Question

When we’re young, we dream of love and fulfillment. We perhaps think of nights in the moon or walks along the beach at sunset.

No one tells us that the      moments of a lifetime are flashing by, unplanned and nearly always catch us off guard.

Not long ago, as I was reading a bedtime story to my seven-year-old daughter, Annie, I became aware of her      look. She was staring at me with a charmed expression.      , completing The Tale of Samuel Whiskers was not as      as we first thought. I asked what she was thinking about.

"Mommy," she      , "I just can't stop looking at your pretty face."I almost dissolved on the spot.

Not long after, I took my four-year-old son to an elegant department store, where the sweet notes of a classic love song      us toward a musician playing a grand piano. Sam and I sat down on a marble bench nearby, and he seemed as absorbed in the pleasant      as I was.

I didn't realize that Sam had      next to me until he turned, took my face in his little hands and said, "      with me."

      those women walking under the Paris moon knew the      of such an invitation made by a round-cheeked boy with baby teeth! Although      openly laughed and pointed at us as we glided and whirled around the open atrium(中庭), I would not have      a dance with such a charming young gentleman if I'd been offered the universe.

1.A. saddest     B. greatest   C. shortest      D. longest

2.A. focused      B. scared       C. surprising    D. worried

3.A. Strangely    B. Patiently    C. Naturally     D. Apparently

4.A. easy        B. delicate   C. important     D. suitable

5.A. shouted      B. whispered   C. cried         D. screamed

6.A. drew        B. beat        C. fed            D. cut

7.A. title       B. subject      C. topic          D. theme

8.A. looked up    B. stood up    C. taken up       D. come up

9.A. Sing        B. Play        C. Dance         D. Go

10.A. As if       B. Even if    C. Only if        D. If only

11.A. shame      B. joy          C. pity          D. chance

12.A. shoppers    B. teachers     C. workers        D. managers

13.A. expected    B. accepted    C. traded         D. caught

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

【解析】

1.of a lifetime 千载难逢的，表示“千载难逢的”自然是“伟大的，宝贵的”。

2.focused，专心的，表示女儿听我讲故事非常的专心；

3.apparently显然地；似乎，表面上 句意：显然，讲完故事不是我的初衷，所以我又问女儿现在想什么？

4.此处强调讲完故事不是我的初衷，用not as important as来表达。

5.whisper 耳语；低声说。女儿低声对我说。

6.draw此处是“吸引；拉”歌声把我们吸引到一位演奏钢琴的音乐家身上。

7.theme 主题，旋律；儿子全神贯注，像我一样被音乐的旋律给吸引住了。

8.儿子靠着我站着，用他的小手捧着我的脸，说“和我一块跳舞”。

9.参照上题。

10.if only 如果怎么样就好了，如果在巴黎的月光下散步的那些女士们知道受到一位长着童齿、圆圆的脸庞的小男孩的跳舞的邀请就好了。

11.参照上题。

12.shoppers 购物者。指的是商场的其他购物者看着我和儿子跳舞。

13.此处谈的作为母亲的感受，即使给我整个宇宙我也不会去交换和这样 一个小男孩跳舞的机会。Trade ……with……与……交易。