Question

The Quiet Hero

It was Mother's Day, the day we celebrate everything about mothers and everything we do.But I'll ____ that Sunday in 1996 was bitter and sweet for me.As a single mother I ____ to think of my shortcomings—how many evenings I couldn't spend with my children，and how many things I couldn't ____ my waitress's salary to buy.

But what ____ kids I had！My daughter Maria was a senior in college and Denny was at home from his freshman year at Harvard University.They were ___ impolite enough to complain，but there were so much more I ____ I had done for them.I just hoped they ____.

As I walked into the ____ quietly to start breakfast，I was greeted by a vase ___ a dozen red roses！When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them？But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them，in the quick，manly ____ of an eighteen?year?old.It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago.It ____：...she took a day off from her busy ____ to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium.It took 3.5 hours just to get there，and they had to be there early ____ he could see his hero take batting practice.___ their arrival，she took her hard?earned money to buy an over?priced T?shirt on which was ____ his hero making a diving catch.After the game，of course he had to ___ his hero's signature，so she stayed with the little boy ____ one o'clock in the morning...

It took me long enough to ___ it，but I finally know who the ____ hero is.Mom，I love you!

And suddenly，it was a ___ Mother's Day，after all.

1.A.admit B．a(chǎn)dopt C．deny D．refuse

2.A.intended B．liked C．tended D．hesitated

3.A.stress B．spare C．strengthen D．spend

4.A.poor B．great C．faithless D．pretty

5.A.merely B．usually C．never D．often

6.A.wished B．hoped C．expected D．desired

7.A.supported B．understood C.approved D．disgusted

8.A.living?room B．kitchen C．bedroom D．study

9.A.including B．containing C．possessing D．pinning

10.A.handwriting B．description C．tone D．scratch

11.A.wrote B．recorded C．memorized D．read

12.A.event B．content C．schedule D．circumstance

13.A.or B．for C．but D．so

14.A.At B．In C．On D．By

15.A.impressed B．printed C．presented D．pressed

16.A.buy B．a(chǎn)bandon C．get D．swap

17.A.before B．until C．a(chǎn)fter D．when

18.A.see B．hear C．realize D．tell

19.A.actual B．true C．imaginary D．visual

20.A.sad B．bitter C．happy D．exciting

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

1.從文段語(yǔ)意可以看出admit“承認(rèn)”合適，其他三項(xiàng)在此講不通。

2.tend to do sth.“趨向于做某事”，此處表示“由于是一名單親媽媽，我常(自然不自然地)想到自己的不足(即自己感覺(jué)愧對(duì)孩子)”。

3.結(jié)合上下文可知此處用spare“勻出，擠出”，表示“有多少我無(wú)法從女侍者的薪水中勻出來(lái)買的東西”，根據(jù)句中出現(xiàn)的to buy，可排除D項(xiàng)。

4.從后文對(duì)子女的介紹(女兒Maria是大學(xué)四年級(jí)的學(xué)生，兒子Denny是哈佛大學(xué)新生)可知，此處用great，表示兒女是多么出色。

5.用never(impolite)to...“從不……而是……”。

6.上文表示兒女是好樣的，未曾抱怨什么，而“我”感覺(jué)有那么多我希望為他們做的事而事實(shí)上沒(méi)有做到，此處用wish“(不切實(shí)際地)希望，企望”，體現(xiàn)自己心有余而力不足。

7.用understand表示希望兒女“理解”。

8.由后文to start breakfast可知是進(jìn)入廚房。

9.此處的意思為“裝著一打玫瑰花的花瓶”。

10.根據(jù)上文中出現(xiàn)的note(便條，短信)和下文中的story(故事)可知，此處為handwriting(書(shū)法)。

11.前面出現(xiàn)的兩個(gè)It均指“the note”。表示便條上寫著什么時(shí)常用The note reads/says...。

12.根據(jù)第一段中“how many evenings I couldn't spend with my children”和下文所述可知，此處用schedule表示“繁忙的工作安排”。

13.此處用so(that)引出目的——“以便于他看到自己心目中的英雄的擊球訓(xùn)練”。

14.on one's arrival“某人一到達(dá)”，屬固定搭配。

15.結(jié)合生活常識(shí)可知，用printed表示買了一件“上面印著英雄前沖接球的T恤衫”。

16.考慮孩子的“追星”心理并結(jié)合生活中的現(xiàn)象可知，孩子“要得到心目中英雄的簽名”，故用get。

17.根據(jù)行文邏輯和生活常識(shí)可知，用until表示“她陪兒子一直到凌晨一點(diǎn)”。

18.由上下文可知，此處用realize表示兒子思想意識(shí)的頓悟，即意識(shí)到媽媽的偉大。

19.從下一句“Mom，I love you！”可知，只有true“真正的”能體現(xiàn)說(shuō)話者表達(dá)的情感。

20.讀了兒子的信，做母親的很自然的心理感受是“幸福的”。故用happy。