Question

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D中四个选项，选出最佳选项。

After 22 years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. I started dating another woman.

One day Peggy said to me, “Life is too ______, you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably won't believe me, but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, it will make us ________.'

The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to _______is my mother, a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father _______20 years ago. Right after his death, I ___ 2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career. When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. But with the _______of my job and three kids, I never got around to seeing her much _______family get-togethers and holidays.

Mom was _________ and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.

We didn't go anywhere _______, just a neighborhood place where we could talk. _______her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows, I had to read the menu for both of us.

“I used to be the _______ when you were little,” she said.

“Then it is time for you to relax and let me _________the favor,” I said.

We had a nice talk_______dinner, just catching up on each other's lives. We talked for so long that we _______ the movie.

“_______was your date?” my wife asked when I got home that evening.

'Nice...nicer than I thought it would be,' I said.

Mom and I get out for________a couple of times a month. Sometimes we take in a movie, but ________we talk. Through the talks ,I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War. I know how she met my father there, and know how they ________the difficult times. I can't get enough of these stories. They are _______ to me, a part of my history.

Peggy was right. Dating another woman has _______my marriage.

1.A. easy B. difficult C. short D. hard

2.A. closer B. longer C. happier D. easier

3.A. date B. please C. meet D. consult

4.A. passé out B. passed by C. passed down D. passed away

5.A. went B. drove C. moved D. removed

6.A. pressure B. development C. demand D. loss

7.A. beyond B. with C. during D. on

8.A. excited B. annoyed C. delighted D. surprised

9. A. ordinary B. fancy C. plain D. common

10.A. Since B. When C. if D. unless

11.A. worker B. waitress C. reader D. owner

12.A. award B. return C. turn D. answer

13.A. over B. with C. on D. across

14.A. forgot B. refused C. missed D. abandoned

15.A. What B. Who C. where D. How

16.A. talk B. movie C. walk D. dinner

17.A. finally B. merely C. mostly D. especially

18.A. went though B. got through C. looked through D. saw through

19.A. friendly B. kind C. loyal D. important

20.A. ruined B. damaged C. helped D. affected

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：22年的婚姻之后，作者发现了维系夫妇二人良好关系的秘诀，那就是与另外一个女人约会，这个女人不是别人，正是自己的母亲

1.根据you need to spend time with the people you lov可知，作者的妻子认为人生太“短暂”，故选C项。

2.此处与第一段中的relationship相呼应，意思是这样做能让我们之间的关系“更加亲密，故选A项。

3.根据第一段后半部分中的dating可知，作者的妻子鼓励作者与之“约会”的对象是作者的母亲，故选A项。

4.根据此空前面的widow可知，作者的母亲是一位寡妇，由此可知她自从丈夫在20年前“去世”后就一直独居。另外，下一空前面的death是线索提示，故选D项。

5.就在父亲去世后，作者“搬”到了2 500英里之外的加利福尼亚，开始了自己的生活和事业。此外，下一句开 头部分的内容也是线索提示，故选C项。

6.虽然作者自我承诺多花时间陪母亲，但是由于工作和三个孩子的“需要”，除了家庭团聚和假期之外，作者从未能履行自己的诺言，故选C项。

7.虽然作者自我承诺多花时间陪母亲，但是由于工作和三个孩子的“需要”，除了家庭团聚和假期之外，作者从未能履行自己的诺言，故选A项。

8.作者此前很少陪伴母亲，如今突然给母亲打电话并建议两人一同外出就餐和看电影，她显然很“惊讶”。本句中的suspicious也是线索提示，故选D项。

9.作者和母亲并没有去任何“豪华的”地方，仅仅去了一个附近的可以说话的地方，故选B项。

10.“因为”她的视力不佳，作者不得不将菜单读给母亲听，故选A项。

11.此处与上一段中的read相呼应，意思是当作者小的时候，作者的母亲经常是“读者”，故选C项。

12.如今作者的母亲年事已高，是作者“回报”恩惠的时候了，故选B项。

13.作者和母亲在晚饭期间交谈甚欢，此处over表示“在……期间”

14.作者和母亲交谈的时间很长，以至于“错过”了那部电影，故选C项。

15.根据下一段中的内容可知，作者的妻子询问的是这次约会“如何”，故选D项。

16.根据Mom was _________ and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.可知作者和母亲每个月都要出去吃几次“晚饭” ，故选D项。

17.上文提到作者和母亲长时间交谈，以至于错过了电影，由此可知，两人在一起的时候“主要”是交谈，故选C项。

18.通过交谈，作者知道了母亲如何与父亲相识和他们如何“渡过”那些困难时光，故选A项。

19.根据上下文内容可知，这些故事对作者而言很重要，故选D项。

20.根据第一段第一句的内容可知，与母亲约会对作者的婚姻有“帮助”，故选C项。

考点：故事类阅读。