Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

All houses should have a kitchen window. At least，for me，there is a lot to see in the view from my kitchen window.

It was a spring day，and I was washing the dishes when I happened to of the kitchen window into the backyard. My husband，Mike，was out cultivating the garden with a . Our son，Jeremy，who was four years old at the time was right him. Mike was moving the plough very in order to do a good job of breaking up the soil for . My son was just inches behind my husband and each time Mike took a step，Jeremy took a step. He would carefully put his own small in the huge footmark from my husband’s boot. He took a with his right foot and then his left and then he would wait for when it would be time to take the next step. Although Jeremy didn’t know it，his father had been over him all the time，even when he stumbled (绊) and . That view from my kitchen window has in my mind until this day. In one way it is a of the need of a child for a father’s good example.

It is also an illustration for all of us. How many times I have walked ahead of my father， to find dry and hard ground that I couldn’t because it hadn’t been ploughed yet. I got into because I didn’t wait for my father to go before me and the way.

At other times，I became of waiting for the next step and began looking around at all the rocks of the world that led me to my road. Like Jeremy，all I needed was to turn around and my eyes on my father who had also been watching over me all the time.

【1】A. turn outB. make outC. carry outD. look out

【2】A. stickB. tractorC. ploughD. cow

【3】A. behindB. besideC. beforeD. above

【4】A. quicklyB. slowlyC. eagerlyD. simply

【5】A. plantingB. growingC. harvestingD. watering

【6】A. handB. footC. bodyD. head

【7】A. hitB. providedC. builtD. made

【8】A. walkB. restC. stepD. chance

【9】A. patientlyB. unpleasantlyC. angrilyD. honestly

【10】A. staringB. glancingC. spyingD. watching

【11】A. satB. fellC. criedD. shouted

【12】A. enteredB. pressedC. stoppedD. remained

【13】A. pictureB. lookC. playD. model

【14】A. usuallyB. onlyC. generallyD. surprisingly

【15】A. tryB. changeC. standD. manage

【16】A. resultB. conclusionC. troubleD. experience

【17】A. quitB. protectC. prepareD. point

【18】A. afraidB. separatedC. worriedD. tired

【19】A. findB. missC. preventD. continue

【20】A. spreadB. drawC. fixD. put

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】A

【6】B

【7】D

【8】C

【9】A

【10】D

【11】B

【12】D

【13】A

【14】B

【15】D

【16】C

【17】C

【18】D

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】作者通过回忆自己的丈夫和儿子的一段往事，想要阐明一个道理：好父亲是孩子永恒的力量，为他扫清障碍，为他指引方向。

【1】D 洗碗时我碰巧向窗外看去。look out of从…朝外看；turn out结果是，出现；make out辨认出，理解；carry out执行，实现。

【2】C 我的丈夫迈克正在花园里用犁耕地。提示在39空前Mike was moving the plough。

【3】 A 我们四岁的儿子杰里米跟在爸爸身后。提示在40空后My son was just inches behind my husband。

【4】B 为了把活儿干得漂亮，迈克犁地的速度很慢（slowly）。

【5】A 松土的目的是为了种植（planting）。

【6】B 下文in the huge footmark提示，杰里米把自己的小脚放在父亲留下的大脚印里。

【7】D made引导过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰footmark，意思是“靴子踩出来的大脚印” 。make造成；hit击打；provide提供；build建造。

【8】C 他用右脚迈出一步（take a step），再用左脚迈出一步。提示在44空后when it would be time to take the next step。

【9】 A 上文提到父亲犁地的速度很慢，由此推断，这里指杰里米耐心地（patiently）等候迈出下一步的时机。

【10】D 尽管杰里米不知道，但是他的父亲一直注视着他。watch over sb/sth照管，保护，监督；stare at sb/sth凝视；glance over sth浏览；spy on sb/sth窥探，暗中监视。

【11】B stumble and fall意思是“绊倒” 。

【12】D 从厨房窗户看到的这一幕场景直到今天仍然留在我的脑海里。remain（作系动词用）+介词短语，意思是“留下，仍然” 。

【13】A 在某种程度上，这幅画面（picture）描述出一个孩子需要父亲的好榜样。look外表；play戏剧；model模型。

【14】B 不定式作结果状语，其前加only，表示一个出人意料的结果。

【15】D 多少次我已经走在了父亲的前面，结果发现我无法应付干硬的地面，因为它还没有被耕作过。manage能解决（问题），应付（困难局面等）；try尝试；change改变；stand站立，忍受。

【16】C get into trouble是固定短语，意思是“陷入困境，惹上麻烦” 。

【17】C 我陷入困境，因为没能等着父亲走到我前面，为我排除障碍。prepare the way意思是“排除障碍，扫清道路” 。

【18】D 有些时候，我厌倦了跟在父亲身后，等着迈出下一步，于是开始在坚硬的道路上四处寻找。tired of厌倦；afraid of害怕；separated from和…分开；worried about为……担忧。

【19】 B 没有了父亲留在松软土地上的脚印，让我迷失了道路。

【20】C 像杰里米一样，我所要做的就是转过身来，把目光放在一直注视着我的父亲身上。fix one’s eyes on sb/sth是固定短语，意思是“集中目光于” 。