Question

    Having been a teacher for thirty years, I have known well what a loving hug means to my students. It can ______ all kinds of barriers to reach the students in a special way. It can be the ______ by which each child finds his light. I was ______ to my duty of being a loving hug giver.

One morning I received a(n) ______ from my doctor who told me cancer under my arm had already invaded my lymph nodes(淋巴结). I considered whether or not to tell the kids about my ______ . The word cancer seemed so ______ to them.  When it became ______ that they were going to find out one way or another, I ______ to tell them myself.  It wasn’t easy to get the words out, but the ______ I saw in their faces as I explained it to them told me I had made the  ______  decision.  When I gave them a ______ to ask questions, they ______ wanted to know how they could help.  I told them that ______ I would like best would be their letters, pictures and prayers.  A little girl ______ herself into my arms and looked up into my face.

“Don’t be afraid, Dr. Peter,” she said seriously, “I know you’ll be ______, now it’s our  ______ to take care of you.”

During my stay in the hospital the letters and pictures kept coming ______ they covered every wall of my room. What healing comfort I found in being ______ by the love of these kids. I didn’t expect anything in ______ when I helped them, but when they did return the favor, it was such an ______ loving bonus.

1.A.break through B.run across C.go through D.knock into

2.A.goal B.means C.course D.experience

3.A.accustomed B.opposed C.addicted D.limited

4.A.call B.letter C.instruction D.order

5.A.opinion B.difference C.disease D.experience

6.A.frightening B.abstract C.aggressive D.confusing

7.A.lucky B.evident C.necessary D.impossible

8.A.regretted B.decided C.promised D.hesitated

9.A.concern B.trust C.pleasure D.fear

10.A.right B.false C.foolish D.quick

11.A.challenge B.change C.chance D.choice

12.A.also B.hardly C.mostly D.nearly

13.A.if B.how C.why D.what

14.A.ran B.jumped C.struggled D.threw

15.A.dead B.away C.alone D.back

16.A.idea B.lesson C.turn D.duty

17.A.before B.after C.until D.since

18.A.reminded B.shared C.surrounded D.stuck

19.A.time B.order C.mind D.return

20.A.accurate B.enormous C.extreme D.adequate

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.D

15.D

16.C

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者是一名老师，患癌症之前把做一个爱的拥抱者当成自己的职责。在患病后，孩子们通过给她送信和画，去关心她，让她很感动。

1.考查动词短语辨析。句意：它能突破各种障碍，以一种特殊的方式接触到学生。A. break through突破；B. run across跑过；C. go through通过、经历；D. knock into撞到、碰到。根据上文I have known well what a loving hug means to my students.以及下文reach the students说明是突破（break through）障碍。故选A。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：它可以是每个孩子都能找到自己的光明的方式。A. goal目标；B. means方法、方式；C. course课程；D. experience经历。下文by which each child finds his light中的by which说明这里是方式、方法（means）。故选B。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我习惯了我的职责：做一个爱的拥抱者。A. accustomed习惯的；B. opposed相反的；C. addicted沉溺于；D. limited有限的。下文my duty of being a loving hug giver说明作者习惯了，get accustomed to意为“习惯于……”。故选A。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一天早上，我接到医生的电话说，我腋下的癌细胞已经侵入我的淋巴结了。A. call电话；B. letter书信；C. instruction介绍；D. order命令。根据语境，此处应该是医生电话（call）通知作者检查结果。故选A。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我考虑要不要告诉孩子们我病了。A. opinion观点；B. difference区别、不同；C. disease疾病；D. experience经验。前文cancer under my arm had already invaded my lymph nodes(淋巴结)说明是疾病（disease），故选C。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：癌症这个词对他们来说似乎太可怕了。A. frightening令人害怕；B. abstract抽象的；C. aggressive好斗的；D. confusing困惑的。癌症对孩子来说是让人害怕的（frightening），故选A。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当病情明显时，他们迟早会发现的，我决定亲自告诉他们。A. lucky幸运的；B. evident明显的；C. necessary必要的；D. impossible不可能的。根据they were going to find out one way or another说明癌症症状迟早会明显出来（evident），故选B。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当它变明显时，他们总会知道的，我决定自己告诉他们。A. regretted后悔；B. decided决定；C. promised承诺；D. hesitated犹豫。下文I had made the ___10___ decision说明这里要用decide（决定）。故选B。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：很难说出口，但是在我跟他们解释的时候，他们脸上的担心告诉我，我做了正确的决定。A. concern担心；B. trust信任；C. pleasure愉快；D. fear害怕。根据常识可知，孩子们听到老师患癌症，学生会担心（concern），故选A。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：很难说出口，但是在我跟他们解释的时候，他们脸上的担心告诉我，我做了正确的决定。A. right正确的；B. false错误的；C. foolish愚蠢的；D. quick 迅速的。前文I saw in their faces as I explained it to them说明没吓到孩子，作者做对了（right）。故选A。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我给他们机会提问时，他们中的大部分人都想知道他们可以怎么帮忙。A. challenge挑战；B. change改变；C. chance机会；D. choice选择。在老师和学生的关系中，老师给学生机会（chance）提问符合语境。故选C。

12.考查副词词义辨析。句意：当我给他们机会提问时，他们中的大部分人都想知道他们可以怎么帮忙。A. also也；B. hardly几乎不；C. mostly 基本上；大部分；D. nearly几乎。 根据下文I told them that ___13___ I would like best would be their letters, pictures and prayers.可知，他们大部分人都在问怎么帮忙。故选C。

13.考查连接词辨析。句意：我告诉他们，我最喜欢的是他们的信、画和祈祷。A. if如果；B. how怎样；C. why为什么；D. what什么。分析句子可知，空白处引导主语从句，在从句中做主语，意为“什么”，用what，故选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一个小女孩投入我的怀抱，看着我的脸。A. ran跑；B. jumped跳；C. struggled奋斗；D. threw扔。throw oneself into one’s arms意为“投入某人怀抱”，符合语境，故选D。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我知道你会回来的，现在轮到我们照顾你了。A. dead死的；B. away离开；C. alone 独自；D. back回来。下文During my stay in the hospital说明作者住院了，因此这里学生是说老师会回到（back）教室。故选D。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我知道你会回来的，现在轮到我们照顾你了。A. idea想法；B. lesson课程；C. turn机会、转变；D. duty职责。作者生病了，所以学生们说轮到他们照顾作者了。It’s one’s turn to do sth.意为“轮到某人做某事”，符合语境。故选C。

17.考查连词词义辨析。句意：我住院期间，一直有信和画送来，直到它们贴满了我房间的每一面墙。A. before在……以前；B. after在……以后；C. until直到；D. since自从。根据前后句意可知，是直到(until)它们贴满了我房间的每一面墙。故选C。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：被这些孩子的爱包围着，我得到了多大的安慰啊。A. reminded提醒；B. shared分享；C. surrounded围绕；D. stuck黏贴。根据前文they covered every wall of my room可知，孩子们的爱围绕（surround）着我。故选C。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我帮助他们的时候，我不期待任何回报，但当他们回报我的时候，那是一个巨大的爱的回报。A. time时间；B. order命令；C. mind决心；D. return返回。根据后文的they did return the favor说明这里填return，in return意为“回报”。故选D。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我帮助他们的时候，我不期待任何回报，但当他们回报我的时候，那是一个巨大的爱的回报。A. accurate精确的；B. enormous巨大的；C. extreme极端的；D. adequate足够的。在捉着，孩子们给与作者的回报是巨大的（enormous），故选B。