Ⅰ.完形填空
(2020·济南4月模拟)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.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了三名警官人性化处理一起涉嫌偷窃事件的故事。
1.A.safe B.sweet
C.clean D.cold
解析:根据首句中“the temperature approached as high as 90°F last July 4th”和生活常识判断,由于气温过高,所以警官们是进店买冷饮的。
答案:D
2.A.wounded B.suspected
C.reported D.wronged
解析:根据“The woman in question”以及下文警官们在这个女子的包里发现的食品可知,她是被怀疑的。suspected“被怀疑的,涉嫌的”。
答案:B
3.A.scared B.disappointed
C.puzzled D.annoyed
解析:根据下文这个女子有行窃行为且当场被抓,满脸泪水可判断,她很害怕。
答案:A
4.A.clothes B.medicine
C.toys D.food
解析:根据第二段中“I'm hungry”以及“We'll pay for her food”判断,这个女子包里是食物。
答案:D
5.A.politely B.loudly
C.seriously D.helplessly
解析:根据后一句中“Caught red-handed”,即当场被抓住可知,这个女子很无助地解释。此处helplessly意为“无能为力地,无助地”。
答案:D
6.A.thief B.beggar
C.victim D.customer
解析:根据上文情节以及“Caught red-handed”可知,这个女子毫无疑问会被当作小偷。
答案:A
7.A.facts B.secrets
C.ideas D.reasons
解析:根据下文警官为这个女子的食物付钱判断,此处表示警官有其他想法。idea意为“想法,构思,主意”。
答案:C
8.A.rude B.surprised
C.patient D.embarrassed
解析:根据第一段中“they were asked by a security guard to help with a 2 woman”以及情节发展可知,保安原本以为这个女子会被当成小偷,因此警官的做法让他感到惊讶。
答案:B
9.A.arrested B.employed
C.kept D.doubted
解析:警官为她的食物付了钱,她不会被拘捕了。arrest“拘捕”。
答案:A
10.A.bag B.hands
C.packet D.cheeks
解析:根据第一段中“and her cheeks were wet with tears”可知,此处表示这个女子擦干了湿润的脸颊。
答案:D
11.A.caution B.sympathy
C.justice D.faith
解析:根据上文情节判断,警官的做法应该出于同情,此处表示她并不是唯一一个被这种富有同情的行为感动的人。
答案:B
12.A.ignored B.expected
C.witnessed D.recognized
解析:根据上文“She wasn't the only one touched by this act of 11 .”以及下文可知,此处表示这家商店的顾客对他们所看到的事印象深刻,甚至有人在网上发布了一张照片。witness意为“目击,亲眼看见”。
答案:C
13.A.However B.Therefore
C.Besides D.Instead
解析:根据语境可知,上下句为转折关系,表示“然而,警官们从来都不想引起关注”。
答案:A
14.A.attracted B.controlled
C.required D.driven
解析:此处表示他们被一种更为普遍的情感所驱使。drive意为“驱使,迫使”。
答案:D
15.A.typical B.amazing
C.difficult D.silly
解析:根据句意并结合上文可知,当我们看着别人的脸并清楚他们需要我们的时候,作为一个人,我们很难对类似的事情置之不理并扬长而去。
答案:C