I lived in a big city in Australia and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge and hardly any income. As a result, I stopped giving and became very .

Things started to change. I became enough to have a home, and even a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a person with the sign, “Will work for food.” I . My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in . I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for or other bad things.” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.

Three days later, I was to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside my heart drove me to help him. So I stopped my car, and he ran over with . He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I reached into my ashtray(煙灰缸) and enough, there sat 3 quarter and 2 pennies.

Greatly shocked by this , I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He tears with joy, “You just made it for me to see my mom for Christmas! The bus this great sale is leaving right away!”

Undoubtedly, it was a moment I, together with the man will never forget, but I was the one who got the best gift in life--giving. It also me that nothing is a coincidence, and everything has meaning.

1.A. debt B. responsibility C. shadow D. pressure

2.A. awkward B. hopeless C. sensitive D. bitter

3.A. fortunate B. wealthy C. generous D. successful

4.A. hopeful B. careless C. homeless D. aimless

5.A. got back B. pulled out C. passed away D. passed by

6.A. emergency B. need C. danger D. panic

7.A. alcohol B. food C. medicine D. entertainment

8.A. cycling B. jogging C. wandering D. driving

9.A. courage B. care C. enthusiasm D. anxiety

10.A. amusingly B. strangely C. gradually D. naturally

11.A. incident B. condition C. coincidence D. circumstance

12.A. broke into B. burst into C. let out D. poured out

13.A. necessary B. difficult C. possible D. suitable

14.A. offering B. demanding C. delivering D. serving

15.A. impresses B. informs C. persuades D. reminds

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.D

【解析】

試題分析:作者居住在澳大利亞,她總是會(huì)給周圍無家可歸的人很多錢,因?yàn)樗荏w會(huì)到他們的不幸?墒,后來作者成了單親媽媽,變得幾乎一無所有,甚至欠下了許多債務(wù)。

1.I became a single mom with no home, a huge and hardly any income作者成了一個(gè)單親母親,沒有住房,沒有任何收入,還欠了巨額債務(wù),根據(jù)第二段“pull myself out of debt”可知,作者欠下了債務(wù),故選A。

2.

3.have a home, and even a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt”可知,作者的境況有了改觀,她有了房子,也開始脫離債務(wù)的糾纏,故選B。

4.Will work for food.”可知,這個(gè)人想通過勞動(dòng)來換取食物,說明他是無家可歸的人,故選C。

5.My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people...”可知,作者沒有幫助那個(gè)求助的人,而是走開了,故選D。

6.helped the people in 幫助有需要的人,故選B。

7.or other bad things”可知,空白處指的是不好的事情,故選A。

8.So I stopped my car”可知,作者是開車接女兒,故選D。

9.he ran over with .當(dāng)作者停下了車,那個(gè)人滿懷熱情地跑了過來尋求幫助,故選C。

10.there sat 3 quarter and 2 pennies正好有三個(gè)25分的和兩個(gè)一分的,那個(gè)人需要的正好是77分,因此作者感到奇怪,故選B。

11.Greatly shocked by this ,煙灰缸里正好有77分錢,作者對(duì)這樣的巧合感到不可思議,故選C。

12.He tears with joy他突然開心地流淚了,burst into tears突然哭起來,故選B。

13.You just made it for me to see my mom for Christmas!你給的錢使我去看望母親成為了可能,故選C。

14.The bus this great sale is leaving right away!提供這種特價(jià)車票的車就要開車了,故選A。

15.It also me that nothing is a coincidence, and everything has meaning.這件事也提醒作者,沒有什么事情是巧合的,發(fā)生的每件事都有它的意義,故選D。

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