Question

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s   36  , she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher   37   his mother and he felt   38   of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that   39   nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to   40   why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were   41   by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother   

  42   the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and   43   himself from everyone. He did, however, get within hearing of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked   44   , “How did you get the scar on your face?”

The mother replied, “   45   my son was a baby, he was in a room that   46   fire. Everyone was   47   afraid to go in because the fire was   48  , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself   49   him trying to protect him. I was knocked   50   but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us. ” She   51   the burned side of her face. “This scar will be   52  , but to this day, I have never   53   what I did.”

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He   54   her in his arms and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand   55   for the rest of the day.

1.A. enjoyment     B. disappointment    C. sorrow              D. joy

2.A. noticed       B. greeted           C. accepted                D. met

3.A. sick          B. ashamed            C. afraid              D. tired

4.A. included      B. passed             C. covered            D. shaded

5.A. talk about    B. think about        C. care for                D. hear about

6.A. impressed     B. surprised         C. excited             D. comforted

7.A. in sight of B. by means of          C. by way of               D. in spite of

8.A. hid           B. protected          C. separated               D. escaped

9.A. carefully     B. seriously         C. nervously               D. anxiously

10.A. As           B. When               C. Since                   D. While

11.A. caught       B. set                C. lit                     D. made

12.A. so           B. much               C. quite                   D. too

13.A. out of control B. under control C. in control     D. over control

14.A. under        B. at                 C. to                  D. over

15.A. helpless     B. hopeless           C. senseless              D. useless

16.A. pointed      B. showed             C. wiped               D. touched

17.A. ugly         B. lasting            C. serious             D. frightening

18.A. forgot       B. recognized         C. considered              D. regretted

19.A. grasped      B. held               C. put                 D. caught

20.A. quietly      B. slightly           C. tightly             D. suddenly

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】什么是母爱？文章讲述的故事告诉我们母爱如大海。

1.名词辨析。A享受；B失望；C难受；D快乐；根据下文可知他很失望，因为不愿意妈妈去参加会议。

2.动词辨析。根据句意可知妈妈会与老师相见。

3.形容词辨析。根据文章他妈妈脸上有疤痕，他根据妈妈丢了他的面子，所以感觉很羞愧。

4.动词辨析。A包括；B通过；C覆盖；根据句意可知那一块疤痕覆盖了妈妈的右脸。

5.短语辨析。A谈论；B考虑；C关心；D听说；这里是指男孩不想谈论妈妈的伤疤是如何形成的。

6.动词辨析。A留下印象；B使…惊讶；C使…兴奋；D使…舒服；根据句意：尽管妈妈脸上有伤疤，但是妈妈还是给老师留下了深刻的印象。

7.介词辨析。A看见；B用…方法；C取道；D尽管；解析同上，根据意思可知D正确。

8.上下文串联。上文说小男孩很尴尬，那么应该是躲着不想见别人。

9.副词辨析。根据上文可知妈妈脸上有疤痕，老师在问的时候肯定会很当心，防止伤害到她。

10.连词辨析。根据上下文可知：当儿子小的时候，他在一个着火的房子里。

11.固定词组。Catch fire着火。

12.固定句型。Too…to…太…而不能；结合句意可知：很多人太害怕了不敢去救男孩。

13.词组辨析。A失去控制；B在…控制中；根据上下文可知火势很大，失去了控制。

14.介词辨析。根据上下文可知妈妈是扑到了孩子的身上。Over在…上。

15.上下文串联。根据上文可知我被一块木头击中，因而失去了知觉。

16.动词辨析。A指；B显示；C擦去；D触摸；根据句意是指妈妈摸脸上的伤疤。

17.形容词辨析。A丑陋的；B持久的；C严重的；D让人害怕的；根据句意可知妈妈说虽然这里伤疤一直留到现在，但是她一点也不后悔。

18.动词辨析。解析同上。

19.动词辨析。A抓住；B拥抱；C放；D抓住；根据句意可知是指男孩紧紧地抱住了妈妈。Hold sb in one’s arms.抱住某人。

20.副词辨析。解析同上。