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3 .I tried to hold my tears. I 4 picked things up and put them down. I couldn39。d heard on the phone echoed through my head.Larry phoned a few friends to tell them what had happened. 6 , someone asked to speak to me. “If there is anything I can do, let me know.”“Thank you,” I replied. I didn39。 I rose slowly for the 8 . It was Donna.“I39。s 13 ,” she said. I hadn39。s 18 of a loved one, I think of one 19 task that suits that person39。d reply,“Because someone did that.”【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 文章講述了作者的朋友用一種特殊的方式安慰痛失親人的作者的故事。根據(jù)上一句中的“my mother called,telling me that my brother had been killed in a car crash”可知,作者很難過(guò),大腦一片混亂,不知道該往箱子里裝什么東西。2. B.packingC.leaving D.planning解析:選B A項(xiàng)意為“希望”;B項(xiàng)意為“打包”;C項(xiàng)意為“離開”;D項(xiàng)意為“計(jì)劃”。故選B。根據(jù)上文可知,作者正在打包行李,所以屋里雜亂不堪。故選D。根據(jù)上文可知,得知哥哥去世的消息之后,作者沒(méi)有心思收拾東西,此處指作者漫無(wú)目的地把東西撿起來(lái)又放下。5. B.decideC.focus D.move解析:選C 根據(jù)上文可知,作者漫無(wú)目的地把東西撿起來(lái)又放下,此處應(yīng)指她無(wú)法集中注意力。故選C。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知,此處指不斷地有人打電話過(guò)來(lái)安慰作者。故選A。作者在電話里感謝朋友的關(guān)心。故選B。故選D。故選C。根據(jù)空后的“I asked her to repeat”可知,作者一開始沒(méi)明白Donna是什么意思,讓她再說(shuō)一遍。11. B.hoursC.weeks D.decades解析:選B 根據(jù)常識(shí)可知,擦鞋需要擦幾個(gè)小時(shí)比較合情理。12. B.copedC.selected D.shined解析:選D A項(xiàng)意為“洗”;B項(xiàng)意為“處理,對(duì)付”;C項(xiàng)意為“挑選”;D項(xiàng)意為“發(fā)光,反光”。故選D。故選B。settle意為“(使)坐下,(使)處于舒適的位置”,settle oneself on the floor意為“某人坐在地上”。15. B.heldC.stopped D.caused解析:選A 根據(jù)空前的“The love in the act”可知,作者感受到朋友對(duì)自己的愛,忍不住流下了眼淚。故選A。根據(jù)本段第二句中的“got to work”可知,此處指作者看著朋友非常專注地給自己擦鞋子。17. B.houseC.sadness D.luggage解析:選A 根據(jù)空后的“Laundry first,I told by one,the jobs fell into place.”可知,朋友的專注也讓作者的思緒變得有條理。18. B.meetingC.loss D.story解析:選C 根據(jù)上文描述的作者的哥哥出車禍去世和空后的“a loved one”可知,每次作者聽到關(guān)于朋友失去親人的消息,她都會(huì)去幫忙。19. B.normalC.strange D.perfect解析:選A 根據(jù)上文提到的作者的朋友幫作者擦鞋可知,得知朋友失去親人,作者會(huì)想到適合好友需求的特殊任務(wù)。20. B.personalityC.identity D.need解析:選D 根據(jù)空后一句中的“If the person asks,‘How did you know