Question

完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，计15分)

阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案 。

Early every morning, my husband kissed the baby, said goodbye to me and then rushed out of the door, into his busy day. And then I fed my baby and it fell fast __ . Usually I would lay the baby in bed and quickly have the house in   _.

This morning, however, I sat down, just ___, with the baby in my arms. The thoughts ran into memories of the mornings with my husband-------a father rushing out of the door to meet the obligations﹙责任﹚of life. Suddenly, I thought of my own    .

My mother    when I was ten. As I looked back, I could see how faithful my dad was. He worked hard to support our family alone. He provided food, clothing, warmth, and    . Every time we were in danger, he would try his best to keep us safe.

After making the baby comfortable, I dialed my    telephone number. I had just realized the _    of the ordinary（普通的）daily life going on around us. And we often took it for granted(理所当然), and it needed to be recognized（重新认识）.

“Hi, Dad.” I said, holding back tears（泪水）.

“Hey, how are you?”,     was in his voice.

“Fine, I'm just _   _ to say... thank you.” I said it out before my throat ﹙喉咙﹚tightened（收紧） too much for me to_  __.

"What for?"

“For getting up and going to work every morning of my life. Now that I have my own child and I see my husband doing    , I just wanted to thank you for being faithful.”

There was silence for a moment before my dad tried to keep     . After a while, he said with a small shaking in his voice, "You're welcome, Bud.”

I don't remember much of the rest of the call,    I will never forget that moment of revelation(显露)about my father. Since then, I have realized that those ordinary everyday fathers are the true heroes in life. I'm     that my father was one of them.

1.A. sleepy          B. asleep          C. hungry         D. thirsty

2.A. use        B. line     C. order     D. fashion

3.A. thinking       B. dreaming    C. imagining    D. expecting

4.A. child    B. father     C. mother    D. family

5.A. passed by   B. passed down  C. passed away   D. passed up

6.A. protection  B. help    C. family    D. money

7.A. husband’s   B. baby’s    C. mother’s    D. father’s

8.A. difference   B. importance   C. balance    D. confidence

9.A. sadness       B. stress        C. sorry        D. love

10.A. emailing        B. arriving         C. calling          D. flying

11.A. say       B. talk       C. tell       D. speak

12.A. differently   B. the same    C. again         D. more

13.A. silent    B. worried   C. calm     D. excited

14.A. and    B. but     C. or     D. nor

15.A. surprised   B. afraid        C. thankful    D. angry

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：作者喂过她的孩子，他很快就睡着了。通常她会躺在婴儿床上，然后很快地打扫好屋子。今天早上，她坐着，怀抱着孩子，思考着。想到她的丈夫—一位父亲外出去担起生活的责任。突然，她想起自己的父亲。

1. sleepy困倦的；B. asleep困的；C. hungry饿的；D. thirsty渴的。分析句意：我喂过我的孩子，他很快就睡着了。分析：考查固定短语fall asleep睡着。故选B

2. use用；B. line绳；C. order命令；D. fashion时尚。分析句意：我喂过我的孩子，他很快就睡着了。通常我会躺在婴儿床上，然后很快地打扫好屋子。分析：考查固定短语in order秩序井然。故选C

3. thinking思考；B. dreaming梦想；C. imagining想像；D. expecting期盼。联系句意：今天早上，我坐着，怀抱着孩子，思考着。想到我的丈夫—一位父亲外出去担起生活的责任。突然，我想起自己的父亲。分析：思考thinking为坐在那的伴随状语，同时下文提到想到自己的父亲。故选A

4. child孩子；B. father父亲；C. mother母亲；D. family家庭。联系句意：今天早上，我坐着，怀抱着孩子，思考着。想到我的丈夫—一位父亲外出去担起生活的责任。突然，我想起自己的父亲。分析：想到自己的父亲。故选B

5. passed by通过；B. passed down传递下去；C. passed away去逝；D. passed up错过了。联系句意：当我十岁的时候，我的母亲去逝了。下文提到，父亲一个人支撑这个家。说明作者的母亲去逝了，考查固定短语pass away去逝。故选C

6. protection保护；B. help帮助；C. family家庭；D. money钱。联系句意：父亲一个人支撑这个家。他提供食物, 衣服, 温暖和保护。每次我们在危险时, 他会尽他所能保证我们的安全。明确为保护之意。故选A

7.A. husband’s丈夫的；B. baby’s孩子的；C. mother’s母亲的；D. father’s父亲的。分析句意：使孩子睡着之后，我拨通了父亲的电话。通过下文的对话是与父亲的对话，因此是父亲的电话号。故选D

8. difference不同；B. importance重要；C. balance平衡；D. confidence自信。分析句意：我已经意识到在我们身边日常生活的重要。分析：运用重要importance，名词形式。故选B

9. sadness伤心；B. stress压力；C. sorry抱歉；D. love爱。联系句意：父亲用他充满爱的声音询问：“你好吗？”，“好，我就是想打电话说谢谢你。”分析：充满爱的询问与前面父亲的对孩子的爱形成对比。故选D

10. emailing发电子邮件； B. arriving到达；C. calling 打电话；D. flying飞。联系句意：父亲用他充满爱的声音询问：“你好吗？”，“好，我就是想打电话说谢谢你。”分析：表示现的动作，运用现在进行时，构成be +doing.故选C

11. say说；B. talk 谈论；C. tell讲述；D. speak讲。联系句意：父亲用他充满爱的声音询问：“你好吗？”，“好，我就是想打电话说谢谢你。”在说出这些话之前，我对自己说的太多。表示对某人说话speak.故选D

12. differently不同；B. the same相同；C. again再一次；D. more更多。联系句中作者的讲述“现在，我已经有自己的孩子，并且看到丈夫做同样的事情，我想忠诚地对你说谢谢。”联系实际，每一位父亲都在做同样的事情，因此选择the same.故选B

13. silent沉默；B. worried担心；C. calm平静；D. excited兴奋的。分析句意：父亲尽力平静一会儿说：“不用谢”。联系语境，开始父亲的情绪一定是感动的，接下来会是保持平静，然后说了不用谢。故选C

14. and和；B. but但是；C. or或者；D. nor也不。联系句意：我不记得其余的电话了，但是，我不会忘记对父亲表达的一刻。分析：两个句子之间是转折关系，因此运用连词but.故选B

15. surprised惊讶的；B. afraid害怕的；C. thankful感恩的；D. angry生气的。联系句意：我已经意识到那些普通的日常生活的父亲才是真正的英雄。我感恩于我的父亲。故选C

考点：人生哲理类阅读。