23–year–old Ann is a traditional working class woman who is happily married to
her husband Don and who has given birth to two lovely daughters Patsy and
Penny. Ann (1) her work with her colleague
Laurie because they can (2) to each other while
cleaning the buildings their work requires them to. One (3)
thing about Ann is that she listens to recordings of foreign
languages - Spanish, French, even Chinese - (4) driving,
even working. In Laurie’s eye, Ann is not normal, but Ann (5)
that nobody is normal; everyone is different in (6)
way. Laurie’s specific problem is not an unusual one: the (7)
between a strong appetite for food and an equally strong (8)
to keep in shape by dieting. She envies Ann who (9)
slim while seeming to eat as much as she likes.
In fact, this characteristic is (10)
. One morning, (11) after Don has taken the
kids to school Ann (12) just as she is herself
about to go work. She is (13) by her divorced
mother, who stays alongside her as they rush to (14) and
rush through examinations.
The doctor discovers that there are tumors (肿瘤)
in both her ovaries (卵巢). (15) can
be done about the cancer. Ann (16) from the
doctor that she has only two or three months to (17) .
Shaken (18) Ann
is by this news, she decides not to tell her mom and husband, and to go on
living as if nothing has happened. (19) in a cafe, Ann
begins to write down all the things she (20) to
do before her death:
“1. Tell my daughters several times a day that I love them;
2. Find Don a new wife who the girls like;
3. Record Birthday Messages for the girls for every year until
they are 18;
4. Go to Whalebay
Beach together and have a
big picnic;
5. Smoke and drink as much as I want;
6. Say just what I’m thinking;
7. Go and see Dad in jail.
…”
(1)A.shares
B.spares
C.enjoys pletes
(2)A.talk
B.work
C.affect
D.help
(3)
A.ordinary
B.strange C.specia
l
D.perfect
(4)
A.although
B.until C.unless
D.while
(5)A.insists
B.disagrees
C.imagines
D.hopes
(6)A.his
B.some C.any
D.no
(7)A.relation
B.struggle
C.difference
D.fight
(8)A.desire
B.difficulty
C.design
D.delight
(9)A.shocks
B.remains
C.realizes
D.becomes
(10)A.abstract
B.attractive
C.abnormal
D.absolute
(11)A.only
B.even
C.ever D.just
(12)A.blacks out B.turns
out
C.makes out
es out
(13)A.brought
B.discovered C.taken
D.ordered
(14)A.garage
B.college
C.school
D.hospital
(15)A.Everything
B.Something
C.Anything
D.Nothing
(16)A.informs
B.learns
C.takes
D.tells
(17)A.leave
B.live
C.stay
D.die
(18)A.since
B.because
C.as
D.for
(19)A.Arriving
B.Getting
C.Finding
D.Sitting
(20)A.instructs
B.supposes C.intends
D.imagines
[文章大意]Ann有一个幸福的家庭和一份快乐的工作,然而幸福快乐的生活被打断了,Ann被确诊为癌症。如今坐在咖啡厅里,Anil正在整理着自己未了的心愿。
(1)C
[解析]因为在工作中能够和她的同事愉快地交谈,所以Ann比较喜欢这份工作。难度适中。
(2)A
(3)C
[解析]special表示“特别的、不寻常的、与众不同的”,不能选择strange(奇怪的、古怪的)。本题难。
度适中。
(8)A
[解析]通过节食来保持身材的强烈愿望(desire)。难度适中。
(9)B
[解析]remain slim(保持苗条)与后面的“seeming
to eat as much as she likes”构成对比。难度适中。
(10)C
[解析]abstract、attractive、absolute分别表示“抽象的、吸引人的、绝对的”,都不合题意。abnormal表示“不正常的”。与前面的“remains
slim while seeming to eat as much as,she likes”相对应。难度适中。
(11)D
[解析]根据题意:就(just)在她把孩子们带到学校以后。如选择only,后面主句则需要倒装,故排除。本题难。
(12)A
[解析]black out(lose consciousness for a short time)表示。暂时失去知觉”。本题难。
(13)B
[解析]根据题意:(失去知觉的)她被她离婚的母亲发现。若选择taken/brought则与后句的rushed重复。本题难。
(14)D
[解析]根据上下文语境不难推出,Ann暂时失去知觉,肯定是被送去医院(hospital)。本题易。
难。
(17)B
[解析]还有几个月可活(1ive)。本题易。
(18)C
[解析]as表示“虽然”弓I导让步状语从句,考查结构“adj./adv./n.v.+主语+谓语+其他”。本题难。
(19)D
[解析]sitting in a cafe作伴随状语。难度适中。
(20)C
[解析]写下所有她在离开之前想去(intend to do sth.)做的事情。imagine后接doing,所以排除imagine。难度适中。