Question

完形填空，阅读下面短文，选出最佳选项。

As a teenager, I was pretty lazy when it came to doing things for my family. I worked hard at school, and sometimes looked 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 would 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 _______ would mark something much bigger: my personal change from a cared-for, spoiled (被宠坏的) child to 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. fruits           B. flowers         C. groceries          D. vegetables

4.A. paid             B. fought          C. applied            D. planned

5.A. nervous          B. grateful        C. 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. curious         C. guilty             D. doubtful

9.A. way              B. world           C. career             D. shape

10.A. Before          B. Though          C. Unless             D. Once

11.A. warning         B. reminding       C. expecting          D. informing

12.A. work            B. change          C. opinion            D. job

13.A. energetic       B. ambitious       C. outgoing           D. responsible

14.A. excuse          B. decision        C. statement          D. 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. better          B. smarter         C. warmer             D. harder

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

20.A. turn            B. become          C. get                D. have

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考查动词辨析。动词help帮助；cry哭泣；start开始；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考查动词辨析。动词send送；drive开车；walk步行；guid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考查名词辨析。名词fruits水果；flowers鲜花；groceries杂货店；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考查动词辨析。动词pay支付；fight打斗，斗争；apply申请；plan计划；根据文意妈妈为我的钢琴课付款，所以答案是A。

5.B考查形容词辨析。形容词nervous紧张的；grateful感激的；confident自信的；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考查连词辨析。连词So因此；And和；Thus因此；But但是；根据文意但是我并不是这样的，所以答案是D。

7.D考查代词。本句中the rest指“剩下的东西”。句意：我把其他的留给了妈妈。

8.C考查形容词辨析。形容词excited兴奋的；curious好奇的；guilty内疚的；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考查名词辨析。名词way方法；world世界；career职业；shape形状；根据文意我决定改变我的方式，所以答案是A。

10.D考查连词辨析。连词Since自从；因为；Though尽管；Unless除非；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考查动名词辨析。动名词warning警告；reminding提醒；expecting期望；informing通知；根据文意如果我们承担起更多的责任，那么父母对我们的期望也就会更多，所以答案是C。

12.B考查动词辨析。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考查形容词辨析。形容词energetic有精力的； ambitious有野心的；outgoing旅行；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考查名词辨析。名词excuse借口；decision决定；statement陈述；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考查名词辨析。名词duty责任；store商店；lesson课程；holiday假期；根据文意我上完课返回到家里，所以答案是C。

16.B考查形容词辨析。形容词anger生气的；shame羞愧的；delight高兴的；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考查动词词组辨析。短语Call out打电话；Look out 小心；head out返回；hand out分发；根据文意我返回商店帮助妈妈，所以答案是C。

18.A考查形容词比较级。比较级better更好；smarter更聪明；warmer更温暖；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考查动词词组辨析。短语Live on活着；Press on压迫；Focus on集中；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. out 证明是…；Make out计算出；Point out指出；Bring out带来，使...显露；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。

【名师点睛】

本文属于故事类短文，此类文章我们可以通过跳读首尾句进行预测。一般来讲，高考完形填空记叙文的首、尾句通常是不挖空的。先跳读这两句，便可判断体裁，猜想它要讲什么。若首句交代了when, where, who, what，即四个W，那么就是记叙文，很可能就是一个故事，为了测试语篇的理解能力，出题者特别注意选材的趣味性，其结尾往往出人意料，耐人寻味；若首句是提出或解释说明某事物，一般 来说是说明文；若首句提出一个论点，那么就是议论文。

首句往往开宗明义，是文章的主题。细读首句可启示全文。而尾句又往往是对文章主题的总结。所以，它们是了解文章大意的一个窗口，对我们理解全文有着重要的启示作用。因此，要充分利用段首句提供的信息，去挖掘文章的思路，寻找文章的脉络与线索。如：

Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.本文主要讲述的是苏格兰第一位女打击乐器独奏演员Evelyn Glennie在耳聋的情况下成功学习打击乐器的经历。根据首句给出的信息，下面我们可以猜想Evelyn Glennie学习打击乐器过程必然充满困难，而能够在耳聋的情况下学习打击乐器，Evelyn Glennie对音乐肯定也是充满热情的。

考点：考查故事类短文