Question

A few years ago I was at an international conference with nearly 700 participants. One afternoon I_31  a very crowded talk by a famous author. The hall filled quickly and soon there were no  32   left , so many dozens of people were standing around the edges.

I saw a very elderly man, stooped(駝背的) slightly with age,   33   against the wall. I immediately got up, told those sitting beside me to   34   the place for him and made my way to him. When I offered my seat to him , he looked  35    and started to refuse , but I would have   36   of that. He asked me my name and thanked me deeply, and then made his  37   back into my row and sat comfortably. Many people who  38   our exchange turned to say what a kind thing I had done. I kept saying , “it’s nothing  39  . I m from Canada, it’s normal for us to help other people!” 

A few minutes later, the man sitting next to the elderly man  40   to leave the hall for another talk and the elderly man   41   to me to return and sit beside him.   42   I resisted, thinking someone else might need it more, but people sitting around him started to repeat my  43 , asking me to come and sit! So I returned and sat beside the gentleman for the  44  .

when the talk was over ,the man thanked me again and  45   asked if I knew who he was . I had no idea. He then looked quite delighted and  46  me a household name that I recognized immediately!

I was astonished to have been sitting next to him,  47  he was excited to think I had given up my seat for him  48   knowing who he was! Again I had to tell him where I come from , and it’s the  49   thing to do! I have felt more blessed to be a Canadian since that day, for seeing how easy it is to  50  someone and how rare it seemed to so many people.

31. A. missed            B. gave           C. expected         D. attended

32. A. seats              B. rooms         C. topics            D. rows

33. A. turning            B. walking        C. leaning           D. lying

34. A. move             B. spare          C. take              D. hold

35. A. glad              B. satisfied        C. disappointed       D. surprised

36. A. nothing           B. none           C. something         D. anything

37. A. living            B. fortune           C. direction           D. way

38. A. witnessed         B. confirmed         C. remembered        D. experienced

39. A. easy             B. popular            C. special            D. funny

40. A. agreed           B. refused             C. chose             D. forgot

41. A. sent             B. signaled            C. rolled             D. said

42. A. At last           B. At least             C. At most           D. At first

43. A. action            B. name              C. dream            D. address

44. A. game            B. discussion           C. course            D. talk  

45. A. quietly           B. loudly.              C. proudly           D. angrily  

46. A. shared            B. told                C. asked             D. answered  

47. A. as if              B. even if             C. so                D .but  

48. A. by               B. without              C. through           D. after

49. A. strange           B. secret               C. normal            D. hard  

50. A. help              B. accept              C. praise            D. trust   

Answer 1

31-35 DACDD   36-40 BDACC    41-45 BDBDA      46-50 BDBCA

解析:

31 D. 由下文可知，作者在臺(tái)下聽報(bào)告（attended a talk）

32 A. 由本句后半部分中的many dozens of people were standing around the edges 以及下文作者給那位老人讓座可知，此處表示“大廳很快坐滿，沒有座位(seats)了”。

33 C. 因?yàn)闆]有座位，老人倚靠(leaning)在墻上。

34 D. 作者讓周圍的人把他的座位占住(hold)以便給那位老人坐。

35 D. 作者主動(dòng)讓座，這讓那位老人感到很吃驚(surprised)。

36 B. 那位老人試圖拒絕，但作者堅(jiān)持。Have none of 不接受。

37 D. 上文中的and made my way to him 對(duì)此空有提示。

38 A. 周圍已經(jīng)親眼目睹了(witnessed)作者和老人交換位置的人都在贊揚(yáng)作者。

39 C. 由下文 It's normal for us to help other people 可知，作者覺得幫助別人沒有什么特別(special)

40 C. 幾分鐘后，老人旁邊的一個(gè)男士選擇(chose)離開座位去聽另一個(gè)報(bào)告。

41 B. 那位老人示意(signaled)作者坐在他旁邊。

42 D. 由thinking someone else might need it more 可知，最初(at first)作者拒絕回去坐。

43 B. 但周圍的人都在喊作者的名字(name)，讓他坐回去。

44 D. 第一鍛中的a very crowded talk 和下文中的when the talk was over 對(duì)些空有提示。

45 A. 那位老人悄悄(quietly)問作者是否知道他是誰(shuí)。

46 B. 那位老人告訴了(told)作者一個(gè)家喻戶曉的名字。

47 D.48 B. 作者驚訝于自己能夠和這樣一位名人同坐；而(but)令那位老人高興的是，作者是在不(without)知道他是誰(shuí)的情況下讓座的。

49 C. 第二段最后兩句I'm from Canada. It's normal for us to help other people 對(duì)此空有提示。

50 A. 幫助(help)別人非常容易做到。