Question

完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

John’s parents acquired the washer when he was a small boy. It happened during World War II.

His family never ________ a washing machine and, since gasoline was expensive, they could not ________ trips to the laundry(洗衣店) several miles away. Keeping clothe________ became a problem for young John’s household.

A family friend joined the army, and his wife ________ to go with him. John’s family________  to store their furniture while they were away. To the family’s________  , the friends suggested they use their Bendix. So this is how they ________  the washer.

Young John helped with the washing, and across the years he ________  a love for the old, green Bendix. But ________  the war ended. When the friends came to take it back, John grew terribly ________  . His mother ________  him and said, “You must remember, that machine________ belonged to us in the first place. That we ever got to use it at all was a gift. So, instead of being mad at it being taken ________ , let’s use this ________ to be grateful that we had it at all.”

The lesson turned out ________ .Years later, John watched his eight-year-old daughter die a slow and painful death of leukemia(白血病). Though he ________  for months with her death, John could not begin getting over from the ________ until he remembered the old Bendix.

His daughter was a ________  . When he realized that simple fact, everything changed. He could now begin recovering from the death of his daughter. He started to see her as a marvelous gift that he was fortunate enough to ________  for a time. He felt________ . He found strength and recovery. He knew he could get through the valley of loss.

1.A. required       B. owned         C. repaired     D. saw

2.A. take           B. have          C. afford       D. ride

3.A. clean          B. warm          C. nice         D. good

4.A. agreed         B. managed       C. desired      D. prepared

5.A. offered        B. decided       C. expected   D. promised

6.A. disappointment B. astonishment C. sadness     D. regret

7.A. bought         B. got           C. borrowed   D. used

8.A. achieved       B. produced      C. developed   D. reduced

9.A. finally        B. obviously     C. immediately D. peacefully

10.A. frightened    B. upset         C. hopeless   D. confused

11.A. explained     B. encouraged    C. comforted   D. taught

12.A. once          B. already       C. hardly      D. never

13.A. out           B. down          C. away        D. up

14.A. chance        B. success       C. event        D. treasure

15.A. important     B. necessary     C. reasonable D. invaluable

16.A. thought       B. missed       C. struggled   D. forgot

17.A. lesson        B. loss          C. illness      D. difficulty

18.A. death         B. washer       C. gift       D. loser

19.A. share         B. spend        C. live        D. earn

20.A. grateful     B. energetic    C. relaxed     D. happy

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于人生感悟类短文，文章通过讲述作者童年时，失去了与之朝夕相处的洗衣机，以及作者中年为人父时，失去自己挚爱女儿的故事。告诉我们：人生中有很多宝贵的东西，但当他们失去的时候，不要沉浸在痛苦中，而要从痛苦中解脱出来，去迎接新的生活。

1.B 考查上下文串联。动词require要求；own拥有；repair维修，修理；see看见；结合下一句“由于汽油很贵，他们家出不起开车去几英里外的干洗店的汽油钱”可知，他们家从来不曾拥有（own）洗衣机，故选B 。

2.C 考查动词辨析。动词take拿走；have拥有；afford承担得起；ride骑行，乘坐；由于汽油很贵，他们家都负担不起（afford）开车去几英里外的干洗店的汽油钱，故选C。

3.A 考查形容词辨析。形容词clean干净的；warm温暖的；nice好的；good好的；所以保持衣服的干净（clean）就成了小约翰一家人的一大难题，故选A。

4.D 考查动词辨析。动词agree同意；manage管理，设法；desire打算，想要；prepare准备；他们家的一个朋友要去参军，他的妻子将准备（prepared）随行，故选D。

5.A 考查上下文串联。动词offer主动提供；decide决定；expect期待，预测；promise允诺；由上一句可知，朋友和妻子即将要走，于是John家主动（offered）帮助他们保存其家具，故选D。

6.】B 考查上下文串联。名词disappointment失望；astonishment惊讶，惊喜；sadness悲伤；regret后悔，遗憾；结合前后语境可知，军人朋友表示他们可以使用洗衣机，他们就解决了洗衣服的困难，所以他们很惊喜（astonishment），故选B。

7.B 考查上下文串联。动词buy购买；get得到；borrow借入；use使用；根据前文John’s parents acquired...中的acquire结合语境可知，这就是他们洗衣机的得来（got），故选B。

8.C 考查动词辨析。动词achieve实现；获得；produce生产；develop发展，形成；reduce减少；小约翰帮助洗衣服，经过多年，他逐渐的对那台旧的绿色Bendix洗衣机产生（develop）了喜爱之情，故选C。

9.A 考查上下文串联。副词finally最后，终于；obviously明显地；immediately立刻，马上；peacefully和平地；由下一句“当朋友回来取回洗衣机时”，预料到最后（finally）战争结束了，故选A。

10.B 考查上下文串联。形容词frightened害怕的；upset难受的；hopeless绝望的；confused困惑的；由下文可知当朋友回来取回洗衣机时，约翰变得特别的难过（upset），故选B。

11.C 考查动词辨析。动词explain解释；encourage鼓励；comfort安慰；teach教育；看见儿子不高兴，妈妈自然过来安慰（comforted）他，故选C。

12.D 考查副词辨析。副词once曾经；already已经；hardly几乎不；never从未；你必须记住，那台机器从最初就不曾（never）属于我们，故选D。

13.C 考查动词短语。短语take out拿出，取出；take down写下，记下；take away拿走；take up占据，从事于，开始做；句意：所以，不要因为它被取回去而伤心，故选C。

14.A 考查上下文串联。名词chance机会；success成功；event事件；运动项目；treasure珍宝；结合语境可知，因为朋友参军才把洗衣机留给约翰他们暂时使用，他们才有这样一个机会（chance），故选A。

15.】D 考查形容词辨析。形容词important重要的；necessary必要的；reasonable合理的；invaluable无价的；根据后文是妈妈的话让作者走出了失去女儿的痛苦的，可知妈妈的话是无价的（invaluable），故选D。

16.C 考查上下文串联。动词think思考；miss错过；struggle挣扎，努力；forget忘记；由下一句可知，几个月时间，他仍然无法从失去爱女的痛苦中挣扎（struggle）出来，故选C。

17.B 考查上下文串联。名词lesson教训；loss损失；illness疾病；difficulty困难；根据后一句提示可知，他无法从这份损失（loss）中恢复过来，故选B。

18.D 考查名词辨析。名词death死亡；washer洗衣机；gift礼物；loser失败者；由后文可知，他的女儿就是一份厚礼（gift），故选D。

19.A 考查动词辨析。动词share分享；spend度过，花费；live生活；earn挣得；句意：他把女儿看作一份神奇的礼物，一份他足以幸运地曾经短时间地享有（share）的礼物，故选A。

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【名师点睛】

可以通过意群分析法分析长难句。所谓意群阅读法，即把意义和语法结构上有关联的几个词连接成较完整的信息。此方法不仅有利于提高阅读速度，而且有利于对句子的整体理解。例如：

When two cars travelling at 30 mh hit each other①, an unbelted driver would meet the windshield② with a force equal to diving headfirst into the ground from a height of 10 meters③.

分析：①是状语从句，②是主句，③是with引导的介词短语作状语，修饰谓语。这样，把整个句子划为4个意群，可以大大提高阅读速度。

典型例题

例1 What Winter knows of the 19-year-old who saved his life is only that he died in a car accident and that his family was willing to honor his wishes and donate his organs for transplantation(移植).

解析： 此句的主语为What Winter knows of the 19-year-old who saved his life整个从句，其中主语里面又包含了一个由who引导的定语从句；主语的谓语为is，后面的that引导两个并列的表语从句。