Question

I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.

In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I  21  a room with two double beds and a bathroom which was too  22  for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was   23   and my stepmother had   24   us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no   25_   what to do with me. And that’s when my other family   26  .

Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home   27   their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I   28   with them for the next seven years.

Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She   29   I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders.  30  I could tell, for the Beaches there was no  31  between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.

When Su and I  32  college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.

The Beaches knew  33  about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _34  his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely   35__ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

 36  the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n)  37  that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed(使瘫痪 ,使麻痹 ,使无能力)by my _38   , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.

I   39  family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was   40   , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.

1.A. lived      B. shared          C. possessed          D. bought

2.A. cheap     B. noisy        C. small             D. limited

3.A. in trouble  B. in sight        C. in place         D. in parts

4.A. struck         B. removed        C. kicked D. knocked

5.A. plan          B. choice   C. chance          D. idea

6.A. looked after    B. showed up     C. turned over    D. came cross

7.A. so            B. because       C. until                    D. while

8.A. worked        B. traveled       C. lived                 D. learned

9.A. worked out     B. called up      C. watched out       D. made sure

10.A. As long as        B. As far as         C. As soon as    D. As many as

11.A. change    B. problem       C. conflict             D. difference

12.A. set off           B. left for          C. entered into           D. admitted into

13.A. all   B. little     C. something    D. nothing

14.A. supply      B. teach   C. encourage   D. raise

15.A. different          B. unfair   C. easy          D. hopeful

16.A. Thanks to         B. In spite of     C. Except for     D. But for

17.A. home      B. house C. ability       D. lesson

18.A. choice     B. failure C. past       D. present

19.A. doubt about    B. call on C. center on     D. believe in

20.A. born        B. accepted      C. educated      D. deserted

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析:文章大意：作者看来一个家庭不仅有血缘，而且表现的是一种爱，我七岁时，妈妈不幸去世，爸爸拥有了第二次婚姻，但后来出现了问题，我跟爸爸不得不另找出路，我被我的好朋友SU一家收养，她的父母把我当成像SU一样亲生女儿一样看待，作者很是感激。不然自己会是另外一个人。

1.B 考查动词辨析。A 居住；B 分享、共有；C 占有；D 购买；句意：我和父亲共同分享一间有着两个双人床和一个浴室的房间。B项为不及物动词，后面带in才能接a room作宾语；C项和D项不符合上下文内容，故B正确。

2.C考查形容词辨析。A 便宜的；B 喧闹的；C 小的；D 有限的；根据上文内容，父女两共有这样一个放着两张双人床，还圈出一个浴室的房间，应该是狭小的，故C正确。

3.A考查介词短语辨析。A 处在麻烦中；B 在视野内；C 在适当的地方；D 部分。根据下文内容，作者的继母把我们赶出了家门，故是爸爸的第二次婚姻出现了问题，所以选A正确。

4.C考查上下文串联。A打击； B 除掉； C 踢； D 敲击 根据整句话的意思以及下文的叙述可知“爸爸的婚姻遭到麻烦，继母把父女两赶出了家门，与赶出有意思相近的动词就是kicked了，故C正确。

5.D考查名词辨析。 A 没有计划；B 别无选择；C 没有机会；D 不知道；根据下文“what to do with me”可知爸爸不知道该怎么做；故D正确。

6.B考查动词短语辨析。 A 照顾； B 出现；C 翻转；D 偶然遇上，碰上；上文作者说她与父亲被继母赶出家门，下文作者写了到另一个家庭里生活并得到很到的照顾，由此可知作者的家庭破裂时，另一个家庭出现了，故B正确。

7.B考查连词辨析。A 因此； B 因为 ；C 直到；D 而；根据“Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home   27   their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. ”是Barbara and Roland把我带到他们家中；后一句通过分析句子成分可知：主语“their only daughter”谓语为“asked”，是个完整句子，所以用because。

8.C考查动词辨析。A 工作； B 旅游；C 生活；D 学习；根据下文with them for the next seven years.可知作者是与他们生活了七年。

9.D考查动词短语辨析。A 算出；B 召唤；C 小心；D 确保；作者能够有饭钱，医生的约定，帮助学习是在新的家庭里得到的，作为他们的女儿，父母是要确保孩子的，A,B,C均不符合上下文逻辑，根据句意分析故D正确。

10.B考查连词辨析。A只要； B 远到，至于；C 一、、、就、、、；D  和、、、一样多，根据上下文逻辑B项最佳。

11.D考查名词辨析。 A 改变，变化； B 问题； C 斗争，冲突； D 不同；根据句意，对Beaches来说，我和SU之间没有任何区别，我也是他们的女儿。故D正确。

12.B考查动词短语辨析。 A 出发； B 前往；动身去；C 进入，参加； D 准许进入；根据句子意思：当我和Su进入大学了，他们把我的房间留下来，可见是动身去读大学，故B正确。

13.A考查不定代词辨析。A 全部；B 很少，几乎不； C 一些； D 什么都没有/不，由下文“they had heard the whole story from Su.”可知，The Beaches已经知道我的故事了而且是整个故事；故选A项。

14.D考查动词辨析。A 提供； B 教育，教； C 鼓励；D 抚养；根据上文“When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people”可知父亲要靠别人抚养他的孩子。即可选D。

15.B考查形容词辨析。A 不同的；B 不公平的； C 容易的；D 有希望的；根据作者与Beaches生活之前，她遭遇了家庭破裂的事，这对于一个孩子的影响是很大的，使作者产生对生活的消极态度是可以理解，也是符合常理的，而且下文作者说：爱是摇摆不定的，不可信的；可知选B项。

16.D考查连词辨析。A 幸亏，由于； B 不管； C 除了   D 要不是；这里作者要表达：要不是Beaches,我就会成为一个痛苦的，愤世嫉俗的女人。句中“would havebecome”是关键，它决定了前面的空是but for而不是“thanks to”；若选“thanks to”应为：幸亏了他们一家，我才没有变成一个……；很明显，thanks to是最具干扰性。

17.A考查上下文串联。A 家； B 房子；C 能力；D 课程；根据全文意思:作者与他们共同生活，他们也把作者当做女儿来看待，所以他们给予“我”的应是一个家庭。

18.C考查名词辨析。 A 选择； B 失败； C 过去； D 礼物；句意：他们让我免于被我的过去使我麻痹颓废。所以选C项。

19.D考查动词短语辨析。 A 怀疑   B 号召； C 着重在，集中于； D 相信；根据文章后一部分，作者因为Beaches一家而从原来的消极对待生活变成积极面对，她也由此相信爱，相信有家。故D正确。

20.A考查形容词辨析。 A 出生； B 接受； C 受教育；D 被荒废的；对于我来说，它不是那天我出生的家，而是……。根据文章，“我”是住在Beaches家的，不是在那里出生的。

考点：考查记人记事的叙述文章的理解