Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often es in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but plaints.”
【小题1】A．differenceB．researchC．speechD．discovery【小题2】A．earnB．lack C．spendD．steal【小题3】A．experiencedB．connectedC．cooperatedD．experimented【小题4】A．strikes B．flashesC．happensD．attempts【小题5】A．appealB．requestC．suggestionD．demand【小题6】A．storyB．damageC．challengeD．material【小题7】A．callB．hold C．cheerD．pick【小题8】A．possessionB．troubleC．placeD．charge【小题9】A．plusB．withoutC．forD．before【小题10】A．processB．goal C．return D．concern【小题11】A．repliedB．addressedC．drivenD．brought【小题12】A．invitation B．apologyC．plaintD．appreciation【小题13】A．discussingB．providingC．applying D．starting【小题14】A．enough B．extraC．noD．other【小题15】A．admittingB．relating C．buyingD．waiting【小题16】A．positiveB．shockedC．discouragedD．optimistic【小题17】A．doorwayB．windowC．home D．yard【小题18】A．unfamiliarB．unexpectedC．unknownD．uncertain【小题19】A．in caseB．now that C．even ifD．rather【小题20】A．nothingB．somethingC．anything D．everythingD
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(答案→)D
解析：像大多数人那样，作者是在将生活视为索取的过程中长大的。直到年近四十，作者才有了一个重要发现：奉献更能使生活精彩纷呈。即使你没有钱也不用担心，也可以奉献。有时候一个不经意间的奉献，你可以得到意想不到的回报。
【小题1】D make a difference有影响，起(重要)作用； make a research做研究 make a speech 作演讲；make a discovery有发现。像很多人一样，我生来就认为生活就是获得，直到三十多岁的时候才发现，放弃或给予也会使得生活如此精彩。再者，后文也提到了这种发现。
【小题2】B你缺钱也无须担心(言下之意，即使缺少钱，你也能给予)。earn赚(钱)，挣(钱)；lack缺乏，缺少；spend花(钱)；steal偷。
【小题3】A下文列举的事例都是作者生活中经历的事情。Experience经历；connect；联系，相联系cooperate合作；experiment做实验。
【小题4】B本句主语为 an idea。主意在某人脑海中闪现用flash。(sth.)strike sb=(sth)ocuur to sb.；happen to …发生在某人身上；attempt试图，尝试(其主语为人)。如果我灵机一动发现改进隔壁商店橱窗展示效果的主意，我会走进那家店，向店主提出建议。
【小题5】C appeal呼吁；request请求；suggestion建议；demand命令。向店主提出建议。
【小题6】A story故事，事情。出现事故，警察应了解事情的经过真相。damage 破坏；challenge 挑战；material物质，材料。
【小题7】A根据后文tell him about it 可知作者是打电话(call)告诉警察事情的经过。holdup耽搁 C. cheer sb. up使某人振作起来，为某人加油/喝彩；pick sb. up接某人。
【小题8】D in possession拥有；trouble处在困境之中；in place在对的位置，适当的，在工作，准备就绪；charge负责。作者虽然不负责这里的事情，但他却主动帮助警察了解事故经过。
【小题9】B上文列举的事例都表明作者想主动帮助别人而不希望得到什么。plus加上；without 没有，不；for为了；before在……前。
【小题10】C return回报。根据转折连词though和下文所列举的事例表明，帮助别人有时候在不经意时也会得到回报。process过程，工序，做事方法；goal目标；return回报；concern关心。
【小题11】B address此处为动词，注明……的地址。信上标明收信人的地址是我办公室的地址。reply回答；drive驱赶，驾驶；bring带来。
【小题12】D appreciation欣赏，赞赏，感谢。邮递员把本来该送到办公室的信送到家里，人们通常只会责备他们，而作者却与此相反，非但没有责备，而是给邮局局长写了封感谢信。invitation邀请；apology道歉；plaint抱怨。
【小题13】D作者要开办(starting)一项新的业务。 Discussing讨论；providing 提供；applying申请，利用。一年多以后，我在开办一家新公司时需要一个邮政信箱。
【小题14】C结合上下文可知，邮局里已没有(no)剩余的邮箱。enough足够的；extra额外的；other其它的。
【小题15】D邮局里没有剩余的邮箱，要想安装邮箱，只能等(waiting)到有的时候。admitting承认； relating有关系；buying买。我得排在很多人后面登记等待新邮箱。
【小题16】C因为这样的情况，作者有些泄气(discouraged)准备离开。Positive积极的；shocked震惊的；optimistic乐观的。
【小题17】A正当我有些泄气准备离开时，邮局局长出现在门口(doorway)。window窗户；home家；yard院子，庭院。
【小题18】B您就是一年前因为邮局将一封意想不到(unexpected)的快递信件发到您家里而给我们来信的那位先生吧？unfamiliar不熟悉；unknown不知道；uncertain不肯定。
【小题19】C本句句意为在这个邮局里，你应该得到一个邮箱，即便(even if)是我们给你做一个。in case以防; now that既然,因为；rather而不是。
【小题20】A nothing but只有。邮递员从顾客那里一般不会得到任何东西，只有抱怨。anything but除……之外任何事（物）都……，根本不是……。