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【题目】For my daughter's 19th birthday, we bought hertickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they wereplaying in our city. We didn't really have the ____ but we knew how much this band meant to her.
The night before she was like a ____ atChristmas. Every so often she got up and came to ____ with us, because she couldn't ____. On the night of the ____ it was good to see her so ____ and excited,as
she and her boyfriend set off.
Needless to say when they ____ after midnight, with T-shirts and lots of pictures of the band, ____ her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well ____.This will be amemory she would ____ forget, and nor would we.
____ full of excitement from the night before, the following day they ____ to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I ____,loving the fact that she had not ____ that quality as she grew up.
Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a ____ each. On each present were the words "Because you are the ____ mum/dad in the world". When we said our thank-yous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her ____ she had bought us gifts. Her ____ was simply "Just because Ilove you".
This wasn't something ____ from ourdaughter;she had always given us a gift when shewanted to express her ____, and each gift wasalways a welcome surprise. It could have beenanything,it wouldn't have mattered, and it was theact itself and the feelings behind it.
【1】A.money B.time C.interest D.news
【2】A.worker B.student C.kid D.parent
【3】A.dance B.learn C.walk D.sit
【4】A.speak B.sleep C.stand D.leave
【5】A.concert B.holiday C.party D.travel
【6】A.healthy B.happy C.pretty D.surprised
【7】A.stayed B.left C.returned D.turned
【8】A.worrying about B.caring for
C.looking at D.listening to
【9】A.lent B.earned C.saved D.spent
【10】A.ever B.never C.often D.neither
【11】A.Still B.Only C.Just D.Also
【12】A.continued B.tried C.decided D.struggled
【13】A.refused B.cried C.shouted D.laughed
【14】A.kept B.lost C.realized D.discovered
【15】A.gift B.prize C.ticket D.picture
【16】A.richest B.oldest C.best D.cleverest
【17】A.where B.how C.when D.why
【18】A.way B.answer C.suggestion D.idea
【19】A.important B.ordinary C.new D.valuable
【20】A.feelings B.concerns C.understandings D.opinions
【答案】【1】A
【2】C
【3】D
【4】B
【5】A
【6】B
【7】C
【8】D
【9】D
【10】B
【11】A
【12】C
【13】D
【14】B
【15】A
【16】C
【17】D
【18】B
【19】C
【20】A
【解析】【1】第三段中的the money有提示：尽管“我们”家境不富裕，但是“我们”知道女儿非常喜欢看Linkin Park乐队的演出。
【2】女儿非常兴奋，就像一个快要过圣诞节的“孩子(kid)”。
【3】解析：她兴奋地好几次起床到“我们”房间“坐坐(sit)”。
【4】解析：从这句话中got up"起床”好几次，可见她兴奋得“睡(sleep)”不着觉。
【5】解析：Linkin Park是一个乐队，所以是在“音乐会(concert)”演出的那晚，她跟男友一块儿出发了。
【6】解析：与本空后excited构成并列：能够去看演出，她非常“高兴(happy)”。
【7】解析：过了午夜，他们“回来了(returned)”。
【8】解析：“我们”在“听(listening to)”她讲乐队有多棒。
【9】解析：根据她兴高采烈的样子及她对乐队的高度评价可推出，“我们”知道这笔钱没有白“花(spent)”。
【10】解析：在她的人生中，这将是一个美好的回忆，她“永远不会(never)”忘记。
【11】解析：前一晚他们就很高兴，第二天“仍然(still)”很兴奋。
【12】解析：他们“决定(decided)”去商场购物。
【13】解析：看到仍不失童心、快乐的女儿，“我们”两人会心地“笑了(laughed)”。
【14】解析：在她成长的过程中，她没有“失去(lost)”童心。
【15】解析：回来后，他们给“我们”两个人一人送了一件“礼物(gift)”。下文的present和gifts都为提示。
【16】解析：女儿在礼物上写道：献给世上“最好的(best)”父亲／母亲。
【17】解析：“我们”就问她“为什么(why)”要送给“我们”礼物。
【18】解析：上句是“我们”的提问，所以此处是她的“回答(answer)”，非常简单：就因为我爱你们。
【19】解析：下一句提到她经常送给“我们”礼物，所以这次送礼物也不是多么“稀奇的( new)”事。
【20】解析：下文feelings有提示：想表达自己的感情时，她就会送给“我们”礼物。其实，在父母眼里，送什么东西并不重要，重要的是这种行为及其背后所包含的真情。
