Question

    My grandma was in a nursing home. She was unable to move; now her eyesight was almost ______. Grandma and I often exchanged cards. I knew that she enjoyed ______ in touch with people. Since I returned, Grandma thought I should be her “personal ______  ” . I said, “I guess you’ve forgotten how bad my ______ is.” Grandma acted like she didn’t ______ me. Grandma would have me write letters on the cards she would send. She would dictate(口授); then I would ______ what she said. Grandma would always have me ______ what I had written back to her. Grandma didn’t have a hearing ______ then because she was always telling me, “That is not _________ what I said!” I would then rewrite what she exactly said.

Since I was ______ before Christmas, I asked Grandma if she would send some Christmas cards. Grandma readily agreed. I prepared several _________kinds of cards. I knew she had friends and family who all had different ________. I would take each card and ______ the front of the card in detail.

After a while, I looked up and I ______ several nursing home ________ standing in the doorway. I started to notice as I read each card, the ________ on their faces and Grandma’s face, too. Each one had a smile in _________ eyes, as they were seeing the scenes in their minds.

I thought I would be doing Grandma a favor when I started to write the Christmas ____ for her, ____ it turned out that she did me a big favor. I would always cherish this special memory of bringing some Christmas______and pleasant memories to Grandma and her fellow residents. That was it.

1.A.wonderful B.found C.gone D.young

2.A.keeping B.losing C.getting D.staying

3.A.teacher B.secretary C.competitor D.driver

4.A.feeling B.thinking C.building D.handwriting

5.A.understand B.recognize C.hear D.find

6.A.wait for B.write down C.watch over D.pay for

7.A.show B.smooth C.count D.read

8.A.advantage B.opinion C.problem D.desire

9.A.exactly B.actually C.obviously D.clearly

10.A.tired B.free C.careful D.generous

11.A.different B.familiar C.similar D.same

12.A.methods B.names C.interests D.habits

13.A.describe B.hide C.draw D.find

14.A.told B.noticed C.attacked D.challenged

15.A.kinds B.teams C.judges D.residents

16.A.eyes B.feelings C.tears D.looks

17.A.my B.their C.her D.your

18.A.trees B.gifts C.cards D.rings

19.A.but B.though C.so D.if

20.A.disappointment B.dislike C.surprise D.joy

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者帮助奶奶写贺卡，这给她和养老院的老人带去了快乐，作者很珍惜和奶奶一起度过的美好时光。

1.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她无法动弹，现在她几乎看不见东西了。A. wonderful奇妙的；B. found 被发现的；C. gone 消失的；D. young年轻的。根据第9题的分析可知，奶奶的视力非常不好，几乎看不见东西了，她靠说和听与“我”交流。故选C。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我知道她很喜欢与人保持联系。A. keeping保持；B. losing 失去；C. getting 得到；D. staying留下。奶奶和“我”经常交换卡片，说明她喜欢与别人保持联系。keep in touch with sb与某人保持联系。故选A。

3.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：自从我回来以后，奶奶认为我应该充当她的私人秘书。 A. teacher老师；B. secretary秘书；C. competitor 竞争者；D. driver司机。根据下文的“祖母让我在卡片上写字”可知，奶奶要“我”做她的助手，即秘书，因此选择secretary合乎语意的需要。故选B。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我说：“我想你已经忘了我的书写有多糟”。A. feeling感觉； B. thinking思考；C. building 建筑；D. handwriting笔迹。下文提到祖母让“我”在卡片上写字，因此此处是指“我”对自己的书写的评价。故选D。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：奶奶表现得好像她没有听见我说话。A. understand理解；B. recognize 认出；C. hear 听到；D. find找到。下文提到奶奶让“我”在卡片上写字，说明她假装没有听见我的话。故选C。

6.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：奶奶口述，然后我写下她说的话。A. wait for等待；B. write down 写下； C. watch over 看管；D. pay for支付。奶奶让“我”在卡片上写字，即她说“我”写。故选B。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：奶奶总是让我读我写的东西。A. show 显示；B. smooth 使平整；C. count计数 ；D. read阅读。奶奶看不见，她需要通过“我”读给她听来判断“我”写的是否准确。故选D。

8.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当时奶奶的听力没有问题，因为她总是告诉我：“那不是我所说的话！”。A. advantage优势；B. opinion意见；C. problem问题；D. desire欲望。根据because she was always telling me, “That is not 9 what I said!”可知，奶奶的听力没有问题。故选C。

9.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：当时奶奶的听力没有问题，因为她总是告诉我：“那不是我所说的话！”。A. exactly确切地；B. actually 实际上；C. obviously显然地；D. clearly清楚地。下一句提到“我”得重新一字不差地写下奶奶说的话，exactly是同词复现。故选A。

10.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：因为我在圣诞节前有闲暇的时间，所以我问奶奶是否会给别人寄一些圣诞贺卡。A. tired累的；B. free 自由的； C. careful小心的；D. generous大方的。“我”问奶奶是否需要给别人寄一些圣诞贺卡，说明“我”想帮她写，即“我”是有空的。故选B。

11.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我准备了几种不同的卡片。A. different 不同的；B. familiar 熟悉的；C. similar 相似的；D. same相同的。由下文的different一词可知，此处是同词复现。故选A。

12.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我知道她的朋友和家人有不同的兴趣。A. methods 方法；B. names 名字；C. interests兴趣 ；D. habits习惯。不同的人有不同的兴趣爱好，这是正常的，这是“我”准备不同的贺卡的原因所在。故选C。

13.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我会拿起每张卡，然后详细地描述每张卡的正面。A. describe描述；B. hide隐藏；C. draw 画画；D. find找到。因为奶奶看不见，所以“我”要把卡片的不同之处描述给奶奶听。故选A。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：过了一会儿，我抬起头，注意到站在门口的几位养老院的居民。A. told 告诉；B. noticed 注意到；C. attacked 攻击；D. challenged挑战。根据 I started to notice 可知，notice是同词复现，表示“我”抬头注意到了一些情况。故选B。

15.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：过了一会儿，我抬起头，注意到站在门口的几位养老院的居民。A. kinds 种类；B. teams 队伍；C. judges裁判；D. residents居民。根据 her fellow residents可知，指的是居住在养老院的老人们。故选D。

16.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我阅读每张卡片时，我开始注意到他们脸上和奶奶脸上的表情。A. eyes眼睛；B. feelings 感情；C. tears眼泪；D. looks外表，表情。由下一句的smile及本句的face可知，此处指人脸上的表情。故选D。

17.

考查代词词义辨析。句意：每个人的目光都露出了笑意，好像他们的心中看到了那一幕幕情景。A. my 我的；B. their 他们的；C. her 她的；D. your你（们）的。由they可知，选择their合乎语意，指的是站在门口的老人们，也包括奶奶。故选B。

18.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我开始为奶奶写圣诞卡片时，我以为我会帮她一个忙，但是事实证明，她帮了我很大的忙。A. trees 树木；B. gifts礼物；C. cards卡片 ；D. rings戒指。根据 Christmas cards. 可知，作者开始为奶奶写圣诞卡片。cards是全文的线索词，在前文中已经多次出现过。故选C。

19.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：当我开始为她写圣诞卡片时，我以为我会帮她一个忙，但是事实证明，她帮了我很大的忙。A. but 但是；B. though虽然 ；C.so 所以；D. if如果。前面提到“我以为我帮了奶奶一个忙”，后文提到“她帮了我很大的忙”，因此前后是转折关系。故选A。

20.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我会一直怀念给奶奶和其他的老人带来的圣诞节欢乐和美好的回忆。A. disappointment失望 ；B. dislike不喜欢 ；C. surprise 惊讶；D. joy喜悦。前文提到“每个人的目光都露出了笑意”，说明“我”为奶奶及老人们带去了快乐。故选D。