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one pointed me to another house. Finally, I 8 a Chinese restaurant. The owner was extremely 9 . She heard my story and felt 10 for me. She said her son had a similar 11 . At that time, some other people were very kind to him, and she remembered how 12 that made her feel. She invited me in, gave me food, and called the Red Cross to 13 me. I spent my remaining days in Costa Rica with the head of Red Cross. I realized that being able to receive kindness is a 14 for other people as well. And kindness 15 more kindness in small ripples (波紋). 【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文。作者在哥斯達(dá)黎加旅行時(shí), 發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的處境很糟糕。他只知道基本的西班牙語, 而他擁有的唯一財(cái)產(chǎn)是一些硬幣。他四處求助, 直到有一位中國餐館的老板幫助了他。然后作者意識到, 能夠接受善意也是給別人的一份禮物, 而善意會在小小的波紋中激起更多的善意。1. A. working B. payingC. travelling D. increasing【解析】選A。working工作, 起作用。paying付錢。travelling旅行。increasing增加。根據(jù)“and I only had $5 and a return ticket in two weeks”可知, 作者的銀行卡在國外使用不了。故選A。2. A. villagers B. touristsC. visitors D. strangers【解析】選D。villagers村民。tourists游客。visitors參觀者。strangers陌生人。根據(jù)下文可知, 是一家餐館的老板幫助了作者, 所以是陌生人。故選D。3. A. street B. townC. countryside D. munity【解析】選C。根據(jù)“I thought the city dangerous”可知, 作者認(rèn)為城市太危險(xiǎn), 所以到鄉(xiāng)下尋找善良的人幫助。故選C。4. A. drove B. flew C. headed D. slid【解析】選C。句意: 帶著剩下的硬幣, 我去了汽車站, 發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個我能付得起(車票)的鄉(xiāng)村。drove駕駛。flew飛。headed前進(jìn)。slid下滑。head to some place前往某地。故選C。5. A. buy B. afford C. rent D. earn【解析】選B。buy買。afford付得起。rent租。earn賺得。根據(jù)“With my remaining coins”可知, 因?yàn)樽髡咧皇O乱恍┯矌? 所以只能買付得起的車票。故選B。6. A. explaining B. sharingC. exchanging D. exploring【解析】選A。explain解釋。share分享。exchange交換。explore探索。根據(jù)“with my very poor Spanish”可知, 作者用蹩腳的西班牙語解釋自己的處境。故選A。7. A. or B. butC. and D. therefore【解析】選B。句意: 但每個人都讓我到另外一家。根據(jù)前后句可知, 這里為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選B。8. A. thought of B. heard ofC. arrived at D. aimed at【解析】選C。句意: 最后, 我來到了一家中國餐館。thought of想到。heard of聽說。arrived at到達(dá)。aimed at旨在。故選C。9. A. rich B. kind C. busy D. serious【解析】選B。rich富有的。kind善良的。busy忙的。serious嚴(yán)肅的。根據(jù)下文可知, 店主非常善良, 主動幫助作者。故選B。10. A. proud B. happy C. excited D. sorry【解析】選D。句意: 她聽了我的故事, 對我感到同情。proud驕傲的。happy高興的。excited激動地。sorry難過的。feel sorry for sb. 同情某人。故選D。11. A. adventure B. experienceC. failure D. strategy【解析】選B。adventure冒險(xiǎn)。experience經(jīng)歷。failure失敗。strategy策略。根據(jù)“At that time, some other people were very kind to him”可知, 店主兒子也有過類似的經(jīng)歷。故選B。12. A. warm B. curiousC. cool D. strange【解析】選A。warm溫暖的。curious好奇地。cool冷漠的。strange奇怪的。別人善待她的兒子, 她的心里感到非常溫暖。故選A。13. A. choose B. calmC. fort D. rescue【解析】選D。choose選擇。calm鎮(zhèn)靜。fort安慰。rescue拯救。根據(jù)上文“It was _______who came to my rescue to get me home. ”提示可知, 店主打電話給紅十字會來救作者。故選D。14. A. gift B. trouble C. trap D. request【解析】選A。句意: 我意識到能夠接受善意也是給別人的禮物。gift禮物。trouble麻煩。trap陷阱。request要求。故選A。15. A. improves B. challengesC. encourages D. designs【解析】選C。句意: 并且善意會在小小的波紋中激發(fā)起更多的善意。improves提高。challenges挑戰(zhàn)。encourages激發(fā)。