Question

Today we sadly buried(埋葬) our 20-year-old son. He was ______ in an accident on Friday night. How I wish I had told him, “Jim, I love you, and I’m so proud of you.” I would have taken time to appreciate(欣赏) his beautiful smile, the ______ of his laughter and his true love of people.

When you ______ his good points, you forget about the radio that was always too loud, the haircut that wasn’t to our liking, the ______ socks under the bed. It really doesn’t matter much now.

I won’t get another chance to ______ my son all I would have wanted him to hear, but you have a(n)__.

Tell your family and friends what you would want them to hear if you knew it would be your last talk. The __ time I talked to Jim was the day he died. He called me to say: “Hi, Mom! I just called ______ say I love you. Got to go to work. Bye.” He gave me something to treasure (珍视) forever.

If there is any purpose to Jim’s ______, maybe it is to make others appreciate more of life and to have people, especially families, ______ the time to let each other know just how much they care.

You may never have another chance. Do it today!

1.A. saved    B. injured    C. killed    D. hurt

2.A. look    B. sound    C. face    D. noise

3.A. make of    B. think of    C. tell of    D. hear of

4.A. clean    B. thick    C. long    D. dirty

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

6.A. luck    B. advice    C. offer    D. chance

7.A. last    B. first    C. second    D. usual

8.A. for    B. in    C. to    D. of

9.A. diary    B. smile    C. death    D. laughter

10.A. take    B. pay    C. spend    D. cost

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.A

【解析】作者的儿子在星期五晚上的一次事故中丧生。作者想起了儿子的优点，对于平时的小毛病都不算什么。作者呼吁要珍惜生命，同时让人们，尤其是家人，花时间让对方知道他们有多在乎他。

1.句意：他在星期五晚上的一次事故中丧生。考查动词辨析。A. saved拯救，挽救，节约，储存；B. injured伤害，受伤；C. killed杀死；D. hurt损害，伤害；使伤心。根据上文Today we sadly buried(埋葬) our 20-year-old son.可知他丧生了，结合句意和语境可知选C。

2.句意：我应该抓紧时间去仔细回味他那美丽的笑容，他大笑的声音，和对别人纯真的爱。考查名词辨析。A. look样子；相貌；B. sound声音；C. face脸；D. noise噪音，吵杂声。根据下文of his laughter（他的大笑的…）可知填声音，结合句意和语境可知选B。

3.句意：当你想起他的优点时，你忘了收音机总是太响，发型不适合我们，床下的脏袜子。考查动词短语辨析。A. make of用在被动语态中，表示“某物由.....构成的”，原材料是看的到的，即平常我们说的物理现象；B. think of想起，认为，想到；C. tell of讲述，述说，讲到；D. hear of听说。结合句意和语境可知选B。

4.句意：当你想起他的优点时，你忘了收音机总是太响，发型不适合我们，床下的脏袜子。考查形容词辨析。A. clean干净的；B. thick厚的；C. long长的；D. dirty脏的。结合句意和语境可知选D。

5.句意：我再也没有机会告诉我儿子我想让他听到的一切，但你有机会。考查动词辨析。A. talk 谈话，不及物动词，和…谈话talk to/with；B. tell告诉；C. speak说，讲，当讲某种语言时是及物动词；D. say说，及物动词。结合句意和语境可知选B。

6.句意：我再也没有机会告诉我儿子我想让他听到的一切，但你有机会。考查名词辨析。A. luck幸运；B. advice建议；C. offer提议；出价；D. chance机会。结合句意和语境可知选D。

7.句意：我最后一次和吉姆谈话是他去世的那一天。考查形容词辨析。A. last最后的；B. first第一；C. second第二；D. usual通常的；平常的。结合句意和语境可知选A。

8.嗨，妈妈！我只是打电话说我爱你。A. for为了，call for要求,；B. in在…里，call in召集，收回；C. to动词不定式；D. of…的。 Call打电话，后面跟动词应用动词不定式连接，结合句意和语境可知选C。

9.句意：如果说吉姆的死有什么意义，也许是让别人更珍惜生命，让人们，尤其是家人，花时间让对方知道他们有多在乎他。考查名词辨析。A. diary 日记；B. smile微笑；C. death死亡； D. laughter大笑，笑声。根据句意和语境可知选C。

10.句意：如果说吉姆的死有什么意义，也许是让别人更珍惜生命，让人们，尤其是家人，花时间让对方知道他们有多在乎他。Have/make/let sb. do sth.：让某人做某事；A. take花费，花费时间做某事通常用take；B. pay付款，主语通常是人；C. spend共同度过一段时间，花费钱，主语通常是人；D. cost价钱为，花费，值，主语通常是物。结合句意和语境可知选A。