Question

    This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, _________on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.

One day, she finally decided “I want to break up”. “Why?” he asked.

“I am _________.” she answered.

He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep thought. Finally he asked, “What can I do to _________your mind?”

Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can _________ my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower growing on the face of a mountain cliff, we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your _________, will you do it for me?”

He said, “I will give you my _________tomorrow.”

She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which goes “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the _________are …”

“When you use the computer you always mess up the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my _________to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) _________ city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always __________at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes __________ when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those __________white hairs.”

“Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you __________ I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …”

That’s life, and __________. Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the __________of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.

1.A.but B.and C.or D.so

2.A.lonely B.shamed C.tired D.worried

3.A.speak B.change C.blow D.keep

4.A.represent B.expand C.admit D.convince

5.A.attention B.satisfaction C.interest D.death

6.A.agreement B.answer C.announcement D.judgment

7.A.meanings B.messages C.reasons D.purposes

8.A.legs B.patience C.energy D.dollars

9.A.ancient B.new C.modern D.underground

10.A.shout B.jump C.knock D.stare

11.A.as if B.now that C.so that D.in case

12.A.annoying B.enjoyable C.dusty D.amusing

13.A.less than B.rather than C.more than D.other than

14.A.determination B.love C.progress D.power

15.A.surface B.way C.principle D.nature

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。本文叙述了一对年轻的夫妇结婚后，经常争吵，妻子想要与丈夫分手的事。丈夫问妻子怎样做才能改变她的主意，妻子让丈夫去把长在悬崖上的花采来，就改变主意；可是，那样做，丈夫会送命的。丈夫考虑了一晚，决定留着自己有用之躯继续帮助妻子解决生活中遇到的各种难题。其实生活中的平淡的小事就是爱情，鲜花和浪漫时刻只在表面关系时存在。

1.考查连词词义辨析。句意：他们两个起初都很浪漫，但在人生的旅途中，问题、争吵、职业走进了他们的生活。A. but但是；B. and和；C. or或者；D. so因此。空格前romantic at first浪漫，空格后problems, quarrels问题和争吵，前后转折。故选A项 。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她回答道，“我感到厌烦了”。A. lonely寂寞的；B. shamed羞耻的；C. tired厌烦的；D. worried担心的。根据前文两个人争吵，妻子想break up分手，说明她厌倦了。故选C项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：丈夫问：“我该怎样做才能改变你的主意？”。A. speak说话；B. change改变；C. blow吹风；D. keep保持。根据后文第4空后的句子，妻子说如果你能说服我的心“I will change my mind.”可知，这里应用change。故选B项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果你能说服我的心，我将会改变我的思想。A. represent赠送；B. expand扩张；C. admit承认；D. convince说服。根据后文的I will change my mind.可知，妻子要改变主意，需丈夫做的事能够说服她。故选D项。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们都确信采摘花朵将会导致你的死亡。A. attention注意力；B. satisfaction满足；C. interest爱好；D. death死亡。根据前文那种花长在悬崖峭壁上，去采摘它，可能会丧命。故选D项。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他说：“明天我会给你我的答案”。 A. agreement同意；B. answer答案；C. announcement宣布；D. judgment判断。前文第4空前的句子，妻子说Answer my question.（回答我的问题），所以此处应是丈夫给出答案。故选B项。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：亲爱的，我不能为你去悬崖上摘那朵花，原因是……。A. meanings意义；B. messages信息；C. reasons原因，理由；D. purposes目的。根据后文丈夫说留着自己的命来帮助妻子解决生活的各种难题，这是他不去悬崖上摘那朵花的原因。故选C项。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此我必须保留我的腿冲回家为你开门。A. legs腿；B. patience耐心；C. energy精力，能量；D. dollars美元。根据前文save my fingers 保留指甲，保留人体的部位，所以to rush home（为了冲回家），需要保留的人体部位应是腿。故选A项。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：你喜欢旅游，但是总在新去的城市里迷路。A. ancient古老的；B. new新的；C. modern现代的；D. underground地下的。根据前文的traveling but always lose your way可知，是在一座新去的城市。故选B项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：你总是盯着电脑，那样对你的眼睛不好。A. shout呼喊；B. jump跳跃；C. knock敲打；D. stare凝视、盯着。根据后文的do nothing good for your eyes（对你的眼睛不好）可知，她总是盯着电脑看。故选D项。

11.考查连词辨析。句意：我必须保留好我的眼睛，以便于我们老的时候，我能够帮你剪指甲。A. as if好像；B. now that由于；C. so that以便；D. in case万一。由后文的help to clip your nails（帮助剪指甲）可知，留着眼睛是为了干什么，表目的。故选C项。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我帮你拔掉讨厌的白发。A. annoying讨厌的；B. enjoyable令人愉快的；C. dusty落满灰尘的；D. amusing好玩的。由remove those ____12____white hairs（拔掉白头发）可知，白头发是令人讨厌的。故选A项。

13.考查连词短语辨析。句意：除非我相信有人比我更爱你。A. less than少于；B. rather than而不是；C. more than多于；D. other than除了。后文的I could not pick that flower yet（我不去摘悬崖上的花，不去死），是因为没人比我更爱你了。故选C项。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这就是生活，这就是爱。A. determination决心；B. love爱；C. progress进步；D. power能力。根据后文的the pillar of true love stands（真爱的支柱）可知，全文围绕那对夫妻的爱情生活。故选B项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：鲜花、浪漫的时刻只在表面的关系时使用和出现。A. surface表面；B. way方法；C. principle原则；D. nature自然、本性。后文的Under all this（在这一切之下）可知，对应的是在这一切上的表面。故选A项。