Question

    My mother died at the age of thirty-six, leaving me aged seven. I was _________ mainly by relatives when my father remarried. By my early twenties, I had learned that my mother, who had polio (小儿麻痹症) as a young child, had not been _________ to live past her early twenties.

After the tough upbringing I've had, I began to _________ why she chose to have children when she knew she would die _________. Finally, from my aunt, I got a simple answer: My mother had always _________ the doctors’ prediction. She had done so well with her _________ issues that she thought she would live long enough to raise me.

I got a little relieved. _________ I still felt deeply _________ that my mother had left me in such a _________ situation. And then the ____________ came.

There were no words spoken and no thoughts ____________ but only feelings. I recall no background to the dream ― only the ____________ of my mother walking toward me. She was ____________ of the serious scoliosis (脊柱侧弯) that had troubled her. She walked straight and came toward me with her arms open, her kind eyes shining even more brightly than I __________ , a beautiful smile on her face. She wrapped her arms around me and I returned her a warm hug. We ____________ stood, holding each other as a strong feeling of deep love ____________ over me. At that dream moment I knew my mother had never ____________ to bring me into the world and then leave. She loved me then and she had kept loving me.

Thirty-five years ago I awoke from that dream with a great peace. My sadness ____________. I have never had a single moment of doubt about my mother's love ____________. I continue my life, in the ____________ that my mother's unconditional love is always there.

1.A.raised up B.made up C.brought up D.picked up

2.A.suggested B.expected C.promised D.proved

3.A.wonder B.understand C.realize D.appreciate

4.A.alone B.fast C.poor D.young

5.A.suited B.challenged C.followed D.failed

6.A.emotion B.management C.academy D.health

7.A.However B.Moreover C.Otherwise D.Therefore

8.A.delighted B.worried C.excited D.hurt

9.A.difficult B.special C.strange D.different

10.A.chance B.problem C.dream D.decision

11.A.exchanged B.provided C.gained D.offered

12.A.imagination B.voice C.smile D.figure

13.A.aware B.free C.full D.sick

14.A.concluded B.realized C.remembered D.predicted

15.A.actually B.simply C.finally D.always

16.A.ran B.washed C.turned D.got

17.A.pretended B.managed C.intended D.happened

18.A.grew B.disappeared C.followed D.solved

19.A.though B.just C.still D.since

20.A.knowledge B.dream C.hope D.expectation

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者因为妈妈的早逝，过着艰难的生活，所以一直误会妈妈在明知自己活不久的情况下还生下她。直到阿姨的解释和一次梦到妈妈，她才体会到妈妈对她深深的爱。

1.考查动词短语辨析。句意：父亲再婚后我基本上是由亲人养大的。A. raised up举起；B. made up组成，编造；C. brought up养育；D. picked up捡起。根据上文的My mother died at the age of thirty-six, leaving me aged seven.可知，母亲去世时，作者才7岁，再加上父亲再婚，故此处用“由亲人养大”符合语境，故选C项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：直到20出头，我才知道我的妈妈有小儿麻痹症，大家都认为她不能活过20多岁。A. suggested建议；B. expected认为；C. promised承诺；D. proved证明。结合上下文可知，此处是指大家都认为她活不过20多岁，故选B项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我被艰难的养大之后，我开始想为什么她选择生孩子即使她知道她在年轻时就会去世。A. wonder想知道；B. understand明白；C. realize意识到；D. appreciate感激，欣赏。根据下文的why she chose to have children可知，此处用“想知道”符合语境，故选A项。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在我被艰难的养大之后，我开始想为什么她选择生孩子即使她知道她在年轻时就会去世。A. alone独自的；B. fast快的；C. poor贫穷的；D. young年轻的。根据前文的had not been ____2____ to live past her early twenties.可知，作者的妈妈被认为活不过20几岁，故此处用“年轻的”符合语境，故选D项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：最后，从阿姨那儿我得到了一个简单的答案：我的妈妈总是挑战医生的预言。A. suited适合；B. challenged挑战；C. followed采取；D. failed失败。根据下文的she would live long enough to raise me.可知，作者的妈妈认为她可以活到把作者养大，故此处用“挑战医生的预言”符合语境，故选B项。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她把健康问题处理的非常好，以至于她认为她可以活到把我养大。A. emotion感情；B. management管理；C. academy学术；D. health健康。根据上文恶的My mother had always ____5____ the doctors’ prediction.可知，作者的妈妈曾经看过医生，故此处用健康问题符合语境，故选D项。

7.考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，妈妈让我处于一种艰难的情况，这让我感到深深的伤害。A. However然而；B. Moreover此外；C. Otherwise否则；D. Therefore因此。根据前文的I got a little relieved可知，作者首先感到有点欣慰，后来感觉受到了伤害，上下文是转折关系，故选A项。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，妈妈让我处于一种艰难的情况，这让我感到深深的伤害。A. delighted高兴的；B. worried担心的；C. excited兴奋的；D. hurt受到伤害的。结合上下文可知，，此处所选的词应和relieved感情色彩相反，故用“受到伤害的”符合语境，故选D项。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，妈妈让我处于一种艰难的情况，这让我感到深深的伤害。A. difficult困难的，艰难的；B. special特别的；C. strange陌生的；D. different不同的。根据上文的I was ____1____ mainly by relatives when my father remarried.可知，作者的生活很艰难，故此处用“困难的/艰难的”符合语境，故选A项。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后我做了梦。A. chance机会；B. problem问题；C. dream梦；D. decision决定。根据下文的I recall no background to the dream可知，作者做了梦，dream是原词复现，故选C项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：没有对话，没有想法的交流，只有情感。A. exchanged交换；B. provided提供；C. gained获得；D. offered提供。根据下文可知，作者梦里的妈妈只有动作，他们之间没有谈话，也没有进行交流，故此处用“交换”符合语境，故选A项。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我回忆不起梦的背景，只记得妈妈向我走来。A. imagination想象；B. voice嗓音；C. smile微笑；D. figure身型。结合实际，此处是指作者记不清梦的具体内容，依稀记得一个像妈妈身型的人朝他走来，故选D像。

13.考查形容词短语辨析。句意：她没有了让她痛苦的脊柱侧弯。A.(be) aware (of)知道；B. (be)free(of)无……的；C. (be)full(of)充满；D. (be)sick(of)对……感到恶心的。根据下文的She walked straight可知，在作者梦里妈妈是挺直地走向她，故此处用“没有了脊柱侧弯”符合语境，故选B项。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她挺直身躯，张开双臂向我走来，她善良的眼神比我记忆中明亮得多，脸上带着美丽的笑容。A. concluded总结；B. realized意识到；C. remembered记忆；D. predicted预测。根据上文可知，作者的妈妈已经去世，故此处用“记得”符合语境，故选C项。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们只是站着，抱着对方，一股爱的暖流涌向我。A. actually事实上；B. simply仅仅，只；C. finally最后；D. always总是。根据上文的There were no words spoken and no thoughts ____11____ but only feelings.可知，在梦里作者和妈妈没有过多的动作和语言，故此处用“只是”符合语境，故选B项。

16.考查动词短语辨析。句意：同上。A. ran (over)碾过；B. washed(over)倾倒，涌；C. turned (over)翻转；D. got (over)克服。结合句意可知，此处是指作者突然体会到了妈妈的爱，故用“涌”符合语境，故选B项。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在梦里我知道，妈妈从来没有打算把我带到世上然后就离开。A. pretended假装；B. managed管理，设法；C. intended打算；D. happened发生，碰巧。根据上文的I began to ____3____ why she chose to have children when she knew she would die ____4____.可知，作者认为妈妈在知道自己活不久的情况下还生下她，她认为这是故意的，故此处用“打算”符合语境，故选C项。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的悲伤消失了。A. grew成长；B. disappeared消失；C. followed跟随；D. solved解决。根据前文的Thirty-five years ago I awoke from that dream with a great peace.可知，作者的心态恢复平和，故此处用“悲伤消失”符合语境，故选B项。

19.考查副词词义辨析。句意：自那时起，我再没有怀疑妈妈的爱。A. though然而；B. just只，仅仅；C. still仍然；D. since自从。结合句意可知，此处是指自从那个梦以后，作者就不再怀疑妈妈对她的爱，故选D项。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我继续我的生活，知道妈妈无条件的爱一直都在。A. knowledge了解，知道；B. dream梦；C. hope希望；D. expectation期待。根据前文的I have never had a single moment of doubt about my mother's love ____19____可知，作者明白了妈妈的爱，故此处用“知道”符合语境，故选A项。