Question

December 24 arrived along with a heavy snow. It was my first Christmas Eve without my mother, and the day’s usual  36  had disappeared.

The telephone rang. I  37  it and went to my bedroom to bury the continuous 38 , knowing it must be my friend Rebecca calling. How could I be  39  ? I wanted to be left  40 .

My heart felt as  41  as the falling snow.  42  can I stop missing my mother?

I  43  the window. Seeing Rebecca’s car parked out front, I went back to my bed and drew the covers over my head.

“Lucy!” she shouted. “I know you’re in there. Answer the door!”

“Leave me alone!” I  44  back. I heard paper rustling(沙沙作响) as she slid  45   under the door.

“Merry Christmas, ” she called out.

Not answering the  46  made me even 47 . It wasn’t fair to my best friend. Her father and sister  48  in a car accident when she was eight years old.  49 , her mother had to return to  50 , and Rebecca was left to look after herself.

When she left, I carried the small package, sat down and  51  it. Inside was a golden pen and a journal. When I opened the journal’s front cover, out fell a bookmark with a(n)   52   written on it:

Dear Lucy,  

My words won’t heal（治愈）the  53  . But your own words can.

                                                  Love,

                                                  Rebecca

As I stared at the journal’s blank pages, a single tear fell on the page which quickly absorbed it.

That night, I  54  the phone and dialed her number.

“Looks like the snow is melting(融化), ” I said. “Spring was just ___55____the corner.”

1.A. excitement       B. disappointment C. fright             D. pity

2.A. answered         B. covered        C. picked             D. ignored

3.A. pleasure         B. puzzled        C. sadness        D. interest

4.A. regretful        B. joyful         C. comfortable    D. careful

5.A. alive            B. active         C. alone          D. crazy

6.A. light            B. white          C. heavy          D. clear

7.A. Why              B. Where          C. Whether        D. How

8.A. looked through B. looked into C. looked out D. looked up

9.A. brought          B. shouted        C. took           D. turned

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

11.A. phone           B. question       C. letter         D. door

12.A. more helpful B. more attractive C. worse            D. better

13.A. survived    B. escaped    C. lived                  D. died

14.A. As a whole B. As a result C. In all                 D. In general

15.A. work            B. wash         C. repair           D. learn

16.A. closed          B. folded       C. opened           D. painted

17.A. article         B. poem         C. notice           D. message

18.A. failure   B. pain        C. wish                    D. shame

19.A. picked up  B. picked out C. pushed back             D. put away

20.A. around     B. over        C. on              D. at

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.A

【解析】本文讲述了作者在母亲离开后过的第一个圣诞节前夜，朋友的关心使她渐渐地走出了寒冷的冬天。

1.名词辨析。由于母亲的离世，这个圣诞节已经没有了往日的兴奋(excitement)，故选A。

2.动词辨析。根据后面“我”径直走向自己的房间，可知“我”并没有去接电话，故选D。

3.上下文串联。“我”走进房间继续沉浸在悲伤(sadness)之中。

4.形容词辨析。根据上下文可知，我怎么能高兴(joyful)呢？

5.形容词辨析。根据句意，应该是:自己想一个待会。故选C.

6.形容词辨析。heavy在此处有两层含义：雪下的大，用heavy修饰；另外“我”的心情沉重，也用heavy来修饰。故heavy最恰当。

7.疑问词辨析。根据意思，应该是“我“怎么能够停止思念我的母亲？

8.动词短语辨析。根据意思，应该是透过窗户向外看，故用look through.

9.动词辨析。“我”在里面，朋友在门外，所以应该是“喊”。

10.不定代词辨析。根据句意，应该是把某样东西塞进门里。故用something.

11.名词辨析。根据前面朋友喊Answer the door!，可知答案为D.

12.形容词的比较级。没有应门使得我的心情更糟糕(worse)。

13.动词辨析。根据下文朋友的妈妈出去工作，和accident这样的字眼，不难看出答案为D。

14.短语辨析。由于父亲的离世，朋友的妈妈不得不再次回去工作(work)。故选B.

15.上下文串联。见上一题解释。

16.上下文串联。拿了包裹，坐下来打开包裹。这是三个并列的动作。

17.上下文联系。书签上有一个信息(message).

18.名词辨析。作者的母亲走了，心里肯定很痛苦，所以答案为pain。

19.短语辨析。根据意思，拿起（Pick up）电话,拨通了朋友的号码。

20.固定短语。around the corner 表示即将来临。