter                         C.check                        D.notice

A.get                       B.force                         C.require                      D.hope

A.pointed                 B.turned                       C.worked                            D.found

A.generous               B.successful                  C.serious                      D.powerful

A.praised                 B.persuaded                  C.informed                   D.convinced

A.lesson                   B.business                    C.aspect                       D.case

Answer 1

【小題1】D

【小題2】C

【小題3】D

【小題4】B

【小題5】D

【小題6】B

【小題7】D

【小題8】A

【小題9】C

【小題10】A

【小題11】D

【小題12】A

【小題13】C

【小題14】D

【小題15】B

【小題16】A

【小題17】B

【小題18】D

【小題19】C

【小題20】D

解析:

【小題1】knock意為“敲”。根據其賓語the front door可判斷出敲前門。kick 意為“踢”；hit 意為“打,打擊,命中”；beat 意為“打,拍,敲,連打”,作“敲”的意思時表示用工具進行敲打。

【小題2】head意為“頭”,from head to toe表示“從頭到腳”,根據上文中的One very cold,wet night可判斷出來人從頭到腳都濕透了。finger 意為“手指”；shoulder 意為“肩膀”；hand 意為“手”。

【小題3】run out of意為“用完”。根據下文中的“Once I had filled a can with petrol”可判斷出這位年輕人來的原因他汽車中的汽油用完了,想讓作者幫忙。drive out of 意為“驅逐出”；come out of 意為“出現,真相大白”。

【小題4】leave sb.behind意為“把某人留下”,根據上文中的“he had run out of petrol about 30 km up the road”可判斷出他把懷孕的妻子和孩子們留在了汽車里。leave over 意為“剩下,暫時不去解決”；leave out 意為“省去,遺漏,不考慮”。

【小題5】fill...with意為“用……充滿”。根據上文中的內容可判斷出作者充滿了一罐汽油,帶那位年輕人到他的妻子和孩子們留在的那個地方。supply 意為“供給，供應,配給,補充,填補,彌補(不足、損失等)”；pour 意為“注,倒,灌,瀉,噴散(液體、粉粒、光線等),流(血等),傾注,源源不斷地輸送”；equip 意為“配備,裝備”。

【小題6】cry意為“哭叫”。根據下文中的“saying that they were cold”可判斷出由于天氣寒冷一個兩歲的孩子和一個四歲的孩子都在哭喊。sleep 意為“睡,睡眠,睡著”；quarrel 意為“爭吵,爭論”；fight 意為“打仗,搏斗,打架”；都與下文中所提供的情景“saying that they were cold”不符。

【小題7】follow意為“跟隨”。根據下文的內容可判斷出作者建議年輕人跟他一起回去。allow 意為“準許(做某事),許可(某現象存在)”；ring 意為“給……打電話”；lead 意為“率領,指揮,領導,主持”。

【小題8】turn on意為“打開”。根據上文中“One very cold,wet night”可判斷出作者已經把房間里的加熱器打開了。turn off 意為“關掉”；turn in 意為“出賣,把……向內折,告發,取得”；turn over 意為“打翻,營業額達到,周轉,移交給,反復考慮,翻身,折騰,翻閱”。

【小題9】warm意為“溫暖”。根據上文中的“I had turned the heater on in the roadhouse”可判斷出把加熱器打開的目的是使房間溫暖。hot 意為“熱的”；attractive 意為“有吸引力的”。

【小題10】around意為“各處,四處”,run around表示“四處跑”；inside 意為“在內,在內部,在里面”；nearby 意為“附近”；along 意為“沿,循”。

【小題11】adult意為“成年人”。根據上文的內容可判斷出有孩子還有成年人。所以作者為孩子們和成年人準備面包。driver 意為“司機”；guest 意為“客人”;customer 意為“顧客”。

【小題12】leave意為“離開”,表示當他們離開時,年輕人問欠多少錢。arrive 意為“到達”;eat 意為“吃”;disappear 意為“消失”。

【小題13】owe意為“欠”。根據短文的開頭中的“Many years ago,I owned a service station...”可判斷出作者擁有一所服務站,為顧客服務自然要收費,所以那位年輕人問應付給作者多少錢。give 意為“給”,pay 意為“付(款)”,都表示給了作者多少錢,而實際上還沒有付錢。offer 意為“提供,提出”。

【小題14】show意為“顯現,呈現”。根據上文中的“Once I filled a can with petrol”可判斷出作者灌滿了一罐汽油,所以加油泵上顯示出油錢是15美元。appear 意為“出現,露出,顯現”;exhibit 意為“表明,顯示,顯出”;calculate 意為“計算,核算”。

【小題15】letter意為“信”。根據下文中的In the letter可判斷出作者收到一封信。call 意為“電話”；check 意為“收據,發票,(餐館)賬單”；notice 意為“情報,消息，通知,預告,警告，(正式)通告，呈報”。

【小題16】get to do sth.表示“有可能或有機會做某事”,因為作者開辦的是個公路服務站,所以Interstate來這兒接受服務。force 意為“強制,迫使,逼迫”;require 意為“要求，請求,命令”；hope 意為“希望”。

【小題17】turn out意為“證明是”,表示作者知道他幫助的那位年輕人是一位總經理。point out 意為“指出”；work out 意為“可以解決,設計出,計算出,消耗完”；find out 意為“找出,發現,查明(真相等),認識到,想出,揭發”。

【小題18】powerful意為“有權力的”,根據上文中的“the young fellow I had helped was its general manager”可判斷出因為這位年輕人是總經理所以在公司里最有權力。generous 意為“寬大的,慷慨的,大方的”；successful 意為“成功的”；serious 意為“嚴肅的，一本正經的”。

【小題19】inform意為“通知”,根據上文中的“About a month later,I received a letter from Interstate”和In this letter可判斷出這位總經理告訴作者以后公司的全部公共汽車將在他的服務站接受服務。praise 意為“稱贊,贊揚,表揚,歌頌”；persuade 意為“說服,勸服，使相信”；convince 意為“使確信,說服,使承認”。

【小題20】case意為“事例”,這篇短文講述了作者在Interstate公司的總經理最困難的時候給予了幫助,而一月后他收到這位總經理的信,告訴他將讓公司的全部公共汽車都在他的服務站接受服務,所以作者說,在這件事中,小小的好意獲得了最大的好處。