Question

I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife's operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends, who were ___36___ waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.

There was a young boy sitting quietly in the ___37___ . He held a small box of ___38___ in one hand and a tablet(写字板) in the other. Every so often he'd place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost ___39___ . And there was a strange silence.

"Daddy, when is Mommy going home?" the young boy asked, breaking the ___40___.

"Tomorrow." his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons and ___41___ something on the tablet.

I ___42___ him as he moved his feet back and forth, looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine-filled window. "When's ___43___, Daddy?" he asked. His father ___44___ him over to sit by him. "Come, ___45___ here next to me," he said with a gentle tone in his voice.

___46___ his things, the little boy walked slowly to his father's side from the corner.The man ___47___ out and held his son by his shoulder.

"There are three days in life. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. One is over and done, one we live in, the other we ___48___ . We can't live in yesterday, but if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow," he said in an attempt to ___49___ the boy.

The little boy looked at him for a moment and said, "If Mommy is going home tomorrow, I'll be ___50___. So, I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy."

Now hanging on every word of this ___51___ , I leaned forward to hear his response. It was ___52___.

"Son, the one great thing about today is once it ___53___, it is already almost tomorrow."

I thought about how ___54___ it was. Even in my adult life, I still live waiting for what tomorrow may ___55___. Now I know that it is already "almost tomorrow".

1.                A．eagerly         B．patiently        C．happily   D．curiously

2.                A．chair           B．corner         C．distance  D．shadow

3.                A．gifts           B．toys            C．chalks    D．crayons

4.                A．dark           B．full            C．empty    D．clean

5.                A．promise        B．rule            C．record   D．silence

6.                A．wrote          B．drew           C．printed   D．carved

7.                A．followed        B．found          C．watched  D．caught

8.                A．today          B．yesterday       C．future    D．tomorrow

9.                A．knocked        B．ordered        C．called    D．pulled

10.               A．stand          B．sit             C．lie   D．sleep

11.               A．gathering       B．forgetting       C．saving D．choosing

12.               A．got            B．took           C．set   D．reached

13.               A．spend          B．waste          C．kill   D．expect

14.               A．frighten        B．satisfy          C．persuade  D．warn

15.               A．happier        B．calmer         C．smarter   D．sadder

16.               A．story          B．argument       C．conversation   D．discussion

17.               A．humorous      B．silly            C．positive   D．perfect

18.               A．ends           B．starts          C．passes D．lasts

19.               A．meaningful      B．important       C．interesting D．fantastic

20.               A．happen        B．come          C．bring D．need

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：明天是什么？本文通过一位父亲对儿子的问题做出了精彩的回答：明天就是我们期待的事物。

1.A 副词辨析。A急切地B耐心地C快乐地D好奇地；人们都在急切地等待爱人的消息。

2.B 上下文串联。根据47空前from the corner说明男孩站在角落里。

3.D 上下文串联。根据41空前的up his crayons说明他手里拿的是画笔。

4.C 形容词辨析。A黑色B充满C空的D干净的；等候室里几乎没有人都空了。

5.D 名词辨析。A诺言B规则C记录D安静；男孩的话搭配了这安静。

6.B 上下文串联。前文提到他手里拿着画笔，那么可以用画笔来画东西。

7.C 动词辨析。A跟随B发现C注视D抓住；当他前前后后地走动的时候我注视着他。

8.D 上下文串联。上文父亲告诉他：妈妈明天会回来？小男孩就问：什么是明天？

9.C 短语辨析。Call sb over把某人叫过来。父亲听了这个问题吧儿子叫了过来。

10.B 动词辨析。A站立B坐C躺D睡；父亲让儿子坐在他旁边。

11.A 动词辨析。A收集B忘记C节约D选择；儿子收好自己的东西，坐了过来。

12.D 固定词组。Reach out伸出手来。父亲伸出手来抱住了自己的儿子。

13.D 动词辨析。A花费B浪费C杀死D期待；本句话是解释明天的，明天就是我们期待的。

14.B 动词辨析。A使…害怕B使…满意C说服D警告；父亲希望自己的回答能让儿子满意。

15.A 形容词辨析。A更开心B更镇定C更聪明D更难过；如果妈妈明天回家，我会更开心。

16.C 上下文串联。父子之间进行的是一次对话，我从这词对话里学到了很多。

17.D 形容词辨析。A幽默的B愚蠢的C积极的D完美的；作者认为父亲的回答是完美的。

18.C 动词辨析。A结束B开始C通过D持续；关于今天的一个伟大的事情就是，一旦今天过去了，就变成了明天。

19.A 形容词辨析。A有意义的B重要的C有趣的D精彩的；我认为父亲的回答很有意义。

20.C 动词辨析。A发生B来C带来D需要；我还在等待明天会给我们带来什么样的事物。

考点：考查夹叙夹议类短文