Question

【题目】 A mother was expecting a nice dinner and maybe some flowers for her birthday, but what she got was a much bigger surprise.

“My heart was beating fast. I was shaking, and I was so nervous.” Alice, Emma’s stepdaughter, said. She gave her step-mother the surprise of a life time.

“①that, it, amazing, so, I, hardly, it, could, read, was（.）” Emma said. She read some of the letter aloud. “Without you, I wouldn’t be the woman I am today.”

“It was five pages about how amazing she is and each page had a picture of her, and then at the end said ‘Will you accept me?’” Alice said. ②The paper behind it was the one where she had to sign it.

Emma has known Alice since she was a little baby. “I never liked the word ‘step’ because some people aren’t only step-parents. Some people are worth being birth parents but in our situation it was just the way it was. They were my own,” she said. ③尽管这个生日礼物可能不是最好的，但是对她来说这是最珍贵的。 “I’m just thankful that she is in my life,” Emma said.

“It’s not just blood that makes you a family. Because she’s been there for me, I regard her as my birth mother.” Alice said. Alice is expecting to get a new birth certificate（证明书）in the next three months.

【1】将文中①处画线内容，连词成句。

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【2】将文中②处画线句子翻译成汉语。

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【3】将文中③处画线句子翻译成英语。

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【4】从文中找出两个词，描述爱丽丝给艾玛送礼物时的心情。

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【5】Why does Alice regard Emma as her birth mother?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】It was so amazing that I could hardly read it.

【2】它的后面是她必须签名的那张纸。

【3】Although the birthday gift probably was not the best, it was the most valuable to her. / The birthday gift probably was not the best, but it was the most valuable to her.

【4】 shaking nervous

【5】Because Emma has always been there for her.

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。讲述Alice在继母生日之际呈上了一份让她感动至深且视为最为珍贵的礼物——一封长达5页的信，道出了养育之恩胜于血缘的触动。

【1】连词成句题。本题考查“It + be + adj.+ that从句”这一固定结构；从句中主语是I，后跟情态动词，谓语动词为read，由副词hardly修饰。故答案为It was so amazing that I could hardly read it.

【2】句子翻译题。The paper behind it was the one where she had to sign it.；The paper behind it 中behind it作后置定语修饰主语The paper，译为“后面那张纸”，系动词was“是”。分析句子结构可知，句中包含由where引导的定语从句修饰the one，the one where she had to sign it.译为“她必须在上面签字的那张。”故答案为它的后面是她必须签名的那张纸。

【3】句子翻译题。根据汉语可知本句是由让步（转折）关系的两个分句构成，句子时态为一般过去时；“最珍贵的”译为the most valuable。尽管这个生日礼物可能不是最好的，但是对她来说这是最珍贵的。主语the birthday gift这个生日礼物；probably 可能；系表结构was not the best；对她来说这是最珍贵的it was the most valuable to her.可以用Although尽管引导让步状语从句，或者用but连接成表示转折的并列句，故答案为Although the birthday gift probably was not the best, it was the most valuable to her. / The birthday gift probably was not the best, but it was the most valuable to her.

【4】细节理解题。根据第二段I was shaking, and I was so nervous. 我在发抖，我太紧张了；“shaking”和“nervous”最能体现爱丽丝送礼物时艾玛的心情。故答案为(1)shaking (2)nervous。

【5】细节理解题。根据最后一段中“ ‘Because she’s been there for me, I regard her as my birth mother.’ Alice said.”故答案为Because Emma has always been there for her.