第四节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

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第四节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

     I used to live selfishly I should admit. But one moment changed me.

     I was on my lunch break and had 26  the office to ger something to eat . On the way I 27 a

Busker(街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him. I had some 28 in my pocker but I would not give them to him thinking to myself he would 29 use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He 30 like that type-young and ragged. 31 what was I going to spend the money on ? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then 32 I had no right to place myself above 33 just because he was busking.

I  34  and dropped all the coins into his 35 and he smiled at me I watched for a while. As 36 as it sounds I expected something  more to come from that moment—a feeling of 37 or satifaction for example. But nothing happened 38 I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of 39 ”I thought.

On my way home at the end of the 40 I saw the busker again and he was 41 . I watched him pick up the hat and walk 42 a cafe counter. There he poured the 43 contents into a tin collecting 44 an earthquake fund-raising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity(慈善)！

Now I donate any 45 I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.

26.  A. left           B. cleaned            C. prepared           D.searched   

27.  A. led           B. chose              C. saw               D. fooled     

28.  A. chocolates     B. coins               C. tins               D. drugs    

29.  A. almost        B. only               C. rather              D. still      

30.  A. acted         B. looked              C. sounded           D.smelt    

31.  A. Though        B. For               C. Therefor           D. But       

32.  A. declared       B. realized            C. expected           D. guessed    

33.  A. it            B. all                C. him                D. them      

34.  A. waited        B. followed           C. stopped            D. arrived     

35.  A. rag           B. hat                C. pocket             D. counter    

36.  A. selfish        B. awkward         C. innocent              D. special           

37.  A. happeiness     B. sadness          C. love                 D. hate                

38.  A. Disappointedly  B. Unfortunately    C. Coincidentally         D. Comfortably       

39.  A. words         B. effort           C. space                 D. money             

40.  A. moment       B. day              C. break                D. event             

41.  A. walking around  B. passing by        C. packing up           D. running off         

42.  A. around        B. in                C. behind              D. to                

43.A. chief            B. basic             C. actual               D. total             

44.A.by               B. for              C. on                  D. with              

45.A.work             B. time            C. energy               D.change            

Answer 1

26—45   ACBBB   DBCCB   AAADB   CDDBD  

解析:

根据“I was on my lunch break”可知，离开（left）办公室去买些吃的。B项“打扫”；C项“准备”；D项“搜寻”。

27．答案C

根据“with a hat in front of him”可知，“我”看到（saw）一个街头艺人。A项“带领”；B项“选择”；D项“愚弄”。

28．答案B

根据下文“…and dropped all the coins into…”可知“我”有一些硬币。

29．答案B

根据“我”心理活动，认为他可能只（only）用 “我”的钱去吸毒或酗酒可知。A项“几乎，将近”；C“相当”；D“仍然，依旧”。

30．答案B

“我”认为他看上去（look like）像“我”所想的人。A项“扮演”；C项“听上去”；D项“闻上去”。

31．答案D

与上文形成转折，想到“我”仅仅用这钱去满足自己的可乐或巧克力瘾，所以用but一词比较适合。A项“虽然”；C项“因此”。

32．答案B

“我”意识到（realized）“I had no right to place myself…”。

33．答案C

就因为他是街头艺人“我”无权把“我”自己看得比他重要。place…above sb. 把……置于某人之上。

34．答案C

根据下文“I dropped all the coins into…”可知，我停下来（stop）去投币的。

35．答案B

根据文章开始“with a hat in front of him”可知，钱当然是放在帽子里。

36．答案A

根据文章开头讲“我”自私可知，尽管我把钱丢在了他帽子，还观察了一会儿，听上去有点儿自私可知，答案选selfish适合。B项“胆怯”；C项“无辜”；D项“特别的”。

37．答案A

“我”丢给他过后等待一种异样的感觉-满足感。

38．答案A

根据“nothing happened”，因此“我”失望地（disappointedly）走了。

39．答案D

“我”因为失望，所以认为给他钱是种浪费钱，a waste of money短语，意为“浪费钱”。

40．答案B

“我”一天（day）中晚些时候回家。

41．答案C

根据下文“I watched him pick up the hat and walk”可知他准备走，所以收拾行李（pack up）

42．答案D

根据后面他把自己的东西装进了一个箱子可知他走向柜台，即walk to a café counter。

43．答案D

根据后文是把钱投进了募捐箱可知，他是把全部（total）讨来的东西倒进了箱子。

44．答案B

为了地震募捐而筹集，即collect for an earhthquake fund-raising event。

45．答案D

看到他所做的一切，“我”把身边有的零钱（change）都捐给了慈善募捐了，而且感觉着给予的快乐。