[2019·成都第二次诊断] Earlier that evening, my mother called, telling me that my brother died in a car crash. I stumbled (跌跌撞撞地走) around the house __1__ what to put into the suitcases. My husband, Larry, and I had been __2__ for moving to New Mexico. The house was in (a) total __3__.
I tried to hold my tears. I __4__ picked things up and put them down. I couldn't __5__. What I'd heard on the phone echoed through my head.
Larry phoned a few friends. __6__， someone asked to speak to me. “If there is anything I can do, let me know.” “Thank you，” I replied. I didn't know what to __7__.
The doorbell rang and I rose slowly for the __8__. It was Donna.
“I've come to __9__ your shoes，” she said. __10__， I asked her to repeat. “When my father died, it took me __11__ to get the shoes cleaned and __12__ for my father's __13__，” she said. I hadn't even thought about shoes.
Shoes were gathered. Donna __14__ herself on the floor and got to work. The love in the act __15__ my tears. Watching her __16__ on one task helped me pull my __17__ into order. Laundry first, I told myself. One by one, the jobs fell into place.
Now whenever I hear of an acquaintance's __18__ of a loved one, I think of one __19__ task that suits that person's __20__. If the person asks, “How did you know I needed that？” I'd reply, “Because someone did that.”
体裁：记叙文 题材：个人经历 主题：关心失去亲人的熟人
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者在失去亲人后心理状态很不好，由于受到了别人的帮助而恢复了正常之后，她也以同样的方式帮助失去亲人的熟人。
1．A.forgetting B．imagining
C．wondering D．searching
答案与解析：C 考查动词。根据空前的“I stumbled (跌跌撞撞地走)”和下文中的“I tried to hold my tears”以及文章开头第一句话可推知，作者听到亲人去世的噩耗时，有些不知所措，虽然是在收拾行李，却不知道该把什么放进手提箱里。wonder“感到疑惑，想知道”，符合语境，故选C项。
2．A.hoping B．packing
C．leaving D．planning
答案与解析：B 考查动词。根据本句中的“for moving to New Mexico”可推知，作者为搬家到新墨西哥州而打包，故选B项。
3．A.damage B．failure
C．despair D．mess
答案与解析：D 考查名词。根据上文可知，作者和丈夫一直在为搬家而收拾行李，由此可推知，当时作者的家里应该是很杂乱，故选D项。
4．A.aimlessly B．helplessly
C．quickly D．decisively
答案与解析：A 考查副词。根据上文“I tried to hold my tears”和本句中的“picked things up and put them down”可推知，作者因为听到弟弟去世的噩耗而悲伤不已，乱了方寸。aimlessly“无目的地；无计划地”符合语境，故选A项。
5．A.hurry B．decide
C．focus D．move
答案与解析：C 考查动词。根据语境可知，作者当时的心理状态非常不好，不能集中精力做事情。focus“集中(注意力、精力等于)”符合语境，故选C项。
6．A.Constantly B．Luckily
C．Suddenly D．Happily
答案与解析：A 考查副词。根据上文“Larry phoned a few friends”可推知，作者的丈夫将作者失去弟弟的事情告诉了一些朋友，他们接着就不断地打电话说愿意提供帮助，故选A项。
7．A.call for B．ask for
C．talk about D．get across
答案与解析：B 考查动词短语。根据语境可知，作者当时并不知道需要朋友们提供什么样的帮助。ask for“要求，请求”符合语境，故选B项。
8．A.telephone B．noise
C．person D．door
答案与解析：D 考查名词。根据本句中的“The doorbell rang”可知，作者站起来去开门，故选D项。
9．A.borrow B．remove
C．clean D．repair
答案与解析：C 考查动词。根据下文中的“to get the shoes cleaned”可推知，Donna是来帮作者清理鞋的，故选C项。
10．A.Touched B．Shocked
C．Confused D．Amused
答案与解析：C 考查形容词。根据本句中的“I asked her to repeat”可推知，作者当时对Donna说的来帮她清理鞋子感到困惑，故选C项。
11．A.minutes B．hours
C．weeks D．decades
答案与解析：B 考查名词。根据本句中的“When my father died”和下文“to get the shoes cleaned and __12__ for my father's __13__”可推知，Donna应是说她为了参加父亲的葬礼去清理鞋子并把它们擦亮，故选B项。
12．A.washed B．coped
C．selected D．shined
答案与解析：D 考查动词。参见上题解析，故选D项。
13．A.satisfaction B．funeral
C．smiles D．wishes
答案与解析：B 考查名词。参见第11题解析，故选B项。
14．A.laid B．stood
C．rested D．settled
答案与解析：D 考查动词。根据上文“Shoes were gathered”和语境可推知，当鞋被聚集到一起之后，Donna在地板上坐下来开始清理鞋，故选D项。
15．A.released B．held
C．stopped D．caused
答案与解析：A 考查动词。根据上文中的“I tried to hold my tears”和语境可知，Donna用行动所展示的关爱让作者感动得流泪，故选A项。
16．A.keeping B．concentrating
C．insisting D．depending
答案与解析：B 考查动词。根据上文“Donna __14__ herself on the floor and got to work”可知，当时Donna在专心地清理鞋。concentrate on固定短语“集中(注意力)于”符合语境，故选B项。
17．A.thoughts B．rooms
C．sadness D．luggage
答案与解析：A 考查名词。根据上文可知，作者当时因为亲人的突然离世而乱了思绪，而看到Donna专心地帮她清理鞋让她的思想恢复到了有序状态，故选A项。
18．A.feeling B．meeting
C．loss D．story
答案与解析：C 考查名词。由上文提到作者的弟弟突然离世可知，此处表示每当“我”听说熟人的亲人去世，故选C项。
19．A.specific B．normal
C．strange D．perfect
答案与解析：A 考查形容词。根据上文中的“Watching her __16__ on one task”可知，“我”会想一件能满足那个失去亲人的熟人需要的具体的工作，故选A项。
20．A.idea B．personality
C．identity D．need
答案与解析：D 考查名词。参见上题解析，故选D项。
