Question

Early one morning, I witnessed romance at one the least-expected places in the world—a room in a rest home. At the time, my father  36  a room with three other gentlemen.

Before my daddy lived in the rest home, an elderly  37  was sent there. Since there wasn’t a double room  38  , they were forced to separate the couple. The gentleman, Mr.West, was  39  in the bed beside Daddy. His wife, Mrs.West, shared a room with several other ladies down the hall.

When I went to see Daddy that morning, I  40  Mr.West. Three employees were working with him. He hadn’t eaten a bite of food  41  he was sent several days earlier. I could  42  by the expression on the nurses’ faces that they were worried about him. Mr.West  43  to open his mouth for any of them.

“Go and get Mrs.West, ” the nurse told her helper. “Maybe Mr.West will eat  44  her. ”

In a few minutes a kind-looking lady was  45  into the room. Her smile was contagious（传染的）and Mr.West smiled  46  . I felt as though I was intruding（侵入）on a  47  moment, but I couldn’t take my eyes off the couple. The love between them was obvious, as Mrs.West patted Mr.West’s hand.

With a soft voice, Mrs.West tried to 48  Mr.West to eat. To everyone’s surprise, Mr.West  49  his mouth and began to enjoy the  50  and his wife’s company. While the nurses fed him, he stared at his sweetheart with a smile on his face. Mrs.West began singing a song for him. The  51  on his once solemn（严肃的）face became even brighter.

Tears  52  my eyes. The nurse then  53  the curtain around the couple to give them some quality time alone. I discovered that  54  doesn’t only exist when we’re young and in love. Romance  55  a lifetime and grows stronger with age.

1.                A．lived           B．stayed          C．shared   D．had

2.                A．husband.       B．couple         C．gentleman     D．wife

3.                A．accessible       B．acknowledge     C．available D．acceptable

4.                A．sent           B．lain            C．placed    D．fixed

5.                A．understood.     B．found          C．knew     D．met

6.                A．after           B．before          C．since     D．while

7.                A．say            B．tell            C．get D．look

8.                A．expected       B．demanded       C．refused   D．promised

9.                A．to             B．for             C．about    D．on

10.               A．reached        B．sent           C．wheeled   D．carried

11.               A．brightly        B．quietly         C．lightly     D．secretly

12.               A．personal        B．personnel       C．selfish     D．private

13.               A．convince       B．make          C．force D．urge

14.               A．closed         B．opened         C．was opening    D．was closed

15.               A．coffee         B．fruits           C．food D．sweets

16.               A．happiness       B．appearance     C．worry     D．expression

17.               A．filled in         B．filled with       C．filled D．were filled with

18.               A．pulled          B．dragged        C．put   D．pushed

19.               A．love           B．romance        C．happiness D．smile

20.               A．is             B．remains        C．lasts D．continues

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过作者所见的the Wast夫妻，诠释了什么才是真正的浪漫。

1.C解析：share...with... 与…共享…，结合语境只有share最合适。

2.B解析：通过下文可知是一对夫妇被送到了疗养院。

3.C解析：词义辨析：available可用的，accessible可以靠近的，acceptable可以接受的。

4.C解析：place有“安置”的意思。

5.D解析：that morning我去看爸爸是正好遇见了Mr West。

6.C解析：考查连词的用法及区别，since自从…。

7.B解析：tell辨别，识别，看出，常与can，could，be able to连用。

8.C解析：通过下文可知，Mr West刚开始是拒绝吃饭的，Mrs West来了他才高兴并且吃饭。

9.B解析：for因为，为了…。

10.C解析：通过第二段的elderly得知这对夫妇年龄很大了，所以用wheel更符合实际。

11.A解析：Mr West看见自己的妻子对他笑所以他也爽朗（brightly）地笑了。

12.D\B解析：private个人的，私的，与public相对。

13.A解析：convince sb. to do... 说服某人做…。

14.D解析：根据上下文知，Mr West开始张开嘴吃饭。

15.C解析：根据上文He hadn’t eaten a bite of food...可知.

16.D解析：脸上的“表情”，而不是其他。

17.C解析：主语是眼泪所以用fill，如果主语是眼睛本题就可以选C了。

18.A解析：护士拉上窗帘。drag指用力拖、拉。

19.B解析：文章第一段和最后一句话都提到了romance，这也是整篇文章的主题。

20.C解析：last持续，延续。remain强调“保持”。

考点：考查夹叙夹议类短文