阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 The coronavirus pandemic and the threat of a national l
英语试题 08-29
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The coronavirus pandemic and the threat of a national lockdown have caused some people to buy essential supplies ____18____ until there’s ____19____ on grocery store shelves for anyone else. Not only is it ____20____ and inconsiderate, it also affects the age group that is most sensitive to the virus: the elderly. But there are plenty of people who’ve been helping the elderly with their ____21____, and also by offering them ____22____.
Helena Ellis ____23____ a Facebook post, saying that she saw an old man standing with an empty cart staring at empty shelves of bread. ____24____, she gave him one of the last two ____25____ that she had taken. She ____26____ other people to help out the elderly and spare them something that people could do _____27_____. “In a time of madness and _____28_____, please don’t forget those aged people,” Ellis wrote.
Liam Elkind, junior at Yale University enlisted (征募) over 1,300 volunteers to help deliver food and medicine to seniors. _____29_____ themselves Invisible Hands, the group offers the elderly the _____30_____ of filling out a delivery request form and having their shopping done.
Jayde Powell, another college student, _____31_____ started a network of Shopping Angels to deliver groceries to the elderly in her area. “We’re doing this to try and _____32_____ to people who are completely alone in this situation,” Powell told CNN.
Tonka, a _____33_____ dog, is used to visiting his senior friends to give some “feel-good” at the nursing home in Texas. But when the nursing home _____34_____ all visitors in an effort to protect its _____35_____ from the spread of coronavirus, Tonka’s owner, Courtney Leigh, decided to _____36_____ Tonka’s visits, just from outside the nursing home’s windows, holding a sign that _____37_____ “We Miss You.”
18. A. in vain B. in demand C. in panic D. in surprise
19. A. a little B. nothing C. something D. a few
20. A. necessary B. careless C. selfish D. critical
21. A. family B. company C. shopping D. health
22. A. respect B. comfort C. mercy D. passion
23. A. put on B. put up C. put off D. put in
24. A. Heartbroken B. Undoubted C. Desperate D. Hopeless
25. A. carts B. hotdog packs C. shelves D. shopping lists
26. A. inquired B. ordered C. urged D. appealed
27. A. without B. within C. with D. out
28 A. wars B. conflicts C. disorder D. ruins
29. A. Called B. Calling C. To call D. Being called
30. A. choice B. privilege C. promise D. challenge
31. A. uniquely B. similarly C. finally D. surprisingly
32. A. find out B. look out C. call out D. reach out
33. A. guide B. therapy C. detection D. rescue
34. A. turned off B. turned out C. turned down D. turned in
35. A. guests B. residents C. immigrants D. families
36. A. postpone B. pause C. continue D. deliver
37. A. writes B. says C. prints D. speaks
【答案】
The coronavirus pandemic and the threat of a national lockdown have caused some people to buy essential supplies ____18____ until there’s ____19____ on grocery store shelves for anyone else. Not only is it ____20____ and inconsiderate, it also affects the age group that is most sensitive to the virus: the elderly. But there are plenty of people who’ve been helping the elderly with their ____21____, and also by offering them ____22____.
Helena Ellis ____23____ a Facebook post, saying that she saw an old man standing with an empty cart staring at empty shelves of bread. ____24____, she gave him one of the last two ____25____ that she had taken. She ____26____ other people to help out the elderly and spare them something that people could do _____27_____. “In a time of madness and _____28_____, please don’t forget those aged people,” Ellis wrote.
Liam Elkind, junior at Yale University enlisted (征募) over 1,300 volunteers to help deliver food and medicine to seniors. _____29_____ themselves Invisible Hands, the group offers the elderly the _____30_____ of filling out a delivery request form and having their shopping done.
Jayde Powell, another college student, _____31_____ started a network of Shopping Angels to deliver groceries to the elderly in her area. “We’re doing this to try and _____32_____ to people who are completely alone in this situation,” Powell told CNN.
Tonka, a _____33_____ dog, is used to visiting his senior friends to give some “feel-good” at the nursing home in Texas. But when the nursing home _____34_____ all visitors in an effort to protect its _____35_____ from the spread of coronavirus, Tonka’s owner, Courtney Leigh, decided to _____36_____ Tonka’s visits, just from outside the nursing home’s windows, holding a sign that _____37_____ “We Miss You.”
18. A. in vain B. in demand C. in panic D. in surprise
19. A. a little B. nothing C. something D. a few
20. A. necessary B. careless C. selfish D. critical
21. A. family B. company C. shopping D. health
22. A. respect B. comfort C. mercy D. passion
23. A. put on B. put up C. put off D. put in
24. A. Heartbroken B. Undoubted C. Desperate D. Hopeless
25. A. carts B. hotdog packs C. shelves D. shopping lists
26. A. inquired B. ordered C. urged D. appealed
27. A. without B. within C. with D. out
28 A. wars B. conflicts C. disorder D. ruins
29. A. Called B. Calling C. To call D. Being called
30. A. choice B. privilege C. promise D. challenge
31. A. uniquely B. similarly C. finally D. surprisingly
32. A. find out B. look out C. call out D. reach out
33. A. guide B. therapy C. detection D. rescue
34. A. turned off B. turned out C. turned down D. turned in
35. A. guests B. residents C. immigrants D. families
36. A. postpone B. pause C. continue D. deliver
37. A. writes B. says C. prints D. speaks
【答案】
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