Question

    Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before the 25th, my father would give each of his children $ 20. This was the 1970s, and $ 20 was quite a bit of money.

But I saw it ___. My father trusted me to have the ________ to spend money wisely. Even better, he gave me the ____ to get it. On a very basic level ,my father was giving me a shopping spree（狂欢）every year. But he was also giving me charge over my own fun, trusting my ability to ____ money and making me feel like a/an _______. He didn't buy me Sherlock Holmes, but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and choose it for myself, so it felt like a gift from him.

My mother had a/an____for giving me what I needed, usually____at the moment I needed it most. This was when I was 25, I _____at being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my ___job but had no new one. But when my mother____me a visit, I____a good show, telling her I had started my own company.

My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn't until____she left that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with _________. She knew how _______ I needed it. She knew that had she just shown up with groceries, or____to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much __________ . The cold, hard cash meant she was helping me. And, funnily enough, the____with which she gave the gift felt like she was giving me space to ___my life and preserve my dignity. My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to take my own ____ ,and the other was giving me a second ____ when those decisions had cost me dearly.

1.A.positively B.differently C.naturally D.originally

2.A.intelligence B.passion C.power D.potential

3.A.courage B.suggestions C.discipline D.means

4.A.spend B.carry C.manage D.use

5.A.grown-up B.teenager C.adventurer D.pioneer

6.A.habit B.gift C.approach D.tradition

7.A.approximately B.about C.right D.slightly

8.A.failed B.fooled C.dropped D.fell

9.A.important B.creative C.challenging D.previous

10.A.brought B.suggested C.paid D.gave

11.A.put on B.put away C.put off D.put forward

12.A.before B.after C.when D.as

13.A.credit B.loans C.receipts D.cash

14.A.desperately B.hardly C.eventually D.accurately

15.A.attempted B.offered C.promised D.refused

16.A.better B.more C.less D.worse

17.A.decoration B.love C.distance D.method

18.A.defend B.equip C.fix D.develop

19.A.actions B.opportunities C.risks D.decisions

20.A.solution B.chance C.visit D.assistance

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者从讲述圣诞节父母给自己的不同礼物，说到父母对自己伟大的、理智的爱让作者在成长的过程中越来越坚强。父亲教会他做决定的方法，母亲在他因所做决定损失惨重时给予帮助，让他再一次拥有机会。

1.考查副词词义辨析。句意：但是我的看法不同。A. positively乐观地；B. differently 不同地；C. naturally自然而然地；D. originally最初地。结合上文内容和本句but可知作者并不认为20美元是孩子不能花的巨额现金，故选B项。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的父亲相信我有明智花钱的智慧。A. intelligence 智慧；B. passion热情；C. power权力；D. potential潜力。由本句的wisely判断此处用“智慧”符合语境，故选A项。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：更好的是，他教我方法来获得它。A. courage勇气；B. suggestions建议；C. discipline纪律；D. means方法。根据下文的but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and choose it for myself,可知作者的父亲通过让作者自己选书的方法获得20美元，故此处用“方法”符合语境，且means是原词复现，故选D项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是他让我自己找乐子，相信我有管理钱的能力，并且让我感到自己像一个成人。A. spend花；B. carry 携带；C. manage管理；D. use使用。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者的父亲相信他可以管理好自己的钱，且前文的giving me charge over my own fun也有暗示，charge和manage是同义词复现，故选C项。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. grown-up成人；B. teenager 青少年；C. adventurer冒险者；D. pioneer先驱。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者认为可以自己管理钱让他觉得自己长大了，故用“成人”符合语境，故选A项。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我妈妈在送我东西方面有天赋，她总是在我恰好需要的时刻把东西送给我。A. habit习惯；B. gift天赋，礼物；C. approach途径；D. tradition传统。根据下文的at the moment I needed it most可推测作者的妈妈擅长送礼物，故此处用“有天赋”符合语境，have a gift for在某方面有天赋，故选B项。

7.考查副词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. approximately 适当地；B. about大约；C. right恰好（表强调）；D. slightly稍微地。结合下文的My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn't until___12___she left that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with ____13____.可知作者的妈妈在他最需要钱的时候给他送了钱，故此处用“恰好需要”符合语境，故选C项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：那是我25岁的时候，我作为成人的第一次尝试失败了。A. failed失败；B. fooled愚弄；C. dropped下降；D. fell落下。根据下文的I had quitted my ___9___job but had no new one.可知作者辞去了工作，而且暂时没有新工作，故此处用“失败”符合语境，故选A项。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我已经辞去我之前的工作，但是还没有新工作。A. important重要的；B. creative创造性的；C. challenging具有挑战的；D. previous从前的。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者辞掉了从前的工作，故选D项。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是当妈妈来看我时，我上演了一出好戏，告诉她我已近启动了自己的公司。A. brought带来；B. suggested建议；C. paid支付，付出；D. gave给。此处考查短语pay a visit to sb拜访某人，故选C项。

11.考查动词短语辨析。句意：同上。A. put on上演；B. put away方在一边，收好；C. put off推迟；D. put forward提出。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者骗妈妈说自己开了公司，故用“上演一出好戏”符合语境，故选A项。

12.考查连词词意辨析。句意：直到她离开之后我才发现床脚下有个厚厚的装着现金的信封。A. before在……之前；B. after在……之后；C. when当；D. as当，随着，因为。结合上下文可知，作者的妈妈为了不让他感到尴尬，所以把装钱的信封藏在床脚下，因此推测作者是在妈妈走后才发现的，故选B项。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. credit信用卡；B. loans贷款；C. receipts收据；D. cash现金。根据下文的The cold, hard cash meant she was helping me.可知作者的妈妈提供现金来帮助他，故此处用“现金”符合语境，且cash是原词复现，故选D项。

14.考查副词词义辨析。句意：她知道我有多迫切地需要那些钱。A. desperately迫切地；B. hardly几乎不；C. eventually最后；D. accurately准确地。根据前文的I had quitted my ___9___job but had no new one.可知作者当时没有工作，所以推测他迫切需要钱，故选A项。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她知道，如果她带着东西出现，或者主动为我交房租，她会让我感到更糟糕。A. attempted企图；B. offered主动提出；C. promised 承诺；D. refused拒绝。结合上下文可知，此处是作者假设妈妈主动给他交房租，会让他更难受，offer to do sth主动提出做某事，故选B项。

16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. better更好的；B. more更多的；C. less更少的； D. worse更糟糕的。根据前文的I had quitted my ___9___job but had no new one.可知作者当时没有工作，故推测他心情不好，如果妈妈再帮他交房租，会让他更难受，故选D项。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：有趣的是，她给礼物的距离感让我觉得她是在给我空间来修复我的生活和保持我的尊严。A. decoration装饰；B. love爱；C. distance距离；D. method方法。根据前文的The cold, hard cash可知作者认为现金是冰冷无感情的，故推测此处用“距离感”符合语境，故选C项。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. defend防御；B. equip配备；C. fix修复；D. develop发展。结合上下文可知作者当时在工作上失败了，故推测妈妈用这样的方式来帮助他，让他觉得有空间调整自己，进而让自己的生活向着好的方向发展，故选C项。

19.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一个教我自己做决定的方法，另一个在我因所做决定损失惨重时给予帮助，让我再一次拥有机会。A. actions行为；B. opportunities机会；C. risks风险；D. decisions决定。根据前文的he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and choose it for myself可知在买书时父亲让作者自己决定买哪些书，故此处用“做决定”符合文意，且下文的when those decisions had cost me dearly也有暗示，故选D项。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. solution解决方案；B. chance机会；C. visit拜访； D. assistance协助。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者的妈妈给他提供帮助，让他有机会可以恢复，故选B项。