Question

【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

(Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house in Bethesda, Md. No card or note came with it.)

I don’t remember ever slamming my door 【1】 anger at her and shouting, “You just don’t understand!” Because she did understand.

One month before my high-school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment, fear and over-whelming anger that my dad was missing some of 【2】(important) events in my life. I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation, the senior-class play and the prom. But my mother, in the midst of her own grief, 【3】 not hear of my skipping any of those things.

The day before my father died, my mother and I 【4】 (go) shopping for a prom dress. We’d found a spectacular one, with yards of dotted Swiss in red, white and blue. 【5】 made me feel like Scarlett O’ Hara, but it was the wrong size. When my father died, I forgot the dress.

My mother didn’t. The day before the prom, I found that dress – in the right size – draped majestically over the living room sofa. It 【6】(present) to me – beautifully, artistically, lovingly. I didn’t care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel 【7】 (love) and lovable, creative and imaginative, imbued with a sense【8】 there was magic in the world and beauty in the face of adversity. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see 【9】 much like the gardenia – lovely, strong and perfect – with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery.

My mother died ten days after I was married, I was 22. That was the year the gardenias stopped 【10】 (come).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】in

【2】the most important

【3】would

【4】had gone

【5】It

【6】was presented

【7】loved

【8】that

【9】themselves

【10】coming

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，作者回忆了母亲送自己舞会礼服和栀子花来让她感受到自己是被爱着的，也让她相信即使在面对厄运的时候，世上仍有奇迹和美好的东西。

【1】考查介词。句意：我不记得我曾经对她怒气冲冲地摔过门。in anger表示“愤怒地、生气地”，故填in。

【2】考查形容词最高级。句意：我百感交集，悲伤、失望、恐惧，甚至非常气愤，因为父亲再也不能参加我一生中的某些最重要的活动了。根据“in my life”可知此处含有最高级之意，表示“一生中最重要的活动”，故填the most important。

【3】考查情态动词和时态。句意：我对即将到来的毕业典礼、高年级的戏剧表演和舞会完全不感兴趣了。但是我那处于悲伤之中的母亲不允许我跳过任何一件事情。根据空后的动词原形“hear”可知此处需要填情态动词，表示“愿意”，故填would。

【4】考查时态。句意：父亲去世的前一天，我和母亲去买了一件舞会礼服。go表示的动作发生在died之前，也就是过去的过去，应该用过去完成时，故填had gone。

【5】考查代词。句意：它让我觉得像斯嘉丽·奥哈拉。此处指代前文中的那件好看的舞会礼服，故填It。

【6】考查时态语态。句意：它被完美地、艺术地、充满爱意地呈现在我面前。It 与present之间是被动关系，而且事情发生在过去，所以用一般过去时的被动语态，主语是第三人称单数，故填 was presented。

【7】考查形容词。句意：她希望自己的孩子感受到备受宠爱又讨人喜欢， 富有创造力和想象力，充满这样一种感觉，那就是即使在面对厄运的时候，世上仍有奇迹和美好的东西。此处缺少形容词作feel的表语，表示“被爱着的、受宠爱的”，故填loved。

【8】考查同位语从句。句意同上，此处为同位语从句，解释sense的具体内容，从句成分完整，所以用that仅起连接作用，无实义，故填that。

【9】考查代词。句意：我的母亲希望她的孩子们能像栀子花一样看待自己——可爱、坚强、完美。

根据句意可知此处指“孩子们自己”，故填themselves。

【10】考查非谓语动词。句意：也正是从那一年起，再也没人送来栀子花了。stop doing 停止做某事，故填coming。