Ⅰ.完形填空
(2020·濟南4月模擬)As the temperature approached as high as 90°F last July 4th, three police officers went into a store to get something 1 to drink. Once inside, they were asked by a security guard to help with a 2 woman. The woman in question was obviously 3 , and her cheeks were wet with tears. The officers looked inside her bag. All they saw were containers of 4 .
“I'm hungry,” she explained 5 . Caught red-handed, the woman was no doubt expected to be treated as a 6 . But the police had other 7 . “We'll pay for her food,” one of them told the 8 security guard. She would not be 9 .
Drying her wet 10 , the woman repeated, “Thank you, thank you.” She wasn't the only one touched by this act of 11 . Customers at the store were so impressed by what they'd 12 that some even posted a photo on social media. 13 , attention was never what the officers sought. They were 14 by a far more common emotion. When we look at someone's face and see that they need us, it's pretty 15 as a human being to walk away from such things.
[語篇解讀] 本文是一篇記敘文,講述了三名警官人性化處理一起涉嫌偷竊事件的故事。
1. A.safe B.sweet
C.clean D.cold
解析:根據首句中“the temperature approached as high as 90°F last July 4th”和生活常識判斷,由于氣溫過高,所以警官們是進店買冷飲的。
答案:D
2. A.wounded B.suspected
C.reported D.wronged
解析:根據“The woman in question”以及下文警官們在這個女子的包里發(fā)現(xiàn)的食品可知,她是被懷疑的。suspected“被懷疑的,涉嫌的”。
答案:B
3. A.scared B.disappointed
C.puzzled D.annoyed
解析:根據下文這個女子有行竊行為且當場被抓,滿臉淚水可判斷,她很害怕。
答案:A
4. A.clothes B.medicine
C.toys D.food
解析:根據第二段中“I'm hungry”以及“We'll pay for her food”判斷,這個女子包里是食物。
答案:D
5. A.politely B.loudly
C.seriously D.helplessly
解析:根據后一句中“Caught red-handed”,即當場被抓住可知,這個女子很無助地解釋。此處helplessly意為“無能為力地,無助地”。
答案:D
6. A.thief B.beggar
C.victim D.customer
解析:根據上文情節(jié)以及“Caught red-handed”可知,這個女子毫無疑問會被當作小偷。
答案:A
7. A.facts B.secrets
C.ideas D.reasons
解析:根據下文警官為這個女子的食物付錢判斷,此處表示警官有其他想法。idea意為“想法,構思,主意”。
答案:C
8. A.rude B.surprised
C.patient D.embarrassed
解析:根據第一段中“they were asked by a security guard to help with a 2 woman”以及情節(jié)發(fā)展可知,保安原本以為這個女子會被當成小偷,因此警官的做法讓他感到驚訝。
答案:B
9. A.arrested B.employed
C.kept D.doubted
解析:警官為她的食物付了錢,她不會被拘捕了。arrest“拘捕”。
答案:A
10. A.bag B.hands
C.packet D.cheeks
解析:根據第一段中“and her cheeks were wet with tears”可知,此處表示這個女子擦干了濕潤的臉頰。
答案:D
11. A.caution B.sympathy
C.justice D.faith
解析:根據上文情節(jié)判斷,警官的做法應該出于同情,此處表示她并不是唯一一個被這種富有同情的行為感動的人。
答案:B
12. A.ignored B.expected
C.witnessed D.recognized
解析:根據上文“She wasn't the only one touched by this act of 11 .”以及下文可知,此處表示這家商店的顧客對他們所看到的事印象深刻,甚至有人在網上發(fā)布了一張照片。witness意為“目擊,親眼看見”。
答案:C
13. A.However B.Therefore
C.Besides D.Instead
解析:根據語境可知,上下句為轉折關系,表示“然而,警官們從來都不想引起關注”。
答案:A
14. A.attracted B.controlled
C.required D.driven
解析:此處表示他們被一種更為普遍的情感所驅使。drive意為“驅使,迫使”。
答案:D
15. A.typical B.amazing
C.difficult D.silly
解析:根據句意并結合上文可知,當我們看著別人的臉并清楚他們需要我們的時候,作為一個人,我們很難對類似的事情置之不理并揚長而去。
答案:C