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Every morning my friend would stop on the way to work to have a quick breakfast with her 8yearold son.Then she__1__him off at school.They ate the same thing every morning:an egg sandwich,juice,coffee for her,and milk for him.
One day she ordered a(n)__2__breakfast.Once they finished eating and were heading out of the door,she__3__,said good morning to a homeless man sitting outside of the__4__,and gave him the breakfast she had ordered for him.He__5__her,telling her it was his first meal during the last several__6__.She couldn’t help but feel__7__and was glad she finally took__8__.
She told her son that she had seen the man every day that week there and that__9__,herself included,had offered him__10__,support,food,or drink.She__11__explained that homelessness could happen to anyone and that it was important to__12__needy people.
So her “Tradition of Kindness” __13__.Each day she and her son went on to__14__the homeless man breakfast.The__15__was kept until they moved away several years later,__16__the experience was firmly put into her son’s mind.
My friend__17__every time she tells me 高二 that this “Tradition of Kindness” goes on with her son,who remembers this__18__tradition.Now working in a company,her son stops every morning at Starbucks for a coffee and offers a homeless person a breakfast before going to the__19__.
What a great tradition that he can__20__to his children as well!
【解题导语】 一个偶然的机会,作者的朋友把一份早餐给了一个流浪者,从此她和儿子开始了给流浪者买早餐的行动,这也成了他们的一个传统,她的儿子参加后依然继续着这种行动。
1.A.sent B.dropped
C.called D.drove
解析:选B。根据句中at school可知,作者的朋友开车把儿子送到学校。drop sb.off让……下车。
2.A.light B.expensive
C.ordinary D.extra
解析:选D。根据下文内容可知,作者的朋友把一份早餐给了一个流浪者,这说明那份早餐是多出来的。
3.A.stopped B.escaped
C.backed D.hid
解析:选A。作者的朋友和一个流浪者说话并给他早餐,说明她停了下来。
4.A.shop B.market
C.hotel D.restaurant
解析:选D。作者的朋友刚吃完早餐出来,由此可推断那个流浪者在饭店门口。
5.A.recognized B.refused
C.thanked D.found
解析:选C。根据常理,作者的朋友给那个流浪者早餐,他应该表示感谢。
6.A.days B.minutes
C.months D.weeks
解析:选A。根据下一段every day that week可知,这个流浪者已经好几天没有吃东西了。
7.A.cold B.good
C.strange D.nervous
解析:选B。根据后半句中was glad可知,作者感到很开心。
8.A.action B.time
C.care D.effect
解析:选A。这里用短语take action,指的是她帮助了那个流浪者买早饭。作者的朋友每天早晨都在这里吃饭,今天是第一次给那个流浪者买早餐,所以是终于采取了行动。
9.A.everyone B.someone
C.no one D.anyone
解析:选C。根据第二段it was his first meal可知,那个星期里,在她给那个流浪者早餐前,没有人帮助他,包括她自己在内。
10.A.education B.information
C.comfort D.safety
解析:选C。与句中support,food,drink相应的是comfort,指对那个流浪者的安慰。
11.A.again B.further
C.once D.first
解析:选B。根据that后面的从句可知,这是她进一步解释的内容,故用further。
12.A.contact B.encourage
C.follow D.help
解析:选D。根据前半句内容可推断,这里指帮助贫穷的人是很重要的。
13.A.began B.existed
C.failed D.changed
解析:选A。根据下文内容可知,作者的朋友不断地帮助那个流浪者,说明他们开始了做善事的传统。
14.A.win B.buy
C.show D.award
解析:选B。自从第一次给流浪者买早餐后,他们继续这种善举,因此用buy。
15.A.promise B.agreement
C.order D.practice
解析:选D。这里用practice指他们给流浪者买早餐的这种行为习惯。
16.A.although B.so
C.but D.because
解析:选C。他们搬家后就中断了这种善举,但是这段经历却深深地印在了儿子的心里。前后为转折关系。
17.A.cries B.jumps
C.jokes D.smiles
解析:选D。根据as后面的内容可知,她对儿子的行为表示赞许,因此应该保持微笑。
18.A.school B.childhood
C.youth D.adulthood
解析:选B。根据第一段her 8yearold son可推断,为流浪者提供早餐的传统从她儿子童年时就开始了。
19.A.office B.cinema
C.store D.library
解析:选A。根据working in a company可知,她儿子给一个无家可归的人提供早餐后再去上班。
20.A.connect B.relate
C.pass D.move
解析:选C。根据to his children可知,作者希望他能够把这个传统也传给他的孩子们。
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