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Late one recent night, Carol Spale picked up the phone and heard quiet sobbing on the line. It was her __1__， an old lady who had lived on her own across the street for many years.
Spale runs the local “Neighborhood Services” committee, so she's __2__ to receiving calls like this. The committee is __3__ to those living in North Riverside, Illinois, where being good to neighbors is taken __4__ by everyone in the small village. The committee is the __5__ of Mayor Richard N. Scheck's 1992 call for communitybuilding ideas. The committee manages 90 “block captains”， each of whom __6__ a street in North Riverside.
For people nearby, Spale is the __7__. But why was the old lady crying? As the story goes, Spale called up the lady after __8__ her garage was open later than usual. Spale became nervous when the lady called back in __9__. Spale's first __10__ was that she was in trouble, but it turned out to be a lot __11__ than that. “She was crying because my call let her know someone is __12__ her. It made her feel good now that she's __13__，” Spale said.
Three times a year, the committee has __14__ where the locals come together to talk about the goodneighbor things they've __15__. The speakers are often children, __16__ by their parents to do good. At a recent gathering, one little girl, __17__ how she made a card for a neighboring old gentleman she __18__， who had had a heart operation. “It seems there's no age difference between them，” Spale said.
These __19__ are memorialized in a book sold on Amazon called We Can Build Community with the money __20__ the locals in need.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述了邻里之间互帮互助的温馨故事，这些事情可以帮助人们建设美好的社区环境。
1．A.neighbor B．colleague
C．captain D．mother
解析：选A 根据下文中的“across the street” “Spale runs the local ‘Neighborhood Services’ committee”等信息可知，Carol Spale在很晚的时候接到她的一个邻居(neighbor)打来的电话。
2．A.reduced B．used
C．devoted D．limited
解析：选B 因为Carol Spale在管理这个委员会，因此她“习惯”接到这样的电话。be used to doing sth.“习惯于做某事”，符合语境。be reduced to doing sth.“沦落到做某事”；be devoted to doing sth.“热衷于做某事”。
3．A.equal B．simple
C．similar D．familiar
解析：选D 根据下文谈到的这个委员会有90个街区队长，每人专门管理一个街区，人们每年聚会3次交流做好事的经历等信息可知，这里的人很熟悉(familiar)这个委员会。
4．A.recently B．obviously
C．seriously D．secretly
解析：选C 根据下文中的“Mayor Richard N. Scheck's 1992 call for communitybuilding ideas” “where the locals come together to talk about the goodneighbor things”可知，这里的人们对帮助邻居非常看重。take ... seriously“认真对待……”，符合语境。
5．A.suggestion B．choice
C．product D．discovery
解析：选C 根据语境可知，该委员会是1992年市长Richard N. Scheck的社区建设构思的号召的产物(product)。
6．A.looks over B．cleans up
C．takes up D．keeps off
解析：选A 街区队长是为邻里服务的，根据下文Spale发现邻居的车库比平时打开得晚这个信息也可知道街区队长的工作，所以这里应填look over“检查，查看”。take up“占用(时间)，占据(空间)”；keep off“使避开”。
7．A.assistant B．guardian
C．caller D．instructor
解析：选B 根据上文中Spale管理该委员会、街区队长的工作以及下文中她关心邻居等信息可推知，Spale对于邻里来说就是这里的保卫者(guardian)。
8．A.mentioning B．admitting
C．predicting D．noticing
解析：选D 这里的内容要与第一段的信息结合起来考虑，Spale先给邻居打电话(问是否有什么事情)，因为她注意到(noticing)邻居的车库比平时打开得晚。
9．A.delight B．rags
C．surprise D．tears
解析：选D 根据第一段中的“heard quiet sobbing on the line”和下文中的“She was crying”可知，邻居后来回电话时在哭泣(tears)。
10．A.recognition B．thought
C．impression D．memory
解析：选B 当Spale听到邻居在电话中哭泣时，她不安起来。她的第一个想法(thought)就是邻居有困难了。
11．A.safer B．better
C．luckier D．stronger
解析：选B 但事情的发展并不是Spale起初想的那样，而是比她想的要好得多。邻居打电话时哭泣是因为她觉得有人(Spale)在关心(minding)她，她很高兴。
12．A.changing B．seeking
C．minding D．honoring
解析：选C 参见上题解析。
13．A.alone B．healthy
C．energetic D．stressed
解析：选A 根据第一段中的“an old lady who had lived on her own”可知，她独自居住。
14．A.competitions B．celebrations
C．ceremonies D．meetings
解析：选D 根据空后的“where the locals come together ... things” 可知，这个委员会每年举办3次分享大会(meetings)。
15．A.performed B．witnessed
C．remembered D．expected
解析：选A 根据下文谈到的一个小女孩在大会上分享自己的故事可知，当地的人们聚集在一起谈论自己做(performed)的符合“好邻居”的事。
16．A.encouraged B．persuaded
C．required D．reminded
解析：选A 在这个分享大会上，发言者经常是一些被父母鼓励(encouraged)做好事的孩子。
17．A.explained B．shared
C．showed D．confirmed
解析：选B 根据上文中的“the locals come together to talk about the goodneighbor things”可知，在这个大会上，人们分享(shared)做好事的经历。
18．A.found B．nursed
C．befriended D．saved
解析：选C 小女孩谈到了自己与做了心脏手术的邻居老爷爷成了朋友。动词befriend表示“以朋友态度对待，和……交朋友”，空后的“It seems there's no age difference between them”是对该空的暗示。
19．A.creations B．successes
C．processes D．kindnesses
解析：选D 上文谈到了这个委员会每年有3次分享大会，主题就是分享做好事(kindnesses)的经历。
20．A.turning to B．looking to
C．going to D．passing to
解析：选C 这些善行被写进了书里，这本书在亚马逊出售，所得款项用于帮助那些需要帮助的当地人。go to“由……得到，被给予”，符合语境。
