My family came to America in 1985.__1__of us spoke a word of English.Each morning，I disliked going to school for fear of not __2__what people were saying.

Very soon my mother noticed something was__3__me.The pain and care I saw in her moon?shaped eyes made me burst into tears.I explained to her the __4__I had of going to school.“Learning English is not__5__，” my mother said.She cheerfully __6__the two of us work together to learn the language at home.The__7__and determination my mother had were admirable because English was as __8__ to her as it was to me.

That afternoon，I saw my mother in a different light as she __9__me by the school fence.Although she was the__10__of all the mothers there，her face with her welcoming smile and big，black eyes was the most __11__.The afternoon sun shone__12__on her long，black hair creating an atmosphere that __13__ her from others.

My mother and I immediately began reading together and __14__five new words a day.My mother，with her encouraging __15__，made the routine fun and interesting.The fact that she was sacrificing her__16__ time before going to work so that I could learn English made me see the __17__she possessed.Very soon I began to comprehend what everyone was saying.

It has been seven years since that reading __18__with my mother.She is now 43 and in her second year at college.My brother and I have a strong __19__ of who we are because of the strong values my mother established for herself and her children.My__20__and gratitude for her are endless.This is why my mother is truly the guiding light of my life.

 

1A.All B．One C．Some D．None

解析：剛到美國，家人中沒有人會說英語。

答案：D

2A.hearing B．mastering　 C．understanding D．noticing

解析：作者擔(dān)心聽不懂別人說的話。

答案：C

3A.changing B．disappointing

C．hurting 　D．troubling

解析：trouble作及物動詞，意思是“使煩惱，使焦慮”。句意：不久，母親注意到有件事使我煩惱。其他三項分別為“改變；使失望；傷害”，和文章上下文不相符。

答案：D

4A.fear　　 B．emotion　 C．sense D．difficulty

解析：作者向母親解釋自己怕去上學(xué)。have fear of doing sth.“害怕做某事”，和上下文文意相符。

答案：A

5A.dull B．necessary　 C．impossible　 D．easy

解析：母親說學(xué)英語不是不可能的，表明了她的決心和信心。

答案：C

6A.decided B．suggested C．promised D．a(chǎn)llowed

解析：句意：她高興地建議我們兩人在家一起學(xué)英語。suggest sb.(should) do sth.“建議某人做某事”，符合上下文。

答案：B

7A.hope　　 B．consideration　 C．confidence　 D．progress

解析：句意：母親的信心和決心令人佩服。

答案：C

8A.new　　 B．strange　 C．familiar D．rough

解析：母親和作者都沒有學(xué)過英語，故英語對她們來說是新事物。

答案：A

9A.sent for B．picked up C．waited for　 D．looked for

解析：母親去接孩子，應(yīng)是在校外等候，故C項正確。

答案：C

10A.earliest　 B．latest　 C．tallest D．shortest

解析：句意：盡管她是在場的所有母親中最矮的，但她的表情卻是最有希望的。

答案：D

11A.promising B．relaxing　 C．confusing　 D．exciting

解析：promising“有希望的”，指母親的表情讓我看到希望。

答案：A

12A.directly B．brightly　 C．slightly D．clearly

解析：句意：下午的陽光明亮地照在她那長長的烏發(fā)上，產(chǎn)生了一種美感，使她與眾不同。

答案：B

13A.separated　 B．distinguished　 C．saved D．prevented

解析：distinguish“使……有別于，使有特色”。其他三項不符合句意。

答案：B

14A.discussing B．reviewing　 C．memorizing D．writing

解析：根據(jù)句意，作者和母親每天記五個單詞，故C項符合題意。

答案：C

15A.virtue B．teaching　 C．a(chǎn)ttitude D．skill

解析：句意：母親態(tài)度積極，令人鼓舞，使每天的安排富有趣味。

答案：C

16A.working B．shopping　 C．learning D．resting

解析：工作前的時間應(yīng)是休息時間。

答案：D

17A.determination B．kindness　　 C．trick D．consciousness

解析：母親犧牲休息時間陪作者學(xué)英語，使作者意識到母親所具有的決心。

答案：A

18A.experience B．course　 C．practice　 D．comprehension

解析：根據(jù)上文，作者所描述的是與母親一起學(xué)英語的經(jīng)歷，故選A項。

答案：A

19A.sense B．duty　 C．influence D．intention

解析：have a sense of...“具有……的意識”。句意：母親為她自己和子女樹立的價值觀使我和弟弟強(qiáng)烈意識到我們要做什么樣的人。

答案：A

20A.care B．a(chǎn)dmiration 　C．feeling D．envy

解析：admiration“欽佩，贊賞”。句意：我對母親的欽佩和感激是無限的。

答案：B

 

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