Question

    Not long ago my daughter's favorite shoes were cut with a knife. She cried. I took them to the shoemaker to get them _______. The young apprentice (学徒) _______ at the cuts quickly and said, "I can do _______ except replace the uppers." The master looked at them and said, “_______ you trust me, I will add more cuts to both of the shoes." I was _______ and asked why. He _______, "As if the cuts were made on purpose for special style.” I didn't fully understand him, _______ I decided to leave the shoes.

Two days later, I went to collect the shoes. At first _______ I found there were indeed more cuts on each shoe, but all of them were _______ with red thread around. The shoes looked more unique and interesting than ever. I couldn't help but praise his ________ .

Another time, my wife's white skirt had an opening. My wife checked it ________ and said, “I'll mend it myself.” Three days later, seeing the skirt again, I was ________: the opening had been repaired by thin and white thread and it looked like a flower. I ________ with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of art!"

"I got the ________ from that shoemaker. Patches (补丁)are supposed to be ugly, but a skillful person can make it look perfect.” replied my wife.

________ she said set me thinking: perfection is ________ to achieve in everything; patches are unavoidable, so is human's life, which will appear ________ the form of injury, disability or disease. ________ you can't change the existence of them, all you ________ do and have to do is to deal with the wound by ________ and try your best to bloom (盛开) a most beautiful flower on the wound, and that is the meaning of life.

1.A.repaired B.cleaned C.sold D.painted

2.A.glared B.glanced C.laughed D.stared

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

4.A.Even if B.If C.Though D.While

5.A.delighted B.convinced C.confused D.embarrassed

6.A.declared B.explained C.announced D.interrupted

7.A.and B.but C.or D.so

8.A.sight B.attempt C.hand D.light

9.A.occupied B.filled C.mixed D.decorated

10.A.status B.strength C.skill D.sweat

11.A.carefully B.frequently C.gradually D.curiously

12.A.touched B.satisfied C.frightened D.shocked

13.A.sighed B.breathed C.jumped D.complained

14.A.plan B.truth C.idea D.desire

15.A.What B.That C.When D.Where

16.A.necessary B.unnecessary C.impossible D.possible

17.A.on B.by C.at D.in

18.A.Now that B.In that C.So that D.In order that

19.A.must B.can C.may D.need

20.A.patches B.wishes C.regrets D.praises

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.A

【解析】

本文是夹叙夹议文。作者通过给女儿修补鞋子和妻子修补裙子的故事，告诉我们：既然我们无法改变生活中伤害、疾病的存在，我们所能做的和必须做的，就是用补丁一片片地抚平伤口，努力在伤口上开出最美的花，这就是生命的意义。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：不久前，我女儿最喜欢的鞋子用刀割了。她哭了。我把它们带到鞋匠那里去修理。A. repaired修理；B. cleaned打扫；C. sold卖；D. painted油漆。结合语境鞋子坏了，应该去找鞋匠修理。故选A。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：年轻的学徒匆匆看了一眼刀口，说:“除了把鞋面换掉，我没有别的办法了。”A. glared怒视；B. glanced扫视，匆匆一看；C. laughed 笑；D. stared凝视，注视。根据quickly可知学徒是匆忙看了一眼，故选B。

3.

考查代词词义辨析。句意：年轻的学徒匆匆看了一眼刀口，说:“除了把鞋面换掉，我没有别的办法了。”A. something某事，某物；B. anything任何事；C. nothing没有什么；D. everything一切。can do nothing except… “除……无能为力”，故选C。

4.

考查连词辨析。句意：师傅看了看那双鞋说:“如果你相信我，我会给这双鞋加更多的口子。”A. Even if虽然，即使；B. If如果；C. Though尽管；D. While与……同时，尽管。此处表示条件，故选B。

5.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很困惑，问为什么。A. delighted 高兴的；B. convinced确信的；C. confused困惑的；D. embarrassed尴尬的。因为作者是修补鞋上的口子，现在师傅反而说鞋上要增加更多的口子，所以作者感到困惑。故选C。

6.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他解释说:“好像这些剪裁是为特殊风格而特意做的。”A. declared宣布，声明；B. explained解释；C. announced宣布，宣告；D. interrupted打断，打扰。与上句的asked why呼应，此处应该是解释原因。故选B。

7.

考查连词辨析。句意：我没有完全听懂他的话，但是我决定把鞋子留下。前后句是转折关系，用连词but，故选B。

8.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：乍一看，我发现每只鞋上的确有更多的切口，但都用红线装饰。A. sight视力，景象；B. attempt企图，尝试；C. hand手；D. light光，光线。at first sight乍一看，初看起来。此处指作者第一眼看到修好后的鞋，故选A。

9.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：乍一看，我发现每只鞋上的确有更多的切口，但都用红线装饰。A. occupied占有；B. filled装满；C. mixed混合；D. decorated装饰。此处指鞋上的口子都用红线加以装饰，故选D。

10.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我忍不住称赞他的技术。A. status地位，身份；B. strength力量；C. skill技能；D. sweat汗水。此处指师傅的修鞋技术，故选C。

11.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：我妻子仔细查看了开口，然后说：“我自己可以修好”。A. carefully仔细地；B. frequently频繁地；C. gradually逐渐地；D. curiously好奇地。妻子的白裙子有了口子，她应该是仔细查看情况后才决定如何解决。故选A。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：三天后，再次看到这条裙子，我震惊了:开口已经被细白线修复，它看起来就像一朵花。A. touched受感动的；B. satisfied满意的；C. frightened害怕的；D. shocked震惊的。坏了的裙子被妻子修成了艺术品，作者感到震惊。故选D。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我赞叹道:“就像一件艺术品一样美!”A. sighed叹气，叹息；B. breathed呼吸；C. jumped跳跃；D. complained抱怨。根据with praise可知是作者对妻子手艺的赞叹，故选A。

14.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：妻子回答说：“我是从修鞋师傅那里想到的这个主意”。A. plan计划；B. truth真理，事实；C. idea想法，主意；D. desire渴望。此处指把破了的口子修成漂亮花的主意，故选C。

15.

考查主语从句的引导词。句意：她的话让我深思。此处是主语从句，从句中缺少said的宾语，指说的内容，用what引导。故选A。

16.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：不可能事事尽善尽美；补丁是不可避免的，人的生命也是不可避免的，它会以伤害、残疾或疾病的形式出现。A. necessary必要的；B. unnecessary不必要的；C. impossible不可能的；D. possible可能的。根据常识可知事事完美是不可能的，故选C。

17.

考查介词辨析。句意：不可能事事尽善尽美；补丁是不可避免的，人的生命也是不可避免的，它会以伤害、残疾或疾病的形式出现。in the form of “以……的形式“，故选D。

18.

考查连词辨析。句意：既然你无法改变它们的存在，你所能做的和必须做的，就是用补丁一片片地抚平伤口，努力在伤口上开出最美的花，这就是生命的意义。A. Now that既然，由于；B. In that因为，由于；C. So that以便；D. In order that为了，以便。此处表示“既然”引导原因状语从句，故选A。

19.

考查情态动词辨析。句意：既然你无法改变它们的存在，你所能做的和必须做的，就是用补丁一片片地抚平伤口，努力在伤口上开出最美的花，这就是生命的意义。A. must必须；B. can 能；C. may可以；D. need需要。表示能力用can，故选B。

20.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：既然你无法改变它们的存在，你所能做的和必须做的，就是用补丁一片片地抚平伤口，努力在伤口上开出最美的花，这就是生命的意义。A. patches补丁；B. wishes希望；C. regrets后悔，遗憾；D. praises赞扬。结合上文用补丁修补鞋和裙子的例子和感悟中的Patches (补丁)are supposed to be ugly, but a skillful person can make it look perfect，故选A。