Question

【題目】 Father was a hardworking man who tried his best to support his wife and three children. He spent all his evenings attending classes, hoping to improve himself so that he could one day find a better-paid job, except for Sundays. Father________ate a meal together with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted to provide his family with the best things that money could buy.

Whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he ________that he was doing all this for them. But he often wished to spend more time with his family.

The day came when the examination results were________. To his joy, father passed with a good mark! Soon after, he was offered a good job as a senior supervisor, which paid quite well.

However, the family still did not get to see father for most of the week. He continued to work very hard, hoping to get the________of manager. Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them.

Father’s hard word paid off and he was promoted. Excitedly, he decided to hire a maid so his wife did not have to do the housework any more. He also felt that their three-room flat was not longer big enough, and it would be nice for his family to be able to enjoy the comfort of a condominium. Having experienced the rewards of his hard work many times before, father decided to further his studies and work at being promoted again. The family still did not get to see much of him again.

As expected, father’s hard work________again and he bought a beautiful condominium near the coast of Singapore. On the first Sunday evening in their new home, father told his family that he had decided not to take one more________or pursue any more promotions. From then on he was going to spend more time with his family.

Father did not wake up the next day.

【1】A.oftenB.frequentlyC.hardlyD.never

【2】A.defendedB.foundC.realizedD.reasoned

【3】A.announcedB.madeC.guessedD.produced

【4】A.locationB.positionC.nameD.title

【5】A.took offB.paid offC.turned offD.set off

【6】A.troubleB.stressC.coursesD.routes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】B

【6】C

【解析】

【1】句意：爸爸幾乎不和家人一起吃飯。

考查副詞辨析。often經(jīng)常；frequently頻繁地，經(jīng)常；hardly幾乎不；never從不，絕不。由上文“He spent all his evenings...except for Sundays.”可知，“除了星期天，他用所有的晚上時(shí)間上課”，所以“他幾乎不能和家人一起吃飯”。故選C。

【2】句意：每當(dāng)這家人抱怨他……時(shí)，他就認(rèn)為他所做的一切都是為了他們。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。defended防御，保護(hù)，保衛(wèi)，辯解，辯白；found找到；realized意識(shí)到；reasoned推理，推論，推斷，思考，理解。由第四段最后一句“Again...he reasoned that he was doing all this for them.”，此空填reasoned，與下文呼應(yīng)；而defend作“辯解，辯白”解時(shí)，常用結(jié)構(gòu)是：defend sb./yourself/sth.(from/against sb./sth.)。故選D。

【3】句意：考試成績公布的那一天到了。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。announced宣布，宣告；made制造，制作 guessed猜測； produced生產(chǎn)。由主語“the examination results（考試成績）”可知，謂語動(dòng)詞是announced，與助動(dòng)詞be（were）構(gòu)成被動(dòng)語態(tài)。故選A。

【4】句意：……希望得到經(jīng)理一職。

考查名詞辨析。location地方，地點(diǎn)，位置；position位置，職位，職務(wù)；地方name名字；title標(biāo)題。根據(jù)句意及句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，空格處表示“職位，職位”；the position of the manager意為“經(jīng)理的職位”。故選B。

【5】句意：不出所料，爸爸的努力又有了回報(bào)……

考查動(dòng)詞詞組辨析。took off起飛，paid off回，turned off關(guān)閉，set off動(dòng)身、出發(fā)、引爆。由第五段首句“Father’s hard word paid off and he was promoted.（爸爸的努力得到了回報(bào)，他被提升了。）”可知，“不出所料，爸爸的努力又有了回報(bào)……”。故選B。

【6】句意：……他已經(jīng)決定不再學(xué)習(xí)任何課程或追求升職。

考查名詞辨析。trouble困難，麻煩；stress壓力；courses課程；routes路線，路途。由首段第二句“He spent all his evenings attending classes……”可知，“他用所有的晚上時(shí)間來上課”，但現(xiàn)在“他已經(jīng)決定不再學(xué)習(xí)任何課程或追求升職”。故選C。