问题详情：
I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so 1 .
As I was sitting at my desk, I 2 it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her 3 .
Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I 4 to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift, 5 to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have 6 of a birthday this year. As always, 7 , she sounded cheerful and was happy that I 8 .
After I hung up, I couldn’t 9 the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day. 10 feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I 11 gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise 12 me I’d done the right thing and were a generous 13 for the little effort it had taken.
When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a 14 friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had 15 my own!
Isn’t that the way it is 16 we take the time and make the 17 to do something for someone else? It’s like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who 18 .”
Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with 19 to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to 20 . And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.
1. A. special B. positive C. nervous D. proud
2. A. explained B. complained C. remembered D. informed
3. A. family B. training C. work D. school
4. A. decided B. continued C. agreed D. refused
5. A. surprised B. disappointed C. bored D. prepared
6. A. much B. many C. little D. few
7. A. though B. besides C. therefore D. otherwise
8. A. admitted B. called C. succeeded D. apologized
9. A. experience B. imagine C. shake D. understand
10. A. Almost B. Even C. Never D. Still
11. A. luckily B. finally C. unhappily D. hardly
12. A. convinced B. advised C. promised D. reminded
13. A. response B. contribution C. reward D. share
14. A. careless B. lonely C. weak D. curious
15. A. troubled B. taken C. wasted D. made
16. A. when B. where C. why D. how
17. A. suggestion B. friend C. effort D. call
18. A. tries B. receives C. expects D. cares
19. A. opportunities B. dreams C. choices D. regrets
20.A. someone B. something C. everyone D. Everything
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1.【解析】选B。positive意为“乐观的”，此处的didn’t feel so positive 与上文的felt gloomy相符。故选B。
【解题误区】special特别的； nervous紧张的；proud自豪的，均不符合语境。
2.【解析】选C。句意为：当我坐在椅子旁的时候，我记起我亲密的好朋友的生日。remembered 记起，故选C。
【解题误区】explained解释； complained 投诉；informed告诉，均不符合当时的情景。
3.【解析】选C。从事护士职业30年，很喜欢她自己的工作。work工作。故选C。
【解题误区】family家庭； training训练； school学校。此处护士是一种职业，这三项都不符合文意。
4.【解析】选A。句意为：了解到她没有家人在镇上，我决定给她打个电话。decided to do决定做某事，故选A.
【解题误区】continued 继续；agreed同意做；refused拒绝，都可以和不定式搭配，但不符合文意。
5.【解析】选D。句意为：确定无疑地，她是B班，准备工作到深夜。prepared todo准备做某事，故选D。
【解题误区】surprised惊讶的；disappointed失望的；bored枯燥的，均与当时的情镜不符。
6.【解析】选A。从前一句得知，她要工作到深夜，所以不会有太多的时间过生日。much代词，此处指时间。故选A。
【解题误区】many和 few修饰可数名词，不能单独做代词。little为代词，表示几乎没有，但和前面的wouldn't一起表示肯定的意思，与文意相矛盾。
7.【解析】选A。根据上下文推出，虽然她没时间自己庆祝生日，但是好朋友打电话庆祝，她会很高兴的。此处though 意为“不过”，表转折，故选A。
【解题误区】besides 除……之外还有；therefore因此； otherwise否则，均不符合文意。
8.【解析】选B。根据前文提到作者决定打电话，后文又提到的挂电话，故选B。
【解题误区】admitted 承认；succeeded 成功做某事；apologized道歉，均与文意不符。
9.【解析】选C。句意为：我挂断电话之后，她一定会感激我在如此特别的一天给她打电话，这种感觉不会动的。此处shake为动摇,而且根据后面……but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought.故选C。
【解题误区】experience经历； imagine想象；understand理解，均不能表达当时作者坚信朋友一定会感激的情感。
10.【解析】选D。句意为：我仍然感觉一点沮丧，努力把它放在脑后。still 仍然，与文章
开头相呼应。故选D。
【解题误区】其余几项都不能表示作者当时还有一点沮丧。
11.【解析】选B。句意为：我最终屈服了，那天晚上，我拿着贺卡、奶酪蛋糕和气球出发去医院。finally最后，此处强调作者虽然还有点沮丧，但最后还是决定给好朋友过生日去。故选B。
【解题误区】luckily幸运地；unhappily幸福地；hardly几乎不；均不副词，但不符合语境。
12.【解析】选A。作者朋友感激的微笑和那种惊喜让作者相信自己做对了。convinced使……相信，故选A。
【解题误区】advised建议； promised允诺； reminded提醒；均不能表示作者相信自己做对了。
13.【解析】选C。根据前文得知：“她的笑容和惊喜是对我慷慨的回报。”reward 回报，故选C。
【解题误区】response反映； contribution贡献；share分享。此处一点努力换得是朋友的高兴，这应该是对“我”的“回报”。
14.【解析】选B。作者没有家人在镇里，所以孤独。lonely孤独的，故选B。
【解题误区】careless 粗心的；weak 虚弱的；curious好奇的，这几项都不和前文相符。
15.【解析】选D。句意为：让她高兴就是让我高兴。此处made my own与make her day 相符合，故选D。
【解题误区】其余几项都与make her day 不相符合。
16.【解析】选A。句意为：难道那不是一种方式吗？当我们花费时间，努力为其他人做一些事情的时候，（我们也得到了相应的回报）。when当……时候，故选A。
【解题误区】where 哪里；why为什么； how如何，这三项都不引导条件状语从句，与文意也不符。
17.【解析】选C。make the effort to……为固定搭配，表示努力做某事。根据前文作者为朋
友庆祝生日得知，应该是为其他人努力做事，故选C。
【解题误区】其余几项均不能和the effort to…相搭配。
18.【解析】选B。句意为：.善良能得到双倍回报。它既祝福给予的人，也祝福得到的人。receives 与 gives 相对应。故选B。
【解题误区】其余几项都不能和gives相对应。
19.【解析】选A。此处表示生活总是给我们很多机会去采取行动做好事。opportunities机会，故选A。
【解题误区】dreams梦想； choices选择； regrets遗憾。此处应是做好事的机会，故这三项都不符合文意。
20.【解析】选A。句意为：生活总是提供给我们很多机会采取其他行动或做一件对某个人有重大影响的好事。someone某个人。本文提到作者给他朋友过生日，他朋友应该是“某个人”，故选A。
【解题误区】本题易误选C。everyone 每个人。根据常识我们不可能做一件好事对所有人都有影响，故不能选。
知识点：日常生活类
题型：完型填空
