Question

Night after night, she came to tuck (盖被子) me in, even long after my childhood years._____ her long­standing custom, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my ____.

I don't remember when it first started annoying me—her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, for they felt rough______my young skin. Finally, one night, I______at her: “Don't do that any more—your hands are too rough!” She didn't say anything in_____. But never again did my mother  ____my day with that familiar expression of her love. Lying _____long afterward, my words haunted(萦绕) me. While pride overcame my_____,  I didn't tell her I was sorry.

Time after time, my thoughts returned to that night. I ____ my mother's warm hands and her kiss. Sometimes the incident seemed very close, sometimes far away. _____always it appeared, hauntingly, in my mind.

Now, I'm not a little girl any more. Mom is in her mid­seventies, and those hands I once thought to be so ______are still doing things for me and my family. She's been our doctor, reaching into a cabinet for the medicine to______a young girl's stomach. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world...

My own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on______occasions, I find myself drawn to her home to spend the night with her. One night on Thanksgiving Eve, as I drifted into sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand______stole across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my brow.

In my memory, for the thousandth time, I______the night when my rude young voice_____: “Don't do that any more—your hands are too rough!” Catching Mom's hand in mine, I blurted out how_____ I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did. But Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten—and_____—long ago.

That night, I fell asleep with a new _____for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the______I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.

1.A. Taking    B. Allowing    C. Guiding    D. Following

2.A. lips    B. forehead    C. eyes    D. cheeks

3.A. through    B. over    C. against    D. around

4.A. pointed    B. smiled    C. yelled    D. laughed

5.A. reply    B. place    C. surprise    D. danger

6.A. keep out    B. cut out    C. close out    D. put out

7.A. awake    B. aware    C. authentic    D. asleep

8.A. complaint    B. complication    C. consciousness    D. conscience

9.A. wished    B. missed    C. predicted    D. anticipated

10.A. So    B. And    C. But    D. Because

11.A. powerful    B. plain    C. gentle    D. rough

12.A. calm    B. recover    C. improve    D. treat

13.A. accidental    B. special    C. exceptional    D. additional

14.A. unwillingly    B. apparently    C. desperately    D. hesitantly

15.A. revealed    B. resembled    C. recalled    D. recognized

16.A. cried    B. complained    C. whispered    D. trembled

17.A. ashamed    B. sorrowful    C. depressed    D. thoughtful

18.A. remembered    B. blamed    C. mistaken    D. forgiven

19.A. dream    B. thought    C. appreciation    D. realization

20.A. guilt    B. memory    C. package    D. crime

Answer

1. D

2. B

3. C

4. C

5. A

6. C

7. A

8. D

9. B

10. C

11. D

12. A

13. B

14. D

15. C

16. B

17. A

18. D

19. C

20. A

【解析】

本文为记叙文。本文讲述母亲的双手给作者带来无私的母爱的故事。那双手已经不再温柔，甚至有些粗糙，但那双手依然给作者带来温暖，母爱永远难以割断。

1.考查动词辨析。A. Taking带走；B. Allowing允许；C. Guiding指引；D. Following遵循。句意：她遵循着一直有的一个习惯，那就是倚靠着，拨开我的头发。故D选项正确。

2.考查名词辨析。A. lips嘴唇；B. forehead前额；C. eyes眼睛；D. cheeks脸颊。句意：然后亲吻我的前额。故B选项正确。

3.考查介词辨析。A. through通过；B. over超过；C. against紧靠；D. around在……周围。句意：但这确实让我恼火，因为它们紧靠着我年轻的皮肤，感觉很粗糙。故C选项正确。

4.考查动词辨析。A. pointed指出；B. smiled微笑；C. yelled大叫；D. laughed大笑。句意：最后，一天晚上，我对她喊道:“别再这样了——你的手太粗糙了!”。故C选项正确。

5.考查名词辨析。A. reply回复；B. place放置；C. surprise吃惊；D. danger危险。句意：她没有回答任何问题。故A选项正确。

6.考查动词辨析。A. keep out避开；B. cut out切断；C. close out结束；D. put out扑灭。句意：但是我母亲再也没有像以前那样用她那熟悉的爱来结束我的一天了。故C选项正确。

7.考查形容词辨析。A. awake清醒的；B. aware意识到的；C. authentic真实的；D. asleep睡着的。句意：我醒着躺在床上很久，我的话萦绕在心头。故A选项正确。

8.考查名词辨析。A. complaint抱怨；B. complication赞美；C. consciousness意识；D. conscience良心。句意：虽然自尊心战胜了我的良心，但我没有告诉她我很抱歉。故D选项正确。

9.考查动词辨析。A. wished希望；B. missed思念；C. predicted预测；D. anticipated预料。句意：我想念妈妈温暖的手和她的吻。故B选项正确。

10.考查连词辨析。A. So因此；B. And而且；C. But但是；D. Because因为。句意：这件事有时似乎很近，有时似乎很遥远。但它总是出现在我的脑海中，挥之不去。故C选项正确。

11.考查形容词辨析。A. powerful强大的；B. plain普通的；C. gentle温柔的；D. rough粗糙的。句意：我曾经认为很粗糙的手现在仍然在为我和我的家人做事情。故D选项正确。

12.考查动词辨析。A. calm平静；B. recover恢复；C. improve改善；D. treat治疗。句意：她是我们的家庭医生，小姑娘胃痛时，她会从药箱里找出胃药来。故A选项正确。

13.考查形容词辨析。A. accidental意外的；B. special专门的；C. exceptional异常的；D. additional额外的。句意：妈妈没有爸爸了，在一些特殊的场合，我发现自己被吸引到她家里和她一起过夜。故B选项正确。

14.考查副词辨析。A. unwillingly不情愿地；B. apparently显然地；C. desperately绝望地；D. hesitantly犹豫地。句意：感恩节前夕的一个晚上，我在自己年轻时的卧室里迷迷糊糊地睡着了，一只熟悉的手迟疑地从我脸上掠过，拨开我额头上的头发。故D选项正确。

15.考查动词辨析。A. revealed揭示；B. resembled与……相似；C. recalled回忆；D. recognized认出。句意：在我的记忆中，我无数次回想起那个夜晚。故C选项正确。

16.考查动词辨析。A. cried尖叫；B. complained抱怨；C. whispered低声说；D. trembled颤抖。句意：当我那年轻粗鲁的声音抱怨道:“别再这样了——你的手太粗糙了!”故B选项正确。

17.考查形容词辨析。A. ashamed羞愧的；B. sorrowful悲伤的；C. depressed抑郁的；D. thoughtful深思熟虑的。句意：我把妈妈的手抓到了我的手里，我脱口说出了那晚我有多羞愧。故A选项正确。

18.考查动词辨析。A. remembered记得；B. blamed责备；C. mistaken弄错；D. forgiven原谅。句意：但是妈妈不知道我在说什么。她很久以前就已经忘记并原谅了。故D选项正确。

19.考查名词辨析。A. dream梦想；B. thought想法；C. appreciation感激；D. realization意识。句意：那天晚上，我带着对温柔的母亲和她体贴的双手的感激入睡了。故C选项正确。

20.考查名词辨析。A. guilt内疚；B. memory记忆；C. package背包；D. crime犯罪。句意：我背负了这么长时间的罪恶感，如今已荡然无存。故A选项正确。