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2024年5月29日发(作者：奕锦文)

A Welcome Gift

Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large

enough for their piano. That night, the two of them 1 side by side at the

piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home. The loud 2 filled

the room and made them feel very happy.

The next morning, 3 ， their happiness e had left a

4 under their door during the night. One of their neighbors had written to

complain(抱怨) about the sound of the piano. Dario's mother asked the building

superintendent(管理员) if he knew anything about it. But he said that they were all

5 people and he couldn't imagine any of them had done that. Later that

morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their 6 and apologize for

their playing.

“Maybe we could go and 7 everyone in person，” his mother said.

“What if we invited them to come here for a 8 instead？” Dario asked.

They both loved the 9 . Over the next few days, they sent out invitations

and prepared desserts 10 their guests. They decorated the apartment with

streamers(彩带) and pretty lights.

Finally, the day of the party 11 . Some guests brought presents. Others

brought flowers. Some even brought desserts to 12 . One woman, Mrs. Gilbert,

13 Dario's mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.

“I heard you playing the other night，”she said，“The sounds woke me out of

bed.I 14 that you might play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I

hope you don't think I disliked the playing.”

Dario's mother smiled at Mrs. Gilbert. “I think maybe we 15 you an

apology，” she said.“I didn't 16 how late it was when we were playing.

Maybe we should play some quieter music at night.”

“You play, you play！” Mrs. Gilbert said.“I like what you play! Just not so loud

at night.” She pointed to the book she had given them. “These songs are not

such 17 music.”

“These songs are beautiful music，” Dario's mother said.“We will be 18

to play them in the evening.”

“And we won't play so loud or late！” Dario was already looking

forward to 19 the new than that, however, he was happy to see

the big smile on his mother's face. It gave him a feeling of 20 and made him

feel that they were home at last.

【语篇导读】本文主要介绍了Dario和他的妈妈搬到新家很高兴，并在深夜弹钢琴

来庆祝，结果却打扰了邻居，邻居留便条抱怨投诉，母子二人积极应对，决定举行派对来

缓和邻里关系，并得到邻居的谅解。

解析语境理解题。此处是指他们两人肩并肩地坐在钢琴旁，故选A。

答案 A

解析背景常识题。前一句提到弹奏爵士乐，故此处填music，选C。

答案 C

ore r ise d

解析逻辑推理题。句意：然而第二天早上他们的幸福消失了。therefore因此；

however然而；otherwise否则；instead相反地。故选B。

答案 B

解析背景常识题。句意：在那天夜里有人在他们的门下面留了一张便条。结合下文

So I wrote a short note可知故选A。

答案 A

解析逻辑推理题。由“管理员想象不出他们中谁会做那件事”可知，管理员认为他

们都是好人，故选D。

答案 D

ors s ves ces

解析逻辑推理题。上文提到他们弹钢琴打扰他们的邻居，故此处指他们应当给他们

的邻居写信来就此事道歉。故选A。neighbour邻居；relative亲戚；audience听众。

答案 A

ct on

解析逻辑推理题。句意：或许我们可以亲自去拜访他们。blame责备；instruct指

导；question质询；visit访问，拜访。故选D。

答案 D

解析语境理解题。句意：要是我们把他们请来举行派对怎么样？结合11小题前面

party可知应选A。

答案 A

ence mance

解析逻辑推理题。句意：他们都喜欢这个主意。experience经历；idea主意；

performance演出；action行动。故选B。

答案 B

解析动词搭配。prepare sth for sb 意为“为某人准备某物”，故选C。

答案 C

ued d ed

解析动词词义辨析。这里指的是“终于举办派对的日子到了”，故选B。

答案 B

ise

解析考查逻辑推理题。这里指派对，所以“有些人带来甜点是用来分享”。故选C。

答案 C

d ted

解析动词词义辨析。此处指的是一个名叫 Mrs. Gilbert的妇女赠送给Dario's

mother一本钢琴音乐书。treat对待；present赠送，呈现；help帮助；serve服务。故

选B。

答案 B

ed ed d

解析逻辑推理题。句意：我担心你们每天晚上都像这样弹奏，因此我写了一张便条。

选D。

答案 D

解析动词搭配。owe sb an apology 意为“应向某人道歉”。选D。

答案 D

e er tand

解析动词词义辨析。此处是指“我没有意识到当我们弹奏时天是多么晚了”，故选

A。

答案 A

解析逻辑推理题。句意：这些歌曲不是那么吵的歌。选D。

答案 D

解析形容词辨析。这里是指“我们很乐意在晚上弹奏这些歌曲”。选C。

答案 C

ng cing ing g

解析逻辑推理题。句意：他已经一直盼望着能练习新曲子。选B。

答案 B

ty m hy

解析名词词义辨析。这里指“他妈妈的微笑给了他温暖的感觉”。equality平等；

freedom自由；warmth温暖；sympathy同情。故选C。

答案 C

In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life,

a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory__36__course about 20

years ago.

The professor __37__the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled

with dried beans（豆）, and invited the students to _38_how many beans the jar

contained. After __39__shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin,

dry smile, announced the __40__ answer, and went on saying, ”You have just

__41__an important lesson about science. That is: Never__42__ your own senses.”

Twenty years later, the __43__could guess what the professor had in mind. He

__44__himself, perhaps,as inviting his students to start an exciting __45__into an

unknown world Invisible（无形的）to the 46 ,which can be discovered only

through scientific 47 .But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even

48 the invitation. She was just 49 to understand the world. And she 50 that her

firsthand experience could be the 51 .The professor, however, said that it was

52 .he was taking away her only 53 for knowing and was providing her with no

substitute. “I remember feeling small and 54 ,”the women says, “and I did the

only thing I could do. I 55 the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near

science since.”

36．A. art B. history C. science D. math

37．A. searched fo B. looked at C. got through D. marched into

38．A. count B. guess C. report D. watch

39．A. warning B. giving C. turning away D. listening to

40．A. ready B. possible C. correct D. difficult

41．A. learned

42．A. lose B. trust

43．A. lecturer

44．A. described

45．A. voyage

46. A. professor

47. A. model

48. A. hear

49. A. suggesting

50. A. believed

B. prepared C. taught D. taken

C. sharpen D. show

B. scientist C. speaker D. woman

B. respected C. saw D. served

B. movement C. change D. rush

B. eye C. knowledge D. light

B. senses C. spirit D. methods

B. make C. present D. refuse

B. beginning C. pretending D. waiting

C. proved D. explained

B. doubted

51. A. growth B. strength C. faith D. truth

52. A. firm B. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable

53. A. task B. tool C. success D. connection

54. A. cruel B. proud C. frightened D. brave

55. A. dropped B. started C. passed D. missed

36.C 37.D 38.B 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.B 43.D 44.C 45.A 46.B 47.D 48.A 49.B 50.A

51.D 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.A

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked

with an experienced 36 for a few days, I was 37 to wait tables on my own.

All went 38 that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily 39 the

tables not far from the kitchen. 40 , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy

trays (托盘)。

Before I knew it, the 41 was full of people. I moved slowly, 42 every step.

I remember how 43 I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked

different from the one I was 44 on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it

45 to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to 46 I was a

natural at this job.

Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved

__47 you work. It seems your tray stand has been very 48 to you, but we are

getting ready to 49 now, and my wife needs her 50 back.”

At first his 51 did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I

got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as

ice, but my face was 52 . I wanted to get into a hole and 53 .

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just 54 , I

have learned to be more 55 and not to be too sure of myself.

36. A. manager B. assistant C. cook D. waitress

37. A. promised B. invited C. allowed D. advised

38. A. well B. quickly C. safely D. wrong

39 A. left B. given C. brought D. shown

40. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Finally

41. A. kitchen B. street C. restaurant D. table

42. A. minding B. changing C. taking D. saving

43. A. angry B. calm C. sad D. happy

44. A. fixed B. trained C. loaded D. waited

45. A. slower B. lighter C. quieter D. easier

46. A. believe B. agree C. regret D. pretend

47. A. letting

48. A. useful

49. A. rest

50. A. bag

51. A. idea

52. A. cold

53. A. lie

54. A. repeated

55. A. careful

【标准答案】D。

B. making

B. familiar

B. order

B. walker

B. praise

B. full of joy

B. discovered

B. patient

C. watching

C. unusual

C. eat

C. tray

C. message

C. pale

C. defend

C. corrected

C. honest

D. having

D. leave

D. coat

D. need

D. on fire

D. stay

D. described

D. practical

D. interesting

B. hide

【试题解析】前文说在饭店找到一份工作，后文出现了carry the heavy trays (托盘)，

可以可知“我”是在和有经验的服务员一起干。

【标准答案】C。

【试题解析】该句前面提到跟随一位有经验的服务员干了几天，所以就允许自己独自

为顾客服务了。其它几个动词不符合语境意思。

【标准答案】A。

【试题解析】从下文来看，周日那几天All went well that first week.“一切都很顺

利。”只是在周末出了一点小状况。

【标准答案】B。

【试题解析】题意是“周六晚上，我有幸被给机会在离厨房不远的一张桌子边服务。”

所以应用give，其它几个动词不合题意。

【标准答案】B。

【试题解析】从下文的I still felt a little hard可知尽管我给了这样一个机会，但感到

有点困难，语意转折了，故用however然而。therefore因此；otherwise否则；finally

最后，这几个词不合语意。

【标准答案】C。

【试题解析】既然是在饭店里当服务员，自然是饭店挤满了顾客，不会在其它地方挤

满顾客。

【标准答案】A。

【试题解析】前文提到饭店里挤满了顾客，所以自己要慢慢移动步子，“留意，当心”

每一步。mind有“注意，留心”之意。其余几个不合语意。

【标准答案】D。

【试题解析】从空后的内容可知，当时看到的托盘与培训的不一样，有一个漂亮的手

柄，很好使，所以感到很高兴。

【高考考点】形容词词义辨析。

【标准答案】B。

【试题解析】fix安装；train接受训练；load装载；wait等候。正式上岗前要经过学

习培训，所以答案应为选项B。

【标准答案】D。

【试题解析】正式的托盘与训练的不一样，很容易转动，故选D项。

【标准答案】A。

【试题解析】前文说自己对店里的东西一切都很满意，所以相信自己能自然而然地干

好自己的工作，故选A项。

【标准答案】C。

【试题解析】句意是“我和妻子爱看你工作。”其它三个是使役动词，意为“让，使”，

不合语意。

【试题解析】题意是“我们（就餐完了）要离开了。”故选D项。

【标准答案】A。

【试题解析】useful有用的；familiar熟悉的；unusual不普通的；interesting有趣

的。句意是“好像你的托盘对你很有用。”

【高考考点】形容词词义辨析。

【标准答案】D。

【标准答案】C。

【试题解析】该句前部分出现了tray stand可知他们是想拿回“我”误拿的托盘（助

步器的托盘）。

【标准答案】C。

【试题解析】idea想法；praise称赞，表扬；message信息；need需要的东西。题

意是“起初我没有明白他表达的意思。”故正确答案为选项C。

【标准答案】D。

【试题解析】cold冷；full of joy高兴；pale苍白的；on fire着火。题意是“我像冰

人一样站在那儿傻眼了，（因为做错了事）脸变得通红，像着了火一样。

【标准答案】B。

【试题解析】从该句前部分I wanted to get into a hole可知自己当时因遇而真想找

个洞藏起来，故选B项。其余选项与语意不符。

【标准答案】D。

【试题解析】repeat重说；discover发现；correct改正；describe。纵观全文，作

者在描述她以前亲身经历的尴尬的事情，故选D。

【标准答案】A。

【试题解析】从作者所描述的内容可知，她的那次失误是因为自己不仔细造成的，所

以她要从错误中吸取教训，认真做事，不要对自己太自信。故选A，其它选项不合语意。

In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in

life,a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory__36__course about

20 years ago.

The profedssor __37__the lecture hall,placed upon his desk a large jar filled

with dried beans（豆）, and inbited the students to _38_how many beans the jar

__39__shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a

thin,dry smile,announced the __40__ answer,and went on saying,”You have just

__41__an important lesson about is Never__42__ your own senses.”

Twenty years later,the __43__could guess what the professor had in

__44__himself,perhaps,as inviting his students to start an exciting __45__into an

unknown world

Invisible（无形的）to the 46 ,which can be discovered only through scientific

47 .But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 48 the

was just 49 to understand the she 50 that her firsthand

experience could be tne 51 .The professor,however,said that it was 52 .he was

taking away her only 53 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute.“I

remember feeling small and 54 ,”the women says,“and I did the only thing I

could do.I 55 the course that afternoon,and I haven’t gone near science since.”

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41.【答案】A

【解析】考查动词，该动作是学生对课程做出的，那么自然是在学习课程，选择A。

42.【答案】B

【解析】考查动词，根据上面的叙述，显然教授想说的是不要相信自己的感觉，于是

选择B。

43.【答案】D

【解析】考查名词，本段开始用了“二十年后”作为开头，说明叙事是一直连贯的，

而自首段提出本文叙述的任务就是the woman，选择D。

44.【答案】C

【解析】考查动词，教授会对自己做的动作首先不会是“尊重”和“服务”，排除B、

D无关选项。而根据后句的说明，邀请学生开始一次兴奋的航程去为之世界，这是他自己

认为的事情，describe（描述）是与后文中该与确定的事实连用，而对此处显然不适用。

选择C。

本题难。

【解析】考查

名词，女孩认为第一感觉是正确的。选D。growth成长 strength力量faith信念。