第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节,满分 45 分) 第一节(共 20 小题;每小题 1 . 5 分,满分 30 分) It’s a sad reality that many of us find ourselves just too busy to contribute to our communities. For a long time, I, too, believed it cost too much in time, money and ___41___ to make a real difference. But all that changed when I ___42___ my good-deed-a-day project. My daughter, Emily, was my primary ___43___ . I wanted to show her we could do little things to help others, and be ___44___ . The first week, I wasn’t sure if I could ___45___ it. I surfed the Internet for ideas. One day, I ___46___ a blind man in the subway station. He ___47___ as he thanked me. Another day, I brought flowers from my garden to a ___48___ nursing home... I could only hope I was arousing __49___ in others. After just a few days, ___50___ I found it easier than I’d expected. I knew I was making a/an ___51___ . Every evening at the dinner table, I ___52___ that day’s good deed to Emily. Emily began ___53___ what I’d started. On a walk home from school, she ___54___ to a neighbour’s pot of geraniums ( 天竺葵 ), which had toppled ( 摇晃 ) in the wind, and set it right. “That was my good deed for the day!” she yelled. Another day, she helped me collect ___55___ from our neighbours for the food bank. We dropped off the food and, ___56___ we drove away, Emily announced ___57___ that she wanted to work there one day. By the last week, I knew I’d changed. At first, I hadn’t been entirely ___58___ that I could do a good deed every day. Now it was practically second ___59___ . I felt a greater responsibility to take action when I saw a need, ___60___ looking the other way. I felt as though I’d awakened, somehow. 41. A. energy B. space C. wisdom D. salary 42. A. stopped B. started C. forgot D. remembered 43. A. donation B. expectation C. celebration D. inspiration 44. A. lucky B. clever C. happy D. merciful 45. A. get B. manage C. put D. appreciate 46. A. watched B. waited C. guided D. ordered 47. A. smiled B. sighed C. frowned D. jumped 48. A. popular B. distant C. deserted D. local 49. A. interest B. mercy C. awareness D. praise 50. A. though B. besides C. therefore D. also 51. A. discovery B. difference C. mistake D. fortune 52. A. reminded B. pointed C. recalled D. described 53. A. criticizing B. sharing C. laughing D. praising 54. A. marched over B. pulled over C. turned over D. fell over 55. A. money B. vegetables C. donations D. clothes 56. A. before B. since C. until D. as 57. A. proudly B. eagerly C. anxiously D. casually 58. A. concerned B. convinced C. expected D. persuaded 59. A. scene B. language C. nature D. skill 60. A. by means of B. regardless of C. as well as D. instead of