6.　　　　 B。从but可知政府没有帮助她。fail“没成功”。

5.　　　　 A。儿子死了，丈夫没有了，此时她的心情唯有sad来描述。

4.　　　　 D。他的衣服被挂在树上。hang – hanged –hanged 此时的hang 作“绞死”讲，hang – hung –hung 意为“悬挂”。

3.　　　　 B。第二天，他被发现死在冰冷的湖里。

2.　　　　 A。于是，老人总为自己的衣、食而担心。C很具有迷惑性。但它的意思指“考虑”，没有A准确。

1.　　　　 C。被派去打仗了，要用被动语态。

15. D。固定搭配，意为“用牙齿”。

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Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow. Her only son 　1　 　to Afghanistan(阿富汗) and was killed in action there．Soon after that, her husband lost his job. The old man was always 　2　 　food and clothes．And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep. The next morning he was 　3　 　dead in a cold lake. And his worn-out coat was 　4　 　in a tree not far away. Sarya was so 　5　 　that she nearly took her own life. 　　 Things got worse and worse after that. She always lived in hunger and cold. She had hoped that the government(政府) could help her but she 　　6　 . 　　 It was a cold windy night. The old woman couldn't 　7　 　asleep at all. She had to get up. She decided to write a letter to God(神), asking for 　8　 . She wished God to give her 100 rubles (卢布), so she could buy some food for herself. When she 　9　 　writing it, she found she had no 　10　 . She had to put the 　11　 　at a crossing. 　12　 　the next morning a policeman found the letter. He read it to his comrades．They were all so 　13　 　that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the poor old woman. 　　 At first Granny Sarya was happy. But after she 　14　 　the money, she became 　15　 　and said, “I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left!” 1. A. sent　　　　　　　 B. ran away　　　　　 C. was sent　　 　 D. escaped 2. A. worried about　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. pleased with　　　　　　　　　　

C. thinking about　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. hearing of 3. A. known　　　　　　　B. found　　　　　　　　　　 C. told　　　　　　　　　 D. fallen 4. A. put　　　　　　　　 B. hanged　　　　　　　 C. shown　　　　　　　 　 D. hung 5. A. sad　　　　　　　　 B. happy　　　　　　　　　 C. tired　　　　　　　　 D. clever 6. A. succeeded　　　　　　 B. failed　　　　　　　　　　　 C. won　　　　　 　 D. lost 7. A. go　　　　　　　　 B. fall　　　　　　　　　 C. get　　　　　　　　　　 　 D. help 8. A. coats　　　　　　 B. food　　　　　　　　 C. houses　　　　 　 D. help 9. A. ended　　　　　　 　　　 B. started　　　　　　　 C. finished　　　 　 D. enjoyed 10.A. stamp　　　　　 B. money　　　　 　　　 C. pen　　　　　　 　 D. paper 11.A. food　　　　 　 B. letter　　　　　　　　 C. coat　　　　　 　 D. rubles 12.A. Badly　　　　　 B. Carefully　　　　　　　　　 C. Luckily　　　 　 D. Wonderfully 13.A. excited　　　　 B. moved　　　　　　　 C. amazed　　 　 　　D. surprised 14.A. saw　　　　　　　　　　 B. received　　　　　　　　　 C. gave　　　　　 　 D. counted 15.A. angry　　　　　　　　　 B. thankful　　　　　　 C. helpful　 　 　　D. worried

名师点评

这是一个黑色幽默，饥寒交迫的老妇，万般无奈，只好求助于上帝，帮助她的不是上帝而是警察，可警察在人们心中的印象却是“凡被警察碰过的只有一半被留下”，可悲！

答案简析

14. A。根据上下文之间的联系，这里是陈述为什么对它有帮助的原因，因此用because。

13. B。have sth. done 让某事被做。Have its teeth cleaned 让鳄鱼鸟给它清洗牙齿。

12. D。而头不能转动，就意味着只能看前方的东西。