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【题目】A nurse took a tired and anxious soldier to the bedside of an old man, “Your ________ is here.” She had to repeat the words several times ________ the patient’s eyes opened.

Heavily drugged with sleep because of the ________ of his heart attack, the old man could ________ see the uniformed soldier. The soldier held the old man’s hand, expressing a(an) ________ of love and encouragement. All through the night the soldier sat there beside the bed, ________ him words of love and strength. Now and then the soldier said a few ________ words. Along towards dawn, the old man ________.

Finally, the nurse offered words of sympathy（同情）, but the soldier ________ her.

“Who was that man?” he asked.

The nurse was ________. “He was your father,” she answered.

“No, he wasn’t,” the soldier replied. “I never saw him before.”

“Then ________ didn’t you say something as I took you to him?” asked the nurse.

“I knew ________ there had been a mistake, but I also knew he ________ his son for his last moment, and his son just wasn’t here. Knowing he was too ________ to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I ________.”he answered.

【1】A. doctor B. brother C. lawyer D. son

【2】A. before B. since C. in case D. so that

【3】A. power B. mess C. pain D. stress

【4】A. hardly B. clearly C. possibly D. certainly

【5】A. effect B. message C. evidence D. thought

【6】A. allowing B. finding C. reminding D. offering

【7】A. dramatic B. strange C. gentle D. violent

【8】A. fell asleep B. passed away C. dropped down D. woke up

【9】A. interrupted B. suspected C. blamed D. forgave

【10】A. annoyed B. ashamed C. surprised D. satisfied

【11】A. how B. why C. when D. where

【12】A. as usual B. by chance C. for ever D. right away

【13】A. needed B. hated C. recognized D. forgot

【14】A. afraid B. weak C. crazy D. shocked

【15】A. doubted B. hesitated C. relaxed D. stayed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】D

【7】C

【8】B

【9】A

【10】C

【11】B

【12】D

【13】A

【14】B

【15】D

【解析】这是一篇记叙文。这篇文章讲述的是护士和老人都把士兵当成老人的儿子，而士兵也没有揭穿，继续充当老人的儿子，陪老人走完最后一程的故事，展现了高尚的人性之美。

【1】考查上下文语境。根据下文可知，这里是护士将一名士兵带到老人床前，对老人说的话，护士认为这是他的儿子。选D。

【2】考查连词引导时间状语从句。根据上下文时间逻辑关系，护士不得不重复了好几次，病人才睁开眼睛，用before。

【3】考查上下文和名词词义辨析。因为心脏病的疼痛(pain)深度麻醉而昏迷，老人几乎看不清（hardly）这个穿着军装的士兵。故选C。

【4】考查副词词义辨析。解析见上一小题。A. hardly几乎不；B. clearly清晰地；C. possibly可能地；D. certainly当然地。选A。

【5】考查名词词义辨析。由于老人深度昏迷，士兵用握手的动作，传达他的爱和鼓励的信息（message）。A. effect效果；B. message信息，消息；C. evidence证据；D. thought思想，想法。选B。

【6】考查动词词义。整个晚上，士兵坐在床边，说着爱和鼓励的话。offer sb. sth. 为某人提供某物，这里指士兵通过不断说话为老人提供爱和鼓励。故选D。

【7】考查形容词词义辨析。这里指老人处于弥留之际，士兵不是说几句温和（gentle）的话，表达关怀。故选C。

【8】考查上下文语境和动词短语辨析。根据下文可知，接近黎明时分，老人去世（passed away）了。A. fell asleep睡着；B. passed away去世；C. dropped down掉下来；D. woke up醒来。故选B。

【9】考查动词词义辨析。护士表达同情，但是士兵打断（interrupted）了她的话。A. interrupted打断；B. suspected怀疑；C. blamed责备；D. forgave原谅。故选A。

【10】考查上下文语境和动词词义。护士对士兵的问话感到奇怪。A. annoyed恼怒的；B. ashamed惭愧的；C. surprised惊讶的；D. satisfied满意的。故选C。

【11】考查上下文逻辑和特殊疑问词。士兵说那老人不是他的父亲，却依然无微不至地照顾，护士感到疑惑，问当时她带他去老人的身边的时候为什么不揭穿。故选B。

【12】考查短语辨析。士兵解释说，当时他立刻（right away）察觉到了误解，但是他同时也知道在弥留之际老人需要（need）儿子的陪伴，而此时老人的儿子没有在身边。A. as usual像通常一样；B. by chance偶然地；C. for ever永远；D. right away立刻，立即。故选D。

【13】考查动词词义。解析见上。

【14】考查形容词词义辨析。临终前老人很虚弱，不能分辨他是不是自己的儿子。A. afraid害怕的；B. weak虚弱的；C. crazy疯狂的；D. shocked震惊的。故选B。

【15】考查动词词义。士兵知道老人需要有人陪伴，因此决定留下来（stay）。故选D。