Question

 On the fourblock walk to our house,I 1       my revenge. I would slam the front door upon entering,refuse to return her hug when she rushed over to me,and 2       never to speak to her again.

  The house was empty when I arrived and I looked for a note on the refrigerator that might explain my mother's 3      ,but found none. My chin quivered (颤抖) with a mixture of heartbreak and 4       . For the first time in my life,my mother had let me down.

  I was lying facedown on my bed upstairs when I 5        her come through the front door.

  "Robbie," she called out a bit 6      . "Where are you?"

I could then hear her rushing from room to room,wondering where I could be. I remained 7       . In a moment,she went up the steps―the sounds of her 8        quickening as she went up the staircase.

  When she entered my room and sat beside me on my bed,I didn't move but instead 9        blankly into my pillow refusing to acknowledge her presence.

  "I'm so sorry,honey," she said. "I just forgot. I got busy and forgot 10       and simple."

  I still didn't 11      . "Don't forgive her," I told myself. "She embarrassed you. She forgot you. Make her 12      ."

Then my mother did something completely 13       . She began to laugh. I could feel her trembling as the laughter shook her. It began quietly at first and then 14        in its velocity (速率) and volume. 

  I was doubtful. How could she laugh at a time like this? I rolled over and 15        her,ready to let her see the anger and 16        in my eyes.

  But my mother wasn't laughing at all. She was crying. "I'm so sorry," she sobbed softly. "I let you 17        I let my little boy down."

  She 18       down on the bed and began to weep like a little girl. I was dumbstruck (吓呆了) . I had never seen my mother cry. To my understanding,mothers weren't 19        to. I wondered if this was how I 20        to her when I cried.

(   ) 1. A. took   B. planned   C. performed   D. had

(   ) 2. A. promise   B. decide   C. admit   D. vow

(   ) 3. A. absence   B. lateness   C. anger   D. behavior

(   ) 4. A. regret   B. delight   C. anger   D. sadness

(   ) 5. A. heard   B. saw   C. felt   D. sensed

(   ) 6. A. easily   B. impatiently   C. urgently   D. relaxedly

(   ) 7. A. lying   B. sleeping   C. silent   D. angry

(   ) 8. A. rush   B. footsteps   C. voice   D. shout

(   ) 9. A. leaned   B. buried   C. stared   D. looked

(   ) 10. A. satisfying   B. annoying   C. exciting   D. plain

(   ) 11. A. move   B. speak   C. cry   D. listen

(   ) 12. A. do   B. work   C. pay   D. count

(   ) 13. A. irregular   B. unnatural   C. unexpected   D. dishonest

(   ) 14. A. enlarged   B. deepened   C. rose   D. increased

(   ) 15. A. criticized   B. scared   C. captured   D. faced

(   ) 16. A. fear   B. eagerness   C. anxiety   D. disappointment

(   ) 17. A. down   B. off   C. away   D. around

(   ) 18. A. looked   B. lay   C. sank   D. sat

(   ) 19. A. used   B. supposed   C. allowed   D. banned

(   ) 20. A. presented   B. seemed   C. reacted   D. looked

Answer 1

1. B从下文用词I would可知，此处表示"我"在回家的路上边走边计划着如何报复母亲。

2. D作为报复，我发誓再也不和母亲讲话。

3. A 由The house was empty得知家里没人。

4. C由上文得知我很生气。

5. A因为I was lying facedown on my bed upstairs ,所以我只能听到母亲回来的声音。

6. C母亲的声音有些焦急。impatiently是不耐烦的意思。

7. C母亲到处找我，而我因为生气没出声。

8. B 由下文went up the staircase ,得知是脚步声。

9. C我目光空洞地看着枕头，可以忽视母亲的存在。look into意为"调查，研究"。

10. D plain意为"坦诚的"。"我告诉你的就是真的，而且就这么简单，没有编造"。

11. A由第9空句子得知。

12. C母亲让我陷人尴尬的境地，我赌气地认为要让她为此付出代价。

13. C我认为母亲在笑。在这个时候母亲还笑得出来的确出乎我的意料之外。

14. D母亲先是轻声笑,后来笑得更厉害了，声音和频率都增加了。

15. D我之前是趴着的，认为母亲在笑,觉得不可思议，转过来看她。

16. D disappoint与anger并列，表示眼睛里流露出的是不满。

17. A上下文都提过。

18. C母亲先是坐在我床上，现在是俯身趴在床上哭。

19. B在我的印象中，母亲是不会这样的。suppose表预料。

20. D我看到母亲哭就想到我平时哭的时候是不是也是这样的。