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

　　【语篇解读】　作者在回家的路上偶遇一位带着行李箱行走的路人，作者热心帮助这位路人，令其感动不已。

　　1.解析：下文的“a wheeled suitcase”“There was no sidewalk, only grass”说明这位女士拉着行李箱在路上吃力地走着。struggle“艰难地行进，吃力地进行”。

　　答案：C

　　2.解析：依据句中的“no sidewalk, only grass”可知，这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：下文的内容表明作者在观察(observe)这位走在路上的女士。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，作者看出来这位女士显然(apparent)要去某个地方。

　　答案：A

　　5.解析：此处指作者不仅在评估这位女士所处的境况，也在评估如果自己帮助她，她是否会有伤害自己的可能性。situation“处境，状况”，符合语境。attitude“态度”;identity“身份”;concern“关心”。

　　答案：C

　　6.解析：参见上题解析。potential“可能性，潜在性”。

　　答案：B

　　7.解析：上文的“I was driving along on my way”和下文的“offered her a ride”表明此处指作者停下车帮助她。pull up“停车”，符合语境。pull out“驶出”;pull back“撤退”;pull on“猛吸，猛抽”。

　　答案：A

　　8.解析：依据下文可知，这位女士接受(accepted)了作者的帮助。

　　答案：D

　　9.解析：这位女士走在路上，她得到的帮助自然来自于陌生人(strangers)。

　　答案：D

　　10.解析：她的目的地(destination)是一个距离我们所在的地方有大约三小时车程的城市。

　　答案：A

　　11.解析：路上，我们停下来买食品和饮料，她坚持要自己付钱。insist on“坚持做某事”，符合语境。appeal to“呼吁，请求”;give up“放弃”;long for“渴望”。

　　答案：A

　　12.解析：结合上 下文可知，此处指作者对于这位女士如此信任自己感到很感动(touched)。

　　答案：B

　　13.解析：参见上题解析。confidence“信任，信赖”。

　　答案：C

　　14.解析：当她在商店购物的时候，作者找到附近的假日旅馆locate是及物动词，表示“确定……的准确地点，找到”。

　　答案：B

　　15.解析：在去旅馆之前，作者提前打电话询问那里是否有空房间。ahead“提前”。

　　答案：A

　　16.解析：上文提到这位女士把行李箱放在作者的车上，到商店购物去了，故此处指她一回来(return)。

　　答案：B

　　17.解析：作者告诉了这位女士为她做的事，故选share表示“告诉”。

　　答案：B

　　18.解析：由下文的内容可知，这位女士接受了作者的好意。accept an offer“接受好意”，故选offer。

　　答案：A

　　19.解析：结合上下文可知，作者开车把这位女士送到了旅馆(hotel)。

　　答案：C

　　20.解析：此处指旅馆里一位年轻善良的女士不仅提供了打折，而且还提供了带有冰箱的房间。as well as连接了“what discounts she could”和“a room with a refrigerator”，表示“不仅……而且……”。

　　答案：D