Question

 

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  1.

helmet

I wanted to do something very  2for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He  3all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it  4it looked almost new. I was so  5of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could  6wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon a wakening, I went to the kitchen to  7the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a  8:” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so  9. It had been a log-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could  10lessons. “ Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s  11.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could  12this expensive gift.

Of course, the  13awoke, and my son was thrilled（激動的）with my reaction. Many kisses were  14, and I immediately wanted him to  15my gift.

AS he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not  16what I was expecting. Then I  17that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother  18on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still  19and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

keyboard

I thought you’d love to  20this story.

 Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1.A. hope           B. advice           C. support              D. courage

2.A. polite             B. similar              C. special              D. private

3.A. played         B. studied              C. traveled             D. worked

4.A. after              B. before           C. unless           D. until

5.A. sure           B. fond             C. proud            D. confident

6.A. perhaps        B. really           C. almost           D. hardly

7.A. start              B. cook             C. set                  D. serve

8.A. note           B. notice           C. word             D. sign

9.A. disturbed          B. confused             C. astonished       D. inspired

10.A. give              B. take                 C. draw             D. teach

11.A. reason        B. request              C. comment              D. response

12.A. present       B. afford           C. find                 D. order

13.A. neighbor          B. building             C. home             D. house

14.A. exchanged         B. experienced          C. expected             D. exhibited

15.A. tear              B. open             C. check            D. receive

16.A. purely        B. basically            C. obviously        D. exactly

17.A. realized          B. remembered       C. imagined             D. supposed

18.A. only              B. still                C. ever                 D. even

19.A. works         B. exists           C. matters              D. counts

20.A. send              B. publish              C. share            D. write

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A。

【詳解】Laura 懷疑在當(dāng)今世界上是否仍存在這種無私的愛，從而有點兒感到失望。作者在文章中所給的例子就是想證明這種無私的愛的存在，也就是給她以希望。關(guān)鍵詞上文的“doubted”（懷疑）。

2.C。

【詳解】作者想為兒子做些特別的事.聯(lián)系下文可知。（買禮物）

3.D。

【詳解】自然是通過工作賺錢去買車啦

4.D。

【詳解】作者的兒子花了很多時間修車，直到車看起來幾乎是新的為止。

5.C。

【詳解】上面說了他一個perfect child  肯定是以有這樣的兒子而感到自豪。be proud of “因……而驕傲”。

6.D。

【詳解】could hardly wait for him to open his gift 迫不及待地等著他打開禮物。

7.A。

【詳解】一醒來，作者就去廚房開始準備早點。此處start 理解為“著手（準備）”。

8.A。

【詳解】此處note= message, 理解為“短信”或“便條”。

9.C。

【詳解】根據(jù)語境，未曾預(yù)料到的事情發(fā)生了，這當(dāng)然讓作者感到驚訝（astonished）。disturbed “打擾”，confused “迷惑 ”，inspired “受鼓舞”，astonished“感到驚訝”

10.B。

【詳解】take lessons ,根據(jù)文章意思應(yīng)該是她想?yún)⒓愉撉僬n學(xué)習(xí)鋼琴。參考句子“ Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one”

11.D。

【詳解】這是我丈夫?qū)ξ乙�求的“反�?yīng)”(response)。

12.B。

【詳解】afford sth. 含義為“買得起……”。

13.D。

【詳解】擬人用法，指屋子（里的人）醒了。

14.A。

【詳解】exchange kisses (with sb. ) 和某人互相接吻。

15.B。

【詳解】我想他馬上打開我送他的禮物�；貞�(yīng)了上面的句子I could hardly wait for him to open up his gift.

16.D。

【詳解】兒子的反應(yīng)不是她所想看見的表情。按常理收到禮物是很開心的才對，可兒子不是，引出下面賣車的事。not exactly 含義為“不完全是……”。

17.A。

【詳解】從兒子的反應(yīng)我意識到他賣車的事.。

18.C。

【詳解】ever 此處可理解為“曾經(jīng)”，也可不譯，經(jīng)常放在被最高級修飾的名詞后面。意思是在那天我是最驕傲的母親。

19.B。

【詳解】作者寫這封信的目的“無私的愛是存在的”。

20.C。

【詳解】講這個故事，與你共享。share sth. (with sb.) 含義為“和某人分享……”。 

【備考建議】

    完形填空題與往年相比有突破，它以書信體出現(xiàn)， 文章中圖文并荗，對生詞的理解對考生有輔助作用。內(nèi)容為青少年所關(guān)注，有親切感，能引起考生共鳴。其特點是語言交際性強，簡練生動。并且選項中的詞匯突出了在2004年和2005年補充的新詞匯及構(gòu)詞法知識。要做到很好地完成這部分內(nèi)容，考生們不妨試試以下辦法：

首先，在理解這篇文章內(nèi)容的大前提下，可以在解題時根椐上下文相關(guān)內(nèi)容進行判斷選擇。而不要只考慮本句的意思需要和備選答案。例如題44，如果離開了上下文，似乎四個選項均對。又如題55 ，只有體會到作者寫這篇短文的目的是想一起與Laura分享一個在現(xiàn)實生活中確實存在著unselfish love的故事，才能容易地選對答案。

    其次，可以根椐邏輯推理，從常識和常規(guī)的角度去考慮。如題38，“自然是通過工作賺錢去買車啦”，又如題51，“兒子的反應(yīng)不是她所想看見的表情。按常理收到禮物是很開心的才對，------”

    此外，還得注意從詞語意義辨析方面進行選擇。例如題52，根據(jù)這四個詞的意思和上下文的內(nèi)容可確定選項A是正確答案。例如41，53題，可以從習(xí)慣用法、固定搭配的角度去考慮。

    做完形填空題還得重視信息關(guān)鍵詞。如：36題可根椐關(guān)鍵詞doubted， 45題有關(guān)鍵信息Learn to play the piano， 50題可參考wait for him to open up his gift。