Question

 Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless,a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and was 6     only two classes in summer school,so I had some 7      time.

Three nights a week,I 8      in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and 9      hot meals for 25 people 10       vegetables,chicken,fish and fruit. The homeless people 11      this good food because many of them usually didn’t eat well.

I 12      this volunteer work，making 13      with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife,one a movie actor，another a young teacher,and the other a college student， 14      me.

I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories 15      me with sympathy. Some of them had 16      with alcohol or drugs while others only had bad 17     .  One woman worked for almost 10 years for a small company,and 18      she lost her job. She looked for a 19      job,but couldn’t find one，for she was too 20     . She could do nothing but sell her furniture—sofas，chairs,and tables 21      she could pay for her food. The woman 22      on job hunting,but she 23      couldn’t find one. She had no money for her 24      and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone,25     ，and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

6. A. studying   B. planning

   C.  holding   D. taking

7. A.  short   B. free

   C.  valuable   D. long

8.  A. helped   B. raised

   C.  appeared   D. washed

9. A.  ordered   B. bought

   C.  cooked   D. accomplished

10. A.  with   B. from

   C.  beyond   D. along

11. A.  appealed   B. required

   C.  collected   D. requested

12. A.  wanted   B. had

   C.  owned   D. enjoyed

13. A.  decisions   B. wishes

   C.  friends   D. amateurs

14. A.  as   B. like

   C.  except   D. besides

15. A.  struck   B. filled

   C.  deposited   D. provided

16. A.  habits   B. hardships

   C.  difficulties   D. problems

17. A.  luck   B. pain

   C.  experience   D. loss

18. A.  so   B. again

   C.  then   D. thus

19. A.  challenging   B. delicate

   C.  skilled   D. new

20. A.  old   B. poor

   C.  sick   D. dishonest

21. A.  for fear   B. now that

   C.  so that   D. in case

22. A.  went   B. moved

    C.  came   D. worked

23. A.  partly   B. still

   C.  almost   D. extremely

24. A.  block   B. cottage

   C.  building   D. flat

25. A.  afraid   B. unbearable

   C.  dull   D. awkward

Answer 1

6. D take classes 上课。

7. B 上文提到 “I wasn’t working that summer and was taking only two classes in summer school ... ”，据此判断 free time(空闲时间) 切题。

8. A根据下文所述，应选help,意为“帮忙(做饭) ”。

9. C cook hot meals for 25 people 意为“为 25 个人做热腾腾的饭”。

10. A with意为“具有，配有”。

11. B作者对这些“无家可归者”持同情态度，应选require, 即“需要食用这样丰盛的饭菜”，与文意相符。

12. D由后文描述可知，作者应该是“喜欢这份志愿工作”。

13. C 根据下文“…nice elderly housewife…”可知，作者与

另外四位志愿者关系融洽，故选择C项。

14. B

15. B fill me with sympathy 使我充满同情之心；provide sb with sth供应某人某物。

16. D从下文“…others only had bad…”可知，此处为“有些人存有嗜酒、吸毒问题”。habit通常与of搭配。

17. A从下面所举事例可知答案。

18. C so和thus表因果关系，again表动作重复发生，均不合题意。then在此表示前后动作先后发生，符合题意。

19. D前句提到lost her job,故选D项。

20. A 从“One woman worked for almost 10 years...”可知答案。

21. C so that表目的。for fear意为“以免”，与文意不符。

22. A go on job hunting意为“继续找工作”，符合题意。

23. B still意为“仍然，依然”。

24. D 由后文“…had to sleep in her car. ”可知，她无处栖身。flat意为“公寓”，符合题意。

25. A afraid 与 alone、homeless 相匹配。