E(2024·江苏盐城响水县三模)
Our house was across from a big hospital, so we rented(租) our empty upstairs rooms to outpatients(门诊病人). One evening, there was a 1 at the door. I opened it and saw a truly sick-looking man.
His face looked terrible—it was swollen(肿胀的) and red. Yet his voice was 2. He told me that he came for treatment and that he'd been looking for a spare room since noon, but no one would give him one because of his 3.
For a moment I said nothing, but he said he would be 4 to just sleep on the hallway. I agreed.
The old man had a huge heart inside his tiny body. He told me that he fished for a living to 5 his daughter, her five children, and her disabled husband.
He didn't complain while telling 6 his story. He was grateful that he didn't feel any 7 from his disease, which was seemingly a form of skin cancer.
The next morning, he said, "Can I come back and stay the 8 time I need treatment?" I told him he was welcome to come again.
On his next trip, as a 9, he brought a big fish and some large oysters(牡蛎). In the years that he stayed with us, there was 10 a time that he did not bring us gifts like these.
My neighbour 11 me that I could lose some renters by putting up the old man after he left the first morning.
Maybe we did 12 renters once or twice. But if only they could have known him, perhaps their illnesses would have been 13 to bear(忍受). I know our family will always be 14 to have known him. From him, we learned 15 it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude(感激之情).
()1. A. knock
B. sign
C. notice
D. call
()2. A. worrying
B. upset
C. traditional
D. pleasant
()3. A. huge heart
B. face
C. tiny body
D. daughter
()4. A. happy
B. brave
C. lonely
D. friendly
()5. A. forget
B. surprise
C. support
D. change
()6. A. them
B. him
C. me
D. her
()7. A. luck
B. experience
C. pain
D. joy
()8. A. second
B. next
C. last
D. first
()9. A. gift
B. job
C. hobby
D. business
()10. A. sometimes
B. never
C. always
D. often
()11. A. encouraged
B. reported
C. hated
D. warned
()12. A. expect
B. choose
C. refuse
D. lose
()13. A. worse
B. better
C. harder
D. easier
()14. A. thankful
B. silly
C. funny
D. polite
()15. A. how
B. what
C. where
D. when

E
1. A 【点拨】knock 敲门声；sign 标志；notice 通告；call 打电话。根据“I opened it and saw a truly sick - looking man.”可知，作者开门看到一个病态的男人。由此推断作者先是听到了敲门声才去开的门。故选 A。
2. D 【点拨】worrying 令人担忧的；upset 沮丧的；traditional 传统的；pleasant 令人愉快的。根据 Yet 可推断作者认为这个人的声音和外貌给人的感觉是相反的。故选 D。
3. B 【点拨】根据“His face looked terrible—it was swollen (肿胀的)and red.”可知，他的脸看起来太糟糕了，别的房主都不收留他。由此推断别的房主不收留他是因为他的脸。故选 B。
4. A 【点拨】happy 高兴的；brave 勇敢的；lonely 孤独的；friendly 友好的。根据上文“he'd been looking for a spare room”和“just sleep on the hallway”可知，这个人从中午开始就一直找住的地方，但是没人愿意收留他，由此推断这个人表示他可以睡在走廊。故选 A。
5. C 【点拨】forget 忘记；surprise 使惊奇；support 养活；change 改变。根据后文可知，这个人以捕鱼为生养活他女儿和他女儿一家人。故选 C。
6. C 【点拨】them 他们；him 他；me 我；her 她，她的。根据上文“He told me that he fished for a living to 5 his daughter，her five children，and her disabled husband.”可知，老人告诉“我”他自己的故事。故选 C。
7. C 【点拨】luck 幸运；experience 经历；pain 痛苦；joy 喜悦。根据语境可知，老人没有从他的疾病中感受到痛苦。故选 C。
8. B 【点拨】根据“I told him he was welcome to come again.”可知，作者欢迎他再来住。由此推断这个老人是询问下次是否还能住在作者这儿。the next time 下一次。故选 B。
9. A 【点拨】gift 礼物；job 工作；hobby 爱好；business 商业。根据后文可知，他是给作者带来了礼物。故选 A。
10. B 【点拨】sometimes 有时；never 从未；always 总是；often 经常。根据语境可知，他每次都带礼物。故选 B。
11. D 【点拨】encourage 鼓励；report 报道；hate 讨厌；warn 提醒，警告。根据“I could lose some renters by putting up the old man after he left the first morning”可知，这里是作者的邻居给作者的提醒。故选 D。
12. D 【点拨】expect 期待；choose 选择；refuse 拒绝；lose 失去。根据上文可知，邻居提醒作者可能会失去一些租客，由此推断作者认同邻居的观点，即他们可能会失去一些租客。故选 D。
13. D 【点拨】worse 更糟的；better 更好的；harder 更难的；easier 更容易的。根据上文可知，老人得了一种皮肤癌，但是他却心怀感激，认为自己没有从自己的疾病中受到多少痛苦。由此推断，作者希望别的病人能从这个老人身上学到对待疾病的乐观积极的态度，从而更容易忍受他们的疾病。故选 D。
14. A 【点拨】thankful 感谢的；silly 愚蠢的；funny 好笑的；polite 有礼貌的。根据上下文可知，作者及家人对认识这个老人是心存感激的。故选 A。
15. B 【点拨】how 如何；what 什么；where 在哪里；when 什么时候。“it was”后缺表语，指物或事情，用 what。故选 B。