Question

The Vietnam (越南) War broke out. The young husband       the army and died in the war. His wife and son began to have a       life after that. Even though their life was very hard and sometimes they didn’t have enough food to eat, the       still decided to raise her son by herself.

Several years later her son immigrated (移民) to America       finally became an engineer. He often sent letters to his mother with much money. However, with many excuses,  the son       to come back home to visit his mother.

   his mother died, the son returned. But he didn’t cry. His mother left a box behind. During the funeral (葬礼), the son opened the box and       cried and shouted, “Mom! Mom!”       looked at each other and then looked at the box. It was full of $100 bills and a piece of paper.

It read, “Son, I don’t spend too much money. I miss you a lot. Every time I heard a motorcycle       , I ran out of the door but it wasn’t you. I saved money       you in case (以防) you get sick.”

1. A. joined    B. moved    C. found       D. sent

2.A. comfortableB. easy    C. hard         D. happy

3. A. son       B. father    C. husband   D. wife

4.A. but       B. and    C. so       D. or

5. A. refused   B. agreed     C. asked        D. offered

6.A. Before     B. When     C. While     D. As

7.A. slowlyB. hardly      C. quickly      D. suddenly

8.A. NobodyB. Anyone      C. Everyone     D. Somebody

9.A. passing by B. going awayC. showing up   D. running off

10. A. withB. on           C. toD. for

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了一个妻子在丈夫牺牲在战场上后，辛苦地独立抚养儿子长大。儿子后来移民到美国，他经常寄信和钱给他的母亲，但是拒绝回来看望他的母亲。后来他母亲去世了，留给他的儿子许多钱，并且写了一封信给他的儿子说，她只想看到她的儿子，不需要很多钱，把这些钱给她的儿子，以防他生病。儿子看到这些，突然哭了。

1. joined加入；B. moved移动；C. found找到；D. sent发送。句意：年轻的丈夫参军，死在了战场上。根据短语join the army参军。故选A。

2.

3. the army and died in the war.可知丈夫死了，只有妻子来抚养孩子。故选D。

4.or或者。句意：几年后，她的儿子一名到了美国，并且终于成为了一名工程师。这里表示动作的承接，去了美国，然后成了工程师，故用连词and。故选B。

5. , I ran out of the door but it wasn’t you.可知她的儿子不回来看她，故此处是拒绝回来。故选A。

6.Before 在......之前；B. When 当......时候，在从句中用瞬间性动词；C. While 当......时候，在从句中用持续性动词； D. As当......时候，表示伴随。句意：当她母亲去世了，儿子回来了。因此动词died是瞬间性动词，故用连词when。故选B。

7.

8.

9.running off跑开。句意：每次我听见摩托车路过，我就跑出门，但是不是你。根据I ran out of the door 可知此处听见门外有摩托车的声音，就跑出来，故此处指摩托车路过。故选A。

10.

考点：故事类短文。