One miserable rainy night,a man named Mark decided to end his life. In his mid-fifties, Mark had never been married.__the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family. Wet and unhappy, he walked along the streets, feeling as if there was__in the entire world that cared whether he lived or died ____，1 was sitting in my room watching the rain hit my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I jumped from my chair and__0ut. But my mother was already at the door. Opening it, she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face. My mother, overcome by____，invited the man inside, and he sat with my parents in our living room． ____，1 walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look. I couldn't understand what they were saying,but the__0f the man, holding his head in his hands and crying, made my chest ache. I raced back upstairs to my room and____my hand into my money jar. Pulling out my only half-dollar coin,I ran back downstairs. When I__ the door of the living room, I walked right in .The three adults looked at me in__ as I quickly made my way over the stranger. I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it. Then I gave him a__,turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs. I felt excited but happy Downstairs, Mark sat quietly with his head__.Tears streamed down his face as he tightly held that coin. Finally looking up at my parents, he said, "It’s ___that I thought nobody cared. For the last twenty years,I have been so __ .That is the first hug I have ever got. It’s hard to believe that somebody __．” Mark's life changed that night. When he left our house, he was__ __to live instead of die.____we never saw Mark again, we received letters from him every once in a while, letting us know that he was doing fine My life changed that night, too, as I witnessed the hue healing power of ___．even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents. Before Mark left, my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door. Mark said that_____he'd walked along the streets that rainy night, helpless and ready to—55一,he had noticed a sticker on the car. It read: SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.
试题分析：本文是一篇故事类短文，讲述了关爱给人带来的力量。当一个失意，想自杀的陌生人敲开作者家的门时，作者满怀同情，把储钱罐里的所有钱都给了这个陌生人，而且还拥抱了他。这一切使这个人感觉到了世界上温暖和关爱的存在，重新充满了生活的勇气。 【小题1】C动词辨析。.A believed 相信； noticed 发现；C. experienced 经历；D. understood理解。根据前句内容可知Mark没有结过婚，所以也就没有体验过和家人、孩子在一起的快乐，选C。 【小题2】D代词辨析。A. everybody每个人；B. somebody某个人； C anybody任何人； D nobody没有人。从上文内容可知他不开心，而且想要结束自己的生命，由此判断他感觉孤独，没人关心他，而且下文"It’s _that I thought nobody cared也是提示信息，选D。 【小题3】D.副词辨析。A Later 后来；B First 首先； C Afterwards过后； D Meanwhile与此同时。从下文可知作者正好在当Mark要自杀的时候在房间内看雨，选D。 【小题4】B动词辨析。 A looked 看； B. raced 赛跑； C. spoke 说话；D. broke打破。从语境可知作者是跑着去开门，选B。 【小题5】A．名词辨析。A pity怜悯，同情； B. anxiety焦虑； C guilty 内疚； D. fear害怕。从后句内容可知作者的母亲把那个人请进屋子，由此判断对他充满同情之心，选A。 【小题6】B.形容词辨析。 A. Worried 担心的； B. Curious好奇的； C. Puzzled 迷惑的； D. Annoyed恼火的。根据后句内容可知作者悄悄走到楼梯下去看看这个人，由此判断作者很好奇，选B. 【小题7】C名词辨析。 A. sense感觉； B. thought想法； C. sight 情景；视力； D. look看。从上文可知作者为了更好得看看这个人而躲到楼梯下，而且后句内容是描述这个人的样子，由此判断此处指作者看到的情景，选C。 【小题8】B动词辨析。A. shook摇晃； B. Luck碰运气； C. pushed推； D. forced强迫。从语境可知作者对这个陌生人非常同情，于是跑到房间里把手伸进储钱罐，去碰碰运气，看有没有钱。选B。 【小题9】D动词辨析。 A: answered回答；B. fixed 固定； C. found 发现； D. reached到达。从语境可知作者从卧室跑到楼下，到了门口，选D。 【小题10】D名词辨析。 A. anger生气； B. delight 高兴； C. peace和平； D. surprise惊讶。根据后句内容可知大人们不知道作者为什么急匆匆跑到陌生人面前，由此判断他们很惊讶，选D。 【小题11】A. 名词辨析。A. hug拥抱； B. kiss亲吻； C. smile 微笑； D. handshake握手。根据下文中That is the first hug，可知选A。 【小题12】C动词辨析。A. held 握住； B. turned 变，转；C. bowed垂下，鞠躬； D. raised举起。从下文中Finally looking up at my parents,可知陌生人开始低着头，选C。 【小题13】A. 副词辨析。A. just 仅仅； B. still仍然； C. also也； D. even甚至。从文章首段内容可知Mark仅仅因为在雨中很失意，感觉没人关心他，就想要结束自己的生命，故选A。 【小题14】C.形容词辨析。 A. anxious 焦虑的； B. stressed 有压力的； C. lonely孤独的； D. bored无聊的。根据文章首段内容可知Mark孤身一人生活，没有家人，而且感觉没有人关心他，由此判断他很孤独，选C。 【小题15】A动词辨析。. A. cares 关心； B. gets 得到；C. makes 制作，使； D. knows知道。通过作者的拥抱和作者家人的好意，可知Mark感到了别人的关心，选A. 【小题16】D形容词辨析。A. lucky幸运的； B. proud 骄傲的； C. hesitant 犹豫的； D. ready准备好。从上文内容可知Mark感受到了来自别人的关心，对生活充满了期待，准备继续活下去，选D。 【小题17】C连词辨析。 A. Since自从； B. When 当…时候； C. Although 尽管；D. Unless除非。作者从此没见过Mark，但是会时常收到他的来信，前后句是转折关系，故答案选C。 【小题18】B动词辨析。A. receiving 接收；B. giving 给； C. loving爱； D. taking带走。根据上下文可知作者给了Mark自己攒的零用钱，感觉到了给予所带来的快乐，选B。 【小题19】B连词辨析。 A. if 如果；B. as当…时候； C. until 直到；D. before在之前。根据语境可知是当Mark在街上走的时候看到一张汽车上的贴纸，选B。 【小题20】A动词辨析。A. die 死； B. cry 喊叫，哭； C. leave 离开；D. regret遗憾。从上文可知Mark打算自杀，选A。 考点：考查故事类短文阅读