Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Big things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13. In the middle of that summer, my parents   1my entire world and turned it upside down   2they told me they were getting a divorce. I couldn’t believe that our family was going to   3. Though I always knew my parents weren’t very happy and they often   4, I still wanted my family to stay the same.

My life changed completely   5the divorce. My mother and I moved into a small apartment across town,   6my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house. I now became a   7whenever I went to see my dad and Bill on the weekends. And immediately I had my soon-to-be stepfather, Dan, whom I showed no   8in. I was depressed, especially after Dan and my mother married and I realized that there was no   9that things could change back to the way they were.

Even though I   10all Dan’s attempts to get to know me and wasn’t very   11to him, he never gave up on me.   12, I began to trust him. I realized that we actually had some things in   13, especially when it came to movies and TV shows. We   14a lot of time together hanging out watching TV. That gave us a chance to talk and getto know each other.

Better still, Dan showed an interest in me that I had never experienced from my own father. Dan was always around when I needed   15on school or friends. Once I began to warm up to Dan, the three of us began spending a lot of time together. We often went out to eat and took short trips.   16, I discovered that I had the happy family that I had always wanted.

I now realize my parents were   17about getting the divorce. Their divorce was the best thing to happen for all of us. My father also found happiness—he   18and had another child, my half-sister, Michelle.

At 13, I learned an important   19—change is not always the worst thing that can   20. Sometimes, it is just what we need the most.

1.A. created                B. shook                   C. entered                   D. occupied

2.A. unless           B. if                         C. when                    D. until

3.A. break up               B. hold up                C. keep up                 D. show up

4.A. whispered            B. fought                  C. talked                     D. competed

5.A. throughout    B. beyond                  C. before                     D. after

6.A. where                B. although               C. while                       D. that

7.A. visitor           B. relative                 C. neighbor              D. stranger

8.A. confidence            B. interest                  C. fear                       D. anger

9.A. doubt                   B. difference            C. point                     D. way  

10.A. forgot                 B. supported              C. resisted                    D. valued

11.A. serious                 B. nice                      C. bad                          D. generous

12.A. Gradually            B. Immediately            C. Usually                    D. Regularly

13.A. mind                   B. trouble                    C. common                  D. order

14.A. spent                 B. wasted                    C. lost                         D. saved

15.A. experience         B. information             C. impression                D. advice

16.A. However             B. Besides                    C. Eventually                D. Occasionally

17.A. wrong         B. confident                    C. guilty                  D. right

18.A. remarried            B. returned                   C. changed                  D. left

19.A. method               B. truth                       C. skill                        D. word

20.A. exist                  B. remain                   C. continue                  D. happen

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D        

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C      

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.D      

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.D