Question

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As a teenager, I was pretty lazy when it came to doing thingsfor my family. I worked hard at school, and sometimeslooked after my younger sister. Still, I found myself regularly resisting the urge to ______ out at home with even the simplest things.

Every Wednesday afternoon, for example, my mother ______ me to another town for a piano lesson. During my two-hour lesson, she’d rush to the nearby store and buy a week’s worth of ______. Given the fact that my mom had driven me twelve miles there, twelve miles back, ______ for my lesson, and bought me a candy bar, you’d think I’d be very ______ to help her bring the groceries into the house. ______  I wasn’t. I generally just brought in an armload and left the   ______ for Mom as I ran to my room, shut the door, and started studying.

Don’t get me wrong: even back in my room, I felt ______ about not helping my mother more. Deep inside, I wanted to change my ______ . But I also realized that once I did change, there’d be no going back. ______ I took on more responsibility, my parents would start______ more of me. At age fifteen, I sensed that this one small change would   ______ something much bigger: my personal change from a cared-for, spoiled (被宠坏的) childto a more ______ , caring and giving young man.

I’ll never forget the Wednesday when I made a(n) ______to jump in and see what happened. Returning home from the ______ , I disappeared into my room, as usual. But once inside, I felt that deep and burning  ______. Throwing my school books on the bed, I suddenly opened my door and ______ back to the garage to help my mother. How happy I felt that day!

Surely, over time, I continued to help out with more housework. The neat thing was, the more I helped out, the ______  I felt about myself and my place in my family. As Mom and Dad realized they could ______ on me more, our trips became far less stressful, too. In short, it was a win-win situation for everyone.

Sometimes the little things we put off doing the longest ______ out to be the simplest things to complete. And feeling happy beats feeling guilty any day.

1.A. help B. cry C. start D. work

2.A.sent B. drove C. walked D. guided

3.A. fruitsB. flowers C. groceriesD. vegetables

4.A. paidB.fought C. applied D. planned

5.A. nervous B. gratefulC. confident D. unwilling

6.A. So B. And C. Thus D. But

7.A. one B. other C. next D. rest

8.A. excited B. curiousC. guiltyD. doubtful

9.A. wayB. world C. career D. shape

10.A. Since B. Though C. UnlessD. Once

11.A. warning B. remindingC. expectingD. informing

12.A. tell B. mark C. express D. describe

13.A. energeticB. ambitiousC. outgoing D. responsible

14.A. excuse B. decision C. statementD. appointment

15.A.duty B.store C. lesson D. holiday

16. A. anger B. shame C. delight D. pleasure

17.A. called B. looked C. headed  D. handed

18.A. betterB. smarter C. warmer D. stronger

19.A. live B. press C. focus D. count

20.A. turn B. make C. point D. Bring

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了“我”平时在家不爱做家务，不爱帮助父母做家务，但“我”常常感到内疚，所以“我”决定改变，后来“我”发现做的家务活越多，自我感觉就越良好。

1.A考察动词辨析。A. help帮助；B. cry哭泣；C. start开始；D. work工作；根据文意在家里“我”强烈的抵制帮助父母即使是最小的事情，所以答案是A。

2.B考察动词辨析。A.sent送；B. drove开车； C. walked走；D. guided指导；根据文意妈妈开车送我到另外一个地方学习钢琴，所以答案是B。

3.C考察名词辨析。A. fruits水果； B. flowers鲜花； C. groceries食物；D. vegetables蔬菜；根据文意她去了最近的商店买了一周的食物，所以答案是C。

4.A考察动词辨析。A. paid支付；B.fought打；C. applied申请； D. planned计划；根据文意妈妈为我的钢琴课付款，所以答案是A。

5.B考察形容词辨析。A. nervous 紧张的；B. grateful感激的；C. confident自信的；D.unwilling不愿意的；根据文意你肯定认为我非常感激的帮妈妈把食物带到家里，所以答案是B。

6.D考察连词辨析。A. So因此；B. And和；C. Thus因此；D. But但是；根据文意但是我并不是这样的，所以答案是D。

7.D句意：我把其他的留给了妈妈。

8.C考察形容词辨析。A. excited兴奋的； B. curious好奇的；C. guilty内疚的； D. doubtful怀疑的；根据文意没有帮助妈妈我感觉到很内疚，所以答案是C。

9.A考察名词辨析。A. way方法；B. world世界；C. career职业；D. shape形状；根据文意我决定改变我的方式，所以答案是A。

10.D考察连词辨析。A. Since自从； B. Though尽管； C. Unless除非； D. Once一旦；根据文意一旦我承担了更多了责任，父母就会期望更多，所以答案是D。

11.C考察动名词辨析。A. warning警告； B. reminding提醒；C. expecting期望；D. informing通知；根据文意父母就会期望更多，所以答案是C。

12.B考察动词辨析。A. tell告诉；B. mark标志；C. express表达；D. describe描述；根据文意在15岁的时候，我感到一次小的改变意味着更大的变化所以答案是B。

13.D考察形容词辨析。A. energetic有精力的；B. ambitious有野心的；C. outgoing旅行；D. responsible有责任的；根据文意我从一个被宠坏的孩子转变成一个有责任的人。

14.B考察名词辨析。A. excuse借口；B. decision决定； C. statement陈述；D. appointment约定；根据文意我做了个决定去看看发生了什么，所以答案是B。

15.C考察名词辨析。A.duty责任；B.store商店；C. lesson课程；D. holiday假期；根据文意我上完课返回到家里，所以答案是C。

16.B考察形容词辨析。A. anger生气的； B. shame羞愧的； C. delight高兴的； D. pleasure愉悦的；根据文意每次回到房间里我都会感到深深地愧疚感，所以答案是B。

17.C考察动词词组辨析。A. Called out打电话； B. Look out 小心； C. headed out返回；D. Handed out分发；根据文意我返回商店帮助妈妈，所以答案是C。

18.A考察形容词比较级。A. better更好； B. smarter更聪明；C. warmer更温暖；D. stronger更健壮；根据文意我做的越多自我感觉就越良好，所以答案是A。

19.D考察动词词组辨析。A. Liveon活着；B. Press on压迫；C. Focus on集中； D. Count on依赖；根据文意父母对我依赖越多，我的压力越小，所以答案是D。

20.A. turn out 证明是…；B. Make out计算出；C. Point out指出；D. Bring out带来；根据文意有时候我们推迟做事情结果证明是最简单的事情，所以答案是A。

考点：故事类短文