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 a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too  for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was     and my stepmother had     us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no   _  what to do with me. And that’s when my other family     .

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

Barbara washed my skirts the same as Su’s.  She     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.     I could tell, for the Beaches there was no    between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.

When Su and I  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    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 _   his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely   __ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

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

I   family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was    , 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 across

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】

1.1】考查动词辨析。A生活；居住；B分享；C拥有；占有；D购买；我跟我爸爸共用(shared)一个有两张双人床和一个洗手间的房间。故B正确。

2.2】考查形容词辨析。A便宜的；B吵闹的；C小的；D有限的；这卫生间对于一个15岁女孩子和她爸爸来说实在是太小了。故C正确。

3.3】考查介词短语。A处于困境，处于麻烦中；B在视野之内；C有条理；D在某些方面；那时，我爸爸的第二次婚姻陷入了麻烦了。

4.4】考查动词辨析。A敲击；B去除，移除；C踢；赶走；D敲门；之前一周，我后母把我们父女俩赶了（kick）出来。这里的kick是一个很形象的说法。

5.5】考查名词辨析。A计划；B选择；C机会；D观点；爸不知道该拿我如何是好。本句中的固定搭配：have no idea不知道。故D正确。

6.6】考查动词短语。A照顾；B展示；出现；C移交，翻转；D遇见；正在这个时候，我的另一个家庭出现（show up）了。

7.7】考查连词辨析。A于是；B因为；C直到…才…；D当…时；芭芭拉·比奇和罗兰·比奇夫妇两人把我接到他们家里，而这仅仅是因为我最要好的朋友——他们唯一的女儿苏的请求他们做的。上下文是因果关系，故使用because。

8.8】考查动词辨析。A工作；B旅行；C生活，居住；D学会；从此，我与他们一起生活了达七年之久。

9.9】考查动词短语辨析。A锻炼；制定出，计算出；B打电话；唤醒；C注意；当心；D保证，确保；她确保让我每天都有吃午饭的钱。

10.10】考查短语辨析。A只要；B据…；就…；C一…就；D多达；在我看来(as far as I can tell)，比奇夫妇对待我跟苏一视同仁(no difference)：我也是他们的女儿。

11.11】考查名词辨析。A改变；B问题；C冲突；D差别；名词短语make no difference不起作用，没有影响；比奇夫妇对待我跟苏一视同仁(no difference)：我也是他们的女儿。

12.12】考查短语辨析。set off引起；动身；使爆炸 enter into 参加 admit into准许进入。句义：后来，我和苏离开家(left for)，上了大学。可知B正确。

13.13】考查代词辨析。A所有事情，一切；B很少，几乎没有；C一些事情；D没有事情；比奇夫妇在接收我的时候，就了解我的一切（all）。故A正确。

14.14】考查动词辨析。A供应，提供；B教育；C鼓励；D提高；养育；筹集；从那个时候起，我的爸爸就靠其他人帮他抚养(raise)孩子。根据句义说明D正确。

15.15】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；我开始与比奇这一家人住的时候，我相信生活根本就是不公平的。

16.16】考查短语辨析。A多亏；B尽管；C除…之外；D要不是，如果没有…；要不是比奇这一家人，我就会变成一个满腹牢骚、愤世嫉俗的女人。

17.17】考查名词辨析。A家；B房子，家；C能力；D教训，课程；但他们给了我一个让我可以成长、可以改变自己的家。根据句义可知A正确。

18.18】考查名词辨析。A选择；B失败；C过去；D礼物；他们没有让我的过去成为我生活的障碍。

19.19】考查短语辨析。A怀疑；B号召；C以…为中心；D相信；我相信家庭。家人并不是我出生的那天在等着我的人，而是在我住在十号州际公路旁的豪生汽车旅馆时，向我敞开胸怀的那个“安乐窝”

20.20】考查动词辨析。A出生；Ｂ接受；C教育；D抛弃，遗弃；对我来说，家人并不是我出生的那天在等着我的人，而是在我住在十号州际公路旁的豪生汽车旅馆时，向我敞开胸怀的那个“安乐窝”