Question

    John’s parents acquired the washer when he was a small boy. It happened during World War Ⅱ. His family never _______ a washing machine and, since gasoline was expensive, they could not _______ trips to the laundry several miles away. Keeping clothes _______ became a problem for young John’s household.

A family friend joined the army, and his wife _______ to go with him. John’s family _______ to store their furniture while they were away. To the family’s _______, the friend suggested they use their Bendix. So this is how they _______ the washer.

Young John helped with the washing, and across the years he _______ a love for the old, green Bendix. But _______ the war ended. When the friends came to take it back, John grew terribly ________. His mother ________ him and said. “You must remember, that machine ________ belonged to us in the first place. That we ever got to use it at all was a gift. So, instead of being mad at it being taken ________, let’s use this ________ to be grateful that we had it at all.”

The lesson turned out ________. Years later, John watched his eight-year-old daughter die a slow and painful death of leukemia (白血病). Though he ________ for months with her death, John could not begin getting over from the ________ until he remembered the old Bendix.

His daughter was a ________. When he realized the simple fact, everything changed. He could now begin recovering from the death of his daughter. He started to see her as a marvelous gift that he was fortunate enough to ________ for a time. He felt ________. He found strength and recovery. He knew he could get through the valley of loss.

1.A. required B. repaired C. saw D. owned

2.A. afford B. take C. have D. ride

3.A. warm B. nice C. clean D. good

4.A. agreed B. prepared C. managed D. desired

5.A. decided B. offered C. expected D. promised

6.A. astonishment B. disappointment C. sadness D. regret

7.A. bought B. got C. borrowed D. used

8.A. achieved B. reduced C. produced D. developed

9.A. obviously B. finally C. immediately D. peacefully

10.A. upset B. frightened C. hopeless D. confused

11.A. explained B. encouraged C. comforted D. taught

12.A. once B. already C. never D. hardly

13.A. out B. down C. up D. away

14.A. success B. event C. treasure D. chance

15.A. invaluable B. important C. necessary D. reasonable

16.A. thought B. struggled C. missed D. forgot

17.A. lesson B. illness C. loss D. difficulty

18.A. gift B. washer C. death D. loser

19.A. spend B. live C. share D. earn

20.A. grateful B. energetic C. relaxed D. happy

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.A

【解析】

本文讲述的是发生在二战时期的故事．本文通过讲述John小时候由得到再到失去洗衣机以及成年后痛失女儿的经历，旨在告诉人们：应把曾经拥有的人或事物看做是一种恩赐，不要因为失去了他们而深感懊恼，要为曾经拥有过他们而心存感激．

1.考查动词词义辨析。A. required要求；B. repaired修理；C. saw看见；D. owned拥有。根据下文提到由于汽油很贵，他们不能去几里远的洗衣店，可推知他家里没有洗衣机。故选D。

2.考查动词词义辨析。A. afford负担；B. take拿，取；C. have有；D. ride骑。根据上文提到由于汽油很贵可推知，他们负担不起去几英里远的洗衣店的路费。故选A。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。A. warm温暖的；B. nice美好的；C. clean清洁的，干净的；D. good好的。根据上文可知，由于他家里没有洗衣机，又负担不起去几英里远的洗衣店的路费，因此保持衣服洁净成了小约翰家的难题。故选C。

4.考查动词词义辨析。A. agreed同意；B. prepared准备；C. managed管理；D. desired渴望的。根据下文可知，他们夫妻俩是一起离开的，并且还将家具寄存在了约翰家，因此这里的意思应是，他的妻子准备一起离开。故选B。

5.考查动词词义辨析。A. decided决定；B. offered提供；C. expected预期；盼望；D. promised承诺。根据上文可知，由于是家里的朋友要去参军，所以这里应是约翰家主动提议答应保管朋友的家具。故选B。

6.考查名词词义辨析。A. astonishment惊讶；令人惊讶的事物；B. disappointment失望；C. sadness悲哀；D. regret遗憾。根据上下文可知，由于约翰家没有洗衣机，所以保持衣服整洁成了约翰家的难题，当朋友建议他们家使用他的奔迪克斯洗衣机时，他们应该感到很惊讶。故选A。

7.考查动词词义辨析。A. bought买；B. got得到；C. borrowed借；D. used使用。根据第一段第一句说约翰家得到洗衣机可知，此处表达因此这就是他们如何才有洗衣机的。故选B。

8.考查动词词义辨析。A. achieved到达；B. reduced减少；C. produced生产；D. developed发展。根据上文可知，由于这几年以来小约翰经常用洗衣机帮家里洗衣服，所以应是对这台洗衣机发展出了感情。故选D。

9.考查副词词义辨析。A. obviously明显地；B. finally最后；终于；C. immediately立即；D. peacefully平静地；和平地。根据下文朋友回来将洗衣机带走了可知，此处表达的是最后这场战争结束了。故选B。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。A. upset难过的，沮丧的；B. frightened害怕的；C. hopeless绝望的；不可救药的；D. confused困惑的。根据上文约翰对这台洗衣机产生了感情，以及后来朋友回来将洗衣机带走了可知，John应该感到非常难过。故选A。

11.考查动词词义辨析。A. explained解释；B. encouraged鼓励；C. comforted安慰；D. taught教。根据上文约翰为失去洗衣机而感到难过，因此此处应是他母亲安慰他。故选C。

12.考查副词词义辨析。A. once曾经；B. already已经；C. never从未；决不；D. hardly几乎不。此处是母亲安慰John的话，其中in the first place意为“压根儿，从一开始”，此处要表达的意思是“洗衣机压根儿就不是属于我们的”。故选C。

13.考查副词词义辨析。根据上文洗衣机被带走了，母亲在安慰约翰可知，这里的意思应是“不能因为它被带走了而恼火”，take away意为“带走”，故选D。

14.考查名词词义辨析。A. success成功；B. event事件；C. treasure财富，财产；D. chance机会。承接上文可知，这里的意思是“让我们借这个机会为我们曾拥有过它而心存感激”。故选D。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。A. invaluable无价的，非常贵重的；B. important重要的；C. necessary必要的；D. reasonable合理的。根据下文可知，此处的意思是“数年后，这一堂课证实了它的重要性，是无价的”。故选A。

16.考查动词词义辨析。A. thought认为；B. struggled挣扎；C. missed错过；D. forgot忘记。根据上一句讲约翰8岁的女儿死于白血病可推知，此处的意思应是“对于她的死，他痛苦挣扎了几个月”。故选B。

17.考查名词词义辨析。A. lesson课程；B. illness病；C. loss失去；D. difficulty困难。根据下文提到了那台失去的洗衣机可知，这里的意思应是“直到他想起那台老式的奔迪克斯洗衣机，他才从失去女儿的痛苦中走出来”。故选C。

18.考查名词词义辨析。A. gift礼物；B. washer洗衣机；C. death死亡；D. loser失败者。根据上文由他痛失女儿想到失去的那台洗衣机，而母亲告诉他洗衣机是礼物，故可以推测，此处表达他明白了一个简单的事实，女儿是礼物。故选A。

19.考查动词词义辨析。A. spend花费；B. live生活；C. share分享；D. earn挣得。根据上文可知，当他想到失去洗衣机时，母亲安慰他的话，他便开始将失去的女儿看作是一份非凡的礼物，并为能与她共度一段时光而感到庆幸。这里表示分享，故选C。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。A. grateful感谢的；B. energetic精力充沛的；C. relaxed放松的；D. happy快乐的。结合上文母亲安慰约翰不要因为失去洗衣机而难道，而让我们借这个机会为我们曾经拥有的而心存感激，故此处表达他感到感恩。故选A。