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专题限时集训(十四) 记叙文＋夹叙夹议
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(2016·苏北四市摸底考试)
One of the most significant actions of your life is that you support someone when you help him or her through a challenging time.However，the best __1__ is that when you support others，you are also supporting yourself.When you __2__ to give support to others, it is usually a __3__ that you are also stopping giving support to yourself.
I was hooked on a story about Donna，which clearly showed the __4__ of support.
Several months ago，Donna had just broken up with her boyfriend and had a difficult time accepting the __5__．She refused to be accompanied and stayed at home __6__，weeping all the time，which certainly was not helping.
Early one morning, Donna received a phone call with some __7__ news: her best friend's brother had been __8__ in an accident.Donna had known this friend, Mary, and her brother __9__ her entire life, and the news was devastating.Donna __10__ her sadness and got the __11__ soon and drove to Mary's house to be with her.
At the __12__ and afterwards, she held Mary close while she cried __13__ tears, sat by her side as the waves of grief __14__ Mary, and slept next to her to make sure she did not wake up alone.During that time she hardly felt any __15__ in her heart.
Several weeks later, when life began to return to normal, Donna __16__ that the level of support she had given Mary far overtook any support she had __17__ herself during her dark time.She was able to use the support she had given her friend as a __18__ for the support she needed.
When you find yourself __19__ to support others, see if there's something within yourself that is not supporting.__20__， when you give complete support to others, it'll mirror those places within you that require the same level of attention.
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本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。当Donna和男朋友分手时，她心情非常不好，整天一个人待在家里不出门，以泪洗面。有一天早晨，她突然接到最好的朋友的电话，知道朋友的弟弟在事故中去世了。Donna听到消息后，赶紧驾车到好朋友家里去安慰她。而就在陪同好朋友的时候，Donna完全忘记了自己的不快。借此作者想要告诉我们这样一个道理：帮助别人等于是在帮助自己。
1．A.policy C．position
B．part D．pattern
B [考查名词。句意：最重要的部分(part)是当你帮助别人的时候，其实也是在帮助自己。根据句意可知，B项正确。]
2．A.refuse C．start
B．pretend D．decide
A [考查动词。根据后半句话中的you are also stopping giving support to yourself可知，选A项符合语境，即当你拒绝(refuse)给别人帮助的时候，其实也是在拒绝帮助自己。其他几项不符合语境。]
3．A.sight C．sign
B．signature D．signal
C [考查名词。sight意为“情景；景象”；signature意为“签名；署名”；sign意为“标志；迹象”；signal意为“信号”。根据上下文语境可知，只有C项正确，即拒绝帮助别人，便标志着也在拒绝帮助自己。]
4．A.example C．function
B．power D．definition
B [考查名词。根据故事下文内容可知，Donna帮助好朋友以后，彻底地忘记了自己的痛苦，由此可以看出帮助他人的力量(power)，因此B项符合语境。]
5．A.disaster C．divorce
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B．truth D．loss
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D [考查名词。loss本意为“损失；遗失；失去”，符合语境，即Donna无法承受失去男朋友的痛苦。]
6．A.quietly C．alone
B．worriedly D．along
C [考查副词。根据该空前面的部分可知，Donna拒绝别人的陪伴，所以选择C项符合语境，即她不想和别人在一起，只是一个人待在家里。]
7．A.terrible C．dangerous
B．amazing D．surprising
A [考查形容词。根据后半句话可知，她最要好的朋友的弟弟出车祸去世了，因此这是一个很可怕的消息。故选A项正确。]
8．A.claimed C．injured
B．killed D．caught
B [考查动词。根据下文有关Donna好朋友伤心欲绝的表现的描述可推知，朋友的弟弟应该是在事故中去世了。所以选B项。]
9．A.really C．exactly
B．barely D．nearly
D [考查副词。句意：Donna自幼就熟识这两姐弟，这个消息对她来说太可怕了。根据句意可知选D项正确。]
10．A.removed C．recognized
B．overcame D．changed
B [考查动词。overcome意为“克服”，符合语境，即Donna克制住自己难过的情绪，开车前往好朋友的家去安慰她。]
11．A.door C．car
B．gate D．bus
C [考查名词。根据后面的drove to Mary's house to be with her可知，Donna
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