Question

My friend had mentioned that her father had a lot of children’s toys that he was looking to give away. She knew I had a three-year-old daughter so she thought of me first. I told her I would it if I could get some nice things for my daughter, which I wouldn’t otherwise have been able to .

When I met her father, he began to explain that he was once too and that he would hate to things that could be very . At first, he thought of taking everything to the Salvation Army but then he to see if anyone he knew could use them first.

When he was me around, I saw a bed, a slide(滑板), a kitchen set and many other things that made me surprised. As my eyes were wide and beginning to tear up a bit, he told me not to feel guilty. He said I was him by getting rid of them.

As I was looking around, I did feel guilty, but I tried to remain more grateful than guilty because he told me to. Every time I tried to him for giving my daughter all these things, he would thank me right back and was grateful that these toys would be put to good use.

So, sometimes when we are helped by others, the others that helped us are helped as a side-effect. In the of charity, it makes sense to feel grateful, but guilt is just as normal, I know we could have lived without a slide, which is why I do feel guilty, but I am grateful all the same because my daughter enjoys all these nice things!

1.A. wear B. repair C. appreciate D. check

2.A. believe B. afford C. see D. spare

3.A. handsome B. young C. poor D. healthy

4.A. throw away B. hand out C. add up D. pick out

5.A. suitable B. expensive C. useful D. dangerous

6.A. continued B. forgot C. had D. decided

7.A. driving B. showing C. turning D. sending

8.A. helping B. saving C. troubling D. guiding

9.A. praise B. move C. call D. thank

10.A. wonderful B. cheap C. strange D. foreign

11.A. habit B. end C. eyes D. corners

12.A. sadly B. hardly C. secretly D. really

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.D

【解析】

試題分析：作者朋友的父親有一些兒童玩具想送人，作者正好有一個三歲的女兒，于是，朋友就首先想到了作者。作者的家庭并不富裕，她給女兒買不起好的玩具。

1.I would it if I...如果能得到一些玩具，我將會非常感激，是固定句型，it是形式賓語，if從句是真正的賓語，故選C。

2.hich指的是先行詞things，否則的話，作者買不起那些漂亮的玩具，afford常與can, be able to連用，故選B。

3.he was once too作者朋友的父親說他曾經也很貧窮，根據第一段最后可知，作者并不富裕，給女兒買不起玩具，故選C。

4.he would hate to things作者朋友的父親說他討厭扔掉還有用的東西，根據下句可知，他想著先看看認識的人中有沒有需要的，說明他不會隨便把有用的東西扔掉，故選A。

5.if anyone he knew could use them first”那些東西仍然有用，故選C。

6.but then he to see if...后來他決定先看看認識的人中有沒有需要那些東西的，故選D。

7.When he was 42 me around當他帶作者參觀時，show sb around帶某人參觀，故選B。

8.when we are helped by others”可知，這里指的是作者朋友的父親認為作者是幫了他的忙，故選A。

9.Every time I tried to him for giving my daughter all these things每當作者感謝他把東西送給作者的女兒時，根據“thank me right back”可知，作者感謝朋友的父親，他會立刻反過來感謝作者，故選D。

10.I could get some nice things for my daughter”可知，作者為女兒挑選的東西都是很好的，故選A。

11.In the of charity, it makes sense to feel grateful就慈善而言，心存感激是可以理解的，in the eyes of...從......的角度來看，就......而言，故選C。

12.I am grateful all the same because my daughter enjoys all these nice things因為女兒確實很喜歡這些好東西，所以作者很感激她的朋友，故選D。

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