Question

Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I1across some old love letters that my parents wrote to
each other. these letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and2with dust.3to read and sort them, I asked
them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They agreed.
As I carefully opened each letter, all of them4with age, I discovered a new page5unknown to me in
this private chapter of my parents’ lives.
My father used to 6 in the army. So his letters were full of frontline(前線)7of the things about the war.
Each of my mother’s letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick(口紅) kiss. I was 8to these letters
like a magnet(磁鐵).
Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very9and was hospitalized(住院). This time, he
was fighting a10kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the11. He told me how much receiving
those lipstick-kissed letters had12to him when he had been so far from home.
It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From the13letters I chose the card my father had
sent mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.
At his bedside, I joked with him, saying14.“Today is Valentine’s Day, don’t you want to sent Mother a
present?” He became more15when I handed him the old16. He carefully opened it and took out the card,
and when he17 it, his eyes were filled with tears.
My father, in a voice tight with18read the loving19he’d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And
this time, he could read it to her20.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      drew
   2. B.
      hit
   3. C.
      came
   4. D.
      fell
2. 2.
   1. A.
      covered
   2. B.
      hidden
   3. C.
      buried
   4. D.
      filled
3. 3.
   1. A.
      Pretending
   2. B.
      Deciding
   3. C.
      Preferring
   4. D.
      Suggesting
4. 4.
   1. A.
      tender
   2. B.
      tasty
   3. C.
      useful
   4. D.
      delicate
5. 5.
   1. A.
      recently
   2. B.
      previously
   3. C.
      usually
   4. D.
      occasionally
6. 6.
   1. A.
      serve
   2. B.
      study
   3. C.
      work
   4. D.
      report
7. 7.
   1. A.
      documents
   2. B.
      accounts
   3. C.
      introductions
   4. D.
      occupations
8. 8.
   1. A.
      devoted
   2. B.
      drawn
   3. C.
      thrown
   4. D.
      abandoned
9. 9.
   1. A.
      depressed
   2. B.
      dead
   3. C.
      ill
   4. D.
      dangerous
10. 10.
    1. A.
       different
    2. B.
       traditional
    3. C.
       typical
    4. D.
       familiar
11. 11.
    1. A.
       wars
    2. B.
       illnesses
    3. C.
       prescriptions
    4. D.
       letters
12. 12.
    1. A.
       intended
    2. B.
       meant
    3. C.
       planned
    4. D.
       said
13. 13.
    1. A.
       divided
    2. B.
       separated
    3. C.
       sorted
    4. D.
       updated
14. 14.
    1. A.
       softly
    2. B.
       angrily
    3. C.
       sadly
    4. D.
       loudly
15. 15.
    1. A.
       fantastic
    2. B.
       enthusiastic
    3. C.
       curious
    4. D.
       positive
16. 16.
    1. A.
       Christmas card
    2. B.
       lipstick
    3. C.
       basket
    4. D.
       envelope
17. 17.
    1. A.
       found
    2. B.
       wrote
    3. C.
       missed
    4. D.
       recognized
18. 18.
    1. A.
       emotion
    2. B.
       sorrow
    3. C.
       sickness
    4. D.
       astonishment
19. 19.
    1. A.
       story
    2. B.
       speech
    3. C.
       message
    4. D.
       motto
20. 20.
    1. A.
       in peace
    2. B.
       in private
    3. C.
       in danger
    4. D.
       in person

Answer 1

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1.came across偶然碰到。hit和draw都是及物動(dòng)詞，所以錯(cuò)。
2.形容letter（信）的四個(gè)過(guò)去分詞。Hidden被藏在，covered表層被覆蓋；buried被埋在；filled里面充滿(mǎn)了。結(jié)合后文的dust（灰塵），可知信件應(yīng)該是表層有些塵土。
3.作狀語(yǔ)的四個(gè)現(xiàn)在分詞。此題的題眼在于找到非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞和邏輯主語(yǔ)I之間的邏輯關(guān)系。裝作、建議、偏愛(ài)這三個(gè)詞明顯跟“我”要做的動(dòng)作（讀信）搭配不合適，選擇“決定”更為合適。
4. delicate除了比較熟悉的“精美的”意思外，還有易碎的，脆弱的意思。此處根據(jù)前文的carefully小心打開(kāi)和后文的with age經(jīng)歷歲月的洗禮，可知頗有歷史年份的信應(yīng)該是很脆弱的了。此題難。
5.副詞修飾unknown，根據(jù)上下文，應(yīng)該選擇“先前”不知道的關(guān)于父母生活的page。詞匯量過(guò)關(guān)的話，此題易。
6.in the army告訴我們?cè)摽諔?yīng)該填vi.是以report是不正確的。根據(jù)本節(jié)其他內(nèi)容，可知父親在信中多數(shù)都是描寫(xiě)當(dāng)時(shí)的戰(zhàn)事，是以該空應(yīng)該表達(dá)父親當(dāng)時(shí)在軍隊(duì)“服役”，work in 指在……工作，但serve一詞本意指“服務(wù)于”，所以選C。
7.account除了耳熟能詳?shù)摹百~戶(hù)”意思外，還可以作“記述”講；document文件；introduction介紹；occupation工作、職業(yè)。結(jié)合前文，信中應(yīng)該寫(xiě)到關(guān)于前線戰(zhàn)事的“記述”。
8.正負(fù)的力量。四個(gè)用于表示被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的過(guò)去分詞。根據(jù)后面中文解釋的“磁鐵”可知，我應(yīng)該是“被吸引了”draw本意是“拉”，draw one’s attention等相關(guān)詞組中，draw的引申義為“吸引”devote to（貢獻(xiàn)，投身于）應(yīng)用主動(dòng)；abandon（拋棄、背棄）和throw（扔）都屬于負(fù)向的詞匯，不合語(yǔ)境。
9.根據(jù)后文hosiptalized（住院），可知父親當(dāng)時(shí)是生病了。此題易，寫(xiě)選項(xiàng)dead扯。
10.正負(fù)的力量。A典型的C不同的是負(fù)向的，B傳統(tǒng)的D熟悉的是正向的。用于修飾war，因?yàn)榍拔奶岬礁赣H是飽經(jīng)戰(zhàn)事的軍人，現(xiàn)在又生病了，生病對(duì)于他應(yīng)該是一場(chǎng)和之前不一樣的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，是以選擇負(fù)向的，C選項(xiàng)。
11.重復(fù)的力量，letters這個(gè)意象在文中出現(xiàn)多次，且接下來(lái)的后一句父親和我提到了信對(duì)他的意義。
12.語(yǔ)法題，此題看起來(lái)像是考察動(dòng)詞接不定式作賓語(yǔ)，但其實(shí)根據(jù)本句的語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)，橫線上所填動(dòng)詞的賓語(yǔ)應(yīng)該是賓從的引導(dǎo)詞how much。正確理解的語(yǔ)序應(yīng)該是letters meant too much to him。此題難。
13.重復(fù)的力量。前文提到我“決定”(18題)read and sort the letters，所以此處應(yīng)該填被分類(lèi)過(guò)了的信。
14.正負(fù)的力量。四個(gè)副詞中，AB是負(fù)向的，C輕柔的是正向的，D是中性的。根據(jù)前文提供情景，我當(dāng)時(shí)出現(xiàn)在父親的病床邊，應(yīng)該選擇整想的“輕柔地”對(duì)他說(shuō)話。
15.作表語(yǔ)的四個(gè)形容詞，根據(jù)上文的joke可知我在父親病床前和他開(kāi)了個(gè)善意的玩笑，并沒(méi)有直接把信拿出來(lái)，是以父親“上套”，感到好奇。
16.根據(jù)后文的open it可知此處應(yīng)該是信封，此題易。后文說(shuō)card在里面，所以不選A；basket扯，lipstick前文雖然提到，但是它不能被打開(kāi)。
17.A發(fā)現(xiàn)；B寫(xiě)；C認(rèn)出；D思念或者錯(cuò)失。信（卡片）是之前寫(xiě)過(guò)的，所以B錯(cuò)。信是我找到的，所以A錯(cuò)。D扯。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境應(yīng)該是父親認(rèn)出了信。
18.根據(jù)前文可知此處名詞應(yīng)該和voice相關(guān)。震驚的聲音；悲傷的聲音；孱弱的聲音；動(dòng)情的聲音。根據(jù)上文，眼中充斥眼淚，可知此處應(yīng)該填“充滿(mǎn)感情的”。
19.該空需要結(jié)合后文sent to my mother.由此可知應(yīng)該是sent loving message(s) to my mother.其余各選項(xiàng)都與定從中的sent搭配不上。
20. A“平和的” B“私下的”C“在危險(xiǎn)之中”D“親自的”，根據(jù)上文，And this time，可知應(yīng)該是“并且這一次，他可以親自把信讀給母親聽(tīng)了”。