I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed,but others had their own ways of showing care.

What I ___ most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we ____ ate our meal.With so little conversation I was quick to ____ his family as cold.When we got into the ____ to go home,his father suddenly appeared.___he began to wash his son’s windscreen.I could feel he is a caring man through the glass.

I learned another lesson about love a few years later.My father often ____ me early in the morning.“Buy Xerox.It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone.No pleasant ___ or inquiry about my life,just financial instructions.This manner of his ___ me and we often quarreled.But one day,I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his ____ morning calls.The next time he called and told me to buy a stock,I ____ him.

When my social style has conflicted with that of my friendsI’ve often felt ___.For example,I always return phone calls ____ and regularly contact my friends.I expect the same from them.I had one friend who rarely called,answering my messages with short e?mails.I rushed to the ____She wasn’t a good friend!My anger ____ as the holidays approached.But then she came to a gathering I ____ and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window?shopping the previous month.I was ____ at her thoughtfulness,and regretful for how I’d considered her to be ____.Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.

Far too often,I ignored their ____ expressions,eagerly expecting them to do things in my ____.Over the yearshowever,I’ve learned to ____ other persons’ love signs.

1.A.remember? Benjoy

Cvalue? Dadmire

2.A.excitedly? Bnervously

Csilently? Dinstantly

3.A.regard? Btreat

Cfind? Dthink

4.A.bus? Btrain

Ccar? Dplane

5.A.Punctually? BCarefully

CProudly? DColdly

6.A.visited? Binterrupted

Cwarned? Dtelephoned

7.A.greeting? Bmeeting

Capology? Dexplanation

8.A.interested Bangered

Cencouraged? Dsurprised

9.A.long? Bshort

Cwarm? Dpolite

10.A.praised? Bremembered

Cblamed? Dthanked

11.A.content? Bguilty

Ccurious? Ddisappointed

12.A.in order? Bin turn

Cwithout delay? Dwithout difficulty

13.A.feeling? Bsuggestion

Cjudgment? Dbelief

14.A.disappeared? Bgrew

Chelped Ddeclined

15.A.opened? Brefused

Chosted? Dinvited

16.A.depressed Bupset

Cfascinated? Dshocked

17.A.uncaring? Bdishonest

Cunhappy? Ddiscouraged

18.A.unique Bcommon

Cpleasant? Dfamiliar

19.A.opinion? Bway

Cmind? Dlife

20.A.send? Bread

Cgive? Dexpress

 

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.A

19.B

20.B

【解析】

1.

解析 根據(jù)上下文得知作者起初以自己的方式評價別人的愛,以為別人的方式都不正確、不合理,包括男朋友父母的、自己父親的和朋友的,因此此處提到男朋友父母的表達方式起初應為作者不欣賞和不喜歡的,故排除BC、D三項。句意為:對于拜訪我男朋友的父母,我記憶(remember)最多的是餐廳鬧鐘的滴答聲。

2.2】 C

解析 由后面的With so little conversation可知,作者與男朋友一家人吃飯時他們很少說話,故用silently。

3.3】 A

解析 regard...as...意為……看作/當作...”。由于表達愛的方式不一樣,作者把男朋友家人用餐時的少言寡語當成冷漠。

4.4】 C

解析 由下文父親為兒子“wash windscreen”可知作者和男朋友是開車回去的。

5.5】 B

解析 作者原來以為男朋友的父親很冷漠,而現(xiàn)在卻“...feel he is a caring man through the glass.”能夠改變其看法的應該是細心地(carefully)擦車這一動作。punctually準時地;proudly自豪地;coldly冷漠地。

6.6】 D

解析 根據(jù)下文“...when I answered the phone.”可知,D項符合語境。

7.7】 A

解析 父親在電話中指導作者如何買東西而沒有給她令人愉悅的問候(greeting),曾經(jīng)這也是作者對父親的誤解原因。meeting會議;apology道歉;explanation解釋,說明。

8.8】 B

解析 根據(jù)下文“...we often quarreled.”可知,他的方式惹惱了作者。

9.9】 B

解析 上文父親電話的內(nèi)容可看出父親的電話很簡短,并沒有讓作者感到溫暖,也沒體現(xiàn)出禮貌來。

10.0】 D

解析 根據(jù)上句“But one day,I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his ____ morning calls.”可知,父親下次讓作者買股票時,自然要感謝他了。

11.1】 D

解析 根據(jù)前半句“When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends...”可知,作者因自己的社交方式和朋友不同而失望。

12.2】 C

解析 作者的朋友表達關愛的方式與作者不一樣,因此,對比其朋友,作者的方式應該是及時地(without delay)回電話。

13.3】 C

解析 “She wasn’t a good friend!是作者對朋友作出的評價,而不是對朋友的感情、提議或信念。

14.4】 B

解析 “My anger ____ as the holidays approached.”“But then...”構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關系。“But then...”所在的一句及下文說明作者改變了對朋友的看法,故前面作者的觀點依然是否定的。故選B項。

15.5】 C

解析 朋友通過參加作者舉辦的聚會一事改變了作者的看法。host做東,作為主人組織(聚會),符合句意。

16.6】 D

解析 作者的朋友通過自己的方式表現(xiàn)出了其獨特的關愛,讓作者感到吃驚(shocked),從而改變了她的看法。

17.7】 A

解析 一旦改變了看法,作者便對自己以前認為朋友是沒愛心的(uncaring)感到后悔和愧疚了。

18.8】 A

解析 概括上文作者回憶自己以前沒有注意到人人都有獨特的(unique)關愛方式。

19.9】 B

解析 由句意可知,作者總是忽視他們獨特的表達方式,期望他們按照她自己的方式做事,故選way。

20.20】 B

解析 此處表現(xiàn)作者由起初的誤解他人到最后懂得領會(read)人們傳達愛的方式,照應文章的開頭。

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