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    I had driven home to celebrate my 38th birthday with my mother. When I arrived, I found her sitting_______ at the kitchen table, a chocolate cake and two boxes wrapped in orange ribbon (丝带)in front of her. “Happy birthday!” she said,_______ at the boxes. “Open them.”

As she knows me _______  than anyone, she'd gotten me exactly what I wanted—running clothes. I _______ her and thanked her and proceeded (接着)to eat the cake.

“Too many _______ ,” I said, not really caring.

“You'll run them off tomorrow,” Mom said.

Many adult children with a parent suffering from _______ memory will tell you there was one day that _______ to them that their relationship with their mother or father would be forever changed.

For me that day_______two weeks later, when I drove back for another short_______. I ________ exactly the same scene: my mom sitting at the kitchen table; a chocolate cake ________next to two boxes wrapped in curly ribbon. The ribbon was green this time. That was the only________ “Happy birthday!” my mom said.

I was totally ________. “What's going on?”I asked. Mom smiled, “Can't I celebrate my daughter's birthday?”

This was no ________ . This was real life, and ________my mother clearly only wanted to make me happyI pushed aside my fear and fulfilled my role as the ________ daughter. I hugged her, thanked her and ________ the clothes... I did not mention to her that we'd done all this two ________ ago.

My house is her world now. My mother and I have the ________ conversation roughly 10 times a day.________, I consider it a pleasure, because every minute is new for her.

1.A.delicately B.proudly C.casually D.randomly

2.A.targeting B.fascinating C.staring D.gesturing

3.A.earlier B.longer C.better D.deeper

4.A.paid B.hugged C.comforted D.ignored

5.A.calories B.colors C.fruits D.candles

6.A.trustworthy B.misleading C.failing D.offending

7.A.signaled B.added C.appealed D.contributed

8.A.responded B.came C.changed D.disappeared

9.A.memory B.birthday C.party D.visit

10.A.got across B.passed through C.came upon D.got through

11.A.resting B.placing C.putting D.laying

12.A.color B.feature C.attraction D.difference

13.A.disturbed B.confused C.embarrassed D.shocked

14.A.pleasure B.trouble C.trick D.dilemma

15.A.since B.if C.when D.whenever

16.A.reliable B.dishonest C.forgetful D.grateful

17.A.admired B.reckoned C.attached D.attained

18.A.days B.weeks C.months D.minutes

19.A.previous B.annoying C.precise D.same

20.A.Therefore B.Instead C.Nevertheless D.Moreover

 

1.B 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.D 10.C 11.A 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.A 16.D 17.A 18.B 19.D 20.C 【解析】 这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者与母亲之间的亲情故事。作者的母亲在为作者精心筹备完38岁的生日后不久患上了记忆障碍,记忆力衰退,在两周后准备了同样的礼物再次为作者庆祝生日,面对生病的母亲,作者用实际行动回报母亲的爱。 1.考查副词词义辨析。句意:当我到达时,我发现她自豪地坐在厨房的桌子旁,面前有一个巧克力蛋糕和两个用橙色丝带包装的盒子。A. delicately精致地,优美地;B. proudly骄傲地;C. casually随便地,偶然地;D. randomly任意地,无目的地。根据句意和语境可知,母亲为作者庆祝生日准备的很充分,应是很自豪的(proud)。故选B项。 2.考查动词词义辨析。句意:“生日快乐!”她指着那些盒子说。“打开”。 A. targeting面向,对准;B. fascinating使着迷;C. staring凝视;D. gesturing作手势,用动作示意。根据句意和语境可知,母亲在说“Happy birthday!”的同时,应该是用手指向(gesture)装礼物的盒子,并告诉作者“Open them”。故选D项。 3.考查副词词义辨析。句意:因为她比任何人都了解我,她给我买了我想要的东西——运动服。A. earlier更早地;B. longer长期地;C. better更好地;D. deeper更深入地。根据后文内容“she'd gotten me exactly what I wanted”可知,母亲比任何人都更了解我,well的比较级,well可以与know搭配,表示程度。故选C项。 4.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我拥抱了她,谢谢她,然后开始吃蛋糕。A. paid支付;B. hugged拥抱;C. comforted安慰;D. ignored忽略。根据后文“thanked her”,可知所选单词应与thanked相呼应,表达作者对母亲的感激之情。B项hugged(拥抱)符合语境。故选B项。 5.考查名词词义辨析。句意:“卡路里太多了,”我说,其实并不在乎。A. calories卡路里;B. colors颜色;C. fruits水果;D. candles蜡烛。根据前文内容“proceeded to eat the cake(开始吃蛋糕)”可知,这里的太多应指蛋糕中的卡路里。故选A项。 6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:许多父母记忆衰退的成年孩子会告诉你,有一天他们与父母的关系会永远改变。A. trustworthy可靠的,可信赖的;B. misleading误导的,引入歧途的;C. falling下降的;D. offending令人不快的,违法的。根据后文内容可知,母亲忘记了已经给作者过了生日,以及末段内容母亲可能每天跟作者说上10遍左右同样的话,可看出母亲出现了记忆力衰退。故选C项。 7.考查动词词义辨析。句意:许多父母记忆衰退的成年孩子会告诉你,有一天他们与父母的关系会永远改变。A. signaled标志,表示;B. added增加,添加;C. appealed吸引;D. contributed致力于。根据句意和语境可知,后文在讲述作者在两周后的一天发现母亲记忆力衰退,因此在此句中应是强调“这一天”的标志性作用(signal)。故选A项。 8.考查动词词义辨析。句意:对我来说,那一天是两周后的一天,那天我又开车回去做了一次短暂的探望。 A. responded回复;B. came到来,开始;C. changed改变;D. disappeared消失。根据句意和语境可知空前的that day指的是上文提及的one day,这样的一个日子在两周后到来了。故选B项。 9.考查名词词义辨析。句意:对我来说,那一天是两周后的一天,那天我又开车回去做了一次短暂的探望。A. memory记忆;B. birthday生日;C. party聚会;D. visit拜访。根据句意和语境可知,作者再次回家“看望(visit)”母亲。故选D项。 10.考查动词词组辨析。句意:我遇到了完全相同的场景:我的妈妈坐在厨房的桌子旁;一个巧克力蛋糕放在两个用卷带包裹的盒子旁边。A. got across通过,使……被理解;B. passed through穿过;C. came upon偶遇,邂逅;D. got through结束,通过。根据后文内容可知,作者这次到母亲家经历了与生日那天同样的场景。C项“came upon”放在此句中可以理解为“遭遇,经历”了同样的事情。故选C项。 11.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我遇到了完全相同的场景:我的妈妈坐在厨房的桌子旁,一个巧克力蛋糕放在两个用卷带包裹的盒子旁边。A. resting休息,搁置;B. placing放置,任命;C. putting放,安置;D. laying躺下,搁放。根据句意和语境可知,巧克力蛋糕被放在两个礼物盒子旁边。所选动词的逻辑主语为a chocolate cake, A项“resting”与其搭配使用。其他选项虽然也具有“搁放”含义,但与逻辑主语之间为被动关系,不应是现在分词形式。故选A项。 12.考查名词词义辨析。句意:这是唯一的不同。A. color颜色;B. feature特色,特征;C. attraction吸引;D. difference区别。根据前文内容“The ribbon was green this time.”可知,这次丝带是绿色的,这是这个“生日”与刚刚度过的生日唯一的不同(difference)。故选D项。 13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我很疑惑。 A. disturbed扰乱的;B. confused困惑的;C. embarrassed尴尬的;D. shocked震惊的。根据后文“What's going on?”I asked. 可知作者面对眼前的一幕,不知发生了什么,感到困惑(confused)。故选B项。 14.考查名词词义辨析。句意:这不是恶作剧。 A. pleasure快乐,令人高兴的事;B. trouble麻烦;C. trick诡计,恶作剧;D. dilemma困境,进退两难。根据作者在前文提及记忆力衰退问题,且后文“I did not mention to her that we'd done all this two ____18____ ago.”可看出,此时作者意识到母亲的记忆力出现了问题,而非母亲捉弄自己的“恶作剧(trick)”。故选C项。 15.考查连词词义辨析。句意:这是真实的生活,因为我的母亲显然只是想让我快乐,我抛开了恐惧,履行了作为一个感恩的女儿的职责。A. since因为,既然;B. if是否,如果;C. when当……时候;D. whenever无论何时。根据句意和语境可知,“my mother clearly only wanted to make me happy(我母亲显然只是想让我快乐)”是母亲做出这些事情的原因。故选A项。 16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:这是真实的生活,因为我的母亲显然只是想让我快乐,我抛开了恐惧,履行了作为一个感恩的女儿的职责。A. reliable可靠的,可信赖的;B. dishonest不诚实的;C. forgetful健忘的;D. grateful感激的。根据后文“I hugged her, thanked her(我拥抱她,感谢她)”,可知,无论怎么样作者对母亲都是感激的(grateful)。故选D项。 17.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我拥抱她,感谢她,欣赏她送的衣服。A. admired欣赏,羡慕;B. reckoned估计,猜想;C. attached附上,粘着;D. attained达到,获得。根据句意和语境可知,作者这里提到的clothes应与上文提及的母亲送的生日礼物(she'd gotten me exactly what I wanted—running clothes.)是一样的,上文提及正是作者想要的。因此母亲又一个running clothes同样得到了作者的欣赏喜爱(admire)。故选A项。 18.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我没有告诉她我们两个星期前就做了这一切。A. days天;B. weeks周;星期;C. months月;D. minutes分钟。根据句意和语境可知,上次生日是两周(weeks)前的事情。故选B项。 19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我和妈妈每天大概会说10次同样的话。然而,我认为这是一种乐趣,因为每一分钟对她来说都是新的。A. previous 以前的;B. annoying讨厌的,恼人的;C. precise精确的;D. same同样的。根据句意和语境可知,母亲已经记忆力衰退,作者与母亲同样的(same)的对话有可能一天中会重复多次。故选D项。 20.考查副词词义辨析。句意:我和妈妈每天大概会说10次同样的话。然而,我认为这是一种乐趣,因为每一分钟对她来说都是新的。A. Therefore因此;B. Instead然而;C. Nevertheless虽然如此;D. Moreover而且,此外。根据上下文可看出前后两句应是转折关系,尽管母亲记忆力衰退,作者与母亲的生活中重复着一遍遍同样的对话,作者没有厌烦,反而把此事当作pleasure。 选项B“Instead”虽然也表示转折含义,但是并没有承接上文的含义,C项“Nevertheless” 意为虽然如此,有承接上文的含义。故选C项。
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