Question

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

It was the end-of-the-year party at school. I had asked my mother to________us cookies. Mum's chocolate chips were the best.

But two o' clock passed, and she didn't________. Most of the other mothers had come and gone, dropping off their cookies, chips and cupcakes. I took my bag and left for________. The house was empty when I arrived. My heart was________anger. For the first time in my life, my mother had let me down.

I was lying on my bed upstairs when I heard her________the front door. "Robbie," she called out.

"Where are you?" I could hear her running from room to room. She was looking for me. I kept silent. When she entered my room and sat beside me on my bed, I didn't move. "I'm so sorry, honey," she said. "I got busy and forgot." I still kept________.

Then my mother began to laugh. I couldn't believe________. I rolled over and faced her.

But my mother wasn't laughing at all. She was crying, "I'm so sorry. I let my boy down."

She cried like a little girl. I had never________my mother cry.

"It's OK, Mum," I reached out and stroked her hair. "We didn't even need those________. There was plenty of stuff to eat. Don't cry. It's all right."

My________made my mother sit up. She pulled me to her. We didn't say another word. We just held each other in a long hug.

1.A.make B.put C.have D.give

2.A.go B.leave C.appear D.turn

3.A.school B.home C.hospital D.park

4.A.pleased with B.fed up with C.strict with D.filled with

5.A.come over B.come through C.come into D.come out

6.A.silent B.angry C.sad D.calm

7.A.him B.it C.her D.them

8.A.felt B.looked C.found D.seen

9.A.sweets B.cupcakes C.cookies D.hamburgers

10.A.words B.thoughts C.actions D.crying

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

【解析】

本篇讲述在学校的年终聚会上，作者的妈妈因为太忙忘了给他制作饼干，让作者感到非常失望，但作者看到妈妈因内疚痛哭时，作者赶紧安慰妈妈，让妈妈平静情绪。

1.句意：我叫妈妈给我们做饼干。

make制作；put放置；have有；give给；根据下文“Mum's chocolate chips were the best”可知空格指做饼干，故选A。

2.句意：但是两点钟过去了，她没有出现。

go去；leave离开；appear出现；turn翻转；根据下文“I'm so sorry, honey…I got busy and forgot”从妈妈的言语——忙得忘了可知作者的妈妈没有出现；故选C。

3.句意：我拿着包回家了。

school学校；home家；hospital医院；park公园；根据下文“The house was empty when I arrived”推断作者是回家了，回到家，家里没人；故选B。

4.句意：我的心充满了愤怒。

pleased with对……满意；fed up with厌倦……；strict with对……严格；filled with充满……；根据下文“ For the first time in my life, my mother had let me down”这是我有生以来第一次，母亲让我失望，推断空格指作者的心充满了愤怒，故选D。

5.句意：我正躺在楼上的床上，听到她从前门进来。

come over顺便来访；come through穿过；come into进来；come out出版，发行；根据空后“the front door”可知作者的妈妈从前门穿过进到家，用come through符合题意。故选B。

6.句意：我还是保持沉默。

silent沉默的；angry愤怒的；sad悲伤的；calm冷静的；由上文可知作者因为妈妈的缺席非常愤怒，由此推断空格指妈妈进门时，作者对她的话置之不理，保持沉默；故选A。

7.句意：我不敢相信。

him他；it它；her她；them他们；上文“Then my mother began to laugh”，根据下文“I rolled over and faced her”推断作者不能相信妈妈因此事发笑，因而转身面对妈妈看个究竟；故选B。

8.句意：我从没见过我妈妈哭过。

felt感觉；looked看，强调“看”的动作；found发现；seen强调“看”的结果，意为“看见、看到”；从文字的表层意思可知，空格指我从没见过我妈妈哭过，表看的结果；故选D。

9.句意：“没关系，妈妈，”我伸手抚摸她的头发，“我们甚至不需要那些饼干。有很多东西可以吃。不要哭。没关系。”

sweets糖果；cupcakes纸杯蛋糕；cookies曲奇；hamburgers汉堡；由上文可知妈妈因为太忙忘了给作者做饼干感到内疚痛哭，由此可知空格是作者安慰妈妈，无需那些饼干；故选C。

10.句意：我的话让我妈妈坐了起来。她把我拉到她身边。我们什么也没说。我们紧紧拥抱在一起。

words言语；thoughts思想；actions行动；crying哭泣；上文作者安慰妈妈“我们甚至不需要那些饼干。有很多东西可以吃。不要哭。没关系”，推断空格指作者的话真正安抚妈妈的情绪，妈妈坐了起来；故选A。