Question

My teenage son Karl refused to communicate with others after his father died. As a        parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card        during his junior year, it said that he had been        95 times from classes and had six        grades for the year. At this rate he        never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even        him. Nothing worked.

One night I felt so        that I got down on my knees and prayed for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything        for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you.”

     I was at work when I got a phone call. A man        himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.”        he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came        out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has        . It’ s out of my hands.” For a moment there was        on the other end of the line. The headmaster        said, “Thank you for your time, ” and hung up.

     Karl’s next report card showed a marked        in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I        a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were        at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I        . “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really        me how much I was hurting you. That's        I knew I had to make you proud.”

1.A. confident  B. wise  C. single  D. busy 

2.A. arrived     B. finished  C. returned  D. proved

3.A. naughty  B. troublesome  C. absent  D. present

4.A. failing      B. satisfying  C. disappointing  D. surprising

5.A. must  B. need  C. would  D. should

6.A. convinced  B. forced   C. persuaded  D. begged  

7.A. powerless B. useless C. homeless  D. meaningless

8.A. better  B. worse  C. less  D. more

9.A. described  B. regarded  C. introduced  D. explained 

10.A. Before     B. When  C. After  D. While 

11.A. speaking  B. pouring C. running  D. putting

12.A. continuedB. operated C. affected  D. worked 

13.A. silence  B. anger  C. sadness  D. surprise  

14.A. painfully  B. happily  C. seriously  D. jokingly

15.A. progress B. advance C. improvement D. encouragement 

16.A. attended  B. joined C. arranged  D. organized  

17.A. concerned  B. disturbed C. embarrassed  D. astonished  

18.A. shook      B. nodded  C. smiled  D. replied  

19.A. beat  B. hit  C. frightened  D. confused 

20.A. when B. how  C. why  D. where

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：青少年的人生会因为一些事而改变。我十几岁的儿子卡尔在他的父亲去世后就好像变了一个人，拒绝和我沟通、逃课、考试不及格。我尝试了各种办法都无济于事几乎感到绝望。 但是一次和校长的电话改变了儿子，因为那位校长竟然是儿子装扮的。他了解了自己给妈妈带来的伤害，决心改变自己，让妈妈以他为骄傲。他真得做到了。

1.动词的辨析和对语境的理解。根据第一句话：我十几岁的儿子卡尔在他的父亲去世后就拒绝和别人沟通。可知这句话的意思是：作为一个单亲的母亲,我想尽力跟他说话。A. confident信心的；B. wise明智的；C. single单一的；D. busy.忙的。 故选C。

2.2】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. arrived抵达；B. finished完成；C. returned返回；D. proved.证明。这里是说明父亲去世对孩子学业的影响：当他的初中成绩报告送来时，……。故选A。

3.3】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. naughty淘气的；B. troublesome麻烦的；C. absent缺席的；D. present在场的。结合语境可知：上面写道他逃课95次。故选C。

4.4】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. failing失败的；B. satisfying令人满意的；C. disappointing令人失望的；D. surprising令人惊讶的。结合语境可知：经常逃课，还有6门功课不及格。故选A。

5.5】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. must必须；B. need需要；C. would会；D. should 应该。结合语境可知句意：这样下去，他永远不会毕业了。故选C。

6.6】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. convinced.深信；B. forced强迫；C. persuaded说服；D. begged乞求。结合语境可知句意：我甚至乞求他。但是毫无效果。 故选D。

7.7】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. powerless无能为力的；B. useless无用的；C. homeless无家可归的；D. meaningless毫无意义的。结合语境可知句意：一天夜里,我感到如此无助,所以才会跪下来祈求上帝帮助。故选A。

8.8】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. better更好；B. worse更糟糕；C. less更少；D. more更多。根据后面的话（妈妈快没希望了。）可知句意：我再也不能为我的儿子做些什么了。故选D。

9.9】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. described描述；B. regarded认为；C. introduced介绍；D. explained解释。这里电话那头是校长的自我介绍。故选C。

10.10】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. Before在……之前；B. When当……的时候；C. After 在……之后；D. While当……的时候，虽然。结合下文可知，还不知道对方要说什么，妈妈就开始按原来的情况推断孩子的状况了。故选A。

11.11】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. speaking说话；B. pouring倾倒；C. running运行、跑；D. putting放。根据语境可知句意：所有关于卡尔的失望和悲伤都倾倒进这个陌生人的耳朵。用pour更能表达一个母亲的痛苦和无助的表述，故选B。

12.12】 考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. continued继续；B. operated经营；C. affected影响； D. worked工作，起作用。结合上文可知句意：我什么方法都试过了，但是都没有。故选D。

13.13】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. silence沉默；B. anger愤怒；C. sadness悲伤；D. surprise惊喜。结合下文可以理解句意：电话那一头有片刻的沉默。故选A。

14.14】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. painfully痛苦地；B. happily快乐地；C. seriously严肃地；D. jokingly开玩笑地。结合上文可以理解句意：校长说谢谢你时的心情很严肃。故选C。

15.15】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. progress进展；B. advance 发展；C. improvement改进；D. encouragement鼓励。根据下文可知句意：卡尔的下一个报告单显示他的成绩有了显著的进步。故选C。

16.16】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. attended出席，到处场；B. joined参加一个组织成为其中的一员；C. arranged安排；D. organized组织。甚至在第四年时我还和他一起出席了家长会。故选A。

17.17】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. concerned关心；B. disturbed打扰；C. embarrassed使……尴尬；D. astonished使…..吃惊。根据语境可知句意：我注意到他的老师们都惊奇于他的转变。故选D。

18.18】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. shook震惊；B. nodded点头；C. smiled微笑；D. replied 回答。前一句话话是儿子问妈妈是否记得去年和校长的一次通话。我当然记得，故选B。

19.19】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. beat打败；B. hit 打，打击；C. frightened吓走、害怕；D. confused困惑。根据语境可知句意是：儿子扮成校长想给妈妈一个惊喜，但是妈妈的话令儿子感到很受打击。他认识到他给妈妈带来的伤害有多大。故选B。

20.20】考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. when当……的时候；B. how如何；C. why为什么； D. where哪里。代入四个选项可知句意是：从那时起儿子懂得了要让妈妈以他为骄傲。这里when引导的从句做表语。故选A。

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