Question

完形填空。

"I...I thought you could use it for something." Susan's ______ did nothing to help us understand why a dark blue carpet remnant(零头布料) was being ______ as a birthday gift.The murmured "thanks" could be barely heard as Holly tried not to allow her disappointment to show.

Holly's disappointment didn't become ______ until the following evening when she came downstairs to say good night. "Well, I guess we know how much my best friend ______ me, huh, Mom?" She said ______, with her head down.

The next morning, I carried a garbage bag outside. My heart sank as I ______ the lid of the garbage can and saw Susan's carpet lying there. ______ only a moment, I picked it up and  brought it into the house .

“Susan ______ you and me to go over to her house after school tomorrow .”Weeks later Holly announced as she arrived home from school. ______ her voice carried a so-what attitude , I sensed she was pleased by the invitation.

The next day we ______ to the destination along the winding country road . A tall woman stood in the doorway to ______ us as we approached the small farmhouse. The house was ______ but neatly decorated with used furniture .From the ______ with the woman we knew Susan had long been separated from her parents and she was Susan’s foster mother(养母).

A warm light shone in her eyes as she ______ to me her fondness for Susan . I came to respect this ______ woman who had opened her home to a young girl and attempted to make a difference in her life.

As daylight began to ______  we offered our thanks and said goodbye . Holly sat quietly in the car leaning her body forward as if willing the car to move faster. No sooner had we come to a stop than she ______ opened the car door and walked purposefully toward the garbage can.

“Is this what you were looking for?” I held out the piece of ______. “Thanks, Mom.” a tear or two ______ from her eyes and fell onto the remnant ,as if ______, that has become the most precious birthday present in the world.

1.A. adaptation      B．negotiation    C．explanation   D．assumption

2.A. valued          B．deserted        C．described     D．presented

3.A. evident         B．strange        C．slight        D．absent

4.A. goes against     B．thinks of       C．learn from    D．pays for

5.A. apparently       B．regularly       C．miserably     D．consistently

6.6．A. lifted        B．threw           C．closed        D．repaired

7.A. Pausing         B．Hesitating     C．Thinking      D．Lasting

8.A. expected        B．convinced      C．invited       D．permitted

9.A. Although        B．Since           C．Because     D．Once

10.A. moved          B．drove          C．walked       D．returned

11.A. direct          B．defend         C．arrest        D．greet

12.A. messy         B．noisy           C．shabby       D．smelly

13.A. chat            B．switch          C．exchange    D．debate

14.A. admitted        B．clarified     C．revealed      D．declared

15.A. light­hearted    B．generous­hearted C．soft­hearted  D．cold­hearted

16.A．end            B．darken         C．drop         D．fade

17.A. quickly         B．carefully       C．quietly       D．skillfully

18.A. gift            B．garbage        C．carpet        D．bag

19.A. flooded         B．poured         C．streamed      D．slipped

20.A. by nature       B．by magic        C．by luck       D．by coincident

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.C考查名词辨析。adaptation适应，改编；negotiation谈判；explanation解释，说明；assumption假定，设想。根据“I...I thought you could use it for something.”及“understand”一词可知，此处指Susan的“解释”不能帮助我们理解为什么地毯的零头布料会被当作生日礼物,故选C项。

2.D考查动词辨析。value重视；desert舍弃；describe描述；present提出，赠送，呈现。根据“as a birthday gift”可知，此处指拿地毯的零头布料当作生日礼物赠送他人，故选D项。

3.A考查形容词辨析。evident明显的；strange奇怪的；slight轻微的；absent缺席的，缺少的。由上文“as Holly tried not allow her disappointment to show”可知，Holly竭力掩饰她的失望。再联系下文她对作者说的话及“with her head down”可知，直到第二天晚上她的失望才愈加明显，故选A项。]

4.B考查动词短语辨析。go against不利于，违反；think of记起，关心；learn from向……学习；pay for赔偿，付款。由语境可知，女儿认为通过送礼物这件事大家应该都知道她的好朋友是多么关心她了，故选B项。

5.C考查副词辨析。apparently显然地；regularly定期地，有规律地；miserably极不愉快地，痛苦地；consistently一贯地，一致地。由语境可知，女儿对好朋友的礼物很失望，因此她说话的时候情绪很不好，故选C项。

6.A考杏动词辨析。lift举起，提升；throw扔；close关闭；repair修理。根据下文“...and saw Susan’s carpet lying there”可知，作者应是提起垃圾桶盖时发现了Susan送给女儿的生日礼物被扔到垃圾桶里了，故选A项。

7.B考查动词辨析。pause暂停；hesitate犹豫；think思考；last持续。由语境可知，看到Susan的毯子后，“我”犹豫了片刻后把它捡起来拿回了屋子，故选B项。

8.C考查动词辨析。expect期望，预料；convince使信服；invite邀请；permit允许。由下文“...she was pleased by the invitation”可知，C项正确

9.A考查连词辨析。本句中“a so­what attitude”和“she was pleased by the invitation”之间构成转折关系，故although意为“尽管”，符合语境。句意为：尽管她说话带着一种无所谓的态度，但我能感觉到她对这个邀请感到很高兴。

10.B考查动词辨析。move移动；drive驾车；walk行走；return返回。根据倒数第二段中的“Holly sat quietly in the car”可知，“我们”是开车去Susan家的，故选B项。

11.D考查动词辨析。direct管理，指挥；defend防护；arrest逮捕；greet欢迎，迎接。由语境可知，一个高个子妇女站在门口迎接“我们”，故选D项。

12.C考查形容词辨析。messy凌乱的；noisy吵闹的；shabby破旧的，卑鄙的，smelly发臭的。根据下文“but neatly decorated with used furniture”可知，此处指房子很破旧，故选C项。

13. Susan 的养母，而非转换（switch）、交换（exchange）和辩论（debate）。故正确答案为A。

14. Susan 的喜爱时眼睛里闪烁着光芒。clarify 意为“澄清；阐明”；declare 意为“宣称”，均不符合语境，故排除；admit 意为“承认”，虽符合句意，但并不存在 admit to sb. 的用法，故排除。故正确答案为C。

15.B考查形容词辨析。light­hearted轻松的，无忧无虑的；generous­hearted慷慨的，宽宏大量的；soft­hearted心肠软的；cold­hearted无情的，冷淡的。由语境可知，她接纳了一个年轻的女孩并试图让这个小女孩的生活变得不一样，因此她是一个慷慨的人，故选B项。

16.D考查动词辨析。end结束，终止；darken使变暗，(颜色)变黑；drop使下降；fade褪色，逐渐消失。根据语境可知，日光渐渐退去，我们道谢告别，故选D项。

17.A考查副词辨析。quickly迅速地；carefully仔细地；quietly安静地；skillfully巧妙地。由下文可知，Holly迅速打开车门走向了垃圾桶，故选A项。

18.C考查名词辨析。gift礼物；garbage垃圾；carpet地毯；bag袋子。由第三段可知，Holly丢掉的那块地毯被作者拿回来了，所以此处指那块地毯，故选C项。

19.D考查动词辨析。flood淹没；pour灌，倾泻；stream流出；slip使滑动。根据“A tear or two”可知，D项正确。stream通常指大量不断的流动；pour强调“倾泻”，程度更大，均不符合语境，故排除。

20.B考查介词短语辨析。by nature天生地；by luck侥幸地；by magic不可思议；没有by coincident这一搭配。根据Holly对待Susan所送礼物的态度变化可以看出，Holly把这块地毯当成了世界上最珍贵的东西，这个地毯如同被施了魔法一般。as if by magic意为“像变魔术似的”，符合语境。

考点：日常生活类短文。