题目内容
【题目】 It was one of the happiest times of my life. I was 29 and had just received my bachelor’s degree, graduating with honors ______ working two jobs and being a wife and mother. My ______ and five-year-old son were in the audience when I walked onto the stage at Ashland University to get my diploma. I was so excited and ______ to be starting a teaching career and contributing more to my family’s well-being.
But when I got back home that evening, there was a ______ from my husband. It basically said he’d come to get his clothes and wouldn’t be ______. We’d been having trouble, but the finality of that note still came as a shock. He had ______ our bank account. We were horribly in debt. I had ______ my previous jobs in expectation of interviewing for a teaching position. ______, I was eight months pregnant.
Most young women have an______ picture of the happy-go-lucky life they’re going to live. But no one ever sits you down and says that’s not ______ and sometimes life is just extremely ugly. It all caved in for me that night. I was embarrassed, scared, and angry and felt I had ______ .
But I had my son, and I was about to bring a new life into the world, so despite my deep______ , I had to go on. The next morning, I woke up, put my feet on the floor, took a deep breath, prepared breakfast, and basically did ______ I always did. span>I used my ______ to keep me moving. After being in the military for six years, I guess you can say I fell back on my training, like all good ______ do in tough situations.
And in the past seven years, I’ve continued moving ______. I got a job as a kindergarten teacher, earned a master’s degree in education, and ______ my babies grow to twelve and seven. I certainly would never have chosen to ______ them through this, but in review, I’m glad it happened to me when it did. It helped me to ______ my voice and myself a lot sooner. It helped me ______ independent, and confident — things I’m hopefully implanting(灌输) now in my children.
【1】 A. through B. for C. by D. despite
【2】 A. parents B. daughter C. husband D. family
【3】 A. pleasant B. proud C. surprised D. worried
【4】 A. letter B. message C. note D. mail
【5】 A. out B. off C. back D. away
【6】 A. emptied B. stolen C. opened D. erased
【7】 A. obtained B. quitted C. offered D. found
【8】 A. Thus B. Therefore C. Nevertheless D. Moreover
【9】 A. impressive B. ideal C. exciting D. intelligent
【10】 A. reality B. practice C. possibility D. fact
【11】 A. died B. declined C. failed D. finished
【12】 A. sympathy B. feeling C. love D. sadness
【13】 A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
【14】 A. routine B. rule C. mind D. story
【15】 A. workers B. soldiers C. teachers D.
【16】 A. backward B. downward C. forward D. outward
【17】 A. saw B. watched C. noticed D. found
【18】 A. look B. let C. break D. put
【19】 A. find B. lose C. lower D. raise
【20】 A. stay B. grow C. remain D. keep
【答案】【1】 D
【2】 A
【3】 C
【4】 C
【5】 A
【6】 A
【7】 B
【8】 D
【9】 B
【10】 A
【11】 C
【12】 D
【13】 D
【14】 A
【15】 B
【16】 C
【17】 B
【18】 D
【19】 A
【20】 B
【解析】【1】根据语意可知,尽管坐着上学期间做了两分工作还要照顾丈夫和孩子,但仍以优异成绩毕业。
【2】根据第二段内容可知,作者的丈夫已经离家出走了,因此可推知来参加毕业典礼的应是作者的父母和她的儿子。
【3】结合语境可知当时作者感到激动和自豪。
【4】根据本段中的第三句中的but the finality of that note still came as a shock可知,作者的丈夫给她留下的是一个便条(note)。
【5】根据下文内容可知他们婚姻破裂,因此,丈夫还在便条上说他不会再回来了。
【6】他把银行帐户里的钱都取走了。
【7】结合上下文可制作者为了从教,放弃了所有原有的工作。
【8】作者不但失业了,而且已有了八个月的身孕。moreover“此外,而且”
【9】大部分姑娘都对将来的生活有理想化的描绘。ideal“理想的”
【10】对于她们的想象没有人让她们冷静下来,告诉她们那不是现实。
【11】根据前面一句it all caved in for me that night.(那天晚上对我来说,一切都坍塌下来了)可知作者感觉自己是一个失败者。
【12】面对生活的不幸,作者感到极度悲伤,但尽管如此,作者还是得继续活下去。
【13】根据文章内容可知,作者面对困境,没有退缩,没有逃避,而是继续做着她平时做的每一件事。
【14】根据上句列举的事例可知,作者利用每天的routine(日常工作)来迫使自己走下去。
【15】结合语境可知作者就像优秀的战士一样依靠训练学会如何面对环境。
【16】在过去的七年中,作者一直前行,没有退缩。
【17】联系上下文语境再结合选项可知应选B项。watch sb. grow“看着某人成长”。see侧重“看”的结果,而watch注重“看”的过程。
【18】我从不会选择让他们瞿经受这些磨难。put sb. through 让某人经历/经受磨难。
【19】生活的不幸使作者更快地找到了自我。
【20】它还使作者变得更独立和自信,grow“逐渐变得,逐渐成为”,符合语境。