2025年大同師范高等?？茖W(xué)校高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析

2025年大同師范高等?？茖W(xué)校高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)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、Thenumberofthebooksinourschool（）(1分)A、isincreasingB、areincreasingC、beingincreasingD、haveincreased正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A

2、Howoften（）you（）totheparkwhenyouwereinBeijing?(1分)A、do;goB、did;goC、will;goD、have;go正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

3、材料Readingisofgreatimportance.That'swhyWorldBookDaycameintobeing.WorldBookDay（1）onApril23rdeveryyear,which（2）toencouragepeople,particularlyteenagers,todscoverthe（3）ofreadingsothattheycanfallinlovewithbooks.It'salsothedayto（4）honortothosegreatwriterswhoproducedremarkableworksofliteratureandmadegreat（5）tohumancivilization.

ManycountriescelebrateWorldBookDayandthe（6）isyearlyheldindifferentways.Onthatday,millionsofschoolchildrencanbuybooksatamuch（7）pricethanusualinanybookstoreinEngland,（8）attractsanumberofstudentstofloodintobookstoresfortheycanpaylessmoncytobuythe（9）books.WorldBookDayisalso（10）inChina.Moreandmorepeople（11）intothelibrariesandbookstorestoread（12）books.Mostofthemdomorereadingonthatday,（13）theycanchangetheworldbychangingthemselves（15）reading.

Readingmakesus（15）andlearned.Readinghelpsusfollowthe（16）developmentofscienceandtechnology.Readingenablesustohaveagood（17）ofandhaveabetterunderstandingofforeignculturesand（18）.Readingalsoisoneofthemostimportantwaystolearnforeignlanguages.Weallknowit'sdifficultandalmost19tolearneverythingintheclassroom,yetthewaysEnglishpeoplearelivingandworkingtodaycanbe.（20）byreading.第10空填（）。(1分)A、sharedB、expressedC、carriedD、celebrated正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查動詞詞義辨析。shared意為“分享”;expressed意為“表達(dá)”;carried意為“攜帶”;celebrated意為“慶祝”。此處指世界讀書日也在中國慶祝。故選D。

4、Itisoneoftheimportantproblems______tomorrow.

(1分)A、tosolveB、tobesolvedC、solvedD、solving正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析AD.根據(jù)句意和結(jié)構(gòu)可知這里使用非謂語動詞作定語,意為problem和solve是被動關(guān)系,排除AD,因?yàn)槭敲魈鞂⒁唤鉀Q,用不定式的被動形式作定語。故選:B

5、Threeyears（）andwe'vemadesomanyfriendsduringourjuniorschool.(1分)A、haspassedB、haspastC、havepassedD、havepast正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“三年已經(jīng)過去了，我們在初中已經(jīng)交了如此多的朋友?！备鶕?jù)“andwe'vemadesomanyfriendsduringourjuniorschool”可知動作發(fā)生在過去，對現(xiàn)在造成一定的影響，故用現(xiàn)在完成時，所以排除B和D;表示時間、距離、金錢、重量等的名詞作主語時，謂語動詞用單數(shù)，主語Threeyears指的是時間，故謂語動詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)形式，所以排除C。故選A。

6、IwenttoMr,Wang's（）birthdayparty.Ihavetosayhelooksyoungalthoughheisinhis（）(1分)A、eighty's;eightyB、eighty;eightiesC、eightieth;eightiesD、eightieth;eighty正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查數(shù)詞。句意為：“我參加了王先生的八十歲生日派對。我覺得他盡管八十歲了，但看起來很年輕?！钡谝粋€空格后的birthdayparty是名詞詞組，故應(yīng)用序數(shù)詞，所以排除A和B;inone's十整十基數(shù)詞復(fù)數(shù)，表示“某人幾十歲時”,所以排除D。故選C。

7、Iamsoeagertovisitthatbeautifulseasidecitythatsixmonths（）alongtimetowait.(1分)A、wouldbeB、isC、won'tbeD、are正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

8、Thegirlspentallherfreetime（）thesickoldman.(1分)A、caringforB、caringofC、caringatD、caringin正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查動詞短語。句意為：“這個女孩用她全部的空閑時間來照顧這個生病的老人?！眂arefor意為“照顧”。spendsometimedoingsth.意為“花費(fèi)時間做某事”。故選A。

9、材料I'vestarteddrivingagain.Idrivealongaroad（1）12yearsagonearmyhome.AsIdrovetonight,I（2）Kelly

Kellywasa（3）whenitwasconstructed.Sheandherbrotherwere（4）byherfatherafterhermotherpassedaway.Byherown（5）,shewasa（6）child,climbingoutofwindows,stayingoutdrinkingetc.Shestartedtosettleincollege.TheyearafterItaughther,a（7）thinghappened.

ItwasaboutthistimeofyearandKelly'sdadwasabouttoturntothenewroad.Sincehewasnot（8）withit,hehadadeadlyaccident.Thelecturerssenthera（9）card.IwrotethatIwouldhelpherwithoneofthe6（10）shestillhadtocomplete.Iknewitwouldbedif-ficultforKellybutI（11）tohelpheranyway.

AtthattimeIhadjust（12）mymarriageandwaslivinginrentedaccommodationalone.Thingswere（13）butIcommittedmyselftohelpingKelly.IbroughthertomyhomeandI（14）herthefullunit.Igothertocompletealltheassignmentsatmyhome（15）shecouldstayfocused.Kellymade（16）intheunitItaughther,whichfundamentallyhelpedraiseheroverallgrades.Kelly'slecturerwasso（17）withthisthatshegotKellyto（18）totherestoftheclass!AtlastKellycompletedhercourse.Iwassogladshedidn't.（19）.

AfewyearsagoImetKelly.Shewaspushingapram(嬰兒車),herbabysleepingsoundly.It'stheleastshe（20）.第4空填（）。(1分)A、adoptedB、visitedC、raisedD、abandoned正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查動詞詞義辨析?！dopted意為“收養(yǎng)”;visited意為“參觀；訪問”;raised意為“養(yǎng)育”;abandoned意為“遺棄”。此處指在母親去世后，她和哥哥是由父親養(yǎng)大的。故選C。

10、Thesecoatsaredifferent（）thecoatsoverthere.(1分)A、inB、onC、atD、from正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

11、材料IfyouarelearningEnglishbecauseyou'regoingtotravelinEnglandandwishtobe（1）there,don'ttrytospeakEnglishperfectly,（2）ifyoudoso,noonewillunderstandyou.InLondonninety-nineineveryhundredpeoplespeak（3）English.Youmaysaythat（4）theydon'tspeakEnglishwellthemselves,theycan（5）understanditwhenitiswellspoken.They（6）whenthespeakerisEnglish.Butwhenthespeakerisa（7）,thebetterhespeaks,the（8）itistounderstandhim.

Noforeignercan（9）stressthesyllables(音節(jié))andmakethetone（10）andfallinquestionand（11）exactlyasa（12）does.（13）thefirstthingyouhavetodoistospeakwithastrong（14）accent,andspeakbroken,thatis,Englishwithoutany（15）.TheneveryEnglishpersonyou（16）willatonceknowyouareaforeigner,andtrytounder-standyouandbereadyto（17）you.Hewillnot（18）youtobepoliteandusegram-maticalphrases.Hewillbe（19）byhisclevernessinmakingoutyour（20）andbeingabletotellwhatyouwanttoknow.第12空填（）。(1分)A、nativeB、foreignerC、childD、reporter正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查名詞詞義辨析。native意為“本地人”;foreigner意為“外國人”;child意為“小孩”;reporter意為“記者”?？崭裉幣c前面的foreigner對比，指的是外國人說英語不會像英國本土人在音調(diào)上注意得那么好。故選A。

12、材料Micklivedinthecountry,andhehad（1）garden.He（2）vegetables,andhehadsomenice,fat（3）,too.Hesoldtheeggsandthemeat,andgotalotof（4）fromthem.

Hisneighbourhadabiggarden,（5）,andhealsohadvegetablesandnice,fatchickensinit.Therewasawirefencebetweenthe（6）butitwasveryold,andthechickensoftenfoundholesinitandwentthrough.

NowMickwantedanewfencebetweenhisgardenandhis（7）soMr.Biggscametobuildit.Micksaidtohim,“Pleasemakethefenceoutofstrongwood.AndIwantahole（8）it.Makeitbigenoughformychickenstogetintomyneighbour'sgardenand（9）hisvegetables,buttoo（10）forhistogetintomineandeatmine.”

第(9)選（）(1分)A、ate

B、eat

C、eating

D、

eaten正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

13、There________somemilkintheglass.

(1分)A、areB、isC、wereD、be正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析謂語一般與謂語動詞后面最近的主語保持一致．本句中主語milk是不可數(shù)名詞，故be動詞用單數(shù)is。

14、材料We’veallhadbadexperienceswithrestaurants,storesorhotels.Maybeyou’vebeentoarestaurantthatservedterriblefood.

Perhapsyou’vebeentoastorethathadhighpricesandbadservice.Ormaybeyou’vebookedahotelandfoundoutlaterthattheroomwasnothingliketheadvertisement（廣告）.

Thesedays,wehaveabetterchanceofstoppingtheseunpleasantsurprises.Wecandothisbyusingapps.Anappisacomputerprogramonasmartphone.Youcanuseappstodoalmostanything.Appcanhelpyouplaygames,getdirections,talktofriends,andsoon.

Ifyouwanttofindinformationaboutastoreorahotel,youcanuseareviewapp.Reviewappshelpusevaluate（評價）serviceandproductsbeforewehandoverourmoney.Theideaisverysimple.Afteryougotoarestaurantorstayinahotel,youcanpostareviewwithoneofyourapps.Youcansayanythingyouwant.Ifyoulikeahotelthatyoustayedin,youcantellpeoplethatit

waswonderful.Ifyouthinkthatthefoodinacertainrestaurantwasbad,thenyoucantellpeoplenottoeatthere.Otherpeoplecanusetheirapptoreadyourreviews.

Plentyofpeopleprefernottousethesereviewapps.Manyofthesepeoplethinkthatit’sawasteoftimetolookthroughwebsitesandreadreviews.Thesepeopleprefertogooutanddecideforthemselveswhetherornotaserviceisgood.

However,

reviewappsaregettingmoreandmorepopulareveryday.Someappsareforexactservices.Forexample,tripadvisergivesattentiontotravel,andgoodreaderpaysattentiontobooks.Therearealsootherlargerappsthatprovideinformationforjustabouteveryservicethatyoucanthinkof.Wherecanyouprobablyfindthepassage?______

(1分)A、Inamusicmagazine.

B、Inatravelguidebook.C、InastorybookD、Inanewspaper.

正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

15、_________oftenyouring,noonewillanswer.

(1分)A、HowB、HoweverC、WhomD、Whenever正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析這句話的意思是不管你電話打得多頻繁也不會有人聽。how怎樣；however無論如何；whom誰；whenever無論何時

16、材料Iwassaidtobetheworststudentinmyclass,andmyfamilythoughtIwashopeless.Ihadto（1）gradesix.Atthattimeanewteacher,MissSadia,cametoourschool.

Onedayafterclass,she（2）thatIwasstayingaloneduringthelunchbreak.Shecametomeandbegantotalktome.Itwasjusta（3）conversation.Afterthatday,shegavemeparticular（4）anditmademefeelspecial.Istartedtoworkhardbecauseshegavemethefeel-ingthat（5）believedme,andmy（6）startedtoimproveinhersubject.

Monthslater,shemovedintoahousenearmy（7）.Wewouldwalkhometogetherafterschool.Herconstantsupporthelpedme,（8）inmystudies,asIknewshewould（9）mygradesbothinhersubjectandtheothersubjects.Ifinally（10）secondinmyclass.

Then,aftergradesix,shestartedtoslowlydriftaway(疏遠(yuǎn))（11）stillkeptaconstantcheckonme.BythetimeIwasingradeseven,we（12）spoke,butbythenIhadbecomethe（13）inmyclass.WhenIleftmyschool,Iwas（14）withher,assheneveransweredthe（15）whenIcalledher.

ThenIgraduatedandwenttoagooduniversity.Onefineday,ourpaths（16）again.Imetheratawedding.Icouldnot（17）askingher,“Whydidyoustoptalkingtome?”

“Youareacleverboy.Iwantedyoutobeatree（18）onyourownroots,notdependingonothers.NowhereyouareandIfeel（19）ofyou.Youareyourinspirationanddonotneedto（20）ashoulder,”shesaid.Icouldnotsayanything,butIsmiled.I’llalwaysthankher.第7空填（）。(1分)A、homeB、schoolC、hotelD、company正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查名詞詞義辨析。home意為“家”;school意為“學(xué)?！?hotel意為“賓館”;company意為“公司”。根據(jù)下文的“Wewouldwalkhometogetherafterschool.”可知，她搬進(jìn)了離作者家近的一所房子。故選A。

17、材料Cait,11,wastryingtofallasleepwhenher8-year-oldbrother,Doug,cameintoherroom.Helookedaround,butseemedreally(outofit).ThenDougwentbackintothehallwayandstoodtherelookingstraightupatthelight.Thiswasreallystrange.Caitdidn'tknowwhattodo.Justthen,Cait'sfatherappearedandexplainedDougwassleepwalking.

Notallsleepisthesameeverynight.Weexperiencesomedeep,quietsleepandsomeactivesleep,whichiswhendreamshappen.Youmightthinksleepwalkingwouldhappenduringactivesleepbutapersonisn'tphysicallyactiveduringactivesleep.Itusuallyhappensinthefirstfewhoursofsleepintheperiodcalleddeepsleep.

Thetruthisthatnotallsleepwalkerswalk.Somesimplysituporstandinbedoractlikethey'reawakewhen,infact,they'reasleep!Most,however,dogetupandwalkaroundforafewsecondsorforaslongashalfanhour.

Sleepwalkers'eyesareopen,buttheydon'tseethesamewaytheydowhenthey'reawake.Theytendtogobacktobedontheirownandwon'trememberitinthemorning.

Youalsomighthaveheardthatsleepwalkerscangetfrightenedifyouwakethemup.That'strue,sowhatdoyoudoifyouseesomeonesleepwalking?Youshouldcallforagrown-upwhocanleadthepersonbacktobed.Andoncethesleepwalkeristucked(掖好被子)backinbed,it'stimeforyoutogetsomesleep,too!Whatdoes“outofit”mostprobablymeaninChinese?(1分)A、茫然不覺B、心滿意足C、垂頭喪氣D、悠然自得正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析【主旨大意】本文介紹了晚上夢游的事情，同時指出了夢游發(fā)生的時間和表現(xiàn)，如果遇到夢游的人，要找一個成年人帶夢游的人回去睡覺。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第一段第二句“Helookedaround,butseemedreallyoutofit.”及下文可知，Doug的這個狀態(tài)叫夢游，根據(jù)常識可知夢游的人是什么都不知道的，所以我們可以猜測“outofit”的意思是“茫然不覺”。故選A。

18、從下列選項(xiàng)中找出其括號部分與所給單詞括號部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)。（）br(i)dge(1分)A、br(i)ghtB、l(i)ghtC、n(i)ghtD、bridge[br?d?]正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析bridge[br?d?]A:bright[bra?t]B:light[la?t]C:night[na?t]D:bill[b?l]故選D.

19、--Butwherearethebooks?--Don'tworry.They（）hereinnotime.(1分)A、havesentB、willbesentC、aresendingD、havebeensent正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

20、材料Manyyearsago,abigearthquakehitAmerica,killingover30,000people.Afather（1）hiswifesafelyathomeandrushedtothe（2）wherehissonwassupposedtobe,（3）todiscoverthatthebuildingwasasflatasapancake.

Seeingthis,herememberedthe（4）hehadmadetohisson,“Nomatterwhathappens,I'llalwaysbethereforyou!”Tearsbeganto（5）hiseyes.Ashelookedatthepileof（6）thatoncewastheschool,itlooked（7）,buthekeptrememberinghiswordstohisson.

Hebegantoconcentrate（8）wherehehad（9）hissontoclassbefore.Remembe-ringhisson's（10）hadbeenintherightbackcorneroftheteachingbuilding,herushedthereandstarteddigging（11）theruins.

Hekeptdigginganddigging.Hourslater,other（12）parentstriedtopullhimoff（13）hadbeenhisson'sclassroom,saying,“It'stoolate!They'realldead!”

Butthefatherkeptdiggingforhisson.Thefirechief（14）andsaid,“Firesarebreakingout.You'rein（15）.Gohome.”Hearingthis,theAmericanfather,（16）verytirednow,askedpolitely,“Areyougoingtohelpme?”

Hewenton（17）.Hedugfor8hours…12hours…24hours…36hours…then,inthe38thhour,heheardhisson's（18）.Hescreamedhisson'sname,“ARMAND!”Andheheardhissonshoutback,“Dad?!It'sme,Dad!Itoldtheotherkidsnottoworry.Itoldthemthatifyouwere（19）you'dsaveus.Youpromisednomatterwhathappened,you'dalwaysbethereforme!Youdid(20),Dad!”第9空填（）。(1分)A、walkedB、letC、runD、seen正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查動詞詞義辨析。walked意為“走”;let意為“讓”;run意為“跑”;seen意為“看見”。walkto意為“走路送某人去某地”。此處指他步行送兒子去教室。故選A。

21、材料

Ifyougointotheforestwithfriends,staywiththem.Ifyoudon't,youmaygetlost.Ifyougetlost,thisiswhatyoushoulddo.Sitdownandstaywhereyouare.

Don'ttrytofindyourfriends-letthemfindyou.Youcanhelpthemfindyoubystayinginoneplace.Thereisanotherwaytohelpyourfriendsorotherpeopletofindyou.YoucanshoutorwhistlethreetimesStop.Thenshoutorwhistlethreetimesagain.Anysignalgiventhreetimesisacallforhelp.

Keepupshoutingorwhistling.Alwaysthreetimestogether.Whenpeoplehearyou,theywillknowthatyouarenotjustmakinganoiseforfun.Theywillletyouknowthattheyhaveheardyoursignal.Theywillgiveyoutwoshoutsortwowhistles.Whenasignalisgiventwice,itisananswertoacallforhelp.

Ifyoudon'tthinkthatyouwillgethelpbeforenightcomes,trytomakealittlehousewithbranches.Makeyourselfabedwithleavesandgrass.

Whenyouneedsomewater,youhavetoleaveyourlittlebranchhousetolookforit.Don'tjustwalkaway.(Pickoffsmallbranchesanddropthemasyouwalkinordertogobackagaineasily.)Whenyouarelost,themostimportantthingtodoistostayinoneplace.Whichsignalisacallforhelp?(1分)A、

Shouting

here

and

there.B、

Crying

twice.C、

Shouting

or

whistling

three

times

together.D、

Whistling

everywhere

in

the

forest.正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C

22、It'sseveno'clockintheevening．We________theScienceMuseumfromoneo'clocktofouro'clockthisafternoon．

(1分)A、visitedB、werevisitingC、havevisitedD、willvisit正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析說話時間是在晚上，visit的動作是在過去發(fā)生的，就是多了fromoneo'clocktofouro'clock這個時間狀語，此時應(yīng)該強(qiáng)調(diào)visit的動作在這個時間范圍內(nèi)延續(xù)地發(fā)生，要用過去進(jìn)行時。

23、材料OnemorningRaman,atruemasteroftheartofarchery(箭術(shù)),invitedhisfavoritestudenttowatchadisplayofhisskill.Thestudenthad（1）thismorethanahundredtimesbefore,buthestillobeyedhis（2）

Together,theywentintoanearbywoodandreachedatall.（3）.Ramanpickedaroseflowerand（4）itononeofthebranchesofthetree.He（5）openedhisbagandtookoutthreeobjects:his（6）,anarrowandawhitehandkerchief.

Ramanstoodonehundredpacesfromthespotwherehehadplacedthe（7）.Facinghistarget,he（8）hisstudenttoblindfold(蒙住眼睛)himwiththehandkerchief.Thestudentdidashisteacher（9）.

“Howoftenhaveyouseenmepracticethesportofarchery?”Ramanaskedhim（10）.

“Everyday,”repliedhisstudent.“Andyouhave（11）managedtohittherosefromthreehundredpacesaway.”

Withhiseyescoveredbythe（12）,Ramanplacedhisfeetfirmlyonthegroundand（13）thebowstring(弓弦)withallhisstrength.Aimingattheroseonthe（14）,heletthearrowfly.Thearrowwhistledthroughtheair,（15）itdidnotevenhitthetree,missingthetargetbyafewmeters.

“DidI（16）it?”saidRaman,removingthehandkerchieffrom

hiseys.

“No,youmissed（17）,”repliedthestudent.“Ithoughtyouweregoingto（18）methepowerofthoughtandyourabilitytoperformmagic.”

“Ihave（19）taughtyouthemostimportantlessonaboutthepowerofthought.”repliedRaman.“Whenyou（20）something,concentrateonlyonthat:Noonewilleverhitatargettheycannotsee.”第2空填（）。(1分)A、teacherB、bossC、fatherD、monitor正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查名詞詞義辨析。teacher意為“老師”;boss意為“老板”;father意為“父親”;monitor意為“班長”。根據(jù)上文的“hisfavoritestudent”可知，他們是師生關(guān)系。故選A。

24、LiuJiaandChenYuanaremeeting________theroad________themuseum.

(1分)A、in;atB、on;inC、by;outsideD、on;outside正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析劉佳和陳源在博物館外的路上碰頭。

25、材料Toby:Hello,I'dliketoseeMr.Hunter,please.

Sally:(1)

Toby:Well,I'mhereaboutthejob.I'mTobyBrown.

Sally:Nicetomeetyou.I'mSallyKent,Mr.Hunter'spartner.(2)

Toby:Thankyou.

Sally:Ihavesomequestions,Mr.Brown.(3)

Toby:No,Ican't.ButIcanplaycomputergamesverywell.

Sally:That'snice.(4)

Toby:Umm,justone.

Sally:Andwhat'sthat?French?Chinese?

Toby:No,justEnglish.

Sally:Oh,Isee.

Toby:(5)Howmanywindowsarethereinthebuilding?

Sally:Pardon?Areyouapplyingfortheassistantmanager'sjob?

Toby:Me?No,I'mawindowcleaner.第（3）空填（）(1分)A、Andhowmanylanguagescanyouspeak?B、Canyouuseacomputer?C、Haveaseat,please.D、Howareyou?E、I'msorryheisn'thereatthemoment.F、Whereareyoufrom?G、Excuseme,正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

26、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）tohelpme.Andbooksoftencamefrom（18）sources.Awriterevenemailedmeanunpublishedtranslationofhisnoveltome,allowingmetobecomeoneofthe（19）peopleevertoreadthatbookinEnglish.

Thatyear,thankstokindstrangersfromthefour（2