山西省忻州市忻州实验中学2019-2020学年高一下学期起始质量检测英语试题

山西省忻州市忻州实验中学2019-2020学年高一下学期起始质量检测英语试题

忻州实验中学2019-2020学年高一第二学期期始质量检测 英 语 注意事项：‎ ‎1.答题前，考生务必用 ‎0.5mm 黑色中性笔和 2B 铅笔，将班级、姓名、准考证号填写在试题和答题卡上。‎ ‎2.请把答案做在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡，不交试题，答案写在试题上无效。‎ ‎3.满分150分，考试时间100分钟。‎ 温馨提示： 认真细心地去解答每一道题，加油吧！‎ 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）‎ 第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A The Orchard I had a very nice meal at the Orchard restaurant. The food was lovely and the service was quite good. We chose to eat in the garden which was full of beautiful flowers and very relaxing. The only disappointment was the dessert — the apple pie was far too sweet and it was cold too. Apart from that it was an enjoyable evening. As for the price — what a bargain, excellent value for money!‎ Park Inn The best thing about Park Inn was the service — it was excellent. There was a warm welcome when we arrived and the waiters were very helpful all evening. However, the food wasn’t as good. The menu looked interesting but the meals were rather tasteless. It’s not a cheap restaurant and I wasn’t happy to pay so much for boring food.‎ Richard’s Place When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised by the lovely interior (内部的) design of it. So stylish, so modern! This is one of the most popular restaurants in town and it’s very easy to see why. The food was great and excellent value for money but it was ruined by very, very poor service!‎ The ‎Riverside It was lovely sitting outside and looking over the river. There were lots of little lanterns ‎(灯笼) and colored lights everywhere and it all looked very pretty. The food was good, nothing very special but quite tasty. The service was OK; we didn’t have to wait too long for our food 第1页 共8页 but the waiter never looked very happy! It’s quite an expensive place but with the view I think it’s quite good value for money.‎ 1. In which restaurant can customers eat in the garden?‎ A. Park Inn. B. The Orchard. C. The Riverside. D. Richard’s Place.‎ 2. What makes the customers of Park Inn most satisfied?‎ A. The food. B. The price. C. The service. D. The environment.‎ 3. In Richard’s Place, customers can .‎ A. receive good service B. enjoy its modern design C. listen to wonderful music D. enjoy the beauty of a river B A man who spent nine months sleeping on the streets has turned his life around — and now delivers two tonnes of food to homeless people every week.‎ Mark Harvey has set up City Harvest and collects unused food from restaurants and supermarkets that is then given to those in need.‎ The life as a business owner is a world away from Mark’s previous (之前的) life, which saw his marriage break down after losing his job as a successful cameraman. The 51-year-old soon found himself homeless and was forced to sleep on the streets for nine months in 2006.‎ Mark soon realised he didn’t have the strength to spend another cold night sleeping in the open — and he knew it was time to get help and rebuild his life.‎ Soon after being helped into a hostel he was introduced to a man who ran a soup kitchen that collected food to make meals for the homeless. Mark is a good driver so he helped collect wasted food and redistribute (重新分配) it to the soup kitchen.‎ When the service came to a stop 8 years later, Mark had built up the contacts he needed to run his own business. He said: “I was hiring a van and doing my own redistribution. I would ask some of the charities I dropped off at to make a small donation (捐款) as well to cover some of the costs.”‎ Slowly, Mark’s Acton-based charity has grown from strength to strength and he now has a board of directors and a team of 21 volunteers. The team collect food from Nando’s, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer, and even Gourmet Burger Kitchen, and then redistribute it to the Salvation Army, St Mungo’s, Ealing Soup Kitchen and many more charities, covering almost the whole of London.‎ Now City Harvest is on a money-raising drive so they can employ another driver, and get food delivered to even more people.‎ 4. What was “Mark’s previous life” like?‎ A. Successful. B. Peaceful. C. Busy. D. Hard.‎ 5. When did Mark start his own business?‎ A. In 2006. B. In 2008. C. In 2014. D. In 2015.‎ 6. What’s the main work of City Harvest?‎ A. Raising money for charities. B. Delivering food for restaurants.‎ 第2页 共8页 C. Collecting wasted food and giving it to charities.‎ D. Making meals for the homeless with wasted food.‎ 1. What will City Harvest probably do in the near future?‎ A. Form a board of directors.‎ B. Increase the number of its members.‎ C. Build up contacts with more large restaurants.‎ D. Enlarge its service area to cover the whole of London.‎ C For 10 years, Columbia professor Sheena Iyengar has been studying choice. For her research paper, they ran two tests:‎ At first, they set up a free tasting booth in a store, with six different jams (果酱). 40% of the customers stopped to taste. 30% of those bought some.‎ A week later, they set up the same booth in the same store, but this time with twenty-four different jams. 60% of the customers stopped to taste. But only 3% bought some!‎ Lessons learned: Having many choices seems attractive (40% vs 60% stopped to taste).‎ Yet having many choices makes customers 10 times less likely to buy (30% vs 3% actually bought).‎ Surgeon Atul Gawande found that 65% of people surveyed said if they were to get cancer ‎(癌症), they’d want to choose their own treatment. Among people surveyed who really do have cancer, only 12% of patients want to choose their own treatment.‎ So, if you ask your customers if they want more choices, they will say they do — but they really don’t.‎ Online stores often offer too many choices on their front page, lists of dozens of new arrivals, top sellers, sale items, and categories (类目). Artists showcasing their art (music, essays, photos) often present a long list of everything they’ve done.‎ But all of us could possibly come to these conclusions:‎ Only present 3 to 6 choices at a time. No less than 3. No more than 6. Only show your deep selection when people are searching for something specific.‎ My favorite example of this is Firefox’s about:config feature. There are hundreds of frightening choices that are hidden from most people, but they are there for the few who need them.‎ 2. How is the second test different from the first one?‎ A. It sold more jams. B. It had more booths.‎ C. It offered fewer jams. D. It attracted more customers.‎ 3. What conclusion can we draw from the two tests led by Sheena Iyengar?‎ A. More choices lead to more sales. B. More choices result in fewer sales.‎ C. Customers don’t like being given lots of choices.‎ D. Sales don’t have anything to do with choices available.‎ 4. What does the author want to tell us by mentioning Atul Gawande’s survey?‎ 第3页 共8页 A. People don’t like too many choices actually.‎ B. People don’t have many choices to treat cancer.‎ C. People always look for different kinds of choices.‎ D. People would rather treat cancer in their own ways.‎ 1. What’s special about Firefox’s about:config?‎ A. It attracts a variety of users. B. It serves a specific group of users.‎ C. It offers many choices on its front page. D. It provides limited choices for most people.‎ D Public transportation is beneficial for many reasons: it helps reduce traffic and air pollution, and supports more efficient (有效的) land use means. Moreover, public transportation is cheaper than driving: It’s reported that a household can save around $‎9,823 a year by taking public transportation and living with one less car.‎ If you need another reason to consider using public transportation more often, consider this: taking public transit instead of driving your own vehicle (车辆) reduces your chance of being in a traffic accident by more than 90%. According to the National Safety Council, there were 40,327 motor vehicle deaths in 2016. The majority of these deaths (23,714) were occupants in cars and light trucks. Only 249 passenger deaths in 2016 were the result of train accidents, and there were only 40 deaths of bus occupants in 2016.‎ Unfortunately, ridership on public transit is declining across the United States. One possibility may be the popularity of ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, although studies on that differ: some say ride-sharing services increase public transit usage, while others say they reduce it.‎ Even as ridership in the rest of the country decreases, the Orange County Transportation Authority’s OC Bus 360˚ system has seen a 19.6% increase since September 2017. They achieved this by adding services to the northern part of the county, where ridership was higher, and cutting some lesser-used routes in other parts. In those areas, they are instead trying OC Flex, an on-demand shuttle (按需班车) service offering unlimited rides for a few dollars per day.‎ To encourage people to take public transportation, the government has its part to do. Meanwhile, you can also take part. Try using public transportation to get to work or school once a week. Take some time to learn more about the bus routes and other public transportation choices in your area, and find ways to use it. You’ll be doing your part to reduce pollution, and decreasing your risk of being injured in an accident.‎ 2. What do the numbers in Paragraph 2 show?‎ A. Taking buses is safer than taking trains.‎ B. People can save money by using public transit.‎ C. Motor vehicle deaths have been on the rise in recent years.‎ D. Taking public transit is safer than driving one’s own vehicle.‎ 3. What does the underlined word “declining” in Paragraph 3 mean?‎ 第4页 共8页 A. Changing. B. Growing. C. Dropping. D. Disappearing.‎ 1. What has happened in Orange‎ ‎County since September 2017?‎ A. Public transit services are being provided for free.‎ B. People are increasingly choosing to take public transit.‎ C. The government is adding bus routes across the county.‎ D. The government is putting more money into public transit services.‎ 2. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this text?‎ A. To encourage people to use public transit.‎ B. To introduce a new public transit system.‎ C. To give suggestions on how to travel safely on the road.‎ D. To call for the government to improve public transit services.‎ 第二节 （共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Reading‎ is a very good way to learn a new language and culture. 16‎ Firstly, it’s important to choose a book which is the right level for you. If you are just starting out with English, don’t try to read a 600-page classic novel! 17 So start with something at your own level. The more you read at your level the better you will get, and one day, you will be ready for something more difficult!‎ Secondly, although it’s useful to have a dictionary at hand to look up words, I would suggest trying not to translate everything word for word. You will soon get bored of looking through the dictionary! 18 And accept that you are not going to understand every word. It will often be the case that the words you don’t recognise are uncommon words that you will never use in your life!‎ Finally, perseverance (坚持) is important. At first it may seem that reading has become a boring task. 19 The feeling of finishing a book in a different language is very satisfying. If you finish one book, don’t stop there! The more you read the more vocabulary you will learn and the more you will start to become familiar with sentence structures (结构). 20‎ A. It’s better to use an online dictionary.‎ B. It will make you feel sad about your own level.‎ C. If you learn a new word, try to use it in a sentence.‎ D. If you enjoy reading, why not use it to help you learn English?‎ E. This will give you more confidence to carry on learning English.‎ F. Once you get into the story, you will not be able to stop reading!‎ G. Look up the words that are important for you to understand the text.‎ 第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分55分）‎ 第一节 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ 第5页 共8页 Shamatt had just arrived in Las Vegas when he realized his wallet was gone. It contained $60, his bank card, and his identification (身份证明) card. He was 21 , but it was his sister’s wedding weekend and he didn’t want to make a big deal of it. He thought maybe he 22 it on his plane from Omaha to Vegas, so he called the 23 . He had no 24 .‎ ‎“I thought it was 25 forever,” he said.‎ Following the wedding, he headed to the airport to fly home but was 26 about boarding the plane without ID. After an hour-long interview, Shamatt was finally 27 onto the plane.‎ The following day, a package (包裹) arrived at his home which contained his wallet — 28 intact (完好的) — with a 29 that said: “I rounded your cash up to an even ‎$100 30 you could celebrate getting your wallet back. Have fun!”‎ ‎“No way, no way,” Shamatt remembered saying upon 31 the note. “That can’t be.” “Everybody was so 32 ; none of us could believe it,” Shamatt’s mother said. “It was really amazing.”‎ Shamatt wanted to thank the 33 stranger, so he ‎34 a picture of the note on Facebook with a message asking for help 35 the stranger. It got thousands of likes and shares.‎ ‎36 , the man in question was identified as Todd Brown. Shamatt wrote Brown a letter:‎ ‎“Sir, I really 37 what you’ve done. I never 38 to see my wallet again, let alone with $40 more. Thank you so much. I’ve got student loans (贷款) and it really makes a(n) 39 .”‎ Brown was 40 by how meaningful his act had been to the Shamatt family. “He told me he cried when I told him everything that happened,” Shamatt said.‎ 21. A. bored B. unhappy C. tired D. afraid 22. A. lost B. made C. hid D. missed 23. A. airline B. police C. station D. family 24. A. trouble B. fun C. luck D. change 25. A. taken B. gone C. damaged D. wasted 26. A. wrong B. serious C. angry D. worried 27. A. ordered B. invited C. allowed D. advised 28. A. partly B. probably C. hardly D. perfectly 29. A. note B. notice C. picture D. card 30. A. if B. as C. but D. so 31. A. sending B. reading C. writing D. leaving 32. A. proud B. surprised C. nervous D. careful 33. A. rich B. brave C. patient D. kind 34. A. posted B. saw C. picked D. drew 35. A. finding B. visiting C. protecting D. interviewing 36. A. Firstly B. Suddenly C. Finally D. Naturally 37. A. support B. appreciate C. doubt D. consider 38. A. managed B. agreed C. forgot D. expected 21. A. difference B. mistake C. choice D. excuse 第6页 共8页 21. A. attracted B. frightened C. touched D. encouraged ‎(注意：请用‎0.5mm黑色笔迹签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。)‎ 第二节 单句填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎1.Ancient China was a place where states were often war with each other.‎ ‎2.He lives in the room window faces to the south.‎ ‎3.The old man had been fighting for (free) in his life.‎ ‎4.This hotel can a up to 500 guests.10.‎ 5. ‎“ (catch) in a sandstorm was a terrible experience,” he said.‎ ‎6.Mary (make) to work out the problem within five minutes yesterday.‎ ‎7. occurred to me that today is my mother’s birthday.‎ ‎8. As soon as the earthquake s the village, the villagers rushed out of their houses.‎ 9. Some are for the plan others are against it.‎ 10. They can destroy houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly it was.‎ 第三部分 写作（共两节，满分 35分）‎ 第一节 单句改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：书写格式错误，不得分！‎ ‎1. I couldn’t agree with you much.‎ ‎2.Luckily, we'd brought a road map without it we would have lost our way.‎ ‎3.His father died when he was young，and he was brought on by his mother.‎ ‎4. We will buy some furnitures for our new house this week.‎ ‎5.I couldn’t choose but to speak the truth.‎ 6. By the time it ended, 2,700 had injured.‎ ‎7.A poet and artist are giving a speech about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.‎ ‎8.Mencius believed that the reason why man is different from animals is because man is good.‎ ‎9.The days are gone that physical strength was all you needed to make a living.‎ ‎10. The two boys are at the same age.‎ 第二节：书面表达（满分 25分）‎ 假定你是李华，你班将参加校英语角举行的英语话剧表演大赛。请你给外教 Sam 写一封邮件，请他为你们设计一个剧本。内容包括：‎ ‎1. 主题：学校生活；2. 剧本词数：300左右；3. 比赛时间：下周五。‎ 注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 亲爱的同学：答题完毕，请耐心、细致地进行检查，努力发挥出你的最高水平！祝你取得好成绩！‎ 第7页 共8页 英语 参考答案 ‎1-5 BCBDC 6-10 CBDBA 11-15 DDCBA 16-20 DBGFE ‎21-25 BAACB 26-30 DCDAD 31-35 BBDAA 36-40 CBDAC 单句填空：‎ ‎1.at 2. whose 3. freedom 4. accommodate 5. To have been caught 6. was made 7. It 8. struck 9. while 10. where 单句改错：‎ ‎1. much→more ‎2.it→which 或 without前加and ‎3.on→up ‎4.furnitures→furniture ‎5.去掉to ‎6.had后加been 7. are→is 或 artist前加an 8. because→that ‎9.that→when ‎10.at→of One possible version:‎ Dear Sam,‎ I’m writing to ask you to do us a favor.‎ Our class will take part in the English drama performance competition organized by the English Corner next Friday. I’d like you to write a play about school life for us. 300 words or so would be fine. We all know you like writing plays and have written many great plays. So we all hope you can set aside some time to write one for us. We plan to practice it next Monday, so we’d appreciate it if you could send it to us this Friday. I hope you will be able to give us a nice surprise.‎ I’m looking forward to your reply.‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua ‎1‎ 阅读理解 第一节 A篇 主题语境：人与自我——生活与学习 本文是应用文。文章为四家餐厅的顾客餐后评论。‎ 1. B。细节理解题。由The Orchard部分中的We chose to eat in the garden which was full of beautiful flowers and very relaxing可知，在这家餐厅，顾客可选 择在花园用餐。‎ 2. C。细节理解题。由Park Inn部分中的The best thing about Park Inn wasthe service可知，这家餐厅最好的方面是服务。‎ 3. B。细节理解题。由Richard’s Place部分中的we were surprised by the Lovely interior design of it. So stylish, so modern可知，这家餐厅内部装饰很好，顾 客用餐时可欣赏其现代、时尚的装潢。‎ B篇 主题语境：人与自我——做人与做事 本文是记叙文。一个曾露宿街头的人凭着机遇和努力成为一位成功的慈善商人，为无家可归的人提供食物。‎ 4. D。推理判断题。由第三段可知，Mark在从商之前，经历了婚姻破裂、‎ 失业并无家可归露宿街头数月。因此，他的那段日子是艰辛的。‎ 5. C。细节理解题。由第三段中的The 51- year- old soon found himself homeless ... in 2006和第四段、第五段以及第六段中的When the service came to a stop 8 yearslater, ... run hisown business可知，2006年时，露宿街头的Mark 经人救助来到一个施食处帮忙。8年后，该处停止服务，Mark便开始创建自 己的生意。‎ 6. C。细节理解题。由第二段和倒数第二段可知，Mark创建的慈善组织City Harvest从多家饭店、超市等收集不用的食物，将其送至多家施食处或其他 慈善机构，为需要的人们提供食物。‎ ‎2‎ 1. B。细节理解题。由最后一段可知，City Harvest目前正在筹集资金用来 雇佣司机，把食物送给更多需要的人。‎ C篇 主题语境：人与社会——社会 本文是说明文。在我们进行消费时，是不是选择越多越好呢？本文通过研究发现告诉我们答案。‎ 2. D。细节理解题。根据第二、三段可知，第一次测试吸引了40%的顾客来 品尝果酱，而第二次测试吸引了60%的顾客来品尝果酱。‎ 3. B。推理判断题。根据第二、三段可知，第一次测试提供给顾客6种果 酱，‎ 吸引了40%的顾客，其中有30%的顾客选择购买；第二次测试提供给顾客 ‎24种果酱，吸引了60%的顾客，但其中只有3%的顾客选择购买。因此，增加 顾客的选择反而降低了最终购买率。‎ 10. A。细节理解题。根据第五、六段可知，表面上人们喜欢多一些选择，‎ 而事实上并非如此——他们并不喜欢选择太多。‎ 11. D。推理判断题。根据最后两段可知，作者认为，选择不是越多越好，‎ ‎3到6个最佳。他列举Firefox’s about: config就是为了证明自己的这一观点。Firefox’sabout:config隐藏了很多可有可无的选择，展现给大多数用户的应 该是很有限的选择。‎ D篇 主题语境：人与社会——社会 本文是议论文。作者主要分析了乘坐公共交通工具的益处，劝说人们多乘坐公共交通工具，并给出了相应的建议。‎ 12. D。推理判断题。第二段的主旨句是taking public transit instead of ...traffic accident by more than 90%，下文列举数据是为了论证该主旨句，即乘坐公 共交通工具比驾驶私家车更安全。‎ 13. C。词义猜测题。第一和第二段阐述了乘坐公共交通工具的好处，第三 段用Unfortunately开头，说明下文涉及的内容出现了转折；且由第四段中的Even as ridership in the rest of the country decreases可知，虽然公共交 通工具有益处，但乘坐公共交通工具的人数却在下降。‎ ‎3‎ 10. B。细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的the Orange County ... 19.6%increase since September 2017可知，近来，橙县乘坐公共交通工具的人数有所上 升。‎ 11. A。写作目的题。作者首先阐述了乘坐公共交通工具的好处，紧接着介 绍了人们乘坐公共交通工具的现状，最后呼吁人们尽可能地使用公共交通服务。作者写前半部分内容是为后面的内容做铺垫，因此，本文作者的主要写作目的是鼓励人们乘坐公共交通工具。‎ 第二节 主题语境：人与自我——生活与学习 本文是说明文。阅读是学习一门外语的有效途径。通过阅读来学习外语时，有什么需要注意的地方呢？‎ 12. D。D项起到承上启下的作用，承接上文“阅读”，引起下文“英语学习”。‎ 13. B。B项中的It指代上文中的a 600- page classic novel，说明选择大部头 小说名著会让英语初学者对自己的英语水平感到沮丧。‎ 14. G。本空所在段涉及阅读时用词典查阅生词的问题，故G项符合语境。‎ 15. F。F项与上文At first it may seem that reading hasbecome a boring task 存在时间上的递进关系和意义上的轻微转折关系，说明阅读英文原版书籍 时，一开始像是令人厌烦的任务，但一旦你被带入故事当中，就会发现自 己根本停不下来。‎ 16. E。E项是上文The more you read the more ... sentence structures所产 生的积极影响，读得越多，懂得越多，学英语的信心就越足。‎ 语言知识运用 第一节 主题语境：人与自我——生活 本文是记叙文。一名叫Shamatt的男子丢了钱包。没想到，钱包不仅被好心人寄了回来，而且钱包里面的钱还多了。‎ 17. B。由上文的描述可知，Shamatt的钱包不见了。再结合下文中的but it was his sister’s wedding weekend and he didn’t want to make a big deal of it 可推断，Shamatt有些“沮丧（unhappy）”。‎ 18. A。由上文中的he realized his wallet was gone可知，他想自己也许将 钱包“落（lost）”在飞机上了。‎ 19. A。由本句中的He thought maybe he ... it on his plane from Omaha to Vegas可知，他给“航 空公司（airline）”打了个电话。‎ 20. C。由下文的描述可知，Shamatt给航空公司打了电话，但是并没有找 到自己的钱包，因此，此处表示他“运气（luck）”不好。‎ 21. B。由上文的描述以及下文中的I never ... to see my wallet again, let alone with $40 more可知，Shamatt心想自己的钱包永远“找不回来了（gone）”。‎ ‎4‎ 10. D。由第一段可知，Shamatt丢了钱包，里面有自己的身份证。故此处 表示他很“担心（worried）”自己没有身份证不能登机。‎ 11. C。由本句中的After an hour- long interview以及下文的描述可知，经 过长达一个小时的面谈，Shamatt最后被“许可（allowed）”登机。‎ 12. D。由语境可知，有人将Shamatt的钱包寄了回来，钱包完好无损， perfectly符合语境。‎ 13. A。下文中的the note是提示。‎ 14. D。Shamatt的钱包里原来有60美元的现金。寄包裹的人把他的现金增 添到100美元，希望“这样（so）” Shamatt就可以庆祝成功找回钱包了。‎ 15. B。由上文可知，Shamatt收到一个包裹，里面有他的钱包，还有一张便条。再结合便条的内容可知，此处表示他“看了（reading）”便条，简直 觉得不可思议。‎ 16. B。由本句中的none of us could believe it可知，所有人都很“惊讶 ‎（surprised）”。‎ 17. D。34. A。35. A。由上文可知，Shamatt的钱包不仅失而复得，而且钱 包里面的钱还多了。因此，Shamatt想感谢那位“好心（kind）”人，他将便条的照片“发布（posted）”到Facebook上，希望大家能帮忙“找到（finding）”‎ 那位好心人。‎ 36. C。由上文中的It got thousandsof likesand shares以及下文中的Shamatt wrote Brown a letter可知，“最终（Finally）”，Shamatt找到了那位好心人。‎ 37. B。由上文的描述以及下文中的Thank you so much可知，Shamatt非 常 “感激（appreciate）”Brown先生。‎ 38. D。由上文的描述以及本句中的let alone with $40 more可知，Shamatt 对找回钱包早已不抱“希望（expected）”，更不会想到钱包里还会多出40‎ 美元。‎ 39. A。由本句中的 I’ve got student loans以及下文中的how meaningful his act had been to the Shamatt family可知，对Shamatt来说，Brown先生所 做的一切很重要，故填difference。make a difference意为“有作用”。‎ 40. C。由下文中的he cried可知， Brown先生得知自己的所作所为对 Shamatt一家来说意义重大，他也很受“感动（touched）”。‎ ‎5‎