Question

    When I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (抛接球游戏) with me. I wasn’t very _______  , but he would encourage me. He was    _______  telling me “keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to   _______   even the easiest of throws.

As I got older, we didn’t play catch as much. If I had a problem, I would go to my father to ask for his   _______  . He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. We would  both  _______   because usually that advice did not apply to (适用于) the problem, but he would    _______   to make me smile.

My father became ill in 1995 when I was 23. As he suffered from a stroke (中风), he could not   _______ . There weren’t any more conversations. He could only mouth words, which were sometimes hard to understand. After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at   _______  his lips (嘴唇), even better than the nurses who were   _______   him.

During our last conversation, I was telling him about a problem I was having with my work. Once again, I could read his lips: “Keep your eye on the ball.” We both smiled.

That was the    ________  time I saw my father before he passed away. Since then, “keep your eye on the ball” has become a way for me to get rid of stress.

1.A.bad B.good C.happy D.interested

2.A.always B.never C.hardly D.rarely

3.A.touch B.catch C.break D.see

4.A.money B.information C.advice D.dream

5.A.cry B.wave C.laugh D.hit

6.A.try B.refuse C.forget D.avoid

7.A.see B.hear C.eat D.speak

8.A.reading B.finding C.checking D.wiping

9.A.looking at B.playing with C.caring for D.hearing from

10.A.nearest B.first C.hardest D.last

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】

文章大意：我小的时候父亲喜欢和我玩接球游戏。我玩得不好，但是我们还是会一起玩。父亲经常说：“要集中注意力”。我长大了，有麻烦事时，总是找父亲寻求建议，父亲开玩笑地说：“要集中注意力”，我们就会开心起来。父亲生病去世后，我依然会时常想起那句话“要集中注意力”。

1.

句意：我玩得不好，但是他会鼓励我。

bad坏的；good好的；happy高兴的；interested有趣的。根据下文but he would encourage me. 但是他会鼓励我，可知应该是我玩的不好，故答案选B。

2.

句意：他总是告诉我“要集中注意力”。

always总是、一直；never从不；hardly几乎不；rarely很少地。根据上文but he would encourage me. 但是他会鼓励我，再结合下文，可知应该总是告诉我“要集中注意力”，故答案选A。

3.

句意：因为即使是最简单的投球，我也接不住。

touch触摸；catch接、抓住；break打破；see看见。根据后面的even the easiest of throws即使是最简单的投球，可知应该是最简单的投球也接不住，故答案选B。

4.

句意：如果我有问题，我会去找我父亲征求他的意见。

money钱；information信息；advice建议；dream梦想。根据下文because usually that advice did not apply to (适用于) the problem，因为通常情况下，这个建议并不适用于这个问题，可知当有问题时，应该是去找父亲寻求建议，故答案选C。

5.

句意：我们都会笑，因为通常情况下，这个建议并不适用于这个问题。

cry哭泣；wave摆手；laugh笑；hit打击。根据上文He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. 他会跟我开玩笑说“要集中注意力”。以及下文because usually that advice did not apply to (适用于) the problem, 因为通常情况下，这个建议并不适用于这个问题。由此可知 我们（父亲和我）两个都会笑，故答案选C。

6.

句意：但他想要我笑。

try尝试；refuse拒绝；forget忘记；avoid避免。联系上文语境父亲给出的建议并不适用于这个问题，结合but he would __6__to make me smile.由转折词but，可知父亲是尽力想要逗我去笑，try to do sth.尽力做某事，故答案选A。

7.

句意：由于中风，他不能说话。

see看见；hear听见；eat吃；speak说。根据下文There weren’t any more conversations. He could only mouth words,可知是因为中风，父亲不能说话了，故答案选D。

8.

句意：不久，我似乎能很好地读懂他的嘴唇。

reading读；finding发现；checking核对；wiping擦拭。根据After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at  __8__ his lips (嘴唇),结合下文，可知是不久之后，我似乎能很好地读懂他的嘴唇，故答案选A。

9.

句意：甚至比照顾他的护士还好。

looking at看；playing with和……一起玩；caring for照顾；hearing from得到……的消息。联系上文语境我似乎能很好地读懂他的嘴唇，结合even better than the nurses who were __9__ him.由the nurses，可知应该是比那些照顾他的护士还要好，故答案选C。

10.

句意：那是我父亲去世前最后一次见到他。

nearest最近的；first第一；hardest最难的；last最后的。根据后半句before he passed away.在他去世之前，可知应该是去世前最后一次见到他，the last time最后一次，故答案选D。