答案:A

12.A.toys B.medicine C.food D.clothes

提示:上文提到作者一家在商店主要购买了一些食物,所以此处指的是我们把那袋子食物递到了乞讨男子的手中。

答案:C

13.A.sleepy B.watery C.curious D.sharp

提示:当作者一家把那袋子食物递给乞讨的男子时,他非常高兴,眼含热泪感谢我们。watery意为"湿润的,水汪汪的"。

答案:B

14.A.whoever B.whatever

C.whichever D.whenever

提示:作者把代金卡也送给了那名男子,并告诉他可以用来购买家人可能需要的任何东西。

答案:B

15.A.experience B.example

C.message D.adventure

提示:根据下文内容可知,帮助乞讨男子的事情对于作者一家来说一直是一次美好的经历。

答案:A

16.A.rely on B.respect

C.learn from D.help

提示:因为上文讲述的是帮助他人的经历,所以此处表示作者的孩子们一连好几天到处寻找我们能够帮助的人。

答案:D

17.A.suddenly B.vividly

C.differently D.perfectly

提示:此处使用了虚拟语气,表示作者的假想:如果自己当初不同意帮助乞讨的男子,情况会完全不同。

答案:C

18.A.time B.power C.patience D.money

提示:根据常理可知,帮助乞讨的人主要需要付出金钱,而不是时间、能力或耐心,所以此处应选money。

答案:D

19.A.fear B.love C.need D.memory

提示:in need是固定短语,意为"需要帮助的"。作者一家帮助了一位需要帮助的人。

答案:C

20.A.strong B.sweet C.strange D.simple

提示:根据常理可知,帮助他人会给人带来甜蜜的滋味和快乐的感受,所以此处应选sweet。

答案:B

Ⅳ.阅读理解

　　(2015四川,C)

　　Across Britain,burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters rush to deliver their supermarket bunches of flowers.But,according to a new study,we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.

　　Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work.Now,the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labours,they would earn as much as ￡172,000 a year.

　　The study looked at the range of jobs mothers do,as well as the hours they are working,to determine the figure.This would make their yearly income ￡30,000 more than the Prime Minister earns.

　　By analysing the numbers,it found the average mother works 119 hours a week,40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate and 79 hours as overtime.After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18,it found that,on most days,mums started their routine work at 7 am and finished at around 11 pm.

To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour,it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on,including housekeeper,part-time lawyer,personal trainer and entertainer.Being a part