Question

Forgiving My Father

I grew up on a small farm. My father worked in the city as a welder (焊工). He was quiet, distant. He was a man made of leather and chewing tobacco who tried to teach me useful things, including respect. He also had a _______. I did not like him very much.

One day I came home from school. Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn't feel well. His back hurt. Multiple myeloma, I _______, is a type of blood cancer. For the last year of my father's life, his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his _______to sit and think. He was _______in that chair when I came home one day during the ninth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were alone. He asked me to sit down.

What followed still _______me these decades later. He told me about his _______: his family growing up, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves, his heartbreaks. It was as if a pipe had _______, his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood. He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more when I realized that he was doing more than _______. He was asking to be _______. All it took was understanding that that was what he________, and I forgave everything, immediately.

When he died, I didn't ________to school for a few days. My biggest ________going back was gym class. It was poorly ________, and bullies ran the show. On my first day, I was standing there when a (an) ________voice yelled, ''Lensch! '' It was a guy who had given many of us a few lumps (包，肿块) over the years. I turned to face him and said, ''What do you want? '' The other boys didn’t say a word as they waited for the ________.

''I heard your dad died, '' he said. ''Is that true? ''

I quietly replied, ''Yes. ''

He didn't ________me. He didn't even move. Instead, he said, ''I'm sorry. ''

I was________. I'm sure I cried. Those two words are how I have remembered that kid ever since. What do you do when your ''enemies'' reveal that they are also ________? I think you either forgive and move ________or hold on to resentment (怨恨)and live in the past. I'm certainly not glad that my father got________, but at the same time, I realize that if he hadn't, I might never have come to love him.

1.A.temper B.taste C.fame D.nerve

2.A.meant B.doubted C.learned D.felt

3.A.bench B.chair C.bedroom D.balcony

4.A.predictably B.acceptably C.hopefully D.surprisingly

5.A.touches B.annoys C.educates D.encourages

6.A.life B.career C.youth D.achievement

7.A.burst B.leaked C.moved D.frozen

8.A.teaching B.telling C.supporting D.complaining

9.A.known B.forgiven C.mistaken D.forgotten

10.A.found B.received C.needed D.escaped

11.A.contribute B.adapt C.head D.return

12.A.relief B.favor C.lesson D.fear

13.A.understood B.prepared C.regulated D.attracted

14.A.angry B.warning C.pitying D.familiar

15.A.defeat B.quarrel C.miracle D.fight

16.A.punish B.beat C.disappoint D.scold

17.A.frustrated B.shocked C.thrilled D.frightened

18.A.classmates B.friends C.humans D.families

19.A.backward B.away C.around D.forward

20.A.depressed B.hurt C.sick D.lost

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者因父亲生病时对他所说的话，原谅了父亲。作者的父亲去世了，让作者很痛苦。也让作者明白了如果曾经的敌人对你示好，那么选择原谅他。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他脾气很好。A. temper脾气；B. taste爱好；C. fame名声；D. nerve神经。根据上文的He was quiet, distant.可推测作者的父亲脾气好，故选A项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我得知Multiple myeloma是一种血液癌症。A. meant意思是；B. doubted怀疑；C. learned了解；D. felt感觉。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者通过某种途径知道了父亲得的这种病是癌症，故选C项。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：父亲生命的最后一年，他一整天的活动就是从病床上起来，走到他的椅子上，然后坐下思考。A. bench长凳；B. chair椅子；C. bedroom卧室；D. balcony阳台。根据下文的He was ___4___in that chair可知此处用“椅子”符合语境，chair是原词复现，故选B项。

4.考查副词词义辨析。句意：九年级的一天，我回家时，他不出所料地坐在了那把椅子上。A. predictably可推断地；B. acceptably可接受地；C. hopefully有希望地；D. surprisingly令人吃惊地。根据上文的his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his ___3___to sit and think.可知作者的父亲坐在椅子上想事情是作者父亲最后那段日子的习惯，故此处用“推测”符合语境，故选A项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：接下来发生的事情让我这几十年都很深有感触。A. touches触动，感触；B. annoys使生气；C. educates 教育；D. encourages鼓励。根据下文的and I forgave everything, immediately.可推测父亲当时说的话让作者深有感触，所以他才会很快原谅父亲，故选A项。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他告诉我他的人生：他的家庭的成长，二战时太平洋是什么样的，他的爱，他的心碎。A. life人生；B. career职业；C. youth青春；D. achievement成就。根据下文的his family growing up, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves, his heartbreaks可知此处用“人生”符合语境，故选A项。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：就好像是一根管子爆裂了，他内在的自己如洪水一般涌现在我面前。A. burst 爆裂；B. leaked渗漏；C. moved搬动，感动；D. frozen冰冻。根据下文的rushing out to me in a great flood.可知此处用“爆裂”符合语境，故选A项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他滔滔不绝地讲了一个小时甚至更久，我突然意识到他不仅仅是在讲述。A. teaching教育；B. telling讲述；C. supporting支持；D. complaining抱怨。根据上文的He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more可知此处用“讲述”符合语境，speak和tell是同义词复现，故选B项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他是在请求被原谅。A. known知道；B. forgiven原谅；C. mistaken误解；D. forgotten忘记。根据下文的and I forgave everything, immediately.可知此处用“原谅”符合语境，forgive是原词复现，故选B项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我所要付出的全部就是理解，那是他需要的，于是，我立刻原谅了所有事情。A. found发现；B. received收到；C. needed需要；D. escaped逃避。根据上文的his family growing up, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves, his heartbreaks.可推测，作者通过父亲的讲述意识到父亲需要理解，故选C项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他去世时，我好几天都没有回学校。A. contribute贡献；B. adapt适应；C. head前往，朝；D. return返回。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者因悲痛而没有回学校学习，故选D项。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我回去最害怕上体育课。A. relief安慰，缓解；B. favor恩惠；C. lesson 课；D. fear害怕，恐惧。根据下文的It was a guy who had given many of us a few lumps (包，肿块) over the years.可知此处用“害怕”符合语境，故选D项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：体育课管理很差，欺凌者横行霸道。A. understood理解；B. prepared准备；C. regulated控制，约束；D. attracted吸引。根据下文的bullies ran the show可知体育课的管理很差，此处用“约束，控制”符合语境，故选C项。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：返校的第一天，我站在那儿，突然一个熟悉的声音大叫到：“Lensch！”A. angry生气的；B. warning警告的；C. pitying同情的；D. familiar熟悉的。根据下文的It was a guy who had given many of us a few lumps (包，肿块) over the years.可知作者和此人是多年的同学，故此处用“熟悉的”符合语境，故选D项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：其他男孩一言不发，因为他们都等着一场打斗。A. defeat打败；B. quarrel争吵；C. miracle奇迹；D. fight打斗。根据上文的bullies ran the show.可知此处用“打斗”符合语境，故选D项。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他没有打我。A. punish 惩罚；B. beat 打；C. disappoint使……失望；D. scold责骂。根据上文的It was a guy who had given many of us a few lumps (包，肿块) over the years.可知此人是一个经常欺负同学的人，故此处用“打”符合语境，故选B项。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很激动。A. frustrated沮丧的；B. shocked震惊的；C. thrilled激动的；D. frightened害怕的。根据上文的Instead, he said, ''I'm sorry. ''可推测，作者因一个欺凌者的话而激动、感动，故选C项。

18.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当你的敌人表现出他们也是你的朋友时，你会做什么呢？A. classmates同学；B. friends朋友；C. humans人类；D. families家人。根据enemies可知此处用“朋友”符合语境，enemy和friend是反义词复现，故选B项。

19.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我认为你要么原谅并前进，要么继续怨恨生活在过去。A. backward往后；B. away远离；C. around周围；D. forward往前。根据下文的hold on to resentment (怨恨)and live in the past.可知此处用“前进”符合语境，故选D项。

20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：父亲生病我当然不开心，但同时，我意识到，如果他没有生病，我可能永远都不会爱他。A. depressed沮丧的；B. hurt受伤的；C. sick生病的；D. lost丢失的。根据上文的Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn’t feel well.可知此处用“生病的”符合语境，故选C项。