题目内容
As a young man, Al was a skilled artist.He had a wife and two fine sons.One night, his oldest son developed a serious stomachache.Thinking it was only some1intestinal (肠内的)disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously.But the boy2suddenly that night.
Knowing the death could have been3if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health became worse under the huge burden(重负) of his4 .To make matters worse his wife5him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son.The hurt and pain of the two6were more than Al could handle, and he7to alcohol(烈酒).In time Al became an alcoholic.
8 the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he9— his home, his land, his art objects, everything.10Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.
When I heard of Al's death, I thought that Al's life was a complete11.
As time went by, I began to reconsider my earlier judgment.I knew Al's now12son, Ernie.He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known.I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free13of love between them.I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.
I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his14.One day I worked15my courage to ask him."I'm really16 by something," I said."I know your father was17 the only one to raise you.What on earth did he do that you became such a special person?"
Ernie sat quietly and18 for a few moments.Then he said, "From my earliest19 as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ' I love you, son.' "
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to20 Al as a failure.He had not left any material possessions behind.But he had been a kind loving father, and he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known.
- 1.
- A.certain
- B.common
- C.rare
- D.basic
- A.
- 2.
- A.dead
- B.passed away
- C.starved
- D.worsened
- A.
- 3.
- A.cured
- B.prevented
- C.forbidden
- D.saved
- A.
- 4.
- A.disease
- B.debt
- C.guilt
- D.duty
- A.
- 5.
- A.left
- B.scolded
- C.quarreled
- D.forgave
- A.
- 6.
- A.disasters
- B.adventures
- C.conflicts
- D.situations
- A.
- 7.
- A.got
- B.drank
- C.turned
- D.sank
- A.
- 8.
- A.As
- B.Though
- C.Because
- D.If
- A.
- 9.
- A.needed
- B.shared
- C.benefited
- D.owned
- A.
- 10.
- A.Eventually
- B.Gradually
- C.Therefore
- D.Meanwhile
- A.
- 11.
- A.trouble
- B.hardship
- C.failure
- D.waste
- A.
- 12.
- A.teen
- B.adult
- C.old
- D.adolescent
- A.
- 13.
- A.win
- B.fall
- C.space
- D.flow
- A.
- 14.
- A.mother
- B.brother
- C.father
- D.child
- A.
- 15.
- A.up
- B.with
- C.on
- D.through
- A.
- 16.
- A.worried
- B.puzzled
- C.interested
- D.attracted
- A.
- 17.
- A.especially
- B.basically
- C.hardly
- D.specially
- A.
- 18.
- A.argued
- B.searched
- C.analyzed
- D.thought
- A.
- 19.
- A.thoughts
- B.ideas
- C.minds
- D.memories
- A.
- 20.
- A.treat
- B.call
- C.judge
- D.feel
- A.
本文题为:爱的遗产。指一位父亲给他的儿子留下了最珍贵的遗产。
1.B 形容词辨析。这里是指他喝妻子认为只是常见的肠胃不适。
2.B 词义辨析。Pass away去世;事实上男孩患的是急性阑尾炎,当晚便突然夭折了。
3.B 动词辨析。根据句意:如果当时意识到病情的严重性,儿子的死就能够避免。
4.C 名词辨析。A疾病;B债务;C内疚;D责任;沉重的负罪感使阿尔的精神状况急剧下降。
5.A 动词辨析。更糟糕的是,不久妻子也离开了他。
6.D名词辨析。这两件情景带来的伤痛,让阿尔无法承受。
7.C 动词辨析。于是他选择了借酒浇愁。不久,阿尔就成了一个酒鬼
8.A 连词辨析。As随着;随着酒瘾越来越大,阿尔开始失去他拥有的一切——家、土地、艺术品、一切。
9.D 动词辨析,解析同上。
10.A 副词辨析。最终,阿尔孤独地死在了旧金山的一家汽车旅馆里。
11.C 名词辨析。听说了阿尔的死讯,我的反应像世人对未能留下遗产的人的蔑视一样。“多么失败的人啊!
12.B 词义辨析。Adult成年的。你不知道,我现在认识了阿尔那个已成年的小儿子,厄尼。
13.D 动词辨析。Flow流动。看着厄尼和他的孩子,我看到了他们之间所流露出的那种关爱。
14.C 上下文串联。我不曾听到厄尼对父亲有太多的谈论。
15.A 动词短语。Work up my courage鼓足勇气。
16.B 形容词辨析.这里是指:有些事我一直感到很疑惑。
17.B 副词辨析。句意:你几乎是由你父亲独自带大的。他到底是如何教育你的,竟让你变得如此特别?
18.D 动词辨析。根据句意:厄尼静静地坐着,思考了一会儿。
19.D 名词辨析。这里是指:从我记事起,从我有记忆起。。。
20.C 动词辨析。这里是指:我竟然说他是一个失败者!
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters(学问). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said again, “is for Elizabeth.” I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was too emotional. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅)me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written in, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside-a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
【小题1】The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.
| A.after Mother died. | B.before she became a writer. |
| C.when she was a child. | D.when Mother gave it to her. |
| A.Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter. |
| B.Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done. |
| C.Mother cared much about her daughter in words. |
| D.Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words. |
| A.deep understanding between the old and the young. |
| B.different ideas between the mother and the daughter. |
| C.free talks between mother and daughter. |
| D.part of the sea going far in land. |
| A.She had never received the letter. |
| B.For years, she often talked about the letter. |
| C.She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. |
| D.She read the letter again and again till she died. |
| A.My Letter to Mother. | B.Mother and Children. |
| C.My Mother’s Desk. | D.Talks between Mother and Me. |