Question

    When my husband died of cancer I became angry. And I felt a hard brick wall built around my angry heart.

One morning, driving down a busy road in my town, I____a carpenter was building a __around an old house I’d always admired. Each time I drove by, I ___the progress. I saw an aproned woman sweeping the yard, ___the flowers, cutting the grass, and even ___ the litter thrown from the cars passing by.

Eventually, one day, a ___fence stood there, ___greeting me! I ____the engine, waved the woman and said  "I came to see your beautiful fence."She stopped her work and____her hands on her apron, smiling. Then the sun witnessed us drinking tea on the porch （门廊）with the white fence surrounding us.

The fence isn’t____ me. I live alone. But since so many people come by here, look at the fence and wave, I thought they’d ___seeing something pretty. A few, like you, even stop and sit here to talk. she ___

But if the road is widened there’ll be much __?

Change is part of life. When something bad happens, you have two __—to get bitter or better.

When I left, she __: ― Come back anytime. Leave the gate ____—It looks more friendly.

I carefully left the gate ajar(半开的) and ____, feeling something deep inside me. I could even picture the ___in my heart falling down, and being ____by this marvelous fence. I planned to ____my door open for whatever or whoever might come my way.

1.A.cared B.noticed C.insisted D.suggested

2.A.bridge B.town C.fence D.road

3.A.watched B.made C.stopped D.analyzed

4.A.picking B.planting C.pulling D.tending

5.A.picking up B.throwing away C.kicking off D.bringing back

6.A.blood-red B.pitch-dark C.sky-blue D.snow-white

7.A.as if B.though C.if D.even though

8.A.started B.turned off C.tore apart D.repaired

9.A.raised B.wiped C.shook D.clenched

10.A.on B.by C.for D.beside

11.A.avoid B.advise C.enjoy D.permit

12.A.argued B.refused C.repeated D.explained

13.A.challenge B.change C.development D.progress

14.A.choices B.aprons C.hearts D.hands

15.A.called for B.called on C.called up D.called out

16.A.closed B.special C.open D.clean

17.A.drove off B.drove back C.drove by D.drove over

18.A.flowers B.wall C.porch D.house

19.A.taken B.built C.bought D.replaced

20.A.destroy B.build C.leave D.burn

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

本文为记叙文。作者在开车沿着一条繁忙的道路行驶时，注意到一个木匠正在一栋作者一直很喜欢的老房子周围筑起一道漂亮的白色篱笆。每次开车经过，作者都看进度。终于，有一天，一道雪白的篱笆建成了，好象在欢迎作者参观，于是下车进入院子，通过与女主人的交流作者知道，女主人建篱笆不是为了自己，因为大家喜欢漂亮的东西，他们会为了欣赏篱笆而下车与她交谈。作者也由此打开了因为失去丈夫之后的心扉。

1.考查动词辨析。句意：我注意到一个木匠正在一栋我一直很欣赏的老房子周围筑起一道篱笆。A. cared关爱的；B. noticed注意到；C. insisted坚持；D. suggested建议。根据Each time I drove by, I ___3___the progress. I saw an aproned woman sweeping the yard, ___4___the flowers, cutting the grass, and even ___5___ the litter thrown from the cars passing by.作者每次经过都要观察进度，看到妇女在做事，可知，此处是指作者开车的路上注意到（noticed）的事，故选B。

2.考查名词辨析。句意：我注意到一个木匠正在一栋我一直很欣赏的老房子周围筑起一道篱笆。A. bridge桥；B. town城镇；C. fence篱笆；D. road公路。根据下文one day, a ___6___fence stood there,可知，此处是指筑起篱笆（fence），故选C。

3.考查动词辨析。句意：每次我开车经过，我都观看进度。A. watched观察；B. made制造；C. stopped阻止，停止；D. analyzed分析。根据下面的I saw an aproned woman sweeping the yard, ___4___the flowers, cutting the grass, and even ___5___ the litter thrown from the cars passing by.女人在扫院子、照料花儿，割草，倒垃圾等，由此可知，作者在观察（watched）,故选A。

4.考查动词辨析。句意：我看见一个穿着围裙的女人在院子里扫地，护理花。A. picking拾起；B. planting种植；C. pulling拉；D. tending照料，护理。根据语境可知，此处是指护理（tending）花儿。故选D。

5.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我看见一个穿着围裙的女人在院子里扫地，护理花草，甚至捡过往车上扔的垃圾。A. picking up拾起；B. throwing away扔掉；C. kicking off踢开；D. bringing back带回，恢复。根据语境可知，这个女人是在捡起（pick up）过往车上抛下的垃圾，故选A。

6.考查形容词辨析。句意：终于有一天，一道雪白的篱笆建立在那里。A. blood-red血红的；B. pitch-dark漆黑的；C. sky-blue天蓝色的；D. snow-white雪白的。根据本段最后the white fence surrounding us.，四周围着白色的篱笆。可知此处填snow-white。故选D。

7.考查语境及连词辨析。句意：终于有一天，一道雪白的篱笆立在那里，仿佛在迎接我！A. as if仿佛；B. though然而，尽管；C. if如果；D. even though即使。根据后面的I ___8___the engine, waved the woman我向女人挥手，可知，作者感觉雪白的篱笆仿佛（as if）在迎接自己，故选A。

8.考查动词辨析。句意：我关掉引擎，向那女人挥挥手，说我是来看看你漂亮的篱笆的。A. started开始；B. turned off关闭电源；C. tore apart拆开；D. repaired修理。根据下文可知，作者到女人家喝茶，可知，作者是关掉（turn off）车的发动机，故选B。

9.考查动词辨析。句意：她停下工作，用围裙擦了擦手，微笑着。A. raised举起，抚养；B. wiped，消除，试；C. shook摇动；D. clenched捏紧，抓牢。根据语境可知，此处是指忙碌的主妇停下手中的工作，在围裙上擦（wiped）手，故选B。

10.考查介词辨析。句意：篱笆不是给我建的。A. on在……上面；B. by在……旁边；C. for为 了；D. beside在……旁边。根据下文，独居的妇女是因为有人看到漂亮的东西会下车与她说话，可知，这个篱笆不是为（for）女主人而建的。故选C。

11.考查动词辨析。句意：我想他们会喜欢看一些漂亮的东西。A. avoid避免；B. advise劝告; C. enjoy享受，喜欢，欣赏；D. permit允许。此处是指人们喜爱（enjoy）漂亮的东西。故选C。

12.考查动词辨析。句意：她解释说。A. argued争辩；B. refused拒绝；C. repeated重复；D. explained解释。根据语境可知，本段主要是独居的女人向作者解释建那么漂亮篱笆的原因，故选D。

13.考查名词辨析。句意：但是如果路拓宽了，会有很大的变化吗?challenge挑战；B. change改变，变化；C. development发展；D. progress进步。根据下一段的第一句Change is part of life.变化是生活中的重要组成部分，此处是指路被拓宽了，会有变化（change）吗？故选B。

14.考查名词辨析。句意：当糟糕的事情发生时，你有两种选择——是变得更糟，还是变得更好。A. choices选择；B. aprons围裙；C. hearts心脏；D. hands手。根据下一句“是变得更糟，还是变得更好”可知，这是两种选择（choice），故选A。

15.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我走的时候，她大声喊:“你什么时候回来都行”。A. called for要求，需要；B. called on要求，号召；C. called up给……打电话；D. called out大声喊，出动。根据语境可知，作者离开了，女人大声喊出这句话，大声喊（called out），故选D。

16.考查形容词辨析。句意：你什么时候回来都行。大门为你开着。A. closed关闭的；B. special特殊的；C. open开放的；D. clean干净的。此处是指热情的女人对作者说的，随时欢迎作者来欣赏美丽的篱笆，大门是为她开着（open），故选C。

17.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我小心地把门半开着，开车走了。A. drove off开车离开，击退，赶走；B. drove back驱车返回；C. drove by路过，开车经过；D. drove over开车前往。根据上文可知，作者开车来的，所以也是开车离开（drove off），故选A。

18.考查名词辨析。句意： 我甚至能想象到我心中的那堵墙倒塌了。A. flowers花；B. wall墙；C. porch门廊；D. house房子。第一段I became angry. And I felt a hard brick wall built around my angry heart. 此处对应第一段,作者的丈夫死后作者心情不好。感到一堵坚硬的砖墙包围着愤怒的心。现在作者想推掉心中的墙（wall)，故选B。

19.考查动词辨析。句意：我甚至可以想象我心中的墙倒了下来，被这个奇妙的栅栏取代。A. taken带走；B. built建立；C. bought买；D. replaced替代。此处是比喻，指的是作者也想和那个独居的女人一样推掉心中的墙代（replaced）之以向人开放的篱笆。故选D。

20.考查动词辨析。句意：我打算让我的门开着，不管什么人会来找我。A. destroy破坏；B. build建立；C. leave使处于（某个状态），离开；D. burn燃烧。根据本段的第一句I carefully left the gate ajar(半开的)可知，此处是让心中的门处于（leave）开着的，不再愤怒，故选C。