When my husband and I got married, he worked as a mechanic (機(jī)修工) from midnight to 8 a．m. However, I worked during the __ . So as he came home from work each morning, I was getting ready to _ _.

We had very little __ then, so when Valentine's Day came around that first year, I knew we couldn't ___ _ anything for each other. After he left to go to work the night before Valentine's Day, I decided to ___ _ and make a Valentine's Day card for him. I ___ wrote a poem on the front of the card. When he came home the next __ _， I felt foolish as I handed him the card, ___ _ that he wouldn't laugh at it. When he had finished ___ _ it, he slowly raised his head and looked at me. Then he reached down into his pocket. When he pulled his ___ _ out, he was holding __ .

He told me that he had _32_ it for me during his lunch hour, but he had been ___ _ to give it to me because he thought I might think it was ___ _， and that I might laugh at it.

It was a small heart made out of aluminum (鋁). ___ _ I had stayed up all night making him a valentine card, he had been cutting out a __ _ for me. I still have the aluminum heart, and I ___ it in my desk. Every time I see it, all those ___ _ come flooding back to me. Over the years, we've been able to buy each other very nice, __ presents for Valentine's Day. But none has ever been as dear or ___ _ as much as those handmade gifts made from our hearts the first year that we were married.

1.A. day B. night C. weekend D. holiday

2.A. cook B. leave C. rest D. help

3.A. time B. chance C. money D. energy

4.A. buy B. choose C. find D. borrow

5.A. look out B. call back C. slow down D. stay up

6.A. still B. only C. even D. again

7.A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. evening

8.A. imagining B. hoping C. guessing D. noticing

9.A. studying B. reading C. examining D. playing

10.A. hand B. foot C. arm D. leg

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

12.A. written B. drawn C. made D. invented

13.A. surprised B. happy C. angry D. afraid

14.A. wrong B. difficult C. dangerous D. silly

15.A. Before B. Though C. While D. If

16.A. heart B. card C. toy D. book

17.A. change B. keep C. cut D. divide

18.A. problems B. pains C. memories D. choices

19.A. strange B. special C. expensive D. satisfying

20.A. meant B. proved C. influenced D. explained

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是結(jié)婚后的第一年，作者和丈夫由于經(jīng)常拮據(jù)，都沒錢給對(duì)方買情人節(jié)禮物，于是他們決定自己動(dòng)手做禮物。

1.A考查名詞辨析A. Day白天；B. night夜晚；C. weekend周末；D. holiday假期；根據(jù)文中提到丈夫的工作時(shí)間是from midnight to 8am,及隨后的轉(zhuǎn)折詞however,推測(cè)可知 ，作者都是在白天工作。

2.2】B考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. cook烹飪；B. leave離開；C. rest休息；D. help幫助；句意：每當(dāng)丈夫每天早晨下班回家時(shí)，作者已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備離開，故選B 項(xiàng)。

3.3】C考查名詞辨析A. time 時(shí)間；B. chance機(jī)會(huì)；C. money 錢；D. energy能量；根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知作者夫婦當(dāng)時(shí)沒有什么錢，所以他們買不起情人節(jié)的禮物。

4.4】A考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. buy 買；B. choose造反 C. find發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. borrow借。根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知作者夫婦當(dāng)時(shí)沒有什么錢，所以他們買不起情人節(jié)的禮物。

5.5】D考查短語辨析A. look out小心；B. call back回電話；C. slow down 減速；D. stay up熬夜；根據(jù)文中提到the night before Valentine's Day可知，作者決定熬夜給丈夫幫個(gè)情人節(jié)的卡片。下段的stayed up 也提示了本題的答案。

6.6】C考查副詞辨析A. still仍然；B. only僅僅；C. even甚至；D. again再次 句意：除了卡片之外，作者甚至還寫了首詩，故選C 甚至。

7.7】A考查名詞辨析A. morning早上；B. noon中午；C. afternoon下午；D. evening晚上；根據(jù)第一段提到from midnight to 8 a．m.及as he came home from work each morning可知是在早上；

8.8】B考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. imagining想象；B. hoping希望；C. guessing猜測(cè)；D. noticing注意；句意：作者覺得自己很愚蠢，所以才會(huì)希望丈夫不會(huì)笑話她。

9.9】B考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. studying學(xué)習(xí)；B. reading閱讀；C. examining檢查；D. playing玩；句意：作者把卡片遞給丈夫后，丈夫自然 是在閱讀卡片及上面的詩，故選B項(xiàng)。

10.0】A考查名詞辨析A. hand手；B. foot腳；C. arm胳膊；D. leg腿；根據(jù)上一句話提到Then he reached down into his pocket.及本句話中的holding可知，能伸進(jìn)口袋又可以握著東西的應(yīng)該是手，故選A 項(xiàng)。

11.1】D考查代詞辨析A. everything一切；B. anything任何；C. nothing 什么也沒有；D. something一些；根據(jù)下段提到It was a small heart made out of aluminum (鋁).可知，丈夫手里拿著鋁刻出來的桃心，故用something來代指這個(gè)桃心。

12.2】C考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. written寫；B. drawn畫；C. made制作；D. invented邀請(qǐng)；根據(jù)下方提到make out of 及cutting 可知，作者得知丈夫利用午飯休息時(shí)間給作者做禮物，故選C項(xiàng)。

13.3】D考查形容詞辨析A. surprised吃驚的；B. happy 高興的；C. angry生氣的；D. afraid害怕的；根據(jù)本段中作者的擔(dān)心I felt foolish…h(huán)e would laugh at it 可推測(cè)，作者夫婦的擔(dān)心是一樣的，都害怕對(duì)方 認(rèn)為自己的禮物很傻，笑話自己，故選D項(xiàng)。

14.4】D考查形容詞辨析A. wrong錯(cuò)的；B. difficult難的；C. dangerous危險(xiǎn)；D. silly愚蠢的；根據(jù)本段中作者的擔(dān)心I felt foolish…h(huán)e would laugh at it 可推測(cè)，作者夫婦的擔(dān)心是一樣的，都害怕對(duì)方 認(rèn)為自己的禮物很傻，笑話自己，故選D項(xiàng)。

15.5】C考查連詞辨析A. Before之前；B. Though雖然；C. While雖然； D. If如果；此處將作者熬夜給丈夫做卡片和丈夫給自己做桃心進(jìn)行對(duì)比，故選C項(xiàng)。

16.6】A考查名詞辨析A. heart 心；B. card 卡片；C. toy玩具；D. book書；根據(jù)本段提到的I still have the aluminum heart可推斷出選A項(xiàng)。

17.7】B考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. change改變；B. keep保持；C. cut砍；D. divide分開；根據(jù)下句話提到every time I see it 可知，作者把這顆桃心入在了桌子 里保存，故選B項(xiàng)。

18.8】C考查名詞辨析A. problems問題；B. pains疼痛；C. memories記憶；D. choices選擇；根據(jù)文中的大意可知上文是作者的回憶，故memories符合此處的語境。

19.9】C考查形容詞辨析A. strange奇怪的；B. special特殊的；C. expensive昂貴的；D. satisfying令人滿意的；這里是將多年后與作者夫婦 婚后第一年進(jìn)行對(duì)比，故這里指作者夫婦現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)能夠給對(duì)方買得起昂貴的情人節(jié)禮物，故選C項(xiàng)。

20.20】A考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. meant意味著；B. proved證明；C. influenced影響；D. explained解釋；根據(jù)全文不難判斷，第一年作者夫婦自己動(dòng)手做的情人節(jié)禮物對(duì)他們來說意味著很多，故選A項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。

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