Question

Remembering My Father’s Vest(背心)

People get into trouble because they don’t know enough to keep cool. As a child, I had a lot of ______ that had been held back and not released. Worse still, I was not good at ______ .

Once as I was getting ready for school, my mother ______ me my father’s vest instead of mine. This was around the time when I was going to be larger in ______ than my father, so as I put on the vest, I felt like I was being choked（使窒息） in it! I ______ that it was a small oversight(疏忽) on my mother’s part, but ______ the feeling of being choked drowned me and I got very angry.

I took my anger out on my mother ______ thinking much. I was so upset when she had handed me the wrong vest, and I ______ by violently tearing it apart from my chest!

Later, my mother shared her own _____ with my father: “ See what your son has done.”

Instead of scolding or abusing me, my father ______ responded by asking my mother to ______ the vest. He then wore it to work the next day.

When my mother told me about my father’s response much later, when I had ______ from my burst, I immediately felt a great sense of ______ for my violent behavior, just ______ that he was spending the entire day wearing a(n) ______vest. At the same time, I was filled with great ______ for my father, whose gentle kindness taught me a life lesson I would treasure forever.

On that day, I made a ______ never to let anger get the better of me. I learn to ______ others when I think that they behave in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way,  ______ forgiveness is a tool to turn anger off. And whenever I have difficulty ______ my strong emotion, I try to remember my father’s vest.

1.A. pressure B. anger C. stories D. tears

2.A. listening B. debating C. communicating D. working

3.A. handed B. sent C. delivered D. carried

4.A. weight B. size C. height D. mind

5.A. expected B. discovered C. suspected D. realized

6.A. anyway B. somehow C. somewhat D. however

7.A. without B. beyond C. besides D. despite

8.A. performed B. agreed C. reacted D. declined

9.A. excitement B. frustration C. enthusiasm D. failure

10.A. calmly B. politely C. attentively D. anxiously

11.A. save up B. give away C. hold back D. sew up

12.A. recovered B. changed C. developed D. benefited

13.A. disappointment B. sympathy C. panic D. shame

14.A. hoping B. joking C. imagining D. supposing

15.A. old B. broken C. torn D. worn

16.A. curiosity B. pride C. envy D. admiration

17.A. choice B. decision C. requirement D. wish

18.A. respect B. assist C. appreciate D. forgive

19.A. and B. but C. for D. so

20.A. controlling B. expressing C. treasuring D. monitoring

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了作者小时候发怒的事情。有一次，作者的母亲不经意间将作者父亲的背心给了作者，作者的母亲只是拿错了背心，而作者的反应却是粗暴地把背心从身上扯下来，并不假思索就对母亲发怒。后来，作者的母亲将自己的沮丧告诉了作者的父亲。作者的父亲并没有责备作者，而是冷静地让作者的母亲缝补背心。

1.考查名词词义辨析。A. pressure压力；B. anger愤怒；C. stories故事；D. tears眼泪。下文多处谈及作者小时候发怒的事，根据语境可知，空格处应用anger，所以B选项是正确的。

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. listening倾听；B. debating辩论；C. communicating沟通；D. working工作。从下文可知，作者不擅长与父母交流、沟通，communicate意为"交流"，故选C。

3.考查动词词义辨析。A. handed递给；B. sent寄给；C. delivered交付；D. carried搬运。作者的母亲不经意间将作者父亲的背心递给了作者。故选A。

4.考查名词词义辨析。A. weight重量；B. size大小；C. height重量；D. mind思维。由下文中的"I felt like I was being choked in it"可知，作者衣服的尺寸（size）要比父亲的大，故选B。

5.考查动词词义辨析。A. expected期待；B. discovered发现；C. suspected怀疑；D. realized意识到。由上下文可知，作者知道母亲是一时疏忽拿错了背心，realize"知道，意识到"故选D。

6.考查副词辨析。A. anyway无论如何；B. somehow不知怎么；C. somewhat有点；D. however然而。句意为：但是不知怎么地（somehow）窒息的感觉淹没了作者。故选B。

7.考查介词辨析。A. without没有；B. beyond 超出；C. besides此外；D. despite尽管。作者不假思索就对母亲发怒。without"没有，无"，故选A。

8.考查动词词义辨析。A. performed表演；B. agreed同意；C. reacted反应；D. declined降低。由后面的"by violently tearing it apart from my chest"可知，作者的母亲拿错了背心，而作者的反应是粗暴地把背心从身上扯下来，故选C。

9.考查名词词义辨析。A. excitement兴奋；B. frustration挫折；C. enthusiasm热情；D. failure失败。后来，作者的母亲将自己的沮丧告诉了作者的父亲。frustration意为"沮丧"，故选B。

10.考查副词辨析。A. calmly冷静地；B. politely礼貌地；C. attentively聚精会神地；D. anxiously不安地。作者的父亲并没有责备作者，而是冷静地让作者的母亲缝补背心。calmly"冷静地，平静地"，故选A。

11.考查动词短语辨析。A. save up储存；B. give away分发；C. hold back隐瞒；D. sew up缝起来。父亲让母亲把衣服缝补好。sew up意为"缝补"，故选D。

12.考查动词词义辨析。A. recovered恢复；B. changed改变；C. developed发展；D. benefited有益。作者从自己的冲动中恢复过来了。recover意为"恢复（正常状态）"，故选A。

13.考查名词词义辨析。A. disappointment失望；B. sympathy同情；C. panic恐慌；D. shame羞耻。作者对自己的暴躁行为感到很羞愧，shame意为"羞愧"，故选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。A. hoping希望；B. joking玩笑；C. imagining想象；D. supposing假如。作者想象父亲一整天穿着被撕破的背心工作的情形．imagine意为"想象"，故选C。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。A. old老的；B. broken破碎的；C. torn撕开；D. worn疲倦的。上文中的"by violently tearing it apart"可知父亲穿着被撕开的背心。故选C。

16.考查名词词义辨析。A. curiosity好奇心；B. pride骄傲；C. envy嫉妒；D. admiration钦佩。作者的父亲给了他人生的启迪，作者内心对父亲充满了钦佩．admiration意为"钦佩"，故选D。

17.考查名词词义辨析。A. choice选择；B. decision决定；C. requirement要求；D. wish希望。作者决定从那天起绝不让愤怒控制自己．make a decision"作决定"，故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析。A. respect尊重；B. assist 协助；C. appreciate感激；D. forgive原谅。由下文的"forgiveness is a tool to turn anger off"可知答案。语意为：我学会原谅他人。故选D。

19.考查连词辨析。A. and并且；B. but但是；C. for因为；D. so因此。当有的人的行为让作者生气时，他会原谅他们，因为谅解能化解怒气．由语境可知，后一分句表原因，故用for，故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。A. controlling控制；B. expressing表达；C. treasuring重视；D. monitoring监视。每当作者无法控制（controlling）自己的情感时，他会想起父亲的背心。故选A。