Question

    When I was a child my father taught me five words that I’ve used all my life—in my acting career, as a mother, in my business activities. If I _______ that I was afraid of the dark, or if I seemed worried about meeting new people, Dad would say, “Stand porter to your _______.”

A porter is a gatekeeper, who stands at a door _______ people in or out. Dad would get me to _______ myself stopping destructive things—such as fear—at the door, _______ saying “Come in” to faith, love and self-assurance.

As a(n) _______, before I went on camera, I’d make sure anxiety stayed out and confidence in my ability came in. As a mother, when I was _______ about my children, I would try not to let worry in but would _______ my mind with trust in them.

Of course, there were always times I’d _______ those words.

In 1972 my husband, Fillmore Crank, and I opened the doors to our own __________ in North Hollywood. This was a new business venture for us, and it was a lot more __________ and complicated than we had __________.

We were on call 24 hours a day. Something was always going __________. Electricity went on the blink, food wasn’t delivered, employees called in sick. Once, a flu epidemic __________ left us with no maids. Fillmore gave me a __________: scrub floors or do the laundry. For 10 days I folded enough king-size sheets to __________ the whole state of California.

Then there was the __________ crisis. The price of gasoline doubled, and tourism in California __________. How could we fill our beds? What if we kept losing money? What if we failed? Fear and worry were sneaking in. But I caught them just __________. I stood porter.

I stood in the door of my mind and sent fear packing.

These days at the hotel, whenever fear tries to __________, I just smile and point to the sign that reads No Vacancy.

1.A.complained B.announced C.recalled D.decided

2.A.future B.find C.family D.studio

3.A.letting B.urging C.inviting D.observing

4.A.busy B.involve C.send D.picture

5.A.so B.and C.but D.or

6.A.official B.actress C.maid D.manager

7.A.serious B.curious C.anxious D.cautious

8.A.fill B.change C.read D.ease

9.A.eat B.twist C.exchange D.forget

10.A.clinic B.hotel C.laundry D.restaurant

11.A.promising B.demanding C.convincing D.boring

12.A.figured B.confirmed C.deduced D.suggested

13.A.sour B.missing C.wrong D.pale

14.A.hardly B.regularly C.specially D.suddenly

15.A.warning B.command C.choice D.solution

16.A.serve B.touch C.decorate D.blanket

17.A.credit B.energy C.identity D.family

18.A.ceased B.recovered C.dropped D.boomed

19.A.in time B.on purpose C.at random D.by chance

20.A.split B.shelter C.withdraw D.register

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

本文为一篇记叙文。记叙了作者在父亲的影响下，战胜生活的困难的几件事。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果我抱怨我害怕黑暗，或者我担心遇到新的人，爸爸会说，“站在门房旁边找到自己吧。”A. complained抱怨；B. announced宣布；C. recalled召回；D. decided决定。上文写父亲教会我5个词，这一句引出寓意。如果作者抱怨，害怕黑暗，或者如果作者看上去很担心遇见新认识的人。故选A项。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果我抱怨我害怕黑暗，或者我担心遇到新的人，爸爸会说，“站在门房旁边找到自己吧。”A. future未来；B. find让自己处于某种位置或状态；C. family家庭；D. studio工作室。这里的守门处(porter)指的是心理上的守卫，父亲希望作者遇到困难时要找到自己心理上的守卫。故选B项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：门卫是守门人，站在门口让人进出。A. letting让；B. urging催促；C. inviting邀请；D. observing观察。一个porter就是一位守门员，站在门前让人们进进出出。故选A项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：爸爸会让我想象，自己在门口能够阻止破坏性的事情，比如恐惧，但是对真诚，爱和自信说“进来”。A. busy忙的；B. involve参与；C. send发送；D. picture想象。父亲会让作者想象，自己在入口处能够阻止破坏性的事情，例如害怕这种情感。故选D项。

5.考查连词词义辨析。句意：爸爸会让我想象，自己在门口能够阻止破坏性的事情，比如恐惧，但是对真诚，爱和自信要说“进来吧”。A. so所以；B. and和；C. but但是；D. or或者。表转折，但是却对着真诚，爱和自信说请，这个填空和上半句为转折关系，所以用转折。故选C项。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：作为一个女演员，在我走向镜头之前，我会确保焦虑不复存在，对我的能力有信心。A. official官员；B. actress女演员；C. maid女仆；D. manager经理。文中的before I went on camera以暗示我是女演员。故选B项。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：作为一个母亲，当我为我的孩子们感到担忧时，我会试着不让担忧进入我的脑海，而是让我对他们充满信任。A. serious严肃的；B. curious好奇的；C. anxious焦虑的；D. cautious谨慎的。前面的anxious和后面的worry同义替换。故选C项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：作为一个母亲，当我为我的孩子们感到担忧时，我会试着不让担忧进入我的脑海，而是让我对他们充满信任。A. fill填充；B. change改变；C. read阅读；D. ease放松。由“my mind with trust in them”可知，作者让对他们充满自信。故选A项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当然，有时候我会忘记那些话。A. eat吃；B. twist扭；C. exchange换；D. forget忘。作者有时候业会忘记那些话。故选D项。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：1972年，我和我的丈夫菲尔莫尔·克拉克在北好莱坞开了我们自己的旅馆。A. clinic诊所；B. hotel旅馆；C. laundry洗衣房；D. restaurant餐厅。通过后文的食物，电和雇员出问题，和我换被单推测，作者和丈夫开了他们自己的酒店。故选B项。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这对我们来说是一次新的商业冒险，并且比我们当初预计的要更加复杂且要求很高。A. promising有前途的；B. demanding要求高的；C. convincing有说服力的；D. boring无聊的。由前文“This was a new business venture for us”可知，这对他们来说是一次新的商业冒险，所有要求比预计的要高的多。故选B项。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这对我们来说是一次新的商业冒险，并且比我们当初预计的要更加复杂。A. figured计算；B. confirmed确认；C. deduced推断；D. suggested建议。由“it was a lot more 11 and complicated”可知，比我们当初计算的要更加复杂。故选A项。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：总是出问题。A. sour酸的；B. missing失踪的；C. wrong错的；D. pale苍白的。根据后文“Electricity went on the blink, food wasn’t delivered, employees called in sick.”可知，停电了，食物没送到，员工打电话请病假，可知开酒店很复杂，总是出问题。故选C项。

14.考查副词词义辨析。句意：有一次，一场流感突然让我们的服务员人手不够。A. hardly几乎不；B. regularly经常地；C. specially特别地；D. suddenly突然地。由“ left us with no maids”可知，一场流感突然让我们的服务员人手不够。故选D项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：菲尔莫给了我一个选择：擦地板还是洗衣服。A. warning警告；B. command命令；C. choice选择；D. solution解决。结合后文，擦地板还是洗衣服，可知此处为一个选择。故选C项。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：整整10天，我叠了足够的特大号床单，足可覆盖整个加利福尼亚州。A. serve服务；B. touch触摸；C. decorate装饰；D. blanket覆盖。此处夸张的手法，作者的特大号床单可以覆盖整个加利福尼亚州。故选D项。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后就是能源危机。A. credit信用；B. energy能源；C. identity身份；D. family家庭。由下文“The price of gasoline doubled”可知，出现了能源危机。故选B项。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：汽油价格翻了一番，加州的旅游业也下降了。A. ceased停止；B. recovered恢复；C. dropped下降；D. boomed繁荣。油价翻倍，加利福尼亚州的旅游业下降。这都是不利的方面。故选C项。

19.考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：但我及时地控制住它们。A. in time及时；B. on purpose故意地；C. at random任意地；D. by chance偶然。由下文“I stood in the door of my mind and sent fear packing”可知，作者时地控制住它们。故选A项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这几天在酒店，每当害怕来登记时，我就微笑着指着上面写着“没有空房”的牌子。A. split分开；B. shelter掩蔽；C. withdraw撤回；D. register登记。这道题用了‘双关’的写作手法：一说自己空房，二是说自己不让自己害怕降临；并且旅馆都是要登记的。故选D项。