Question

It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25.

I was the nurse on duty that day. I didn't think there would be any patients. Just then five bodies   1    at my desk, a pale woman and four small children.

“Are you all sick?” I asked.

“Yes,” she said   2   , lowering her head.

But when they described their problems, things got a little strange. Two of the children had headaches, but they didn’t show any    3  of headaches at all. Two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother  4  of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.

I didn't say anything,  5 I explained that they might wait for a little while before a doctor saw her. She answered, “Take your time; it's warm here.”

I checked the chart after another nurse had finished registering(登記) the family. No 6  —they were homeless. The waiting room was warm.

I looked at the family by the Christmas tree. The littlest one was pointing at the television and saying something to her mother. The oldest one was looking at lights on the Christmas tree.

I went back to the nurses' station and mentioned we had a homeless family in the waiting room. The nurses who felt bored with  7  Christmas, turned to compassion((憐憫) for the family just trying to get warm on Christmas. The team went into action. We began to prepare a party for our Christmas  8 . We needed presents. We put together oranges and apples in a basket. We collected from different departments candies, crayons and other things available that could be presents.

   9 , as the family walked to the door to leave, the four-year-old child came running back, gave me a hug and    10 , “Thanks for being our angels today.”

1.                A．set up          B．put up          C．cheered up    D．showed up

 

2.                A．excitedly       B．loudly          C．weakly   D．strongly

 

3.                A．systems        B．signs           C．symbols  D．secrets

 

4.                A．explained       B．expressed       C．complained    D．compared

 

5.                A．and            B．but            C．or   D．so

 

6.                A．address        B．age            C．name D．money

 

7.                A．amazing        B．working         C．interesting D．surprising

 

8.                A．nurses         B．doctors         C．guests    D．patients

 

9.                A．Soon           B．Suddenly        C．Later D．However

 

10.               A．screamed       B．jumped         C．whispered D．replied

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文描述了圣誕節夜間發生在候診室的一個故事。當值班的護士正百無聊賴時，一位母親和她的四個孩子出現在候診室。她們謊稱自己是來看病，后來細心的護士發現了她們是無家可歸時，聯合同事們和這一家五口人舉行了一個特殊的圣誕節。

1.短語辨析。A. 建立，開業；B. 提供，舉起；C.歡呼起來，使振奮；D. 出現，露面。結合語境可知此處指的是五個人出現在我的桌旁。故選D。

2.聯系上下文，可知這是一個虛弱的女人，故選C，虛弱地。

3.詞義辨析，A. 系統，體系；B. 跡象，標志；C. 符號，象征；D.秘密。結合語境可知此處指的是頭痛的跡象，故選B。

4.動詞辨析。A.解釋，說明；B.表達；C.抱怨，控訴；D.對比。結合語境可知孩子的母親訴說她有咳嗽癥狀，故選C。

5.連詞辨析。A. 和，并且；B.但是；C. 或者，否則；D.因此。聯系上下文，可知前后是轉折關系，故選B。

6.聯系下文描述，可知他們是無家可歸者，故沒有家庭住址，選A，地址。

7.結合語境可知此處指的是對于在圣誕節工作感到厭煩的護士們，故選B，工作。

8.聯系下文，可知此處指的是前文提到的一家，護士們把他們當做了客人，故選C，客人們。

9.聯系下文，可知此處指的是后來，故選C，后來，隨后。

10.聯系下文，可知此處指的是說，故選C，低聲說。

考點：故事類記述文

點評：這篇短文內容比較簡單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當修改。個別小題可以當作單獨的詞義辨析題來做，先區分詞義，結合語境選出最能使語句通順的答案。