题目内容
My husband is an engineer. Since we met，he has always been the rock in my life.I knew he had his feet __36__ planted on the ground，and it seemed that no matter what else went __37__，he would be the constant one.
Three years of romance and two years of marriage later, I began to feel __38__ of him because he never brought me flowers，he never __39__ me，and nothing had changed in our marriage.
After __40__， I finally told him I wanted to be __41__. He just sat there, speechless and didn't even know __42__ to say to make me stay. Finally，he spoke, “What can I do to change your __43__？”
“I'll stay if you have a good answer __44__ this question，”I replied coldly. “If I asked for a __45__ growing on a cliff, and getting it for me __46__ certain death，would you still do so？”
His face grew troubled. “Can I give you the answer tomorrow morning？” With that, my heart __47__. He couldn't even give me an answer __48__ away.
The next morning，I found he was __49__. However，I found a note under a warm glass of milk. My eyes __50__ misty(湿润)as I was reading it.
“Dear，I'll give you my __51__.
After you do typing for a long time, I need my __52__ to do it for you.
Every time you leave the house，you forget your keys. I need my legs to run __53__ and open the door for you.... that's why I cannot pick the flower for you...”
With tears __54__ from my eyes, I opened the door. And there he was, with an extremely worried look on his face, waving the packet he had in his hand in front of me.
Just because someone doesn't love you __55__ you want him to, it doesn't mean that he doesn't love you heart and soul.
36．A.deeply B．firmly C．slightly D．totally
37．A.different B．crazy C．exciting D．excited
38．A.liked B．tried C．fond D．tired
39．A.frightened B．loved C．surprised D．lost
40．A.some time B．sometime C．sometimes D．some times
41．A.in B．up C．down D．out
42．A.what B．which C．how D．when
43．A.saying B．comment C．opinion D．mind
44．A.to B．of C．for D．about
45．A.tree B．moon C．flower D．butterfly
46．A.meant B．resulted C．caused D．led
47．A.sank B．settled C．rose D．worried
48．A.soon B．straight C．slight D．quickly
49．A.missed B．missing C．losing D．lost
50．A.fell B．changed C．grew D．got
51．A.descriptions B．causes C．lists D．reasons
52．A.heart B．fingers C．mind D．arms
53．A.home B．at home C．out D．in
54．A.steaming B．stretching C．streaming D．spreading
55．A.like it B．way C．how D．the way
解析;考查副词辨析。此处是一种比喻用法，因为前边作者说丈夫是她生活中的靠山，“靠山”应该是脚很稳地踩在地面上，故用firmly“坚固地，牢固地”。deeply“深深地”，用来形容情感；slightly“轻微地”；totally“完全地”。
答案;B
解析;根据后边的信息“他总是永恒不变的那一个”可知，前面应该是表达相反意义的句子，结合选项只有crazy符合语境。
答案;B
解析;从下文作者想离开可判断出，作者对丈夫的呆板和一成不变的婚后生活感到厌烦了。be tired of sb.“对某人感到厌烦的”。C项表示“喜欢”；A项从意义和语法上都不适合；B项是表示“知道的”。
答案;D
解析;从前面的“他从不给我送花”和后面的“我们婚姻生活中没有什么变化”可知，应用surprised“吃惊，惊喜”，表示“他从未让我惊喜”。
答案;C
解析;过了一段时间之后，我终于告诉他我想离开。some time“一段时间”，是一个名词短语，可与介词搭配；sometime指在过去或将来的某个时候，sometimes表示“有的时候”，some times表示“几次”，三者皆为副词，不和介词连用。
答案;A
解析;out意为“离开某地”，此处表示离开这个家庭。
答案;D
解析;语意：他只是坐在那里，一声不吭，甚至不知道该说点什么使我留下来。what“什么”；which“哪一个”；how“怎么样”；when“什么时候”。在没有范围限定的情况下用what作say的宾语。
答案;A
解析;句意：我能做点什么使你改变主意？change one's mind表示“改变某人的主意”。
答案;D
解析;表示“问题的答案”或“门上的钥匙”时，常用an answer to a question和a key to a door表达。
答案;A
解析;从后边作定语的现在分词短语growing on a cliff可知，只有树和花是长在悬崖峭壁上的，但依语境和常识可知，“我”要的肯定是花。倒数第三段中“I cannot pick the flower for you”也是线索提示。
答案;C
解析;句意：弄到它肯定意味着死亡。mean“意味着”；result常用于result in(导致)短语；cause“导致，引起”；lead常用于lead to结构中，意为“导致，引起”。
答案;A
解析;句意：听了那句话，我感到很失望。one's heart sinks相当于one feels disappointed，表示“某人感到失望”。
答案;A
解析;句意：他甚至不能立即给我一个答复。表示“立即”或“马上”之意的词或短语有immediately，right away，straight away，at once等。
答案;B
解析;此处表示没有看见丈夫，用be missing“不见，没有在”较恰当。be lost也可表示“不见了”，但此时主语常为物；当人作主语时，be lost意为“迷路”。
答案;B
解析;眼睛变得湿润是读便条时发生的，应该用表示逐渐变化意义的系动词grow。
答案;C
解析;从便条上的内容来看，这是丈夫对前一天晚上的问题的回答和理由。reason表示做某事的理由；description是对人或事物进行的描述；cause表示某事发生的原因或根源；list表示名单或清单。
答案;D
解析;根据前面的do typing for a long time可知，丈夫需要替妻子打字。按照常识，打字用到的应该是手指头。
答案;B
解析;从前面的信息“每次你离开屋子时总会忘记带钥匙”可以推断出，丈夫需要跑回家为妻子开门。
答案;A
解析;句意：我泪流满面，打开了门。stream用作动词时既可表示小溪的流淌，也可表示泪水的流淌。steam是stream的形近词，表示“冒蒸汽”；stretch “延伸，伸展”；spread“传播，伸展”。
答案;C
解析;句意：只因为某人没有按你想要的方式去爱你，(但)这并不意味着他不全心全意地爱你。the way sb.does sth.表示“某人干某事的方式”，其中the way后省略了引导定语从句的关系词。
答案;D
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首先请阅读以下用户对宾馆的评价意见:
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| Comment on : Hunter Country Lodge & Restaurant
My husband and I stayed at this lodge during our honeymoon. Set in the beautiful surroundings of Hunter Valley you have your own very log cabin. The rooms are comparatively expensive, but they are very spacious. The restaurant has delicious food with wine of varieties, ready for you in the evening.
My ratings (给…等级) for this hotel are: ●●●●●Value ●●●●●Service I recommend this hotel for: honeymoon, romantic couples |
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| Comment on: Aloha Pualani Hotel
My husband and I stayed at the Aloha Pualani after months’ busy work. The rooms are small but clean. The peaceful laidback feel was exactly what we were looking for. We didn’t hear noise from streets. My husband loved the outdoor barbecue (烧烤). If you are looking for a relaxing, childfree, clean, natural place to stay this is without a doubt, but it’s a long tiring way. My ratings for this hotel are: ●●●●○Rooms ●●●●●Cleanliness I recommend this hotel for: romantic getaway I don’t recommend this hotel for: the aged, young children |
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| Comment on: Karin’s Holiday Cottage
Karin’s Holiday Cottage is really worth the price for lower earners. Walking along the beach, we saw many fish and turtles. We had a rental car because it was a little far from the shopping center. But we found the windows needed to be open to allow air in, and the cottage didn’t have air conditioning but with the 3 ceiling fans. Anyway we stayed plenty cool. My ratings for this hotel are: ●●●○○Rooms ●●●○○location I recommend this hotel for: young, single people. I don’t recommend this hotel for: People hunting for luxurious (豪华的) hotels. |
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| Comment on: Arison Centre Hotel
We hosted a conference last month at the Arison Centre Hotel - a charming hotel. The modern and large rooms are air-conditioned and fully-equipped with private safe, wireless Internet access and all new equipments. The hotel also has a business centre, conference rooms, car park and a western-style restaurant. My ratings for this hotel are: ●●●●●surroundings ●●●●●Service I recommend this hotel for: conference and holiday I don’t recommend this hotel for: city getaway from noise |
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| Comment on: GeofBob Holiday Inn
This hotel is great for the value. I was impressed by how attentive the staff were. I left my room without locking the door. The cleaning lady noticed and immediately informed me. Staying in the hotel made my trip a pleasant one. But we wouldn’t come again because of the walk. You can’t just hop down to the beach or the bar - 200 steep steps each way – so exhausted. My ratings for this hotel are: ●●●●●Value ●●●○○location Likes: Service Dislike: traffic I recommend this hotel for: young travelers I don’t recommend this hotel for: people with disabilities |
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| Comment on: Punta Regina Isle Hotel
Tastefully located on an island, the hotel is good, with its staff helpful and its price reasonable. Don’t drive a car, for most of the tourist spots were walking distance, or you can go everywhere by boat. If you like sea food, island setting, and wine, this is excellent. My ratings for this hotel are: ●●●●●location ●●●●●Service Like: beautiful surroundings Dislike: vehicles I recommend this hotel for: young holiday makers I don’t recommend this hotel for: self-driving travelers |
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When the Blacks are budgeting their yearly vocation, money is the first thing they think about. They are used to simple life without too much modern equipment. The family all like swimming, and sea food as well.
57. Mr. John Wallace is going to have a product presentation to promote (促销）his late microphone. He is searching for a hotel in the city center which is well-equipped, and where people from different parts of the country can join in the event over the NetMeeting.
58. Having had their wedding, Jim and Sussane plan a trip. Imagine how sweet they are when they are sipping their favourite Nyetimber in the sunset. They also treasure the environment, the comfort of the rooms and the service of the hotel.
59. A group of college students are having their holiday. They plan to choose a place where they can have their BBQ food, and where they are free from noise. They don’t care much about room size but at least they should be clean.
60. Ken and Judy are newly-married. They dreamed of the life of islanders who are eating sea food, hunting for fish. They prefer that the hotel rooms are not so expensive and the service is good.
●Ms Tan, you’ve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.
That’s because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.
●Why do you think you had so many false starts?
I would say that my reasons were wrong. I was trying to prove that I wasn’t just a mother-daughter storyteller, or I was trying to prove that I didn’t just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese-American. Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories. And I could never come up with other better reasons for continuing them.
●What kept you going on this book?
This book was different because it was based on my mother’s real life. The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional. After The Joy Luck Club came out, my mother was always explaining to people that she wasn’t any of the mothers in that book. And at one point she said to me, “Next book tells my true story.” And then she started telling me things I never knew before. She also told me many, many stories, because my mother doesn’t generalize(笼统地表达). The book really grew out of that.
●Have you ever visited China?
Yes. I’ve been there twice: about three years ago and then again last November, both times with my mother and my husband.
●Was it difficult to understand the Chinese-American dialect(方言) without sounding like a parody(拙劣的模仿)?
No, because it’s the language I’ve heard all my life from my mother. She speaks English as it’s direct translation from Chinese. But it’s more than that. Her language also has more imagery than English.
●Can you think of an example?
Somebody might say to me, “Don’t work so hard. You’ll kill yourself.” My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？” So it’s very vivid. That’s the way she talks.
●Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish (有癖好的) mother?
Many people have told me that. I think the mother-daughter relationship is very intense(紧张) in both cases. Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have the power to tell their children, especially their daughters, how to conduct their lives --- not simply up until the time they are 18, but for the rest of their lives. However, when children grow up in a different culture from their parents’，they tend to keep more secrets from their parents. The children think, “They just wouldn’t understand that I had to do this.” And that can really create a gap, and it can grow as the number of secrets grows.
【小题1】Based on the questions in this interview, what do you think Ms Tan’ s profession is?
| A．A journalist. | B．A story-writer. | C．An interviewer. | D．An interviewee. |
| A．It’ s about her real life in America. |
| B．The name of the book is The Joy Luck Club. |
| C．It is the result of many times of carefull thought. |
| D．It includes many works of her mother. |
| A．How does she think of her mother’ s language? |
| B．How many books does she plan to write? |
| C．When did she visit China? |
| D．How is generation gap created? |
| A．Tan’ s mother is a good storyteller |
| B．Tan plans to write another book about her mother |
| C．Tan plans to return to China |
| D．Tan’ s mother is hard to communicate with because of personality |
| A．how to keep secrets from parents |
| B．how to deal with the mother-daughter relationship |
| C．how to conduct the lives |
| D．how the generation gap comes about |