Question

On their wedding day, a young farmer decided to give his wife a present.The present was a mirror,and it made his wife very   26   because she had never seen herself before    27   in the waters of a pond or stream. When she looked in the mirror and saw her lovely   28  , the young woman laughed with   29  .The farmer was joyful, too. He knew he was lucky to have such a beautiful   30  .

After a few years,the young wife gave birth to a baby girl. But the birth was  31  and the young woman died. The farmer felt   32  sad that he put all his wife’s things   33   in in a box, including her   34   mirror.

The mirror   35   in the box for many years.

The daughter   36  , and with each year she  37  more and more like her mother. One day, her father took her to a quiet garden and   38  her about her mother and the mirror she so loved. The girl was so __39__ what her father said that she could not control (控制) herself. She took out her mother’s old things and __40_the mirror. She  41  the mirror in front of her face and looked   42  into it:“Father,father,come here,”she  43  ,“It’s mother. Her face is in the mirror.”

The face in the mirror is the girl’s face,   44  her father didn’t say a word.

He could not  45  . Tears were streaming down his face.

1.A. concerned      B. proud         C. happy       D. anxious　　

2.A. near          B. except         C. between      D. from　　

3.A. picture           B. face           C. hands         D. legs　　

4.A. kindness      B. excitement      C.joy           D. sadness　

5.A. decision      B. present         C. mirror       D.wife　　

6.A. difficult     B. long           C. wonder        D. usual　

7.A. very          B. so             C. rather        D. such　　

8.A.up            B. away            C. down        D. off　　

9.A. favourite      B. new      C. strange       D. broken　　

10.A. put           B. held         C. lay            D. kept　

11.A. thought           B. studied      C. worked         D. grew　　

12.A. acted         B. looked        C. laughed       D. sounded　　

13.A.told           B. asked          C. begged      D. persuaded　　

14.A.amazed at      B. frightened by       C. tired of      D.interested in　

15.A. felt             B. found        C. cleaned     D. watched　　

16.A. lifted         B. tried           C. dropped     D. shook　

17.A. carelessly     B.clearly          C. slowly      D. carefully

18.A. answered      B. cried               C. asked      D. smiled　

19.A. but              B. and              C. as          D. since　　

20.A. sit            B.believe         C. speak       D. stand　

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.C。happy快乐。从下文来看，农夫的妻子以前从未用过镜子，当她看到镜子中的自己时，开心地笑了，说明这个礼物使她非常快乐。

2.B。except除了……之外。依常识可知，在小溪或池塘的水中是可以映出人影的。此处意为“此前除了在池塘或小溪的水中看到过自己之外，她还从来没有看到过自己的影像。”故此处选B。

3.B。在镜子中看到了她那张可爱的脸face。

4.C。从下句“The farmer was joyful，too. ”可判断 出答案应为joy。

5.D。此句意为“他知道拥有这样一位美丽的妻子wife是多么幸运。”故答案选D。

6.A。妻子在分娩时不幸去世，说明当时难产。Difficult困难的。

7.B。本句为so. . . that. . .句型。sad为形容词，故不可选D。

8.B。put sth. away指“把某物收起”，农夫因悲伤 而把有关妻子的东西全部收起。put up提升, 张贴；put down放下, 写下；put off推迟。

9.A。从第一段可以看出妻子非常喜欢这个镜子， 且第四段中的“. . .the mirror she so loved.”给出了信息。因 此可判断镜子是“妻子”最喜爱的(favourite)东西。

10.C。lay是lie的过去式，意为“躺”。此处指镜子 一直躺在箱子里。put和keep在此处应用被动语态；hold不符 合语境。

11.D。此处意为: 女儿一年年长大(grow)了。

12.B。“女儿长得越来越像她的母亲。”look与like搭配，意为“看上去像，长得像”。

13.A。农夫跟女儿讲她母亲和她母亲所心爱的镜子的事情。tell sb. about sth. 告诉某人某事。

14.D。从后面could not contain herself和dug into的动作可知，她迫不及待地想看看母亲的那面镜子，因此可以 判断她对父亲所讲述的事情很感兴趣(interested in)。

15.B。她在母亲的旧物中找到了(find)那面镜子。

16.A。她要照自己的脸，自然是在脸前举起了(lift)镜 子。

17.D。look deeply into深深地看着。

18.B。从她的言语中可以看出其惊喜之情，故可判断她是在大声地喊着父亲。comment评论，不符合语境。

19.A。镜中是女儿自己的脸，但是(but)父亲难抑对妻子的思念之情，对女儿的话没有做出任何言语上的反应。

20.C。他的眼泪因感动夺眶而出，哽咽难语，再结合上句“. . . her father didn’t say a word. ”综合判断答案为C。

考点：记叙文