The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold, ___1___ passengers. Suddenly a little boy ___2___ his way through the grown-up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the ___3___ grown-ups. What a brave child, I think. His father ___4___ very strange happens suddenly. The ___5___ little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee. ___6___, I think that he wants to ___7___ me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his ___8___ up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the ___9___. Wrong again! What I do receive is a ___10___ kiss on the cheek. The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am ___11___. What just happened? A child is kissing ___12___ grown-ups on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbors are certainly ___13___. Nervous and a little surprised, we ___14___ at the father. When he sees our questioning ___15___ as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue(线索). “He’s so happy to be alive,” the father says. “He has been very sick.” Father and son ___16___ into the crowd moving toward the exit. The doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still ___17___ the child’s kiss—a kiss that has triggered(触发) some soul-search inside me. How many ___18___ kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege(特权)of ___19___? The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful you don’t let yourself ___20___ before your heart stops!
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:C
本文是描述作者在干冷枯燥的火车上接受了一个陌生小孩的吻，通过这个小故事使作者认识到，人一生中始终要保持快乐。
小题1:选 B根据前面的 cold 得出答案“又冷、又疲劳”的旅客。
小题2:选 C根据下文，从大人的腿间“挤着往前走(push one’s way是固定短语)”。
小题3:选A根据上文“从大人腿间挤过去”和下文作者让他过去，他给作者一个吻作为谢意来判断，那些大人有些“不友好”。
小题4:选 C根据四个选项和句子的意思，只有 chooses 符合句意。
小题5:选 B从上文他想从那些不友好的大人的腿间挤过去来判断，小孩的脸是“严肃的”。
小题6:选 B根据下文，作者“一下子”想起他想从我这儿“过去”并回到他爸爸跟前。
小题7:选D参考第6题解析的下半句。
小题8:选 C从下文的“他想对我说什么来看”可判断是“头”倾向作者。
小题9:选 B因为我以为他是想对我说什么，所以判断是“信息”。
小题10:选A根据四个选项，在脸颊上亲一个吻应该是“响亮的”，其余选项不符句意。
小题11:选B作者对一个陌生小孩突然吻自己感到“震惊”。
小题12:选 C从上下文得知他们都是旅客，互相都不“认识”。
小题13:选 B从上文可知“我周围的人也肯定被吻了”。
小题14:选 B 因为作者对这件事感到惊奇，又因为他是个孩子，所以向他爸爸“微笑”。
小题15:选 A因为都是陌生人，所以他爸爸带着质疑的眼光(glance)。
小题16:选 C从下文“向出口走去”得出答案“消失在人群中”。
小题17:选D根据前后意思得出答案“作者还能感觉到小孩在脸上所留下的吻”。
小题18:选 A 从上文“作者想象到，这孩子为了愉快地活着，到处吻别人不知多少次了”。
小题19:选 C根据上文 being alive 得出答案。
小题20:选C根据下文的 your heart stops 来得出答案。