2025年西安鐵路職業(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年西安鐵路職業(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、-Itwas（）whohelpedusoutofdanger.—Whatbraveandhelpfulchildren!Weshouldlearnfromthem.(1分)A、theyB、themC、theirD、theirs正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查強調(diào)句。句意為：“——是他們幫助我們脫離了危險。--多么勇敢和樂于助人的孩子們啊!我們應(yīng)該向他們學(xué)習(xí)?！睆娬{(diào)句結(jié)構(gòu)：“Itis/was+被強調(diào)部分+that/who+句子其他成分.”,當(dāng)被強調(diào)的是人時，用who或that,其余的情況一律用that。根據(jù)引導(dǎo)詞who可知本句強調(diào)的是主語，所以應(yīng)用人稱代詞主格。故選A。

2、Therearesomenewbooksinthelibrary.Theyare（）books.(1分)A、childB、childrens'C、childrenD、children's正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析【圖片大小可調(diào)】

3、Tomatenothingthismorning._____

(1分)A、NorKatedidB、SodidKateC、SoKatedidD、NeitherdidKate正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析Neither：表示兩者都不。句意：湯姆今天早上什么也沒吃，凱特也沒吃

4、從下面單詞中找一個括號部分讀音不同的單詞。（）(1分)A、c(oo)kB、f(oo)tC、sp(oo)nD、b(oo)k正確答案選項：參考答案：C

5、材料Eric:Hi!Maria!There'safootballmatchdowntowntonight.（1）

Maria:Oh,I'dloveto,butIcan't.

Eric:That'stoobad.Thenwhatareyoubusywith?

Maria:Nothingmuch.（2）Ihavetostayathome.

Eric:Why?Whathappened?

Maria:Well,doyouremembermyfamilyrule?（3）ButlastnightIcamebackafterhalfpastten.

Eric:Yourparentsmusthavebeenveryangry!

Maria:Yes,that'swhyI'mnotallowedtogooutforthenextweek.（4）Thismorningmyalarmclockdidn'tgooff,soIwenttoschoollate.

Eric:Oh,no.（5）

Maria:Yes,Idid.Iexplainedtherewassomethingwrongwithmyalarmclock,buttheteachersaiditwasn'tagoodreasontomissatest,andshewouldn'tallowmetodoitlater.

Eric:Youdidhaveabadmorning,第（1）空填（）(1分)A、Iwasn'tallowedtogooutafterten.B、Wouldyouliketowatchitwithme?C、There'ssomethingworse.D、ButIcan'tgooutanywhereforaweek.E、Didn'tyouhaveabigmathstestthismorning?F、Myparentsshouldallowmetogooutmoreoften.G、Ihavetogethomebyteno'clockeverynight.正確答案選項：參考答案：B

6、材料OnMay22,2021,thewholenationwassaddenedbythenewsthatChinesescientistYuanLongpingdied.

DrYuanLongpingworkedmostofhislifegrowingbetterrice.Asaresultofhisresearch,theChinesepeoplearenolongerworriedaboutgettingstarved.

Hisgreatworkalsohelpedtheworldproducemoreandmorerice.

Yuan,bornonSept.7,1930.Aftergraduating（畢業(yè).)fromSouthwestAgricultureCollege,heworkedasateacheratanagricultureschoolinHunan.

Severalnaturaldisasters（天災(zāi)）hitChinainthe1960s.Yuan,sawmanypeopledieofhungereveryday.Sincethen,hehasresearchedhowtogrowmuchbettercrops.

In1964,hehappenedtofindanaturalhybridrice（雜交水稻）plantthathadgreatadvantagesoverothers.Yuanwasexcitedabouthisdiscovery.Hethenbegantostudythepartsofthisunusualplant.

In1973,

hestartedtodevelopatypeofhybridricespecies（種類）.Itproduced20%morericeperunitthancommonones.Theseeding（種植）wasverysuccessfulinthefollowingyear.ThisprogressmadeChinatheworld’sleaderinriceproduction.

Morethan50%ofChina’stotalricefieldsgrowYuan’shybridspecies.PeoplecallhimtheFatherofHybridRice.

Yuanoncesaidhehadtwodreams—toenjoythecoolunderthericecropstallerthanmenandthathybridricecouldbegrownallovertheworldtohelpsolvethefoodproblemofthewholeworld.WhatcanwelearnaboutYuanLongpingaccordingtothethirdparagraph?______

(1分)A、Hewasbornintoascientist’sfamily.

B、Hewasonceateacheratanagricultureschool.C、HegraduatedfromSouthwestAgricultureCollegein1930.

正確答案選項：參考答案：B

7、Afirebrokeoutlastnight,____threechildrenandtwoadults.

(1分)A、killedB、killingC、killD、tokill正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查非謂語動詞。句意：昨晚發(fā)生了一場火災(zāi)，造成三個兒童和兩個成年人死亡。從結(jié)構(gòu)判斷，后面是結(jié)果狀語，不定式表示出人意料的結(jié)果，現(xiàn)在分詞表示自然產(chǎn)生的一種結(jié)果，故選B。

8、Bytheendoflastmonth,Jane（）enoughmoneyforthepoorsickboy.(1分)A、raisedB、wouldraiseC、hadraisedD、hasraised正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查過去完成時。句意為：“到上個月月底，Jane已經(jīng)為那個可憐的生病的男孩籌集了足夠的錢?！备鶕?jù)Bytheendoflastmonth可知，動作發(fā)生在“過去的過去”,所以應(yīng)用過去完成時“had+過去分詞”。故選C。

9、Icanhardlyeat_________.Iamnotfeelingwelltoday.

(1分)A、nothingB、anythingC、everythingD、something正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意:我?guī)缀跏裁炊汲圆幌?。我今天感覺不舒服。A、nothing沒什么;B、anything任何東西;C、everything一切;D、something一些事情。hardly表示否定,因此排除選項D。something一般情況下，用在肯定句，不合語法;去掉A/C，不合題意;anything用在否定句，是固定用法，因此選B。

10、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20空填（）。(1分)A、dayB、nightC、morningD、week正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查名詞詞義辨析。day意為“白天”;night意為“晚上”;morning意為“早上”;week意為“周”。根據(jù)下文的“hersleepinghusband”可以推斷是在晚上。故選B。

11、材料Notallpeopleliketoworkbuteveryonelikestoplay.Allovertheworldmenandwomen,boysandgirlsenjoy（1）.Sincethedaysoflongago,adultsandchildrenhavecalledtheirfriendstogethertospend（2）evendaysplayinggames.

Sportshelppeopletolive（3）.Theyhelptokeeppeoplehealthyandfeelinggood.Whentheyareplayinggames,people（4）alot.Thisisgoodfortheirhealth.Having（5）withtheirfriendsmakesthemhappy.

Manypeopleenjoysportsbywatchingothers（6）.Insmalltowns,crowdsmeettowatchthebicycleracesorthesoccergames.Inbigcities,thousands（7）toseeanice-skatingshoworabaseballgame.

Whatareyourfavoritesports?Istheweather（8）whereyoulive?Thenswimmingisprobablyoneofyoursports.BoysandgirlsinChinaloveto（9）.Therearewonderfulbeachesandtherearebeautiful（10）andlakesacrossthecountry.Theweatherisalsogoodforswimming.

第(7)選（）(1分)A、buytickets

B、taketurns

C、readnewspapers

D、holdmeetings正確答案選項：參考答案：A

12、Tomandhisbestfriend,HuckFinn,runawayto（）islandin（）middleoftheMississippiRiver.(1分)A、a;/B、an;theC、an;/D、a;the正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查冠詞。句意為：“Tom和他最好的朋友HuckFinn逃向了密西西比河中間的一個小島?！辈欢ü谠~a/an表泛指，a用于以輔音音素開頭的單詞前，an用于以元音音素開頭的單詞前；定冠詞the表特指?！耙粋€島”表泛指，且island是以元音音素開頭，所以用an;inthemiddleof是固定搭配，意為“在……中間”。故選B。

13、Iheardthenewsontheradiolastnight（）therewasaterriblestormontheway.(1分)A、thatB、whichC、howD、where正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查同位語從句。句意為：“昨天晚上我聽到廣播，一場大風(fēng)暴即將來臨?！狈治鼍渥咏Y(jié)構(gòu)可知，本句為同位語從句，空格后面的句子是用來說明不可數(shù)名詞news的具體內(nèi)容，從句成分完整，所以應(yīng)用that起連接作用，無實際意義。故選A。

14、Thereare________birdsinthepicture.

(1分)A、someB、anyC、anD、a正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析根據(jù)題意，后面是birds，應(yīng)該是多只鳥，所以用some

15、—Howdidyoulosethesoccermatch?-Wehad____players.Theyhadelevenwhilewehadonlynine!

(1分)A、lessB、betterC、fewerD、more正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析根據(jù)"Theyhadelevenwhilewehadonlynine"可知是兩者之間進行比較，要用形容詞的比較級，根據(jù)"他們有十一名而我們只有九名"可知有更少的運動員，A、less更少的，修飾不可數(shù)名詞，C、fewer，更少的，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，故選C

16、—Isupposesheis30yearsofage.

—___________

(1分)A、Youguessit!B、Youwillguessit!C、You’reguessingit!D、Youguessedit!正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析選D,Youguessedit.句意：——我猜她三十歲了.——你猜準(zhǔn)了/你說對了.在要猜者看來,對猜測者的回答確認(rèn)之前,對方已經(jīng)說過了自己猜測的結(jié)果,表明“猜測”這一動作發(fā)生了,因此用動詞過去式.這種形式在口語中很常見,...

17、—We________forschoolintenminutes,Haveyoupackedyourschoolthingsyet,son?—Ofcourse,Mom.

(1分)A、leaveB、haveleftC、willleaveD、wereleaving正確答案選項：參考答案：C

18、Don’tgiveupregardlessofdifficultyandfailure,________you’llneverachieveyourgoals.

(1分)A、andB、butC、orD、so正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查固定句型。句意：不管困難和失敗，別放棄，否則你就不能實現(xiàn)你的目標(biāo)。祈使句+and（然后）/or/otherwise（否則）+陳述句，注意后面的陳述句通常是一般將來時。答案選C。

19、Thedoctorsworkedfortenhours,________nobodytookabreak.

(1分)A、so

B、for

C、but

D、or正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意：醫(yī)生們已經(jīng)工作了十個小時，但是沒人休息。考查連詞辨析。so因此；for為了；but但是；or或者。根據(jù)前后句句意可知，“連續(xù)工作十小時”和“不休息”之間存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選C。

20、Bytheendofthisweek,we___100emailstoourcustomers。

(1分)A、sentB、havesentC、willhavesentD、willbesent正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析句意:到本周末，我們將給我們的客戶發(fā)送100封電子郵件了。Bytheendof,到..末，常與完成時連用。Bytheendof+表示將來的時間，句子--般用將來完成時，由句子的時間狀語bytheendofthisweek可知，此句應(yīng)用將來完成時，故此題應(yīng)選C

21、Youmusttellhimaboutthatnews________.

(1分)A、aspossibleasyoucanB、asfastasyoucanC、assoonaspossibleD、asfastaspossible正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析fast一般指實際的,比如車快,動作快,但是soon就指時間快沒有區(qū)別,可以互換soon只有副詞。1.不久;即刻,馬上Weshallsoonstart.我們不久就出發(fā)。2.早;快Wereachedthestationanhourtoosoon.我們早到車站一小時。3.寧可;寧愿I'dsoonerdiethanmarryyou!我寧死也不與你結(jié)婚。

22、Twelvestudents,sevenboysand（）girls,tookpartintheclean-upprojectlastweek.(1分)A、threeB、fourC、fiveD、six正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查基數(shù)詞。句意為：“十二個學(xué)生，七個男孩和五個女孩，參加了上周的清掃任務(wù)?！备鶕?jù)“Twelvestudents和sevenboys”可知，女孩應(yīng)該是“12-7=5”個。故選C。

23、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11空填（）。(1分)A、alwaysB、neverC、everD、seldom正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查副詞詞義辨析。always意為“總是”;never意為“從不”;ever意為“曾經(jīng)”;seldom意為“很少”。根據(jù)上述故事可知，作者認(rèn)為幸?？偸请[藏在每個小事的背后。故選A。

24、從下面單詞中找一個括號部分讀音不同的單詞。（）(1分)A、t(al)kB、b(al)lC、ch(al)kD、(al)ways正確答案選項：參考答案：D

25、材料Iwaswalkinghomefromschoolonedayandithappenedtobeaparticularlycoldandwindyday.Itwas（1）andIwascrazyenoughtoforgetmyhatandscarf.Youcanimaginemycheekswererosy（2）andmyhandswereasnumbastheycanbe.

Allofasudden,anoldlady（3）upbesidemeandaskedifIwouldlikearide（4）.Atfirst,IsaiditwasOKandher（5）smilemelted(融化)awaythethoughtthatIshouldnevertalkto（6）!Wehadanamazingchatandshewasjust（7）agoodwoman.Shetoldmeher（8）andshedroppedmeoff.

Ididn'tseeherortalktoherforaboutamonthandonenightasI（9）herkindgesture,Idecidedtoreturnthefavor.So,Imadealotof（10）andwalkeddowntoherhousewithmy

friend.AtfirstIwasabit（11）shewouldn'tremembermeorthinkthatIwasabadmanwhopoisonedcookiesbutluckily,Iwas（12）wrong.Shewassohappy,andshehuggedmeandkissedmeandseemedso（13）thatsomeonewoulddosomethinglikethat!

WhenIgothomemymumtoldmethatshe（14）andtoldmymumonthephonethatshe（15）becauseshewassotouched.Shesaidshewouldnever（16）thekindnessthatwasgiventoher!Thatfilledmewithsuch（17）!Therereallyisnothingelsejoyfullikehelping（18）andmakingsomeone'sday（19）!

Letusneverforgetthejoyweget（20）givingothersahand!第10空填（）。(1分)A、breadB、saladC、cookiesD、sweets正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查名詞詞義辨析。bread意為“面包”;salad意為“沙拉”;cookies意為“餅干”;sweets意為“糖果”。根據(jù)下文的“thinkthatIwasabadmanwhopoisonedcookies”可知，“我”為她做了餅干。故選C。

26、Thequestionisverydifficult.________ofthemcananswerit.

(1分)A、NoneB、EveryoneC、NooneD、Anyone正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意:這個問題特別難。沒有人能答出它。考查不定代詞。None沒有;Everyone每個人;Noone沒人;Anyone任何人。根據(jù)前文提到的“Thequestionisverydifficult.”可知問題太難就沒人答出來，noneof...意為“都不”。noone不能與of連用。故選A。

27、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9空填（）。(1分)A、changeB、lookC、improveD、check正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查動詞詞義辨析。change意為“改變”;look意為“看”;improve意為“提高”;check意為“檢查”。此處指老師檢查作者各科成績。故選D。

28、【圖片大小可調(diào)】

(1分)A、whomB、whoC、whoseD、which正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析who代指teacher老師。

29、-Thefilmisveryinteresting.Let'sgotothecinema.—（）.Whynot?(1分)A、HavefunB、NotreallyC、SoundsfineD、Notatall正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查情景交際。句意為：“——這部電影很有趣。我們?nèi)タ措娪鞍??！犉饋聿诲e。為什么不去呢?”Havefun意為“玩得高興”;Notreally意為“不見得”;Soundsfine意為“聽起來不錯”;Notatall意為“一點也不；不客氣”。根據(jù)“Whynot?”可知同意對方的提議。故選C。

30、---____________fantastictimewehadinHongKongDisneyland!---Oh，I'mgladtohearthat．（）

(1分)A、WhataB、HowaC、WhatD、How正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析英語中的感嘆句要有what和how來引導(dǎo)，其句型是：How+形容詞/副詞+主語+謂語+其他!以及What+（a/an）+形容詞+可數(shù)名詞/不可數(shù)名詞+主語+謂語+其他!根據(jù)所給的單詞，形容詞是fantastic，haveafantastictime玩得開心，應(yīng)用what來感嘆，故答案是：A

31、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（2）選()

(1分)A、people

B、phone

C、computer

D、money正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查名詞。根據(jù)上下文內(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。

32、材料AlbertEinsteinwasfromaJewishfamily.HewasborninGermany.Whenhewas（1）,helikedtoaskquestions.Bythetimehewasfourteenyearsold,he（2）advancedmathematics（3）byhimself.（4）thenhehaddecidedtobecomeaphysicistand（5）himself（6）abstract(抽象)research.

Hisfamilywasnotrich,buthisparentsmanaged（7）himtoatechnicalschooland（8）totheFederalInstituteofTechnologyinSwitzerland.Aftergraduation,hebegantoteach.Later,heworkedinagovernmentoffice.Then（9）themoneyhesaved,hecontinuedhisstudiesattheUniversityofZurich.In1905hegota（10）degree.Itwasatthattime（11）hebegantheresearchandstudieswhichled（12）hisfamousTheoryofRelativity.

Formostpeople,histheorywas（13）difficulttounderstand.Manyscientistslaughed（14）itand（15）wouldacceptit.ButEinsteinstucktoitandwentonwithhisresearch.

第(1)選（）(1分)A、aboy

B、theboy

C、boy

D、child正確答案選項：參考答案：A

33、It（）inthestreetthatImetanoldfriendofmine.(1分)A、isB、hasbeenC、wasD、were正確答案選項：參考答案：C

34、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（20）oftheworld.Ireadbooksfromover