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第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）（命题人：吉喆）

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you   .

I wanted to do something very    for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He      all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it     it looked almost new. I was so     of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could     wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to    the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a     :“To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so     . It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could     lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s     .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could     this expensive gift.

Of course, the     awoke, and my son was thrilled(激动的)with my reaction. Many kisses were    , and I immediately wanted him to       my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not     what I was expecting. Then I 57   that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother       on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still     and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to      this story.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1.A. courage    B. advice      C. support   D. hope

2.A. polite    B. special     C. similar    D. private

3.A. worked   B. studied      C. traveled   D. played

4.A. after      B. before       C. unless    D. until

5.A. sure      B. fond         C. confident  D. proud

6.A. perhaps    B. hardly       C. almost    D. really

7.A. cook       B. start        C. set       D. serve

8.A. note       B. notice      C. word       D. sign

9.A. disturbed   B. confused   C. inspired   D. astonished

10.A. give      B. draw       C. take      D. teach

11.A. response   B. request    C. comment   D. reason

12.A. present    B. find        C. afford    D. order

13.A. neighbor   B. building    C. home       D. house

14.A. exhibited  B. experienced C. expected   D. exchanged

15.A. tear       B. check      C. open      D. receive

16.A. exactly    B. basically  C. obviously  D. purely 

17.A. remembered B. realized   C. imagined   D. supposed

18.A. only      B. still       C. ever       D. even

19.A. works      B. counts     C. matters    D. exists

20.A. send       B. share       C. publish   D. write

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

1.考查名词辨析 A. courage勇气；B. advice建议；C. support 支持；D. hope希望；针对Laura对“当今世界是否有无私的真爱”的怀疑态度，作者通过自己的亲身经历来说明无私的真爱是存的。比较4个选项，同时结合下文的内容，只有D最佳

2.考查形容词辨析 A. polite有礼貌的；B. special特殊的；C. similar类似的；D. private私人的；下文，“我”希望看到儿子激动的表情，所以是想给儿子一个特殊的(special)礼物，故选B项。

3.考查动词辨析A. worked工作；B. studied学习；C. traveled 旅行；D. played玩；因为要挣钱买摩托车，所以整个夏天都在work，故选A项。

4.考查连词辨析A. after 之后；B. before之前；C. unless 除非；D. until直到；此处指儿子在这辆二手摩托车上花费了很长时间，一直到(until)它看上去跟新车一样，故选D项。

5.考查形容词辨析A. sure确定 ；B. fond 喜欢的；C. confident自信的；D. proud 骄傲的；从搭配上看，四个选项都是对的，即：be sure of对……有把握，be fond of喜欢， be proud of为……而骄傲，be confident of对……有信心(把握)。但根据文章意思可知，作者的儿子是一个优秀而且很懂事的孩子，所以作者应该是对他引以自豪，故选D项。

6.考查副词辨析 A. perhaps也许；B. hardly几乎不；C. almost所有；D. really真地；此处指母亲等不及希望儿子早点见到礼物，描述的是母亲的迫切的心情，故选B项。

7.考查动词辨析A. cook 烹饪；B. start 开始；C. set 设定；D. serve服务；由于 tea 和 morning goodies 无需cook，故排除B；而set 和 serve 不合语境。start 在此表示“开始准备”，故选B项。

8.考查名词辨析A. note通告；B. notice注意；C. word话；D. sign标志；句意：在客厅里，是一个美丽的键盘上面有一个纸条 此处note= message, 理解为“短信”或“便条，故选A项。

9.考查动词辨析A. disturbed打扰；B. confused使困惑；C. inspired鼓舞；D. astonished吃惊；没想到儿子会给自己买keyboard，所感到很吃惊。另外，根据下文的I stood there shocked 也可推知答案。

10.考查动词辨析A. give 给；B. draw画；C. take带来；D. teach教；根据下文说的 Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one 可知，作者还不会弹钢琴，此处用take lessons表示“上课”，也就是学钢琴，故选C项。

11.考查名词辨析 A. response 回应；B. request要求；C. comment 评论；D. reason原因；作者想拥有一架钢琴，而她的丈夫的答复是Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one，故选A项。

12.考查动词辨析A. present呈现；B. find发现；C. afford 支付；D. order命令；此处指作者想知道儿子是怎样弄到那么钱来买这个礼物的，故选C项。

13.考查名词辨析A. neighbor邻居；B. building建筑物；C. home家；D. house房子；家里人都醒了，也就是整个屋子的人都醒了，这是拟人的写法，故选D项。

14.考查动词辨析A. exhibited 陈列；B. experienced经历；C. expected期望；D. exchanged 交换；指家人之间因高兴而互相亲吻，根据句意选D项。

15.考查动词辨析A. tear撕开；B. check检查；C. open 打开；D. receive收到；此处用open 表示打开礼物的包装，根据语境选C项。

16.考查副词辨析A. exactly确切地；B. basically 基础地；C. obviously显然地；D. purely纯净的；此处指作者的儿子看到礼物后脸上的表情并不像作者所期待的那样兴奋(因为他把摩托车卖掉了)，故选A项。

17.考查动词辨析A. remembered忘记；B. realized意识到；C. imagined 想象；D. supposed假设；根据作者儿子给她买的贵重礼物以及儿子收到礼物后的表情来看，此时作者意识到儿子是把摩托车给卖掉了，故选B项。

18.考查副词辨析A. only 只有；B. still 仍然；C. ever 曾经；D. even甚至；ever与最高级连用表示加强语气，ever的意思“一直以来”，又如：It was the best result they’ve ever had. 这是他们历来取得的最好成绩，故选C项。

19.考查动词辨析A. works工作；B. counts数数；C. matters重要；D. exists 存在；指作者想让 Laura 相信，无私的爱仍然存在，故选D项。

20.考查动词辨析A. send发送；B. share分享；C. publish出版；D. write写；指作者认为Laura 会与自己分享(share)这个故事，根据语境选B项。