2025年中山火炬職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析

2025年中山火炬職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調(diào)整）一、單選題(共35題)1、—Won’tTerrybeupset?—_______?Heneverthinksaboutanyonebuthimself.

(1分)A、GuesswhatB、NowwhatC、WhocaresD、Whoknows正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析

考查情景交際。AGuesswhat猜猜看？BNowwhat又怎么了？CWhocares誰在意呢？DWhoknows誰知道？句意：——Terry會不高興嗎？——誰會在意呢？除了自己他不考慮任何人。Ｃ項符合語境。

2、Mysisterbecameinterested________singingandshewantedtobeasinger.

(1分)A、forB、onC、atD、in正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析句意:我妹妹對唱歌很感興趣，她想成為一名歌手。for為了，on在……上，at在……點時，in在……里“對……感興趣”，英語是beinterestedin，所以這里應(yīng)該用in

3、材料Computer

programmer

David

Jones

earns(gets)￡35,000ayear,designingnewcomputergames,yethecannotfindabankpreparedtolethimhaveachequecard.

（1）,hehasbeentoldtowait（2）twoyears,untilheis18.

The16-year-oldboyworksforasmall（3）inLiverpool,（4）theproblemofmostyoungpeopleofhisageisfindingajob.David'scompanyreleases(發(fā)行)twonewgamesfortheexpanding(擴展)homecomputermarketeachmonth.

ButDavid'sbiggestheadacheiswhattodo（5）hismoney.（6）hissalary,gotbyinvesting(投資)newprogramswithin（7）schedules，withbonus(獎金)paymentsandprofit-sharing(分紅)，hecannotdriveacar，orobtaincreditcards.

DavidgothisjobwiththeLiverpool-basedcompanyfourmonthsago.“Igotthejobbecausethepeoplewho（8）thecompanyknewIhadalreadywrittensome

（9）,”hesaid.

“Isuppose￡35，000soundsalotbutactuallythat'sbeingpessimistic(悲觀的).Ihopeitwill（10）tomorethanthatthisyear.”Hespendssomeofhismoney

（11）recordsandclothes,andgiveshismother￡20aweek.Butmostofhissparetimeisspentonworking.“（12）,computingwasnotpartofmystudiesat（13）,”hesaid,“ButIhadbeenstudyingitinbooksandmagazinesforfouryearsinmysparetime.IknewwhatIwantedtodoandnever（14）stayingonatschool.Mostpeopleinthisbusinessarefairlyyoung,anyway.”

Davidadded,“IwouldliketoearnamillionandIthinkearlyretirementisapossibility.Youneverknowwhenthemarket（15）disappear.”

第(10)選（）(1分)A、reach

B、raise

C、come

D、increase正確答案選項：參考答案：C

4、There（）onlyalittlemilk,anappleandtwopearsinthefridge.(1分)A、hasB、isC、beD、are正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“冰箱里只有一點牛奶、一個蘋果和兩個梨?！眛herebe句型的be動詞要與其后第一個主語在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致。alittlemilk為不可數(shù)名詞，所以謂語動詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)形式。故選B。

5、材料Therewasonceagroupofyoungpeoplesearchingeverywhereforhappiness,butwhattheygotwasonlyannoyance,griefandmisery.

Sothey（1）Socrates(蘇格拉底)foradviceonwherehappiness（2）.But（3）givinganyanswers,Socratesaskedthemtohelpwithbuildinga（4）first.Thegroupofguyshadto（5）thetask,layingasidetheirownbusinessofseekinghappiness.Ittookthemalongtimetocutdownatalltree,diggingoutthecenter.Throughpainstakingeffort,theymadeacanoeoutofthetree.Theylaunchedthecanoeintoariver,andthen（6）togetherinit,singingwith（7）.

Socratesasked,“Mychildren,doyouhavehappinessnow?”Theyansweredinchorus:“We8behappier!”Socrates（9）,“That'sit!（10）youaretoobusypursuingsomethingtonoticeanythingbitter,happinesswilloccur.”

FromthestoryIgottoknowthathappiness（11）hidesbehindeverytinythingthatyouareinvolvedin,andthatyoumayonlygetpleasurethrough（12）workandcreativity.Wemayhaveto（13）paininourdailylifeandintheprocessof（14）happiness.Sometimeswetendtolookforhappinessin（15）things,likeanewcar,clothes,etc.Truelong-termhappiness,（16）,comesfromwithinour（17）andspirit.Sowhynotturnsufferinginto（18）life,andturntearsintothelightinyourheart?Onlyinthiswaycanwefindtruehappiness.

Somydearfriends,justrememberhappinessisastateofmindandamatterof（19）,andI（20）youallalifeofhappiness第5空填（）。(1分)A、setoutB、setdownC、setaboutD、setup正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查短語辨析。setout意為“啟程”;setdown意為“記下”;setabout意為“開始做”;setup意為“設(shè)立”。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指他們不得不開始干活。故選C。

6、

Ishallneverforgettheday________ShenZhouVwaslaunched.

(1分)A、whenB、thatC、whichD、where正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查定語從句。句意：我永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記神州五號被發(fā)射的那一天。“____ShenZhouVwaslaunched”是定語從句，修飾theday，引導(dǎo)詞在從句中做時間狀語，故該從句應(yīng)用關(guān)系副詞when引導(dǎo)。A選項正確。

7、材料

Whenaclosefrienddies,itoftenforcesyoutoconsideryourowndeath.Themoreyouhaveincommonwiththefriend,themorehisdeathwillmakeyouwonderaboutyourown.Sometimesyouwillnaturallysaytoyourself,“Itcouldjustaseasilyhavebeenme.”Suchadeathhasawayofremindingushoweasilybrokenlifeis,anditmaycauseyoutoreconsiderthedirectionofyourownlife.

Jack'sstoryisagoodexample.Asasuccessfulbusinessmanmakingalotofmoney,Jackdidn'tspendasmuchtimewithhisfamilyashewanted.Hisjobrequiredhimtoworklonghours.Butthreeyearsagooneofhisbestfriends,amanwhoworkedinthesameoffice,hadaheartattack.Hediedwhilecelebratinghisdaughter'seighteenthbirthdayinarestaurant.Hewasonlyfiftyyearsold.

Notlongafterhisfriend'sdeath,Jackstartedtohaveachestpain.Finallyhehadagoodphysicalcheck-up.Hereceivedacleanbillofhealth.Butthechestpaincontinued,Hekeptthinkingofthedeathofhisfriend,Jackthoughtabouthowmuchhisfriendmissedinlifeandhesawhowharditwasforhisfriend'sfamilytomanageafterhepassedaway.

Jackrealizedthathedidn'twanttoenduphislifethatway.Hetalkedhisfeelingsoverwithhiswifeandchildren,anddecidedtochangehiswayoflife.Thefamilymovedtoasmalltownwherehestartedasimplelife.Nowheisrunningasmallartgallery(藝術(shù)畫廊).Heisrelaxed，andsayshehasneverbeensohappyinhislife.Andhehasgotnomorechestpain.

Fromtheunderlinedsentencewecanknowthatthedoctordidn't_.(1分)A、

write

a

word

on

Jack's

bill

B、

want

Jack

to

pay

for

the

billC、

want

to

treat

jack's

pain

D、

find

anything

wrong

with

Jack正確答案選項：參考答案：D

8、I'mnotachild!Ishould（）whattodo!(1分)A、notbetoldB、betoldC、tellD、telling正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查被動語態(tài)。句意為：“我不是一個孩子了!我不應(yīng)該要別人吩咐我去做事情。”主語I是動詞tell的承受者，表示“被吩咐”,情態(tài)動詞的被動語態(tài)構(gòu)成為：情態(tài)動詞+bedone,變否定句時在情態(tài)動詞后加not。故選A。

9、Tomakerivers_____thanbefore,everybodyissupposedtoprotectthem.

(1分)A、dirtyB、dirtierC、cleanD、cleaner正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析句意：要使河流比以前更干凈，每個人應(yīng)該去保護它們。根據(jù)比較詞than，可知此處用比較級結(jié)構(gòu)，根據(jù)everybodyissupposedtoprotectthem，可知是為了河流更干凈，故選D。

10、材料

Intheirstruggletodealwithanattackofdesertlocusts(蝗蟲),CypriotfarmersmaydowelltoturntoaU.N.sitethatsuggestsifyoucan'tbeatthemeatthem.Locustsarerichinproteinandcanbestir-fried,boiledorroasted.ItisapieceofvaluableinformationprovidedbytheRome-basedFoodandAgricultureOrganizationinadrivetohelpdealwithlocuststhathavelandedinCyprusfromAfrica.“Hereareafewlocalrecipes(處方)fromlocust-affectedcountries，”apageontheFAOWebsitesays.“Pleasesendusyours!”O(jiān)nerecipefromatribeinsouthernAfricaadvisesmakingroastlocustintoafinepowdertoeatonajourney.“Thelegs,whendried,areespeciallyrelishedfortheirpleasanttaste.”“Takeseveraldozenlocustadults,especiallyfemales,cutthestomachlengthwiseandputapeanutinside,”aCambodianrecipesuggested.“Thenlightlycookthelocustsinahotfryingpan,addingalittleoilandsalttotaste,Becarefulnottoovercookorburnthem,”EatinglocustshasbeendocumentedfromBiblicaltimes.AccordingtotheChristianNewTestament,Johnthe

Baptistsurvivedonlocustsandhoneywhenhewasinthedesert-eventhoughsomequestionswhetheritwaslocustsheactuallyateastheGreekname“acridae”canalsomeanthetipsofplants.ThelocustsreachedeasternMediterraneancountriesinearlyNovemberaftertheworstattackrecordedinAfricaformorethanadecade.

Thebesttitleofthepassageprobablyis“_”.(1分)A、

Locusts

Are

DeliciousB、

It's

More

Effective

to

Eat

Locusts

Than

to

Beat

ThemC、

What

a

Clever

Way

to

Eat

LocustsD、

If

You

Can't

Beat

Them,Eat

Them正確答案選項：參考答案：D

11、Ithinkit’sreally______hardworkformetofinishthejobintwentyminutes.

(1分)A、aB、anC、theD、不填正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析根據(jù)hardwork可知，work是抽象名詞，為不可數(shù)名詞，且不可數(shù)名詞前不加任何冠詞，所以此處為零冠詞．故選D

12、

Noonecould_________thefailureoftheexperimentaseverythingwentsmoothlyatfirst.

(1分)A、giveanaccountforB、accountforC、takeaccountofD、takeintoaccount正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查動詞短語辨析。句意：沒有人能解釋實驗的失敗，因為起初一切都進行得很順利。A.giveanaccountfor敘述，說明；B.accountfor解釋，說明……的原因；C.takeaccountof和D.takeintoaccount的意思均為“考慮到，顧及”。根據(jù)“thefailureoftheexperiment”得知，accountfor說明實驗失敗的原因。故選B。

13、從下面單詞中找一個括號部分讀音不同的單詞。（）(1分)A、b(ea)tB、(ea)tenC、gr(ea)tD、h(ea)t正確答案選項：參考答案：C

14、Somearehaving________afternoonteaathomeorwalkingtopubsandhaving________drink．

(1分)A、a;theB、the;/C、an;aD、/;a正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析有些人在家喝下午茶，或步行去酒吧喝一杯。havetea

haveadrink喝一杯

15、IntheUK，aladyusuallydoesn'tliketobeasked___．（）

(1分)A、whetherhasshegotmarriedB、howoldissheC、whereshecomesfromD、howmuchsheweighs正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析根據(jù)aladyusuallydoesn'tliketobeasked___，并結(jié)合選項可知，后面是一個賓語從句，賓語從句中應(yīng)該用陳述語序，即主語+謂語，所以排除A和B。根據(jù)文化常識，可知英國人不喜歡談個人隱私問題．故選：D

16、I'vedecidedtogiveupmyjob,Mum.______You’dbetterthinktwice.

(1分)A、Soundsgreat!B、Whatapity!C、GuesswhatD、Areyouserious正確答案選項：參考答案：D

17、Yourbag___________verynice.

(1分)A、watchB、lookingC、seesD、looks正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析“看起來……”用look,look是連系動詞，說明主語yourbag的性質(zhì)“好看”，see和watch不能作連系動詞，故選D。

18、材料Itwasgettingdarkandsnowwascomingdown.Joewasdrivinghome.He'dbeenunemployedsincethefactory(1).Mostofhisfriendshadleft,buthestayedon.（2）,hewasbornhere.

Suddenlyhesawaladystandingonthesideoftheroadand（3）.Shewasworried.Noonehadstoppedto（4）forthelasthour.Joeknew（5）shefeltandsaid,“MynameisJoeandI'mheretohelpyou.”Allshehadwasaflattyre,（6）foranoldlady,thatwasbadenough.Joechangedthe（7）,buthegotdirtyandhishandshurt.ShewantedtopayJoeandsaidany（8）wouldhavebeenallright.Joeneverthoughttwiceaboutthemoneyandthereweremanypeoplewhohad（9）himahandinthepast.Hehadlivedhislifethatway.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtopayhim（10）,thenexttimeifshesawsomeonewhoneededhelp,shecouldgivethatpersontheassistancethathe（11）,

Latertheladywentina（12）decoratedrestauranttoeatinahurry.Thecashierwaslikethetelephoneofanout-of-workactor—itdidn't（13）much.However,thewaitress,whowasnearlyeightmonthspregnant(懷孕的),broughtacleantoweltoherwitha（14）smile.Theoldlady（15）Joe.Afterthewaitressbroughtthechangefroma100-dollarbill,shefoundthelady（16）andsomethingwrittenonanapkin,“（17）oncehelpedmeout,thewayI'mhelpingyou.（18）youreallywanttopayhimback,don'tletthechainoflove（19）withyou.”

That（20）thewaitressgavehersleepinghusbandasoftkissandwhispered,“Everything'sgoingtobeallright,Joe.”第2空填（）。(1分)A、InallB、AfterallC、ForallD、Atall正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查短語辨析。inall意為“總共”;afterall意為“畢竟；終究”;forall意為“盡管；雖然”;atall意為“根本；全然”。此處指他沒有離開，畢竟這是他出生的地方。故選B。

19、I’llpayavisittoHongKong.Wouldyoumindkeepinganeyeonmyhouse?Notatall.______.

(1分)A、I’drathernotB、I’dbehappyC、I’venotimeD、I’dliketo正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析

考查交際用語。句意：我要去香港旅游。你介意照看一下我的房子嗎？不介意。我很高興能這樣做。AI'drathernot我寧愿不要這樣；BI’dbehappy我很高興；CI’venotime我沒有時間；DI’dliketo我很高興這樣做。此處為I'dliketokeepaneyeonyourhouse的省略式。B選項缺少不定式符號to。故D選項正確。

20、Twogirls_______havewonthe2015theChineseIdiomConferenceareknownforboththeirknowledgeandbeauty.

(1分)A、whoB、whoseC、whomD、which正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析whichhave哪一個,哪位有，根據(jù)句意：兩位獲得2015年中國成語大會冠軍的女孩以其學(xué)識和美貌而聞名。選D。

21、Notuntilallthefishdiedintheriver（）howseriousthepollutionwas.(1分)A、didthevillagersrealizeB、thevillagersrealizedC、thevillagersdidrealizedD、didn'tthevillagersrealize正確答案選項：參考答案：A

22、材料Allanwasworried.Thiswashisfirsttimetogotraveling（1）Hedidn'tknowhowtofindhisseat,（2）hewenttotheairhostessandasked,“Couldyouhelpme?Ican'tfindmyseat.”Theairhostessshowed（3）theseatandtoldhim.

（4）andfastentheseatbelt.ShetoldAllannottomoveaboutwhentheplanewasgoingup.AndshealsosaidthatAllan'searsmightfeel（5）strange,buthedidn'ttneedto（6）itbecausemanypeoplefelt（7）that.Whentheplanewasflyingveryhigh,Allancouldstandupandwalkaround.Hecould（8）readbooks,newspapersorseefilms.Theairhostesswould（9）foodanddrinks.Allanwouldenjoytheflightand（10）soon.

第(7)選（）(1分)A、in

B、for

C、as

D、like正確答案選項：參考答案：D

23、--Howareyoudoing,Daisy?

--（）.thankyou.(1分)A、I'mOKB、I'm

a

teacherC、I'dlovetoD、I'mcoming正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析I’mOK我很好；I’mateacher我是一個老師；I’dloveto我樂意；I’mcoming我來了。

句意：你還好嗎？黛西。——我很好，謝謝你。結(jié)合語境可知選A?？键c：情景交際

24、材料

Myhouseismadeofwood,glassandstone,Itisalsomadeofsoftware.

Ifyoucometovisit,you'llprobablybesurprisedwhenyoucomein.SomeonewillgiveyouanelectronicPINtowear.ThisPINtellsthehousewhoandwhereyouare.Thehouseusesthisinformationtogiveyouwhatyouneed.Whenit'sdarkoutside,thePINturnsonthelightsnearestyou,andthenturnsthemoffasyouwalkawayfromthem.Musicmoveswithyou,too.Ifthehouseknowsyourfavoritemusic,itplaysit.Themusicseemstobeeverywhere,butinfactotherpeopleinthehouseheardifferentmusicornomusic.Ifyougetatelephonecall,onlythenearesttelephonerings.

Ofcourse,youarealsoabletotellthehouseifyouwantsomething.Thereisahomecontrolconsole(控制臺)，asmallmachinethatturnsthingsonandoffaroundyou.

ThePINandtheconsolearenewideas,buttheyareinfactlikemanythingswehavetoday.Ifyouwanttogotoamovie,youneedaticket.IfIgiveyoumycarkeys,youcanusemycar.Thecarworksforyoubecauseyouhavethekeys.MyhouseworksforyoubecauseyouwearthePINorholdtheconsole.

Ibelievethattenyearsfromnow,mostnewhomeswillhavethesystemsthatI'veputinmyhouse.ThesystemswillprobablybeevenbiggerandbetterthantheonesI'veputintoday.

Iliketotrynewideas.Iknowthatsomeofmyideaswillworkbetterthanothers.ButIhopethatonedayI'llstopthinkingofthesesystemsasnew,andaskmyselfinstead,“HowdidIlivewithoutthem?”

What'stheauthor'spurposebywritingthefourthparagraph?(1分)A、

To

let

readers

know

why

his

ideas

are

new.B、

To

explain

more

easily

what

the

functions

of

the

PIN

and

the

console

are.C、

To

explain

the

importance

of

the

PIN

and

the

console.D、

To

let

readers

know

how

special

his

house

is.正確答案選項：參考答案：B

25、材料Youneedalotof（1）ifyou’rewaitingforanew（2）andyouneedafew（3）whose

phonesyoucan（4）aswell.Fortunately,Ihad（5）.Decembercameand（6）,buttherewas（7）signofphone.Iwenttothecompany’sofficetoask

aboutit.“TheytoldmeI’dhaveaphone（8）December,”Isaid（9）.“（10）?”theassistantasked.“OhIremember.Theytriedtocontactyoubutfailed.Sorryaboutthat.”Iamstillusingmyoldphone.第（1）選()

(1分)A、money

B、time

C、patience

D、help正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查名詞。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知，句意為如果您正在等待新的手機，您需要很多的耐心，并且您需要幾個可以使用手機的朋友。patience意為耐心。

26、﹣Oh，theroomistoodirty，Tony!﹣Sorry，Mom．It_________yesterday．Iforgottodoit．

(1分)A、didn'tcleanB、isn'tcleanedC、wascleanedD、wasn'tcleaned正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析根據(jù)句中時間狀語為yesterday""昨天""可判斷句子為一般過去時，主語it代指theroom是謂語動詞clean的承受者二者是被動關(guān)系，故用被動語態(tài)，所以空處為一般過去時的被動語態(tài)，再根據(jù)上文提到房間太臟了以及Tony的這番話""Sorry，Mom．It…yesterday．I'lldoitrightaway""向媽媽道歉并表示馬上就去打掃，可知房間昨天沒有打掃，故用一般過去時的被動語態(tài)的否定結(jié)構(gòu)，其結(jié)構(gòu)是：wasn't/weren't+及物動詞的過去分詞．根據(jù)主語it是第三人稱單數(shù)故用wasn't故選D

27、______me,Simonhadbecomeadifferentperson.

(1分)A、Becauseof

B、Inspiteof

C、Apartfrom

D、Asfor正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查短語辨析以及對語境的理解。因為我的原因，Simon完全變了一個人。此處A因為；B盡管；C除了……之外；D至于。根據(jù)文意可知選A。

28、Wewillputoffthepicnicintheparkuntilnextweek,（）theweathermaybebetter.(1分)A、thatB、whereC、whichD、when正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查定語從句。句意為：“我們將把公園的野餐推遲到下個星期，那時天氣可能會更好?！狈治鼍渥咏Y(jié)構(gòu)可知，本句是一個定語從句，先行詞是nextwcck,在從句中作時間狀語，所以應(yīng)用關(guān)系副詞when作引導(dǎo)詞。故選D。

29、Ifyoucan'tgetasuitablepresentforyourfriend,make（）byyourself.(1分)A、itB、oneC、thisD、that正確答案選項：參考答案：B

30、Shespoke（）tothefrightenedchild.(1分)A、gentlyB、gentleC、gentlemanD、gentlely正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查副詞。句意為：“她溫柔地對那個受驚的孩子說話。”gently為副詞，意為“溫柔地”。修飾動詞spoke要用副詞。故選A。

31、從下列選項中找出其括號部分與所給單詞括號部分讀音相同的選項。（）repl(y)(1分)A、hungr(y)B、fl(y)C、slaver(y)D、librar(y)正確答案選項：參考答案：B

32、材料Thereareavarietyoftechniquesthatcanbeusedtobringaboutsuccessinselling.Hereareafewthatareoftenmentionedby（1）salespeople.

1.Findoutwhatyourcustomer'srealwantsandneedsare.Listenastheytellyouwhattheyareinterestedin.

2.Knowallabout（2）andwhatitcandoforyourcustomer.Product（3）isa“must”inpersonalselling（4）itcreatescustomerconfidence,buildsenthusiasm,andmakesthesituationmore（5）.Layemphasisontheunique（6）ofyourproductoverothers.

3.Takeaconfidentattitudein（7）yourproduct.Itismore（8）whenthesalespersonsays,“MayIhelpyou?”thanwhenheorshesays“Youwouldn'tliketoseeourmodel,wouldyou?”

4.（9）yourselftodealwithobjections.Ifthecustomersaysthepriceistoohigh,you（10）reply,“Yes,theprice（11）alittlehigherthanyouplanned.However,actuallyyou'll（12）moneybecauseofhighqualityofthisproduct.”

（13）whathappens,don'tdisagreewithyour（14）whenheorshesaysthepriceistoohigh.

5.Usepraise（15）.

第(11)選（）(1分)A、canbe

B、shouldbe

C、maybe

D、willbe正確答案選項：參考答案：C

33、材料It'softensaidthatyoucanjudgeapersonbylookingatwhat'sontheirbookshelves.Well,whenIaskedmyselfthisquestionafewyearsago,Imadea(n)（1）discovery.Prettymuchallthe（2）onmybookshelveswerewrittenbyBritishauthors,andtherewasalmostnothingintranslationfromother（3）.Whatashame!So,Idecidedtolaunchmy（4）readingproject.

ButhowcouldIfindbooksfrommuchoftherestoftheworld?Ihadtoaskfor（5）.SoinOctober2011,Istartedmyblog,and(6)ashortappealonline.Withinhours,peoplebeganto（7）.Atfirst,itwasfriendsandcolleagues.Thenitwasfriendsoffriends.Andsoon,itwas（8）.

Fourdayslater,Igota(n)（9）fromawomancalledRafidahinKualaLumpur.Shesaidshelovedmyproject,（10）ifshecouldgotoherlocalEnglish-languagebookshopandchoosemyMalaysianbookandpostittome.Iaccepted（11）,andafewweekslater,apackage（12）containingnoone,buttwobooks—Rafidah'schoicefromMalaysia,andabookfromSingaporethatshehadalso（13）forme.Atthetime,Iwas（14）thatastrangermorethan6,000milesawaywouldgotosuchlengthstohelpsomeoneshewouldprobablynever（15）

ButRafidah'skindness（16）tobethepatternforthatyear.Timeandagain,peoplewentoutoftheir（17）tohel