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(2022·河北省保定市高三上学期摸底考试)
I was at the post office a few weeks ago.I was being __1.B__ while an old man with obviously significant __2.C__ problems was also trying to pay his electricity bill next to me. He was __3.A__to walk with a walking stick，and his hands were __4.D__all the time. It looked as if he were going to fall. I found the old man was in__5.B__for lack of 20 cents!
The lady behind the counter had the old man in such a state further__6.D__20 cents. He searched his pocket，shaking violently and __7.B__looking upset. But instead of leting the man go, she __8.C__that if his bill wasn’t going to be paid in full, the electricity company would probably give a __9.B__on next electricity bill for the__10.A__fee. It meant he would pay more the next time.
I was __11.C__to have heard that and the scene really made me upset. So I went over and asked the cashier to give all of the money back to the old man and then paid the __12.D__for him. The old man was __13.D__and said，“It’s very kind of you. But why were you doing this？”I said，“Because it was the right thing to do.”He thanked me over and over and smiled at me on his way out of the post office.
The __14.C__part in all of the event was that the old man walked straight to a supermarket and purchased a basket of food, which he wouldn’t have been able to afford if I had not got __15.A__ at the post office.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者在邮政局办业务，遇到一位年老体弱的老人交电费。老人因为缺少20美分而陷入窘境。作者见状，替老人支付了全部费用。
1．A.accompanied B．served
C．comforted D．doubted
解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据“I was at the post office a few weeks ago.”可以判断，作者正在邮局里接受服务(serve)。故选B。
2．A.discipline B．attitude
C．health D．communication
解析：考查名词词义辨析。根据“He was__3___to walk with a walking stick, and his hands were__4__all the time.”可以推测，老人有健康(health)问题。故选C。
3．A.struggling B．claiming
C．hesitating D．threatening
解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据“to walk with a walking stick”可以推测，老人走路很艰难。struggle斗争；挣扎。故选A。
4．A.bleeding B．relaxing
C．drawing D．trembling
解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据“his hands”推测，老人的手应该是在颤抖(tremble)。故选D。
5．A.field B．trouble
C．debate D．request
解析：考查名词词义辨析。根据“for lack of 20 cents”可以推测，老人应该是陷入困境了，少了20美分。trouble麻烦。故选B。
6．A.dealing with B．arguing about
C．giving up D．seeking for
解析：考查动词短语辨析。根据下句中“He searched his pocket”可知，此处表示女士让老人再寻找(seek for)20美分。故选D。
7．A.gratefully B．apparently
C．briefly D．scarcely
解析：考查副词词义辨析。根据本句中“shaking violently”及 “looking upset”可以推测，老人显然(apparently)看起来很不安。故选B。
8．A.wrote B．promised
C．insisted D．inquired
解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据“if his bill wasn’t going to be paid in full, the electricity company would probably give a__9__on his next electricity bill for the 10 fee.”可知，此处表示女士坚持(insist)告知老人相关信息。故选C。
9．A.call B．fine
C．discount D．favour
解析：考查名词词义辨析。根据上一题内容并结合生活常识可知，女士表示如果不付清电费，将会被罚款(fine)。故选B。
10．A.unpaid B．uninformed
C．negotiated D．earned
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。根据“if his bill wasn’t going to be paid in full”可知，罚款是由于未及时缴纳全部费用产生的。unpaid未缴纳的。故选A。
11. A．confused B．pleased
C．sorry D．curious
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。根据“the scene really made me upset”可知，作者对这一场景感到很抱歉(sorry)。故选C。
12．A.punishment B．rent
C．prize D．bill
解析：考查名词词义辨析。根据“So I went over and asked the cashier to give all of the money back to the old man and then paid the __12__for him. ”可知，作者替老人付了账单(bill)。故选D。
13．A.silly B．proud
C．embarrassed D．moved
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。根据老人说的话“It’s very kind of you. But why were you doing this？”可知，老人很感动(moved)。故选D。
14．A.awful B．concrete
C．best D．saddest
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。根据“which he wouldn’t have been able to afford if I had not got __15__ at the post office”可知，老人用作者替他省下来的钱买了一篮子食物，是最美好的部分。best最好的。故选C。
15．A.involved B．infected
C．stuck D．lost
解析：考查动词词义辨析。根据句意可知，作者假设，如果自己没有插手这件事，老人是买不起食物的。involve参与。故选A。
