Question

    Usually, there is a teacher-parent meeting in every school year. Some students enjoy it, some don’t. Tom, a little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's ______, she said she would go. This ______ be the first time that his classmates and teacher ______ his mother and he felt ______ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (疤痕) that _____nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to_______why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were ______ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother ______ the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and ______ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ______of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked ______, "How did you get the scar on your face?"

The mother replied, "______ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was ______ afraid to go in because the fire was ______，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked ______ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She ______ the burned side of her face. "This scar will be ______, but to this day, I have never ______ what I did."

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great ______ of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand ______ for the rest of the day.

1.A.enjoyment B.excitement C.disappointment D.surprise

2.A.would B.could C.should D.must

3.A.noticed B.greeted C.met D.accepted

4.A.sick B.ashamed C.afraid D.tired

5.A.included B.passed C.covered D.shaded

6.A.hear about B.think about C.care about D.talk about

7.A.surprised B.impressed C.excited D.comforted

8.A.in sight of B.by means of C.by way of D.in spite of

9.A.separated B.protected C.hid D.escaped

10.A.hearing B.reminding C.understanding D.learning

11.A.nervously B.carefully C.seriously D.anxiously

12.A.As B.Now that C.Since D.When

13.A.so B.much C.quite D.too

14.A.under control B.out of control C.in control D.over control

15.A.helpless B.hopeless C.useless D.senseless

16.A.pointed B.showed C.touched D.wiped

17.A.beautiful B.lasting C.serious D.frightening

18.A.forgot B.recognized C.considered D.regretted

19.A.honor B.happiness C.sense D.pride

20.A.quietly B.tightly C.slightly D.suddenly

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了小男孩Tom邀请他的妈妈去参加学校的第一次家长会，因为妈妈右脸上有伤疤，他觉得妈妈的相貌让他感到羞耻。但是在不经意间听到妈妈与老师的对话后，他知道了妈妈是为了救他才留下了这个伤疤，他走了出来，满含热泪奔向他的妈妈并拥抱着她。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：令小男孩失望的是，她说她要去。A. enjoyment乐趣，享受；B. excitement兴奋，刺激；C. disappointment失望，沮丧；D. surprise惊喜。根据The boy never wanted to___6___why or how she got the scar.可知他妈妈要去家长会的反应令Tom失望了。故选C。

2.考查情态动词词义辨析。句意：这将是他的同学和老师第一次见到他的妈妈，他为她的相貌感到羞愧。A. would将，将会；B. could能够，可以；C. should应该，就；D. must必须，一定。根据be the first time可知此处表示这将是他的同学和老师第一次见到他的妈妈。故选A。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这将是他的同学和老师第一次见到他的妈妈，他为她的相貌感到羞愧。A. noticed注意到；B. greeted问候，打招呼；C. met遇见；D. accepted接受。根据his mother可知此处表示是他的同学和老师见到他的妈妈。故选C。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这将是他的同学和老师第一次见到他的妈妈，他为她的相貌感到羞耻。A. sick厌恶的，病态的，恶心的；B. ashamed羞愧的，羞耻的；C. afraid害怕的；D. tired疲倦的，厌倦的。根据下文there was a severe scar可知小男孩对他妈妈的相貌感到羞耻。故选B。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然她是一个美丽的女人，但有一个严重的伤疤几乎覆盖了她的整个右脸。A. included包括；B. passed经过，穿过；C. covered掩护，覆盖；D. shaded遮蔽住。根据nearly the entire right side of her face可知此处表示伤疤几乎覆盖了整个右脸。故选C。

6.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：男孩从来不想谈论她为什么或怎么样得到的伤疤。A. hear about听说，得知；B. think about考虑，思考；C. care about担忧，关心；D. talk about谈论，议论。根据why or how she got the scar可知此处表示男孩从来不想谈论他妈妈的伤疤。故选D。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在会上，尽管他妈妈有伤疤，人们对他妈妈的善良和自然美印象深刻。A. surprised感到惊讶的；B. impressed印象深刻的；C. excited兴奋的，激动的；D. comforted舒适的。短语be impressed by对…印象深刻，根据by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother可知此处表示人们对他妈妈的善良和自然美印象深刻。故选B。

8.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：在会上，尽管他妈妈有伤疤，人们对他妈妈的善良和自然美印象深刻。A. in sight of看得见；B. by means of用，依靠；C. by way of经由，当作；D. in spite of尽管，不顾。根据the kindness and natural beauty可知此处表示尽管他妈妈有伤疤，人们对他妈妈的善良和自然美印象深刻。故选D。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但小男孩仍然很尴尬，躲着大家。A. separated分开；B. protected保护；C. hid隐藏；D. escaped逃脱。根据but the little boy was still embarrassed可知此处表示小男孩仍然很尴尬，躲着大家。故选C。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：不过，他还是听到了妈妈和老师之间的对话。A. hearing听力；B. reminding提醒；C. understanding谅解，理解；D. learning学习。根据a conversation between his mother and his teacher可知此处表示他还是听到了妈妈和老师之间的对话。故选A。

11.考查副词词义辨析。句意：老师小心地问：“你脸上的伤疤是怎么来的?”A. nervously焦虑地，神经质地；B. carefully小心地；C. seriously认真地，严肃地；D. anxiously不安地。根据常识和“How did you get the scar on your face?”可知此处老师会小心地问他妈妈这个问题。故选B。

12.考查连词词义辨析。句意：我儿子小的时候，他的房间着火了。A. As在……时，随着，由于；B. Now that既然，由于；C. Since因为，自……以来；D. When在……时候。根据my son was a baby可知此处表示在她儿子还是婴儿的时候。故选D。

13.考查副词词义辨析。句意：大家都不敢进去，因为火势失去了控制，所以我进去了。A. so如此，这么；B. much非常，很；C. quite很，相当，完全；D. too太，也，非常，还。固定短语too…to…太……以至于不能……。故选D。

14.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：大家都不敢进去，因为火势失去了控制，所以我进去了。A. under control处于控制之下；B. out of control失去控制；C. in control控制，管理；D. over control过度控制。根据so I went in可知当时火势失去了控制，没人敢进去。故选B。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我被打昏了过去，但幸运的是，一名消防员冲了进来，救了我们俩。A. helpless无助的；B. hopeless无望的；C. useless无用的；D. senseless无意识的。根据I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him可知此处表示被打昏了。故选D。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她摸了摸自己被烧伤的脸。A. pointed指出，瞄准；B. showed显示，实现；C. touched触摸；D. wiped擦拭。根据the burned side of her face可知此处表示她摸了摸自己被烧伤的脸。故选C。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“这块伤疤会永远留在脸上，但直到今天，我从没为我做的事后悔过。”A. beautiful漂亮的；B. lasting持久的，永恒的；C. serious严肃的；D. frightening令人恐惧的。根据常识可知伤疤会永远留在脸上。故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“这块伤疤会永远留在脸上，但直到今天，我从没为我做的事后悔过。”A. forgot忘记；B. recognized认识，意识；C. considered考虑；D. regretted遗憾，后悔。根据I have never可知此处表示她从没为她做的事后悔过。故选D。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他把她抱在怀里，感到一种母亲为他作出的巨大牺牲感。A. honor尊敬，荣誉；B. happiness 高兴，幸福；C. sense感觉；D. pride自豪。a great sense of the sacrifice巨大的牺牲感。故选C。

20.考查副词词义辨析。句意：那天余下的时间里，他紧紧地握着她的手。A. quietly安静地；B. tightly紧紧地；C. slightly轻微地；D. suddenly突然地。根据上文the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes可知此处表示那天余下的时间里，Tom紧紧地握着她的手。故选B。