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Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and full of burn holes.

Tired and defeated, I   31   to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had 32   . He often got almost everything in the house out of    33   . Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking   34   to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional   35     Brett had done to our once quiet home.

Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett a   36   as possible, but inside I was shouting. “I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t   37   him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued   38   him as before.

When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所). After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping   39   teens.

At the   40   ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had   41   the most to him or her. Brett spoke   42   to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter   43   . My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you,   44    troubled enough by me, always   45   me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”

  46   , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me   47   .

At that moment, tears   48   in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for   49  . Although I had struggled with silent   50   toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.

1. A. sat           B. sank         C. bent                 D. dropped

2.A. ruined     B. lost             C. torn                 D. broken

3.A. danger     B. place        C. trouble              D. order

4. A. off           B. in               C. up                   D. away

5. A. pain          B. injury           C. damage           D. harm

6.A. patiently      B. willingly        C. strictly         D. rudely

7. A. forgive       B. educate          C. stand            D. control

8.A. parenting      B. pardoning   C. comforting       D. feeding

9. A. lazy          B. troublesome      C. disappointing D. careless

10. A. opening      B. official         C. victory          D. graduation

11.A. afforded      B. meant        C. supplied             D. owed

12.A. lovingly      B. sadly        C. proudly              D. nervously

13. A. where   B. how              C. what             D. who

14.A. unless   B. although         C. because              D. when

15.A. cost          B. lent             C. taught               D. showed

16.A. Astonished   B. Puzzled           C. Encouraged       D. Interested

17. A. surely       B. roughly          C. tightly          D. fiercely

18.A. fell          B. flowed           C. moved            D. gathered

19.A. pity          B. happiness      C. luck              D. success

20.A. love          B. anxiety          C. anger            D. car

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

【文章大意】孩子的行為給作者帶來了無盡的折磨，作者常常以淚洗面，但是她把憤怒無聲地埋在心底，一如既往地履行母親的責(zé)任。畢業(yè)典禮上，當(dāng)孩子把玫瑰送給她時，她情不能已，流出了幸福的眼淚。

1.第一段提到作者在洗手間淚流滿面，再結(jié)合本句前半句中的內(nèi)容可知作者“倒”在地上。sink to the floor表示“倒在地上”。

2. 根據(jù)句意可知Brett經(jīng)�！皻�壞，糟�！睎|西。Lost丟失；torn 撕碎； broken打破。

3. 根據(jù)句意可知他經(jīng)常把房間里的所有的東西搞得亂七八糟。此處out of danger   表示“脫離危險”；out of place表示“不合適”； out of trouble表示“脫離困境”；out of order表示“雜亂，不整潔”。

4.房子的窗戶需要修理，因為他從窗戶“闖入”房子去偷錢。

5.然而，所有這一切都不能和Brett對我們曾經(jīng)安靜的家造成的情感“傷害”相比。Emotional damage意為：情感傷害。

6.根據(jù)文意可推測在隨后的幾年中，作者盡可能耐心的對待他。

7.本句中的but表示的是轉(zhuǎn)折意義，且從I don’t want him in my house another day可知，作者在內(nèi)心深處無法忍受他。

8.作者把滿腹心酸和憤怒埋在心底，擦干眼淚，像昔日一樣一如既往地對他盡到父母的責(zé)任。此處parent用作動詞。

9.他再次進入少管所表明他經(jīng)常招惹是非，作者和丈夫把他送往幫助這些令人煩惱的青少年寄宿學(xué)校。

10.上文提到Brett被送到寄宿學(xué)校，可知這里是在畢業(yè)典禮上。

11.每一個畢業(yè)生都把一支白色的玫瑰送給對自己來說最重要的人。此處mean意為：意味著。

12.根據(jù)下文他所說的話可知他深情地和親生父母和作者說話。

13.他所要表達的意思是無論發(fā)生什么事情，你總是在我身邊。后半句可理解為no matter what happened。

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