About a month ago I was present at a serious occasion——the reading of a will. I can remember one passage that particularly struck me. It ran something (1) this. 　　“AndI direct that $10, 000 be (2) to old William B, whom I have wished to help for many years, (3)always put off doing so. ” It (4)the last words of a dying man. But the story does not(5) there. When the lawyers came to(6)out the bequest(遺贈(zèng)), they discovered that old William B had(7), too, and so the (8) deed was lost. 　　I felt rather(9)about that. It seemed to me a most regrettable(10)that William should not have had his $10, 000 just (11)somebody kept putting 12 giving it to him. And from(13 )accounts, William could have done with the (14). But I am sure (15) there are thousands of kindly little deeds waiting to be (16) today, which are being put off“(17)later. ” 　　George Herbert, in praise of good intentions, (18)that “One of these days is better than(19)of these days. ” But I say that(20)is better than all.

　　1. A. about 　　B. for 　　C. like 　　D. of

　　2. A. consumed 　　B. paid 　　C. cost 　　D. devoted

　　3. A. and 　　B. or 　　C. still 　　D. but

　　4. A. was 　　B. were 　　C. is 　　D. has been

　　5. A. remain 　　B. end 　　C. finish 　　D. appear

　　6. A. find 　　B. point 　　C. put 　　D. carry

　　7. A. died 　　B. disappeared 　　C. escaped 　　D. hidden

　　8. A. invaluable 　　B. identical 　　C. good 　　D. historic

　　9. A. happy 　　B. sorry 　　C. faithful 　　D. exciting

　　10. A. matter 　　B. dream 　　C. task 　　D. thing

　　11. A. because 　　B. for 　　C. as though 　　D. till

　　12. A. off 　　B. into 　　C. in 　　D. on

　　13. A. every 　　B. some 　　C. any 　　D. all

　　14. A. payment 　　B. money 　　C. regrets 　　D. expense

　　15. A. whether 　　B. of 　　C. that 　　D. often

　　16. A. protected 　　B. done 　　C. made 　　D. rewarded

　　17. A. until 　　B. still 　　C. too 　　D. toward

　　18. A. implies 　　B. marked 　　C. regrets 　　D. says

　　19. A. some 　　B. any 　　C. all 　　D. none

　　20. A. Morning 　　B. Spring 　　C. Today 　　D. Time

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　　1.[解析]C.本題考查like作介詞的用法。本句的意思是：“大概一個(gè)月前，我出席了一個(gè)嚴(yán)肅的場(chǎng)合，聽律師宣讀遺囑。我記得有我對(duì)一小節(jié)的內(nèi)容印象行別深刻，事情應(yīng)該是這樣的�！�

　　2.[解析]D.本題考查固定搭配。devote sth to把…奉獻(xiàn)給或送給…。

　　3.[解析]D.本題考查句子的邏輯關(guān)系。根據(jù)句子的意思“我多年來(lái)都希望幫助他，但一直沒(méi)有做到”，應(yīng)該表示轉(zhuǎn)折。put off拖延，推遲。

　　4.[解析]C.本題考查一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的單數(shù)形式。

　　5.[解析]B.本題考查詞語(yǔ)辨析。本句的意思是“故事還沒(méi)有結(jié)束”。finish多表示“完成某事”，而end有“結(jié)束”的意思。

　　6.[解析]D.本題考查固定搭配。carry out執(zhí)行。

　　7.[解析]A.本題考查閱讀理解能力。根據(jù)題中的完成時(shí)態(tài)，空中所填動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該是前面已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)的動(dòng)作，而其余三選項(xiàng)是在前面沒(méi)有出現(xiàn)的動(dòng)作，前面只談到了死亡，因此選died.

　　8.[解析]C.本題考查對(duì)句意的理解。good deed善行。

　　9.[解析]B.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，作者在這里只能感到很遺憾，不可能是激動(dòng)或高興。

　　10.[解析]D.本題考查對(duì)句意的理解。對(duì)作者來(lái)說(shuō)這是件很遺憾的事情。

　　11.[解析]A.本題考查語(yǔ)句的邏輯關(guān)系。意思是“威廉姆斯先生沒(méi)有得到這筆錢，只是因?yàn)椤�”，表示原因�?/P>

　　12.[解析]A.本題考查固定搭配。put off拖延，推遲。

　　13.[解析]D.本題考查固定搭配。from all accounts據(jù)大家所說(shuō)，根據(jù)眾人的意見。

　　14.[解析]B.本題考查對(duì)文章的理解。意思是William本來(lái)應(yīng)該得到這筆錢的。

　　15.[解析]C.本題考查Be sure that后面跟賓語(yǔ)從句的用法，be sure tha確信…。

　　16.[解析]B.本題考查something to be done某事要完成。

　　17.[解析]B.應(yīng)該是推遲到了以后。

　　18.[解析]D.本題考查對(duì)句意的理解。應(yīng)是George Herbert說(shuō)。

　　19.[解析]C.本題考查對(duì)句意的理解。作者是說(shuō)“某一天比任何一天都要好”。

　　20.[解析]C.本題考查對(duì)句意的理解。意思是“但是我認(rèn)為今天比任何一天都要好”。