Question

【题目】I stopped at a red light only a mile or so from my goal of my brother’s house. We were planning to ______ down together to North Carolina to be with my father who was critically ill.

As I ______ at the stop light, I noticed Sharper’s Florist over to the left. It was the same ______ I had stood as a young man nervously ______ some roses for my date — floods of ______ went through my mind. I noticed the liquor (酒) store straight ahead where my father and I had been many times before, ______ the beer of the week. We both liked German beer.

The light finally turned ______. And I made my left turn and went through the ______ section of our hometown. I remembered how each thanksgiving my ______ would be together, including my parents and my brother. I also remembered how my father would ______ some time every thanksgiving, making sure there was no one ______ in the neighborhoods surrounding where we lived. I can remember as a young boy going with him to ______ some food. I was scared. I had ______ been into this part of town this deeply before. But my father seemed ______ and went about his business.

The people seemed to know him and _____ accepted what he came to offer. My father seemed able to give away the food in a way that honored those he was giving to. He would ______ at each place and talk a little.

My father wanted to be sure ______ had food. If there were people he found who didn’t have food, he would ______ and get more. That’s the kind of man he was.

I pulled into the driveway of my brother’s home. I got out of the ______ and my brother Joel was there to meet me. We hugged and Joel said Dad had ______ just an hour ago. How I hoped I could see him for the last time! But I had no chance.

【1】 A. turn B. drive C. walk D. slow

【2】 A. waited B. thought C. rested D. looked

【3】A. mark B. place C. way D. sign

【4】 A. picking out B. making out C. pointing out D. turning out

【5】 A. warnings B. complaints C. tears D. memories

【6】 A. selling B. drinking C. buying D. producing

【7】A. yellow B. green C. red D. dark

【8】 A. high B. low C. poor D. rich

【9】 A. friends B. family C. brother D. classmates

【10】 A. spend B. waste C. plan D. pass

【11】 A. cold B. afraid C. thirsty D. hungry

【12】 A. eat B. seek C. send D. cook

【13】 A. almost B. never C. nearly D. really

【14】 A. calm B. nervous C. angry D. quiet

【15】 A. carefully B. easily C. gratefully D. hardly

【16】 A. stop B. move C. continue D. run

【17】 A. no one B. everyone C. someone D.anybody else

【18】 A. step forward B. stand out C. walk down D. go back

【19】 A. kitchen B. room C. car D. bus

【20】 A. passed away B. lain down C. gone out D. gotup

Answer 1

【答案】【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】C

【7】B

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【11】D

【12】C

【13】B

【14】A

【15】C

【16】A

【17】B

【18】D

【19】C

【20】A

【解析】【1】 根据前句中at a red light可推断，作者当时在开车。

【2】根据语境可知，作者在等红灯。

【3】这里用place指Sharper’s Florist这个地方。

【4】 根据句中for my date 可推断，作者为了自己的约会挑选鲜花。

【5】 根据句中my mind可知，这里指作者头脑中涌现出的很多记忆。

【6】根据句中the liquor store可知，这里指作者和父亲去买啤酒。

【7】 根据后句中And I made my left turn可推断，交通灯变成了绿灯。

【8】 根据下文作者的父亲把食物分给别人的叙述可推断，作者的家乡比较贫穷。

【9】 根据句中including my parents and my brother可知，这里指作者全家人聚在一起。

【10】 根据句中making sure可知，这里用spend，指花一些时间干某事。

【11】根据下文中some food可推断，这里指父亲不让邻居中有挨饿的。

【12】根据下一段中accepted what he came to offer可知，父亲把食物分给别人。

【13】 根据前句I was scared可推断，作者从来没有去过这个地方。

【14】根据句中But和went about his business可知，作者的父亲很镇静。

【15】 根据句中seemed to know him和常识可知，别人应该很感激地接受父亲给的食物。

【16】 根据句中talk a little可推断，父亲每到一个地方就停下来。

【17】 根据后句内容可推断，父亲确保每个人都有东西吃。

【18】 根据句中get more可知，如果没有食物了，父亲会回家再取一些来。

【19】根据前句中pulled into the driveway可得出答案。

【20】 根据下文But I had no chance可推断，父亲去世了。