Question

It was his wife's laughter that Matt missed the most.

Before she died, his wife asked him to find someone else to share his____with, but he didn't. And days moved __

One day his phone rang and the___ of his daughter, Patricia, appeared on the screen. “She wants my_____again,” Matt thought.”Hi, Dad, one of my co-workers has offered me a____for free, could you help take it to my home?”

Half an hour later Matt____ at her co-worker's house. A woman, Lisa,_____at the front door with Patricia and explained, “I'm getting rid of my table, and she needs_____.” “The table I'm getting looks almost____,” Patricia said.”You know she takes so good care of everything.

His daughter's___of the woman made Matt study her immediately.”She didn't look bad. ___, she was quite beautiful.” Matt thought. “Well, Patricia, as long as it won't collapse(坍塌) while you're eating, I'd say you've got a pretty good deal.” Matt said___

Lisa said, “In fact,____ what Patricia has told me about how much her husband eats, that could become a problem.” and laughed.

Lisa's____reminded him of his wife and at the same time he noticed his daughter's____smile. “Has she set me up(介绍某人相亲)?”he thought _____ he gave his daughter an asking look. Patricia's widening smile was his __

“Matt, 1 asked Patricia for only one small favor___ this table,” Lisa said as she looked at Matt.”That I would be able to borrow her___ to help me assemble(组装) my new table.”“

“I'd be happy to!” Matt answered. And he ___it.

1.A.money B.life C.story D.house

2.A.on B.off C.in D.out

3.A.address B.information C.smile D.name

4.A.offer B.truck C.phone D.help

5.A.cupboard B.table C.chair D.car

6.A.arrived B.drove C.came D.rushed

7.A.begged B.lay C.greeted D.sat

8.A.nothing B.one C.another D.anything

9.A.old B.fashionable C.new D.popular

10.A.evidence B.encouragement C.praise D.mercy'

11.A.Besides B.Therefore C.Anyway D.Actually

12.A.coldly B.jokingly C.excitedly D.nervously

13.A.from B.in C.on D.for

14.A.expression B.appearance C.breath D.laughter

15.A.knowing B.hating C.upsetting D.discouraging

16.A.unless B.if C.as D.though

17.A.doubt B.answer C.concern D.question

18.A.in return for B.in place of C.in search of D.in need of

19.A.mom B.co-worker C.friend D.dad

20.A.refused B.designed C.meant D.planned

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.C

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。Matt的妻子去世了，他女儿请他去同事Lisa家帮忙拿桌子，Matt与Lisa见面了，Lisa的笑声使Matt想起了妻子，Matt理解了女儿的用心，愿意与Lisa相处。Matt最怀念的是妻子的笑声。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在他妻子去世之前，她叫他找个人一起共同生活，但他没有。A. money钱；B. life生活；C. story故事，经历；D. house房子，家。由从句中可知他妻子去世，他自己就要独自生活，妻子希望有人陪伴他生活，share his life with和……共同生活，选项B切题，故选B。

2.考查介词词义辨析。句意：日子一天天过去。A. on向前；B . off离开；C. in在…内；D. out在外面。move on 继续前进，固定短语，选项A切题，故选A。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一天，他的电话响了，他女儿Patricia的名字出现在屏幕上。A. address地址；B. information信息，资料；C. smile微笑；D. name名字。由下文可知，电话是他女儿打来的，设空词所在短语the___3___ of his daughter（他女儿的……）的同位语是Patricia，这是他女儿的名字，所以设空词是名字，选项D切题，故选D。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Matt 想，她又想叫我帮忙。A. offer主动提议；B. truck载重汽车；C. phone电话；D. help帮忙。下文的could you help take it to my home?，可知，他女儿是想要他help（帮助），选项D切题，故选D。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：嗨，爸爸，我的一个同事免费给了我一张桌子，你能帮我拿回家吗？A. cupboard橱柜；B. table桌子；C. chair椅子；D. car汽车。由下文的I'm getting rid of my table可知，他女儿同事给她的是桌子，选项B切题，故选B。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：半小时后，Matt来到他女儿同事家。A. arrived到达；B. drove驾驶；C. came来；D. rushed急促，迅速移动。由上文可知，Matt原来在自己家，现在是到了他女儿同事家，arrived at固定短语，选项B切题，故选A。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个叫Lisa的女人在前门与Patricia寒暄并解释着。A. begged乞求；B. lay放置；C. greeted 问候；D. sat坐。设空词所在句中and后是explained解释，说明两人在说话，greet…with sb.和某人打招呼，固定搭配，选项C切题，故选C。

8.考查不定代词辨析。句意：我正打算扔掉我的桌子，而她刚好需要一个。A. nothing没有一件东西；B. one一个； C. another另一个；D. anything任何东西。由上文…has offered me a（table）for free可知，Lisa给Patricia一个桌子，所以Patricia需要的是一个（桌子），选项B切题，故选B。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我拿到的桌子看起来几乎是新的。A. old旧的；B. fashionable流行的；C. new新的；D. popular受欢迎的。由下文You know she takes so good care of everything.（你知道她把每样东西都照顾打理的很好。）可知，Lisa的桌子看起来像新的，符合语境，选项C，切题，故选C。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他女儿对这位女士的赞美使得Matt马上打量起她。A. evidence证据；B. encouragement鼓励；C. praise赞美；D. mercy怜悯。由上文Patricia说Lisa很会打理家里的东西，这是赞美，可知，选项C切题，故选C。

11.考查副词词义辨析。句意：她看起来不差。而且她很漂亮。A. Besides此外；B. Therefore因此；C. Anyway不管怎样，而且；D. Actually实际地。设空词前是“她看起来不差”，设空词所在句子“她很漂亮”，两句属于同一内容属性且有递进关系，所以用表示同类且递进的副词，选项C切题，故选C 。

12.考查副词词义辨析。句意：“好吧，Patricia，只要你吃饭的时候桌子不会塌，我会说你做了一笔不错的交易。” Matt开玩笑地说。A. coldly冷淡地；B. jokingly戏谑地，开玩笑地；C. excitedly兴奋地；D. nervously紧张地。由设空词前的内容，可知Matt在给自己的女儿开玩笑，选项B切题，故选B。

13.考查介词辨析。句意：事实上，根据Patricia告诉我她丈夫吃饭的多少，桌子会塌这可能会是一个问题。A. from从…起，根据；B. in在…内；C. on在…上；D. for为了。由上文可知，设空词所在句子中的that，指代Matt开玩笑所说的桌子会塌这件事，Lisa得出结论，要有根据，介词from有根据之意，选项A切题，故选A。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Lisa的笑声使他想起了他的妻子，同时他注意到女儿那心照不宣的微笑。A. expression 表达；B. appearance外貌，外观；C. breath呼吸；D. laughter笑声。上文and laughed可知，Lisa笑了，所以是Lisa的笑声，选项D切题，故选D。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Lisa的笑声使他想起了他的妻子，同时他注意到女儿那心照不宣的微笑。A. knowing会意的，心照不宣的，知情的；B. hating憎恨的；C. upsetting失望的，沮丧的；D. discouraging泄气的。下文Matt充满疑问地看向女儿，女儿的笑容就是对他的回答，可知，女儿的微笑是有意思在里面的，设空词修饰微笑，选项A切题，故选A。

16.考查连词辨析。句意：“她在安排我相亲”他想着，一边用疑问的眼神看着他女儿。A. unless除非；B. if如果；C. as当……时候，因为，照……方式；D. though尽管。由设空词前Matt 想的内容可知he thought和 he gave his daughter an asking look是同时发生，用连词“当……时候”引导时间状语从句，主、从句逻辑关系合理，选项C切题，故选C。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Patricia灿烂的笑容是对他的回答。A. doubt怀疑；B. answer回答，答案；C. concern关心，担忧；D. question问题。上文的an asking look（疑问的神情），有问就有答，所以设空词是回答，选项B切题，故选B。

18.考查介词短语辨析。句意：我只向Patricia请求帮我一个小忙，作为换取这张桌子的回报。A. in return for做为回报；B. in place of代替；C. in search of 寻找；D. in need of需要。由上文知道，桌子是Lisa的，现在给了Patricia，且由上文的offered me a（table）for free可知，是免费给Patricia的，所以Lisa要求的只是用帮忙来做为对这张桌子给Patricia的回报，选项A切题，故A。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：那个小忙就是我可以借她爸爸一用来帮我组装我的新桌子。A. mom妈妈；B. co-worker同事； C. friend朋友；D. dad爸爸。上文…as she looked at Matt…Lisa看着Matt，Matt是她的（Patricia的）爸爸，选项D切题，故选D。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：并且这就是他想表达的意思。（他是真心的。）A. refused拒绝；B. designed设计；C. meant表示……的意思；D. planned计划。上文的I'd be happy to!是Matt的回答，是他嘴上说的。由文章开头可知，他妻子叫他重新找个人开始生活，他却没有，说明他对他妻子的感情很深，而Lisa的笑让他想起了他的妻子，就是对Lisa有了好感，Matt对Lisa所说的乐意帮忙实际也是他的内心真实想法，而不是只是说说，选项C切题，故选C。