Question

Family Picture

I was sitting in my favorite chair, studying for my doctoral degree, when Sarah – my five-year-old daughter – came and asked, “Daddy, do you want to see my family picture?” “Daddy’s busy. Come back in a little while, Honey.”

10 minutes later, she rushed back. “Daddy, let me___________you my picture.” The heat went up around my collar. “Sarah,” I shouted, “come back later. I’m busy now.”

Then I___________I might have hurt her feelings, so I called, “Sarah, could you come back inside a minute, please? Daddy would like to see your picture.”

She ran back happily. “Look, here is Mommy, here is me standing by Mommy, here is our dog, Katie, and here is Mike (her little brother).”

“I love your picture, Honey.” I told her. “I'll hang it on the wall so that I can see it whenever I come back home.”

She took me at my word and went outside to play. I went back to my books, but Sarah’s picture was making me _______– something was missing. I asked Sarah to come back.

“Honey…there are Mommy, Sarah, Mike and Katie in the picture. But…where is your daddy?” “You’re at the library,” she said. With that simple statement, my little princess stopped time for me. I felt I was hurt badly by her words, so I went to Barbara, my wife, for help.

“I know how much it___________you, Gary.” She said.

“Barb…I want to come home. Can I do it?”

20 seconds of___________followed. It seemed like I held my breath for an hour. “Gary,” Barb said___________, “you know, we love you very much. But you haven’t been here. I’ve felt like a single parent for years.”

The words looked cold in print, but she said them gently. It was just the___________. My life had been busy, my family was on their own, and I had a long road ahead of me if I wanted to_________ them back. And I had to. Now that the fog had lifted, it suddenly became the most important thing in my life.

1.A.draw B.award C.send D.show

2.A.considered B.realised C.imagined D.decided

3.A.uneasy B.ungrateful C.tired D.bored

4.A.wounded B.troubled C.taught D.offered

5.A.performance B.complaint C.silence D.challenge

6.A.cheerfully B.carefully C.quickly D.privately

7.A.truth B.value C.honour D.belief

8.A.lead B.keep C.win D.drive

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

【解析】

本文作者讲述了他的五岁的女儿莎拉给他展示她的画，作者忙于攻读法学博士，说没有时间。后来作者意识到他可能伤害了她的感情，于是让她回来。莎拉高兴地跑回来。告诉他，这是妈妈，这是他们的小狗，凯蒂，这是弟弟迈克。照片里没有作者。她告诉作者爸爸在图书馆。

作者感到受到了伤害，他找妻子芭芭拉寻求帮助。他的妻子告诉他她们非常爱他。多年来，她一直觉得自己是单亲父母。作者意识到他一直很忙，却忽视了家人。如果他想赢回他们，需要很长的路要走。

1.句意：爸爸，让我把我的照片展示给你看看。

考查动词辨析。draw画画；award授予，奖励，判给；send邮寄，发送；show表明，展示，给……看。根据上文““Daddy, do you want to see my family picture?” “Daddy’s busy. Come back in a little while, Honey.” 10 minutes later, she rushed back.（“爸爸，你想看我的家庭照吗？“爸爸很忙。一会儿回来，亲爱的。”10分钟后，她冲了回来。）”可知“爸爸，让我把我的照片展示给你看看。”；故选D。

2.句意：然后我意识到我可能伤害了她的感情，于是喊道，“莎拉，请你马上回来好吗？爸爸想看看你的照片。”

考查动词辨析。considered考虑；realised意识到；imagined想象；decided决定，选定。根据上文““Sarah,” I shouted, “come back later. I’m busy now.”（ “莎拉，”我喊道，“过会儿再来。我现在很忙。”）”可知此句是：然后我意识到我可能伤害了她的感情，于是喊道，“莎拉，请你马上回来好吗？爸爸想看看你的照片。”故选B。

3.句意：我又回到我的书上，但是莎拉的照片让我很不安——有些东西不见了。

考查形容词辨析。uneasy担心的，不安的；ungrateful忘恩负义的；tired疲倦的，累的；bored厌倦的。根据下文“something was missing. I asked Sarah to come back. “Honey…there are Mommy, Sarah, Mike and Katie in the picture. But…where is your daddy?”（有东西不见了。我叫莎拉回来。“亲爱的…照片里有妈妈，莎拉，迈克和凯蒂。但是…你爸爸呢？”）”可知“莎拉的照片让我很不安”；故选A。

4.句意：我知道你受了多大的伤，加里。

考查动词辨析。wounded使……受伤/伤害；troubled使忧虑，使烦恼；taught教；offered提供，建议。根据上文“I felt I was hurt badly by her words, so I went to Barbara, my wife, for help.（我觉得她的话深深地伤害了我，所以我去找我妻子芭芭拉寻求帮助。）”可知此句是：我知道你受了多大的伤，加里。故选A。

5.句意：接着是20秒的沉默。

考查名词辨析。performance表演，演出；complaint抱怨，埋怨；silence沉默；challenge挑战。根据下文“It seemed like I held my breath for an hour.（我好像屏住呼吸了一个小时。）”可知此句是“接着是20秒的沉默。”；故选C。

6.句意：巴布小心翼翼地说：“加里，你知道，我们非常爱你。但你没来过这里。多年来，我一直觉得自己是单亲父母。”

考查副词辨析。cheerfully高兴地，兴奋地；carefully小心翼翼地；quickly很快地；privately通过私人地，私下地。根据上文“接着是20秒的沉默。我好像屏住呼吸了一个小时。”可知此句是：巴布小心翼翼地说：“加里，你知道，我们非常爱你。但你没来过这里。多年来，我一直觉得自己是单亲父母。”故选B。

7.句意：这就是事实。

考查名词辨析。truth真相，实情；value价值；honour崇敬，荣幸，荣誉；belief信仰。根据下文“My life had been busy, my family was on their own,（我的生活一直很忙，我的家人只能靠自己）”可知上句是“这就是事实”。故选A。

8.句意：我的生活一直很忙，我的家人只能靠自己，如果我想赢回他们，我还有很长的路要走。

考查动词辨析。lead带路，引领，通向；keep )保持，继续；win获胜，赢；drive驾驶，开车。根据上文提到作者地女儿给作者展示她地画，里面没有他，以及作者的妻子抱怨她感觉像单身父母，和上句“我的生活一直很忙，我的家人只能靠自己”可知此句是“如果我想赢回他们，我还有很长的路要走。”故选C。