Question

    My father was a Jamaican(牙买加) immigrant while my mother was a white woman. They never got married but I was born. However, my father never _______ his family about my existence. Whatever the case, I didn’t know I was a _______ until my thirteenth birthday.

Walking into my aunt’s apartment brought a lot of emotions. What if my _______ didn’t want anything to do with me because I was half white? How _______ can I learn the jokes that my family members told? Should I _______ them for all the years they didn’t spend with me? My mind was full of thoughts when I was _______ to everyone, trying desperately to understand family members who almost were _______ strangers. Meanwhile, I was _______ to just remember everybody’s name.

One of my aunts, who’d been quiet for most of the morning looked at me with tearful eyes. She mentioned how _______ she was for my father to have a daughter, saying, “He’s always dreamt of having a daughter”. However, she then expressed her ________ towards my father for keeping the family in the ________ about me. From this ________, I have learned more about what it means to be biracial (代表两种人种的). Can I still ________ myself Jamaican even though my first time trying curry goat, a traditional dish, was not until my teenage years?

I’ve become aware that no matter how much DNA you might ________ with a particular race, you won’t feel truly connected if you did not ________ with that culture’s customs. I believe this event has ________ me into becoming a more understanding person when analyzing someone’s actions. I have realized that I am far from a ________. I am determined to prove that I’m here for a reason by using my talents to ________ those around me. I have grown to not ________ on my parents and families to tell me who I am, but I have understood my uniqueness and ________ my real self. I really feel proud that among strangers I eventually know who I am!

1.A.told B.said C.talked D.spoke

2.A.success B.secret C.failure D.burden

3.A.father B.mother C.family D.aunt

4.A.often B.badly C.quickly D.strangely

5.A.praise B.blame C.miss D.invite

6.A.offered B.devoted C.delivered D.introduced

7.A.complete B.strict C.kind D.helpful

8.A.pretending B.struggling C.competing D.cheering

9.A.nervous B.shameful C.embarrassed D.happy

10.A.anxiety B.anger C.excitement D.enthusiasm

11.A.hope B.regret C.dark D.future

12.A.accident B.program C.coincidence D.experience

13.A.consider B.imagine C.leave D.teach

14.A.share B.replace C.deposit D.exchange

15.A.pick up B.take up C.grow up D.make up

16.A.frightened B.cheated C.tricked D.turned

17.A.mistake B.master C.milestone D.miracle

18.A.tolerate B.dismiss C.hate D.benefit

19.A.agreeing B.relying C.working D.passing

20.A.protected B.saved C.found D.forgiven

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者在13岁那年父亲才第一次把她带回去和家人相认，这使得她曾经怀疑她的出生是个错误。在一群陌生人中作者发现尽管她有父亲的血统，但是很难融入这个家庭。她思绪万千，最终决定通过用自己的天赋来帮助周围的人，进而证明自己的存在的价值。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而我的父亲从来没有告诉过他的家庭我的存在。A. told告诉；B. said说；C. talked谈论；D. spoke讲（语言）。短语tell sb sth告诉某人某事，故选A项。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：无论因为什么，我直到13岁才知道我是一个秘密的存在。A. success成功；B. secret秘密；C. failure失败；D. burden负担。根据前文的my father never ___1___his family about my existence可知，作者的父亲没有告诉家人他有这个孩子，所作者对父亲的家人来说是一个秘密的存在，故选B项。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：因为我是半个白人，倘若我的家人不想和我有任何关联会如何呢。A. father父亲；B. mother母亲；C. family家人；D. aunt阿姨。根据下文的My mind was full of thoughts when I was___6___to everyone可知，作者被介绍给了家人，故选C项。

4.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我还要多久才能理解家人讲的笑话。A. often常常；B. badly糟糕地；C. quickly快速地；D. strangely奇怪地。该段几个问句表达了作者第一次见到家族成员的复杂心情，本句表达了作者寻思自己要过多久才能理解家族成员所讲的笑话，故选C项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我是否能因他们没有陪我度过的日子而责备他们？A. praise表扬；B. blame责备；C. miss错过，想念；D. invite邀请。根据下文的for all the years they didn’t spend with me可知，作者的家人有很长一段时间都没有陪她度过，故此处用“责备他们”符合语境，故选B项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我被第一次介绍给家人时，我思绪万千，努力理解我的家人，其实他们对于我来说完全是陌生人。A. offered提供；B. devoted贡献；C. delivered投递；D. introduced介绍。此处是指在和家人首次相见时，作者被一一介绍，故选D项。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. complete完全的；B. strict严格的；C. kind善良的；D. helpful有帮助的。结合上下文可知，这么多年没有见面，家人几乎完全和陌生人一样，故选A项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同时，我努力记下每个人的名字。A. pretending假装；B. struggling努力，挣扎；C. competing竞争；D. cheering使高兴。此处是指要一下子记住这么多人的名字，对作者是件难事，故用“努力做某事”struggle to do sth符合语境，故选B项。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她提到她为我的父亲感到高兴，因为他一直都想要个女儿。A. nervous紧张的；B. shameful害羞的；C. embarrassed尴尬的；D. happy高兴的。根据下文的He’s always dreamt of having a daughter可知，作者的父亲一直想要女儿，所以作者的阿姨也为父亲感到高兴，故选D项。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是，她接着表示她很生气，因为父亲这么多年向家人隐瞒我的存在。A. anxiety焦虑；B. anger愤怒；C. excitement兴奋；D. enthusiasm热情。根据下文的towards my father for keeping the family in the___11___ about me.可推测，阿姨因为父亲向家人隐瞒事实感到生气，故选B项。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。短语keep sb in the dark使某人蒙在鼓里，故选C项。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：从这次经历中，我对代表两个人种了解了更多。A. accident事故；B. program项目；C. coincidence巧合；D. experience经历。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者和家人相聚的经历，故选D项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我能认为自己是牙买加人吗？尽管在少年时期我才第一次吃到咖喱羊肉（牙买加传统食物）。A. consider考虑，认为；B. imagine想象；C. leave离开；D. teach教。此处是指作者作为牙买加人的孩子，十几年来第一次吃到牙买加传统国菜curry goat(咖喱羊肉)，对自己的身份心生感慨，用“认为”符合语境，故选A项。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我清楚了，无论一个人和一个特定的种群在基因上联系多密切，如果没有在那个种群的文化里成长，都无法和他们真正融为一体。A. share分享，共有；B. replace代替；C. deposit沉积，沉淀；D. exchange交换。此处是指与一个种族有多少相似的基因，即共有的基因，故选A项。

15.考查动词短语辨析。句意：同上。A. pick up捡起来，接，偶然学会；B. take up占据；C. grow up成长；D. make up编造，化妆。结合上文内容可知，作者没有和牙买加的亲人一起生活，即没有生活在牙买加的文化里，所以觉得很难融入他们，故此处用“在这种文化里成长”符合语境，故选C项。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我相信这次经历把我变成了一个在分析他人行为时，能够更理解他们的人。A. frightened使害怕；B. cheated欺骗；C. tricked戏弄；D. turned转变。结合上下文可知，这次经历改变了作者，让他能够更加理解他人，故选D项。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我意识到我不是一个错误。A. mistake错误；B. master大师；C. milestone里程碑；D. miracle奇迹。根据前文的They never got married but I was born.可知，作者的父母没有结婚，她却出生了，故推测她曾经认为自己是个错误，故选A项。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我下定决心用我的天赋来帮助周围的人、对他人有益，来证明我的存在是有原因的。A. tolerate容忍；B. dismiss解雇；C. hate憎恨；D. benefit对……有益。通过帮助周围的人、对他人有益，作者可以证明自己的存在是有原因的，故选D项。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我已经成长到不依靠父母和家人来告诉我“我是谁”，我已经知道我的独特并且发现真正的自我。A. agreeing同意；B. relying依靠；C. working工作；D. passing传递。根据上下文可知，作者没有依赖他人来证明自己的存在，故选B项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. protected保护；B. saved救；C. found发现；D. forgiven原谅。根据文末“I eventually know who I am!”可知，作者已经发现了真实的自己，故选C项。