Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I  1a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a  2moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of   3for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they  4their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and  5he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  6my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  7them but I still needed to write them, I   8until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  9for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,  10two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and  11, becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento,  12short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was  13happy to have Marc back. Since I was  14making lunch for his younger brother, I   15one for Marc, too. Imagine my  16when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son,  17his lunch.

“Did I do something   18? Don’t you love me  19,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I   20asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

1.A. carried         B. found            C. included       D. held

2.A. difficult        B. special           C. comfortable    D. separate

3.A. congratulation   B. improvement      C. explanation    D. encouragement

4.A. loved          B. answered         C. wrote         D. examined

5.A. lately          B. by the way        C. by the time    D. gradually

6.A. received        B. understood       C. enjoyed       D. collected

7.A. copy           B. read            C. take          D. send

8.A. held up         B. gave up         C. followed       D. continued

9.A. out            B. home           C. to college      D. to Sacramento

10.A. organizing      B. planning         C. comparing     D. completing

11.A. hopefully       B. finally          C. particularly     D. certainly

12.A. Because of      B. Instead of       C. Except for      D. As for

13.A. especially       B. immediately     C. equally        D. generally

14.A. once           B. again           C. still           D. even

15.A. packed         B. fetched         C. bought         D. filled

16.A. fear            B. surprise        C. anger          D. disappointment

17.A. waiting for      B. worrying about    C. caring for     D. asking about

18.A. wrong          B. funny           C. strange       D. smart

19.A. any more       B. enough          C. once more     D. better

20.A. interestingly     B. bitterly          C. politely       D. laughingly

Answer

1.C此题可用排除法，纸条是I放在午饭中的，B、D显然不对，A项carry这个词是携带的意思，与题意也不合，include除包括以外，还有放入，算进去的意思，合题意。

2.B此题要结合前面a thank-you for，既是感谢的时刻，应用special特别的才对。

3.D与上题一样，要结合空后面的意思选择，为要举行的考试或体育比赛写的话，该是鼓励的。

4.A 

5.C 

6.C 

7.B 母亲写条，孩子读。

8.D

9.B 可由下文提到的我从最小的孩子走了以后，尤其希望大儿子回来推断出大儿子是想回家住几个月。

10.D这些是做完了的事，所以用completing.

11.B完成学业，经过实习以后，他终于成了技术助手，用finally符合语境。

12.C except for除了，as for至于；孩子住得远，只是除去短短的假期回家拜访。

13.A

14.C做以前一直在做的事，still仍旧。

15.A

16.B  surprise前文提到过大儿子在上大学的时候说过不需要母亲的纸条了，所以，对于现在大儿子对见不到纸条的失望，母亲感到的是惊奇。

17.D 

18.A

19.A儿子见不到母亲的纸条，很失望，所以打电话问是不是自己做得不好了。

20.D可用排除法，laughingly笑着，符合当时母亲对儿子的态度。