UNIT 4
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The Saint Lukas train doesn’t accept passengers—it accepts only the sick. The Saint Lukas is one of five government-sponsored medical trains that travel to remote towns in central and eastern Russia. Each stop lasts an average of two days, and during that time the doctors and nurses on board provide rural populations with basic medical care, X-ray scans and prescriptions.
“People started queuing to make an appointment early in the morning,” says Emile Ducke, a German photographer who traveled with the staff of the Saint Lukas for a two-week trip in November through the vast regions of Krasnoyarsk and Khakassia.
Russia’s public health care service has been in serious need of modernization. The government has struggled to come up with measures to address the problem, particularly in the poorer, rural areas east of the Volga River, including arranging doctor’s appointments by video chat and expanding financial aid programs to motivate doctors to practice medicine in remote parts of the country like Krasnoyarsk.
The annual arrival of the Saint Lukas is another attempt to improve the situation. For 10 months every year, the train stops at about eight stations over two weeks, before returning to the regional capital to refuel and restock (补给). Then it starts all over again the next month. Most stations wait about a year between visits.
Doctors see up to 150 patients every day. The train’s equipment allows for basic checkups. “I was very impressed by the doctors and their assistants working and living in such little space but still staying focused and very concerned,” says Ducke. “They were the best chance for many rural people to get the treatment they want. ”
1.How is the Saint Lukas different from other trains
A. It runs across countries. B. It reserves seats for the seniors.
C. It functions as a hospital. D. It travels along a river.
2.What can we infer from paragraph 3 about Krasnoyarsk
A. It is heavily populated. B. It offers training for doctors.
C. It is a modern city. D. It needs medical aid.
3.How long can the Saint Lukas work with one supply
A. About a year. B. About ten months. C. About two months. D. About two weeks.
4.What is Ducke’s attitude toward the Saint Lukas’ services
A. Appreciative. B. Doubtful. C. Ambiguous. D. Cautious.
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Katie Mahoney in Halifax, Nova Scotia co-founded a non-profit organization with Cara Chisholm to make seniors’ wishes come true. Like many great ideas, Mahoney’s started 1 .
In 2014, a friend recommended her to 2 an act of kindness for someone. Mahoney wanted to choose someone 3 giving back to the Halifax community and knew quickly whom to 4 : 79-year-old Eleanor Wagner, who always 5 baked goods for the staff at the pub where Mahoney worked and did 6 work at the local homeless shelter. To know Wagner better, Mahoney spent a day with her. “It was the first time in years someone had 7 my day,” said Wagner.
Their 8 experience got Mahoney thinking. How many other seniors might 9 that kind of undivided attention And had some of those seniors 10 their dreams because they’d been busy caring for others At the time, these questions made Cara Chisholm equally 11 so the pair founded We Are Young (WAY). WAY has helped realize many dreams. All are 12 things like watching a film.
Though their organization operates 13 in Nova Scotia, they want to launch a nationwide movement that 14 how people view, value and support seniors. It’s generally thought that the seniors should devote themselves to their family and communities. “That is the 15 we’re trying to create,” says Mahoney.
1.A. small B. easily C. big D. casually
2.A. relay B. identify C. advertise D. perform
3.A. accidentally B. randomly C. regularly D. informally
4.A. praise B. pick C. respect D. award
5.A. called in B. set aside C. dropped off D. put away
6.A. voluntary B. part-time C. rigid D. low-paid
7.A. made B. started C. witnessed D. shortened
8.A. widened B. valued C. favored D. shared
9.A. pray B. expect C. acknowledge D. accept
10.A. postponed B. achieved C. considered D. followed
11.A. puzzled B. amazed C. interested D. excited
12.A. extraordinary B. meaningful C. secondary D. simple
13.A. still B. again C. only D. even
14.A. indicates B. explains C. strengthens D. transforms
15.A. stability B. influence C. reputation D. criterion
语法填空 (外刊原味18) 体裁:记叙文 主题语境:公益事业 难度:★★☆☆ | Reader’s Digest
Glaub and Parker had just settled in to their new Manhattan apartment on 22nd Street when they noticed something curious: Letters 1.__________ (address) to Santa come to the apartment. The previous tenants (租户) received the mail too. It had been coming for years and no one knows why.
For the first two years only a few letters trickled in asking “Santa” for gifts. Then in the months approaching Christmas 2010, they’d open their mailbox 2.__________ (find) it filled with letters to Santa. They responded to as many as they could, writing notes, even buying gifts. Glaub was not a Santa, though. But when he and Parker 3.__________ (throw) a Christmas party, a 4.__________ (solve) appeared. Guests noticed the hundreds of letters in their dining room and asked about them. Glaub shared the story. His guests were 5.__________ (extreme) eager to help. Many were like, “I’ll take a letter. I’ll fulfill it.” Glaub and Parker realized they didn’t have to fulfill all these letters 6.__________ (they).
And so was born Miracle on 22nd Street, 7.__________ community-based volunteer organization that responds to children’s letters to Santa 8.__________ season’s greetings and gifts. To spread the word, they started a website, , and a Facebook page.
Last year, Glaub and Miracle on 22nd Street helped more than 800 families. He no longer dwells on 9.__________ letters come to the apartment. Putting in the long hours to help those 10.__________ (need) is what it’s all about for him.
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Saint Lukas列车为俄罗斯一些偏远地区提供医疗服务。
1.C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The Saint Lukas is one of five government-sponsored medical trains”和“doctors and nurses on board provide rural populations with basic medical care,X-ray scans and prescriptions”可知, Saint Lukas列车是政府资助的医疗列车,列车上有医生和护士为乡村人口提供基本的医疗等,故C项“它的作用相当于一个医院”符合题意。
2.D 推理判断题。第三段首句提到俄罗斯的公共医疗服务急需现代化。再结合第三段中的“address the problem, particularly in the poorer, rural areas ... arranging doctor’s appointments ... motivate doctors to practice medicine in remote parts of the country like Krasnoyarsk”可以推知, Krasnoyarsk是俄罗斯一个贫穷的、医疗条件差的偏远乡村,故D项“它需要医疗援助”符合题意。
3.D 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“For 10 months every year, the train stops at about eight stations over two weeks, before returning to the regional capital to refuel and restock (补给)”可知,该列车每年有十个月都会进行这样的工作:在大约八个站点停留两周多,然后返回补充燃料和补给。因此,该列车一次补给可以工作两周左右,故选D。
4.A 观点态度题。根据最后一段中Ducke的话“I was very impressed”和“They were the best chance for many rural people to get the treatment they want”可知, Ducke对Saint Lukas列车服务的态度是赞赏的。故选A。
完形填空
Mahoney和Chisholm合作创建了We Are Young组织,旨在帮助老年人实现梦想。
1.A 根据空前的“Like many great ideas”和下文讲述的Mahoney的经历可知,此处表示Mahoney的想法也是从一件小事开始的。故选A。small “小的”; easily “简单地”; big “大的”; casually “不经意地;随便地;马虎地”。
2.D 根据“an act of kindness for someone”可知是做一件善事,故选D。relay “转发;转播”; identify “认出,发现”; advertise “展现,宣传;做广告”; perform “做,执行”。
3.C 根据下文中的“79-year-old Eleanor Wagner, who always ... at the local homeless shelter”可知,Mahoney想选一个经常回馈Halifax社区的人。故选C。accidentally “意外地,偶然地”; randomly “随机地,随意地”; regularly “经常,时常”; informally “非正式地”。
4.B 根据上文中的“Mahoney wanted to choose someone”可知,此处表示她很快就知道选谁了。故选B。praise “表扬”; pick “选择,挑选”; respect “尊敬,仰慕”; award “给予奖励”。
5.C 此处表示Wagner经常给Mahoney工作所在的酒馆里的工作人员捎带烘焙食物,并在当地的流浪者收容中心做志愿工作。call in “下令收回,要求退回”; set aside “省出,留出(钱或时间)”; drop off “顺便把……送到(某处)”; put away “将……收起,把……放回原处”。故选C。
6.A 上文中的“giving back to the Halifax community”是解题关键。故选A。voluntary “志愿的;自愿的”; part-time “兼职的”; rigid “死板的;固执的”; low-paid “工资低的”。
7.A 上文提到Mahoney和Wagner一起度过了一天,再根据下文中的“that kind of undivided attention (这样全心全意的关注)”可知,此处表“这是多年来第一次有人让我高兴一整天”。故选A。make sb.’s day “使某人一天非常快活”。make “制作;使得”; start “开始”; witness “见证”; shorten “缩短”。
8.D 根据上文中的“Mahoney spent a day with her”可知,此处表Mahoney和Wagner的共同经历。故选D。widen “增加,扩大”; value “重视”; favor “较喜欢,选择”; share “分享;共同拥有”。
9.B 上文提到Mahoney和Wagner一起度过一天后,Wagner说那是多年来第一次有人让她高兴一整天,因此此处表示“有多少其他老年人可能渴望那种完全的关注呢 ”。故选B。pray “企盼;祈祷”; expect “期待;渴望”; acknowledge “承认”; accept “接受”。
10.A 根据下文中的“because they’d been busy caring for others”可知,此处表“是不是那些老年人中一些人因为要照顾别人而推迟自己的梦想呢 ”。故选A。postpone “推迟,延期”; achieve “达成;完成”; consider “考虑”; follow “追求”。
11.C 根据上文中的“co-founded ... with Cara Chisholm”“got Mahoney thinking”和“these questions made Cara Chisholm equally”可知,这些问题同样让Cara Chisholm感兴趣。故选C。puzzled “困惑的,迷惑不解的”; amazed “大为惊奇的”; interested “感兴趣的,关心的,表现出兴趣的”; excited “兴奋的”。
12.D 根据空后的“like watching a film”可知,这些梦想都很简单。故选D。extraordinary “不平常的”; meaningful “有意义的”; secondary “中学的;次要的”; simple “简单的”。
13.C 句意:虽然他们的组织只在新斯科舍省运作,但他们想发起一场全国性的运动,改变人们对老年人的看法、重视程度和支持方式——人们普遍认为老年人应该把自己奉献给家庭和社区。故选C。still “仍然”; again “再一次,又一次”; only “只;仅仅”; even “甚至”。
14.D 此处表示“我们想要发起一个全国性的运动,这个运动会改变人们对老年人的看法、重视程度和支持方式”。故选D。indicate “暗示,表明”; explain “解释”; strengthen “加强”; transform “改变”。
15.B 根据上文内容“they want to launch a nationwide movement ... that the seniors should devote themselves to their family and communities”可知,此处表“那正是我们想要带来的影响”。故选B。stability “稳定(性);稳固(性)”; influence “影响”; reputation “名誉,名声”; criterion “标准;准则;原则”。
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刚搬到22号大街曼哈顿某公寓的Glaub和Parker不断收到发给圣诞老人的信件,虽然不明白什么原因,但他们尽力回复邮件。但邮件越来越多,因为一次圣诞晚会,他们找到了解决办法,成立了志愿者机构。
1.addressed 考查非谓语动词。本句已有谓语,空处为非谓语, address意为“写(收信人)姓名地址;致函”,与Letters是逻辑上的动宾关系,应用过去分词作后置定语,填addressed。
2.to find 考查非谓语动词。此处指打开邮箱结果发现盛满邮件,表出乎意料的结果,应用不定式作结果状语,填to find。
3.threw 考查动词时态。空处在时间状语从句中作谓语,主句是一般过去时,故从句用一般过去时,填threw。throw a party “举办派对”。
4.solution 考查词形转换。空处作主语,且空前是冠词a,故此处指“解决办法”,填名词solution。
5.extremely 考查词形转换。空处作状语,修饰形容词eager,表“极其;非常”,用副词extremely。
6.themselves 考查代词。空处作句子主语Glaub and Parker的同位语,应用反身代词,填themselves。
7.a 考查冠词。分析句子结构可,“ 7 community-based volunteer organization”是“Miracle on 22nd Street”的同位语,泛指一个社区志愿者机构,故用不定冠词,community是辅音音素开始的单词,应用冠词a。
8.with 考查介词。此处指该志愿组织给孩子们回信,送上节日的问候和礼物。respond to sb. with sth. “用……回复某人”。
9.why 考查名词性从句。根据首段可知,房客总收到寄给圣诞老人的信件,却不知道原因。此处指他不再思考信件为什么发到该公寓,用why引导宾语从句。
10.needy 考查词形转换。空处修饰代词those,表“缺乏生活必需品的;贫困的”,应用形容词needy。(共30张PPT)
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选择性必修第二册 UNIT 4
阅读 (2024·全国甲卷) 体裁：说明文 主题语境：公益事业 难度：★★★☆☆
The Saint Lukas train doesn’t accept passengers—it accepts only the sick. The Saint Lukas is one of five government-sponsored medical trains that travel to remote towns in central and eastern Russia. Each stop lasts an average of two days, and during that time the doctors and nurses on board provide rural populations with basic medical care, X-ray scans and prescriptions.
“People started queuing to make an appointment early in the morning,” says Emile Ducke, a German photographer who traveled with the staff of the Saint Lukas for a two-week trip in November through the vast regions of Krasnoyarsk and Khakassia.
Russia’s public health care service has been in serious need of modernization. The government has struggled to come up with measures to address the problem, particularly in the poorer, rural areas east of the Volga River, including arranging doctor’s appointments by video chat and expanding financial aid programs to motivate doctors to practice medicine in remote parts of the country like Krasnoyarsk.
The annual arrival of the Saint Lukas is another attempt to improve the situation. For 10 months every year, the train stops at about eight stations over two weeks, before returning to the regional capital to refuel and restock (补给). Then it starts all over again the next month. Most stations wait about a year between visits.
Doctors see up to 150 patients every day. The train’s equipment allows for basic checkups. “I was very impressed by the doctors and their assistants working and living in such little space but still staying focused and very concerned,” says Ducke. “They were the best chance for many rural people to get the treatment they want. ”
Saint Lukas列车为俄罗斯一些偏远地区提供医疗服务。
1.How is the Saint Lukas different from other trains
It runs across countries.
B. It reserves seats for the seniors.
C. It functions as a hospital.
D. It travels along a river.
细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The Saint Lukas is one of five government-sponsored medical trains”和“doctors and nurses on board provide rural populations with basic medical care，X-ray scans and prescriptions”可知, Saint Lukas列车是政府资助的医疗列车，列车上有医生和护士为乡村人口提供基本的医疗等，故C项“它的作用相当于一个医院”符合题意。
答案与解析
2.What can we infer from paragraph 3 about Krasnoyarsk
It is heavily populated.
B. It offers training for doctors.
C. It is a modern city.
D. It needs medical aid.
推理判断题。第三段首句提到俄罗斯的公共医疗服务急需现代
化。再结合第三段中的“address the problem, particularly in the poorer, rural areas ... arranging doctor’s appointments ... motivate doctors to practice medicine in remote parts of the country like Krasnoyarsk”可以推知, Krasnoyarsk是俄罗斯一个贫穷的、医疗条件差的偏远乡村，故D项“它需要医疗援助”符合题意。
答案与解析
3.How long can the Saint Lukas work with one supply
About a year. B. About ten months.
C. About two months. D. About two weeks.
细节理解题。根据第四段中的“For 10 months every year, the train stops at about eight stations over two weeks, before returning to the regional capital to refuel and restock (补给)”可知，该列车每年有十个月都会进行这样的工作：在大约八个站点停留两周多，然后返回补充燃料和补给。因此，该列车一次补给可以工作两周左右，故选D。
答案与解析
4.What is Ducke’s attitude toward the Saint Lukas’ services
Appreciative. B. Doubtful.
C. Ambiguous. D. Cautious.
观点态度题。根据最后一段中Ducke的话“I was very impressed”和“They were the best chance for many rural people to get the treatment they want”可知, Ducke对Saint Lukas列车服务的态度是赞赏的。故选A。
答案与解析
完形填空 (2025·安徽六校联考改编) 体裁：记叙文 主题语境：公益事业 难度：★★★☆☆
Katie Mahoney in Halifax, Nova Scotia co-founded a non-profit organization with Cara Chisholm to make seniors’ wishes come true. Like many great ideas, Mahoney’s started 1 .
In 2014, a friend recommended her to 2 an act of kindness for someone. Mahoney wanted to choose someone 3 giving back to the Halifax community and knew quickly whom to 4 : 79-year-old Eleanor Wagner, who always 5 baked goods for the staff at the pub
where Mahoney worked and did 6 work at the local homeless shelter. To know Wagner better, Mahoney spent a day with her. “It was the first time in years someone had 7 my day,” said Wagner.
Their 8 experience got Mahoney thinking. How many other seniors might 9 that kind of undivided attention And had some of those seniors 10 their dreams because they’d been busy caring for others At the time, these questions made Cara Chisholm equally
11 so the pair founded We Are Young (WAY). WAY has helped realize many dreams. All are 12 things like watching a film.
Though their organization operates 13 in Nova Scotia, they want to launch a nationwide movement that 14 how people view, value and support seniors. It’s generally thought that the seniors should devote themselves to their family and communities. “That is the
15 we’re trying to create,” says Mahoney.
1.A. small B. easily C. big D. casually
2.A. relay B. identify C. advertise D. perform
3.A. accidentally B. randomly C. regularly D. informally
4.A. praise B. pick C. respect D. award
5.A. called in B. set aside C. dropped off D. put away
6.A. voluntary B. part-time C. rigid D. low-paid
7.A. made B. started C. witnessed D. shortened
8.A. widened B. valued C. favored D. shared
9.A. pray B. expect C. acknowledge D. accept
10.A. postponed B. achieved C. considered D. followed
11.A. puzzled B. amazed C. interested D. excited
12.A. extraordinary B. meaningful C. secondary D. simple
13.A. still B. again C. only D. even
14.A. indicates B. explains C. strengthens D. transforms
15.A. stability B. influence C. reputation D. criterion
Mahoney和Chisholm合作创建了We Are Young组织，旨在帮助老年人实现梦想。
1.A 根据空前的“Like many great ideas”和下文讲述的Mahoney的经历可知，此处表示Mahoney的想法也是从一件小事开始的。故选A。small “小的”; easily “简单地”; big “大的”; casually “不经意
地；随便地；马虎地”。
答案与解析
2.D 根据“an act of kindness for someone”可知是做一件善事，故选D。relay “转发；转播”; identify “认出，发现”; advertise “展现，宣传；做广告”; perform “做，执行”。
3.C 根据下文中的“79-year-old Eleanor Wagner, who always ... at the local homeless shelter”可知，Mahoney想选一个经常回馈Halifax社区的人。故选C。accidentally “意外地，偶然地”; randomly “随机地，随意地”; regularly “经常，时常”; informally “非正式地”。
答案与解析
4.B 根据上文中的“Mahoney wanted to choose someone”可知，此处表示她很快就知道选谁了。故选B。praise “表扬”; pick “选择，挑选”; respect “尊敬，仰慕”; award “给予奖励”。
5.C 此处表示Wagner经常给Mahoney工作所在的酒馆里的工作人员捎带烘焙食物，并在当地的流浪者收容中心做志愿工作。call in “下令收回，要求退回”; set aside “省出，留出(钱或时间)”; drop off “顺便把……送到(某处)”; put away “将……收起，把……放回原
处”。故选C。
答案与解析
6.A 上文中的“giving back to the Halifax community”是解题关键。故选A。voluntary “志愿的；自愿的”; part-time “兼职的”; rigid “死板的；固执的”; low-paid “工资低的”。
7.A 上文提到Mahoney和Wagner一起度过了一天，再根据下文中的“that kind of undivided attention (这样全心全意的关注)”可知，此处表“这是多年来第一次有人让我高兴一整天”。故选A。make sb.’s day “使某人一天非常快活”。make “制作；使得”; start “开
始”; witness “见证”; shorten “缩短”。
答案与解析
8.D 根据上文中的“Mahoney spent a day with her”可知，此处表Mahoney和Wagner的共同经历。故选D。widen “增加，扩大”; value “重视”; favor “较喜欢，选择”; share “分享；共同拥有”。
9.B 上文提到Mahoney和Wagner一起度过一天后，Wagner说那是多年来第一次有人让她高兴一整天，因此此处表示“有多少其他老年人可能渴望那种完全的关注呢 ”。故选B。pray “企盼；祈祷”; expect “期待；渴望”; acknowledge “承认”; accept “接受”。
答案与解析
10.A 根据下文中的“because they’d been busy caring for others”可知，此处表“是不是那些老年人中一些人因为要照顾别人而推迟自己的梦想呢 ”。故选A。postpone “推迟，延期”; achieve “达成；完成”; consider “考虑”; follow “追求”。
11.C 根据上文中的“co-founded ... with Cara Chisholm”“got Mahoney thinking”和“these questions made Cara Chisholm equally”可知，这些问题同样让Cara Chisholm感兴趣。故选C。puzzled “困惑的，迷惑不解的”; amazed “大为惊奇的”; interested “感兴趣的，关心的，表现出兴趣的”; excited “兴奋的”。
答案与解析
12.D 根据空后的“like watching a film”可知,这些梦想都很简单。故选D。extraordinary “不平常的”; meaningful “有意义的”; secondary “中学的；次要的”; simple “简单的”。
13.C 句意：虽然他们的组织只在新斯科舍省运作，但他们想发起一场全国性的运动，改变人们对老年人的看法、重视程度和支持方式——人们普遍认为老年人应该把自己奉献给家庭和社区。故选C。still “仍然”; again “再一次，又一次”; only “只；仅仅”; even “甚至”。
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14.D 此处表示“我们想要发起一个全国性的运动，这个运动会改变人们对老年人的看法、重视程度和支持方式”。故选D。indicate “暗示,表明”; explain “解释”; strengthen “加强”; transform “改变”。
15.B 根据上文内容“they want to launch a nationwide movement ... that the seniors should devote themselves to their family and communities”可知,此处表“那正是我们想要带来的影响”。故选B。stability “稳定(性)；稳固(性)”; influence “影响”; reputation “名誉，名声”; criterion “标准；准则；原则”。
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语法填空 (外刊原味18) 体裁：记叙文 主题语境：公益事业 难度：★★ ☆☆ | Reader’s Digest
Glaub and Parker had just settled in to their new Manhattan apartment on 22nd Street when they noticed something curious: Letters 1.__________ (address) to Santa come to the apartment. The previous tenants (租户) received the mail too. It had been coming for years and no one knows why.
addressed
For the first two years only a few letters trickled in asking “Santa” for gifts. Then in the months approaching Christmas 2010, they’d open their mailbox 2.__________ (find) it filled with letters to Santa. They responded to as many as they could, writing notes, even buying gifts. Glaub was not a Santa, though. But when he and Parker 3.__________ (throw) a Christmas party, a 4.__________ (solve) appeared. Guests noticed the hundreds of letters in their dining room and asked about them. Glaub shared the story. His guests were 5.____________ (extreme) eager to help. Many were like, “I’ll take a letter. I’ll fulfill it.” Glaub and Parker realized they didn’t have to fulfill all these letters 6.____________ (they).
to find
threw
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themselves
And so was born Miracle on 22nd Street, 7.__________ community-based volunteer organization that responds to children’s letters to Santa 8.__________ season’s greetings and gifts. To spread the word, they started a website, , and a Facebook page.
Last year, Glaub and Miracle on 22nd Street helped more than 800 families. He no longer dwells on 9.__________ letters come to the apartment. Putting in the long hours to help those 10.__________ (need) is what it’s all about for him.
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刚搬到22号大街曼哈顿某公寓的Glaub和Parker不断收到发给圣诞老人的信件，虽然不明白什么原因，但他们尽力回复邮件。但邮件越来越多，因为一次圣诞晚会，他们找到了解决办法，成立了志愿者机构。
1.addressed 考查非谓语动词。本句已有谓语，空处为非谓语, address意为“写(收信人)姓名地址；致函”，与Letters是逻辑上的动宾关系，应用过去分词作后置定语，填addressed。
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2.to find 考查非谓语动词。此处指打开邮箱结果发现盛满邮件，表出乎意料的结果，应用不定式作结果状语，填to find。
3.threw 考查动词时态。空处在时间状语从句中作谓语，主句是一般过去时，故从句用一般过去时，填threw。throw a party “举办派对”。
4.solution 考查词形转换。空处作主语，且空前是冠词a，故此处指“解决办法”，填名词solution。
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5.extremely 考查词形转换。空处作状语，修饰形容词eager，表
“极其；非常”，用副词extremely。
6.themselves 考查代词。空处作句子主语Glaub and Parker的同位语，应用反身代词，填themselves。
7.a 考查冠词。分析句子结构可知，“ 7 community-based volunteer organization”是“Miracle on 22nd Street”的同位语，泛指一个社区志愿者机构，故用不定冠词，community是辅音音素开始的单词，应用冠词a。
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8.with 考查介词。此处指该志愿组织给孩子们回信，送上节日的问候和礼物。respond to sb. with sth. “用……回复某人”。
9.why 考查名词性从句。根据首段可知，房客总收到寄给圣诞老人的信件，却不知道原因。此处指他不再思考信件为什么发到该公寓，用why引导宾语从句。
10.needy 考查词形转换。空处修饰代词those，表“缺乏生活必需品的；贫困的”，应用形容词needy。
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