Question

    Marie was a single mother of two children in the county of Missouri. She worked full-time during the day and sold handmade leather gifts on weekends. She 16 devoted much spare time in her and her neighbouring community charities to 17 others.

    Then one day Marie received some 18 news from her doctor. She had cancer,and it was 19 rapidly. Her life was so hard that she could not 20 to put a cent in the medical treatments she would need. She decided to let her 21 alone and put her future to God.

    But soon,Marie learned a fact： 22 she was not financially wealthy,she already had the most valuable 23 in the world. Many people she had 24 in caring ways offered help and money to Marie. Hundreds in her community and 25 areas teamed up to help her and her family. She did not 26 the disease. However,she lived long enough to feel the 27 of those she had cheerfully served. She died calmly as she knew a couple had 28 to take care of her children.

   The spirits of love and gratitude (感激，謝意) increase rapidly when they are 29 among people. Happiness is the 30 of sharing love and gratitude. Giving 31 was a belief that Marie carried out all her life,and her spirit of giving still 32 after she died in those who knew and loved her.

    All her life,Marie had shown the truth of this simple 33 ： happiness will not come from worldly possessions or wealth. 34 ， it is an attitude that comes from appreciating what we already have. We can find the happiness we 35 all the time if we first share it with others. Then—and only then—we will have the most val-uable possessions on earth：love,happiness,and increasing gratitude.

16. A. even   B. still   C. also   D. already

17. A. greeting   B. teaching

   C. challenging   D. helping

18. A. encouraging   B. shocking

   C. amazing   D. attracting

19. A. disappearing   B. spreading

   C. decreasing   D. producing

20. A. afford   B. dare   C. decide   D. offer

21. A. children   B. career

   C. disease   D. charity

22. A. because   B. before

   C. if   D. although

23. A. possessions   B. knowledge

   C. gifts   D. information

24. A. met   B. remembered

   C. visited   D. moved

25. A. foreign   B. faraway

   C. surrounding   D. rural

26. A. survive   B. cure

   C. develop   D. understand

27. A. respect   B. love

   C. sympathy   D. support

28. A. hoped   B. planned

   C. expected   D. promised

29. A. shared   B. noticed

   C. mentioned   D. received

30. A. fact   B. result

   C. relationship   D. effort

31. A. properly   B. willingly

   C. completely   D. unselfishly

32. A. changed   B. rose

   C. lived   D. happened

33. A. principle   B. message

   C. lesson   D. experience

34. A. Meanwhile   B. Instead

   C. Therefore   D. Nevertheless

35. A. seek   B. lack   C. waste   D. choose

Answer 1

16. C解析：由上下文可知“除了日常工作外，瑪麗也把很多時(shí)間用于……”，前后是 并列關(guān)系。

17. D解析：由此空前的“her and her neighbouring community charities” 可知， 瑪麗把 很多業(yè)余時(shí)間用于幫助別人。

18. B 解析：由下文 “ She had cancer... ” 可 知，瑪麗得了癌癥，這個(gè)消息是令人震 驚的。

19. B解析；由下文瑪麗的死可知，此處是說 她身上的癌細(xì)胞擴(kuò)散得很快。

20. A 解析：由上文“Her life was so hard." 可知，瑪麗的生活很艱難，她負(fù)擔(dān)不起她所 需要承擔(dān)的醫(yī)療費(fèi)用。

21. C 解析：由下文“put her future to God” 可 知，由于負(fù)擔(dān)不起醫(yī)療費(fèi)用，所以她決定不 治療,任病情發(fā)展。

22. D解析：由上下文可知，此處是說盡管她 在金錢上不富裕，她卻擁有世界上最寶貴 的東西。

23. A解析：同第22題解析。

24. D解析：由上文可知，盡管瑪麗很窮，但 她還是用很多時(shí)間來幫助別人，此處是說 她的這種做法感動(dòng)了很多人，很多接受過 瑪麗幫助的人現(xiàn)在都來幫助她。

25. C 解析：由上文“devoted much spare time in her and her neighbouring community charities…”可知，不僅她自B的社區(qū)，而 且周圍地區(qū)的人也來幫助她。

26. A 解析：由下文 “ She died calmly." 可 知，瑪麗并沒有從癌癥中幸存。

27. B解析:瑪麗雖然死了，但她有生之年感 受到了曾經(jīng)受到她幫助的人們奉獻(xiàn)的愛。

28. D解析：由文章語境可知，瑪麗很平靜地 離開了人世，因?yàn)橛幸粚Ψ驄D承諾會(huì)照料 她的孩子。

29. A解析：由下文可知，愛和感恩之心在與 他人一起分享時(shí)會(huì)迅速增長。

30. B解析:此處是說幸福是分享愛與感激 的結(jié)果。

31. D解析：由上文可知瑪麗對別人的幫助 是無私的奉獻(xiàn)，并且她一直堅(jiān)持著這個(gè)信念。

32. C解析：由文章內(nèi)容可知，瑪麗的善舉感 動(dòng)了很多人，雖然她已離開人世，但她的奉 獻(xiàn)精神仍然“活在”那些認(rèn)識(shí)她、愛她的人 們的心中。

33. A解析:瑪麗的一生說明了這樣一個(gè)簡 單原則的真諦:幸福不是來源于坐世的財(cái)產(chǎn)或財(cái)富。

34. B解析：下文所述的內(nèi)容和上一句的意 思相反，故選instead。

35. A解析：如果我們首先跟他人一起分享 幸福，我們就能獲得自己一直追求的幸福。