Question

    It was pouring outside. We all stood there just inside the door of the Walmart. We waited, some patiently, others ______ because nature messed up their well-planned day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing (溅起水花) happily as a ______ came pouring in. They were a welcome ______ from the worries of my day. Then she came. She was about 6 years old, and my attention was drawn to this beautiful brown haired, freckled-faced image of ______. Just then, the trance (恍惚) we were all caught in was broken by her sweet voice. “Mom, let’s run through the rain!”

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it slows down a bit. ______, we’ll get all wet.” Mom replied.

“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she pulled at her Mom’s arm.

“This morning? ______ did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, there’s ______ he cannot get us through.”

The entire crowd stopped dead ______. I swear you couldn’t hear anything but the rain. Mom ______ and thought for a moment about what she would say.

Now most people would just laugh it off and _____ what the girl said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child’s life, time when innocent trust must be protected so that it will bloom into ______. “Honey, you are absolutely ______. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, well maybe we ______ need washing,” Mom said. Then off they ran.

We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they rushed past the cars. They held their shopping bags ______ their heads just in case. They got wet all over _____ they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.

1.A.frightened B.annoyed C.interested D.delighted

2.A.runner B.parent C.child D.customer

3.A.inspiration B.benefit C.relief D.suffering

4.A.thoughtfulness B.intelligence C.naughtiness D.innocence

5.A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Furthermore D.Instead

6.A.Whether B.Where C.How D.When

7.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything

8.A.calm B.tired C.silent D.lucky

9.A.waited B.cried C.left D.paused

10.A.remember B.praise C.withdraw D.ignore

11.A.faith B.dignity C.love D.enthusiasm

12.A.crazy B.subjective C.right D.creative

13.A.still B.just C.even D.also

14.A.by B.at C.across D.over

15.A.but B.if C.because D.though

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。讲述了作者购物时被大雨困住，正在他沉浸在雨水带来的回忆时，一个天真的小女孩的话让在场的人都非常感动。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：外面下着倾盆大雨。我们都站在沃尔玛门口。我们等待着，有些人很耐心，有些人很恼火，因为大自然打乱了他们原本计划好的一天。A. frightened害怕的；B. annoyed烦怒的；C. interested感兴趣的；D. delighted高兴的。根据下文的because nature messed up their well-planned day可知，因为一场雨被打乱计划的人们很恼火（annoyed），故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：像一个孩子快乐地奔跑、戏水的记忆汹涌而至。A. runner跑步者；B. parent父母；C. child孩子；D. customer顾客。根据空所在的句子可知，在这样的雨天，让作者沉浸在一个被雨水冲刷的天堂里，像孩子（child）一样快乐地奔跑、戏水的记忆汹涌而来，故选C。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们是我从一天的烦恼中解脱出来的可喜的安慰。A. inspiration激励；B. benefit利益；C. relief救济；D. suffering遭受。根据空所在的句子可知，这些记忆让作者从一天的烦恼中解脱出来，relief from是固定搭配，意为“从……中解脱”，故选C。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后她来了。她大约6岁，我的注意力被吸引到这个美丽的棕色头发，雀斑脸的天真形象。A. thoughtfulness体贴；B. intelligence智力；C. naughtiness顽皮；D. innocence天真无邪。根据语境可知，6岁的女孩拥有着美丽的棕色头发，雀斑脸的天真（innocence）的形象。故选D。

5.考查副词词义辨析。句意：“不,亲爱的。我们要等到雨小一点再走。否则，我们会全身湿透的。”妈妈回答说。A. Therefore因此；B. Otherwise否则；C. Furthermore甚至；D. Instead代替。根据上下文的“Mom, let’s run through the rain!”和we’ll get all wet可知，小女孩儿要冒雨前进，而妈妈说等雨小一点再走，否则（otherwise）就淋湿了，故选B。

6.考查疑问词。句意：“今天早上?我什么时候说过我们淋雨不会湿的?”A. Whether是否；B. Where哪里；C. How怎样；D. When什么时候。根据前文的This morning?可知，妈妈和女儿确认什么时候（when）说过淋雨不会湿的，故选D。

7.考查代词词义辨析。句意：“你不记得了吗?当你和爸爸谈论他的癌症时，你说:“如果上帝能让我们度过难关，那就没有什么是他不能让我们度过的。”A. anything任何事；B. nothing没有什么；C. something某些事；D. everything每件事。根据语境可知，女孩认为上帝能让他们度过难关，那就没有什么（nothing）是不能度过的，在此处小女孩认为，他们可以在雨中穿行而不被淋湿，故选B。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：全场鸦雀无声。我发誓你除了雨声什么都听不见。A. calm冷静的；B. tired疲累的；C. silent寂静的；D. lucky幸运的。根据I swear you couldn’t hear anything but the rain.可知，听了小女孩儿的话之后，一片寂静（silent），故选C。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：妈妈停顿了一下，想了一会儿她要说些什么。A. waited等待；B. cried哭泣；C. left离开；D. paused暂停。根据下文的thought for a moment可知，妈妈停顿（paused）了一下想了想自己要说什么，故选D。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在大多数人只是一笑置之，没把女孩的话当真。A. remember记住；B. praise表扬；C. withdraw撤回；D. ignore忽视。根据下文的But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child’s life可知，大多数人都都忽视（ignore）了小女孩儿的话语，故选D。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但这是一个孩子生命中最为坚定的时刻，在这个时刻，纯真的信任必须得到保护，才能发展成信仰。A. faith信任；B. dignity尊严；C. love爱；D. enthusiasm热情。根据语境和常识可知，女孩的话语感动了在场的人，这种坚定的信念必须得到保护，从而发展成信仰，此处指女孩相信上帝能够帮助他们度过难关，这样坚定的信念会因此发展成一种信仰（faith），故选A。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：亲爱的，你说得对极了。A. crazy疯狂的；B. subjective主观的；C. right正确的；D. creative有创造力的。根据语境和上文的must be protected可知，妈妈思考之后，肯定了女孩的话，故选C。

13.考查副词词义辨析。句意：如果我们淋湿了，也许我们只是需要清洗一下。A. still虽然；B. just仅仅；C. even甚至；D. also也。根据语境可知，如果淋湿了，只（just）需要清理一下，故选B。

14.考查介词词义辨析。句意：他们把购物袋举过头顶以防万一。A. by靠着；B. at在；C. across穿过；D. over越过。根据上文的Then off they ran.可知，女孩和妈妈把购物袋举过（over）头顶来挡雨，over意为“在……正上方”，故选D。

15.考查连词词义辨析。句意：他们浑身湿透了，但有几个人跟在他们后面，像孩子一样又喊又笑，一直跑到他们的车里。A. but但是；B. if如果；C. because因为；D. though虽然。根据语境可知，虽然母女浑身湿透了，但是还有几个人跟在了他们的后面跑到了自己的车上，此处表示转折，故选A。