Question

    Last year, I told my family that I didn't want or need anything for my birthday. Instead, I _______ them to think of a way to share a _______ in their world for me. My husband and my daughter did something different, but _______.

The week of my birthday my husband went to a local cafe and told a waitress that he wanted to _______ pay for the breakfast of a family. The waitress was _______ and said it was her last day at work there and this had never _______. When the family finished eating, the waitress told them their _______ had been paid. The mom started crying and the dad stood up, trying to _______ who might have done it, but my husband was outside _______ the whole thing. He told me he had such a wonderful ________ in his heart and he would like to ________ it a few more times.

My daughter was on a tight budget(手头很紧) so she ________ the week smiling more at people, and letting someone go before her at the market. She just took the time during my birthday week to slow down and be ________ and kind to a stranger and her co-workers.

When we finally all got together for Mother's Day and my birthday, everyone was in tears as each person ________ what they had done. As you can see, it was the ________ birthday ever!

1.A.wanted B.encouraged C.ordered D.permitted

2.A.story B.feeling C.kindness D.responsibility

3.A.crazy B.wonderful C.interesting D.silly

4.A.partly B.normally C.quickly D.secretly

5.A.frightened B.satisfied C.surprised D.disappointed

6.A.failed B.mattered C.existed D.happened

7.A.coffee B.bill C.money D.lunch

8.A.find out B.look C.think of D.remember

9.A.watching B.listening C.asking D.telling

10.A.feeling B.day C.experience D.idea

11.A.say B.discuss C.do D.cost

12.A.wasted B.found C.took D.spent

13.A.healthy B.simply C.honest D.friendly

14.A.shared B.practiced C.recorded D.watched

15.A.biggest B.longest C.best D.quietest

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者想要一个特殊的生日礼物——希望丈夫和女儿做一件善良的事情。丈夫给一个陌生家庭付早餐费、女儿对别人友好是作者最好的生日礼物，他们一家因为能做善事帮助别人而非常开心，同时作者也度过了一个最好的生日。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：相反，我想要他们想出一种方法来分享他们世界里的善良。A. wanted想要；B. encouraged鼓励；C. ordered命令，点餐；D. permitted允许。根据上文的I told my family that I didn't want or need anything for my birthday可知此处用“想要”符合语境，want是原词复现，故选A项。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. story故事；B. feeling感觉；C. kindness善良；D. responsibility责任。根据下文内容可知，作者的丈夫和女儿都做了好事，故此处用“善良”符合语境，且下文的and be ___13___ and kind to a stranger and her co-workers.也有暗示，kind是原词复现，故选C项。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：丈夫和女儿做了不同的事，但都是绝妙的。A. crazy疯狂的；B. wonderful绝妙的；C. interesting有趣的；D. silly愚蠢的。根据下文的He told me he had such a wonderful可知此处用“绝妙的”符合语境，wonderful是原词复现，故选B项。

4.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我生日的那周，丈夫去了当地一家咖啡馆，并告诉服务员他想暗自为一个家庭付早餐费。A. partly部分地；B. normally正常地；C. quickly快速地；D. secretly暗自。根据下文的trying to ___8___ who might have done it可知这家人不知道是谁付了早餐费，故此处用“暗自”符合语境，故选D项。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：服务员有点惊讶，说这是她在这儿工作的最后一天，这样的事情从来没有发生过。A. frightened害怕的；B. satisfied满意的；C. surprised惊讶的；D. disappointed失望的。结合常识可知，听到要为陌生家庭付早餐的想法，大部分人都会感到惊讶，故选C项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. failed失败；B. mattered重要；C. existed存在；D. happened发生。结合上下文可知，此处是指帮别人付钱的事在这个咖啡馆是第一次发生，以前从来没有过，故选D项。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当这家人吃完饭时，服务员告诉他们已经有人给他们买单了。A. coffee咖啡；B. bill账单；C. money钱；D. lunch午饭。结合上文 pay for the breakfast of a family可知，此处考查短语pay the bill付款/买单，故选B项。

8.考查动词和动词短语辨析。句意：这位母亲感动的哭了，父亲站起来试图找出是谁做了这件事，而我的丈夫站在外面观察着整件事。A. find out查明，找出；B. look看；C. think of想，想起；D. remember记得。结合上下文可知，此处是指这位父亲站起来看看谁在店里，以便找出做好事的人，故选A项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. watching观察；B. listening听；C. asking问；D. telling告诉。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者的丈夫付款之后到店外观察事情的发展，故选A项。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他告诉我他心情很好，并且想多做几次。A. feeling 情绪；B. day天，日子；C. experience经历，经验；D. idea主意。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者的丈夫因为帮助了别人而心情愉快，故选A项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. say说；B. discuss 讨论；C. do做；D. cost花费。结合句意可知，此处是指作者的丈夫以后还想做这种帮助别人的事情，故选C项。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我女儿的手头很紧，所以她花这周的时间多向别人微笑，在超市里让别人走在她前面。A. wasted浪费；B. found发现；C. took拿，花费；D. spent花费。结合句意可知，此处考查短语spend…in doing sth.“花……来做某事”，故选D项。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她在我生日那周减缓速度，而且友好的、善良的对待陌生人和她的同事。A. healthy健康的；B. simply简单地；C. honest诚实的；D. friendly友好的。根据kind可知此处用“友好的”符合语境，friendly和kind是同义词复现，故选D项。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们最终一起度过母亲节和我的生日时，一分享他们所做的事情大家都热泪盈眶。A. shared分享；B. practiced练习；C. recorded记录；D. watched观察。结合句意可知，此处是指在作者生日的那天，他们一家把作者生日这周自己所做的好事讲出来给大家听，故用“分享”符合语境，故选A项。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：正如你所见，这是我有史以来最好的生日。A. biggest最大的；B. longest最长的；C. best最好的；D. quietest最安静的。结合上句内容可知，作者的丈夫和女儿都做了自己力所能及的好事作为作者的生日礼物，故推测作者很开心，认为这是最好的生日，故选C项。