Question

Sometimes people around you can change your values. My elder brother Steve, in the_______ of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in _______ that helped me grow into an adult. Once when I returned _______from a baseball game, it was Steve _______ took the time to ask me what had happened. When I explained that my baseball had _______ through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass, Steve encouraged me to _______to her. After all, I should have played in the park and not in the path_______ buildings. Although my _______ trembled as I stood explaining, I offered to _______ the window if she would return my ball. I also learned that personal property is a ________ thing.

After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else ________ the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father ________ from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, and ________ remembered the smell of her perfume(香水) as she patted me on my shoulder. Yet of all the ________ Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most ________ in my mind.

At twelve I killed a sparrow with a gun. Excited with my ________, I screamed to Steve to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and ________ the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes ________ “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is________ it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment ________ as the most important lesson my brother has taught me.

1.A. absence    B. influence    C. presence    D. appearance

2.A. personalities    B. beliefs    C. impressions    D. values

3.A. in surprise    B. in tears    C. at ease    D. in vain

4.A. which    B. what    C. that    D. whom

5.A. dashed    B. rocketed    C. swelled    D. paced

6.A. addict    B. subscribe    C. admit    D. appeal

7.A. beneath    B. above    C. in    D. between

8.A. legs    B. hands    C. toes    D. back

9.A. pay for    B. break down    C. account for    D. pull through

10.A. authentic    B. sacred    C. magical    D. specific

11.A. regardless of    B. instead of    C. on account of    D. in spite of

12.A. produced    B. shaped    C. purchased    D. carved

13.A. therefore    B. even    C. still    D. yet

14.A. gifts    B. lessons    C. pens    D. sparrows

15.A. vivid    B. casual    C. temporary    D. accessible

16.A. prediction    B. intelligence    C. accuracy    D. expectation

17.A. stared at    B. picked up    C. glared at    D. caught sight of

18.A. blank    B. shut    C. firm    D. wide

19.A. as    B. for    C. since    D. whether

20.A. passes by    B. stands out    C. crowds of    D. fades away

Answer

1. A

2. D

3. B

4. C

5. B

6. C

7. D

8. A

9. A

10. B

11. D

12. D

13. C

14. B

15. A

16. C

17. A

18. C

19. D

20. B

【解析】

本文为记叙文。作者六岁时父亲去世，哥哥史蒂夫一路伴随并帮助作者成长，哥哥教给作者许多东西，帮助他树立了正确的价值观。

1.考查名词辨析。A. absence缺席；B. influence影响；C. presence在场，出席；D. appearance出现。根据下文“my father who died when I was six,”可知，父亲去世了，不在了即缺席（absence）了，故选A。

2.考查名词辨析。A. personalities性格；B. beliefs信仰；C. impressions印象；D. values价值观，价值。上文第一句“Sometimes people around you can change your values.”有提示，可知选values，因此D项符合题意。

3.考查短语辨析。A. in surprise惊奇地；B. in tears含着眼泪；C. at ease自由自在；D. in vain白费地，徒劳无益地。根据后面的内容可知，把人家的窗户打碎，球又没了，对一个孩子来说是够伤心了，故含着眼泪（in tears），所以B项符合题意，故选B项。

4.考查强调句型结构。句意：史蒂夫慢慢地问我发生了什么事。本句是强调主语steve。在英语中强调句型It was +被强调部分+who/that+其它。如果去掉强调结构后句子完整，就是强调句型。本句如去掉强调结构为Steve took the time to ask me what happened，句子完整，可知选C项。

5.考查动词辨析。A. dashed冲，猛冲；B. rocketed飞速上升，发射；C. swelled增强，肿胀；D. paced踱步，走来走去。句意：当我解释说我的棒球从Holt太太的地下室窗户飞了出来，打破了玻璃。分析句子可知球从地下室（由下而上）飞出（rocket），故选B项。有可能有人误选A，但dash一般修饰人的。故正确答案为B。

6.考查动词辨析。A. addict沉溺于；B. subscribe订阅，订购；C. admit承认，坦白；D. appeal呼吁，有吸引力。根据语境可知，史蒂夫鼓励我向霍尔特太太坦白（admit）。分析选项可知选C。

7.考查介词辨析。A. beneath在……的下方，低于；B. above在……的上方；C. in在……的里面；D. between在……之间。句意：毕竟我本应该在公园里玩耍，而不是在建筑物之间的小路上玩耍。分析句意可知，是“在……之间”。故选D项。

8.考查名词辨析。A. legs腿；B. hands手；C. toes脚趾；D. back背。根据下句“as I stood explaining”可知，是当我站着解释时，双腿发抖。故选A项。

9.考查动词短语辨析。A. pay for赔偿，为……付钱；B. break down失败，崩溃；C. account for说明（原因、理由等），导致，引起；D. pull through恢复健康，度过，完成难事。句意：我主动提出如果她把球还给我，我就付窗玻璃的钱。分析句子可知，打碎了别人的窗户要赔钱的（pay for），故选A项。

10.考查形容词辨析。A. authentic真正的，真迹的；B. sacred宗教的，神圣的；C. magical魔力的；D. specific特别的，具体的。根据语境可知，此句是指“我还了解到，个人财产是神圣(sacred)不可侵犯的”。故选B项。

11.考查短语辨析。A. regardless of不管，不顾；B. instead of而不是……；C. on account of由于；D. in spite of尽管。句意：我在五年级教室里发现了一支闪闪发亮的银色钢笔。我想保留它，但史蒂夫解释说它对其他人可能很重要，尽管（in spite of）它没有什么价值。根据语境可知，前后两句是转折的，分析选项可知D项符合题意。故选D。

12.考查动词辨析。A. produced生产；B. shaped塑造；C. purchased购买；D. carved雕刻。句意：那是我父亲从一块廉价的木头上雕刻（carved）出来的小狗。分析句意可知，用木头自然是雕刻出动物。故选D项。

13.考查副词辨析。A. therefore因此；B. even甚至；C. still仍，仍然；D. yet但是。句意：我把笔还给老师，仍然（still）记得她拍拍我肩时的香水味。分析选项可知C符合题意，故选C。

14.考查名词辨析。A. gifts礼物；B. lessons教训，课；C. pens钢笔；D. sparrows麻雀。第一段第二句内容“My elder brother Steve…gave me important lessons in values”有提示，可知选（lessons）。因此B项符合题意。

15.考查形容词辨析。A. vivid生动的，（记忆、描述等）清晰的；B. casual随意的，随便的；C. temporary暂时的；D. accessible容易理解的，可使用的。句意：在史蒂夫给我的所有教训中，他对生活的尊重是我心中最为清晰的（vivid）。分析选项可知A项符合题意，故选A。

16.考查名词辨析。A. prediction预报，预言；B. intelligence智力，聪颖；C. accuracy精确（性），准确；D. expectation期待，预期。根据“I killed a sparrow with a gun”可知，我枪法准确，可知句意为“十二岁时，我用枪打死了一只麻雀。因我的准确性（accuracy）而兴奋”。故选C项。

17.考查动词短语辨析。A. stared at盯着；B. picked up捡起，习得，接送；C. glared at瞪着；D. caught sight of看见。根据语境可知，此处是指“我永远不会忘记他站了很久，盯着地上那只鸟的样子”。分析选项可知A项正确。

18.考查形容词辨析。A. blank茫然的，不知所措的；B. shut关闭的；C. firm强有力的；D. wide宽的。根据语境可知，此处是指“我不知道该怎么回答。他继续坚定地（firm）看着”。分析选项可知选C项。

19.考查连词。句意：你唯一应该想到的是，伤害一个生物是看它是否（whether）首先伤害了你。分析句子可知只有生物伤害了你，你才能伤害它。所以要根据生物是否伤害你来判断你是否该伤害它，故选D项。

20.考查动词短语辨析。A. passes by经过；B. stands out突出，醒目，杰出；C. crowds of成群；D. fades away褪去。分析句子可知，那一刻因为哥哥教给我一个重要的教训很醒目（stands out）。分析句子可知B项正确。