Question

It was a Sunday morning. Lori was busy writing in her book. Marilyn was drinking coffee and I was reading a newspaper. Suddenly, Lori looked up and asked," Why are there more pictures of Lisa than there are of______?"Lisa is our older daughter.

I stared back, not understanding the______. Lori left the room. I looked at Marilyn, "Are there more pictures of Lisa than of Lori?"

"I've never______them. I don't know,” replied Marilyn.

"But______would Lori ask such a question? " I asked. After a few minutes of thought Marilyn said, "When Lisa was born, you were taking photos. You hardly went______without a camera. When Lori was born videos became______. You used a video camera to record nearly everything in our life. There must be hundreds of videos of Lori in the computer that Lori has______seen or doesn’t remember."

Late that night, when we were alone, I turned on the computer and found the______about Lori.

“What are you going to do?” Marilyn asked.

"Her birthday is coming," I said, "Let's make an album for her as a gift. I don't know if the album will answer her question, but at least she'll know that we______enough to find her an answer."

Over the next few days, we secretly______all the videos. We watched and selected until we were  ____. Marilyn had them made into photos. When the photos were returned, we placed them into an album. When we looked at the album, all the sweet memories came______. We hoped it showed how______she was to us.

On June 7, when passing Loris room to leave for work. I opened the door and slipped the album inside. Attached to it was a birthday card with a note______why her mother and I had put the album together.

It was about eight o'clock when my office telephone rang. I picked up the receiver. A tiny voice spoke, "I love you, Daddy," she said and disconnected. I knew our______had been received.

1.A. him    B. her    C. me    D. them

2.A. question    B. book    C. newspaper    D. answer

3.A. seen    B. counted    C. taken    D. bought

4.A. where    B. how    C. when    D. why

5.A. anywhere    B. everywhere    C. somewhere    D. nowhere

6.A. popular    B. effective    C. expensive    D. obvious

7.A. ever    B. never    C. already    D. just

8.A. emails    B. pictures    C. news    D. videos

9.A. respect    B. benefit    C. care    D. regret

10.A. took up    B. pointed out    C. went through    D. handed in

11.A. relaxed    B. satisfied    C. active    D. lucky

12.A. back    B. down    C. off    D. on

13.A. kind    B. helpful    C. proud    D. important

14.A. discussing    B. comparing    C. explaining    D. importing

15.A. message    B. prize    C. memory    D. view

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.A

【解析】这个小故事始于女儿Lori的疑问，疑问自己的照片怎么那么少。后来爸爸和妈妈进行了搜寻，利用过去的视频做成相册送给Lori表达了自己的爱意，消除了这个小误会。

1.句意：为什么Lisa的照片比我的照片多？A.他B.她C.我D.他们。这句话是Lori的发问，她想问为什么Lisa的照片比她自己的更多，从后面我的问题“Are there more pictures of Lisa than of Lori?”也能看得出“我”也在问是不是Lisa的照片相比更多，再次印证了答案，故选C。

2.句意：我瞪大了眼睛看回去，没有理解这个问题。A.问题B.书C.报纸D.回答，前面是Lori问了一个问题，这里是说我没懂那个问题，故选A。

3.句意：我从来没数过它们。A.看见B.数C.拿D.买。这里的“them”指的是“照片”，是说Marilyn从来没数过照片的数量，故选B。

4.句意：为什么Lori会问那样一个问题呢？A.哪里 B.如何 C.什么时候 D.为什么。这里表示的是我的纳闷，我的疑问，对Lori的问题的不解，选择疑问词“why”提问原因，故选D。

5.句意：不带照相机你几乎不会去任何地方。A.任何地方B.每个地方C.某处D.无处。这里是说“我”去哪都带着照相机，“hardly”表示“几乎不”，我“几乎不会去任何地方（anywhere）”，如果不带相机的话。故选A。

6.句意：Lori出生的时候，录像变得很流行。A.流行的B.有效的C.昂贵的D.明显的。从后面的“几乎使用录像机拍下几乎任何东西”说明“录像是很流行的”，故选A。

7.句意：电脑中一定有数百个Lori从未见过或记得的视频。A.永远B.从未C.已经D.只是。这里是说“我”拍了太多的视频，所以电脑里视频很多，所以很多Lori肯定也从来没（never）见过，故选B。

8.句意：那天晚上，当我们独自一人的时候，我打开电脑，发现了关于Lori的视频。A.电子邮件B.图片C.新闻D.视频。前面说电脑里一定有很多关于Lori的视频，所以这里就是指我打开电脑看视频，故选D。

9.句意：我不知道这本相册是否会回答她的问题，但至少她会知道我们很在意为她找到答案。A.尊重B.受益C.关心D.遗憾。对于“回答Lori的问题”这件事“我”很看重，想做一个相册让她知道“我们”其实还是很在乎（care）的。故选 C。

10.句意：在接下来的几天里，我们秘密地回顾了所有的视频。A.拿起B.指出C.经历，回顾D.递交。这里是说我们在为制作相册/专辑做准备，视频很多，所以我需要“过”一遍，这里使用“go through”来表达这个意思。故选 C。

11.句意：我们观看并选择，直到我们都满意。A.放松的B.满意的C.积极的D.幸运的。这里是说我们一直在挑选，肯定要做到我们都满意为止，故选 B。

12.句意：当我们看着这张专辑时，所有甜蜜的回忆都回来了。A.返回 B.向下 C.离开 D.在…上。“come back”指的是“回来了”，这里是说看到专辑，我们就会回忆起以前那些往事，那些回忆自然就“回来了”，故选A。

13.句意：我们希望它展示出她对我们是多么的重要。A.善良的B. 有帮助的 C.骄傲的 D.重要的。“it”在这里指“相册”，“she”指的是“Lori”，我们想通过相册表达我们心中Lori的重要性，故选 D。

14.句意：一个生日卡片附在上面，卡片上面解释了为什么她的妈妈和我会做这部相册。A.讨论B.比较C.解释D.进口。这里是用动词ing形式来做note的定语，描述这个卡片的功能，上面解释了我们做相册的原因，故选 C。

15.句意：我知道我们的信息已经被传达过去了。A.消息B.奖C.记忆D.观点。最后Lori打电话过来表达了她对爸爸的爱，说明“我”的目的达到了，精心制作的相册被收到了，所以想要传达的爱的信息也被收到了，故选 A。