Question

Life is important. You should always have fun and new experiences, because you never know what day will be your last. You     hold grudges (怨恨). You never know what could     next. I learned all this at the age of 9.

It was the    before fifth grade. My best friend Neesah and I were playing. We got into an argument and had a     . My older cousin, Tiffany, broke up our fight. I remember Neesah storming out of my grandmother’s house saying, “I hope we never speak again!” I replied, “Good, I don’t need you as a friend!”

I went into the house and tried to calm myself. Then I     people screaming and shouting. My cousin rushed in. She said that Neesah had been hit by a street sweeper (清洁车) as she crossed the road. The driver didn’t see her. I felt     . I wished it had been     instead. It could have been avoided if we hadn’t had that argument!

When the ambulance (救护车) arrived a few minutes later, they said she was    . I was a real mess. I had to see a psychologist (心理医生) for the rest of the summer.

I miss Neesah so much and I     her always. She taught me how precious life is and that you should never hold a grudge     you never know when you’ll see that person again.

1.A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. couldn’t

2.A. consider B. realize C. happen D. lose

3.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

4.A. mistake B. waste C. present D. fight

5.A. listened B. heard C. watched D. saw

6.A. happy B. lonely C. sad D. sleepy

7.A. me B. it C. them D. her

8.A. alive B. dead C. wrong D. honest

9.A. think of B. laugh at C. deal with D. give up

10.A. when B. until C. because D. though

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.C

【解析】

试题分析： 本文讲述发生在作者和朋友身上的故事，一次他们争吵过后，作者的朋友就出了车祸。作者非常遗憾，告诉我们不要总抱有怨恨，因为你不知道下一秒会发生什么。

1.考查情态动词及语境的理解。A. shouldn’t不应该，B. mustn’t 禁止， C. needn’t 不需要，D. couldn’t不能。根据上文出现的should应该，推断此处用shouldn’t不应该，句意：你不应该有怨恨。故选A。

2.考查动词及语境的理解。A. consider考虑，B. realize意识到，觉察到， C. happen发生， D. lose丢失。句意：你永远不会知道接下来会发生什么。故选C。

3.A. spring春天，B. summer夏天，C. autumn秋天，D. winter冬天。根据下文出现的the rest of the summer.可知句意为：那是我五年级前的那个夏天。故选B。

4.A. mistake错误，B. waste浪费，C. present浪费，D. fight打架。根据We got into an argument我们开始争吵，and前后连接两个并列的动词，had a fight打架，句意：我们开始争吵，打架。故选D。

5.考查动词及语境的理解。A. listened听，强调听的动作，B. heard听，强调听的结果，C. watched观看，D. saw看见。句意：然后我看见人们正在喊叫。故选C。

6.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. happy 快乐的，B. lonely孤独的，C. sad 难过的，D. sleepy困的，根据上文可知Neesah出了车祸，可知作者听到这个消息很难过。句意：我感到非常难过。故选C。

7.考查代词及语境的理解。A. me我，B. it它，C. them他们，D. her她，都是宾格。本句中的it指的是车祸，车祸发生在Neesah身上，根据instead可知，作者希望车祸发生在自己身上也不希望发生在Neesah身上。故选A。

8.形容词及语境的理解。A. alive活着的，B. dead死的，C. wrong错误的，D. honest诚实的，

句意：当救护车几分钟之后赶到时，她已经死了。故选B。

9.考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. think of考虑，B. laugh at嘲笑，C. deal with解决，D. give up放弃，句意：我想念Neesah总能想起她。故选A。

10.考查连词及语境的理解。A. when当，B. until直到，C. because因为，D. though尽管，根据上句：你不要抱有怨恨，需要一个连词，表示原因，句意：因为你永远不会知道什么时候能再见到这个人。故选C。

考点：人生百味类短文。