As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal(腸的)disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very . But the boy suddenly that night.
Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was . To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could , and he turned to alcohol for help. In time Al became a(n) .
As the alcoholism progressed, AL began to everything he possessed — his land, house, etc. Finally Al died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Al's death, I thought, "What a totally life! What a complete failure! "
As time went by, I began to my earlier rough judgment. I knew Al's now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.
I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his . One day, I worked up my to ask him what on earth his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, “As a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ‘love you, son.’”
Tears came to my eyes as I realized that I had been a to judge Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and his best love.
1.A. angrily B. seriously C. easily D. happily
2.A. recovered B. laughed C. died D. cried
3.A. guilty B. happy C. experienced D. curious
4.A. expect B. see C. hear D. stand
5.A. beggar B. smoker C. worker D. alcoholic
6.A. lose B. donate C. spend D. save
7.A. successful B. limited C. satisfactory D. wasted
8.A. reuse B. revalue C. repeat D. recognize
9.A. mother B. brother C. father D. son
10.A. laughter B. courage C. shyness D. belief
11.A. fool B. winner C. wiser D. angel
12.A. left out B. take away C. left behind D. take out
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.D
5.D
6.A
7.D
8.B
9.C
10.B
11.A
12.C
【解析】
試題分析:本文是一片記敘文,講述了一個父親在接二連三的打擊之下開始酗酒成為酒鬼并且敗光家產(chǎn),因此被作者認(rèn)為是失敗的人生。可是后來,通過了解到父親對兒子的愛,才讓作者了解到,事情并不是她想的那樣。
1.考察副詞辨析A. angrily 生氣地;B. Seriously嚴(yán)肅地;C. Easily輕松地;D. Happily高興地。根據(jù)上下文可知,AL的大兒子胃疼的厲害,考慮到可能是腸子紊亂了,所以al和妻子都不認(rèn)為這個情況很嚴(yán)重,故選B
2.2】考察動詞辨析。A. Recovered恢復(fù);B. Laughed笑了;C. Died死了;D. Cried哭。根據(jù)第二段Knowing the death可知,這里大兒子是死了,故選C
3.3】考察形容詞辨析A. guilty 有罪的;B. happy 高興地;C. Experienced有經(jīng)驗的;D. Curious好奇的。根據(jù)語境,上文說到AL以為孩子的病不嚴(yán)重于是沒有采取措施,可是孩子后來死了,AL明明可以避免這種事發(fā)生的,可是他沒有做,所以這里他感覺到自己有罪過的。
4.4】考察動詞辨析。A. Expect期待;B. See看見;C. Hear聽見;D. Stand站、忍受。AL的孩子去世了,這是一件悲傷的事情,然而很快他的妻子也離開了他,這對于他來說是不能受的住的打擊。故選D
5. Beggar乞丐;B. Smoker吸煙者;C. Worker工人;D. Alcoholic酗酒的人。結(jié)合上一句可知,AL向酒精尋求幫助,所以,他變成了酒鬼。故選D
6.6】考察動詞辨析A. Lose輸;B. Donate捐獻;C. Spend花費;D. Save節(jié)省。結(jié)合語境。這里AL成為了酒鬼,當(dāng)酒精占領(lǐng)了他的人生的時候,他開始輸?shù)粢磺兴麚碛械臇|西,土地、房屋等。故選A
7.7】考察詞語辨析A. Successful成功的;B. limited 有限的;C. Satisfactory滿意; D. Wasted浪費了的。結(jié)合語境,AL在經(jīng)歷了這一切的打擊之后,變成了一個酒鬼,終日喝酒最后輸?shù)袅俗约旱娜松,所以作者認(rèn)為這是一場浪費了的生命。故選D
8.8】考察動詞辨析。A. Reuse再利用;B. revalue 再評價;C. repeat 重復(fù)D.Recognize認(rèn)識、意識到。根據(jù)最后一段第一句Tears came to my eyes as I realized that I had been a to judge Al as a failure. 當(dāng)我意識到我很傻的認(rèn)為AL的人生很失敗,眼淚流了下來。從這里可以推斷,上文時間流逝,我逐漸意識到我對AL的評價是很粗心的。故選D
9.9】考察聯(lián)系上下文。上一段開始,作者逐漸意識到自己對于AL的評價有問題了,所以這里應(yīng)該是指的是AL也就是Ernie的父親,故選C。
10.0】考察名詞辨析。A. Laughter笑聲;B. Courage勇氣;C. Shyness羞怯;D. Belief信念。結(jié)合語境來看,Ernie從來沒有提起過自己的父親,所以作者這里應(yīng)該是鼓起勇氣去問他關(guān)于他父親的事情。故選B
11.1】考察名詞辨析。A. Fool傻子;B. Winner冠軍;C. Wiser智者;D. Angel天使。作者聽到Ernie講起他眼中的父親,發(fā)現(xiàn)自己像傻子一樣地認(rèn)為AL的人生很失敗。故選A
12.2】考察動詞短語辨析A. left out遺漏;B. take away拿走;C. left behind 丟棄、留下;D. take out取出、除去。結(jié)合語境,AL雖然沒有留下多少財產(chǎn),但是他是一個慈祥的受敬愛的父親,他把他最好的愛留給了兒子。故選C
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