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(2020·武汉质量检测)Last year，we moved home and I began my junior year of high school in New Orleans.My birthday was just a few days after my __1__．While I had a physical home，I felt__2__，and my thoughts went to children__3__for shelter whose birthdays fell by the wayside.In an effort to find my place in my__4__town，I set out to__5__an organization of teenagers to hold__6__birthday parties for children living in shelters.
The__7__began and there would be a party each month.Getting the work off the ground __8__our team effort.Every party was__9__as there were many __10__that had to be managed. Rolling up our sleeves，focusing on__11__，and connecting with each other，we made the business a great__12__．
Offering services to those in need teaches__13__lessons often not taught in school.At one party，a little boy and his father came up to me and thanked me for__14__what was the boy's first organized birthday party.I then thanked them for teaching me something too.The father，who lived in a shelter with his son，looked at me__15__as if he was not worthy of teaching me anything. I__16__that he taught me to have the__17__to ask for help when needed.I will never__18__the hug and the lesson he gave me.
Experiencing the smile of __19__on the faces of homeless children who have never had a birthday party before is a(n)__20__that will never fade.
[语篇解读] “我”在搬到新奥尔良后，成立了一个青少年组织，每月为收容所里的孩子组织一次生日派对；一个小男孩和他的父亲为此感谢了“我”，“我”也感谢他们让“我”学到了人生重要的一课。
1．A.survival B．arrival
C．graduation D．operation
解析：根据上文中的“we moved home”并结合该句可推知，“我”的生日是在到达新地方的几天后。B项意为“到达”，故B项正确。
答案：B
2．A.happy B．lonely
C．upset D．lucky
解析：根据上文叙述的“我”搬了家并结合该句中的while以及下文中的in an effort to find my place，并结合常识可推知，尽管“我”有家，但是“我”感到沮丧(要去适应新地方)。
答案：C
3．A.preparing B．paying
C．searching D．struggling
解析：根据该句中的“for shelter whose birthdays fell by the wayside”可知，这些孩子们艰难寻找住所，而不再庆祝生日。struggle for为固定搭配，意为“为……而努力”，故D项正确。
答案：D
4．A.new B．busy
C．small D．quiet
解析：根据上文叙述的“我”搬了家可知，此处表示在“我”的新城镇。
答案：A
5．A.create B．visit
C．remind D．consult
解析：根据空前的in an effort to find my place以及空后的“to hold__6__birthday parties for children living in shelters”可知，该处表示“我”开始创立一个青少年组织来为住在收容所里的孩子们举行生日派对。
答案：A
6．A.daily B．weekly
C．monthly D．yearly
解析：根据第二段第一句中的a party each month可知，此处表示每个月举行一次生日派对。C项意为“每月一次的”，故C项正确。
答案：C
7．A.career B．contribution
C．project D．procedure
解析：根据上文叙述的“我”创立了一个青少年组织，每个月为收容所里的孩子们举办一次生日派对，并结合该句可知，此处表示这一项目开始了。
答案：C
8．A.directed B．doubled
C．rewarded D．required
解析：根据本段最后一句叙述的我们为生日派对所作的努力并结合常识可知，此处表示让工作顺利开始需要我们团队的共同努力。
答案：D
9．A.complex B．complete
C．typical D．troublesome
解析：根据该句中的“there were many __10__that had to be managed”并结合常识可知，举行每场派对都有许多方面需要处理，所以每场派对都很复杂。A项意为“复杂的”，故A项正确。D项“令人烦恼的，讨厌的”不符合文章的感情色彩。
答案：A
10．A.aspects B．dishes
C．targets D．emergencies
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：A
11．A.relationship B．friendship
C．details D．decorations
解析：根据语境并结合常识可知，此处表示在组织生日派对的过程中，我们挽起袖子(干活)，关注细节，互相沟通，最终使派对取得了成功。
答案：C
12．A.fortune B．difference
C．attempt D．success
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：D
13．A.speech B．life
C．education D．language
解析：根据语境和下文叙述的“我”学到了当有需要时要勇于求助的道理可推知，给需要的人提供服务教给了“我”在学校里经常没有被教的人生经验。
答案：B
14．A.enjoying B．hosting
C．attending D．postponing
解析：根据第一段尾句中的hold并结合该句可知，“我”为一位小男孩举办了他第一次有组织的生日派对，这位小男孩和他的父亲因此走到“我”跟前来感谢“我”。
答案：B
15．A.puzzled B．satisfied
C．shyly D．politely
解析：上文表述在小男孩和他的父亲感谢“我”后，“我”也感谢他们让“我”学到了一些东西；结合该句中的“as if he was not worthy of teaching me anything”可推知，小男孩的父亲困惑地看着“我”，好像他不配教“我”任何东西。
答案：A
16．A.whispered B．introduced
C．repeated D．explained
解析：根据该句中的that he taught me并结合上文内容可知，“我”解释说他教会“我”当有需要时要勇于求助的道理。
答案：D
17．A.chance B．excuse
C．courage D．choice
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：C
18．A.reject B．forget
C．accept D．bear
解析：根据下文中的that will never fade和语境可知，“我”永远不会忘记他给“我”的拥抱和他给“我”的经验。
答案：B
19．A.relief B．bitterness
C．sadness D．delight
解析：根据该句中的the smile of可知，该处指那些无家可归的孩子们脸上的喜悦的笑容。
答案：D
20．A.hope B．memory
C．mark D．affection
解析：根据该句中的that will never fade和语境可推知，感受那些以前从未有过生日聚会的无家可归的孩子们脸上的喜悦的笑容是一段永远不会消逝的记忆。
答案：B
