Question

    Ten years ago, my mom gave me a strange but welcome gift-a blood pressure monitor(血压监测仪). My _______ had told me I had high blood pressure during a medical exam, so she wanted to _______ that I was keeping track of it.

It really _______ me to suffer from such disease in my early twenties. I had long been _______nameless anxiety and stress, and that ended up being ten years' long pain. Through lots of medical care, exercise, and diet improvement, I've slowly got _______, day by day.

I was _______ to say that I no longer needed my blood pressure monitor. My mom was healthy and didn't need it either. But I knew she _______ a lot of money back then even though she didn’t have much, so I _______ to put it up for sale online. A woman said she wanted to _______it after I posted it on the website.

The other day, I met up with the woman and her mother, who looked weak, in a coffee shop. Neither of them seemed in good financial (财务上的)conditions. The woman carefully took some money from her wallet to give me. It ________ me then and there. I could find no ________ to let her pay me. She really needed the thing and I just had the thing in hand. Thinking for a while, I took out the blood pressure monitor and said, ''Here, just take it.'' She was ________ and attempted to hand me the money again. I insisted that she should take it. She was excited and then expressed her ________. I wished them good health and a happy life. ________ I didn't repay my mom in cash, I was more than happy that I repaid her by passing on her gift to someone who really ________ it.

1.A.mother B.teacher C.friend D.doctor

2.A.prove B.remember C.make sure D.comment on

3.A.shocked B.ignored C.controlled D.encouraged

4.A.recording B.imagining C.describing D.experiencing

5.A.tired B.better C.braver D.hopeless

6.A.angry B.sorry C.pleased D.embarrassed

7.A.spent B.earned C.lent D.raised

8.A.failed B.decided C.afforded D.promised

9.A.buy B.share C.donate D.borrow

10.A.hurt B.touched C.reminded D.disappointed

11.A.tools B.chances C.methods D.excuses

12.A.curious B.confused C.afraid D.upset

13.A.regret B.anxiety C.confidence D.appreciation

14.A.Unless B.Before C.Although D.Because

15.A.needed B.valued C.admired D.respected

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.A

【解析】

本文是一篇叙述文。文章讲述了作者本来打算将不再需要的血压计卖掉，但后来作者把它送给了一对陌生的母女，虽然没有得到钱，但是作者很高兴，因为他把血压计送给了真正需要它的人。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在一次医疗检查中，我的医生告诉我我有高血压，因此，她想确保我一直在监测血压。A. mother妈妈；B. teacher老师；C. friend朋友；D. doctor医生。根据下文的during a medical exam可知此处用“医生”符合语境，故选D项。

2.考查动词（短语）辨析。句意：同上。A. prove证明；B. remember记得；C. make sure确保；D. comment on评论。结合上下文可推测，为了确保作者检测血压，作者妈妈在医生的建议下买了血压监测仪，故选C项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：二十出头就得这种病真的让我很震惊。A. shocked使震惊；B. ignored忽略；C. controlled控制；D. encouraged鼓励。结合常识可知，在20出头患高血压这种老年病，会让人觉得很震惊，故选A项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我一直以来都经受着莫名的焦虑和压力，那最终变成了10年的痛苦。A. recording记录；B. imagining想象；C. describing描述；D. experiencing经受。结合句意可知，此处是指作者长期经受着痛苦，故选D项。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：经过大量的医疗处理、锻炼和饮食改善，我的身体慢慢地、一天天地变好了。A. tired劳累的；B. better更好的；C. braver更勇敢的；D. hopeless没有希望的。根据下文的I no longer needed my blood pressure monitor.可知作者不需要血压监测仪，故推测他的身体变好了，故选B项。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很高兴地说我不再需要血压监测仪了。A. angry生气的；B. sorry抱歉的；C. pleased高兴的；D. embarrassed尴尬的。根据下文的I no longer needed my blood pressure monitor可知此处用“高兴的”符合语境，故选C项。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但我知道她那时花了很多钱，尽管她没有那么，因此我决定把它挂在网上售卖。A. spent花；B. earned挣；C. lent借出；D. raised筹。结合上下文可知，此处是指在作者被诊断有高血压后，他的妈妈花了很多钱给他购买了一台血压监测仪，故选A项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. failed失败；B. decided决定；C. afforded承担；D. promised承诺。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者思来想去，最后决定把血压监测仪买了，故选B项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我把贴发在网上后，一位女士说她想买。A. buy买；B. share分享；C. donate捐赠；D. borrow借。根据前文的put it up for sale可知此处用“买”符合语境，sale和buy是反义词复现，故选A项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：它当时就触动了我。A. hurt伤害；B. touched感动，触动；C. reminded提醒；D. disappointed使……失望。根据上文的The other day, I met up with the woman and her mother, who looked weak, in a coffee shop. Neither of them seemed in good financial (财务上的）conditions.可推测那位女士的经济状况和她妈妈的健康状况触动了作者，故选B项。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我找不到理由让她付钱。A. tools工具；B. chances机会；C. methods方法；D. excuses理由，借口。结合上下文可知，此处是指女士的经济情况不好，但她的妈妈又急需血压监测仪，就正如作者当初的情况一样，所以他没有理由收她们的钱，故选D项。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她有点困惑，试图再一次把钱递给我。A. curious好奇的；B. confused困惑的；C. afraid害怕的；D. upset沮丧的。根据上文的''Here, just take it. ''可推测女士不明白作者说这句话的意思，故用“困惑的”符合语境，故选B项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她很高兴，然后表达她的感谢。A. regret后悔；B. anxiety焦虑；C. confidence信心；D. appreciation感谢。结合上下文可知，此处是指女士感谢作者把血压监测仪送给她们，故选D项。

14.考查连接词辨析。句意：虽然我没有用现金报答妈妈，但是我非常开心，因为我把她的礼物传递给了真正需要它的人。A. Unless除非；B. Before在……之前；C. Although尽管；D. Because因为。结合句意可知，上下文是转折关系，故选C项。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. needed需要；B. valued珍惜；C. admired钦佩；D. respected尊敬。结合上下文可知，女士的妈妈身体不好，因此她需要血压监测仪，且上文的I was ___6___ to say that I no longer needed my blood pressure monitor.也有暗示，need是原词复现，故选A项。