Question

    Since I was young, I’ve noticed ______ in people’s hairstyles, clothes, facial expressions, behaviors. I like noticing the world around me and I ______ the power of paying attention.

I grew up on our family farm. My grandpa always had an eye on the sky, ______ the clouds and their various colors. He knew when the soybeans got the ______ of brown paper bags it was time to ______. Farming is about noticing and paying attention.

My mother and grandmother ______ everything from curtains to clothes. My mother made quite a few of my ______ and her pattern work was so ______. My Aunt Becky knit socks and sweaters. The patterns looked like a foreign language to me, but they were road maps she followed ______. If she noticed a ______ stitch (针), she would follow seriously ______. The women in my family practiced demanding crafts, requiring precision and an eye for ______, attention to color combinations, a love of a ______world.

Noticing was all ______ me. It was the clothes on my body, the ______ in the fields, and the clouds in the sky.

I’m teaching how to write and seeing details is my job. Nothing is too small to ______. Paying attention is my occupation. Through paying attention to my ______ carefully, I can get to know more about them than before. So if I notice that their eyes look ______ instead of bright, I will know ______. The world is made up of one detail after another, and by opening my eyes to each of them, I can see the world much more ______, much more broadly.

1.A.decorations B.inventions C.figures D.changes

2.A.believe in B.think of C.talk about D.laugh at

3.A.introducing B.complaining C.interpreting D.painting

4.A.shape B.color C.weight D.size

5.A.grow B.water C.weed D.harvest

6.A.sewed B.bought C.showed D.designed

7.A.bags B.beds C.clothes D.books

8.A.quiet B.precise C.simple D.patient

9.A.badly B.carelessly C.rudely D.seriously

10.A.dropped B.broken C.sharpened D.shortened

11.A.yet B.too C.again D.though

12.A.news B.sky C.detail D.money

13.A.patterned B.wandering C.rough D.simple

14.A.for B.around C.like D.over

15.A.farmers B.workers C.fruits D.crops

16.A.hear B.ignore C.concern D.share

17.A.parents B.colleagues C.neighbors D.students

18.A.big B.dull C.open D.clever

19.A.what B.how C.why D.which

20.A.clearly B.bravely C.hopefully D.easily

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者从的小时候开始，我就注意到人们的发型，衣着，面部表情，行为的变化。家中的爷爷靠观察天空和豆子的颜色来判断是否到了收获的季节，母亲和祖母甚至阿姨也因为对花样的关注来缝制精美的衣服。作者相信关注周围的世界，相信关注的力量。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：从我的小时候开始，我就注意到人们的发型、衣服、面部表情和行为的变化。A. decorations装饰；B. inventions发明；C. figures人物；D. changes改变。结合后文I like noticing the world around可知作者喜欢观察周围的世界，因此此处指注意到人们的发型、衣服、面部表情和行为的变化。故选D。

2.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我喜欢关注我周围的世界，我相信关注的力量。A. believe in相信；B. think of记起；C. talk about谈论；D. laugh at嘲笑。承接上文I like noticing the world around me作者喜欢关注周围的世界，因此相信关注的力量。故选A。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我爷爷总是盯着天空，解读云彩和它们的各种颜色。A. introducing介绍；B. complaining抱怨；C. interpreting解读，翻译；D. painting绘画。结合后文the clouds and their various colors理解为“解读云彩和它们的各种颜色”更为合适。interpret此处理解为“解读”。其它选项不符合语境。故选C。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他知道当大豆变成棕色纸袋的颜色时，就是收获的时候了。A. shape形状；B. color颜色；C. weight重量；D. size尺寸。根据后文of brown paper bags可知是变成棕色纸袋的颜色。故选B。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他知道当大豆变成棕色纸袋的颜色时，就是收获的时候了。A. grow生长；B. water水；C. weed野草；D. harvest收获，收割。根据常识可以判断出，大豆变成了棕色是到了收获的时候了。其它选项不符合语境。故选D。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：从窗帘到衣服，我的母亲和祖母什么都缝。A. sewed缝；B. bought购买；C. showed展示；D. designed设计。结合后文母亲给作者做衣服可知，此处指母亲和祖母什么都缝。故选A。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我母亲给我做了好几件衣服，她的花样做得非常精细。A. bags包；B. beds床；C. clothes衣服；D. books书。承接上文from curtains to clothes.可知母亲给作者做了好几件衣服。故选C。

8.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我母亲给我做了好几件衣服，她的花样做得非常精细。A. quiet安静的；B. precise精确的，精密的；C. simple简单的；D. patient耐心的。根据后文they were road maps she followed可知这些花样都是她认真遵循的格子图，非常精细。后文requiring precision也是提示。故选B。

9.考查副词词义辨析。句意：这些花样在我看来就像一门外语，但它们都是是她认真遵循的格子图。A. badly非常；B. carelessly粗心地；C. rudely粗鲁地；D. seriously严肃地。根据后文follow seriously可知母亲认真地缝纫花样，遵循花样的纹路。故选D。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：如果她发现漏针了，她就会再认真地补上。A. dropped落下的；B. broken破碎的；C. sharpened尖锐的；D. shortened缩短的。根据后文she would follow seriously可知如果母亲发现有漏针，她会认真补上。短语dropped stitch“漏针”故选A。

11.考查副词词义辨析。句意：如果她发现漏针了，她就会再认真地补上。A. yet但是；B. too太；C. again又；D. though虽然。此处指母亲再次（again）认真地补上漏针。故选C。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们家的女人做高难度的手工艺品，要求精确度和对细节的洞察力，对颜色组合的注意力，对图案的热爱。A. news新闻；B. sky天空；C. detail细节；D. money金钱。承接上文requiring precision and an eye for要达到精确就必须注重细节（detail），其他选项不符合语境。故选C。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们家的女人做高难度的手工艺品，要求精确度和对细节的洞察力，对颜色组合的注意力，对图案的热爱。A. patterned有图案的；B. wandering流浪的；C. rough粗糙的；D. simple简单的。根据上文her pattern work可知她们热爱有图案的世界。故选A。

14.考查介词辨析。句意：我周围到处都是可以关注的事物。A. for为了；B. around围绕；C. like好像；D. over在……上面。根据第一段中I like noticing the world around me可知作者认为自己周围到处都是可以关注的事物。故选B。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：它是我身上的衣服，田里的庄稼，天上的云。A. farmers农民；B. workers工人；C. fruits水果；D. crops庄稼，农作物。结合后文in the fields可知指田里的庄稼。故选D。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：没有什么是小得能忽略的。A. hear听见；B. ignore忽略；C. concern关心；D. share分享。作者强调要关注周围的世界，因此再小的事物也不容忽视，值得关注。故选B。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：通过认真关注我的学生，我可以比以前更了解他们。A. parents父母；B. colleagues同事；C. neighbors邻居；D. students学生。根据上文I’m teaching how to write可知此处指学生。故选D。

18.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以如果我注意到他们的眼睛看起来呆滞而不是明亮，我就知道为什么了。A. big大的；B. dull呆滞的，无趣的；C. open公开的；D. clever聪明的。根据后文instead of bright可知指学生的眼睛看起来呆滞而不是明亮的，dull与bright前后相对，其它选项不符合语境。故选B。

19.考查连接词辨析。句意：所以如果我注意到他们的眼睛看起来呆滞而不是明亮，我就知道为什么了。A. what什么；B. how怎么；C. why为什么；D. which哪一个。此处强调学生眼睛呆滞的原因，应用why。故选C。

20.考查副词词义辨析。句意：世界是由一个接一个的细节组成的，睁开眼睛，我能更清楚、更广阔地看到周围的世界。A. clearly清晰地；B. bravely勇敢地；C. hopefully有希望地；D. easily容易地。作者关注周围的细节，因此能够更清楚地（clearly）看到周围的世界。故选A。