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    I was going to see my grandma Ruthy.

Approaching her apartment, I was suddenly seized with the _______ that I was going to die one day. I walked in to see my grandmother sitting on the sofa, _______ and pale. Once she would have _______ me in her huge bear hug, but now it seemed like the sofa was going to have her _______ alive.

I knew I was supposed to hug her but I wanted to _______ . I didn't want to even make eye contact with this woman that I had loved so _______ , because if I did, maybe death would _______ from over her shoulder and touch me too.

My grandmother, dying of cancer, _______ pulled herself to the edge of the sofa and _______ herself up and said, "So where are we going for dinner? '' I turned to my mom ________ I didn't know what food went with dying.

The next minute, we ended up ________her off the sofa, down the steps, into the car, and driving to the closest ________. She hadn't managed solid food in weeks, and could ________ do a sip(一小口) of water due to the pain. But she ordered a large cup of beer. We ate and she drank. ________ , there was no death. There was no cancer. There was a moment like that in every ________ .

Then we said ________ . I was waiting for the icy cold hand of ________on my heart.

But I didn't feel it, because she had ________ a shield(防护物)around me ---the meal.

The last ________ my grandma Ruthy taught me is that one day, I'm supposed to look over my shoulder and say, "Hello, Death. Before we go, I'm going to have one more ________.''

1.A.depression B.terror C.surprise D.anger

2.A.clumsy B.hungry C.tiring D.weak

3.A.wrapped B.packed C.contacted D.comforted

4.A.locked B.split C.swallowed D.bitten

5.A.check B.scream C.stand D.flee

6.A.slightly B.deliberately C.dearly D.secretly

7.A.reach out B.run away C.look away D.set out

8.A.smoothly B.unwillingly C.casually D.slowly

9.A.dressed B.straightened C.gave D.fastened

10.A.when B.although C.because D.unless

11.A.dragging B.rushing C.carrying D.inviting

12.A.restaurant B.park C.supermarket D.clinic

13.A.carefully B.barely C.freely D.easily

14.A.From time to time B.From then on C.For a long while D.For a moment

15.A.meal B.conversation C.party D.celebration

16.A.sorry B.goodbye C.hello D.thanks

17.A.fate B.God C.death D.life

18.A.built B.remove C.bought D.refused

19.A.skill B.concept C.story D.lesson

20.A.hug B.beer C.talk D.trip

 

1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C 11.C 12.A 13.B 14.D 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.D 20.B 【解析】 这是一篇记叙文。作者的奶奶患癌症,奄奄一息。一天,一家人去接她吃晚饭。作者很害怕深爱的人在面前死去,所以作者表现得很紧张局促。在饭桌上,奶奶却出人意料地点了一大杯啤酒。那一刻,作者感觉作者们一家人像是回到了过去,奶奶还很健康地和家人们一起享用晚饭。最后奶奶还是去世了,但是她却用这一杯啤酒保护着作者,激励着作者。 1. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:走近她的公寓,我突然感到一阵恐惧,我总有一天会死去。A. depression沮丧;B. terror恐怖;C. surprise惊讶;D. anger愤怒。通过对后文I was going to die one day进行分析,正常情况下,死亡是一件令人恐惧的事情,故选B项。 2. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我走进去,看到奶奶坐在沙发上,虚弱而苍白。A. clumsy笨拙的;B. hungry饥饿的;C. tired疲惫的;D. weak虚弱的。根据并列的形容词pale可知,奶奶现在精神状态很不好,说明她处于很虚弱的状态,故选D项。 3. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:曾经,她会把我紧紧地抱在她的怀抱里,但是现在,沙发似乎要把她活生生地吞下去。A. wrapped包裹; B. packed包装; C. contacted联系; D. comforted安慰。根据后文in her huge bear hug 可知,每次见面奶奶都会给作者一个大大的的拥抱,将作者包在她的怀中,故选A项。 4. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:曾经,她会把我紧紧地抱在她的怀抱里,但是现在,沙发似乎要把她活生生地吞下去。A. locked锁上;B. split分离;C.swallowed吞咽;D.bitten咬。这句话运用了拟人的手法,奶奶无力动弹,面色惨白,深陷沙发之中,仿佛会被沙发吞噬,故选C项。 5. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:我知道我应该拥抱她,但我想跑。A.check检查;B. scream尖叫;C. stand站着;D. flee逃跑。根据后文I didn't want to even make eye contact with this woman可知,作者不但没有拥抱自己的奶奶,甚至还不敢和奶奶有眼神接触,心里因为害怕死亡,只是想逃跑,故选D项。 6. 考查副词词义辨析。句意:我甚至不想和这个我深爱的女人有眼神接触,因为如果我这样做了,也许死神也会从她的肩膀上伸出手来碰我。A. slightly些微地;B. deliberately故意地; C. dearly深深地;D. secretly秘密地。本句是想表达作者十分爱自己的奶奶,这里的副词需要突出爱的程度是“深深地”,故选C项。 7. 考查动词短语辨析。句意:我甚至不想和这个我深爱的女人有眼神接触,因为如果我这样做了,也许死神也会从她的肩膀上伸出手来碰我。A. reach out伸出;B. run away逃跑; C. look away转移目光;D. set out出发。根据下文的touch me可知此处用“伸出手”符合语境,故选A项。 8. 考查副词词义辨析。句意:我即将死于癌症的祖母,慢慢地爬到沙发边,挺直身子说:“那么我们去哪里吃晚饭呢?”A. smoothly顺利地;B. unwillingly不情愿地;C. casually随意地; D. slowly缓慢地。前文提到奶奶很虚弱,所以她只能慢慢移动到沙发的边缘,故选D项。 9. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:我即将死于癌症的祖母,慢慢地爬到沙发边,挺直身子说:“那么我们去哪里吃晚饭呢?”A. dressed布置;B. straightened立起,拉直;C. gave给予; D. fastened固定。根据下文的herself up可知此处用“直立”符合语境,故选B项。 10. 考查连词词义辨析。句意:我向妈妈求助,因为我不知道什么食物能和死亡相随。A. when当……时候;B. although虽然;C. because因为;D. unless除非。根据句意可知,此处用“因为”符合语境,故选C项。 11. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:接下来的一分钟,我们把她从沙发上抱下来,背下了台阶,进了车,开到了最近的餐馆。A. dragging拖拉;B. rushing急忙;C. carrying背,搬运; D. inviting邀请。根据上文提到的奶奶身体虚弱,所以需要背她下楼,故选C项。 12. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:接下来的一分钟,我们把她从沙发上抱下来,背下了台阶,进了车,开到了最近的餐馆。A. restaurant餐厅;B. park公园; C. supermarket超市;D. clinic诊所。根据上文So where are we going for dinner?可知他们是带奶奶去最近的餐厅吃饭,故选A项。 13. 考查副词词义辨析。句意:她已经好几个星期没有吃固体食物了,而且由于疼痛,她只能喝水。A. carefully小心地;B. barely只,仅仅;C. freely自由地;D. easily容易地。根据前一句She hadn't managed solid food in weeks可知奶奶几周内都不能吃固体食物,只能喝水,故选B项。 14. 考查副词短语辨析。句意: 这一刻,没有死亡。A. From time to time不时;B. From then on从那时起;C. For a long while很长一段时间;D. For a moment有一刻,一会儿。结合上下文可知,此处是指他们吃饭的那一刻,故选D项。 15. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:有一刻这就像是原来一家人吃每一顿饭的情景一样。A. meal一餐;B. conversation对话;C. party聚会;D. celebration庆祝。根据上文的So where are we going for dinner?可知作者在吃饭时,感觉这种情景就像原来一家人每顿饭的情景一样,故选A项。 16. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:然后我们说了再见。A. sorry对不起;B. goodbye再见; C. hello你好;D. thanks感谢。结合上下文可知,此处是指吃完饭后回各自的家,所以要道别,故选B项。 17. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:我在等死亡那双冰冷的手触碰我的心。A. fate命运;B. God,上帝;C. death死亡;D. life生活。根据上文中maybe death would set out from over her shoulder and touch me too可知,作者一直担心死神会从奶奶降临到自己身上,此处用“死亡”符合语境,故选C项。 18. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:但我没有感觉到,因为她在我周围筑起了一道防护物——那顿饭。A. built修建;B. removed去掉;C. bought购买;D. refused拒绝。根据上文I didn't feel it可知,奶奶用这顿饭为作者建立一个防护物,使得作者不会受到死亡的伤害,故选A项 19. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:我奶奶Ruthy给我上的最后一课是,有一天,我应该回过头来说,“你好,死神。走之前,我要再喝一杯啤酒。”A. skill技能;B. concept概念;C. story故事; D. lesson课程。根据后文my grandma Ruthy taught me可知,这里考查teach sb. lesson“给某人上了一课”,故选D项。 20. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:我奶奶Ruthy给我上的最后一课是,有一天,我应该回过头来说,“你好,死神。走之前,我要再喝一杯啤酒。”A. hug拥抱;B. beer啤酒;C. talk谈话; D. trip旅行。根据上文But she ordered a large cup of beer可知,奶奶教会作者的是,在死亡来临前,应该再多饮一杯啤酒,beer是原词复现,故选B项。
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