Question

Being positive is very important. So I often ____my son to be positive. But one day I was caught not doing what I often tell him to do.

My son is 7 years old and he was ________a show to be put on at his school. He was playing the role of an angel. On the evening before the show, he asked me, “Mom, can we ____angels?” As usual, I seized(抓住)the _____to teach him to be positive and I said, “Yes, but only those who are perfect, and think and talk positively can.” He asked, “You must have seen them then?”

I was ____for a few seconds, not knowing what to say. I was touched by his ____that his mother was a perfect person. He looked into my eyes, ____a positive answer. I chose to be ______with him and told him, “No. I’ve not been a good person all the time.” I was almost____to admit this to him. I thought that his____of a perfect mother would now surely be torn into pieces. But he ___it positively and said, “It’s all right. You know to try to be better from now on.” I smiled as I replied, “ That’s ____. Sometimes, we might make a _____, but when we do, we must always try to do better.”

My son’s _____struck me right in my heart and are always with me. I learned a good lesson that day “to always try to be better.” This will always____ me in all situations where I’ll need to be positive.

1.A. show B. refuse C. worry D. encourage

2.A. going through B. preparing for C. turning to D. looking for

3.A. describe B. draw C. invite D. see

4.A. feeling B. attitude C. chance D. method

5.A. pleased B. interested C. excited D. quiet

6.A. thought B. behavior C. dream D. story

7.A. making B. expecting C. trying D. choosing

8.A. wrong B. angry C. strict D. honest

9.A. glad B. surprised C. relaxed D. embarrassed

10.A. description B. speech C. picture D. idea

11.A. finished B. took C. caught D. changed

12.A. right B. fine C. impossible D. unnecessary

13.A. change B. decision C. difference D. mistake

14.A. words B. performances C. joy D. progress

15.A. hurt B. protect C. help D. find

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：作者经常鼓励儿子要乐观，但有一天儿子却反过来鼓励她要乐观。

1.D考查动词辨析A. show展示；B. refuse 拒绝；C. worry担忧；D. encourage鼓励；根据Being positive is very important的语境可知作者认为积极乐观地面对生活很重要，故可推断她经常鼓励儿子要积极乐观地面对生活，故选D项。

2.B考查动词短语辨析A. going through经历；B. preparing for准备 ；C. turning to转向；D. looking for寻找； 根据He was playing the role of an angel的语境，可知作者的儿子在为学校里的一场表演做准备，故选B项。

3.D考查动词辨析A. describe描述；B. draw 吸引；C. invite邀请；D. see看；

4.C考查名词辨析A. feeling感觉；B. attitude态度；C. chance机会；D. method方法；根据后文You must have seen them then？的语境，可知作者的儿子问她，他们是否可以看到天使，故选C项。

5.D考查形容词辨析A. pleased高兴的；B. interested感兴趣的；C. excited 兴奋的；D. quiet安静的；根据not knowing what to say的语境，可知作者沉默了一会，故选D项。

6.A考查名词辨析A. thought想法；B. behavior行为；C. dream梦想；D. story故事；在儿子的想法里，作者是一个完美的人，这里选A，表示儿子的“想法”，故选A项。

7.B考查动词辨析A. making使；B. expecting期望；C. trying 尝试；D. choosing选择；因为作者以前经常鼓励儿子要积极乐观，故儿子也在期待她一个积极乐观的回答，故选B项。

8.D考查形容词辨析A. wrong错的；B. angry 生气；C. strict严格的；D. honest诚实的；根据后文语境可知，作者选择诚实地面对儿子，故选D项。

9.D考查形容词辨析A. glad高兴的；B. surprised吃惊的；C. relaxed放松的；D. embarrassed尴尬的；作者在儿子面前承认自己的不足，感到有点不好意思，根据语境选D项。

10.C考查名词辨析A. description描述；B. speech演讲；C. picture图画；D. idea想法； 根据of a perfect mother would now surely be torn into pieces的语境，可知应选C，表示作者在儿子眼里是一个完美妈妈的形象，故选C项。

11.B考查动词辨析A. finished完成；B. took带走；C. caught抓住；D. changed改变；作者的儿子积极乐观地对待这个事实，故选B，take在这里意为“(以某种方式)对待，处理”，故选B项。

12.A考查形容词辨析A. right正确的；B. fine好的；C. impossible不可能的；D. unnecessary没有必要的； 根据后文语境，可知作者是赞成儿子的话的，故选A。

13.D考查名词辨析A. change改变；B. decision决定；C. difference不同；D. mistake错误；根据we must always try to do better的语境，可知应选D，在做错事的情况下才能改正，做得更好，故选D项。

14.A考查名词辨析A. words单词，话语；B. performances表现；C. joy快乐；D. progress进步；儿子的话让作者感触颇深，根据上文提到这些内容可知故选A

15.C考查动词辨析A. hurt伤害；B. protect保护 ；C. help帮助；D. find发现；儿子的话对作者影响很大，她相信在以后很多类似的情况下，儿子的话对她都会有帮助的，故选C项。

考点：故事类短文