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完形填空 Washington is home to lots of trees, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves. But what if you lived

英语试题 02-29
完形填空
Washington is home to lots of trees, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves. But what if you lived there and couldn't cut wood or couldn't ___16___ to pay someone to do it? Luckily, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons, Harrison and Henry McDaniel, are ___17___ to lend an ax(斧子). They cut truckloads of wood—then ___18___ it to those in need.
The idea started as a project to strengthen father-son relationship during my childhood," Shane told msn. com. Now, he wanted to ___19___ that feeling, so he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 cutting woods, leaving a great wall of wood ___20___ up around their house. Technically, it was 40 cords(绳索)—a cord ___21___ four feet high, four feet wide, and eight feet deep.
___22___ , the wood was too much for the McDaniels to use themselves, and Shane started thinking of others when the ___23___ set in. He ___24___ on Facebook: "IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF FIREWOOD, PLEASE PM [personal message] ME! ... If you know someone who BURNS WOOD, please ____25____ us, just making sure NO ONE GOES COLD IN OUR HOOD. ”
The ____26____ was immediate. One man offered to donate a wood-burning furnace (火炉). Others ____27____ to Shane's little shop, with more ____28____ for the pile. It does help someone. Single mom Katelyn and her daughter ____29____ a wood-burning stove as their ____30____ source of heat, so it was a ____31____ to receive so much firewood from the McDaniels before the holidays. “To get that much wood brought me to tears, ” she told msn. com. “ So much ____32____ is off my mind. I couldn't be more thankful.
However, not every receiver is as enthusiastic. " Some are even ____33____” Shane says.
"They are mad at the world and the fact that they had to ____34____ help. ” But Shane is OK with that. "Giving is the reward," he says. "It has ____35____ to do with how well it's received; it's about how much it's needed. ”
16. A. attempt B. afford C. expect D. wait
17. A. aggressive B. surprised C. delighted D. polite
18. A. owe B. mention C. apply D. donate
19. A. pass B. move C. run D. get
20. A. lined B. fixed C. piled D. grown
21. A. measures B. weighs C. assesses D. tests
22. A. Hardly B. Deliberately C. Obviously D. Previously
23. A. disease B. winter C. hunger D. trouble
24. A. announced B. released C. posted D. published
25. A. notice B. approach C. motivate D. inform
26. A. pressure B. response C. significance D. complaint
27. A. raced over B. slid C. appealed D. gave way
28. A. money B. ash C. wood D. axes
29. A. believe in B. heat up C. explode with D. rely on
30. A. abundant B. novel C. only D. worst
31. A. relaxation B. burden C. necessity D. relief
32. A. puzzlement B. stress C. guilt D. commitment
33. A. unfriendly B. ashamed C. conventional D. discouraged
34. A. decide on B. get close to C. look for D. put up with
35. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
【答案】16. B    17. C    18. D    19. A    20. C    21. A    22. C    23. B    24. C    25. D    26. B    27. A    28. C    29. D    30. C    31. D    32. B    33. A    34. C    35. D
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。Shane McDaniel和他的双胞胎儿子砍了很多木柴,然后捐助给需要的人,他们不想要让任何一个邻居挨冻。虽然不是每一个接受捐助的人都那么友好,但Shane McDaniel并不后悔这么做,他说:“付出就是奖励。这与它多受欢迎没有关系。”
【16题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:但是,如果你住在那里,不能砍柴,或者付不起钱叫别人砍怎么办呢?A. attempt努力,尝试;B. afford负担得起,提供;C. expect期待,期望;D. wait等待。设空词后的pay someone(付钱给某人)提示设空词与花钱有关,选项B切题,故选B。
【17题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:幸运的是,Shane McDaniel和他的双胞胎儿子Harrison McDaniel和Henry McDaniel,乐于帮这个忙。A. aggressive侵略的,富于攻击性的;B. surprised感到吃惊的C. delighted高兴的;D. polite礼貌的。通过下文可知,父子三人捐助木柴给邻居,所以他们是乐意做的,选项C切题,故选C。
【18题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:他们砍了一卡车的木柴,然后捐给那些需要帮助的人。A. owe欠;B. mention提到;C. apply申请,应用;D. donate捐献,捐助。下文的just making sure NO ONE GOES COLD IN OUR HOOD.(确保没有一个我们的邻居挨冻)。可知,父子三人是想做善事,选项D切题,故选 D。
【19题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:现在,他想传递这种感觉,所以他和双胞胎儿子在2018年花了一整个夏天砍伐树木,砍下的木柴成了一堵高高的木墙堆在他们的房子周围。A. pass通过,传递;B. move移动;C. run跑;D. get得到,到达。上文中的started(开始)提示设空词是继续以前所做的,选项A切题,故选A。
【20题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:现在,他想传递这种感觉,所以他和双胞胎儿子在2018年花了一整个夏天砍伐树木,砍下的木柴成了一堵高高的木墙堆在他们的房子周围。A. lined排列;B. fixed    安装,修理;C. piled堆积;D. grown种植。设空词前是a great wall of wood(一堵高高的木墙),木柴是要堆的,选项C切题,故选C。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:严格地说,这堵木墙有40绳索,一绳索有4英尺高,4英尺宽,8英尺深。A. measures测量,度量;B. weighs重;C. assesses评估,评定;D. tests测试。设空词后的尺寸,提示设空词是与测量有关的词汇,选项A切题,故选A。
【22题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意:很显然,要是McDaniel一家自己用,那木头就太多了,当冬天来临的时候,Shane开始想着别人。A. Hardly几乎不;B. Deliberately故意地;C. Obviously明显地;D. Previously先前。下文Shane要把木柴捐助给需要的人,木柴太多,他们自己用不完,这是容易看出的,所以副词用“明显地”,符合语境,选项C切题,故选C。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:很显然,要是McDaniel一家自己用,那木头就太多了,当冬天来临的时候,Shane开始想着别人。A. disease疾病;B. winter冬天;C. hunger饥饿;D. trouble麻烦。下文的COLD和文章中反复出现的wood,提示捐助发生在冬天,选项B切题,故选B。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:他在Facebook上发帖说:“如果你需要,请私下给我留言!”A. announced通知;B. released释放;C. posted寄,贴,宣布;D. published公布,出版。设空词后的Facebook(脸书)是一个网站,在网站上写东西就是发帖(贴),选项C切题,故选C。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:如果你知道有要烧木柴的人,请告知我们,确保没有一个我们的邻居挨冻。A. notice注意,通告;B. approach接近;C. motivate激励,激发;D. inform通知。设空词前是如果有人需要木柴,设空词后是确保没有一个我们的邻居挨冻,所以设空词是要告知(McDaniel一家)知道,这样才能把木柴送给需要的人,能确保他们不挨冻,选项D切题,故选D。
【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:立刻就有了回应。A. pressure压力;    B. response答复,反应;C. significance意义;D. complaint抱怨。设空词后的One man offered to donate a wood-burning furnace. 一个人提出捐赠一个烧柴的炉子,是对Shane帖子的反应,选项B切题,故选B。
【27题详解】
考查动词和动词短语辨析。句意:其他人争先恐后地跑到Shane的小商店,给木柴堆上再多加些木柴。A. raced over跑过去;B. slid滑;C. appealed上诉;D. gave way让路。设空词后其它人在柴堆上加上了更多的木柴,他们只有来到Shane的小店才能在原来的木柴堆上再加木柴,选项A切题,故选A。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:其他人争先恐后地跑到Shane的小商店,给木柴堆上再多加些木柴。A. money    钱;B. ash灰烬;C. wood木头,木柴;D. axes斧子。上文Shane父子三人砍好了木柴,堆好的是木柴堆,所以其它人过来加上的是木柴(头),选项C切题,故选C。
【29题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:单身妈妈Katelyn和她的女儿只能依靠燃木炉子来取暖,所以在节日前从McDaniel家收到这么多柴火真是解了燃眉之急。A. believe in信任;B. heat up加热;C. explode with爆炸;D. rely on依靠。下文的I couldn't be more thankful.(我感激不尽。)说明这种捐助对Katelyn非常重要,所以用燃木炉子取暖是她们要依靠的,选项D切题,故选D。
【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:单身妈妈Katelyn和她的女儿只能依靠燃木炉子来取暖,所以在节日前从McDaniel家收到这么多柴火真是解了燃眉之急。A. abundant丰富的;B. novel新奇的;C. only唯一的;D. worst最差的。下文Katelyn对木柴捐助的反应说明木柴对她们非常重要,她们冬天离不开它,所以是唯一的热源,选项C切题,故选C。
【31题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:单身妈妈Katelyn和她的女儿只能依靠燃木炉子来取暖,所以在节日前从McDaniel家收到这么多柴火真是解了燃眉之急。A. relaxation放松,休闲;B. burden负担;C. necessity    必需品;D. relief 解脱,消除。上文中说到燃木炉子是她们唯一的取暖用具,她们只能用木柴取暖,没有木柴她们要挨冻,现在接受了McDaniel一家捐助的木柴,消除了受冻,选项D切题,故选D。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意:我如释重负。A. puzzlement困惑;B. stress紧张,压力;C. guilt罪恶;D. commitment承诺。上文relief说明,木柴问题对Katelyn母女不再是问题了,所以从她心里排除掉的是压力,选项B切题,故选B。
【33题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:一些人甚至是不友好的。A. unfriendly不友好的;B. ashamed羞耻的;C. conventional    传统的;D. discouraged灰心的。上文的not … enthusiastic(不热情)说明不是每个人都很正面看这件事,选项A切题,故选A。
【34题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:他们对这个世界和他们不得不寻求帮助的事实感到愤怒。A. decide on决定;B. get close to接近;C. look for寻找;D. put up with忍受。Shane向别人捐助东西,别人就是寻求接受帮助,选项C切题,故选C。
【35题详解】
考查不定代词辨析。句意:这与它多受欢迎没有关系。A. something某事;B. everything每件事;C. anything任何事;D. nothing没有什么。上文Shane is OK with that.(Shane对此觉得没关系。),说明Shane没把这些放在心上,所以是没有关系,选项D切题,故选D。
 
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