Question

The moment I stepped off the plane after a writer’s conference, my youngest son Jeremy greeted me and cried out, “Poster paper, Mama! I need poster paper. We’re having a      at school.” Being a housewife and writer, I felt like no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t keep up with the needs of my      . Back at home, Jeremy kept reminding me of the poster paper, but I just couldn’t             a minute for it. Gradually though, he began to speak more      , almost          he were talking to himself. Maybe he’ll just forget it, I thought hopefully. So I put Jeremy’s request at the      of my long list of things to do.

My third day home I managed to take fifteen minutes to type an article when a small    fell across my paper. I knew who it would be before I      . Jeremy stood quietly watching me. Oh, Lord, please don’t let him say it again. I knew what he wanted but I needed to_______.I smiled      at Jeremy and kept typing. He     for a few more minutes, then turned and walked away. I almost didn’t hear his      . “Competition is over tomorrow, anyway.” The small figure walking out of my room, a silent voice spoke urgently to my heart, “Get him that paper—now!”

“Let’s go to get the paper, Jeremy.” He stopped,      and looked at me in      “You’re going to the store just for me?” I      . Suddenly, a look of _____ shot across his face, erasing the disbelief. I don’t think I’ll ever        that moment. Later that day, he worked silently on the       all afternoon. And a few weeks later, a large yellow envelope came. Inside it was the Certificate of Award. So      was I that I didn’t turned away from his       to get him some poster paper.

1.A. race        B. class       C. ceremony   D. competition

2.A. colleagues  B. family      C. neighbors    D. relatives

3.A. spare      B. pay         C. spend        D. lose

4.A. slowly      B. softly      C. confidently  D. loudly

5.A. as soon as  B. as long as  C. as though   D. even if

6.A. bottom     B. top        C. beginning   D. corner

7.A. letter      B. foot       C. image        D. shadow

8.A. woke up     B. stood up    C. got up       D. looked up

9.A. rest        B. type        C. learn       D. exercise

10.A. widely     B. happily     C. weakly       D. politely

11.A. watched    B. searched    C. hesitated   D. complained

12.A. comment    B. footsteps  C. warning      D. advice

13.A. fell over  B. sat down    C. turned aroundD. walked away

14.A. peace      B. astonishmentC. relief       D. silence

15.A. doubted    B. argued      C. apologized   D. nodded

16.A. surprise  B. sadness    C. disappointment  D. excitement

17.A. enjoy      B. remember    C. forget       D. value

18.A. story      B. question   C. poster       D. composition

19.A. grateful  B. generous   C. forgetful   D. selfless

20.A. opinion    B. request    C. promise      D. gift

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一片记叙文，介绍了作者在家里因为忙于工作而忽略了我的小儿子的要求。有一天他问我要海报纸，本来我还是准备忽略他而继续忙于工作，但是他的小小的失落让我无法忽略。最后他的海报得奖了，我也很感激我当时并没有忽略他。

1.D考查名词。A. race比赛；B. class班级；C. ceremony主要礼俗；D. competition比赛。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是作者在问妈妈要海报纸，因为他们在学校有一个海报比赛。由此可判断此处表达的意思是competition，故选D。

2.B考查名词。A.colleagues同事，同僚；B.family家庭，亲属；C.neighbors邻居；D.relative亲戚。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是作为一名家庭主妇和作家，我感觉不管我做的多么努力，我永远达不到我家人的要求。由此可判断此处空缺指的是家人，故选B。

3.A考查动词。A. spare空出，匀出；B. pay支付；C. spend花费；D. lose失去。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是回到家后，Jeremy一直提醒我海报纸，但是我却没能空出一点点时间听他说。由此可判断此处空缺指的是spare，故选A。

4.B考查副词。A. slowly缓慢地；B. softly轻轻地，轻柔地；C. confidently自信地；D. loudly大声地。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是他开始放慢语速，轻柔地说。由此可判断此处空缺表达的意思是轻轻地，故选B。

5.C考查固定搭配。A.as soon as一…就；B.as long as只要；C.as though仿佛，好像。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是他的声音轻柔的仿佛就像在自言自语，由此可判断此处空缺表达的意思是仿佛、好像，故选C。

6.A考查名词。A.bottom底部；B.top顶部；C.beginning开始，开端；D.corner角落。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是我以为Jeremy忘了他说的，所以就把他的请求放在我要做的事情的清单的最后。由此可判断此处空缺指的是底部，故选A。

7.D考查名词。A.letter字母；B.foot脚；C.image图像；D.shadow阴影。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是我在家的第三天我试图在阳光的阴影落在我的纸上的时候，用15分钟去打一份文章。由此可判断此处的空缺指的是阴影，故选D。

8.D考查动词词组。A.woke up醒来；B.stood up站起来；C.got up起立，登上；D.looked up查找，查阅。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是在我查资料之前，我知道这是谁，由此可判断此处空缺指的是查找，故选D。

9.B考查动词。A.rest休息；B.type打字；C.learn学习；D.exercise锻炼。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是我知道他很想要，但是我必须要打字。由此可判断此处空缺指的是打字，故选B。

10.C考查副词。A.widely广泛地；B.happily高兴地；C.weakly虚弱地；D.politely礼貌地。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是我对Jeremy轻轻一笑又继续打字。由此可判断此处空缺指的是轻轻一笑，既为虚弱一笑，故选C。

11.A考查动词。A.watched观看；B.searched搜索，搜查；C.hesitated犹豫；D.complained抱怨。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是他又继续看了几分钟。由此可判断此处空缺指的是观看，故选A。

12.A考查名词。A.comment评论；B.footstep脚步；C.warning警告；D.advice建议。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是我几乎没有听到他说的话。由此可判断此处空缺指的是说的话，也就是等同于评论，故选A

13.C考查动词搭配。A.fell over落在…上；B.sat down坐下；C.turned around转身；D.walked away走开。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是听到我说的话以后他停下来并转身过来，故选D。

14.B 考查名词。A.peace和平，宁静；B.astonishment惊讶，惊异；C.relief轻松；D.silence沉默，寂静。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是他转过头来静静的看着我，由此可判断此处空缺指的是沉默，故选D

15.D考查动词。A.doubted怀疑；B.argued争吵；C.apologized道歉；D.nodded点头。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是我点头问他想不想去商场。由此可判断此处表达的意思是点头致意，故选D。

16.D考查名词。A.surprise惊讶。惊奇；B.sadness悲伤；C.disappointment失望；D.excitement兴奋，激动。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是他的脸上出现了兴奋的表情，由此可判断此处空缺指的是兴奋，激动，故选D。

17.C考查动词。A.enjoy享受；B.remember记得；C.forget忘记；D.value价值。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是我觉得我永远不会忘记那一刻。由此可判断此处空缺指的是忘记，故选C。

18.C考查名形容词。A.story故事；B.question问题；C.poster海报；D.composition作文。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是那天以后，他安静的在做海报，故选C。

19.A 考查形容词。A.grateful感激的；B.generous慷慨的；C.forgetful健忘的；D.selfless无私的。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是我很感激很感动，由此可判断此处空缺表达的是感激的，故选A。

20.考查名词。A.opinion意见；B.request要求；C.promise承诺；D.gift礼物。根据句意理解可知此处表达的意思是我很感激没有将他的要求置之不理，由此可判断此处空缺指的是要求，故选B。

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