Question

Hungry for Home

If my life were a _______, I would fast-forward through senior high. My senior years were_________. Like every junior high kid, I was _______with who I was and how I would _______in life.

I tried and failed in a number of things I wanted to excel in sports but had not yet _______that would never happen. I remember being _______by most of my peers and being cut from the basketball team and _______to play football. To be loved and accepted seemed to me at the time something I could never, _________, achieve.

During that time I went through the cafeteria line and ate alone, feeling unloved and _______. One day I________that I had no one to eat with. Mom said to me, "If you want, you can come home for________." As soon as the bell ________at noon and I left the school and ran home that day my mom sat across the ________for about 15 minutes and looked at me and listened to me and three ________later I still remember those times with ________. She just paid attention to me.

I now know that I didn't need my ________filled as much as I needed my emotional fuel tank refilled. I just needed a ________place of warm acceptance for a few minutes a day. Now you know a little more about how I ________home.

Home is a place where you don't have to ________alone and eat. Home is a place where people don't ________you and avoid you.

1.A. book    B. movie    C. quiz    D. choice

2.A. amazing    B. unforgettable    C. painful    D. tasteless

3.A. struggling    B. travelling    C. discussing    D. improving

4.A. make my mark    B. draw my attention    C. make a contribution    D. draw a conclusion

5.A. broken up    B. turned down    C. got over    D. figured out

6.A. admired    B. impressed    C. rejected    D. mixed

7.A. desiring    B. failing    C. meaning    D. hesitating

8.A. in all my life    B. in this respect    C. on a regular basis    D. on the average

9.A. unemployed    B. unnoticed    C. unaffected    D. uncovered

10.A. commented    B. admitted    C. complained    D. answered

11.A. lunch    B. fun    C. sale    D. luck

12.A. rang    B. knocked    C. kicked    D. repeated

13.A. room    B. phone    C. table    D. street

14.A. days    B. decades    C. weeks    D. minutes

15.A. care    B. caution    C. excitement    D. fondness

16.A. soul    B. stomach    C. heart    D. eye

17.A. lonely    B. heavy    C. steady    D. friendly

18.A. own    B. see    C. paint    D. attract

19.A. dash    B. laugh    C. sit    D. talk

20.A. ignore    B. hate    C. judge    D. attend

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】本文讲述了作者高中时期被同学忽视冷落，而家给作者提供了一个温暖的庇护所，表达了家才是接纳自己，给自己温暖的地方。

1.考查名词词义辨析。本句中的fast-ward意为动词“快进”，而只有movie（电影）能够快进，故选B。句意：如果生活是一部电影，我会快进我的高中生活。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。根据上文说到作者想要快进高中生活可知，作者的高中生活应该是不愉快的，故选C项painful（痛苦的）。amazing令人惊讶的，极好的；unforgettable难以忘怀的；tasteless无味的，乏味的。

3.考查动词词义辨析。根据上文的painful可知，此处应该选消极意义的动词，struggle挣扎；travel旅行；discuss讨论；improve改善，故选A项struggle。句意：像每个初中生一样，我内心很纠结，不知道自己是谁，不知道如何让生命留下印记。

4.考查动词短语辨析。make my mark留下我的印记；draw my attention吸引我的注意力；make a contribution做贡献；draw a conclusion得出结论。句意：像每个初中生一样，我内心很纠结，不知道自己是谁，不知道如何让生命留下印记。故A符合语境。

5.考查动词短语辨析。break up打碎；解散；turn down关小，调低；get over克服，熬过（困难等）；figure out弄清楚，算出。放入句中只有D选项符合语境。句意：我想在体育方面超过别人，但却不知道怎么做。

6.考查动词词义辨析。A. admire钦佩，崇拜；B. impress给……留下深刻印象；C. reject拒绝；D. mix混合，参与。根据后面的being cut from the basketball team可知，作者是受到了同龄人的排斥，故选C。

7.考查动词短语辨析。A. desire to do想要做某事；B. fail to do做某事失败；C. mean to do打算做某事；D. hesitate to do犹豫做某事。根据上句可知，作者被篮球队拒绝，再根据下文To be loved and accepted seemed to me at the time something I could never,…achieve. 可知，作者也没能加入足球队，故选B。

8.考查介词短语辨析。A. in all my life在我的一生中；B. in this respect在这方面；C. on a regular basis定期地；D. on the average平均来说。句意：在当时看来，被爱被接受是我这辈子都不能实现的事情了。故选A。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。A. unemployed失业的B. unnoticed被忽视的C. unaffected不受影响的；自然的D. uncovered暴露的，根据alone和unloved可知，此处应选B。

10.考查动词词义辨析。A. comment评论；B. admit承认；C. complain抱怨；D. answer回答。根据下文可知，此处是作者向母亲倾诉没有朋友，因此是在抱怨，故选C。

11.考查名词词义辨析。根据下一句中at noon可知，此处妈妈是让作者回家吃午饭。故选A。

12.考查动词词义辨析。主语是bell，应是下课铃响了，故选A项rang。句意：中午下课铃一响，我就离开学校跑回家吃饭。

13.考查名词词义辨析。根据上文可知，母亲是在等我放学回家吃午饭，因此应是在饭桌前等着我，故选C。

14.考查名词词义辨析。根据I still remember those times可知，此处用了一般现在时，是在描述现在的状态，而非作者高中时的事情，故应是回到了现在，其它选项都不合适，故选B。句意：三十年后的今天，我仍然记得那些时光。

15.考查名词词义辨析。A. care关心；B. caution谨慎；C. excitement兴奋；D. fondness偏爱，喜爱。根据后一句She just paid attention to me.可知，作者三十年后回忆起来这些时光，应该是带有喜爱之情的，故选D。

16.考查名词词义辨析。从本句可知，所填的名词应与emotional fuel tank（情感“油箱”）形成对比，故应是身体上的饱，选B。句意：现在我明白了，我着急回家并不是那么需要填饱肚子，而是迫切需要填满我的情感油箱。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。根据warm acceptance可知，此处应填积极的形容词，句意：我只是一天当中需要有那么几分钟有个友好的地方能够温暖地接受我。而steady意为“稳定的”，friendly“友好的”更符合语境，故选D。

18.考查动词词义辨析。根据上文可知，作者将家看作是温暖的友好的地方，能够接纳她，再根据下一段表述作者对家的看法，因此，此处应是作者如何看待家这个概念。句意：现在你们应该更加了解了我是如何看待家这个概念了吧。故选B。

19.考查动词词义辨析。A. dash猛撞；B. laugh嘲笑；C. sit坐；D. talk谈话。与上文I went through the cafeteria line and ate alone相呼应，此处意为“在家你不必一个人坐着吃饭。”故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。A. ignore忽视；B. hate厌恶，憎恨；C. judge判断；D. attend参加；照顾。与上文第9题中的unnoticed相呼应，句意：在家不会有人忽视你、躲着你。故选A。