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I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as a happy wife and businesswoman. When Mum in October 2007, I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me . I was distraught(忧心如焚的). Some days later, I was that a guy who was working with us that day, “could probably have made a fortune the necklace he found.” , he returned it. Hearing how I’d Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”

I came to Morzaine, a small, friendly village in the Alps and fell in love with it. What was to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip turned into a new life. I kept traveling between London and here and felt than I had in months. In December 2008, I was as a hotel manager and moved here full time.

A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning, I didn’t want to discuss , because the sadness of losing Mum felt great. Paul understood that and never me. But, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own .

We want to give our guests a feel, so each room is themed (以……为题) around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom—a tiny chair which be in her bedroom is set in one room.

We are having a wonderful life and Mum naturally part of it, there’s no way we would be here if it wasn’t for the she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us.

1.A. died B. came C. returned D. visited

2.A. burned B. disappeared C. broke D. dropped

3.A. shown B. comforted C. persuaded D. told

4.A. hiding B. stealing C. selling D. wearing

5.A. Luckily B. Naturally C. Surely D. Hopefully

6.A. nursed B. cured C. missed D. guarded

7.A. long B. hard C. merry D. free

8.A. suddenly B. finally C. nearly D. immediately

9.A. said B. proved C. supposed D. judged

10.A. smarter B. higher C. firmer D. lighter

11.A. honored B. hired C. regarded D. trained

12.A. travel B. business C. children D. marriage

13.A. recently B. once C. still D. first

14.A. left B. pushed C. surprised D. interrupted

15.A. hotel B. restaurant C. home D. shop

16.A. homely B. lively C. motherly D. friendly

17.A. ought to B. used to C. might D. could

18.A. takes B. keeps C. looks D. feels

19.A. unless B. while C. because D. though

20.A. money B. chair C. house D. necklace

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析:作者在母亲去世后一直很痛苦,又不小心弄丢了母亲留给她的项链,幸运的是有人捡到并且还给了她,并且在得知作者伤心劳顿,疲惫不堪之后建议作者到阿尔卑斯去旅游。在那里,作者爱上了那里的景色,后来遇到相爱之人,结婚,开旅馆。作者把这一切都归功于母亲,因为所有这一切都源于母亲的项链。文章深深地表达了作者对母亲的怀念。

1.1】A考查动词。A. died 死;B. came来;C. returned归还;D. visited参观。根据46空后before her death,她妈妈死前,可知她母亲去世,从这里可推断出:此处说母亲去世时我是一名厨师。故选A。

2.2】B考查动词。A. burned燃烧;B. disappeared消失;C. broke弄坏;D. dropped使落下。根据下一句I was distraught(忧心如焚的)我忧心如焚;下文45空后,he returned it他归还了它,可知项链丢了,不见了。故选B。

3.3】D考查动词。A. shown展示;B. comforted使舒适;C. persuaded劝服;D. told告诉。句意:我被告诉,即别人告诉我,那天和我们一起工作的一个人,如果他卖掉捡到的项链的话就发财了。可知选D。

4.4】C考查动词。A. hiding躲藏;B. stealing偷;C. selling卖;D. wearing穿戴。句意:如果他卖掉捡到的项链的话就发财了。故选C。

5.5】A考查副词。A. Luckily幸运地;B. Naturally自然地;C. Surely确定地;D. Hopefully充满希望地。对我来说,他能把项链还回来,当然是很幸运的了。故选A。

6.6】A考查动词。A. nursed护理,照顾;B. cured治愈;C. missed错过,想念;D. guarded放哨。句意:在母亲去世前,我照顾了她六个月。故选A。

7.7】B考查形容词。A. long长的;B. hard艰苦的;C. merry 愉快的,快活的;D. free自由的。句意:因为母亲刚刚去世,圣诞节对于我来说是个很难的时期。故选B。

8.8】D考查副词。A. suddenly突然地;B. finally最后;C. nearly几乎,差不多;D. immediately立刻,马上。句意:我到了阿尔卑斯的一个小村庄,就立即喜欢上了它。故选D。

9.9】C考查动词。A. said 说;B. proved证明是,结果是;C. supposed 假定;猜想,推测;D. judged判断。句意:本应该作为权宜之计的旅游,却成了我新生活的开始。be supposed to do本应该,故选C。

10.10】D考查形容词。A. smarter聪明的;敏捷的;漂亮的;B. higher高的;C. firmer坚固的,坚牢的;D. lighter轻的;明亮的。句意:往返的旅游让我的心情放松了。故选D。

11.11】B考查动词。A. honored尊敬;敬意;荣誉;B. hired雇用;C. regarded认为;D. trained培训。句意:我被顾成了一家旅馆的经理。故选B。

12.12】D考查名词。A. travel旅行;B. business生意;C. children孩子;D. marriage婚姻。句意:因为失去母亲的痛苦依然存在,我不想结婚。故选D。

13.13】C考查副词。A. recently最近;B. once曾经;C. still仍然;D. first首先。句意:因为失去母亲的痛苦依然存在,我不想结婚。故选C。

14.14】B考查动词。A. left 离开;B. pushed推动;C. surprised吃惊;D. interrupted打断。句意:保罗非常理解我,从来也没有迫使我。从这里可知选B。

15.15】A考查名词。A. hotel 宾馆;B. restaurant餐厅;C. home家;D. shop商店。句意:用保留的积蓄和买母亲房子的钱,我们开了自己的旅馆。由下文让顾客有宾至如归的感觉,应该是开了旅馆。故选A。

16.16】A考查形容词。A. homely家常的;平凡的;B. lively充满活力的;C.motherly母亲般的; D. friendly友好的。句意:给顾客一种家的感觉。故选A。

17.17】B考查情态动词。A. ought to应该;B. used to过去经常习惯做某事;C. might可能;D. could能,会。句意:过去放在母亲房间里的一把椅子。故选B。

18.18】D考查动词。A. takes拿走,带走;B. keeps保持;C. looks看;D. feels感觉。句意:很自然地,母亲是我们新生活的一部分。因为这所有一切都缘于母亲的项链。故选D。

19.19】C考查状语从句。A. unless 除非;B. while在---期间;C. because因为;D. though尽管。句意:母亲是我们新生活的一部分。因为这所有一切都缘于母亲的项链。故选C。

20.20】D考查名词。A. money钱;B. chair椅子;C. house房子;D. necklace项链。句意:如果不是母亲的项链,我们就不会在这里。故选D。

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