Question

December 24 arrived along with a heavy snow. It was my first Christmas Eve without my mother, and the day’s usual  36  had disappeared.

The telephone rang. I  37  it and went to my bedroom to bury the continuous 38 , knowing it must be my friend Rebecca calling. How could I be  39  ? I wanted to be left  40 .

My heart felt as  41  as the falling snow.  42  can I stop missing my mother?

I  43  the window. Seeing Rebecca’s car parked out front, I went back to my bed and drew the covers over my head.

“Lucy!” she shouted. “I know you’re in there. Answer the door!”

“Leave me alone!” I  44  back. I heard paper rustling(沙沙作響) as she slid  45   under the door.

“Merry Christmas, ” she called out.

Not answering the  46  made me even 47 . It wasn’t fair to my best friend. Her father and sister  48  in a car accident when she was eight years old.  49 , her mother had to return to  50 , and Rebecca was left to look after herself.

When she left, I carried the small package, sat down and  51  it. Inside was a golden pen and a journal. When I opened the journal’s front cover, out fell a bookmark with a(n)   52   written on it:

Dear Lucy,  

My words won’t heal（治愈）the  53  . But your own words can.

                                                  Love,

                                                  Rebecca

As I stared at the journal’s blank pages, a single tear fell on the page which quickly absorbed it.

That night, I  54  the phone and dialed her number.

“Looks like the snow is melting(融化), ” I said. “Spring was just ___55____the corner.”

1.A. excitement       B. disappointment C. fright             D. pity

2.A. answered         B. covered        C. picked             D. ignored

3.A. pleasure         B. puzzled        C. sadness        D. interest

4.A. regretful        B. joyful         C. comfortable    D. careful

5.A. alive            B. active         C. alone          D. crazy

6.A. light            B. white          C. heavy          D. clear

7.A. Why              B. Where          C. Whether        D. How

8.A. looked through B. looked into C. looked out D. looked up

9.A. brought          B. shouted        C. took           D. turned

10.A. anything        B. something      C. everything     D. nothing

11.A. phone           B. question       C. letter         D. door

12.A. more helpful B. more attractive C. worse            D. better

13.A. survived    B. escaped    C. lived                  D. died

14.A. As a whole B. As a result C. In all                 D. In general

15.A. work            B. wash         C. repair           D. learn

16.A. closed          B. folded       C. opened           D. painted

17.A. article         B. poem         C. notice           D. message

18.A. failure   B. pain        C. wish                    D. shame

19.A. picked up  B. picked out C. pushed back             D. put away

20.A. around     B. over        C. on              D. at

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.A

【解析】本文講述了作者在母親離開后過的第一個圣誕節(jié)前夜，朋友的關心使她漸漸地走出了寒冷的冬天。

1.名詞辨析。由于母親的離世，這個圣誕節(jié)已經(jīng)沒有了往日的興奮(excitement)，故選A。

2.動詞辨析。根據(jù)后面“我”徑直走向自己的房間，可知“我”并沒有去接電話，故選D。

3.上下文串聯(lián)。“我”走進房間繼續(xù)沉浸在悲傷(sadness)之中。

4.形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知，我怎么能高興(joyful)呢？

5.形容詞辨析。根據(jù)句意，應該是:自己想一個待會。故選C.

6.形容詞辨析。heavy在此處有兩層含義：雪下的大，用heavy修飾；另外“我”的心情沉重，也用heavy來修飾。故heavy最恰當。

7.疑問詞辨析。根據(jù)意思，應該是“我“怎么能夠停止思念我的母親？

8.動詞短語辨析。根據(jù)意思，應該是透過窗戶向外看，故用look through.

9.動詞辨析�！拔摇痹诶锩妫�朋友在門外，所以應該是“喊”。

10.不定代詞辨析。根據(jù)句意，應該是把某樣東西塞進門里。故用something.

11.名詞辨析。根據(jù)前面朋友喊Answer the door!，可知答案為D.

12.形容詞的比較級。沒有應門使得我的心情更糟糕(worse)。

13.動詞辨析。根據(jù)下文朋友的媽媽出去工作，和accident這樣的字眼，不難看出答案為D。

14.短語辨析。由于父親的離世，朋友的媽媽不得不再次回去工作(work)。故選B.

15.上下文串聯(lián)。見上一題解釋。

16.上下文串聯(lián)。拿了包裹，坐下來打開包裹。這是三個并列的動作。

17.上下文聯(lián)系。書簽上有一個信息(message).

18.名詞辨析。作者的母親走了，心里肯定很痛苦，所以答案為pain。

19.短語辨析。根據(jù)意思，拿起（Pick up）電話,撥通了朋友的號碼。

20.固定短語。around the corner 表示即將來臨。