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I was doing a year of voluntary service abroad for people with learning disabilities.
One of my fellow __1.C__, a girl from Tanzania, seemed a bit __2.C__, so I asked what the problem was.She told me she had a __3.D__ back home who was really __4.C__ with her university studies.It seemed that __5.D__ difficulties would make it impossible for her to complete her course.So this friend of mine had done something unbelievable: she had sent all her pocket money for the month to Tanzania to __6.B__ her friend! This meant that she didn't have much food to eat and had no money to go anywhere outside the village.
I was so __7.D__ that she did this for her friend and I felt I had to do something.So, during my next trip to one of the nearby towns I walked into a shop to buy some food for her.I started __8.A__ to the woman working in the shop and __9.D__ told her about my friend.The woman looked at me,__10.B__.“Does she eat pasta (意大利面)?” she asked.“Yes,” I replied.She immediately __11.A__ loading a bag with pasta, cookies, sweets and other things until the bag was full.“Give this to her for me.It's my __12.C__!” I couldn't believe it but cried with __13.D__.
Imagine my friend's face when I __14.B__ the gifts on my kitchen table and fetched her from her room to see! I have __15.C__ seen her so happy!
文章大意:俗话说:好心有好报。看到自己的朋友为了帮助他人而变得一贫如洗,作者义无反顾地伸出了援助之手,没有想到她的义举却带来了更大的惊喜。
1.A.teachers B.students
C.volunteers D.workers
解析:这里指志愿者中作者的一位朋友。故选C。
2.A.excited B.angry
C.desperate D.disappointed
解析:根据下文可知作者的朋友把这个月所有的零用钱都寄给了家乡的朋友,因此她现在有点绝望。故选C。
3.A.sister B.cousin
C.relative D.friend
解析:根据本段倒数第二句可知,这里指她家乡的一个朋友。故选D。
4.A.dealing B.helping
C.struggling D.improving
解析:根据下文作者的朋友给自己家乡上大学的朋友寄钱可知,她的朋友因经济问题难以完成学业,故选择struggling。故选C。
5.A.academic B.cultural
C.intellectual D.financial
解析:financial difficulties 经济困难。故选D。
6.A.connect B.support
C.reward D.inform
解析:朋友寄钱给她的朋友,用来支持她的学业。故选B。
7.A.curious B.generous
C.influenced D.touched
解析:了解朋友的这一义举之后,作者很受触动。故选D。
8.A.talking B.calling
C.showing D.walking
解析:作者是在和商店的工作人员谈话,最后谈到了朋友的事情。故选A。
9.A.thankfully B.constantly
C.generously D.eventually
解析:eventually 最后。故选D。
10.A.annoyed B.amazed
C.confused D.embarrassed
解析:商店的那名妇女听了这事之后应该也感到很惊讶。故选B。
11.A.started B.continued
C.allowed D.stopped
解析:根据下文的“until the bag was full”可知,那名妇女了解到这一情况后,立刻开始往包里装吃的东西。故选A。
12.A.duty B.offer
C.treat D.turn
解析:店员因为作者朋友之事深受感动,所以包了一大包的食品,并且说It's my treat(算我请客)。故选C。
13.A.regret B.sorrow
C.sympathy D.happiness
解析:看到店员如此的慷慨,作者喜极而泣。故选D。
14.A.ate B.arranged
C.consumed D.finished
解析:根据下文可知,作者将这些食品放到厨房的桌上,并从朋友的屋子里把她请出来。故选B。
15.A.always B.recently
C.never D.frequently
解析:好心人遇到好心人,因此作者的朋友从来没有这么开心过。故选C。