Question

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  1.

helmet

I wanted to do something very  2for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He  3all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it  4it looked almost new. I was so  5of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could  6wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon a wakening, I went to the kitchen to  7the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a  8:” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so  9. It had been a log-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could  10lessons. “ Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s  11.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could  12this expensive gift.

Of course, the  13awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动的）with my reaction. Many kisses were  14, and I immediately wanted him to  15my gift.

AS he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not  16what I was expecting. Then I  17that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother  18on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still  19and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

keyboard

I thought you’d love to  20this story.

 Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1.A. hope           B. advice           C. support              D. courage

2.A. polite             B. similar              C. special              D. private

3.A. played         B. studied              C. traveled             D. worked

4.A. after              B. before           C. unless           D. until

5.A. sure           B. fond             C. proud            D. confident

6.A. perhaps        B. really           C. almost           D. hardly

7.A. start              B. cook             C. set                  D. serve

8.A. note           B. notice           C. word             D. sign

9.A. disturbed          B. confused             C. astonished       D. inspired

10.A. give              B. take                 C. draw             D. teach

11.A. reason        B. request              C. comment              D. response

12.A. present       B. afford           C. find                 D. order

13.A. neighbor          B. building             C. home             D. house

14.A. exchanged         B. experienced          C. expected             D. exhibited

15.A. tear              B. open             C. check            D. receive

16.A. purely        B. basically            C. obviously        D. exactly

17.A. realized          B. remembered       C. imagined             D. supposed

18.A. only              B. still                C. ever                 D. even

19.A. works         B. exists           C. matters              D. counts

20.A. send              B. publish              C. share            D. write

Answer

1.A。

【详解】Laura 怀疑在当今世界上是否仍存在这种无私的爱，从而有点儿感到失望。作者在文章中所给的例子就是想证明这种无私的爱的存在，也就是给她以希望。关键词上文的“doubted”（怀疑）。

2.C。

【详解】作者想为儿子做些特别的事.联系下文可知。（买礼物）

3.D。

【详解】自然是通过工作赚钱去买车啦

4.D。

【详解】作者的儿子花了很多时间修车，直到车看起来几乎是新的为止。

5.C。

【详解】上面说了他一个perfect child  肯定是以有这样的儿子而感到自豪。be proud of “因……而骄傲”。

6.D。

【详解】could hardly wait for him to open his gift 迫不及待地等着他打开礼物。

7.A。

【详解】一醒来，作者就去厨房开始准备早点。此处start 理解为“着手（准备）”。

8.A。

【详解】此处note= message, 理解为“短信”或“便条”。

9.C。

【详解】根据语境，未曾预料到的事情发生了，这当然让作者感到惊讶（astonished）。disturbed “打扰”，confused “迷惑 ”，inspired “受鼓舞”，astonished“感到惊讶”

10.B。

【详解】take lessons ,根据文章意思应该是她想参加钢琴课学习钢琴。参考句子“ Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one”

11.D。

【详解】这是我丈夫对我要求的“反应”(response)。

12.B。

【详解】afford sth. 含义为“买得起……”。

13.D。

【详解】拟人用法，指屋子（里的人）醒了。

14.A。

【详解】exchange kisses (with sb. ) 和某人互相接吻。

15.B。

【详解】我想他马上打开我送他的礼物。回应了上面的句子I could hardly wait for him to open up his gift.

16.D。

【详解】儿子的反应不是她所想看见的表情。按常理收到礼物是很开心的才对，可儿子不是，引出下面卖车的事。not exactly 含义为“不完全是……”。

17.A。

【详解】从儿子的反应我意识到他卖车的事.。

18.C。

【详解】ever 此处可理解为“曾经”，也可不译，经常放在被最高级修饰的名词后面。意思是在那天我是最骄傲的母亲。

19.B。

【详解】作者写这封信的目的“无私的爱是存在的”。

20.C。

【详解】讲这个故事，与你共享。share sth. (with sb.) 含义为“和某人分享……”。 

【备考建议】

    完形填空题与往年相比有突破，它以书信体出现， 文章中图文并荗，对生词的理解对考生有辅助作用。内容为青少年所关注，有亲切感，能引起考生共鸣。其特点是语言交际性强，简练生动。并且选项中的词汇突出了在2004年和2005年补充的新词汇及构词法知识。要做到很好地完成这部分内容，考生们不妨试试以下办法：

首先，在理解这篇文章内容的大前提下，可以在解题时根椐上下文相关内容进行判断选择。而不要只考虑本句的意思需要和备选答案。例如题44，如果离开了上下文，似乎四个选项均对。又如题55 ，只有体会到作者写这篇短文的目的是想一起与Laura分享一个在现实生活中确实存在着unselfish love的故事，才能容易地选对答案。

    其次，可以根椐逻辑推理，从常识和常规的角度去考虑。如题38，“自然是通过工作赚钱去买车啦”，又如题51，“儿子的反应不是她所想看见的表情。按常理收到礼物是很开心的才对，------”

    此外，还得注意从词语意义辨析方面进行选择。例如题52，根据这四个词的意思和上下文的内容可确定选项A是正确答案。例如41，53题，可以从习惯用法、固定搭配的角度去考虑。

    做完形填空题还得重视信息关键词。如：36题可根椐关键词doubted， 45题有关键信息Learn to play the piano， 50题可参考wait for him to open up his gift。