Cure for Sorrow
There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her 31 , she went to the wise man that is always 32 for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what 33 ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will 34 you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or 35 with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never 36 sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in 37 of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment, 38 at the door, and said in a 39 voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n) 40 that I want? It is very important to me.”
41 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of 42 . They told her that she had e to the wrong place. And they began to 43 all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor, 44 people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She 45 to fort them till they 46 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But 47 she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one 48 after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so 49 in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never 50 that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.
【小题1】A．joyB．dangerC．beliefD．sorrow【小题2】A．envied B．consideredC．respectedD．treated【小题3】A．strange B．magical C．valuableD．important【小题4】A．reward B．supply C．provide D．award【小题5】A．quarreling B．discussing C．reasoning D．arguing【小题6】A．suffered B．known C．obtainedD．forgotten【小题7】A．honor B．favor C．need D．search【小题8】A．knockedB．brokeC．stoodD．pointed【小题9】A．excitedB．confidentC．sadD．urgent【小题10】A．place B．answer C．apartment D．person【小题11】A．Luckily B．ImmediatelyC．Gradually D．Unfortunately【小题12】A．praiseB．RespectC．fortD．encouragement【小题13】A．exchange B．describe C．simplify D．decorate【小题14】A．unfortunate B．unfriendly C．unimportantD．unfamiliar【小题15】A．planned B．managedC．continuedD．stayed【小题16】A．settle down B．break down C．calm down D．get down【小题17】A．whereverB．whatever C．however D．whenever【小题18】A．excuse B．tale C．lie D．reason【小题19】A．curious B．puzzled C．worried D．involved【小题20】A．recognizing B．realizing C．remembering D．wonderingD
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(答案→)D
解析：文章以一个故事告诉我们帮助别人能让我们真正的快乐起来，无论我们遇见多大的痛苦。
【小题1】D 名词辨析。A快乐；B危险；C信念；D悲哀；根据上文可知儿子死了，她很难过。
【小题2】C 动词辨析。根据上文可知这是一位智者，智者总是受到人们的尊重。
【小题3】B 形容词辨析。这里是指由魔力的能把她的儿子找回来的方法。
【小题4】A 动词辨析。A以…付报酬；BC提供；D奖励。这里是指她以她所有来回报那位智者。
【小题5】C 动词辨析。Reason with sb与…理论，谈论。这里指智者没有和她多讨论。
【小题6】B 动词辨析。智者让她2从一个从来都不知道悲哀的家庭里找芥末的种子。
【小题7】D 名词辨析。In search of寻找。根据上下文可知是去寻找这样的人家。
【小题8】C 动词辨析。这里是指站在一家人的门前。本题容易错选A。
【小题9】A 形容词辨析。这里是指她用兴奋的声音说好话。
【小题10】A 上下文串联。很清楚她是在问这是不是她要找的地方。
【小题11】D 副词辨析。根据下文可知她找不到那样的地方，所以是很不幸的事情。
【小题12】C 动词辨析。这里是指甚至都没有人来安慰她。
【小题13】B 动词辨析。A交换；B描述；C使…简化；D装饰。指那些人向她描述他们痛苦的事情。
【小题14】A 形容词辨析。这里是指那些比她还要不幸的人。
【小题15】D 动词辨析。这里是指她留在那些地方来帮助那些人直到他们平静下来。
【小题16】C 词义辨析。A定居；B机器坏；C平静；D写下。解析同上。
【小题17】A 语法分析。无论她到什么地方，都会发现一个接一个不幸的故事。
【小题18】B 名词辨析。A借口；B故事；C谎言；D原因。解析同上。
【小题19】D 固定词组。Be involved in参与….
【小题20】B 动词辨析。这里是指她没有意识到到帮助别人已经驱赶了她心中的悲哀。