Question

Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was  1  into stillness by what I saw. Mother was seated at the far end of the sofa,  2 , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding mother in tears was a perfect proof of how  3  I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa. I began very  4  to understand. “I guess we all have to  5  sometimes.” Mother said quietly. I could  6  her pain and the tension(紧张) of  7  the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me  8 . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face  9  my shoulder and sobbed(啜泣). I held her  10  and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should. What I could  11  it was enough. In that moment, feeling mother’s  12  with feelings, I understood for the first time, her being so easy to  13 . She was still my mother,  14  she was something  15 , a person having the ability of bearing fear,  16  and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought  17  in her arms.

A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station  18 . “It’s a job I can do, though,” she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very  19  feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping  20  across the paper. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.

 

41. A. tired	B. ashamed	C. lazy	D. shocked
42. A. crying	B. smiling	C. thinking	D. whispering
43. A. eagerly	B. worriedly	C. little	D. much
44. A. quickly	B. slowly	C. suddenly	D. proudly
45. A. fail	B. win	C. fall sick	D. give in
46. A. know of	B. watch	C. sense	D. recognize
47. A. holding back	B. putting away	C. sitting up	D. stopping from
48. A. lit up	B. came true	C. turned	D. increased
49. A. to	B. up	C. through	D. against
50. A. thoughtfully	B. tightly	C. carefully	D. politely
51. A. and that	B. now that	C. but that	D. so that
52. A. hand	B. face	C. hair	D. back
53. A. content	B. break	C. fall	D. understand
54. A. therefore	B. however	C. yet	D. though
55. A. more	B. much	C. little	D. huge
56. A. wound	B. defeat	C. cut	D. hurt
57. A. kindness	B. memory	C. comfort	D. support
58. A. supplied	B. offered	C. paid for	D. contributed
59. A. different	B. hard	C. pleasant	D. serious
60. A. off	B. away	C. out	D. through

 

Answer 1

41. D.由but(转折)和下文的shock可知。
42. A.从下句的in tears 可知作者的母亲失业，在家中哭泣。
43. C.上文的shock和embarrassment均表明作者很少理解母亲所承受的压力。
44. B.我开始逐渐地、漫漫地理解母亲，而不是很快。
45. A .母亲在说，有时每个人都有失败的时侯，与自己失业呼应。
46. C.我可以感觉到母亲的痛苦，而不是观察。
47. A. hold back 阻止，控制；put away 收起来；sit up 坐起来；stop from 阻止做某事。
48. C.自己内心发生变化，表示情感的变化过程。
49. D. against 是介词，against my shoulder 意思为”靠在我的肩膀上”。
50. B. tightly 在此表示”紧紧地”，与held 搭配。
51. A.连词and 连接两个并列句。
52. D.因为是拥抱，所以摸着母亲的背部。
53. B 母亲很容易受到打击。
54. C. yet 意为”而且，还，”。A、C、D意思不符。
55. A. 从下句可知。
56. D.与fear 和 failure并列，应选D. 在此，hurt 表示心理方面的伤害。
57. C. 自己在母亲的怀抱中寻找安慰。
58. B. supply 供应；offer 提供；pay for 付款；contribute 贡献。
59. A. 我有了与以前不一样的感觉。
60. B tap away 意为” 敲打键盘”。