一、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****选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
During the early 1980s, I was a sales manager for a large training company. One of my ___16___ was to train people on how to sell. I taught people that lack of time and opportunity were only excuses for not producing ___17___.
My mother is a Greek immigrant with ___18___ formal education. Her high point of each week was Sunday
when she ___19___ take an hour-long bus ride to church, where she and her friends would ___20___ and exchange gossip and stories of their families.
When the committee members decided to ___21___ money for a new Greek church, my mother jumped at the chance to ___22___. Her plan was simple: talk to as many people as possible about buying tickets and make them feel ___23___ if they didn’t.
That was ___24___ I came into the picture. She said I was a big shot and gave me ten booklets of ten tickets, each one worth one dollar, ___25___ up to a total of $100. A week later, I showed up with the ___26___ half. “I simply didn’t have the time.” I ___27___ to my mother.
“You either do something or you have all the ___28___ why not,” my mother shot back and started to cry. I was ___29___ and quickly agreed to buy the rest of my tickets myself. She stopped crying ___30___ and said, “When you want something, then you do ___31___ it takes to get the job done, even cry.” With a ___32___ she said, “I knew that crying would work with you, and for being so sad with your excuses, here are ten more books.” As a sales manager, I paled by ___33___. It ___34___ that my mother sold 7,000 tickets, 200 ahead of the second.
I learned a new level of distinction between ___35___ and results. Soon afterwards, I quit my job and started my own business, training people in time management.
16. A. majors B. professions C. responsibilities D. careers
17. A. results B. changes C. chances D. effects
18. A. much B. little C. adequate D. improper
19. A. would B. should C. could D. might
20. A. hang up B. catch up C. take up D. break up
21. A. donate B. save C. earn D. raise
22. A. create B. take C. participate D. struggle
23. A. upset B. touched C. depressed D. guilty
24. A. what B. where C. how D. whether
25. A. adding B. taking C. looking D. living
26. A. left B. existing C. sold D. remaining
27. A. replied B. suggested C. explained D. applied
28. A. excuses B. reasons C. causes D. clues
29. A. annoyed B. shocked C. delighted D. relieved
30. A. gradually B. occasionally C. eventually D. instantly
31. A. however B. whenever C. whatever D. whichever
32. A. smile B. tear C. sob D. pain
33. A. defeat B. comparison C. failure D. disadvantage
34. A. worked up B. turned in C. turned out D. worked out
35. A. time B. courage C. performance D. efforts
【答案】16. C 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. B 21. D 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. C 32. A 33. B 34. C 35. A
【解析】
【分析】
本文为故事类文章。作者因为母亲为了给教堂筹集资金，让作者买下100张的票，但当作者已没时间交还剩下的一半的票时，作者的妈妈竟然给哭了，让儿子答应自己的要求，并告诉作者为了目的可以“不择手段”（即让对方内疚），这让作者深受启发，从而辞职开辟了新的工业机会。

【17题详解】
考查名词辨析。results后果，结果；changes变化；chances机会，可能性；effects效果，结果。本句是“我教育人们说没有时间和机会仅仅是没有产生结果的借口”，因此本句是指不作为的结果（results）的借口，而且最后一段第一句“I learned a new level of distinction between time and results”是提示，因此选A。
【18题详解】
考查形容词。 much许多的，大量的；little几乎没有，琐碎的； adequate 足够的；improper不合适的。根据语境及下文的内容可知，作者的妈妈几乎没有受到什么教育。分析选项可知B项正确。

【20题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。hang up挂上; 挂住；catch up追上，交流近况，谈论近况；take up占据，从事； break up结束，使破碎。根据语境可知，作者的母亲总是在周末坐一小时的公交车去教堂，和她的朋友交流各自的近况（catch up）。故选B项。
【21题详解】
考查动词辨析。donate捐赠，捐献； save节约，挽救；earn 获得，赢得；raise举起，抬高，筹集，抚养。根据上下文的内容可知是“筹集资金”，raise money意为“筹集资金”，故选D项。
【22题详解】
考查动词辨析。create创造；take拿，取，耗费；participate参加，参与；struggle努力，挣扎。本句是指“当委员会成员决定为一座新希腊教堂募捐时，我母亲欣然参与”，故选C项。
【23题详解】
考查形容词辨析。upset心烦的；touched受感动的；depressed情绪低落的，沮丧的；guilty内疚的，有罪的。根据句意“她的计划很简单：说服尽可能多的人购买门票，如果他们不买的话，让他们感到内疚（guilty）。”分析选项可知D项符合题意。
【24题详解】
考查连词。分析句子可知，本句是个表语从句，从句不缺少主语，句子结构完整，所以不能选A。根据语境可知，母亲为教堂筹钱的计划简单，就是让尽可能多的人购票。及后句“她说我是个大人物，给了我十本十张票的小册子，每一张价值一美元”。可推断出这正是我被卷入的地方就是让我买100张的票。分析选项是确定让我买100张票，所以不能选“whether”， “how”，故选B。
【25题详解】
考查固定搭配。本句说这些票合计达100 美元。add up to…为固定搭配，意为“合计达….”。故选A项。
【26题详解】
考查形容词辨析。left剩下的； existing目前的，现存的；sold被卖的；remaining剩下的。句意：一个星期后，我拿着剩下的一半出现了。第14小题“the rest of my tickets”可知本题填“剩下的”。Left的remaining都有“剩下的”，但left剩下的，一般作后置定语， with the half left，而remaining剩下的,一般做前置定语，即with the remaining half，所以选D项。
【27题详解】
考查固定搭配。replied回复；suggested 建议，表明；explained 解释；applied应用。句意：“我向妈妈解释”，explain sth.to sb.为固定搭配，意为“向某人解释某事”，因此选C项。
【28题详解】
考查名词辨析。本句句意：“你要么做事，要么你有一切不做事的借口”。第一段最后一句有提示，分析选项：excuses借口；reasons理由；causes起因；clues线索。可知A项正确。

【30题详解】
考查副词辨析。gradually渐渐，缓慢地；occasionally偶尔，间或；eventually最终；instantly立即，马上。根据句意可知，作者一答应买下剩下的一半票，妈妈立即（instantly）不哭了，故选D项。
【31题详解】
考查副词辨析。however然而； whenever 无论何时；whatever无论什么；whichever无论什么。分析句子then you do __16__ it takes to get the job done,可知，句中的takes缺少宾语，缺少宾语，要用代词，故A和B是副词不能用， whatever和whichever 都可做宾语，但whichever有范畴，whatever没有范围。本句是指作者的妈妈说“当你想得到某事，无论你付出什么代价都行，甚至是哭”。根据语境可知，是没有范围的，故选C项。
【32题详解】
考查名词辨析。smile微笑； tear眼泪； sob啜泣，呜咽；pain痛苦。根据作者的妈妈用哭泣让作者买了另一半的票，目的达到，她是高兴的，所以会带着笑（smile）和作者说话，故选A项。
【33题详解】
考查动词辨析。defeat击败；comparison比较；failure失败；disadvantage缺点，不足。本句是说，我作为一个销售经理，与母亲为达目的“不择手段”（即第8小题说的“如果他们不这样话的话让他们感到内疚”）相比（comparison）黯然失色。故选B。

【35题详解】
考查名词辨析。time时间；courage勇气； performance表演；efforts努力。文章第一段最后一句说“没有做事时不要以没有时间作借口”。当作者拿着剩下的一半票给妈妈时，也以没有时间为借口。最后一句“training people in time management.”可知，本空填time，故选A

二、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的****选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I believe in respecting and thanking the dustmen. In my mind, they are the most ___21___ people all over the world.
___22___ Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, it took a while before the dustmen could get back to their jobs. There were a lot of ___23___about why trash wasn’t picked yp more quickly. Having lived in New Orleans for many years, I felt extremely ___24___ to see the city where I grew up turn into the biggest landfill(垃圾场) in the country.
The dustmen finally came with excavators(挖掘机) and dump trucks to ___25___ their task. Maybe we should be in high spirits as they___26___the trash, but we couldn’t in fact. We all had a strong sense of great ___27___ and loss as they loaded our once prized possessions into the back of the dump truck as useless ___28___ .
My mother and I stood there, ___29___ the dustmen doing their jobs. We waited for that final feeling of ___30___that there was no more trash to worry about, but it didn’t come. As the man in the excavator ___31___ a piece of broken precious furniture, my mother suddenly burst out crying. Seeing this, the dustman ___32___ shut down the excavator and walked over to my mother to ___33___ her.
A few minutes later, the man and my mother walked over to the excavator again. Then, I saw my mother actually ___34___the excavator. She picked up our trash and dumped it into the dump truck. My mother was excited, and her tears of sadness and pain turned to tears of ___35___. What he did made me very ___36___. When all the work was finished, I sincerely ___37___ him.
One year has gone, and thanks to the dustmen, the city looks ___38___ than expected. Now, whenever a trash truck blocks my path in the street, I usually express my ___39___ for the dustmen through ___40___ waiting for them to complete their job.
21. A. confident B. beautiful C. ambitious D. outgoing
22. A. Until B. After C. While D. If
23. A. conversations B. comments C. complaints D. concerns
24. A. frustrated B. amazed C. relaxed D. scared
25. A. compete B. change C. confirm D. complete
26. A. divided B. removed C. checked D. possessed
27. A. richness B. kindness C. sadness D. happiness
28. A. trash B. furniture C. truck D. gift
29. A. helping B. imagining C. hearing D. watching
30. A. responsibility B. satisfaction C. disappointment D. curiosity
31. A. dug up B. showed up C. gave up D. brought up
32. A. immediately B. absolutely C. basically D. probably
33. A. meet B. recognize C. appreciate D. comfort
34. A. destroy B. produce C. operate D. repair
35. A. forgiveness B. panic C. joy D. anxiety
36. A. angry B. confused C. grateful D. curious
37. A. thanked B. hurt C. annoyed D. ignored
38. A. uglier B. smaller C. dirtier D. better
39. A. worries B. excitements C. respects D. troubles
40. A. doubtfully B. patiently C. fearfully D. stubbornly
【答案】21. B 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. D 39. C 40. B
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章通过对清洁工工作的描述，作者尊重和感谢清洁工，他们是世界上最美丽的人。
【21题详解】
考查形容词。A. confident自信的；B. beautiful美丽的；C. ambitious有雄心的；D. outgoing外向的，好说话的。根据In my mind, they are the most ___1___ people all over the world.可知，在我看来，他们是世界上最美丽的人。故选B。

【23题详解】
考查名词。A. conversations会话；B. comments评论；C. complaints抱怨； D. concerns关心。根据There were a lot of ___3___about why trash wasn’t picked yp more quickly.可知，有很多人抱怨为什么垃圾不能更快的被回收。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查形容词。A. frustrated挫败的；B. amazed惊讶的；C. relaxed放松的；D. scared害怕的。根据Having lived in New Orleans for many years, I felt extremely ___4___ to see the city where I grew up turn into the biggest landfill(垃圾场) in the country.可知，我在New Orleans生活了多年，看到我长大的城市变成了全国****的垃圾填埋场，我感到非常沮丧。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查动词。A. compete竞争；B. change改变；C. confirm确认；D. complete完成。根据The dustmen finally came with excavators(挖掘机) and dump trucks to ___5___ their task.可知，清洁工终于带着挖掘机和自卸卡车来完成他们的任务。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查动词。A. divided分开；B. removed移走；C. checked核对； D. possessed拥有。根据Maybe we should be in high spirits as they___6___the trash, but we couldn’t in fact.可知，也许我们应该高兴起来，因为他们清除了垃圾，但实际上我们不能。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查名词。A. richness丰富；B. kindness善良；C. sadness伤心；D. happiness幸福。根据We all had a strong sense of great ___7___ and loss as they loaded our once prized possessions into the back of the dump truck as useless ___8___ .可知，我们都有一种强烈的悲伤和失落的感觉，因为他们把我们珍贵的东西作为无用的垃圾装进了翻斗车的后面。故选C。
【28题详解】
考查名词。A. trash垃圾；B. furniture家俱；C. truck卡车；D. gift礼物。根据We all had a strong sense of great ___7___ and loss as they loaded our once prized possessions into the back of the dump truck as useless ___8___ .可知，我们都有一种强烈的悲伤和失落的感觉，因为他们把我们珍贵的东西作为无用的垃圾装进了翻斗车的后面。故选A。

【30题详解】
考查名词。A. responsibility责任；B. satisfaction满意；C. disappointment失望；D. curiosity好奇心。根据We waited for that final feeling of ___10___that there was no more trash to worry about, but it didn’t come.可知，我们等待着最后一种满足感，那就是再也不用担心垃圾了，但它没有来。故选B。
【31题详解】
考查动词词组。A. dug up挖出；B. showed up 出现；C. gave up放弃； D. brought up提出，教育。根据As the man in the excavator ___11___ a piece of broken precious furniture, my mother suddenly burst out crying.可知，当挖掘机里的那个人挖出一件破碎的珍贵家具时，我妈妈突然大哭起来。故选A。
【32题详解】
考查副词。A. immediately立刻；B. absolutely****地；C. basically基本上；D. probably很可能。根据Seeing this, the dustman ___12___ shut down the excavator and walked over to my mother to ___13___ her.可知，看到这一切，清洁工立刻关掉了挖掘机，走到妈妈跟前安慰她。故选A。
【33题详解】
考查动词。A. meet遇见；B. recognize认出；C. appreciate欣赏，感激； D. comfort使舒适。根据Seeing this, the dustman ___12___ shut down the excavator and walked over to my mother to ___13___ her.可知，看到这一切，清洁工立刻关掉了挖掘机，走到妈妈跟前安慰她。故选D。
【34题详解】
考查动词。A. destroy毁掉；B. produce生产；C. operate操作；D. repair修理。根据Then, I saw my mother actually ___14___the excavator.可知，然后，我看到我妈妈实际操作挖掘机。故选C。
【35题详解】
考查名词。A. forgiveness原谅；B. panic惊慌；C. joy高兴；D. anxiety焦虑。根据My mother was excited, and her tears of sadness and pain turned to tears of ___15___.可知，我的母亲很兴奋，她的悲伤和痛苦的眼泪变成了喜悦的眼泪。故选C。

【37题详解】
考查动词。A. thanked感谢；B. hurt使伤害；C. annoyed使烦恼；D. ignored忽视。根据When all the work was finished, I sincerely ___17___ him.可知，当所有的工作完成后，我真诚地感谢他。故选A。
【38题详解】
考查形容词。A. uglier更丑陋的；B. smaller更小的；C. dirtier 更脏的； D. better更好的。根据One year has gone, and thanks to the dustmen, the city looks ___18___ than expected.可知，一年过去了，多亏了清洁工，这座城市看起来比预期的要好。故选D。
【39题详解】
考查名词。A. worries担忧； B. excitements兴奋；C. respects 尊重； D. troubles麻烦。根据Now, whenever a trash truck blocks my path in the street, I usually express my ___19___ for the dustmen through ___20___ waiting for them to complete their job.可知，现在，每当垃圾车在街上挡住我的去路，我通常会通过耐心地等待清洁工完成他们的工作来表达我对他们的敬意。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查副词。A. doubtfully怀疑地；B. patiently耐心地；C. fearfully可怕地；D. stubbornly顽固地。根据Now, whenever a trash truck blocks my path in the street, I usually express my ___19___ for the dustmen through ___20___ waiting for them to complete their job.可知，现在，每当垃圾车在街上挡住我的去路，我通常会通过耐心地等待清洁工完成他们的工作来表达我对他们的敬意。故选B。

三、阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的****选项。
It was my first year of graduate school and my professor was standing on the platform. He was telling us about a ___21___he made years ago.
About a decade earlier, my professor had been a sales manager at a large company. They were ___22___ a national campaign and preparing for a major brand launch. My professor was___23___the operation.
For almost two months before the launch day, he was ___24___all over the country to talk with major partners. ___25___ crossing the country on flights, he was also trying to ___26___his department. For weeks he would have meetings all day, answer___27___and phone calls all night, and ___28___ three or four hours of sleep.
The week before the big launch day, his body___29___. He had to be rushed to the hospital. Major organs had started to____30____from the long-term stress. He spent the next eight days in hospital, ____31____to do anything as the launch day came and went.
Imagine that your ____32____and energy are a bucket of water. In your daily life, there are things that ____33____your bucket up. These are inputs like sleep, nutrition, laughter, and other forms of ____34____. There are also forces that drain(使排出) the water from your bucket. These are____35____like stress from work or school, relationship problems,or other forms of anxiety.
The forces that drain your bucket aren’t all ____36____. To live a productive life, it can be important to have some things____37____out of your bucket. Working hard in the gym, at school, or at the office allows you to produce something ____38____. But positive outputs are still outputs and they drain your energy ____39____. These outputs are gradual. Even a little leak can result in significant water loss____40____ time.
21. A. prediction B. decision C. fortune D. mistake
22. A. at the end of B. in the middle of C. at the mercy of D. on the way to
23. A. sponsoring B. leading C. assisting D. adopting
24. A. researching B. driving C. flying D. inspecting
25. A. Before B. Though C. While D. Since
26. A. run B. promote C. expand D. observe
27. A. emails B. charges C. problems D. doors
28. A. pull in B. squeeze in C. take in D. bring in
29. A. give up B. give in C. give out D. give away
30. A. disappear B. suffer C. function D. fail
31. A. ready B. unwilling C. eager D. unable
32. A. health B. status C. success D. reputation
33. A. break B. pack C. fill D. cover
34. A. rest B. recovery C. entertainment D. accommodation
35. A. restrictions B. consequences C. examples D. outputs
36. A. uncontrollable B. unpredictable C. uncomfortable D. unfavorable
37. A. flowing B. slipping C. escaping D. growing
38. A. typical B. valuable C. casual D. exotic
39. A. suddenly B. surprisingly C. partly D. thoroughly
40. A. over B. beyond C. after D. before
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. D 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. D 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. A
【解析】
本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过分享自己的教授当年因过度劳累而使身体出问题，进而影响了重要工作的故事来告诫我们：凡事要劳逸结合。
【21题详解】
考查名词。A. prediction预测；B. decision决定；C. fortune运气；D. mistake错误。根据下文内容可知，作者的教授讲述了自己当年犯下的不注意劳逸结合的错误(mistake)。故选D。

【23题详解】
考查动词。A. sponsoring赞助；B. leading领导；C. assisting协助；D. adopting采纳。根据下文描述的教授与重要合伙人洽谈、整天开会等忙碌的情形可推知，教授领导(leading)这个项目的运行。故选B。
【24题详解】
考查动词。A. researching研究；B. driving开车；C. flying飞行；D. inspecting检查。根据下文中的"crossing the country on flights"可知，教授乘飞机(flying)在全国奔波。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查连接词。A. Before之前；B. Though尽管；C. While当……时候；D. Since自从。在乘飞机飞往全国各地工作的期间，他还努力管理着自己的部门。故选C。
【26题详解】
考查动词。A. run奔跑，管理；B. promote提升；C. expand扩展；D. observe观察。在乘飞机飞往全国各地工作的期间，他还努力管理着自己的部门。run在此表示“管理，经营”。故选A。

【28题详解】
考查动词短语。A. pull in赚(大笔钱)，驶向路边(或某处)停靠；B. squeeze in挤进去；C. take in吸收；D. bring in带来。连续几周，他白天开会，晚上回复电子邮件(emails)和接电话，挤出三四个小时的时间睡觉。故选B。
【29题详解】
考查动词短语。A. give up放弃；B. give in屈服；C. give out精疲力竭；D. give away赠送。根据下文中的He had to be rushed to the hospital可知，****超负荷工作导致教授身体(body)垮掉，不得不住院治疗。解答此题的关键在于理解空后的“gave out”，该短语意为“(人体某一部分)不能正常工作，变得无力”。故选C。
【30题详解】
考查动词。A. disappear消失；B. suffer遭受痛苦；C. function功能；D. fail失败，失灵。因为****的压力，他的主要器官已经开始衰竭。fail在这里表示“(机件或人体器官)失灵，丧失功能”。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查形容词。A. ready准备好的；B. unwilling不乐意的；C. eager渴望的；D. unable不能够的。教授在医院里度过了接下来的八天，发行日到来又过去，他却不能(unable)做任何事情。故选D。
【32题详解】
考查名词。A. health健康；B. status地位；C. success成功；D. reputation名声。根据上文提到的关于教授身体出问题的内容可知，此处表示想象你的健康(health)和精力就像一桶水。故选A。
【33题详解】
考查动词。A. break打破；B. pack打包；C. fill填满；D. cover覆盖；在日常生活中，各类事情把你的“桶”填满。fill up“填满，装满”，符合语境。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查名词。A. rest休息；B. recovery恢复；C. entertainment娱乐；D. accommodation食宿。根据空前的sleep, nutrition, laughter, and other forms of可知，空处所填词应能涵盖sleep, nutrition, laughter，指能填满你的“桶”的东西(即恢复健康和精力的东西)，故recovery“恢复”符合语境。故选B。

【36题详解】
考查形容词。A. uncontrollable不可控的；B. unpredictable不可预测的；C. uncomfortable不舒服的；D. unfavorable不支持的。让你的“桶”中的水往外流的力量不都是有害的(unfavorable)。故选D。
【37题详解】
考查动词。A. flowing流动；B. slipping滑倒；C. escaping逃跑；D. growing生长。这里把释放压力形象地比喻成让某些东西从桶中流(flowing)出来。故选A。
【38题详解】
考查形容词。A. typical典型的；B. valuable有价值的；C. casual随意的；D. exotic有毒的。在健身房、学校或办公室里努力工作，你可以产出一些有价值的东西。故选B。
【39题详解】
考查副词。A. suddenly突然地；B. surprisingly令人惊异地；C. partly部分地；D. thoroughly****地。但是积极的输出仍然(still)是输出，它们会消耗你的部分能量。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查介词。A. over在……之上；B. beyond超出；C. after之后；D. before之前。甚至是细微的漏洞也能随着时间的流逝导致显著的(significant)水流失。over time随着时间的推移，故选A。

 
四、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。
I shopped today. While I was___21___at the grocery store, a woman followed behind me. She was standing by one of those shopping carts with the___22___in front. The basket held just a few___23___：some apples, corn, a loaf of bread, some canned goods, and a bunch of beautiful coral colored roses. Several times I___24___her looking at those lovely roses and___25___. I told her that they were, indeed, very lovely roses. She said, "I really do love them, and they’re my___26___color.”
Well, just as I was ___27___, I heard her say to the ___28___, "You can put those roses back. I really couldn’t ___29___ them." I turned around and asked her if she would allow me to get them for her. She____30____her head and said, "Why would you want to do that? You ____31____ don’t have to." I replied that I just wanted to especially since she____32____them so much. She still seemed hesitant so I told her that she would be doing me a great kindness if she would____33____me to gift them to her.
With tears in her eyes, she____34____and said, "I really do love them. Thank you.”
On the way home I was reminded of a ____35____ I had heard decades ago and I've loved it ever since. The song is Bread and Roses. It's a ____36____ song on many levels and reminds us that we all need food, but we all also need ____37____.
A line from this song fits this____38____ perfectly, I thought. It reads: "____39____starve as well as bodies. Give us____40____, but give us roses, too.”
21. A. calming down B. checking out C. packing up D. hanging around
22. A. goods B. bag C. customers D. basket
23. A. roses B. cakes C. items D. drinks
24. A. caught B. suggest C. had D. sensed
25. A. suffering B. smiling C. hesitating D. bargaining
26. A. favorite B. suitable C. attractive D. similar
27. A. entering B. leaving C. responding D. wandering
28. A. companion B. manger C. cashier D. stranger
29. A. drop B. enjoy C. store D. afford
30. A. shook B. turned C. nodded D. moved
31. A. probably B. sincerely C. certainly D. finally
32. A. needed B. considered C. studied D. loved
33. A. ask B. invite C. force D. allow
34. A. cheered B. agreed C. refuse D. insisted
35. A. song B. play C. book D. film
36. A. noisy B. beautiful C. funny D. new
37. A. peace B. power C. beauty D. medicine
38. A. situation B. position C. style D. standard
39. A. Bodies B. Brains C. Eyes D. Hearts
40. A. money B. time C. bread D. chance
【答案】21. B 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. D 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. C 38. A 39. D 40. C

【21题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我正在百货商店结账的时候，我身后跟着一位女士。A. calming down镇静下来；B. checking out结账；C. packing up打包；D. hanging around闲逛。故选B。
【22题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：她站在购物车旁，前面放着一个篮子。后句The basket held just a few___3___也提示了答案。A. goods货物；B. bag袋子；C. customers消费者；D. basket篮子。故选D。
【23题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：篮子里装着一些物品：一些苹果，玉米，几盒罐头和一束美丽的珊瑚色玫瑰花。A. roses玫瑰；B. cakes蛋糕；C. items物品；D. drinks饮料。item在这里包含了其他几样物品。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意：好几次我都发觉她看着美丽的玫瑰笑。A. caught发觉，撞见；B. suggest建议；C. had有；D. sensed感知；作者应该是在偶尔回头的时候看见的。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意参考上题。A. suffering遭受；B. smiling微笑；C. hesitating犹豫；D. bargaining讨价还价。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查形容词辨析。句意：我确实很喜欢它们，这是我最喜欢的颜色。A. favorite最喜欢的；B. suitable合适的；C. attractive吸引人的；D. similar相似的；故选A。
【27题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意：当作者正要离开的时候，听见那位女士说“你可以把那些玫瑰花放回去，我确实买不起”。A. entering进入；B. leaving离开；C. responding回应；D. wandering游荡。前面提到作者在结账，这个时候应该是要离开。故选B。

【29题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意参考第七题。后句I turned around and asked her if she would allow me to get them for her.作者问这位女士是否可以替她买下那些花。A. drop扔下；B. enjoy喜欢；C. store储存；D. afford买得起。故选D。
【30题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意：她摇了摇头，说“你为什么这么做呢？”A. shook摇晃；B. turned转动；C. nodded点头；D. moved移动。陌生人为她付钱，很明显她要拒绝。故选A。
【31题详解】
考查副词辨析。句意：你确实没必要这么做。A. probably可能；B. sincerely真诚地；C. certainly确实，肯定；D. finally最后。故选C。
【32题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意：我回答说我特别想为你付钱买下这些花，因为你太喜欢它们了。A. needed需要；B. considered考虑；C. studied学习；D. loved喜爱。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意：我告诉她如果允许我把这些花当作礼物送给她的话，对我来说也是一种仁慈。A. ask要求；B. invite邀请；C. force强迫；D. allow允许。故选D。
【34题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意：双眼满含泪水，她同意了。根据后面的"I really do love them. Thank you.”也可以得出答案。A. cheered欢呼；B. agreed同意；C. refuse拒绝；D. insisted坚持。故选B。
【35题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：回家的路上，我想起了几十年前听到的那首歌。A. song歌曲；B. play戏剧；C. book书籍；D. film电影。后句The song is Bread and Roses.也可以得出答案。故选A。

【37题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意参考上题。A. peace和平；B. power权力；C. beauty美，美丽的事物；D. medicine药物。最后一句Give us ___20___, but give us roses, too.也有提示。文章中的roses代表着美丽的事物。故选C。
【38题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：这首歌中的一句歌词正符合这一情景。A. situation情景，处境；B. position位置，职位；C. style风格；类型；D. standard标准。故选A。
【39题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：正如身体需要食物一样，人的内心(精神)也需要美好的事物。A. Bodies身体；B. Brains大脑；C. Eyes眼睛；D. Hearts内心（精神）。故选D。
【40题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：给我们面包，也请给我们玫瑰花。A. money钱；B. time时间；C. bread面包；D. chance机会。It's a___16___song on many levels and reminds us that we all need food,也提到了两种需求：食物和美好的事物。bread既代表着食物（food）。故选C。