Question

【題目】 When he was 5, Nicholas Lowinger visited a homeless shelter with his mother. He was _______ to show off his new lightup sneakers. But his mom warned him against doing so, _______ that these children might not have such things.

_______ enough, when Nicholas met kids at the shelter, he _______ realized that they were living in circumstances that were different from his own.

“I saw other kids who looked just like me. The only _______ was that they were wearing _______ shoes that were falling apart. Some didn't have a pair of shoes to call their own,” said Nicholas, now 15. “I’ve been _______ to grow up in a family that is able to provide me with whatever I need. A lot of kids here in the U．S. don't have the same _______．”

That first shelter _______ left a strong impression on Nicholas, who started ________ all the shoes he’d outgrown to local shelters. But he soon ________ that his donations weren't that helpful.

“It ________ me that I only had used shoes to give to them ________ new shoes that fit right,” he said. “No two people’s feet are exactly the same, and ________ you are wearing someone else’s worn shoes, your feet aren’t going to be comfortable.”

So at the age of 12, Nicholas started a program that donates ________ shoes to homeless children. ________, his efforts were part of a community service project. With the help of his parents, he then started the Gotta Have Sole Foundation, which has donated new footwear to more than 10,000 ________ children in 21 states.

“Something that seems so ________, a pair of shoes, can make children feel ________ about themselves and gain confidence.” Nicholas ________ other young people to do the same.

【1】A.disappointedB.puzzledC.excitedD.surprised

【2】A.explainingB.expectingC.decidingD.judging

【3】A.TerriblyB.SureC.StrangelyD.Fair

【4】A.actuallyB.possiblyC.quicklyD.simply

【5】A.resultB.problemC.reasonD.difference

【6】A.oldB.bigC.specialD.heavy

【7】A.braveB.fortunateC.healthyD.selfish

【8】A.educationB.experiencesC.clothingD.opportunities

【9】A.lectureB.showC.visitD.class

【10】A.donatingB.postingC.sellingD.delivering

【11】A.rememberedB.admittedC.doubtedD.realized

【12】A.delightedB.botheredC.amazedD.astonished

【13】A.because ofB.apart fromC.instead ofD.except for

【14】A.ifB.onceC.untilD.though

【15】A.expensiveB.newC.strongD.unique

【16】A.At leastB.In factC.In additionD.At first

【17】A.homelessB.specialC.poorD.sick

【18】A.uselessB.simpleC.funnyD.cheap

【19】A.warmB.luckyC.goodD.sad

【20】A.forcesB.commandsC.prefersD.encourages

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】D

【9】C

【10】A

【11】D

【12】B

【13】C

【14】A

【15】B

【16】D

【17】A

【18】B

【19】C

【20】D

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。Nicholas在5歲時隨媽媽拜訪了無家可歸者的收容所，住在里面的孩子穿著破舊的鞋給他留下了深刻的印象。長大之后，他發起了一個為無家可歸者捐鞋的活動來幫助他們。他還鼓勵其他年輕人也去做相同的事情。

【1】考查形容詞。A. disappointed感到失望的；B. puzzled感到困惑的；C. excited興奮的；D. surprised感到吃驚的。根據空格后的“to show off his new lightup sneakers”可推知，Nicholas為可以炫耀他的能發光的新運動鞋而感到興奮(excited)。故選C。

【2】考查動詞。A. explaining解釋；B. expecting期盼，預測；C. deciding決定；D. judging判斷。根據空格前的“But his mom warned him against doing so”可知，Nicholas的媽媽警告他不要這么做，并向他解釋了(explaining)原因，因為收容所里的孩子可能沒有這樣的東西。故選A。

【3】考查副詞。A. Terribly可怕地，糟糕地；B. Sure確信；C. Strangely奇怪地；D. Fair公正地。根據空格后的“... living in circumstances that were different from his own”可知，果然如媽媽所說，Nicholas發現收容所里的孩子們過著跟他不一樣的生活。sure enough“果然，果真”，符合語境。故選B。

【4】考查副詞。A. actually事實上；B. possibly可能地；C. quickly迅速地；D. simply簡單地。根據第一段最后一句和空格后的內容可知，Nicholas來到收容所后，很快(quickly)就意識到收容所里的孩子們的生活環境和他自己的有所不同。故選C。

【5】考查名詞。A. result結果；B. problem問題；C. reason理由；D. difference區分。根據上段和空格前的“I saw other kids who looked just like me. The only ...”可知，住在收容所里的孩子看起來和Nicholas差不多大，唯一的不同是他們穿著破損不堪的舊鞋子。故選D。

【6】考查形容詞。A. old舊的；B. big大的；C. special特殊的；D. heavy重的。根據空格后的“shoes that were falling apart”可推知，住在收容所里的孩子們穿的是破損不堪的舊鞋子。故選A。

【7】考查形容詞。A. brave勇敢的；B. fortunate幸運的；C. healthy健康的；D. selfish自私的。根據空后內容可知，Nicholas感到很幸運(fortunate)，因為他成長在一個能給他提供任何他需要的東西的家庭。故選B。

【8】考查名詞。A. education教育；B. experiences經歷；C. clothing衣服；D. opportunities機會。根據上句可知，Nicholas感到生長在一個能給他提供任何他需要的東西的家庭是很幸運的。而美國的很多孩子卻沒有同樣的機會。opportunity“機會”，符合語境。故選D。

【9】考查名詞。A. lecture演講；B. show表演；C. visit拜訪；D. class班。根據文章第一段第一句中的“visited a homeless shelter with his mother”可知，此處指第一次的拜訪(visit)就給Nicholas留下了很深的印象。故選C。

【10】考查動詞。A. donating捐獻；B. posting張貼；C. selling賣；D. delivering遞送。根據上文內容可知，收容所里的孩子們穿著破舊的鞋子給Nicholas留下了很深的印象，于是他開始將自己穿小了的鞋捐給(donating)當地的收容所。下句中的“donations”也是提示。故選A。

【11】考查動詞。A. remembered記得；B. admitted承認；C. doubted懷疑；D. realized意識到。根據下文“No two people's feet ... to be comfortable.”可知，Nicholas很快意識到(realized)他的捐贈對那些無家可歸的孩子們不是那么有幫助。故選D。

【12】考查形容詞。A. delighted感到高興；B. bothered感到困擾的；C. amazed驚訝的；D. astonished吃驚的。根據下文可知，因為每個人的腳并不完全相同，所以舊鞋穿到別人腳上可能會不舒服。而自己只有舊鞋而沒有新鞋可以捐贈，這一點讓Nicholas很煩惱(bothered)。故選B。

【13】考查詞組。A. because of因為，由于；B. apart from遠離，除……之外；C. instead of而不是……；D. except for除了……之外。句意同上。故選C。

【14】考查狀語從句。A. if如果；B. once一旦；C. until直到……為止；D. though盡管。根據本句前半部分“No two people's feet are exactly the same”可知，沒有兩個人的腳會完全一樣，如果你穿別人穿過的鞋，你的腳不會很舒服。此處表示假設的條件，故選A。

【15】考查形容詞。A. expensive昂貴的；B. new新的；C. strong強壯的；D. unique獨一無二的。根據上文內容可知，Nicholas意識到如果我們穿別人穿過的鞋，腳會不舒服，于是在12歲時，他發起了一項活動，為無家可歸的孩子們捐贈新(new)鞋。故選B。

【16】考查詞組。A. At least至少；B. In fact事實上；C. In addition另外；D. At first最初。根據下一句中的“then”可知，與之相對應的應該是at first，意為“最初，起先”。故選D。

【17】考查形容詞。A. homeless無家可歸的；B. special特殊的，專門的；C. poor貧窮的；D. sick病態的。根據該段第一句中的“to homeless children”可知，在父母的幫助下，Nicholas啟動了Gotta Have Sole Foundation項目，為21個州的1萬多名無家可歸的(homeless)孩子捐贈了新鞋。故選A。

【18】考查形容詞。A. useless無用的；B. simple簡單的；C. funny好笑的；D. cheap便宜的。根據空格后的“a pair of shoes, can make children feel ________ about themselves and gain confidence”可知，捐贈一雙鞋這么簡單的(simple)事就能讓孩子們感覺很好并且獲得自信。故選B。

【19】考查形容詞。A. warm溫暖的；B. lucky幸運的；C. good好的；D. sad難過的。句意同上。故選C。

【20】考查動詞。A. forces強迫；B. commands命令；C. prefers更喜歡；D. encourages鼓勵。因為Nicholas從捐鞋這件小事中受益匪淺，所以他鼓勵其他年輕人也去做相同的事情。encourage“鼓勵，支持”，符合語境。故選D。