Recentlydivorced(离婚)Ihadnojobandwasonmywaydowntowntogotheroundsoftheemploymentofficesdespitethegreat36.MyoldumbrellawasbrokenandIcouldnot37anotherone.Isatdowninthestreetcar—andthe

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Recently divorced(离婚) I had no job and was on my way downtown to go the rounds of the employment offices despite the great   36  . My old umbrella was broken and I could not   37   another one.
I sat down in the streetcar — and there against the seat was a beautiful silk   38   with a silver handle inlaid (镶嵌) with gold. I had   39   seen anything so lovely.
I   40   the handle and saw a   41  . I got off the streetcar and   42   opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a   43   book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.
Yes she said in   44  that was her umbrella which her parents now dead had given her for a birthday present.   45  she added it had been stolen at school (she was a teacher) more than a year before.
She was so excited that I   46   I was   47   a job and went directly to her house. She took the umbrella her   48   filled with tears.
I refused the   49    she gave me. We talked for a while and I must have given her my address. I don’t remember.
The next six months were   50  . I was able to obtain   51   here and there. l reached the lowest point in my   52  . Unless a miracle happened I would be homeless in January foodless jobless.
Christmas Eve came. No money to buy my daughter a gift. I was sobbing (抽泣) in the cold little kitchen   53   the doorbell rang and my daughter Peggy ran to answer it. He was a postman and his arms were   54   of parcels. “This is a mistake” I said but he read the name on the parcels and there were for me.
Peggy and I sat on the floor and opened them. I looked for the name of the sender. It was the teacher. The address was   55   “California” where she had moved.

小题1:

A．cloud

B．rain

C．wind

D．snow

小题2:

A．search

B．catch

C．afford

D．sell

小题3:

A．raincoat

B．seat

C．book

D．umbrella

小题4:

A．never

B．ever

C．almost

D．nearly

小题5:

A．concluded

B．examined

C．learned

D．helped

小题6:

A．name

B．address

C．card

D．demand

小题7:

A．deliberately

B．specially

C．sadly

D．thankfully

小题8:

A．technology

B．engine

C．telephone

D．medicine

小题9:

A．anger

B．surprise

C．danger

D．sorrow

小题10:

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．Or

小题11:

A．forgot

B．remembered

C．indicated

D．decided

小题12:

A．applied for

B．watching for

C．asking for

D．looking for

小题13:

A．face

B．nose

C．eyes

D．ear

小题14:

A．reward

B．prize

C．present

D．umbrella

小题15:

A．freezing

B．surprising

C．shocking

D．struggling

小题16:

A．failures

B．successes

C．jobs

D．wages

小题17:

A．heart

B．favor

C．work

D．life

小题18:

A．as

B．while

C．when

D．then

小题19:

A．proud

B．full

C．careful

D．glad

小题20:

A．simply

B．directly

C．finally

D．nearly

Answer 1

小题1:B小题2:C小题3:D小题4:A小题5:B小题6:A小题7:D小题8:C小题9:B小题10:B 小题11:A小题12:D小题13:C小题14:A小题15:D 小题16:C小题17:D小题18:C小题19:B小题20:A
分 析：
小题1:B 上下文串联。根据下文带着雨伞说明下雨了。故B正确。小题2:C 动词辨析。A寻找；B抓住；C买得起；D卖；句意：我的雨伞坏了，而我买不起另外一个。小题3:D 上下文串联。根据下文可知我在车上看见了一把雨伞。小题4:A 上下文串联。句意：我从来没有看见过这样可爱的东西。小题5:B 动词辨析。A结论；B检查；C学会；D帮助；句意：我检查了伞的把手，发现了一个名字。小题6:A 名词辨析。A名字；B地址；C卡片；D要求；句意：我检查了伞的把手，发现了一个名字。小题7:D 副词辨析。A故意地；B特别地；C悲伤地；D幸亏；高兴地；句意：我下了车，幸亏有这把伞保护着我。小题8:C 名词辨析。A技术；B发动机；C电话；D药；句意：我查了电话本寻找那个名子。小题9:B 名词辨析。A生气；B惊讶；C危险；D悲伤；指对方接到这个电话很惊讶。小题10:B 连词辨析。她说这把伞是父母给她的生日礼物，但是一个星期前在学校里被偷掉了。上下文转折关系。小题11:A 动词辨析。A忘记；B记得；C说明；D决定；句意：她如此兴奋以至于我忘记了我在寻找工作。小题12:D 短语辨析。A申请；B当心；C要求；D寻找。句意：我忘记了我在寻找工作而直接去了她家。小题13:C 上下文串联。根据上文的眼泪说明是在眼里。故C正确。小题14:A 名词辨析。A酬劳；B奖励；C礼物；D伞；我帮她找回了伞，她要给我酬劳。小题15:D 动词辨析。A冰冻；B惊讶；D震惊；D挣扎；句意：在接下来的六个月里我一直在挣扎，到处找工作。小题16:C 名词辨析。A失败；B成功；C工作；D工资；句意：我到处找工作。小题17:D 名词辨析。A心；B好感；支持；C工作；D生活；句意:我到了人生的最低点。小题18:C 固定句型。Be doing sth when…正在做某事在这时…when后面接的句子表示意料之外的事情。小题19:B 上下文串联。句意：邮递员的胳膊里面充满了各种包裹。即对方给我寄的礼物。小题20:A 副词辨析。A简单地；朴素地；仅仅B直接地；C最后；D几乎；句意：在包裹上仅仅只有“California”，她搬去的地方。
点评：
本文通过一个故事告诉我们：生活没有欺骗我们，与人为善永远都是真理。本文设空合理，集中考查了各种词义在上下文中的辨析，要求考生要准确理解单词的词性和词义。同时注意上下文的串联和理解，准确理解文章的脉络。