Question

This was my grandmother's first Christmas without grandfather, and before he passed away we had promised grandfather that we would make this her best Christmas ever. When my parents and I at her house, we found she had waited up all night for us. The house did seem a little without grandfather.

Grandfather had always said that the Christmas was the most important decoration of all. So we immediately set to work on the beautiful artificial tree that was stored in grandfather's closet (壁櫥). Through our efforts, we finally stepped back to our handiwork. It looked beautiful. something was missing.

"Where's your star?" I asked.

The star was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree.

"Why, it be here somewhere," she said, starting to sort through the boxes again. "Your grandfather always everything so carefully when he took the tree down."

As we emptied the boxes and no star, my grandmother's eyes filled with tears. Grandfather had given it to grandmother some fifty years ago on their first Christmas together. It brought them great happiness. Now, on her first Christmas without him, the star was , too.

"Don't worry, Grandmother," I her. "We'll find it for you."

My mother and I formed a search . "Let's start in on the closet where the ornaments (裝飾品) were," Mother said. "Maybe the star just fell out of the box."

That sounded , so I began to search the closet. I thought I tried every , but no star. I could see grandmother was , although she tried not to show it.

"What’s in this wrapped box?” Mother suddenly called out. "It was at the bottom of father’s closet."

Grandmother took the box in and opened it. Her face when she unfolded the paper and pulled out a golden star. There was a(n) attached.

Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while packing the decorations, and I couldn't to tell you. Thought it was time for a new one. I hope it brings you as much as the first one. Merry Christmas!

Love,

Bryant

So grandmother's tree had a star after all, a star that expressed their everlasting love for one another. And we were glad we were able to make this Christmas for her.

1.A. arrivedB. looked C. stayed D. worked

2.A. noisy B. emptyC. safeD. clean

3.A. flower B. bell C. stocking D. tree

4.A. admireB. repairC. paintD. design

5.A. Or B. SoC. ButD. And

6.A. mightB. must C. need D. will

7.A. packed B. decided C. covered D. searched

8.A. made B. leftC. found D. felt

9.A. gone B. hidden C. brokenD. forgotten

10.A. warnedB. persuadedC. reminded D. comforted

11.A. gameB. class C. company D. party

12.A. challengingB. reasonableC. pleasantD. difficult

13.A. suggestion B. directionC. possibilityD. method

14.A. ashamedB. shockedC. disappointedD. frightened

15.A. fear B. reliefC. angerD. surprise

16.A. clearedB. brightenedC. darkened D. tightened

17.A. article B. note C. receiptD. poem

18.A. bear B. affordC. wait D. agree

19.A. peace B. changeC. luck D. joy

20.A. special B. funnyC. relaxingD. favorite

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：祖父去世后的第一個(gè)圣誕節(jié)，作者和父母一起去祖母家過圣誕。當(dāng)裝飾圣誕樹的時(shí)候，卻無論如何也找不到祖父收藏起來的裝飾星星，祖母對(duì)此很傷心，因?yàn)槟鞘撬麄?0年婚姻愛情的見證。但是一枚新星星的出現(xiàn)卻使這個(gè)圣誕節(jié)對(duì)祖母來說有了更加深刻的意義。

1.動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. arrived到達(dá)；B. looked看； C. stayed停留；D. worked工作。從后句we found she had waited up all night for us.可以判斷當(dāng)作者到祖母家的時(shí)候，她在等他們，arrive at “到達(dá)”，選A。

2.形容詞辨析。A. noisy吵鬧的；B. empty空的；C. safe安全的；D. clean干凈。從情理可知當(dāng)家里沒有了祖父，原本兩個(gè)人的世界只剩下一個(gè)人時(shí)，房子會(huì)顯得空蕩，選B。

3.名詞辨析。A. flower 花；B. bell 鈴音；C. stocking 長(zhǎng)筒襪；D. tree樹。根據(jù)后句So we immediately set to work on the beautiful artificial tree 判斷祖父在世的時(shí)候一直認(rèn)為圣誕樹是最重要的裝飾，選D。

4.動(dòng)詞辨析。A. admire羨慕；B. repair修理；C. paint刷油漆；D.design 設(shè)計(jì)。根據(jù)上下文語境判斷他們裝飾完圣誕樹之后 ，退后幾步去欣賞自己的杰作，而且后面也提到了圣誕樹看上去很美，選A。

5.連詞辨析。A. Or或；B. So所以；C. But但是；D. And和�？涨昂缶渥觾�(nèi)容相反，所以判斷是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，選C。

6.情態(tài)動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. might可以；B. must 必須；C. need 需要；D. will將要。從下文可知祖母開始去找裝飾圣誕樹的星星，所以判斷她是確信星星就在房間里，選B。其他選項(xiàng)不符合語境。

7.動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. packed 打包；B. decided 決定；C. covered 覆蓋；D. searched搜查。從上文祖母去盒子里找星星可知祖父是每次過完圣誕節(jié)后都會(huì)把裝飾的東西收好，選A。

8. C動(dòng)詞辨析。 A made.使；B. left離開；C. found發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. felt感覺。根據(jù)下文可知他們把盒子倒空，也沒找到星星，選C。

9.動(dòng)詞辨析。 . gone去；B. hidden 隱藏；C. broken打破；D. forgotten忘記。根據(jù)上文中As we emptied the boxes and ……no star,可知星星找不到了，選A。

10.動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. warned警告；B. persuaded勸告；C. reminded 提醒；D. comforted使舒適。從空前后作者說的話"Don't worry, "We'll find it for you."可知作者是在安慰祖母，選D。

11.名詞辨析。 A. game游戲；B. class 班級(jí)；C. company 公司；D. party聚會(huì) 。從語境可知作者和爸爸媽媽一起去找星星，他們是組成一個(gè)小分隊(duì)，party可以指“群，隊(duì)，組”，選D。

12. B形容詞辨析。A. challenging挑戰(zhàn)的；B. 有道理的；C. pleasant高興的；D. difficult困難的。聽完媽媽的話，作者開始去放首飾盒的抽屜里找，由此判斷作者認(rèn)為媽媽說的話有道理，選B。

13.名詞辨析。 A. suggestion建議；B. direction方向；C. possibility可能性；D. method方法。從語境判斷作者把所有可能的地方都找遍了，選C，其他不符合語境。

14.形容詞辨析。 A. ashamed羞愧的；B. shocked震動(dòng)的；C. disappointed失望的；D. frightened 害怕的。從上文內(nèi)容可知星星是50年前祖父送給祖母的禮物，可以想象當(dāng)看到找不到這個(gè)紀(jì)念物的時(shí)候，祖母會(huì)非常失望，選C。

15.名詞辨析。 A. fear害怕；B. relief信仰；C. anger渴望；D. surprise 驚訝。從下文內(nèi)容可知祖母也不知道這個(gè)盒子里裝的是什么，所以也會(huì)感到非常驚訝，選D。

16.動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. cleared清楚；B. brightened明亮；C. darkened黑暗；D. tightened點(diǎn)亮。從下文內(nèi)容可知祖父在世的時(shí)候給祖母買了一個(gè)新的星星，從情理可以推測(cè)當(dāng)時(shí)因?yàn)檎也坏叫切嵌�感到失望的祖母見到后�?huì)非常高興，選B。

17.名詞辨析。A. article 文章；B. note筆記；C. receipt報(bào)告；D. poem詩歌。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知和星星在一起的還有一張祖父留給祖母的紙條，選B。

18.動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. bear忍受；B. afford支付得起；C. wait 等；D. agree同意。根據(jù)后句|Though it was time for a new one 判斷祖父不忍心告訴祖母他們保存了50年的星星被他給弄壞了，can’t bear to do sth “無法忍受，承受”，選A。

19.名詞辨析。 A. peace 和平；B. change改變；C. luck 運(yùn)氣；D. joy快樂。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知第一個(gè)星星給祖母帶來很多快樂美好的回憶，由此判斷祖父希望這枚星星也會(huì)給她帶來快樂，選D。

20.形容詞辨析。A. special 特別的；B. funny滑稽的；C. relaxing放松的；D. favorite最喜愛的。從語境判斷在祖父去世后的第一個(gè)圣誕節(jié)因?yàn)檫@枚新星星的出現(xiàn)而更加不同，選A，其他不符合語境。

考點(diǎn)：考查故事類短文閱讀。