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    Nothing stays the same for long. Things and people change, often for the ___________, it seems, but once in a ___________, very much for the better. I grew up on a small farm, living a life that I took for granted. I had a dog and mountains in whichever_______ I looked, and I awoke to the call of birds in the alfalfa (苜蓿) fields. My father worked in the city as a worker. He was quiet and _________. He was not _________educated, but he was smart, with an engineer’s way of looking at problems. He was a man made of leather and chewing tobacco who tried to teach my brother and me useful things, including respect. He also had a _______. I did not like him very much.

One day I came home from school and his car was already there. Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn’t feel well. His back hurt. My father never missed work; in fact, when he came home, he went to work even more. I remember looking secretly around the corner at him as he _________ on his bed in the middle of the day. I was in _______ school. Multiple myeloma, I learned, is a type of blood cancer. It starts in the_______ that normally make antibodies for the body to use in its immune response against __________. When those cells become ill, they make abnormal antibodies like crazy, ____________ out the useful ones. As the cancer grows, the person who has it__________. The disease weakens the body’s energy, and the abnormal antibodies cause problems for other cells and__________. Over time, bones __________ look like Swiss cheese, and when they break, they may never__________.

For the last year of my father’s life, his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his chair to sit and think. He was __________ in that chair when I came home one day during the fifth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were__________. He asked me to sit down. What followed still moves me these ____________ later. He told me about his life, his family growing up, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves, his heartbreaks. It was as if a pipe had__________, his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood. He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more when I realized that he was doing more than telling. He was asking to be forgiven. All it took was understanding that that was what he needed, and I__________ everything, immediately.

1.A.wealthier B.worse C.healthier D.familiar

2.A.while B.hour C.day D.week

3.A.time B.village C.valley D.direction

4.A.warm B.noisy C.distant D.considerate

5.A.lowly B.less C.more D.highly

6.A.smile B.weakness C.temper D.friend

7.A.launched B.lay C.laid D.landed

8.A.elementary B.middle C.high D.university

9.A.carriers B.chests C.currents D.cells

10.A.invitations B.investigation C.infections D.inference

11.A.compromising B.crowding C.circulating D.clarifying

12.A.substitutes B.sneezes C.sacrifices D.shrinks

13.A.talents B.tensions C.tissues D.tunnels

14.A.fortunately B.eventually C.ambiguously D.considerately

15.A.heal B.hurt C.hesitate D.handle

16.A.predictably B.psychologically C.primitively D.potentially

17.A.alone B.abnormal C.absent D.absurd

18.A.distances B.decades C.disciplines D.dilemmas

19.A.bounced B.boarded C.burst D.bound

20.A.forget B.finance C.function D.forgave

 

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.C 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.A 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.D 【解析】 这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者一开始不喜欢父亲,但当父亲病重后,通过与父亲交谈,他最后逐渐理解了父亲并谅解了他。 1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:事情和人的变化,常常是越变越糟,似乎,但偶尔,非常好。A. wealthier更富有的;B. worse更糟糕的;C. healthier更健康的;D. familiar更熟悉的。因为本句后面出现了the better,worse正好与其对应。故选B项。 2.考查固定搭配。句意:事情和人的变化,常常是越变越糟,似乎,但偶尔,非常好。A.while当……时;B. hour小时;C. day日;D. week周。once in a while是固定搭配,表示偶尔。故选A项。 3.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我有一条狗,无论我往哪个方向看都有山,醒来时听到苜蓿地里鸟儿的叫声。A. time时间;B. village村庄;C. valley山谷;D. direction方向。look in the direction (of…)是固定搭配,意为“朝……方向看”。故选D项。 4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:他安静且疏远。A. warm温暖的;B. noisy吵闹的;C. distant疏远的;D. considerate考略周到的。分析句子可知,句中and表并列,前后意思要一致,这里用distant(疏远的)和上文中的quiet对应,不至于性格分裂。故选C项。 5.考查副词词义辨析。句意:他受教育程度不高,但是他很聪明。A. lowly低地;B. less更少地;C. more更多地;D. highly很。分析句子可知,句中but表转折,这里用not highly educated和下文的smart对应。故选D项。 6.考查名词词义辨析。句意:他也有脾气。A. smile微笑;B. weakness弱点;C. temper脾气;D. friend朋友。根据语境可知,“他也有脾气”与下一句话“I did not like him very much”对应。故选C项。 7.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我记得当他中午躺在床上时,我偷偷地在拐角处看着他。A. launched发射;B. lay躺;C. laid放置,下蛋;D. landed登陆。由前文所知,父亲地背伤到了,身体不舒服,所以应该是lay on his bed(躺在床上)比较符合情理。故选B项。 8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我在上小学。A. elementary初级的;B. middle中间的;C. high高的;D. university大学。由下文第三段中出现的“during the fifth grade”可知,应该是上小学。故选A项。 9.考查名词词义辨析。句意:它开始于细胞,这种细胞通常为身体制造抗体用于免疫系统抵抗感染。A. carriers带菌者;B. chests胸膛;C. currents电流,水流;D. cells细胞。上一句话提及他父亲得了血癌,由常识可知,癌症是因为细胞发生了病变,与下文呼应。故选D项。 10.考查名词词义辨析。句意:它开始于细胞,这种细胞通常为身体制造抗体用于免疫系统抵抗感染。A. invitations邀请;B. investigation调查;C. infections感染;D. inference推理。根据常识可知,抗体是用来抵御感染的。故选C项。 11.考查动词词义辨析。句意:当这些细胞生病时,它们会产生像疯子一样的异常的抗体,把有用的抗体挤出体外。A. compromising妥协;B. crowding挤;C. circulating使传播,流通;D. clarifying澄清。根据语境可知,细胞生病后,正是因为异常抗体把有用抗体排挤出了身体,人才会生病,所以用crowding out(挤出)。故选B项。 12.考查动词词义辨析。句意:随着癌症的发展,患癌症的人会萎缩。A. substitutes替代;B. sneezes打喷嚏;C. sacrifices牺牲,奉献;D. shrinks缩小。由下文可知,疾病会使骨头变得像瑞士奶酪(充满洞洞的奶酪)一样、会脆,所以身体会萎缩。故选D项。 13.考查名词词义辨析。句意:这种疾病会削弱身体的能量,异常的抗体会给其他细胞和组织带来问题。A. talents才能;B. tensions张力,紧张;C. tissues组织;D. tunnels隧道。由前文科普癌症知识可知,cells and tissues同属于生物学范畴。 故选C项。 14.考查副词词义辨析。句意:随着时间推移,骨头最终会看起来像瑞士奶酪(充满洞洞的奶酪)一样。A. fortunately幸运地;B. eventually最终地;C. ambiguously模糊不清地;D. considerately虑周到地。根据语境可知,随着癌症发展,骨头最终会像瑞士奶酪一样。故选B项。 15.考查动词词义辨析。句意:当它们破裂时,它们可能永远不会愈合。A. heal痊愈;B. hurt疼痛;C. hesitate犹豫;D. handle处理。前文提及骨头会像瑞士奶酪(充满洞洞的奶酪)一样,破裂了,可定是无法痊愈的。故选A项。 16.考查副词词义辨析。句意:五年级期间,有一天回到家时,可以预料他坐在椅子上。A. predictably可预料地;B. psychologically心理上地;C. primitively原始地;D. potentially潜在地。上一句提及“在我父亲生命的最后一年,他一整天都是从客厅的病床上爬起来,走到椅子上坐下来思考。”可知,父亲在椅子上是可预料的。故选A项。 17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我不记得我妈妈和哥哥在哪里,但我和父亲独自在家。A. alone独自的;B. abnormal不正常的;C. absent缺席的;D. absurd荒谬的。根据语境可知,妈妈哥哥不在家,所以我和父亲独自在家。故选A项。 18.考查名词词义辨析。句意:接下来的事情,在这几十年之后,仍然让我感动A. distances距离;B. decades几十年;C. disciplines纪律;D. dilemmas困境。根据语境可知,接下来和父亲的谈话对作者产生了几十年的影响,才会有这篇文章的诞生。故选B项。 19.考查动词词义辨析。句意:好像一根管子爆裂了,他内心的自我在洪水中冲向我。A. bounced反弹;B. boarded登上;C. burst爆炸;D. bound捆绑。下一句提及his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood(他内心的自我在洪水中冲向我)可知,有洪水冲向我,说明管子爆裂了。故选C项。 20.考查动词词义辨析。句意:他所需要的只是理解,我立刻原谅了一切。A. forget忘记;B. finance负担经费;C. function运行;D. forgave原谅。根据前文可知,作者并不喜欢父亲,谈完后,理解了父亲,他就原谅以前的一切。故选D项。
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