Question

【題目】 It was one afternoon a few months after Tom and I were married. Max, Tom’s son walked into the dining room, where I was looking _______ my old photos.

These months I was learning to let Max come_______ on his own. If I moved too quickly, he ran away. If I was patient, we often ended up playing, laughing, and recently, even sitting together on the sofa with a book.

“Who’s that?” he pointed to one photo.

“My mom. I suppose she is your grandma Sylvia.”

“Cool. Who is that to me?”

“That was my grandfather. He died a few months ago.”

“Hmm. Too bad he had to die.”

Death is always a painful(痛苦的) _______ especially for a seven-year-old child who lost his mother only two years before. I secretly put away the pictures of dead relatives.

He began to finger through the photos. “Who is that to me?”

Under his finger I could see my own face. I should have known the answer to his question. But I said, “I’m your_______ mom. I’m sorry that your first mom died.”

“What should I call you?” he asked.

Mom, I wanted to cry. I held back.

“You can call me Mom or Betsy, _______ feels OK for you.”

I waited, _______ my new title.

“Sweet.” He said, walking out of the room.

For a couple of days after that, Max _______ a new title for me. “Can we go bowling?” “Can I watch TV?” he would ask, and follow the questions by mouthing Mom, _______ the word Mom was always silent.

One weekend, he suddenly said, “I notice I don’t call you Mom.”

“I noticed that too.”

“_______ I say Betsy, I mean Mom. Moms die, you know. I think it’s maybe __________ if you’re just Betsy.”

Tears(眼淚) were filling my eyes.

“Hey, Betsy?”

“Yeah,” I said, taking pleasure in the new announcement of my old name.

【1】A.forB.aroundC.upD.through

【2】A.fromB.trueC.closeD.back

【3】A.subjectB.presentC.messageD.information

【4】A.naturalB.pastC.onlyD.second

【5】A.neitherB.bothC.eitherD.every

【6】A.thinkingB.expectingC.waitingD.admiring

【7】A.worked outB.watched outC.took outD.came out

【8】A.soB.insteadC.butD.as

【9】A.UntilB.BeforeC.WhenD.Unless

【10】A.kinderB.saferC.sadderD.harder

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了新婚后不久的作者和丈夫前妻留下的小男孩馬克斯的生活故事。作者婚后想讓馬克斯叫自己媽媽，但馬克斯一直不肯叫，最后馬克斯才講出原因。他之所以不喊作者媽媽是因為媽媽會死，覺得叫作者名字可能會更安全一些。

【1】句意：湯姆的兒子馬克斯走進餐廳，我在那里瀏覽我的舊照片。

look for尋找；look around環(huán)顧四周；look up向上看，查閱；look through瀏覽。根據(jù)文意可知，此處表示“我在那里瀏覽翻我的舊照片”的含義，“瀏覽”用look through表示。故選D。

【2】句意：這幾個月我學(xué)著讓馬克斯自己走近我。

from從……；true正確的；close親密的；back返回。根據(jù)句意可知，此處表示“這幾個月我學(xué)著讓馬克斯自己走近我”的含義，構(gòu)成come close短語。故選C。

【3】句意：死亡總是一個痛苦的主題，特別是對于一個兩年前才失去母親的七歲孩子來說。

subject主題；present禮物；message消息；information信息。根據(jù)后文“especially for a seven-year-old child…I secretly put away the pictures of dead relatives.”可知，此處表示“死亡總是一個痛苦的主題”的含義。故選A。

【4】句意：我是你的第二個媽媽。你的第一個媽媽去世了，我很難過。

natural自然的；past過去的；only僅有的；second第二個。根據(jù)下文“I’m sorry that your first mom died”可知，我是馬克斯的第二個母親。故選D。

【5】句意：你可以叫我媽媽或貝琪，你想叫哪個都可以。

neither兩者都不；both兩者都；either兩者之一；every每個。根據(jù)上下文可以得知你可以叫我Mom或者Betsy，這是兩個選項，所以二者選一。故選C。

【6】句意：我等待著，期待著我的新頭銜。

thinking認為；expecting期待；waiting等待；admiring欽佩。根據(jù)句意可以得知，我在等待并且期待我的新的稱呼。故選B。

【7】句意：在那之后的幾天里，馬克斯為我想出了一個新頭銜。

worked out算出；watched out小心；took out拿出；came out出版。根據(jù)句意可知，一段時間之后，Max想出了我的新稱呼，work out有“解決、想出”之意。故選A。

【8】句意：然后跟著說出“媽媽”這個詞，但是“媽媽”這個詞總是不發(fā)聲的。

so所以；instead而不是；but但是；as因為。分析“and follow the questions by mouthing Mom, ___8___ the word Mom was always silent.”可知，前后兩句構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，表示“但是”的含義。故選C。

【9】句意：當我說貝琪的時候，我是說媽媽。

Until直到；Before在……之前；When當……時；Unless除非。根據(jù)文意可知，此處表示“當我說貝琪的時候，我是說媽媽”的含義。故選C。

【10】句意：我覺得如果你只是貝琪的話會更安全些。

kinder更善良；safer更安全；sadder更傷心；harder更難。分析文意可知，此處表示“我覺得如果你只是貝琪的話會更安全些”的含義，因為馬克斯怕我會像他生母一樣會去世。故選B。