Question

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I 1 a note. Often written on a napkin, it might be a thank-you for a 2 moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting , or a bit of 3 for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they 4 their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious( 有自我意识的 )，and 5 he reached high school , my older son, Marc informed me he no longer 6 my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to 7 them but I still needed to write them. I 8 until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation , Marc called and asked if he could move 9 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college , 10 two internships ( 实习 ) in Washington, D.C. , and 11 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento.12 short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home . With his younger sister leaving for college , I was 13 happy to have Marc back . Since I was 14 making lunch for his younger brother , I 15 one for Marc , too. Imagine my 16 when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, 17  his lunch.

“Did I do something 18 ?” Don’t you love me 19 , Mom ?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 20 asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom .” he answered . “ Where’s my note?”

1.                A．carried         B．found          C．included D．held

 

2.                A．difficult         B．special         C．comfortable   D．separate

 

3.                                  A．congratulation   B．improvement

C．explanation                       D．encouragement

 

4.                A．loved          B．answered       C．wrote    D．examined

 

5.                A．lately          B．by the way       C．by the time    D．gradually

 

6.                A．received        B．understood      C．enjoyed  D．collected

 

7.                A．copy           B．read           C．take D．send

 

8.                A．held up         B．gave up         C．followed D．continued

 

9.                A．out            B．home          C．to college D．to Sacramento

 

10.               A．organizing       B．planning        C．comparing D．completing

 

11.               A．hopefully       B．finally          C．particularly     D．certainly

 

12.               A．Because of      B．Instead of       C．Except for D．As for

 

13.               A．especially       B．immediately     C．Equally    D．generally

 

14.               A．once          B．again          C．still   D．even

 

15.               A．packed         B．fetched        C．Bought    D．filled

 

16.                                A．fear   B．surprise

C．anger                           D．disappointment

 

17.                                A．waiting for  B．worrying about

C．caring for                        D．asking about

 

18.               A．wrong         B．funny          C．strange    D．smart

 

19.               A．any more       B．enough         C．once more D．better

 

20.                                A．interestingly B．bitterly

C．politely                          D．laughingly

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：母亲（即本文的作者）不厌其烦的年复一年的为孩子们上学包午餐，随同午餐盒，这位母亲总坚持给孩子写上简单的一张便条，便条上都是些丁点儿鼓励的话语关于即将到来的考试啊运动比赛啊，还有一个特殊时刻的感激啊等等都写上两句。就这样，这位母亲从孩子一开始上小学到高中毕业都一直坚持这样做。天底下的母亲在生活小事上处处传递的伟大的爱！

1.此题可用排除法，纸条是放在午饭中的，B、D 显然不对，A 项carry 这个词是携带的意思，与题意也不合，include 除包括以外，还有放入，算进去的意思，合题意。

2.此题要结合前面a thank-you for，既是感谢的时刻，应用special 特别的才对。

3.与上题一样，要结合空后面的意思选择，为要举行的考试或体育比赛写的话，该是鼓励的。

4.考查动词：A. loved 爱B. answered回答 C. wrote写D. examined检查，一开始，他们很喜欢这些便条。选A。

5.考查副词：A. lately最近B. by the way顺便说一下C. by the time到…时间为止D. gradually逐渐的，到他们上高中为止。选C。

6.考查动词：A. received收到B. understood理解C. enjoyed享受D. collected收集，

可由上下文的意思分析：我最大的儿子不再享受我的便条。选出C。

7.考查动词：A. copy复制B. read读C. take拿D. send送，母亲写条，孩子读，选B。

8.考查动词：A. held up举起，耽搁B. gave up放弃C. followed跟随D. continued继续，我继续写直到毕业那天。选D。

9.可由下文提到的我从最小的孩子走了以后，尤其希望大儿子回来推断出大儿子是想回家住几个月。

10.考查动词：A. organizing组织B. planning计划C. comparing对比D. completing完成，这些是做完了的事，所以用completing.

11.考查副词：A. hopefully有希望的 B. finally终于C. particularly尤其是 D. certainly当然，完成学业，经过实习以后，他终于成了技术助手，用finally 符合语境。

12.考查介词短语：except for 除了，as for 至于；孩子住得远，只是除去短短的假期回家拜访。

13.考查副词：A. especially尤其是B. immediately立刻C. Equally相等的 D. generally一般地，马克回来我特别高兴。选A。

14.考查副词：A. once曾经B. again再次C. still仍然 D. even曾经，做以前一直在做的事，still 仍旧。选C。

15.考查动词：A. packed收拾行李B. fetched去拿C. Bought买D. filled填满，因为我还在为最小的弟弟准备午餐，我也帮马克准备了一份。选A。

16.考查名词：surprise 前文提到过大儿子在上大学的时候说过不需要母亲的纸条了，所以，对于现在大儿子对见不到纸条的失望，母亲感到的是惊奇。选B。

17.考查词组：A. waiting for等待B. worrying about担心C. caring for照顾D. asking about询问，想象我的惊讶当儿子打电话来询问便条的事情。选D

18.考查形容词：儿子见不到母亲的纸条，很失望，所以打电话问是不是自己做得不好了。选A。

19.考查词组：not…any more，不再，难道你不再爱我了吗？选A。

20.考查副词：A. interestingly有趣的，B. bitterly痛苦的C. politely礼貌的，D. laughingly笑着，可用排除法，laughingly，符合当时母亲对儿子的态度。选D。

考点：考查故事类短文

点评：如果考生能吃透作者的写作意图，透过这个角度进行语言的思维，这篇看似比较复杂难懂的文章就会容易多了。就语言特色来讲，它也考查了这些语言点：动词，形容词及副词，名词，动词短语，介词短语及非谓语等等。当然，完形填空试题还有一个重要的侧枝功能，就是上下文逻辑的理解考查，在这篇测试中，也综合考查到了。本测试更多的偏重到了逻辑选词，所以，多数考生在对全文理解不透的情况下，往往感受到了该题偏难