C

　　One afternoon last summer I was driving along on my way home. Then I noticed a woman at the roadside near the edge of town __1__ with a wheeled suitcase. There was no sidewalk, only grass, and she was having a __2__ way to go.

　　I pulled over to a nearby parking lot to __3__ her. I suspected that she was heading to the homeless shelter across the street. As it was __4__ that she was on her way somewhere, I continued to watch. In truth I was not only assessing her __5__ but whether or not she had the __6__ to harm me if I gave her a hand.

　　After a couple of minutes I turned around, __7__ the car next to her and offered her a ride. She __8__ . She told me that she had been traveling for a while and that __9__ had helped her along the way. Her __10__ was a city about three hours' drive from where we were. I offered to take her to the halfway point and she accepted.

　　Along the way, we stopped for food and drink for her which she __11__ paying for with her own money. When we reached the town we stopped at a grocery store. I was __12__ that by this time she had developed enough __13__ in me to leave her suitcase in the car while she shopped. While she was inside I __14__ a Holiday Inn nearby and called __15__ to see if there were vacancies.

　　Upon her __16__ from the grocery store, I __17__ what I had done and she accepted my __18__ of a room for the night. We drove to the __19__ and the kind young woman there provided what discounts she could __20__ a room with a refrigerator. She stated that she was touched and that “people don't do this kind of thing”.

　　1. A. fighting B. working

　　C.struggling D. dealing

　　2. A. strange B. rough

　　C. familiar D. narrow

　　3. A. help B. accompany

　　C. drive D. observe

　　4. A. apparent B. ridiculous

　　C. doubtful D. uncertain

　　5. A. attitude B. identity

　　C. situation D. concern

　　6. A. ability B. potential

　　C. thought D. strength

　　7. A. pulled up B. pulled out

　　C. pulled back D. pulled on

　　8. A. rejected B. responded

　　C. promised D. accepted

　　9. A. locals B. friends

　　C. families D. strangers

　　10. A. destination B. station

　　C. office D. hometown

　　11. A. insisted on B. appealed to

　　C. gave up D. longed for

　　12. A. satisfied B. touched

　　C. astonished D. frightened

　　13.A. persistence B. courage

　　C. confidence D. interest

　　14.A. discovered B. located

　　C. managed D. opened

　　15.A. ahead B. around

　　C. aside D. alone

　　16.A. recovery B. return

　　C. escape D. absence

　　17.A. showed B. shared

　　C. kept D. provided

　　18.A. offer B. advice

　　C. service D. desire

　　19.A. shelter B. stop

　　C. hotel D. shop

　　20.A. as far as B. as long as

　　C. as soon as D. as well as

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】　作者在回家的路上偶遇一位帶著行李箱行走的路人，作者熱心幫助這位路人，令其感動(dòng)不已。

　　1.解析：下文的“a wheeled suitcase”“There was no sidewalk, only grass”說(shuō)明這位女士拉著行李箱在路上吃力地走著。struggle“艱難地行進(jìn)，吃力地進(jìn)行”。

　　答案：C

　　2.解析：依據(jù)句中的“no sidewalk, only grass”可知，這位女士所走的路高低不平。rough“粗糙的，高低不平的”。

　　答案：B

　　3.解析：下文的內(nèi)容表明作者在觀察(observe)這位走在路上的女士。下文中的“I continued to watch”也是提示。

　　答案：D

　　4.解析：上文的“... heading to the homeless shelter”表明，作者看出來(lái)這位女士顯然(apparent)要去某個(gè)地方。

　　答案：A

　　5.解析：此處指作者不僅在評(píng)估這位女士所處的境況，也在評(píng)估如果自己幫助她，她是否會(huì)有傷害自己的可能性。situation“處境，狀況”，符合語(yǔ)境。attitude“態(tài)度”;identity“身份”;concern“關(guān)心”。

　　答案：C

　　6.解析：參見上題解析。potential“可能性，潛在性”。

　　答案：B

　　7.解析：上文的“I was driving along on my way”和下文的“offered her a ride”表明此處指作者停下車幫助她。pull up“停車”，符合語(yǔ)境。pull out“駛出”;pull back“撤退”;pull on“猛吸，猛抽”。

　　答案：A

　　8.解析：依據(jù)下文可知，這位女士接受(accepted)了作者的幫助。

　　答案：D

　　9.解析：這位女士走在路上，她得到的幫助自然來(lái)自于陌生人(strangers)。

　　答案：D

　　10.解析：她的目的地(destination)是一個(gè)距離我們所在的地方有大約三小時(shí)車程的城市。

　　答案：A

　　11.解析：路上，我們停下來(lái)買食品和飲料，她堅(jiān)持要自己付錢。insist on“堅(jiān)持做某事”，符合語(yǔ)境。appeal to“呼吁，請(qǐng)求”;give up“放棄”;long for“渴望”。

　　答案：A

　　12.解析：結(jié)合上 下文可知，此處指作者對(duì)于這位女士如此信任自己感到很感動(dòng)(touched)。

　　答案：B

　　13.解析：參見上題解析。confidence“信任，信賴”。

　　答案：C

　　14.解析：當(dāng)她在商店購(gòu)物的時(shí)候，作者找到附近的假日旅館locate是及物動(dòng)詞，表示“確定……的準(zhǔn)確地點(diǎn)，找到”。

　　答案：B

　　15.解析：在去旅館之前，作者提前打電話詢問(wèn)那里是否有空房間。ahead“提前”。

　　答案：A

　　16.解析：上文提到這位女士把行李箱放在作者的車上，到商店購(gòu)物去了，故此處指她一回來(lái)(return)。

　　答案：B

　　17.解析：作者告訴了這位女士為她做的事，故選share表示“告訴”。

　　答案：B

　　18.解析：由下文的內(nèi)容可知，這位女士接受了作者的好意。accept an offer“接受好意”，故選offer。

　　答案：A

　　19.解析：結(jié)合上下文可知，作者開車把這位女士送到了旅館(hotel)。

　　答案：C

　　20.解析：此處指旅館里一位年輕善良的女士不僅提供了打折，而且還提供了帶有冰箱的房間。as well as連接了“what discounts she could”和“a room with a refrigerator”，表示“不僅……而且……”。

　　答案：D