Question

You Did More Than Carry My books

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark___1___ down and helped the boy pick up these articles. ___2___ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark ___3___ the boy’s name was Bill, that he ___4___ computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of ___5___ with his other subjects and that he had just broken ___6___ with his girlfriend.

They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was ___7___ in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed ___8___ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They ___9___ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before ___10___, Bill asked Mark if they ___11___ talk.

Bill ___12___ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ___13___ wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I ___14___ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess(臟亂) ___15___ anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to ___16___ my things. But after we spent some time together ___17___ and laughing, I realized that ___18___ I had done that, I would have ___19___ a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You ___20___ my life.”

1. A. fell B. sat      C. lay      D. knelt

2. A. Although       B. Since  C. After   D. Until

3. A. discovered     B. realized      C. said    D. decided

4. A. played    B. loved  C. tried   D. made

5. A. questions       B. ideas   C. trouble       D. doubt

6. A. up  B. out     C. off      D. away

7. A. called     B. helped C. invited       D. allowed

8. A. peacefully     B. willingly    C. freely  D. pleasantly

9. A. continued      B. agreed C. forced D. offered

10. A. graduation   B. movement  C. separation   D. vacation

11. A. would   B. should C. could  D. must

12. A. demanded    B. reminded    C. removed     D. asked

13. A. ever     B. usually       C. even   D. never

14. A. checked       B. took    C. cleaned      D. put

15. A. over     B. into    C. with    D. for

16. A. find     B. pick    C. pack   D. hold

17. A. talking B. playing      C. reading      D. watching

18. A. before  B. if C. while  D. as

19. A. forgotten     B. passed C. left     D. lost

20. A. helped  B. recovered   C. improved   D. changed

Answer 1

1---20        DBABC   ACDAA   CBACD   CABDD     

解析:

本文主要講一個想離家出走的小男孩與一個不期而遇的校友的友誼故事。

1. D。從前文可知，Bill 所帶的書、棒球拍等撒落一地，此時 Mark 幫 Bill 撿起這些東西，比較四個選項，只有 D 最合適。kneel down 意為“跪下”、“屈膝蹲下”。

2. B。since 表原因。此處句意為“因為他們同路，所以 Mark 幫 Bill 提一些東西”。

3. A。比較四個選項，只有 A 較合適。discover 意為“發現”、“了解到”。注：本段后面的幾個以 that 開頭的句子均為動詞 discovered 的賓語(從句)。

4. B。能同時接 computer games, baseball, history 作賓語的只有 loved 最合適。注意不能選 played，因為它雖然可說 played computer games, 但不能說 played baseball, 也不能說 played history。

5. C。本處談到的幾個情況是為下文提到的 Bill 想離家出走作鋪墊——喜歡打游戲、功課不好、與女朋友分手等。

6. A。break up 是固定短語，有許多意思，如表示：停止，散開，拆開，分解，衰弱，(精神)崩潰，解散，打斷，斷交，絕交，破裂，(天氣)突然變化，使苦惱，結束，(學校期末)放假，等等。在此句中它表示“分手”。

7. C。比較四個選項，同時聯系到他們現在的這種關系，選 invited 較合適。

8. D。根據空格后的 with a few laughs and some shared small talk，以及后面講到的 Bill 因為 Mark 的巨大改變，可推知此應填 pleasantly。

9. A。這次不期而遇之后，他們還有時見面，說明這是在 continued。

10. A。此題可用排除法做：比較四個選項并結合全文內容，可知此處填 graduation 最合適。

11. C。此題填 could 意思最通順，即“Bill 問 Mark 他們是否可以(could)談談”。

12. B。remind sb of sth 是固定搭配，意為“提醒某人想起某事”。

13. A。ever 意為“曾經”，常用于否定句、疑問句等句型中。

14. C。clean out 是固定短語，意為“清理”、“把…打掃干凈”。其后的 locker 指“(有鎖的)存物箱”。

15. D。介詞 for 在此表示“給”、“為”。此句的語境是：我之所以把存物箱清理干凈，是因為我不想把不一片臟亂留給其他任何人。

16. C。根據此處語境并比較四個選項，此處應填 packed。句意為“我本想離家出走的，我當時回家是為了把(要帶走的)東西包裝好”。

17. A。根據上文(第8空后)提到的 with a few laughs and some shared small talk 可知此處應是 talking and laughing。

18. B。if 在此引出一個虛擬條件句，該句的通常詞序是 I realized that I would have lost a new friend… if I had done that.

19. D。lose a new friend 在此指失去一位像 Mark 這樣的朋友。

20. D。Mark 一個小小的幫助，使得 Bill 打消了離家出走的想法，甚至還使他有了不少 laughing 和 fun 等，這說明 Mark 改變了 Bill 的生活。