Question

Will you put other’s needs before your own?What will you get if you do?Here is an experience of mine.

It was a wet day and I had a time. I was busy and everyone I talked to was in a bad mood. What’s more，I went out without breakfast and I left my at home. So I couldn’t get lunch and was terribly hungry.

When I finshed my work，I to ask my wife to meet me at the door with some money so that I could quickly go to buy .Then I quickly made my way home in hope of eating my meal of the day at 5：00 p.m.

As I was halfway home，my wife told me by phone that a friend of ours was in and needed a lift（搭便车）home. My mind said，“I will get him I get the meal.”But my mouth said，“All right,I’ll give him a .”

He jumped in the car with a smile on his face and repeated how he was that I would drive him home. He told me he usually walked home from his company but that day the stopped him from making that journey.

Traffic was a . A drive to him normally took 10 minutes but that day it took 30 minutes.

Now you would guess the person that I was helping is a friend of mine. But，in fact，he is a friend of a friend.

I wonder if I will ever see this person again but I feel glad I was there when he me.

So you will feel yourself helpful and useful when you 15 more about others.

1. A.help B.feeling C.change D.reward

2.A.fun B.quiet C.hard D.good

3.A.keys B.glasses C.wallet D.notebook

4.A.called B.wanted C.tried D.remembered

5.A.gifts B.clothes C.fruit D.dinner

6.A.hot B.first C.simple D.free

7.A.trouble B.danger C.fear D.treatment

8.A.since B.after C.before D.when

9.A.choice B.greeting C.ride D.suggestion

10.A.sorry B.grateful C.surprised D.satisfied

11.A.rain B.time C.work D.traffic

12.A.view B.stop C.joy D.mess

13.A.new B.lovely C.close D.common

14.A.chose B.phoned C.joined D.needed

15.A.learn B.worry C.care D.talk

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.D

6. B

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了把别人的需要放在自己的需要之前的故事。在一次下雨天，作者没有吃早饭就去工作了，又忘记了带钱包，饥肠辘辘，本想在工作结束后立刻回家拿钱买晚餐，但在朋友需要的时候决定先送他回家，而这个朋友作者根本就不太熟悉。

1.小题1】考查名词及语境的理解。 A.help帮助； B.feeling心情； C.change改变； D.reward奖励，报答。如果你这样做了你会有什么样的感受呢?根据So you will feel yourself helpful and useful when you 30 more about others.可知作者强调的是帮助别人时的感受，故选B。

2.小题2】考查形容词及语境的理解。A.fun有趣的； B.quiet安静的； C.hard困难的； D.good好的。根据I was busy and everyone I talked to was in a bad mood.可知自己很忙并且和自己说话的人心情都很糟糕，所以自己的过着煎熬的日子，故选C。

3.小题3】考查名词及语境的理解。A.keys钥匙； B.glasses眼镜； C.wallet钱夹； D.notebook笔记。根据So I couldn’t get lunch and was terribly hungry 可知不能买饭，所以很饿，因此是把钱夹忘在了家里，故选C。

4.小题4】.考查动词及语境的理解。A.called打电话； B.wanted想要； C.tried试图； D.remembered记住。当我下班了班，我就给我的妻子打了电话让她带着钱在大门口见面。根据to ask my wife to meet me at the door with some money 可知作者给妻子打电话，故选A。

5.小题5】考查名词及语境的理解。A.gifts 礼物； B.clothes 衣服； C.fruit 水果； D.dinner正餐。当我下班了班，我就给我的妻子打了电话让她带着钱在大门口见面，以便我能买饭。根据I went out without breakfast可知作者要买饭。故选D。

6.小题6】考查形容词及语境的理解。.A.hot 热的； B.first 第一； C.simple 简单的； D.free自由的。然后我就开车回家希望在下午5:00吃到一天的第一顿饭。根据I went out without breakfast 可知作者从早晨都没有吃饭，因为没有带钱所以也没有吃午饭，故选B。

7.小题7】考查名词及语境的理解。A.trouble麻烦； B.danger 危险； C.fear恐惧； D.treatment治疗。当我回家走到半路的时候，妻子打电话说我们中的朋友的一个朋友有困难了想要打我的便车回家。这里是短语in trouble处于困难中；根据句意故选A。

8.小题8】考查连词及语境的理解。A.since自从； B.after 在……之后； C.before在……之前； D.when当……时候。我将把他送到家，我才能吃饭。根据Will you put other’s needs before your own?可知作者是先别人后自己，故选B。

9.ride乘坐； D.suggestion建议。我让他搭便车。根据a friend of ours was in 7 and needed a lift（搭便车）home.及He jumped in the car with a smile on his face 可知作者同意妻子要帮忙帮这位朋友开车送回家。故选C。

10. 11 stopped him from making that journey.可知这位朋友以前总是走着回家，而这次天下雨他坐着作者的便车回家，他当然很感激的，故选B。

11.

12.

13.close亲密的； D.common普通的。现在你能猜出我正帮忙的那个人是我的朋友的亲密朋友。根据in fact，he is a friend of a friend.可知他是朋友的朋友，故选 C。

14. 11 stopped him from making that journey.可知是他需要的时候，故选 D。

15. about了解； B.worry about担心； C.care about关心； D.talk about谈论。当你关心其他人的时候，你将会感觉自己是很有帮助的也是很有用的。根据Will you put other’s needs before your own?可知这篇短文主要叙述了把别人的需要放在第一位，所以应该指的是关心别人，故选 C。

考点：人生百味类短文。