2025年兰州现代职业学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析

2025年兰州现代职业学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析（图片大小可自由调整）一、单选题(共35题)1、从下列选项中找出其括号部分与所给单词括号部分读音相同的选项。（）al(ou)d(1分)A、t(ou)chB、en(ou)ghC、h(ou)seD、c(ou)rage正确答案选项：参考答案：C

2、Myfather________adoctor.Heworksveryhard.

(1分)A、amB、isC、areD、be正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析我的父亲是个医生，他工作很努力。

3、Therestofthespellingexercises（）asyourhomework.(1分)A、istobedoneB、aretodoC、aretobedoneD、willdo正确答案选项：参考答案：C

4、Isthere_____intoday’snewspaper?

(1分)A、interestingsomethingB、interestinganythingC、somethinginterestingD、anythinginteresting.正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析根据句意：今天的报纸上有有趣的东西吗？不定代词的修饰语要后置，疑问句用anything

5、Their（fatherandmother）aregoingtoseeMr.Whitetomorrow.以下可以替换（fatherandmother）的词是：（）(1分)A、parentB、peopleC、parentsD、friends正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析parent：父母亲，复数：parents

6、Look!（）theboyiswhenheseesthesesmartrobots!(1分)A、HowexcitingB、WhatanexcitedC、HowexcitedD、Whatanexciting正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查感叹句。句意为：“看!那个男孩看到这些智能机器人时他是多么的激动!”感叹句中，感叹名词用what,感叹形容词或副词用how;感叹形容词或副词时，常用“How+形容词/副词十主语+谓语!”来表示。excited为形容词，意为“感动的；激动的”用来修饰人；exciting为形容词，意为“令人兴奋的；令人激动的”用来修饰事物。分析句子结构可知，该句感叹形容词，且形容词用来修饰人，所以用how来感叹。故选C。

7、Achild_____parentsaredeadiscalledanorphan.

(1分)A、whoB、who'sC、whoseD、which正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查定语从句。句意：父母双亡的孩子叫做孤儿。先行词是Achild，____parentsaredead是定语从句，故用whose来引导，故选C项。

8、Ihavewonthefirstprizeinsinging._____

(1分)A、Congratulations!B、That’sright.C、Youcan’tbeserious.D、Absolutely!正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查情景对话。句意：——我在唱歌比赛中获得了第一名。——祝贺。ACongratulations!祝贺；BThat’sright.那是正确的；CYoucan’tbeserious.你别当真；DAbsolutely!绝对地，根据上文内容，故选A。

9、材料OnemorningRaman,atruemasteroftheartofarchery(箭术),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7空填（）。(1分)A、arrowB、shoeC、flowerD、bag正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查名词词义辨析。arrow意为“箭”;shoe意为“鞋”;flower意为“花”;bag意为“包”。根据上文可知他放在树枝上的是花。故选C。

10、--MayIuseyourdictionary？I'mstuckinthesentence.--It'sjustonmydesk______.

(1分)A、GotitB、MypleasureC、HelpyourselfD、cometopower正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查情景对话。--句意：我可以用你的字典吗?我困在这个句子上了。--它在我的桌子上，请自便。AGotit；明白了吗；BMypleasure我很荣幸；CHelpyourself请自便；Dcometopower当权，根据It'sjustonmydesk，可知这里意思是请自便，故选C。

11、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（3）选()

(1分)A、friends

B、engineers

C、lawyers

D、guides正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查名词。根据上下文内容可知，句意为如果您正在等待新的手机，您需要很多的耐心，并且您需要几个可以使用手机的朋友。

12、材料ManyTVprogramsseemtobequiterealistic,OnewhowatchesTVoftenfeelsthatwhateverhappenedinthefilmmayas（1）happentohim.Withonlyalittleimagination,everymaninthestreetmay（2）tobeathief,oraspyoramurderer.Janehadbeenwatchingaspy（3）atafriend'shome.Initayounggirlhadbeen（4）andmurdered.Shefeltalittle（5）.Shetookatrainbacktothecenterofthecity.Therewerealotofpeople（6）withher,soshefeltmuchsafer.

Amansat（7）her,readinganewspaper.Shethoughtnothingofituntilshesawhimstaringather.Rememberingthefilmandfeelinguncomfortable,she（8）thetrainandwenttothebusstop.Whenhegotonthe（9）busasshedid,shefoundhewasfollowingher.Whenshegotoffthebus,shewasgettingmoreandmorefrightenedasthestreetalmostbecameempty,She（10）asquicklyasshecould.Shecouldhearfootstepsbehindher,butshedidn'tdaretolookoverher（11）.Itseemedtohavebeenhoursbeforeshe（12）thefrontdoor.Shelookedforherkey,butwasunabletofindthem.Thefootstepsstoppedbehindher.Shefeltahandonhershoulder.Insteadoffeelinghandsroundher（13）,however,sheheardapleasant（14）:

“IapologizeifIfrightenedyou.IthoughtI（15）youinthetrain,butIwasnotsure.”Itwasherneighbour!

第(14)选（）(1分)A、noise

B、voice

C、sound

D、speech正确答案选项：参考答案：B

13、从下列选项中找出其括号部分与所给单词括号部分读音相同的选项。（）mod(er)n(1分)A、t(er)mB、h(er)sC、clean(er)D、pref(er)正确答案选项：参考答案：C

14、JohnandTomcome_______Canada.

(1分)A、withB、inC、fromD、for正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析本题句意为：John和Tom来自加拿大。comewith:伴随…发生；comein:进来；comefrom:来自；comefor:为某种目的而来取，故选C。

15、We（）ourselvesatthepartyyesterday.(1分)A、doenjoyB、doenjoyedC、didenjoyD、didenjoyed正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查强调句。句意为：“在昨天的派对上我们确实玩得很开心。”当句子中没有其他的助动词时，强调谓语时，可以用“助动词do/does/did+动词原形”。根据时间状语yesterday可知，谓语动词要用过去时，所以用did强调，且其后的动词要用原形。故选C。

16、材料A:Hello,Allan.Howareyou?

B:I'mfine.Andyou,Ben?Howisitgoing?

A:（1）IhavesomeproblemswithmyEnglish.

B:Don'tworry.MaybeIcouldgiveyousomeadvice.

A:That'sgreat.Thankyou.

B:Firstyoushouldlistentotheteachercarefullyinclass,andifyouhaveanyquestions,asktheteacherandclassmatesforhelp.

A:OK,Iwill.（2）

B:YoucanalsolistentoEnglishsongsandreadEnglishnewspapersandbooks.

A:That'sagoodidea.（3）

B:Bytheway,doyoulikewatchingmovies?

A:（4）

B:Let'sgotoamoviethisweekend.ThereisanAmericanmovieshow.

A:Great.AndIcanalsoimprovemyEnglishthisway.

B:Whenandwhereshallwemeet?

A:（5）

B:OK,seeyouthen.第（3）空填（）(1分)A、I'llhaveatry.B、Whatabout3:00p.m.thisSundayattheNewCenturyCinema?C、Notsogood.D、WhatelseshouldIdo?E、Yes,Ido正确答案选项：参考答案：A

17、Wefindit（）todosomereadingeveryday.(1分)A、easilyB、enjoyC、helpfulD、interested正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查形容词。句意为：“我们发现每天读书对我们有帮助。”find+it+形容词+todosth.意为“发现做某事是怎么样的”,其中形容词作宾语补足语，所以排除A和B;interested意为“感到有趣的”,用来修饰人，可排除D。故选C。

18、材料Aprofessorenteredtheclassroomandtoldthestudentsaboutasurprisetest.Allstudentswere（1）andwaitedforthetesttobegin.Theprofessorgavethetestpaperstoallstudentswithtextfacingdownatthedesk.（2）hewasdonewith（3）thetesttoallstudents,heaskedthemto（4）thetestpaperandbegin.

Studentswereconfused(迷惑)toseethattherewasjustablack（5）inthecenterofthepage.Theprofessortoldthem,“Iwantyouto（6）aboutwhatyouseethere.”Thestudentswere（7）confusedbutgotstartedwiththetest.8theendoftheclass,theprofessorcollectedallanswersheetsandstartedreadingeachanswerfromeachsheetinfrontofallstudents.

（9）ofthemdescribedabouttheblackdotandtriedtoexplainitsposition.

Now,profesorbegantoexplain,“Hereeveryone（10）theblackdotandwroteaboutit（11）noonewroteaboutthewhitepaper.Thesameis（12）ourlives.Thewhitepaperstandsforourwholelifeandtheblackdot（13）problemsinourlife.

Ourlifeisa（14）giventousbyGod,withloveandcare,andwealwayshavereasonstocelebrate—ourfriendsaroundus,thejobthatprovidesuswitheverythingweneed.（15）,wejustfocusondaytodayproblemslikehealthissues,lackofmoney,problemsinrelationships,butwe16scethattheseproblemsarevery（17）comparedtoeverythingwehaveinourlives.”

Weshouldtrytotakeeyesoffour（18）ndenjoyeachmoment（19）lifegivesus.Behappyand（20）yourlifepositively.第4空填（）。(1分)A、openB、readC、defendD、turn正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查动词词义辨析。open意为“打开”;read意为“阅读”;defend意为“防守”;turn意为“把……翻过来”。根据上文withtextfacingdownatthedesk,所以现在老师要求学生翻试卷。故选D。

19、Frederick（）enteredthefinalcompetitionlastmonth.Hishobbyhasbroughthim(1分)A、successful;successB、successful;successfullyC、successfully;successD、successfully;successful正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查副词和名词。句意为：“Frederick上个月成功地进入了决赛，他的爱好使他成功了。”successfully为副词，意为“成功地”,success为名词，意为“成功”。修饰动词entered要用副词successfully;动词brought的宾语要用名词success。故选C,

20、Thepatientinsistedthathe_______illand_______tothehospital.

(1分)A、wasn’t,wasn’tsentB、wasn’t,shouldn’tbesentC、shouldn’tbe,wasn’tsentD、shouldn’tbe,shouldn’tbesent正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查insist的用法。句意：病人坚持说他没有病，他不应该被送往医院。第一空insist坚持认为讲时，它后面的从句不用虚拟，因为主句用的是过去时，所以从句也用过去式；第二空insist坚持要求讲时，它后面的从句应该用虚拟语气，谓语动词用should+动词原形，should可以省略，又因为patient与send之间是被动关系，故选B。

21、材料Standinginthestore'sentrance,I（1）thisstrangesight.MydadhadjustdroppedmeofftoshopforChristmas（2）,butmybrotherandhisfriendshadamorenoble（3）forshopping.

“DoyouthinkCaitlinwilllikethis?”oneoftheboysasked.Andmybrother,lookingrather（4）.wasstandinginfrontofashelfofsocks.“OK.Thepinkonewouldbeagoodidea,”I（5）.Hepickeduponeandpresentedittomefor（6）.

Theyusedupalltheir（7）,someofwhichtheyhadsavedupoverthecourseoftheyearforChristmasgifts.But,theyhadall（8）tospenditonCaitlin.

JustninedaysbeforeChristmas,Caitlin'shousehadbeen（9）tothegroundby（10）.Caitlinandherparentsallhadescaped.（11）,everythinginthehousewasengulfed(吞噬)inflames,includingtheChristmaspresents（12）tobewrapped(包装).

Theschoolwas（13）herbooksanduniforms.Andallthe（14）inCaitlin'sclassweretakinghershoppingforclotheswhiletheboyswereshoppingforthingslikescarvesandsocks.

Whenwegothome,mybrotherbroughteverythinghehad（15）forCaitlintomyroomtomakesureIthoughtshe'dlikeeverything.

“Ithinkshe'llloveeverything.”Isaid,and（16）him,eventhoughhetriedtopushmeaway.Iwasso（17）ofhimatthatmoment.He（18）allhissavingsforanewskate-board（19）forafriendwhoneededaChristmaspresentmorethanhedid.Hehad,throughthisactofapureheart,captured(捕获)thetrue(20)ofChristmas。第14空填（）。(1分)A、friendsB、girlsC、colleaguesD、parents正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查名词词义辨析。friends意为“朋友”;girls意为“女孩”;colleagues意为“同事”;parents意为“父母”。根据下文的whiletheboys可知，Caitlin班上所有的女孩带她去买衣服。故选B,

22、I'dlike（）awordwithyou.(1分)A、hadB、havingC、tohaveD、have正确答案选项：参考答案：C

23、Itwasattheverybeginning（）Mr.Smithmadeadecision（）weshouldsendforadoctor.(1分)A、what;thatB、that;whichC、which;thatD、that;that正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查强调句和同位语从句。句意为：“就在刚开始Snith先生做出了决定，我们应该去请一名医生。”强调句结构：“Itis/was+被强调部分+that/who+句子其他成分.”,当被强调的是人时，用who或that,其余的情况一律用that。分析句子结构可知，本句强调的是时间状语attheverybeginning,应用that;“weshouldsendforadoctor”是说明“decision”内容的同位语从句，从句从意思到成分都是完整的，所以选择在名词性从句中不担任任何成分且无意义的that来引导。故选D。

24、材料

Besidesthisquestionofthetimegiventopronunciation,therearetwootherrequirementsfortheteacher:thefirst,knowledge;thesecond,technique.

Itisimportantthattheteachershouldbeinpossessionofthenecessaryinformation.Thiscangenerallybegotfrombooks.Itispossibletogetfrombookssomeideaofthespeech,andofwhatwecallgeneralphoneticrules.Itisalsopossibleinthiswaytogetaclearmentalpictureoftherelationshipbetweenthesoundsofdifferentlanguages,betweenthespeechhabitsofEnglishpeopleandthose,say,ofyourstudents.Unlesstheteacherhassuchapicture,anyexplanationshemakesonhisstudents'prounciationareunlikelytobeofmuchuse,andlessontimespentonpronunciationmaywellbewasted.

Butitdoesnotfollowthatyoucanteachpronunciationsuccessfullyassoonasyouhavereadthenecessarybooks.Itdepends,afterthat,whatuseyoumakeofyourknowledge;andthisisamatteroftechnique.

Nowthefirstandmostimportantpartofalanguageteacher'stechniqueishisownperformance,hisabilitytoshowoffthespokenlanguage,ineverydetailofsoundaswellasinfluentspeaking,sothatthestudent'sabilityforimitationisgiventhefullestspaceandencouragement.Theteacher,then,shouldbeasperfectamodelinthisfieldashecanmakehimself.Andtomakehisownperformancebetter,howeversatisfactorythismaybe,themodernteacherhasinhishandrecordingsandaradio,tosupplytherealvoicesofnativespeakers,or,iftheteacherhappenstobeanativespeakerhimself,orspeaksjustlikeone,thentochangethemethodofpresentingthelanguagematerial.

However,theprocessofshowingpronunciation,whetherbypersonalexampleorwiththehelpofmachines,isonlythebeginningofteachingpronunciation.Thetechniqueofteachingeachsoundalsoneedstobeconsidered.

Tosomeoneteachinghisownlanguagetoforeigners,mechanicalaidscan__(1分)A、

improve

his

own

performance

B、

replace

his

own

performanceC、

provide

examples

of

native

speech

D、

make

his

voice

louder正确答案选项：参考答案：C

25、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(10)选（）(1分)A、oughtto

B、might

C、haveto

D、needto正确答案选项：参考答案：B

26、—I'msorry;Ishouldn'thavebeensorudetoyou.—You（）yourtemperbutthat'sOK.(1分)K、A、havelostB、hadlostC、didloseD、werelosing正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查强调句。句意为：“-对不起，我不应该对你无理的。——你确实发脾气了，但没关系。”强调谓语时，可以用“助动词do/does/did十动词原形”。故选C。

27、Theproblem________atthemeetingyesterday.

(1分)A、cametoB、cameacrossC、cameupD、cameupwith正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：这个问题昨天在会上被提出来了。Acameto总计，达成；Bcameacross偶然遇到；Ccameup被提出；Dcameupwith跟上。故选C。

28、Mrs.Brownwasbornin1968andtoday，2021，isher________birthday.

(1分)A、fiftyB、53rdC、sixtieth正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查序数词，fifty五十，基数词；53rd第五十三，序数词；sixtieth第六十，序数词，表标…岁生日时，应用序数词，先排除A。根据句意＂Mrs.Brownwasbornin1968"可知，到现在Brown夫人应该是五十三岁了。故选B。

29、材料Considerthesesituations:Youhavejustreadanexcellentbookandwanttotellafriendaboutit.Youhaveseenanexcitingmovieandwantto（1）yourinstructortogotoseeit.Youhaveheardaninspiringlecture,andwantto（2）yournewfoundknowledgewitharoommatewhodidn'tattendthelecture.

Howtogivethistypeof（3）?Youcouldtelleverythingyou（4）aboutthebook,movie,orlecture,butyouwillprobablyjustwanttoselectthe（5）pointsandtellthesetoyourlistener.This,ofcourse,iscalledsummarizing.

Tocreateagoodsummary—onethatisbothaccurateandbrief—youneedtofollowtwosteps.First,（6）informationbyreading,takingnotes,orlisteningcarefullysothatyoursummaryisasbriefaspossiblebutstillaccurateand（7）.Youraudiencewillhelpyoudecidehowthoroughyouneedtobe.Ifyougiveyoursummaryto（8）perhapsforanexamination,itwillneedtobeextremelycomplete

（9）accurate.Youwillneedtokeepinmindany（10）yourinstructormighthavegivenyouduringthelecturetoindicatewhatheorsheconsidersespeciallyimportant.Ifyouaresummarizingamovieforafriend,youcanbelessthorough.Partofthetaskofsummarizingisknowingwhattoincludeandwhattoleaveout.

第(2)选（）(1分)A、share

B、talk

C、show

D、discuss正确答案选项：参考答案：A

30、—Doyouknowtheboyoverthere?—Theone__________isholdingaball?Oh,that’smyneighborPhil.

(1分)A、/B、whichC、who正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析句意:—―你认识那边的那个男孩吗?—一那个拿球的男孩吗?哦，那是我的邻居菲尔。考查定语从句的关系词辨析。which指物的关系代词;who指人的关系代词。根据句子结构，空格处所在句子是一个定语从句。先行词theone，指人，在从句中作主语，所以空格处填关系词who。故选C。

31、材料

Aspricesandbuildingcostskeeprising,the“do-it-yourself”(DIY)trendintheU.S.continuestogrow.

“Weneededfurnitureforourlivingroom,”saysJohnRoss,“andwejustdidn'thaveenoughmoneytobuyit.Sowedecidedtotrymakingafewtablesandchairs.”Johngotmarriedsixmonthsago,andlikemanyyoungpeoplethesedays,theyarestrugglingtomakeahomeatatimewhenthecostoflivingisveryhigh.TheRossestooka2-weekcoursefor$280atanightschool.Nowtheybuildalltheirfurnitureandmakerepairsaroundthehouse.

JimHatfieldhasthreeboysandhiswifedied.Hehasafull-timejobathomeaswellasinashoemakingfactory.Lastmonth,hereceivedacarrepairbillfor$420.“Iwasdeeplyupsetaboutit.NowI'vefinishedacarrepaircourse,Ishouldbeabletofixthecarbymyself.”

JohnandJimarenotunusualpeople.Mostfamiliesinthecountryaredoingeverythingtheycantosavemoneysotheycanfightthehighcostofliving.Ifyouwanttobecomea“do-ityouself”,youcangotoDIYclasses.Andforthosewhodon'thavetimetotakeacourse,therearebooksthattellyouhowyoucandothingsyourself.

JimHatfielddecidedtobecomeado-it-yourselferwhen_(1分)A、

his

car

repairs

cost

too

muchB、

the

car

repair

class

was

not

helpfulC、

he

could

not

possibly

do

two

jobsD、

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all

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himself正确答案选项：参考答案：A

32、I'msobusy.IfI（）time.I（）travelaround.(1分)A、have;wouldB、have;couldC、had;wouldD、had;will正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查虚拟语气。句意为：“我是那么忙。如果我有时间，我会周游世界。”if引导的虚拟条件句，与现在事实相反时，从句的谓语动词用过去式(be通常用were),主句用should/would/could/might+动词原形。故选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.Tim