摘要： 完型填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（ In late January of 2018, Chicago experienced the coldest temperatures that the city has seen in decades. A 完型填空
In late January of 2018, Chicago experienced the coldest temperatures that the city has seen in decades.
A group of homeless people that live in an area called Tent City were left outside directly ____21____to the deadly weather. 34-year-old Candice Payne, a managing broker (经纪人) from a local company, was ____22____enough to have shelter from the dangerous conditions. ____23____, she couldn’t stop thinking about the homeless people in the area who had nowhere to go.
“It was 50℃below, and I knew I had to take ____24____,” Payne told The New York Times. She started thinking of different ____25____that could possibly work. Eventually, she ____26____to see if there were any rooms available at ____27____hotels that she could ____28____for the night for the people ____29____in the street. So without wasting any time, Payne got on the ____30____and started calling hotels in the area.
“Finally, the Amber Inn was nice enough to ____31____me to buy the rooms for the homeless,” Payne said. Without ____32____, she purchased 30 rooms for the night with her credit card. She ____33____reached out to people on her Instagram account asking if anyone would like to ____34____with either paying for more rooms or ____35____the homeless people to the inn.
She got immediate ____36____that surprised her. Strangers ____37____their cars and S.U.V.s. They also ____38____, which helped Payne pay for a total of 60 rooms for five nights.
Payne’s ____39____act made news across the country, however, she said, “I am a regular person. I ____40____it with so many others’ help.”
21. A. exposed B. contributed C. used D. adjusted
22. A. old B. lucky C. proud D. strange
23. A. In short B. Therefore C. However D. For example
24. A. care B. shelters C. chances D. action
25. A. directions B. ways C. results D. areas
26. A. required B. promised C. decided D. agreed
27. A. unique B. comfortable C. local D. remote
28. A. rent B. purchase C. discover D. entered
29. A. found B. walking C. working D. stuck
30. A. phone B. bus C. glasses D. coat
31. A. persuade B. remind C. convince D. allow
32. A. preparation B. imagination C. hesitation D. permission
33. A. then B. still C. just D. again
34. A. pay off . B. help out C. speak out D. take off
35. A. transporting B. accompanying C. devoting D. inviting
36. A. rewards B. responses C. achievements D. benefits
37. A. sold B. repaired C. searched D. volunteered
38. A. presented B. performed C. repeated D. donated
39. A. selfless B. regular C. extra D. natural
40. A. reached B. understood C. made D. impressed
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. C 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. A 36. B 37. D 38. D 39. A 40. C
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。2018年1月下旬，芝加哥经历了几十年来最寒冷的天气，坎迪斯佩恩尽自己的努力帮助了那些无家可归的人。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：一群住在被称为帐篷城的地区无家可归的人被留在外面，直接暴露在致命的天气中。A. exposed暴露;B. contributed贡献;C. used使用;D. adjusted调整。短语be exposed to被暴露在……，在句中作状语。故选A。
【22题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：34岁的坎迪斯佩恩，一家本地公司的经纪人，有幸有躲避处而避免危险的状况。A. old年老的;B. lucky幸运;C. proud骄傲的;D. strange奇怪的。根据have shelter from the dangerous conditions.可知，她足够的幸运有躲避处避寒。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查副词及短语词义辨析。句意：然而，她无法停止想起该地区那些无家可归的人，他们无处可去。A. In short简而言之;B. Therefore因此;C. However然而;D. For example例如。根据前后句可知，这里为转折关系。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我知道我必须采取行动。A. care关心;B. shelters避难所;C. chances机会;D. action行动。短语take action采取行动。故选D。
【25题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她开始思考各种可行的方法。A. directions方向;B. ways方法;C. results结果;D. areas地区。根据下文她帮助这些人可知，这里指她思考帮助这些人的方法。故选B。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：最后，她决定看看当地旅馆是否还有空房间。A. required要求;B. promised答应;C. decided决定;D. agreed同意。根据if there were any rooms available可知，她决定首先看看当地旅馆是否还有空房间。故选C。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：最后，她决定看看当地旅馆是否还有空房间，A. unique独特的;B. comfortable舒服的;C. local当地的;D. remote遥远的。这里指本地的旅馆。故选C。
【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她可以为困在街上的人们购买旅馆房间过夜。A. rent租;B. purchase购买;C. discover发现;D. entered进入。这里指她购买当地旅馆的房间。故选B。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她可以为困在街上的人们购买旅馆房间过夜。A. found发现;B. walking行走;C. working工作;D. stuck困在。短语be stuck in困在，在句中作后置定语。故选D。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：所以佩恩没有浪费任何时间，开始打电话给当地的酒店。A. phone电话;B. bus公共汽车;C. glasses眼镜;D. coat外套。这里指她给当地酒店打电话。故选A。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：最后，安布尔旅馆很好，允许我为无家可归的人买了房间。A. persuade劝服;B. remind 提醒;C. convince 使信服;D. allow允许。短语allow sb. to do允许某人做某事。故选D。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她毫不犹豫地用信用卡买了30个房间过夜。A. preparation 准备;B. imagination想象;C. hesitation犹豫;D. permission允许。短语without hesitation毫不犹豫地。故选C。
【33题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：然后，她在自己的Instagram账号上联系了一些人，询问是否有人愿意帮忙支付更多的房间费用。A. then然后;B. still仍然;C. just刚刚;D. again再次。故选A。
【34题详解】
考查动词短语词义辨析。然后，她在自己的Instagram账号上联系了一些人，询问是否有人愿意帮忙支付更多的房间费用。句意：A. pay off 还清;B. help out 帮助解决难题;C. speak out大声讲;D. take off起飞。根据上下文可知，这里询问是否有人能够帮助解决支付房间费用的难题。故选B。
【35题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：或者把这些无家可归的人送到酒店。A. transporting运送;B. accompanying陪伴;C. devoting致力于;D. inviting邀请。这里指帮忙把这些无家可归的人送到酒店。故选A。
【36题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她立即得到了令她吃惊的答复。A. rewards奖赏;B. responses回应;C. achievements成就;D. benefits利益。这里指她收到了在Instagram账号询问的答复。故选B。
【37题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：陌生人自愿提供他们的汽车和SUV。A. sold卖;B. repaired修理;C. searched寻找;D. volunteered自愿。根据上下文可知，这里都是自愿帮助那些无家可归的人。故选D。
【38题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们也捐赠，帮助佩恩支付总共60个房间住5晚的费用。A. presented呈现;B. performed表现;C. repeated重复;D. donated捐赠。根据which helped Payne pay for a total of 60 rooms for five nights.可知，这里除了自愿提供帮助，也有捐赠旅馆房间的。故选D。
【39题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：佩恩的无私行为成为全国新闻。A. selfless无私的;B. regular有规律的;C. extra额外的;D. natural自然的。从文章可知，佩恩行为是无私的。故选A
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我是一个普通人。在很多人的帮助下，我成功了。A. reached到达;B. understood理解;C. made制作;D. impressed影响。短语make it指做到，成功。故选C。
【点睛】本文是一篇记叙类的完形填空，难度中等偏易。文章逻辑性较强，只要读懂文章大意，基本能选出正确答案。考生做此完形填空时，要充分理解文章大意，特别注重语境的理解，前后句之间的联系，在语境中斟酌所选的答案。如小题18考查的是动词词义的辨析，我们需要根据which helped Payne pay for a total of 60 rooms for five nights.可知，自愿者帮助佩恩支付总共60个房间住5晚的费用。所以除了自愿提供帮助，也有捐赠旅馆房间的，从而根据语境选出正确的答案。
