Question

“I wouldn’t buy that woman a Mother’s Day card, even if my life depended upon it,” said the woman standing by the card shelf at Wal-Mart. I looked up and saw a(n) of total complaint and dislike.

Having been at a Florida orphanage at age four, I never knew what it felt like to have a mother or a father. Never once had I received a hug or a kiss from my parents. That part of my life is a total .

She looked up, saw me looking at her and angrily, “Just what are you looking at, you fool?”

“Sorry Ma’am. I never had a mother, and I was by your words.” I reached over and picked up a nice-looking , opened it and began to read, “Thank you for being my mother.”

“Do you think your mother would like that card? Mine would, I think,” I said.

“Do you know what it is like to be at for years, and never be told that you are loved?” she asked.

“My mother didn’t me, let alone shout. She just took me to the orphanage where I stayed until I grew up,” I replied.

“Don’t you her?” she asked.

“Oh, I can’t. She’s my mother. Being a mother is a position to be , even if she is not a very nice person,” I told her. The woman stood there her head.

I looked down at the floor and said, “I know your mother might have done a lot of things that you. It appears as if you hate her. But I can tell you this from my that disliking her, or even hating her, feels nowhere near as as never having known a mother at all—good or bad. At least, you feel . For me, it’s all just a large blank of loneliness inside my heart, and that’s I’ll feel until I die.”

The woman stood there for a moment. , she reached out, took the card from my hand, smelled it, and placed it in her cart.

After she left, I a nice card for my mother. I took it home, it, and placed it with the other Mother and Father’s Days cards bought all these years, each marked “Address Unknown”.

1.A. idea B. appearance C. expression D.impression

2.A. deserted B. lost C. reserved D. rescued

3.A. dark B. pain C. misfortune D. blank

4.A. requested B. considered C. screamed D. refused

5.A. relieved B. annoyed C. disappointed D. shocked

6.A. cart B. card C. book D. magazine

7.A. simply B. largely C. originally D. basically

8.A. shouted B. glared C. laughed D. pointed

9.A. set aside B. leave behind C. care about D. know about

10.A. miss B. love C. accuse D. hate

11.A. depended B. obeyed C. respected D. observed

12.A. shaking B. dropping C. raising D. nodding

13.A. hurt B. blamed C. disturbed D. punished

14.A. conscience B. efforts C. experiences D. nature

15.A. fragile B. lonely C. hateful D. anxious

16.A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something

17.A. whether B. how C. where D. why

18.A. Cheerfully B. Eagerly C. Hesitantly D. Seriously

19.A. picked out B. packed up C. brought out D. took up

20.A. mended B. exposed C. addressed D. signed

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析:本文講述了“我”作為一位孤兒，在商店挑選母親節(jié)賀卡時(shí)，通過對一位女士的勸說，使得她對母親的看法有所改觀，并購買了賀卡，文章同時(shí)也揭露“我”作為孤兒在缺乏母愛的狀況。

1.觀色，女士不喜歡她的母親，不僅通過她的言語，也通過她的可以表情看出來A. idea主意，想法；B. appearance外貌，外觀;；C. expression臉色，態(tài)度，腔調(diào)；D. impression印象，感覺; 通過比較詞義，這里expression更為貼切，它是由動(dòng)作者主觀表現(xiàn)出來的，而appearance更在意其客觀相貌， I looked up and saw a(n) expression of total complaint and dislike句意：我抬起頭，看到一張充滿厭惡和失望的臉。故選C

2. deserted丟開，拋棄; B. lost遺失，失去；C. reserved保留，儲備

D. rescued營救，救援；“我”是母親丟在孤兒院的孩子，是被母親deserted拋棄了，而不是lost遺失，reserved和rescued這里表意牽強(qiáng)。Having been deserted at a Florida orphanage at age four, I never knew what it felt like to have a mother or a father句意：四歲那年，我被遺棄在佛羅里達(dá)州的一家孤兒院里，我從來不知道擁有母親或者父親會(huì)是什么感覺。故選A

3. Never once had I received a hug or a kiss from my parents我從未得到過父母的一個(gè)擁抱、一個(gè)親吻 得知父愛和母愛從未在“我”生命里出現(xiàn)過，對于“我”來說，自然不知道擁有它們的感受。所以 That part of my life is a total blank我生命的這部分完全是一片空白。這里“我”是無法同女士感同身受的，只是客觀闡述事實(shí)。故選D

4. fool你這個(gè)傻子；She looked up, saw me looking at her and screamed angrily句意：那位女士抬起頭，看見我在注視著她，便尖叫起來。故選C

5. Ma’am. I never had a mother, and I was 35 by your words.” 句意：“對不起，夫人。我沒有母親，你說的話讓我大吃一驚�！惫蔬xD

6. I reached over and picked up a nice-looking card , opened it and began to read句意我伸手挑了一張漂亮的賀卡，打開并念起上面的文字。故選B

7. simply不過，僅僅; B. largely大規(guī)模地;豐富地；C. originally起初，獨(dú)創(chuàng)地；D. basically主要地;基本上; 母親節(jié)是孩子感恩母親的節(jié)日。僅僅因?yàn)樗�是母親，最起碼要感謝生育之恩�！癟hank you simply for being my mother.”句意：“謝謝您，就因?yàn)槟�是我的母親�！惫蔬xA

8. you know what it is like to be shouted at for years, and never be told that you are loved?” she asked. “你知道多年來一直忍受她的吼叫，并且從未聽她說過她愛我，那是什么感覺嗎？”她問。故選A

9. set aside把…放置一旁; 不理會(huì); B. leave behind忘帶; 留下; 丟棄;C. care about關(guān)心;在乎;擔(dān)憂; D. know about知道，了解；“我”的母親都沒關(guān)心過我，哪怕是責(zé)罵我。這種冷漠已經(jīng)絕情。My mother didn’t care about me, let alone shout句意：我母親根本不在乎我，更沒有對我吼叫過。故選C

10. hate you her?” she asked. 句意：“你不恨她嗎？”她問。故選D

11. 考查動(dòng)詞辨析。母親理應(yīng)被尊重。A. depended依賴;信賴; B. obeyed服從，遵守；C. respected尊重，尊敬;D. observed 遵守，觀察；Being a mother is a position to be respected, even if she is not a very nice person句意：身為母親，就應(yīng)該受到尊重，即使你的母親不是一個(gè)很好相處的人。故選C

12. 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。“我”的只言片語還不足以使得女士轉(zhuǎn)變觀念，而是下文中我繼續(xù)說理才打動(dòng)那位女士。A. shaking搖動(dòng); B. dropping（使）落下；C. raising上升；D. nodding點(diǎn)頭 The woman stood there shaking her head句意：女人站在那里，搖頭。故選A

13. hurt有害，損害；B. blamed 指責(zé)，責(zé)怪：C. disturbed使不安，使煩惱；D. punished處罰;嚴(yán)厲對付；這里disturbed較為貼切，家人之間談不上損害和處罰。I know your mother might have done a lot of things that disturbed you句意：我知道，你母親也許做了很多令你不開心的事。故選A

14. conscience良心;道德心;B. efforts努力，嘗試; C. experiences經(jīng)驗(yàn)，經(jīng)歷；D. nature天性，本質(zhì)；“我”的經(jīng)歷是女士不曾體會(huì)的，由此可以給她帶來更多的啟示。But I can tell you this from my experiences that disliking her句意：但是，我可以憑我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)告訴你。故選C

15. 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。女士雖是被母親吼，但與一個(gè)孤苦伶仃、連母親都不知道是誰的“我”相比，還是幸福太多。lonely孤獨(dú)；disliking her, or even hating her, feels nowhere near as lonely as never having known a mother at all—good or bad句意：討厭她，甚至是恨她，絕對不會(huì)像根本不知道自己的母親是誰那么孤獨(dú)。故選B

16. 一切，但也好于nothing 什么都沒有。At least, you feel something.句意：至少你會(huì)感覺到一些東西。故選D

17. how 在這里可譯為“這種感覺”，指代文中“我”的感受For me, it’s all just a large blank of loneliness inside my heart, and that’s how I’ll feel until I die.句意：而我什么都感覺不到，我的內(nèi)心深處，只感到巨大的空白和孤獨(dú)。這種感覺會(huì)一直持續(xù)到我死去的那一刻。故選B

18. Cheerfully歡樂地;愉快地; B. Eagerly渴望地，熱切地；C. Hesitantly遲疑地，躊躇地；D. Seriously認(rèn)真地;嚴(yán)肅地; 這里Hesitantly遲疑地，躊躇地比較恰當(dāng)。Hesitantly, she reached out, took the card from my hand, smelled it, and placed it in her cart.句意：她慢慢地伸過手來，拿走我手上的賀卡，聞了一下，把它放進(jìn)了購物車。故選C

19. 考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. picked out挑選; B. packed up打包;C. brought out出版; D. took up拿起; 賀卡需要挑選。After she left, I picked out a nice card for my mother句意: 她離開以后，我又挑了一張漂亮的卡片。故選A

20. mended修理，修補(bǔ); B. exposed揭露;暴露C. addressed演說;稱呼D. signed簽名; 這里指給賀卡簽名。I took it home, signed it, and placed it with the other Mother and Father’s Days cards bought all these years, each marked “Address Unknown”. 我把它帶回家，簽上名字，然后把它與多年來我所買的那些母親節(jié)和父親節(jié)卡片放在一起，每一張都寫著“不詳”。故選D

考點(diǎn)：考查細(xì)節(jié)理解和詞義辨析