Question

    Tired, I came back home from work. I found the front door was_____________and I felt a little scared.

Did I carelessly forget to lock it after I left? I looked around to_____________what could be___________ Why would someone come into my home only to___________with nothing? After searching every inch, I realized that everything was_______ I had left it. Feeling much eased, I looked out the window of my dining room at Ms. Sullivan’s___________. Jimmy, the little boy next door was visiting her. Jimmy cared a lot about Ms. Sullivan’s___________after she became ill. She used to_____________Jimmy when he was just a baby.

Forgetting about the___________with my front door, I decided to walk over to Ms. Sullivan’s house to see how she was __________. With a warm hello, she invited me into her home. I noticed twelve beautiful roses on the table next to her bed. They looked exactly like the____________on my dining room table. With a pleasant smile, she told me Jimmy brought them to her as a “get-well gift”. Suddenly Jimmy______________ out of his seat and said that he had to go home for a while to do some homework but he____________ to be back to check up on Ms. Sullivan.

Talking for a while, Ms. Sullivan began to get very tired____________I gave her my phone number in case she needed____________, and left her home. I thought about how__________it was for little Jimmy to be so concerned for Ms. Sullivan. I got home, laughing at how __________I was about what had happened over__________. I walked passed the dining room and noticed my roses____________in the vase were missing. Without a second____________, I glanced out of the window at Ms. Sullivan’s house and with a smile on my face.

The next morning my doorbell rang. I opened the door Jimmy was there.

1.A.locked B.covered C.open D.closed

2.A.see B.hear C.feel D.get

3.A.burning B.shining C.lacking D.missing

4.A.talk B.deal C.steal D.leave

5.A.what B.where C.that D.how

6.A.house B.name C.car D.letter

7.A.idea B.money C.dream D.health

8.A.watch B.notice C.follow D.visit

9.A.price B.experience C.incident D.condition

10.A.working B.doing C.sleeping D.walking

11.A.lamps B.vases C.roses D.gifts

12.A.stood B.ran C.stepped D.jumped

13.A.called B.wrote C.promised D.refused

14.A.but B.so C.when D.though

15.A.help B.time C.money D.bread

16.A.smart B.harmful C.sweet D.careless

17.A.strange B.nervous C.careless D.wrong

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

19.A.growing B.sitting C.lying D.arranging

20.A.thought B.intention C.expectation D.delay

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。记叙了作者下班回到家发现前门开着，但是家里什么也没少，去邻居Sullivan女士家后，明白了是照顾Sullivan女士的小Jimmy偷拿了作者家的玫瑰花给Sullivan女士。作者觉得Jimmy是个贴心的孩子。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我发现前门开着，我感到有点害怕。A. locked锁上；B. covered覆盖；C. open打开；D. closed关闭。结合后文Did I carelessly forget to lock it after I left?可知作者下班回家发现门开着。故选C。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我环顾四周，想看看是不是少了什么东西。A. see看见；B. hear听见；C. feel感觉；D. get获得。结合上文I looked around to可知作者环顾四周想看看是不是丢了东西。故选A。

3.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我环顾四周，想看看是不是少了什么东西。A. burning燃烧的；B. shining闪耀的；C. lacking缺乏的；D. missing缺少的。由句意可知，作者紧张地环顾四周，看看家里是否有东西丢了，不见了（missing）。故选D。

4.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：为什么有人来到我家，却空手离开？A. talk谈话；B. deal处理；C. steal偷窃；D. leave离开。由句意可知，谁会进入作者的房子却不拿一件东西就离开（leave）呢？故选D。

5.

考查名词性从句连接词辨析。句意：在找遍了每一寸地方之后，我意识到所有的东西都还在原来的地方。由下文可知，家里的台灯没有被打碎，由此可知，到作者家里的人没有翻箱倒柜地偷东西，家里的一切还在作者原来放置它们的地方（where）。此处为表语从句，从句中缺少地点状语，故应用where。故选B。

6.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我感觉心情舒畅了许多，从餐厅的窗口望向Sullivan女士的家。A. house房子；B. name名字；C. car汽车；D. letter信。作者现在在自己家里，因此从窗口望向Sullivan女士的家。倒数第二段中I glanced out of the window at Ms. Sullivan’s house也是提示。故选A。

7.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：Sullivan女士生病后，Jimmy很关心她的健康。A. idea想法；B. money钱；C. dream梦想；D. health健康。结合后文after she became ill.可知Jimmy很关心她的健康。故选D。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当Jimmy还是个婴儿的时候，她常常照看他。A. watch照看；B. notice注意到；C. follow跟随；D. visit拜访。由上文可知，Jimmy 非常关心生病的Sullivan女士，因为 Jimmy 是个婴儿时，她曾照看过（watch）他。故选A。

9.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我忘了发生在自家前门上的事，决定到Sullivan女士家看看她是否还好。A. price价格；B. experience经历；C. incident事件；D. condition条件。作者作者忘了发生在自家前门上的事（incident），决定到Sullivan女士家看看她是否还好。故选C。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我忘了发生在自家前门上的事，决定到Sullivan女士家看看她是否还好。A. working工作；B. doing做；C. sleeping睡觉；D. walking步行。此处考查how is sb doing“某人身体，情绪状况如何”，是how are you/is sb 的另一种说法，尤其用在家人和熟人之间。故选B。

11.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：它们和我餐桌上的玫瑰一模一样。A. lamps灯具；B. vases花瓶；C. roses玫瑰；D. gifts礼物。由上文可知，这些是玫瑰。由下文I walked passed the dining room and noticed my roses可知，作者家里的餐桌上也放了一束玫瑰（rose）。故选C。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，Jimmy从座位上跳了起来，说他要回家一段时间做作业，但他答应会回来查看一下Sullivan女士。A. stood站立；B. ran奔跑；C. stepped行走；D. jumped跳跃。结合后文可知Jimmy 偷了作者家的玫瑰花，所以他见到作者感到紧张，jump 最贴切地表现了他的内心，此三项均不符合题意。故选D。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：突然，Jimmy从座位上跳了起来，说他要回家一段时间做作业，但他答应会回来查看一下Sullivan女士。A. called打电话；B. wrote书写；C. promised答应，承诺；D. refused拒绝。Jimmy很关心Sullivan女士，所以答应回来查看一下Sullivan女士，看她是否还好。故选C。

14.

考查连词辨析。句意：聊了一会儿，Sullivan女士开始觉得很累，所以我把我的电话号码给了她，以防她需要帮助，然后离开了。A. but但是；B. so所以；C. when当……时候；D. though虽然。结合上下文语境可知为因果关系应用连词so。故选B。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：聊了一会儿，Sullivan女士开始觉得很累，所以我把我的电话号码给了她，以防她需要帮助，然后离开了。A. help帮助；B. time时间；C. money钱；D. bread面包。作者把自己的电话号码给她，是为了以防她需要帮助，因为Sullivan女士生病了需要人照顾。故选A。

16.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我想到Jimmy如此关心Sullivan女士，那是多么贴心。A. smart聪明的；B. harmful有害的；C. sweet贴心的，甜美的；D. careless马虎的。Jimmy 看望和陪伴生病的沙利文女士，表明他是个贴心的（sweet）孩子。故选C。

17.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我回到家，笑着说自己对什么事情都没发生是多么紧张。A. strange奇怪的；B. nervous紧张的，神经的；C. careless粗心的；D. wrong错误的。结合上文可知作者早上回到家发现门开着，以为家中遭窃，所以感到紧张，此三项不如 nervous 贴切。故选B。

18.

考查不定代词辨析。句意：我回到家，笑着说自己对什么事情都没发生是多么紧张。A. everything一切；B. something某事；C. anything任何事；D. nothing没有什么。由上文可知，虽然作者回家时门开着，但是家里没有什么事情（nothing）发生。故选D。

19.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我走过餐厅，发现放在花瓶里的玫瑰不见了。A. growing生长；B. sitting安放，坐下；C. lying躺下；D. arranging安排。由上文可知，放在花瓶里的玫瑰花不见了。sit 词意灵活，有“安放，安置”之意，此处用sitting作后置定语符合句意。故选B。

20.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我毫不犹豫看着窗外Sullivan女士的房子，脸上带着微笑。A. thought想法；B. intention目的；C. expectation期待；D. delay延迟。作者搞不犹豫（without a second thought）看向了窗外Sullivan女士的家，因为她已经知道自己丢失的玫瑰在哪了。without a second thought“不假思索，毫不犹豫”。故选A。