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【题目】When my daughter, Sophie, was admitted to a college we were very happy, but a little worried about becoming empty nesters(空巢老人). I knew I had to do something, starting with the summer before she was away from home.

Sophie had a pack of colourful blouses. I knew she wouldn’t wear them anymore, so I decided to make a quilt(被子) out of them. I tried to work on the quilt when Sophie ____________ – which turned out to be often. She was very busy with her friends. Even when she was at home, her door was shut more than usual. This made me feel a bit hurt. ____________, we didn’t have much time together before she went to college.

When we arrived at the college, a wave of emotion flooded me. Sophie saw it in my face. She took a beautiful ____________ from her bag. “I made this for you, Mom,” she said. Then I knew why she had been staying behind a ____________ door that summer. It was an album of photographs recording the life of our family over the last 17 years.

I broke into tears. Some of it was sadness at having to let her go, but some of it was ____________. I knew that our connection was more ____________ than ever as we would always be connected by the strongest link, the love that went into every stitch(针脚) of her quilt and every photo in my album.

In Sophie’s dormitory room I unfolded the quilt on her bed. For a moment she was speechless. Then she threw her arms around me. “Mom, I love you,” she said. One of her new friends was calling her outside. Sophie turned, and I let her go.

【1】A. felt tired B. went out C. had time D. fell asleep

【2】A. By the way B. What’s more C. For example D. After all

【3】A. model B. dress C. book D. card

【4】A. heavy B. broken C. closed D. narrow

【5】A. joy B. surprise C. desire D. fear

【6】A. important B. powerful C. serious D. difficult

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【5】A

【6】B

【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述女儿即将上大学，我本想和她说说话，但她不是出去就是把房门紧闭，我很失落。当我送女儿去大学时，她拿出了一本影集出来，我很感动。

【1】句意“当索菲娅出去时，我尝试着做被子”。本题考查动词短语辨析。A.感到疲惫的；B.出去；C.有时间；D.入睡。根据which turned out to be often. She was very busy with her friends可知，我的女儿经常出去，故选B。

【2】句意“这确实有点伤害了我，毕竟在上大学之前，我们没有太多时间在一起”。本题考查介词短语辨析。A.顺便说一下；B.而且；C.例如；D.毕竟。作者想和女儿多待一会，毕竟在她上大学之后，我们的时间就更少了。根据句意，故选D。

【3】句意“她从她的书包里拿出了一本书”。本题考查名词辨析。A.模型；B.衣服；C.书；D.卡片。根据It was an album of photographs recording the life of our family over the last 17 years可知，我的女儿拿出了一本影集，是一本书，故选C。

【4】句意“然后我知道了为什么那个夏天她一直待在那个紧闭的们的后面”。本题考查形容词辨析。A.深的；B.坏的；C.关闭的；D.狭窄的。根据Even when she was at home, her door was shut more than usual可知，她的房门永远是关着的。故选C。

【5】句意“一些眼泪是不得不让她走的悲伤，但一部分是高兴的泪水”。本题考查名词辨析。A.高兴；B.惊奇；C.欲望；D.害怕。根据but可知，表示转折，前为sad，后为joy，故选A。

【6】句意“我知道我们之间的关系变得更加强有力了”。本题考查形容词辨析。A.重要的；B.有力量的；C.严重的；D.困难的。根据 as we would always be connected by the strongest link可知，我们的关系更加强大了。故选B。