Question

She’s 14 now, a turbulent (不安的)age.

She walks into the ____. It is night time, and I’m picking her up from an activity, and she is ____. She used to always be happy. ____ it’s a 50-50 matter. She ____ me a picture she wants to post on the Internet of her and a friend. She asks if it’s OK. I ____ her it’s OK. I don’t know if it’s OK; I’m ____ trying hard to keep up with the rules. She is happy.

We sit in the car, and talk about ____.  It is pleasing for a moment not to be asking her about school or homework or friends and ____ for her for a moment not to be ____ about any of it.

“Hey Dad,” she says. “Can I have your phone? I want to ____ some music.”

“Sure,” I say, and I give her the ____. She presses a few buttons ____ - this technology comes second nature to her generation. They don’t need ____. They just know.

The song begins and ____ I know. It’s her favorite _____

I introduced her to this song a while ago. She sings along to every word. I do too.

She looks up at me and ____. Her teeth are straight; the braces(牙箍)are gone. She leans closer to me and says, “Don’t you love this song Daddy?” I hear her say “Daddy,” and think ____ to a time when she raced over to me at the airport ____ I returned from a business trip several years ago. She’s 14 now, a turbulent age. Tomorrow, she may ____ me. But now, in the coolness of the evening, she smiles at me, and we ____ together. We are off key. We are off key together.

1.A. plane    B. car    C. restaurant    D. classroom

2.A. happy    B. cold    C. tired    D. pretty

3.A. Again    B. Thus    C. Then    D. Now

4.A. brings    B. offers    C. sends    D. shows

5.A. convince    B. order    C. tell    D. promise

6.A. just    B. still    C. even    D. also

7.A. something    B. nothing    C. anything    D. everything

8.A. annoying    B. common    C. pleasing    D. valuable

9.A. complaining    B. worrying    C. talking    D. writing

10.A. create    B. hear    C. perform    D. record

11.A. phone    B. key    C. tape    D. CD

12.A. carefully    B. easily    C. proudly    D. gently

13.A. opinions    B. knowledge    C. instruction    D. education

14.A. honestly    B. partly    C. eventually    D. immediately

15.A. song    B. activity    C. picture    D. time

16.A. shouts    B. answers    C. continues    D. smiles

17.A. over    B. up    C. back    D. ahead

18.A. until    B. after    C. since    D. though

19.A. look through    B. look at    C. look after    D. look for

20.A. communicate    B. drive    C. celebrate    D. sing

Answer

1. B

2. A

3. D

4. D

5. C

6. A

7. B

8. C

9. C

10. B

11. A

12. B

13. C

14. D

15. A

16. D

17. C

18. B

19. A

20. D

【解析】

本文为故事类文章。作者接女儿回家的路上，看见女儿很高兴，什么也不问，就由着她听音乐，和她一起唱歌，一起享受天伦之乐。

1.考查名词辨析。plane飞机；car轿车；restaurant饭店；classroom教室。根据第7小题前的“We sit in the car,”可知“她走向轿车”，故选B。

2.考查形容词辨析。happy快乐的；cold冷的，冷酷的；tired疲劳的； pretty机灵的，聪明的。根据本句后的“She used to always be happy”及本段最后一句“She is happy”可知，“她是快乐的”，故选A。

3.考查副词辨析。again再，又；Thus因此；Then那时；Now现在。本句的时态是一般现在时，可知指的是“现在”，故选D项。

4.考查动词辨析。brings带来；offers提供；sends 传送；shows表明，给…看，显露出。根据语境可知，是她给我看了一张她想在她和朋友的网上张贴的照片。show sb. sth.，意为“给某人看某物”，因此选D项。

5.考查动词辨析。convince使信服；order命令，订购；tell告诉，说出；promise允诺。根据语境可知，她问我是否可以。所以“我告诉（tell）她可以”。因此选C项。

6.考查副词辨析。just刚才，仅仅，正好；still 仍旧；even甚至；also也，和。根据语境可知，“我不知道是否还好，我只是（just）在尽力跟上她的节奏（让她快乐）”。表示单纯的目的，故选A项。

7.考查不定代词。something 某特，重要的人或物；nothing 没有什么，无关紧要的东西；anything 任何东西，重要的东西； everything一切，每件事物。句后的内容说“暂时不问她有关学校、家庭作业或朋友的事…”，可知，此时父女俩什么也没谈，故选B项。

8.考查形容词辨析。annoying恼人的；common常见的，共同的；pleasing令人愉快的，舒适的；valuable有价值的，宝贵的。It is pleasing for a moment not to be asking her about school or homework or friends and ___8___ for her for a moment not to be …本句是由and并列的两个表语，因此根据前一句可知，本空应填C项。

9.考查动词辨析。complaining抱怨；worrying担心；talking 谈论；writing写作。根据本段的第一句“We sit in the car, and talk about nothing”可知，暂时也不谈论其中任何一件事。talk about意为“谈论”，故选C项。

10.考查动词辨析。create创造，创作；hear 听见，听到；perform表演；record记录，录音。根据下文她听音乐，可知，本句是指她想用手机来听音乐，故选B。

11.考查名词辨析。phone手机； key钥匙；tape磁带；CD光盘。根据上一段最后一句可知女儿向爸爸借手机，可知，爸爸把手机给她了，故选A。

12.考查副词辨析。carefully仔细地，认真地；easily容易地，轻而易举地；proudly自豪地；gently温柔地。根据下一句“this technology comes second nature to her generation”意为“用手机这样的技术是她那代人的第二天性。”可知她轻而易举地按下了几个按钮。故选B项。

13.考查名词辨析。opinions 观点； knowledge 知识； instruction说明，指令； education教育。根据上一句“this technology comes second nature to her generation.”及下一句“They just know”可知，他们根本不用说明书，故选C。

14.考查副词辨析。honestly诚实地，正直地；partly部分地；eventually最终地；immediately立即，马上。根据前文可知，女儿对于手机的运用轻而易举，所以按下按钮，歌曲立即开始播放，故选D项。

15.考查名词辨析。song歌曲；activity活动；picture照片； time时间。根据本句的上文“The song begins and immediately I know. It’s her favorite ___15___”可知，女儿放的是她最喜欢的歌曲，故选A。

16.考查动词辨析。shouts喊叫；answers回答；continues 继续；smiles微笑。根据上文知道她今天很高兴，及下一句“Her teeth are straight; the braces(牙箍)are gone.”可知，笑的露出了牙。故选D项。

17.考查固定搭配。think back to…为固定搭配，意为“回顾，回想”，故选C。

18.考查连词辨析。句意：回想几年前我出差回来后，她在机场跑过来找我的情景。Until一直到； after在….以后； since既然，因为；though 虽然，尽管。根据语境及常识可知，在爸爸出差回来后孩子就会迫不及待地看到爸爸，看到爸爸非常高兴，故选B项。

19.考查动词短语辨析。根据第三段的内容可知，作者接女儿后，和女儿坐在里，看见女儿很高兴，暂时不问她暂时不问她有关学校、家庭作业或朋友的事，所以只是暂时让女儿高兴。根据Tomorrow, she may ___19___ me.But now, in the coolness of the evening, she smiles at me,中的转折连词but表示句意前后是相反的，可知，现在作者是由着女儿的，她是快乐的，但明天就不是这样的，所以作者才会说“明天她就会看穿了”，分析选项：look at 看；look after照顾；look for寻找。可知这三项不符合题意，只有look through“看穿，看透”符合题意，故选A。

20.考查动词辨析。communicate交流；drive开车；celebrate庆祝；sing唱歌，唱。根据上文可知，女儿拿了手机，放了音乐，自己唱着，以及. She leans closer to me and says, “Don’t you love this song Daddy?”可知，作者为了让女儿高兴，和女儿一起唱歌了，故选D项。