Question

【題目】 When I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (拋接球游戲) with me. I wasn’t very _______ , but he would encourage me. He was _______ telling me “keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to _______ even the easiest of throws.

As I got older, we didn’t play catch as much. If I had a problem, I would go to my father to ask for his _______ . He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. We would both_______ because usually that advice did not apply to (適用于) the problem, but he would _______ to make me smile.

My father became ill in 1995 when I was 23. As he suffered from a stroke (中風), he could not _______ . There weren’t any more conversations. He could only mouth words, which were sometimes hard to understand. After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at_______ his lips (嘴唇), even better than the nurses who were _______ him.

During our last conversation, I was telling him about a problem I was having with my work. Once again, I could read his lips: “Keep your eye on the ball.” We both smiled.

That was the ________ time I saw my father before he passed away. Since then, “keep your eye on the ball” has become a way for me to get rid of stress.

【1】A.badB.goodC.happyD.interested

【2】A.alwaysB.neverC.hardlyD.rarely

【3】A.touchB.catchC.breakD.see

【4】A.moneyB.informationC.adviceD.dream

【5】A.cryB.waveC.laughD.hit

【6】A.tryB.refuseC.forgetD.avoid

【7】A.seeB.hearC.eatD.speak

【8】A.readingB.findingC.checkingD.wiping

【9】A.looking atB.playing withC.caring forD.hearing from

【10】A.nearestB.firstC.hardestD.last

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】C

【6】A

【7】D

【8】A

【9】C

【10】D

【解析】

文章大意：我小的時候父親喜歡和我玩接球游戲。我玩得不好，但是我們還是會一起玩。父親經常說：“要集中注意力”。我長大了，有麻煩事時，總是找父親尋求建議，父親開玩笑地說：“要集中注意力”，我們就會開心起來。父親生病去世后，我依然會時常想起那句話“要集中注意力”。

【1】

句意：我玩得不好，但是他會鼓勵我。

bad壞的；good好的；happy高興的；interested有趣的。根據(jù)下文but he would encourage me. 但是他會鼓勵我，可知應該是我玩的不好，故答案選B。

【2】

句意：他總是告訴我“要集中注意力”。

always總是、一直；never從不；hardly幾乎不；rarely很少地。根據(jù)上文but he would encourage me. 但是他會鼓勵我，再結合下文，可知應該總是告訴我“要集中注意力”，故答案選A。

【3】

句意：因為即使是最簡單的投球，我也接不住。

touch觸摸；catch接、抓住；break打破；see看見。根據(jù)后面的even the easiest of throws即使是最簡單的投球，可知應該是最簡單的投球也接不住，故答案選B。

【4】

句意：如果我有問題，我會去找我父親征求他的意見。

money錢；information信息；advice建議；dream夢想。根據(jù)下文because usually that advice did not apply to (適用于) the problem，因為通常情況下，這個建議并不適用于這個問題，可知當有問題時，應該是去找父親尋求建議，故答案選C。

【5】

句意：我們都會笑，因為通常情況下，這個建議并不適用于這個問題。

cry哭泣；wave擺手；laugh笑；hit打擊。根據(jù)上文He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. 他會跟我開玩笑說“要集中注意力”。以及下文because usually that advice did not apply to (適用于) the problem, 因為通常情況下，這個建議并不適用于這個問題。由此可知我們（父親和我）兩個都會笑，故答案選C。

【6】

句意：但他想要我笑。

try嘗試；refuse拒絕；forget忘記；avoid避免。聯(lián)系上文語境父親給出的建議并不適用于這個問題，結合but he would__6__to make me smile.由轉折詞but，可知父親是盡力想要逗我去笑，try to do sth.盡力做某事，故答案選A。

【7】

句意：由于中風，他不能說話。

see看見；hear聽見；eat吃；speak說。根據(jù)下文There weren’t any more conversations. He could only mouth words,可知是因為中風，父親不能說話了，故答案選D。

【8】

句意：不久，我似乎能很好地讀懂他的嘴唇。

reading讀；finding發(fā)現(xiàn)；checking核對；wiping擦拭。根據(jù)After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at__8__his lips (嘴唇),結合下文，可知是不久之后，我似乎能很好地讀懂他的嘴唇，故答案選A。

【9】

句意：甚至比照顧他的護士還好。

looking at看；playing with和……一起玩；caring for照顧；hearing from得到……的消息。聯(lián)系上文語境我似乎能很好地讀懂他的嘴唇，結合even better than the nurses who were__9__him.由the nurses，可知應該是比那些照顧他的護士還要好，故答案選C。

【10】

句意：那是我父親去世前最后一次見到他。

nearest最近的；first第一；hardest最難的；last最后的。根據(jù)后半句before he passed away.在他去世之前，可知應該是去世前最后一次見到他，thelast time最后一次，故答案選D。