二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
All of the staff in my hotel did a great job recently. We
11 to raise money for a woman called Nora. She is working as a front office clerk in the
12. A few weeks ago she was told by doctors that she had a brain tumour(瘤).
She is from a poor family. While she was studying in the 6th grade, she
13 her parents. Now she is a single parent of a 3-year-old daughter and there is no one to
14 her kid. She is the only one to make money in the family, so it is very
15 for her family to deal with her treatment expenses(治疗费用). Her monthly salary is only INR 12,000,
16 her treatment cost is about INR 1,000,000.
When we came to know of her
17, we knew we must do something for her. She is one of our team members! The only thing we were
18 to do was to help her at once. So we
19 this to the top management and they supported and joined us. We decided to contribute(捐赠) from all the staff's
20
. We each contributed 2-day pay to her medical expenses, and many kind people from other fields
21 contributed to her treatment expenses.
22, with the help of the kind people, she had enough money to pay the
23.
Now Nora is back from
24 and her health is getting better day by day. Today we went to visit her at her home. She was very
25 to all the people who helped with her medical treatment.
(
C
)11. A. expected B. helped C. decided D. waited
(
A
)12. A. hotel B. library
C. restaurant D. store
(
C
)13. A. found B. left C. lost D. hated
(
D
)14. A. teach B. see
C. talk with D. look after
(
A
)15. A. difficult B. upset C. boring D. tiring
(
C
)16. A. so B. until C. but D. when
(
B
)17. A. parents B. situation
C. education D. kid
(
C
)18. A. pleased B. excited C. able D. active
(
B
)19. A. described B. reported
C. took D. mentioned
(
A
)20. A. pay B. friends C. families D. work
(
A
)21. A. also B. seldom C. instead D. then
(
D
)22. A. Carefully B. Easily
C. Naturally D. Luckily
(
C
)23. A. work B. story
C. expenses D. manners
(
D
)24. A. market B. farm C. trip D. hospital
(
B
)25. A. polite B. thankful
C. responsible D. kind
