Question

【题目】We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are _______, one by one. “There is my grandmother’s house,” I say, _______ across the bay to a shabby old house.

I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage(朝圣) with Lisa, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing(追溯) _______ memory for me. Lisa was one of the mobile children, _______ from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of _______, and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors _______ for 200 years.

We soon _______ by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories _______ back, swift as the tide (潮水).

Suddenly, I long to walk again in the _______ where I was once so gloriously a child. It still ________ a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk ________ the rooms in memory. Here, my mother ________ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family ________ into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being ________ them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lisa ________ attentively as I talk and then says, “So this is where I ________; where I belong.”

She has ________ her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human ________. To be rooted is “to have an origin”. We need ________ origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the ________ of “I”. We must all go home again—in reality or memory.

【1】A. appearing B. moving C. exposing D. expanding

【2】A. referring B. travelling C. pointing D. coming

【3】A. shared B. short C. fresh D. treasured

【4】A. passed B. raised C. moved D. sent

【5】A. home B. duty C. reality D. relief

【6】A. built B. lived C. remained D. explored

【7】A. catch up B. pull up C. live on D. settle down

【8】A. falling B. turning C. rushing D. taking

【9】A. yard B. village C. room D. house

【10】A. adapts to B. appeals to C. belongs to D. occurs to

【11】A. across B. through C. along D. past

【12】A. lay B. played C. stood D. sat

【13】A. marching B. looking C. breaking D. pouring

【14】A. between B. with C. near D. behind

【15】A. wonders B. listens C. reacts D. agrees

【16】A. began B. grew C. studied D. stayed

【17】A. deepened B. recognized C. accepted D. found

【18】A. heart B. rights C. interest D. behaviors

【19】A. one B. its C. that D. every

【20】A. meaning B. expression C. connection D. background

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【6】B

【7】B

【8】C

【9】D

【10】C

【11】B

【12】D

【13】D

【14】B

【15】B

【16】A

【17】D

【18】A

【19】C

【20】A

【解析】本文介绍了作者和孙女的寻根之旅，通过这次旅行，作者认识到每个人都渴望知道自己来自何方，找到自我，这样我们可以更加明白“我”的含义。

【1】考查动词。A. appearing出现；B. moving移动；C. exposing暴露；D. expanding扩大。根据前文雾在上升（the fog is lifting now）可知，雾升起来了，原本隐藏在雾里的海边的村子一个一个的就出现了appearing。选A。

【2】考查动词。A. referring参考；B. travelling旅游；C. pointing指向；D. coming来。句意：我边说边指着海湾对面的破旧的房子。选C。

【3】考查词义辨析。A. shared共享的；B. short不足的；C. fresh新鲜的；D. treasured珍贵的。我去Nova Scotia为孙女寻根，为自己寻找珍藏的记忆。选D。

【4】考查动词。A. passed通过；B. raised抚养；C. moved移动；D. sent寄送。从前面的mobile children说明，Lisa经常搬家。选C。

【5】考查名词。A. home家；B. duty责任；C. reality事实；D. relief宽慰。根据上句话说Lisa经常搬家，所以推知她希望有家的感觉。选A。

【6】考查动词。A. built建造；B. lived生活；C. remained仍然；D. explored探险。句意：因此我们来到我和丈夫出生以及祖先生活了200年的地方。选B。

【7】考查词组。A. catch up赶上；B. pull up停靠在一边；C. live on靠---生活；D. settle down定居，安定下来。根据文章第一句We have been driving in fog all morning可知，我们是开车来的，所以这里指我们很快停在房子旁边。选B。

【8】考查动词。A. falling落下；B. turning转弯；C. rushing猛冲；D. taking带走。句意：记忆像洪水一样涌来。选C。

【9】考查上下文串联。A. yard院子；B. village村子；C. room房间；D. house房子。从前面一段提到pulled up by the house可知，是house，选D。

【10】考查词组。A. adapts to适应；B. appeals to吸引；C. belongs to属于；D. occurs to发生。句意：房子还属于家里的一个成员。选C。

【11】考查介词。A. across穿过（表面）；B. through穿过（内部）；C. along沿着；D. past经过。句意：我不能进入房子，但我可以走过记忆中的房间。选B。

【12】考查动词。A. lay躺卧；B. played玩；C. stood站立；D. sat坐。句意：妈妈坐在卧室的窗户边写日记。选D。

【13】考查动词。A. marching行军；B. looking看；C. breaking打破；D. pouring涌入。我还能看见热情的家人涌入。选D。

【14】考查介词。A. between在---之间；B. with和---一起；C. near在---附近；D. behind在---后面。句意：我和他们在一起永远不觉得够。选B。

【15】考查动词。A. wonders想知道；B. listens听；C. reacts反应；D. agrees同意。句意：我在谈话的时候，Lisa认真的听。选B。

【16】考查动词。A. began开始；B. grew成长；C. studied学习；D. stayed逗留。句意：Lisa说：“那么这就是我开始的地方了。”和后面的belong对应。选A。

【17】考查动词。A. deepened加深；B. recognized认识；C. accepted接受；D. found发现，找到。从前面的seeking roots for her可知，Lisa找到了她的根。选D。

【18】考查名词。A. heart心脏；B. rights权利；C. interest兴趣；D. behaviors行为。句意：人类的内心最渴望的东西是知道自己来自何处。选A。

【19】考查代词。句意：我们每个人都需要那个根。特指前面的an origin。选C。

【20】考查名词。A. meaning含义；B. expression表达；C. connection联系；D. background背景。句意：回顾过往，我们可以看见独特的自我，明白“I”的真正含义。选A。