题目内容
My Forever Valentine 我永远的“情人”
Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought 1 him as my “Valentine man”.
My first recollection of the 2 he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was 3 “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to 4 my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is 5 difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember 6 that ring with pride that all the cards in the world 7 not surpass (超越).
8 I grew older, the gifts gave 9 to heart-shaped boxes filled with my 10__ chocolate and always included a 11 card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became 12 of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less 13 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would 14 be there. I had 15 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite 16 .
His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a 17 of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a 18_ of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never 19 , nor does the memory of a man who never 20 being my Valentine.
A. of B. about C. up D. over
A. memory B. magic C. puzzle D. presents
A. read B. written C. shown D. signed
A. recover B. resemble C. represent D. replace
A. much B. little C. great D. less
A. having B. owning C. wearing D. watching
A. could B. did C. must D. should
A. Because B. Since C. When D. As
A. room B. way C. honour D. seat
A. favorite B. lovely C. dear D. precious
A. usual B. common C. strange D. special
A. less B. little C. more D. much
A. important B. beautiful C. familiar D. standard
A. surely B. always C. regularly D. often
A. let B. kept C. placed D. remembered
A. suitable B. enough C. effective D. sacred
A. signal B. certificate C. consequence D. reminder
A. tradition B. hobby C. habit D. custom
A. lose B. die C. miss D. appear
A. thought B. wanted C. tried D. stopped
【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【小题5】B
【小题6】C
【小题7】A
【小题8】D
【小题9】B
【小题10】A
【小题11】D
【小题12】C
【小题13】A
【小题14】B
【小题15】C
【小题16】B
【小题17】D
【小题18】A
【小题19】B
【小题20】D
解析:
提到情人节,人们可能马上联想到鲜花、巧克力以及年轻的恋人们。情人其实是一个古老而广泛的概念,包括所有我们深爱的人以及深爱着我们的人,比如我们的父母。
【小题1】think of … as …是固定短语,意为“把……视为/看作……”。
【小题2】该句大意为“我对情人节的记忆最早是从我六岁那年开始的。”
【小题3】卡片上有父亲的签名。该选项从下文也可得到提示。
【小题4】戒指上红玻璃象征/代表着我的诞生石——红宝石。
【小题5】对一个六岁的孩子而言,红玻璃和红宝石没有什么不同。
【小题6】表示佩戴首饰只能用wear。
【小题7】世界上所有的卡片都不能超过它。
【小题8】as在此处引导时间状语从句,意为“随着”。
【小题9】give way to是固定短语,意为“为……所代替”。
【小题10】该题可采用排除法,修饰巧克力不能用“可爱的;亲爱的;宝贵的”但可以用“最喜爱的”。
【小题11】父亲的卡片是特殊的。
【小题12】该句句意为“而我的感谢越来越成为一种敷衍的回应。”从上下文可知,此处是与以前相对比。
【小题13】这些卡片看起来已经不是那么重要。
【小题14】我想当然地认为情人节年年都有。
【小题15】我把梦想和希望放在收到那些来自“重要的其他人”的卡片和礼物上。
【小题16】来自父亲的贺卡似乎远远不能够(满足女儿的需要)。
【小题17】父亲送我的最后一张卡片在提醒着我:父亲对子女的爱是多么特别又是多么重要。
【小题18】父亲表达的是一种传统的爱。
【小题19】该句句意为“这些事情永远不会消逝,就如同我对一位男子的记忆,他永远是我的情人。”这句话表达了女儿对父亲永远的怀念。
【小题20】根据该句句意,stop doing sth.符合语境。
For a commuter rushing to catch a train, a minute can mean the difference between dinner with the family and leftovers (剩饭) in the microwave. What most passengers don’t realize is that their minute is already there.
Every commuter train that departs from New York City — about 900 a day — leaves a minute later than scheduled. If the timetable says 8:14, the train will actually leave at 8:15. In other words, if you think you have only a minute to get that train — well, relax. You have two.
The courtesy (礼貌) minute, in place for decades and published only in private timetables for employees, is meant as a grace period(宽限期)for those who need the extra time to get off the platform and onto the train.
“If everyone knows they get an extra minute, they’re going to waste time doing unimportant things,” explained Marjorie Anders, a spokeswoman for the Metro-North Railroad. Told of this article, Ms. Anders laughed. “Don’t blow our cover!” she said.
Entirely hidden from the riding public, the secret minute is an odd departure from the railroad culture of down-to-the-second accuracy. The railroad industry helped invent the concept of standard time, and time zones were established in the United States in the 1880s, 35 years before they were written into law. And most commuters know their train by the precise minute it departs. The trains quickly make up the minute: at all other stops, the public timetable prevails. The phantom minute does not exist at commuter railroads in Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, or San Francisco. But in New York, the secret minute dates back decades.
“That’s been done forever, from my knowledge,” said Jack Swanberg, 70, an unofficial historian of Metro-North. “I was the trainmaster starting in 1970 and I’m sure it’s been the case since 1870 for all I know.”
【小题1】The courtesy minute was hidden from the public to _____.
A.prevent the passengers’ idleness | B.help invent the concept of standard time |
C.show the railroad company’s consideration | D.follow the ancient tradition of New York City |
A.Don’t publish the timetable | B.Don’t blame commuter trains |
C.Don’t make it known by the public | D.Don’t forget our chances of catching trains |
A.The courtesy minute exists in many cities in the US. |
B.One minute means a lot for most of the commuters. |
C.The courtesy minute has been in place for about ten years. |
D.Most railroad staff in New York have no idea of the courtesy minute. |
A.the railroads in the US | B.the secret New York minute |
C.the mistake of the railroad industry | D.the history of New York commuter trains |