Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a bigat the hospital, but somebody had to be left to look after the sick children, and Joan was not theone. She liked dancing very much, so she felt veryfor herself. She went to one sick child after another and said good evening, until she came to Dickey, who was only eleven years old, but he was already able to talkan adult. Poor Dicky had a very serious illness and now he wasable to move. Joan knew he would never get any better,he was always happy and alwaysabout other people instead of himself. Dickey knew that Joan loved dancing, so heher with the words, “I’m very sorry that you have tothe dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer, you’ll find a piece of cake. And there is also a dollar for you to buy something to drink.” “And I’dand dance with you if I were able to,” he added. Suddenly the hospital dance seemed not at all important to Joan.
试题分析：文章讲述了一个发生在医院的故事。一天晚上，医院在举行一场大型舞会。遗憾的是，喜欢跳舞的Joan因为要照看生病的孩子们而无法参加。Dicky是一个为他人着想的孩子，他和其他的孩子为Joan举办了一个晚会来感谢Joan。 【小题1】考查名词辨析。A音乐会；B讨论；C手术，操作；D跳舞，舞蹈，舞会。根据下一行“She liked dancing very much”可知，Joan非常喜欢跳舞，但她被留下照看生病的孩子们而不能参加舞会，说明医院里有一个大型舞会，故选D。 【小题2】考查形容词辨析。A安静的；B聪明的；C幸运的；D勇敢的。根据下一行“She went to one sick child after another”可知，Joan被留下照看孩子们，她不能参加舞会，说明她没有成为幸运的人之一，故选C。 【小题3】 考查形容词辨析。A遗憾的，惭愧的，同情的；B开心的；C自豪的；D冷静的。so she felt veryfor herself她喜欢跳舞却不能参加舞会，Joan因此为自己感到遗憾，feel/be sorry for sb为......感到遗憾，同情某人，故选A。 【小题4】考查介词辨析。A像；B和；C到；D关于。but he was already able to talkan adult但是他的谈吐已经很像成年人了，故选A。 【小题5】考查副词辨析。A几乎；B完全；C几乎不；D容易地。根据“Poor Dicky had a very serious illness”可知，Dicky病得很重，几乎不能走路，故选C。 【小题6】考查并列连词。A因此；B和；C或者；D但是。he would never get any better,he was always happy他将永远也不会康复，但是Dicky总是很开心，前后是转折关系，故选D。 【小题7】考查动词辨析。A谈论；B考虑，认为；C写；D担心。and alwaysabout other people instead of himself他总是为他人考虑，think about考虑，故选B。 【小题8】考查动词辨析。A问候；B表扬；C纠正；D责备。so heher with the words他知道Joan喜欢跳舞，因此Dicky就用这样的话语来问候Joan，故选A。 【小题9】考查动词辨析。A握住；B停止；C错过，思念；D上菜，服务，任职。I’m very sorry that you have tothe dance because of us.很抱歉因为要照顾我们，让你错过了舞会，故选C。 【小题10】考查动词短语。A过来，突然感到，顺便来访被通过；B出发，引起，引爆；C回电话记起；D起床，站起来。根据“and dance with you”可知，Dicky说他会尽力让自己站起来，然后和Joan一起跳舞，故选D。 考点：故事类短文阅读