一、高中英语完形填空
1．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was a person who always felt desperate（绝望）before. Months ago my mom 1 from a serious disease and had an operation on her brain. I felt the whole world falling down and I had no 2 what I could do to help her to reduce her 3 . Whenever I was alone, tears welled up in my eyes.
Last month I 4 a valuable watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my dad. I couldn't sleep for several nights for the reason that I felt 5 about the loss.
There have been many 6 like these in my life. I could never know what to do with such tough matters 7 I read If You Have A Lemon, Make A Lemonade by American author Dale Carnegie.
"When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, 'What 8 can I get from this? How can I 9 my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?' " he wrote.
I suddenly 10 that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay 11 all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things 12 . When my mom was fighting for 13 , I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of 14 and crying.
Several weeks ago, I participated in a campus singing competition. I didn't 15 a prize. If I had not 16 this article, I would definitely have felt 17 again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was pleased that in the end I had got some stage 18 Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns（刺）as well, but these thorns help us become 19 and strong. When life 20 us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
| 1. A. suffered | B. survived | C. escaped | D. resulted |
| 2. A. wonder | B. hope | C. doubt | D. idea |
| 3. A. pressure | B. pain | C. anxiety | D. fear |
| 4. A. lost | B. received | C. sold | D. fixed |
| 5. A. angry | B. terrible | C. unbelievable | D. shameful |
| 6. A. memories | B. difficulties | C. diseases | D. incidents |
| 7. A. though | B. since | C. until | D. when |
| 8. A. challenge | B. decision | C. lemonade | D. lesson |
| 9. A. avoid | B. improve | C. control | D. accept |
| 10. A. thought | B. predicted | C. realized | D. discovered |
| 11. A. independent | B. healthy | C. positive | D. serious |
| 12. A. exactly | B. easily | C. differently | D. practically |
| 13. A. life | B. freedom | C. happiness | D. recovery |
| 14. A. quarreling | B. shouting | C. regretting | D. hiding |
| 15. A. win | B. miss | C. expect | D. refuse |
| 16. A. come across | B. figured out | C. written down | D. found out |
| 17. A. excited | B. concerned | C. discouraged | D. embarrassed |
| 18. A. experience | B. progress | C. effect | D. performance |
| 19. A. calm | B. brave | C. clever | D. great |
| 20. A. makes | B. gives | C. sends | D. shows |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者从前是一个非常悲观的人，遇事就想着逃避、流泪，直到他看到了作家Dale Carnegie写的一篇文章，他开始意识到生活是跌宕起伏的，我们必须笑着并且乐观地去面对一切，才能变得更勇敢强大。
（1）考查动词。suffer“遭受”；survive“幸存”；escape“逃脱”；result“结果”。几个月之前作者的母亲遭受（suffer from）疾病的困扰，并且在脑部做了手术，选项A符合语境，故选A。
（2）考查名词。wonder“奇迹”；hope“希望”；doubt“怀疑”；idea“想法”。因为母亲的病，作者感觉整个世界都塌了，不知道做什么能帮助母亲减轻痛苦。have no idea固定短语，“不知道”，故选D。
（3）考查名词。pressure“压力”；pain“疼痛”；anxiety“焦虑”；fear“害怕”。因为母亲的病，作者感觉整个世界都塌了，不知道做什么能帮助母亲减轻痛苦，选项B符合语境，故选B。
（4）考查动词。lose“丢失”；receive“接收”；sell“卖”；fix“修理”。根据下文“about the loss”中的loss可知此处作者丢失了这块表，故选A。
（5）考查形容词。angry“生气的”；terrible“糟糕的”；unbelievable“难以置信的”；shameful“羞愧的”。因为表丢失了作者感觉很糟糕，因为这个原因作者好几晚上睡不着觉，故选B。
（6）考查名词。memory“记忆”；difficulty“困难”；disease“疾病”；incident“事件”。作者上文列举了生活中的两个例子，他的生活中还有很多这样类似的事情。故选D。
（7）考查连词。though“尽管”；since“自从”；until“直到”；when“当......的时候”。作者对于这些棘手的问题不知道做什么，直到作者读了If You Have A Lemon, Make A Lemonade这本书，故选C。
（8）考查名词。句意：我从中能得到什么教训？challenge“挑战”；decision“决定”；lemonade“柠檬水”；lesson“教训”。故选D。
（9）考查动词。句意：我如何改善我的状况？avoid“避免”；improve“提高，改善”；control“控制”；accept“接受”。故选B。
（10）考查动词。think“认为”；predict“预言”；realize“意识到”；discover“发现”。作者读了这本书后，突然意识到生活中充满了起起伏伏，故选C。
（11）考查形容词。independent“的”；healthy“健康的”；positive“积极的”；serious“严肃的”。作者意识到生活中充满了起起伏伏，所以需要时刻保持积极的心态，故选C。
（12）考查副词。exactly“精确地”；easily“容易地”；differently“不同地“；practically“事实上”。现在，当作者想起以前的事情，作者很希望当时能用不同地的方式来处理事情，故选C。
（13）考查名词。life“生活”；freedom“自由”；happiness“快乐”；recovery“恢复，痊愈”。根据上文可知作者的母亲生病了，所以这里是母亲与病魔作斗争，从病情中恢复过来，故选D。
（14）考查动词。quarrel“争吵”；shout“喊叫”；regret“后悔”；hide“躲藏”。当母亲与病情作斗争的时候，作者本应该握住母亲的手，告诉她事情会好起来的，而不是躲藏起来哭泣，故选D。
（15）考查动词。win“赢得”；miss“错过”；expect“期待”；refuse“拒绝”。作者参加了学校的歌唱比赛，但是没有赢得奖项。故选A。
（16）考查动词词组。come across“无意中发现”；figure out“解决”；write down“写下来”；find out“找出”。如果作者没有偶然间发现这篇文章，作者肯定还会感到气馁，故选A。
（17）考查形容词。excited“兴奋的”；concerned“有关的，关心的”；discouraged“气馁的”；embarrassed“尴尬的”。如果作者没有偶然间发现这篇文章，作者肯定还会感到气馁，故选C。
（18）考查名词。experience“经验”；progress“进步”；effect“影响”；performance“表现”。作者虽然没有得奖，但是最后能得到一些舞台经验，也很开心，故选A。
（19）考查形容词。句意：生活中也有刺，这些刺帮助我们变得勇敢坚强。calm“平静的”；brave“勇敢的”；clever“聪明的”；great“伟大的”。and连接两个并列的词语，由strong“坚强的”可知此空填与strong表达意义相同的brave。故选B。
（20）考查动词。make“生产，制造”；give“给予”；send“寄”；show“展示”。当生活给了我们柠檬时，我们尝试着把它制成柠檬水。选项B符合语境，故选B。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，副词，连词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
2．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C和 D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Valerie was very worried about her dad. For some time now she had noticed he was 1 his hair. One day, she asked him, "Daddy, every day you have less hair. 2 is that?" Her father smiled and said, "It's the hair thief. He visits my 3 during the night when I'm asleep.
One by one he pulls out my hair, and there's no way to 4 him."
This worried Valerie, but she was 5 to help her dad. That night she stayed 6 as long as she could. When she was 7 her dad and mom had fallen asleep, she took a hammer and went to their bedroom slowly and 8 . She didn't want the hair thief to 9 her. When she arrived at her father's side, she carefully inspected her father's head in order to catch the hair thief as soon as he 10 . Before long, she saw a shadow on her father's head and she 11 it with the hammer.
Her father 12 a loud cry and got out of bed at once. He turned the 13 on, and trembling with 14 , he saw Valerie waving her hammer in the air. "Daddy, I 15 got him. But it looks like he 16 !" said Valerie. Meanwhile, the mother 17 . She burst into 18 when she knew what had happened.
So Valerie's father had to explain that the hair thief didn't exist, and that losing hair is something that just happens naturally to most fathers. Valerie still 19 about her daddy, but she no longer waited for the hair thief. 20 she bought her father a very nice sleeping hat.
| 1. A. checking | B. losing | C. touching | D. protecting |
| 2. A. When | B. Where | C. Why | D. What |
| 3. A. neck | B. face | C. ears | D. head |
| 4. A. catch | B. throw | C. hold | D. keep |
| 5. A. excited | B. determined | C. expected | D. allowed |
| 6. A. awake | B. asleep | C. afraid | D. alone |
| 7. A. glad | B. sorry | C. upset | D. sure |
| 8. A. sadly | B. nervously | C. loudly | D. quietly |
| 9. A. disappoint | B. know | C. hear | D. catch |
| 10. A. appeared | B. left | C. returned | D. followed |
| 11. A. caught | B. felt | C. hit | D. covered |
| 12. A. came out | B. let out | C. sent out | D. set out |
| 13. A. radio | B. television | C. computer | D. light |
| 14. A. shock | B. delight | C. care | D. hope |
| 15. A. still | B. hardly | C. nearly | D. never |
| 16. A. stayed | B. escaped | C. failed | D. moved |
| 17. A. woke up | B. showed up | C. looked out | D. turned around |
| 18. A. shouts | B. tears | C. laughter | D. cheers |
| 19. A. knew | B. thought | C. wondered | D. worried |
| 20. A. Though | B. Instead | C. Otherwise | D. Besides |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，父亲的头发少了，女儿问为什么，他告诉女儿说头发让贼偷走了，于是女儿晚上进入父亲的房间帮助抓盗发贼，闹出笑话。后来女儿知道了。
（1）考查动词。A. checking “核对”； B. losing “失去”； C. touching “接触”； D. protecting“保护”。根据上文的“worried about“和下文“Daddy, every day you have less hair.可知，他发现父亲在掉头发。故选B。
（2）考查疑问词。句意：父亲每天都有掉的头发，所以问那是为什么。故选C。
（3）考查名词。A. neck “脖子”； B. face “ 脸”； C. ears“ 耳朵”； D. head“头”。父亲微笑着说，“那是头发贼，在晚上期间它拜访了我的头。”故选D。
（4）考查动词。A. catch “抓住”； B. throw“投，扔”； C. hold“拥有”； D. keep“保持”。他一根接一根地把我的头发拔了出来，我没办法抓住他。故选A。
（5）考查动词。A. excited “使兴奋”； B. determined “决定”； C. expected“期盼”； D. allowed“允许”。这使Valerie,很担忧，但是她决定帮助她的父亲。故选B。
（6）考查形容词。A. awake“醒着”； B. asleep “睡着的”； C. afraid “害怕”； D. alone“单独的”。根据上文可知，为了帮助她的父亲抓住那个贼，晚上她尽量醒着。故选A。
（7） 考查形容词。A. glad “ 高兴的”； B. sorry “难过的”； C. upset “心烦的”； D. sure“确信的”。当她确定父母都已经睡着了，她拿着锤子悄悄地来到他们的卧室。故选D。
（8）考查副词。A. sadly“伤心地”； B. nervously “紧张不安地”； C. loudly “大声地”； D. quietly“安静地”。当她确定父母都已经睡着了，她拿着锤子悄悄地来到他们的卧室。故选D。
（9）考查动词。A. disappoint “使失望”； B. know“ 知道”； C. hear “听见”； D. catch“抓住”。她不想让头发贼听见她。故选C。
（10）考查动词。A. appeared“ 出现”； B. left“ 离开”； C. returned “归还”； D. followed“跟随”。为了一出现就抓住偷头发贼，当她到了父亲那一边时，她细心地检查她父亲的头。可知选A。
（11）考查动词。A. caught “抓住”； B. felt “感觉”； C. hit“击打”； D. covered“覆盖”。不久她看到她父亲头上有阴影，她用锤子击打。故选C。
（12）考查动词短语。A. came out “出现，出版”； B. let out “放出，泄露”； C. sent out“发送，派遣”； D. set out“出发，开始”。她父亲发出大声的哭喊，立刻下了床。故选B。
（13）考查名词。A. radio“收音机”； B. television“电视”； C. computer “电脑”； D. light“灯”。父亲下床后，当然是要开灯。故选D。
（14）考查名词。A. shock “使震惊”； B. delight“使 高兴”； C. care “关心”； D. hope“希望”。父亲震惊地颤抖着，他看见Valerie在空中挥动着锤子。故选A。
（15）考查副词。A. still “仍然”； B. hardly“ 几乎不”； C. nearly“几乎”； D. never“从来没有”。父亲，我几乎抓住它了。故选C。
（16）考查动词。A. stayed“停留”； B. escaped“ 逃脱”； C. failed “失败”； D. moved“移动”。但是它看起来好像逃走了。故选B。
（17）考查动词短语。A. woke up“醒来”； B. showed up“露面”； C. looked out “当心”； D. turned around“转过身”。这时候，母亲醒来。故选A。
（18）考查名词。A. shouts“喊声”； B. tears“ 眼泪”； C. laughter “ 笑声”； D. cheers“喝彩”。当她知道发生什么时放声大笑。burst into laughter固定短语，“放声大笑”，故选C。
（19）考查动词。A. knew“知道”； B. thought “认为”； C. wondered “想知道”； D. worried“担忧”。父亲不得不向Valerie解释头发少的原因。她仍然担忧父亲，但不再等头发贼了。故选D。
（20）考查副词。A. Though“尽管”； B. Instead“ 反而”； C. Otherwise“否则”； D. Besides“另外”。相反，她给父亲买了一个非常好的睡帽。故选B。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，副词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
3．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When you measure the distance between towns on foot, walk to places that you thought could only be reached by car, and it will change your mind.
I live in the suburb north of San Francisco, and 1 is considered the main transportation for most people here. I still remember how 2 I was when I first learned to drive 10 years ago. While driving with music gently 3 my heart, I was filled with joy, a joy of independence in a 4 land! I had a photo taken of me hugging my white car and sent it to my family in China. I love my car!
However, as time went by, that excitement 5 . I feared driving, and felt worried and 6 . Everyone seems to be in my way especially when I am in a 7 . One night, a deer ran out from the dark, knocked off the hood(引擎盖) of my moving car, and landed across the street. I didn't dare to get out of my car to see her. Crying on the 8 , I hated my car.
When I joined the 21-day mindful walking 9 , I began to walk with a mind. During the walking days, I said "hello" to a neighbor, who's lived next to me for a year. But I've never 10 attention to her. I smiled at every stranger passing by me. I walked to the streets that I normally would not pass through and 11 a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I began to 12 if I had really lived in this town all these years. It's a completely 13 town that I know so little about!
I felt deeply 14 for the walking challenge. Maybe I will 15 foot on far lands again, yet I know wonder is right here and right now.
| 1. A. walking | B. driving | C. flying | D. biking |
| 2. A. worried | B. surprised | C. excited | D. frightened |
| 3. A. beating | B. hitting | C. hurting | D. comforting |
| 4. A. foreign | B. lonely | C. rich | D. fantastic |
| 5. A. went down | B. picked up | C. broke down | D. turned down |
| 6. A. angry | B. upset | C. foolish | D. hungry |
| 7. A. mess | B. way | C. hurry | D. corner |
| 8. A. wheel | B. carpet | C. street | D. hood |
| 9. A. organization | B. challenge | C. schedule | D. competition |
| 10. A. taken | B. made | C. kept | D. paid |
| 11. A. discovered | B. built | C. entered | D. rented |
| 12. A. answer | B. question | C. argue | D. check |
| 13. A. special | B. similar | C. secure | D. new |
| 14. A. grateful | B. hopeful | C. helpful | D. doubtful |
| 15. A. reach | B. set | C. carry | D. measure |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者讲述了自己参加步行挑战的经历和收获，告诉我们：当你步行测量城镇之间的距离时，走到那些你认为只有开车才能到达的地方，它会改变你的想法。
（1）考查名词。句意：我住在旧金山北部的郊区，对于这里的大多数人来说，开车是主要的交通方式。A. walking“走”；B. driving“开车”；C. flying“飞”；D. biking“骑自行车”。根据下文的“learned to drive和driving with music”可知开车是主要的交通方式，故选B。
（2）考查形容词。句意：我仍然记得10年前我第一次学开车时多么兴奋。A. worried“担心的”；B. surprised“吃惊的”；C. excited“兴奋的，激动的”；D. frightened“害怕的”。根据下文“I was filled with joy”和第一次学开车的情境可知是兴奋的，故选C。
（3）考查动词。句意：开车的时候，音乐轻轻地抚慰着我的心，我心里充满了喜悦，一种在异国他乡的喜悦！A. beating“打”；B. hitting“打击”；C. hurting“伤害”；D. comforting“抚慰，安慰”。根据当时作者喜悦的心情，可知选D。
（4）考查形容词。句意：开车的时候，音乐轻轻地抚慰着我的心，我心里充满了喜悦，一种在异国他乡的喜悦！A. foreign“外国的”；B. lonely“孤独的”；C. rich“富有的”；D. fantastic“奇异的”。根据“I live in the suburb north of San Francisco”和“my family in China”可知作者是中国人，在美国生活，故选A。
（5）考查动词短语。句意：然而，随着时间的流逝，这种兴奋感逐渐消失了。A. went down“下去，消失”；B. picked up“捡起”；C. broke down“打破”；D. turned down“关小”。指新鲜感减退消失，故选A。
（6）考查形容词。句意：我害怕开车，感觉担心和不安。A. angry“生气的”；B. upset“不安的”；C. foolish“愚蠢的”；D. hungry“饥饿的”。根据feared和worried可知作者当时的心情，故选B。
（7）考查名词。句意：每个人似乎都在挡我的路，尤其是我匆忙的时候。A. mess“混乱”；B. way“方法，道路”；C. hurry“匆忙”；D. corner“角落”。in a hurry 固定短语，“匆忙”，故选C。
（8）考查名词。句意：我坐在车上哭，我恨我的车。A. wheel“车轮”； B. carpet“地毯”；C. street“街道”；D. hood“头巾”。根据“I didn't dare to get out of my car”可知是坐在车上，故选A。
（9）考查名词。句意：当我加入为期21天的意念步行挑战时，我开始用意念走路。A. organization“组织”；B. challenge“挑战”；C. schedule“时间表”；D. competition“比赛”。下文“the walking challenge”给了提示，故选B。
（10）考查动词。句意：我和一个住在我隔壁一年的邻居打了个招呼。但是我以前从来没有注意过她。A. taken“拿，带”；B. made“制造”；C. kept“保持”；D. paid“花费”。pay attention to固定短语，“注意”，故选D。
（11）考查动词。句意：我走在平时不会经过的街道上，在人行道上发现了一个小小的免费图书馆。A. discovered“发现”； B. built“建立”；C. entered“进入”；D. rented“租”。根据下文“if I had really lived in this town all these years”可知作者是才发现，故选A。
（12）考查动词。句意：我开始怀疑这些年来我是否真的住在这个小镇上。A. answer“答复”；B. question“提问，怀疑”；C. argue“争论”；D. check“检查，核实”。对以前从未注意过的事物作者开始怀疑自己，故选B。
（13）考查形容词。句意：这是一个我知之甚少的全新的小镇!A. special“特殊的”；B. similar“相似的”；C. secure“安全的”；D. new“新的”。作者对本来存在的事物却从未注意过，感觉是全新的。故选D。
（14）考查形容词。句意：我对这次步行挑战深表感激。A. grateful“感激的”；B. hopeful“有希望的”；C. helpful“有帮助的”；D. doubtful“怀疑的”。因为步行挑战让作者认识了更多人，发现了以前没注意过的东西，作者深表感激。故选A。
（15）考查动词。句意：也许我会再次踏上遥远的土地，但我知道奇迹就在此时此地。A. reach“到达”；B. set“放，置”；C. carry“携带”；D. measure“测量”。set foot on固定短语，“踏上”，故选B。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
4．阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Daily random (随意的) acts of kindness can begin with two words, "Good morning!" It's 1 how two words expressed from the heart can 2 the outcome of a day, any day for that matter.
During my daily visit to a local store, I've befriended an employee who occasionally seems to be 3 lack of sleep. However, he does his best to offer a good 4 . I've made it a(n) 5 to greet him with a "Good morning" each day and most 6 , mean it. I'll even ask how he's doing and stop to listen to his story. Equally important is a 7 smile that shows, "It's good to see you. I'm glad you're working today."
Over the last few weeks, this young man has started giving me free coffee refills for no reason. When I asked him why, he said, "It's because you are always nice to me. I 8 it." During my weekly Friday Breakfast Group, I shared how 9 I was to get "free" coffee just by saying "Good morning". I 10 all of them to try it, for a day, a week, a month.
One day I found him in low 11 . My morning greetings didn't 12 for once and neither did my smile. "Come on. It can't be that bad. Your time's coming." I comforted him, 13 those words of assurance (保证) didn't 14 me. Try as I might to blow it off, I couldn't shake the thought. Why wait for someone else to make a(n) 15 when I could do it myself?
I noticed a gift shop just a stone's 16 away. Twenty minutes later, I returned to the store and presented this young man with a 17 . "See, I told you good things would come your way." He looked 18 , but finally he smiled.
The next day my "Good morning" greeting was met with one cheerful hello from a most grateful employee. He said, "Thank you. I was having a bad day and you went out of your way to 19 it." I was trying to think of something else to say. "What goes around comes around, doesn't it?"
The acts of kindness, even if it begins with two simple words, can 20 easily. I can tell you they will change your life for the better.
| 1. A. unknown | B. strange | C. amazing | D. impossible |
| 2. A. change | B. design | C. judge | D. simplify |
| 3. A. operating on | B. recovering from | C. concentrating on | D. suffering from |
| 4. A. chance | B. service | C. job | D. day |
| 5. A. task | B. duty | C. experience | D. point |
| 6. A. importantly | B. ridiculously | C. obviously | D. unexpectedly |
| 7. A. shy | B. weak | C. sincere | D. calm |
| 8. A. appreciate | B. ignore | C. remember | D. stress |
| 9. A. fortunate | B. successful | C. ashamed | D. puzzled |
| 10. A. reminded | B. challenged | C. begged | D. allowed |
| 11. A. voices | B. spirits | C. power | D. position |
| 12. A. appear | B. respond | C. work | D. fail |
| 13. A. for | B. but | C. or | D. and |
| 14. A. protect | B. attract | C. annoy | D. please |
| 15. A. decision | B. offer | C. difference | D. suggestion |
| 16. A. shape | B. distance | C. throw | D. weight |
| 17. A. letter | B. smile | C. stone | D. gift |
| 18. A. guilty | B. confused | C. disappointed | D. surprised |
| 19. A. observe | B. fix | C. make | D. buy |
| 20. A. spread | B. continue | C. form | D. copy |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者用他和商店店员之间的故事，告诉我们有时候我们一个小小的善举就可能会改变周围的某个人。
（1）考查形容词。句意：令人惊讶的是，两个字从内心传达出来，可以有改变人们一天的结果。A. unknown“不知道的，未知的”；B. strange“奇怪的”；C. amazing“令人惊奇的”；D. impossible“不可能的”。作者想表达的是：小小的善举可能会改变某个人，句中设空词是用来描写上句中的“Good morning”所带来的效果，可以改变人们一个人的心情，是令人惊奇的事情，故选C。
（2）考查动词。句意：令人惊讶的是，两个字从内心传达出来，可以有改变人们一天的结果。 A. change“改变，变化”；B. design“设计”；C. judge“判决，审判”；D. simplify“使简化，使简易”。根据下文可知，作者的简单问候“早上好”让商店的一名店员很感激，所以是改变了某人的一天。最后一段中的“change your life for the better”也是提示。故选A。
（3）考查动词短语。句意：在每天光顾当地一家商店时，我结识了一位员工，他偶尔似乎是睡眠不足。 A. operating on“操作”；B. recovering from“从......恢复”；C. concentrating on“专注于”；D. suffering from“遭受”。店员遭受着睡眠不足，故选D。
（4）考查名词。句意：然而，他还是尽力为大家提供好的服务。A。 chance“机会”；B. service“服务”；C. job“工作”；D. day“天，日子”。句子主语he指代店员，服务员，所以他提供的是服务，故选B。
（5）考查名词。句意：我坚持每天用“早上好”来问候他，最重要的，我就是真正想表达这个意思。A. task“任务”；B. duty“责任，义务”；C. experience“经历，经验”；D. point“点，观点”。make it a point to do sth. 固定短语，“坚持做某事,重视做某事”，故选D。
（6）考查副词。句意：我每天坚持用"早上好"来问候他，最重要的，我就是真正想表达这个意思。A. importantly“重要地”；B. ridiculously“荒谬地”；C. obviously“显然地，明显地”；D. unexpectedly “出乎意料地”。作者的想法就是传递善意，通过下文可知，他是发自内心地去做的，所以不仅是嘴上的问好，还是真心希望他所问好的人过得好，故选A。
（7）考查形容词。句意：同样重要的是真诚的微笑，表明“很高兴看到你”。A. shy“害羞的”；B. weak“虚弱的，弱的”；C. sincere“诚的，忠诚的”；D. calm“冷静的，平静的”。发自内心的微笑是作者所提倡和坚持的，故选C。
（8）考查动词。句意：我很感激你总是对我这么友好。A. appreciate“感激，欣赏”；B. ignore“忽略，忽视”；C. remember“记住，记得”；D. stress“强调，加强”。根据上文的“…this young man has started giving me free coffee refills for no reason”，这个年轻人免费提供咖啡可知，这个店员感激作者。故选A。
（9）考查形容词。句意：在每周五早餐团中，我分享了我是多么幸运，只要说“早上好”，我就能喝上“免费”咖啡的故事。A. fortunate“幸运的”. successful“成功的”；C. ashamed“羞耻的”；D. puzzled“困惑的”。作者喝上了免费的咖啡，这是幸运的事，故选A。
（10）考查动词。句意：我向他们所有人发出挑战，让他们尝试一天，一周或者一个月。A. reminded“提醒”B. challenged“向(某人)挑战，(尤指在对方不情愿时)强烈建议(某人做某事)”；C. begged“乞求，乞讨”；D. allowed“允许”。作者已经在做这件事，所以他是提议别人去做，故选B。
（11）考查名词。句意：有一天，我发现他情绪低落。A. voices“嗓音”；B. spirits“精神，灵魂”；C. power“力量，权利”D. position“位置”。根据下文“I comforted him”可知，我安慰他，可知这个店员是情绪低落，in low spirits固定短语，“情绪低落，心情不好”，故选B。
2）考查动词。句意：我的问候这次没有起作用，我的微笑也没有作用。A. appear“出现”；B. respond“回复，反应”；C. work“工作，起作用，奏效”；D. fail“失败，未做，不及格”。通过下文可知，在作者的问好和微笑后，店员仍然情绪低落，作者去了礼物商店买礼物送给这个店员，所以是问候没有起作用，故选C。
（13）考查连词。句意：我安慰他，但那些安慰的话并不让我满意。A. for“因为，由于”；B. but“但是”；C. or“或者”；D. and“和，而，又”。 前后句的逻辑关系是转折，故选B。
（14）考查动词。句意：我安慰他，但那些安慰的话并不让我满意。A. protect“保护”；B. attract“吸引”；C. annoy“使恼怒”；D. please“使满意，使高兴”。根据下文作者所做的事：作者去了礼物商店买礼物送给这个店员，作者对自己只说些安慰的话是不满意的，故选D。
（15）考查名词。句意：当我自己能做到的时候，为什么还要等别人来改变呢？ A. decision“决定”；B. offer“提供，主动提出”；C. difference“不同，差异”；D. suggestion“建议”。make a difference固定短语，“有影响，起作用”，故选C。
（16）考查名词。句意：我注意到只是一箭之遥的一家礼品店。A. shape“形状”；B. distance“距离”；C. throw“投掷的距离”；D. weight“重量”。根据下文的“Twenty minutes later”，说明礼物商店不远，a stone's throw固定短语，“一箭之遥”，故选C 。
（17）考查名词。句意：二十分钟后，我回到店里，送给这个年轻人一份礼物。A. letter“信件”；B. smile“微笑”；C. stone“石头”；D. gift“礼物”。根据上文作者去的是gift shop礼物商店，故选D。
（18）考查形容词。句意：他看起来很惊讶，但最后他笑了。A. guilty“有罪的，愧疚的”；B. confused“困惑的”；C. disappointed“失望的”；D. surprised“吃惊的”。根据上文作者送了这个店员一个礼物，店员没有预料到会收到礼物；以及下文的“he smiled”，他乐意，所以是吃惊，故选D。
（19）考查动词。句意：我度过了糟糕的一天，你所做的改变了它。A. observe“观察”；B. fix“修理”；C. make“制作，使”；D. buy“买”。设空句的前一个并列句提到了“bad”，并结合上文提到的这个店员心情很低落，而现在是“one cheerful hello from a most grateful employee”，来自最感激的店员的欢快的问候，可知作者的善举改变了他糟糕的心情。故选B。
（20）考查动词。句意：善举，即使它从两个简单的词开始，也很容易传播。A.spread“传播”；B.continue“继续”； C. form“形成”；D. copy“复制”。通读全文，作者先给雇员一个简单的问候到雇员给作者提供免费咖啡再到作者给雇员买礼物，这是互相传递的善行，善行是可以传播的，故选A。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，副词，连词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
5．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a normal Monday morning at an assembly, and the old headmaster was giving the students a speech about important things in life and about 1 ourselves to what is important to us. This is 2 the story went: An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he 3 wake up every morning and go to the 4 , where he got the train right to Central London, and then sat at the street corner, 5 . He did this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years. His house was dirty, and it smelled 6 . The neighbors could not 7 the smell anymore, so they asked the police officers to 8 the place. The officers knocked down the 9 and cleaned the house. There were small bags of 10 all over the house that he had 11 over the years. The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a 12 . They waited outside his house expecting to share the good news with him. When he arrived home that evening, he was met by one of the officers who told him that there was no need for him to beg any more 13 he was a rich man now. He said 14 at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the street and 15 to beg. 16 , this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything important for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying 17 the things we enjoy doing. We should remain true to our course, which may mean devoting yourselves to things that people around you may disapprove. Let nothing prevent us from being happy, let nothing else decide our fate (命运), but 18 . What makes us happy is what 19 in the end…not what we gain.
This particular story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I don't focus on courses, I 20 myself of this story.
| 1. A. attracting | B. agreeing | C. devoting | D. believing |
| 2. A. why | B. how | C. where | D. when |
| 3. A. might | B. would | C. should | D. must |
| 4. A. street | B. factory | C. airport | D. subway |
| 5. A. begging | B. waiting | C. attempting | D. sleeping |
| 6. A. pleasant | B. delicious | C. terrible | D. serious |
| 7. A. bear | B. forget | C. judge | D. get |
| 8. A. control | B. remove | C. clear | D. look |
| 9. A. old man | B. door | C. neighbor | D. wall |
| 10. A. rubbish | B. waste | C. money | D. food |
| 11. A. earned | B. collected | C. managed | D. stole |
| 12. A. manager | B. gentleman | C. millionaire | D. gift |
| 13. A. as | B. unless | C. until | D. though |
| 14. A. something | B. anything | C. nothing | D. everything |
| 15. A. discouraged | B. found | C. managed | D. continued |
| 16. A. Actually | B. Obviously | C. Surprisingly | D. Generally |
| 17. A. focused on | B. called on | C. turned to | D. acted out |
| 18. A. others | B. us | C. some | D. ourselves |
| 19. A. considers | B. matters | C. achieves | D. faces |
| 20. A. reminded | B. admitted | C. warned | D. tired |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者在校长的演讲里听到的关于致力于自己觉得重要的事情的故事。故事讲到一位老人二十年如一日的去到街上乞讨，在他家发现老人这二十年的钱足以让他成为一个有钱人了，但老人还是坚持去街上乞讨。这个故事让作者意识到只有自己才能决定自己的命运，决定什么才能让自己快乐。
（1）考查动词。句意：在一个普通周一上午的集会上，老校长正在给学生们做关于生活中重要的事情，且要致力于重要事情的讲座。A. attracting“吸引”；B. agreeing“同意”；C. devoting“致力于”；D. believing“相信”。devote oneself to固定短语，“献身于；致力于；专心从事（研究）”。故选C。
（2）考查表语从句。句意：这个故事是这样的。A. why“为什么”；B. how“怎样”；C. where“哪里”；D. when“什么时候”。分析句子可知，此处应表达的是故事发展的方式。且该句为表语从句，用how表方式，意为“如何”。故选B。
（3）考查情态动词。句意：一位老人住在伦敦某处，他每天早上醒来后都要去坐地铁，在那里他会坐火车去伦敦市中心，然后坐在街角乞讨。A. might“可能”；B. would“会”；C. should“应该”；D. must“必须”。分析句子可知，老人每天早上都会醒来，would可以表示过去的某一种习惯。故选B。
（4）考查名词。句意：一位老人住在伦敦某处，他每天早上醒来后都要去坐地铁，在那里他会坐火车去伦敦市中心，然后坐在街角乞讨。A. street“街道”；B. factory“工厂”；C. airport“机场”；D. subway“地铁站”。故选D。
（5）考查动词。句意：一位老人住在伦敦某处，他每天早上醒来后都要去坐地铁，在那里他会坐火车去伦敦市中心，然后坐在街角乞讨。A. begging“乞讨”；B. waiting“等待”；C. attempting“尝试”；D. sleeping“睡觉”。根据下文“He did this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years.”他每天都会做这样的事，他坐在同样的街角乞讨了差不多20年了。该句进一步说明了老人乘车去伦敦市中心做的事——乞讨。故选A。
（6）考查形容词。句意：他的房子非常脏，闻起来也很可怕。A. pleasant“愉快的”；B. delicious“美味的”；C. terrible“可怕的”；D. serious“严重的”。根据上文“His house was dirty”老人的房子非常的脏，由此可判断家里的气味也非常难闻。故选C。
（7）考查动词。句意：邻居再也无法忍受这种气味了，于是叫来了来清理这个地方。A. bear“忍受”；B. forget“忘记”；C. judge“评判”；D. get“得到”。老人的房子很脏而且味道很难闻，因此邻居再也无法忍受。故选A。
（8）考查动词。句意：邻居再也无法忍受这种气味了，于是叫来了来清理这个地方。A. control “控制”；B. remove“移开”；C. clear“清理”；D. look“看”。邻居对这种味道难以忍受，说明老人的住所需要清理。故选C。
（9）考查名词。句意：拆掉了门，打扫了房子。A. old man“老人”；B. door“门”；C. neighbor“邻居”；D. wall“墙”。没有进门的钥匙，因此需要把门拆了进去清理。故选B。
（10）考查名词。句意：他的房子里有好几袋他这些年来收集的钱。A. rubbish“垃圾”；B. waste“废弃物”；C. money“钱”；D. food“食物”。根据下文“The police counted the money…”，说明在老人家里发现的袋子中装的是钱。故选C。
（11）考查动词。句意：他的房子里有好几袋他这些年来收集的钱。A. earned“赚取”；B. collected“收集”；C. managed“管理”；D. stole“窃取”。老人乞讨了近20年，说明家里的钱都是他乞讨得来的。故选B。
（12）考查名词。句意：数完钱后发现原来这位老人竟然是个百万富翁。A. manager“经理”；B. gentleman“绅士”；C. millionaire“百万富翁”；D. gift“礼物”。根据上文可知，在老人家里发现了好几袋钱，在根据下文“…he was a rich man now”也告诉他没有必要再乞讨了，因为他是个有钱人。故选C。
（13）考查连词。句意：那天晚上他到家时，遇到了一名警官告诉他，他没有必要再乞讨了，因为他现在是个有钱人了。A. as“因为”；B. unless“除非”；C. until“到……时”；D. though“虽然”。分析句子可知，前后两句是因果关系，as表原因。故选A。
（14）考查代词。句意：他什么也没说，走进房间后锁上了门。A. something“某事”；B. anything“任何事”；C. nothing“什么也没有”；D. everything“一切”。下文中没有提到老人说了什么话，由此判断老人什么都没说就进了家门。故选C。
（15）考查动词。句意：第二天他又如常起床了，去到那个街道继续乞讨。A. discouraged“阻止”；B. found“发现”；C. managed“管理”；D. continued“继续”。根据“The next morning he woke up as usual…”第二天老人又按照之前的习惯起床了，而老人已经按照这样的方式过了快20年了，说明老人第二天起床后又去街上乞讨了。故选D。
（16）考查副词。句意：很明显，老人没有伟大的计划、梦想或任何在他生命中重要的事。A. Actually“实际上”；B. Obviously“明显地”；C. Surprisingly“令人惊讶地”；D. Generally“通常的”。根据上文老人得知自己存下很多钱后，第二天还是按照之前的习惯去街上乞讨，说明老人没有因为自己有钱而改变，故选B。
（17）考查动词短语。句意：我们在故事中并没有学到什么，除了要专注于自己喜欢的事情。A. focused on“专注于”；B. called on“呼吁”；C. turned to“转向”；D. acted out“行动”。根据老人坚持了20多年的行为，说明这个故事告诉我们要坚持自己的事情。故选A。
（18）考查代词。句意：不要让任何东西阻止我们快乐，也别让别的事情决定我们的命运，能决定的只有我们自己。A. others“其他人”；B. us“我们”；C. some“一些”；D. ourselves“我们自己”。分析句子可知，该句的主语和宾语都是“我们”，因此需使用反身代词。故选D。
（19）考查动词。句意：使我们快乐的是最终重要的事。A. considers“考虑”；B. matters“重要”；C. achieves“实现”；D. faces“面对”。最终在我们身边的才最重要，才能使我们开心。故选B。
（20）考查动词。句意：这特殊的一课我永远不会忘记。每次我没法集中精力学习的时候，我都会回想起这个故事。A. reminded“回想起”；B. admitted“承认”；C. warned“警告”；D. tired“疲倦”。这个故事已经在脑海里，每次不想学习的时候就回想一下这个故事，就会有精力学习了。故选A。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，表语从句，情态动词，连词，代词，副词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
6．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Our apartment has been hit by a "hurricane". Every bit of furniture is 1 with paper chains, scissors, tape and modeling clay. 2 , I'm so exhausted tonight, recovering from a surgery.
The phone rings—for the sixth time in less than an hour. We know it is my mother, again. A stroke claimed her brain, but not her life. She is troubled by a severe mental 3 — She has no idea that she has 4 the things she is about to say a million times. Nor can she recall I had a 5 .
Each time she calls, I play a game with 6 called "How Good a Person Can I Be?" I've won five rounds of the game tonight; I am due for a 7 this time.
"Mom!" I 8 . "You are not being removed from your home! And we visited two days ago!" Silence. Then:
"I was only calling to say hi." My mother continues, "Why are you yelling?"
I sink into the couch, aware that my daughter is 9 . She hears me scold my mother and lose my 10 . I have not only failed at being a good person; I have failed at being a good 11 to my daughter.
"Can I talk to Grandma Ellie?" My five-year-old 12 the phone. 13 , I hand it over.
Then, I hear my mother 14 through the receiver. "Sweetheart! How are you? Did you go to school today?"
What magic is this? All she says is "Hi, Grandma," Out of the phone comes a waterfall of good 15 . My mother tells her how much she loves her and how lovely her voice sounds.
I am not tired or angry; I am 16 inside, watching my kindergartner 17 her fragile grandmother with such skillfulness. I'm fascinated by their 18 .
The mess in our apartment still 19 around me. I listen to my daughter whispering to her grandmother, caring for her with extreme 20 .
| 1. A. covered | B. decorated | C. mixed | D. filled |
| 2. A. What's more | B. Above all | C. Worse still | D. Needless to say |
| 3. A. disorder | B. fitness | C. performance | D. function |
| 4. A. created | B. completed | C. confirmed | D. repeated |
| 5. A. stroke | B. surgery | C. headache | D. problem |
| 6. A. my daughter | B. myself | C. my mom | D. my grandma |
| 7. A. success | B. winner | C. quarrel | D. fall |
| 8. A. whisper | B. explain | C. yell | D. promise |
| 9. A. imitating | B. witnessing | C. laughing | D. sleeping |
| 10. A. belief | B. face | C. temper | D. way |
| 11. A. friend | B. companion | C. caregiver | D. example |
| 12. A. reaches for | B. picks up | C. plays with | D. hangs up |
| 13. A. Excitedly | B. Aimlessly | C. Wordlessly | D. Unwillingly |
| 14. A. call out | B. break down | C. give up | D. set out |
| 15. A. ideas | B. cheers | C. relationship | D. applause |
| 16. A. shocked | B. weak | C. firm | D. soft |
| 17. A. teach | B. bother | C. handle | D. acknowledge |
| 18. A. exchange | B. declaration | C. voices | D. behavior |
| 19. A. counts | B. settles | C. expands | D. disappears |
| 20. A. conditions | B. confidence | C. efforts | D. patience |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者由于被很多事情缠身，因此对自己患中风的母亲发火了，但是当看到女儿与母亲电话交流的很和谐，作者很感动。
（1）考查动词。A. covered“覆盖”；B. decorated“装饰”；C. mixed“混合”；D. filled“充满”。根据下文The mess in our apartment still 19 around me.”可知，家里很乱，到处都是纸带，剪刀，磁带以及橡皮泥，故选A。
（2）考查固定短语。A. What's more“另外”；B. Above all“最重要的是”；C. Worse still“更糟糕的是”；D. Needless to say“不必说”。根据下文“I'm so exhausted tonight, recovering from a surgery”可知，作者很疲惫，正在外科手术中恢复，故可知，前后句表示递进，更糟糕，故选C。
（3）考查名词。A. disorder“混乱”；B. fitness“健康”；C. performance“表演，表现”；D. function“功能”。根据上文“A stroke claimed her brain, but not her life.”可知，作者母亲患中风，因此严重精神混乱，故选A。
（4）考查动词。A. created“创造”；B. completed“完成”；C. confirmed“确认”；D. repeated“重复”。根据下文“she is about to say a million times”可知，作者母亲重复其说了很多次的事情，故选D。
（5）考查名词。A. stroke“中风”；B. surgery“外科手术”；C. headache“头痛”；D. problem“问题”。根据上文“I'm so exhausted tonight, recovering from a surgery.”可知，作者做了手术，其母亲记不得了，故选B。
（6）考查名（代）词。根据句意可知，每次作者母亲打电话时，作者都在自己玩游戏，故选B。
（7）考查名词。A. success“成功”；B. winner“胜利者”；C. quarrel“吵架”；D. fall“下降”。根据上文“I've won five rounds of the game tonight”可知，作者那晚已经赢了五轮，计划下一轮输掉，故选D。
（8）考查动词。A. whisper“低声说”；B. explain“解释”；C. yell“咆哮”；D. promise“承诺”。根据下文“Why are you yelling”可知，作者在对母亲咆哮，故选C。
（9）考查动词。A. imitating“模仿”；B. witnessing“目睹”；C. laughing“大笑”；D. sleeping“睡觉”。根据下文“She hears me scold my mother”可知，作者女儿听见了作者在责骂母亲，可知，作者女儿在目睹其行为，故选B。
（10）考查名词。A. belief“信念”；B. face“面子”；C. temper“脾气”；D. way“路，方式”。根据句意可知，作者女儿听见了作者在责骂母亲，在发脾气，故选C。
（11）考查名词。A. friend“朋友”；B. companion“伴侣”；C. caregiver“护理者，照料者”；D. example“例子，榜样”。根据句意可知，作者没有为女儿树立一个好榜样，故选D。
（12）考查动词短语。A. reaches for“达到，去拿”；B. picks up“拿起”；C. plays with“玩弄”；D. hangs up“挂起电话”。根据上文"Can I talk to Grandma Ellie?"可知，女儿征求作者，是否可以和奶奶谈话，去拿电话，故选A。
（13）考查副词。A. Excitedly“兴奋地”；B. Aimlessly“没有目标地”；C. Wordlessly“无语地”；D. Unwillingly“不愿地”。根据文章可知，作者正在对母亲发脾气，当女儿征求作者意见的时候，作者很无语地把电话递给女儿，故选C。
（14）考查动词短语。A. call out“召集，召唤”；B. break down“分解”；C. give up“放弃”；D. set out“出发”。根据下文"Sweetheart! How are you? Did you go to school today?"可知，作者听见母亲通过送话器说出的话语，故选A。
（15）考查名词。A. ideas“观点，想法”；B. cheers“欢呼声”；C. relationship“关系”；D. applause“掌声”。根据下文“My mother tells her how much she loves her and how lovely her voice sounds.”可知，作者听到一阵欢呼声从电话中传出来，故选B。
（16）考查形容词。A. shocked“震惊的”；B. weak“虚弱的”；C. firm“牢固的”；D. soft“柔软的”。根据上文“I am not tired or angry”可知，作者不再疲惫或者生气的，变得柔软，故选D。
（17）考查动词。A. teach“教”；B. bother“打扰”；C. handle“处理，应付”；D. acknowledge“承认，致谢”。根据下文“with such skillfulness”可知，作者女儿很有技巧安抚其奶奶，故选C。
（18）考查名词。A. exchange“交换，谈话”；B. declaration“宣称”；C. voices“声音”；D. behavior“行为”。根据上文可知，女儿与奶奶在进行交谈，故选A。
（19）考查动词。A. counts“数，有价值”；B. settles“解决，定居”；C. expands“扩张”；D. disappears“消失”。根据上文可知，作者屋里依然很乱，故选B。
（20）考查名词。A. conditions“条件”；B. confidence“信心”；C. efforts“努力”；D. patience“耐心”。根据下文“I listen to my daughter whispering to her grandmother”可知，作者听见女儿与奶奶低声交谈，很耐心地关心她，故选D。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，副词，代词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
7．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I feel that l was blessed by an Angel not long ago.1 was out in town with my husband. We live in a 1 town. Because of the cold, my 2 shrunk, causing my anniversary ring to 3 . I didn't notice this until we got home. I became 4 ill ached all over. I thought my husband was going to have a heart attack.
Although it is a material item, it is yet very 5 He went out and retraced our 6 to where we came back. I called the stores we were in and no one 7 it in. I thought it was 8 for sure.
Well, at around midnight last night, our dogs went mad. We have a sunroom 9 to our home. The door to that is usually 10 . But that night, we Left it unlocked. My all-terrain motor scooter(小型摩托车)was 11 out there. In its basket was a ring box-- holding my ring! Along with the ring was a diamond circle.
There was also a 12 that told the story of this stranger 13 the ring and recognizing the work, as it is a piece made particularly. The person then went to the jeweler and 14 about finding the ring. The jeweler is a friend of mine so she gave her my 15 and the town is so small, we are 16 to find. The stranger who found the ring 17 the ribbon(丝线)in the store in order to keep the ring around the finger when it is 18 out. And then also left a gift card for us to take our family out to the movies as a Christmas gift. The note was 19 "Santa's Elf(小精灵)". My friend is keeping her lips 20 about whom it was.
| 1. A. modern | B. small | C. big | D. developed |
| 2. A. ring | B. hand | C. brain | D. finger |
| 3. A. fall off | B. leave behind | C. break down | D. go away |
| 4. A. firmly | B. formally | C. identically | D. physically |
| 5. A. valuable | B. challenging | C. memorable | D. beneficial |
| 6. A. footprints | B. steps | C. streets | D. directions |
| 7. A. took | B. pressed | C. turned | D. counted |
| 8. A. gone | B. stolen | C. changed | D. transformed |
| 9. A. adapted | B. attached | C. exposed | D. held |
| 10. A. open | B. abandoned | C. closed | D. locked |
| 11. A. made | B. parked | C. repaired | D. destroyed |
| 12. A. slogan | B. advertisement | C. note | D. announcement |
| 13. A. handling | B. exploring | C. finding | D. chasing |
| 14. A. explained | B. complained | C. wondered | D. argued |
| 15. A. phone number | B. photo | C. mailbox | D. name |
| 16. A. difficult | B. easy | C. incredible | D. complex |
| 17. A. purchased | B. tore | C. sold | D. borrowed |
| 18. A. warm | B. rainy | C. foggy | D. cold |
| 19. A. called | B. written | C. signed | D. noticed |
| 20. A. tight | B. painted | C. secret | D. clear |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者不小心弄丢了戒指，捡到戒指的好心人找到了戒指的主人也就是作者，将戒指放在她的车里并附上了一个纸条写着找寻戒指主人的经过。
（1）考查形容词。A. modern“现代的”；B. small“小的”；C. big“大的”；D. developed“发达的”。根据下文“the town is so small”可知作者所在的城镇很小，故选B。
（2）考查名词。A. ring“戒指”；B. hand“手”；C. brain“大脑”；D. finger “手指”。根据下文可知作者的周年纪念戒指丢了，戒指是戴在手指的，因为寒冷，手指收缩了戒指才会掉，故选D。
（3）考查动词短语。A. fall off“ 脱落”； B. leave behind “ 留下”；C. break down“（机器等）损坏”；D. go away “离开”。因为寒冷，戒指从手指上脱落了，故选A。
（4）考查副词。A. firmly“坚定地”；B. formally“正式地”；C. identically“相同地”； D. physically “身体上地”。根据下文“I thought my husband was going to have a heart attack.”可知在发现戒指不见后，作者觉得丈夫 的 心脏病要发了，这是身体上的反应，所以作者也应该是身体上浑身疼痛，选D。
（5）考查形容词。A. valuable “有价值的”；B. challenging“具有挑战性的”；C. memorable “值得纪念的”；D. beneficial “有益的”。根据上文“I didn't notice this until we got home. I became ___4___ill ached all over. I thought my husband was going to have a heart attack.”可知作者夫妇知道戒指不见之后，反应很大，说明这枚戒指应该是很有意义的，故选C。
（6）考查名词。A. footprints“脚印”；B. steps“步子，步伐”；C. streets“压力”；D. directions “方向”。作者的丈夫又出去，沿着他们之前的步子寻找戒指，选B。
（7）考查动词。A. took “拿”；B. pressed“ 按压”；C. turned“翻转”；D. counted“数数，计算”。根据“I called the stores we were in”可知作者给他们之前去过的商店打了电话，打电话肯定是询问有没有捡到戒指，但是没有人捡到返还。turn sth in 固定短语“上交，返还”，故选C。
（8）考查动词。A. (be) gone“不见了”； B. stolen“ 偷窃”；C. changed“改变”；D. transformed “转变；转换”。根据上文“I called the stores we were in and no one turned it in. ”可知作者给去过 的 商店打电话，但是没有返还戒指。这时候作者认为她的戒指没了。sth be gone固定短语“某物不见了，消失了”。选A。
（9）考查动词。A. adapted“适应”；B. attached“把….附在…...上”；C. exposed“暴露于”； D. held “举行”。sunroom意为“日光浴室”，在这里人可以沐浴到阳光。作者家里有一间附属于房子的日光浴室，选B。
（10）考查动词。A. open “打开”；B. abandoned“遗弃”；C. closed”关闭”；D. locked “把……锁起来”。根据下文“But that night, we left it unlocked.”可知那天晚上，作者没锁日光浴室的门。作者平常都会把门锁上，但是那天晚上没锁。故选D。
（11）考查动词。句意：我的小摩托车停放在那儿。A. made“做，制造”；B. parked“停放（车辆）”；C. repaired“修复，修理”；D. destroyed “破坏”。根据句意，小摩托车停放在日光浴室。故选B。
（12）考查名词。A. slogan“标语”；B. advertisement“广告”；C. note“纸条”；D. announcement “宣言”。根据下文“The note was ___19___ "Santa's Elf(小精灵)”可知车篮里除了戒指，还有一张纸条, 故选C。
（13）考查动词。A. handling“处理”；B. exploring“探索”；C. finding“发现”；D. chasing “追逐”。这位好心人发现了作者的戒指，故选C。
（14）考查动词。句意：那个人找到了宝石匠，解释到他发现了一枚戒指。A. explained “解释”；B. complained“抱怨”；C. wondered“想知道”；D. argued “争论”。故选A。
（15）考查名词。A. phone number “ 电话号码”；B. photo“照片”；C. mailbox“邮箱”；D. name “名字”。根据上文可知好心人将戒指直接放在了车篮里，如果知道的是作者的电话号码或者邮箱应该会直接联系作者去拿，不会就放在篮子里。根据“The jeweler is a friend of mine”可知宝石匠是作者的朋友，所以宝石匠应该是给了那位好心人作者的名字。故选D。
（16）考查形容词。A. difficult“困难的”；B. easy “容易的”； C. incredible“难以置信的”； D. complex “复杂的”。根据上文“the town is so small,”可知城镇很小，所以找到作者一家很容易。选B。
（17）考查动词。A. purchased “购买”；B. tore“ 撕裂”；C. sold“售卖”；D. borrowed “借”。根据in the store可知那人是在商店里，肯定是购买丝线，故选A。
（18）考查形容词。A. warm“温暖的”；B. rainy“多雨的”；C. foggy“有雾的”；D. cold “寒冷的”。根据上文“Because of the cold” 可知现在天气很冷，故选D。
（19）考查动词。句意：纸条的署名为“圣诞老人的小精灵”。A. called“给….打电话”；B. written“写”；C. signed“署名”；D. noticed “察觉”。根据句意，"Santa's Elf(小精灵)是那位好心人的名字，所以是署名为“"Santa's Elf(小精灵)”，故选C。
（20）考查形容词。A. tight“紧的，牢固的”；B. painted “被描绘的”；C. secret“秘密的”；D. clear “清晰的”。根据上文可知那人将自己称为圣诞老人的小精灵，说明他不想让作者知道自己是谁。所以作者的朋友紧紧地闭着嘴，不告诉作者那个人到底是谁。选A。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，副词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
8．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A，B，C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was a boy of nine. I used to mow the lawn(草坪) of Mrs. Long, an elderly lady. She paid me very little. But she did promise me, "when Christmas come, I shall have a present for you." I spent much time 1 what it would be.
"It would not be a 2 glove," I 3 with myself. "She wouldn't know much about baseball." Since she was a fragile little person, I also 4 the bicycle, for how could she 5 such a big thing?
As December arrived and ice began to form on the 6 . I began to imagine myself upon the 7 , trying my 8 on the surface of it. On the 22st of December, couldn't wait any more and marched down the street, 9 myself at the door of the house whose lawn I had 10 all summer. What she had was a(n) 11 parcel. When I 12 it from her, I found it weighed almost nothing. I was 13 disappointed. "A kind of magic. Do open it on Christmas morning." Mrs. Long said. Anyway, her words again set my mind 14 with new possibilities.
How long the 15 was! On Christmas morning, with great 16 , I opened the package and found a 17 box, in which I only saw ten 18 of black paper. Was it magic? Aunt Laura who taught school, said "It really is!". She showed me how to write.
That a pencil could write on one piece of paper and mysteriously record on another was a magic which satisfied my childish mind. It reached me at that 19 Christmas when I was able to comprehend it.
Since then I have received some pretty thundering Christmas presents but none that ever came close to the 20 of this one.
| 1. A. wondering | B. acquiring | C. accessing | D. conducting |
| 2. A. football | B. baseball | C. swimming | D. boxing |
| 3. A. added | B. described | C. reasoned | D. explained |
| 4. A. made out | B. checked out | C. looked out | D. ruled out |
| 5. A. discover | B. handle | C. decide | D. advocate |
| 6. A. equipment | B. grass | C. ponds | D. stones |
| 7. A. skates | B. knees | C. hands | D. boats |
| 8. A. atmosphere | B. luck | C. conflict | D. experience |
| 9. A. presented | B. observed | C. explored | D. regarded |
| 10. A. matched with | B. lived in | C. counted on | D. attended to |
| 11. A. quiet | B. ordinary | C. clean | D. fresh |
| 12. A. lifted | B. gathered | C. cleared | D. permitted |
| 13. A. obviously | B. easily | C. extremely | D. finally |
| 14. A. dancing | B. blowing | C. spreading | D. saving |
| 15. A. trip | B. reason | C. purpose | D. wait |
| 16. A. astonishment | B. entertainment | C. excitement | D. movement |
| 17. A. nice | B. permanent | C. similar | D. flat |
| 18. A. ropes | B. strings | C. sheets | D. bunches |
| 19. A. eventual | B. very | C. complete | D. adequate |
| 20. A. quality | B. drawback | C. extension | D. significance |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一位老人送的礼物对作者的影响。主要凸显自己在等待礼物过程中的心情和得到礼物后的反应。
（1）考查动词。句意：我花了很多时间在想它将会是什么。A. wondering“想”；B. acquiring“获得”；C. accessing“接近，获取”；D. conducting“实施，执行”。根据上文“But she did promise me, ‘when Christmas come, I shall have a present for you.’ ”但是她承诺我当圣诞节来临的时候，会给我一个礼物。可知，因为别人答应了给我礼物，使得我一直翘首企盼，一直在想着会是什么礼物。故选A。
（2）考查名词。句意：我想，它不可能是一副棒球手套，因为她不了解棒球。A. football“足球”；B. baseball“棒球”；C. swimming“游泳”；D. boxing“拳击”。此空格与下句中的baseball呼应，故选B。
（3）考查动词。句意：我想，它不可能是一副棒球手套，因为她不了解棒球。A. added“增加”；B. described“描述”；C. reasoned“推理”；D. explained“解释”。根据第二段内容，我开始想会是不是棒球手套，否定了自己的推测后，又想会不会是一辆自行车，又否定了自己的推测，可知，我是在按照常理一步步推测那礼物会是什么。故选C。
（4）考查动词短语。句意：我也排除了自行车，因为她怎么能帮我解决这么大的事情呢？A. made out“ 辨认出，看出”；B. checked out“检出”；C. looked out“小心，向外看”；D. ruled out“排除”。根据下文“for how could she___5___such a big thing?”她怎么会帮我解决这么大的事情呢？可知，我将自行车排除在外了。故选D。
（5）考查动词。句意：我也排除了自行车，因为她怎么能帮我解决这么大的事情呢？A. discover“发现”；B. handle“处理”；C. decide“决定”；D. advocate“拥护，支持”。根据第一段，我觉得我为老人Mrs. Long修剪草坪，她给我很少地钱，按照我的推理，她也不可能为我处理买自行车这么大的事情。故选B。
（6）考查名词。句意：12月份到了，池塘里开始结冰。A. equipment“设备”；B. grass“草地”；C. ponds“池塘”；D. stones“石头”。根据常识，池塘里经常有水，冬天会结冰。故选C。
（7）考查名词。句意：我开始想象会不会是滑板，可以在滑板上试试运气。A. skates“滑板”；B. knees“膝盖”；C. hands“手”；D. boats“船”。根据下文“trying my___8___on the surface of it.”可以在它上边试试运气，可知，作者想象的这个礼物是可以在冰面上使用的。故选A。
（8）考查名词。句意：我开始想象会不会是滑板，可以在滑板上试试运气。A. atmosphere“大气，大气层”；B. luck“运气”；C. conflict“冲突，争执”；D. experience“经验”。try one's luck 固定短语，“碰运气；试试某人运气”，故选B。
（9）考查动词。句意：12月22日，我再也等不及了，沿着街道走下去，出现在我照顾了一夏天草坪的房子的门外。A. presented“出现”；B. observed“观察”；C. explored“勘探，勘查”；D. regarded“认为”。根据句意，我沿着路走下去，就出现在了她家门口。故选A。
（10）考查动词短语。句意：12月22日，我再也等不及了，沿着街道走下去，出现在我照顾了一夏天草坪的房子的门外。A. matched with“匹配”；B. lived in“住”；C. counted on“指望”；D. attended to“照料，照顾”。与上文中的“used to mow the lawn（常常修理草坪）”呼应，说明作者是在照顾草坪。故选D。
（11）考查形容词。句意：那是一个普通的盒子。A. quiet“安静的”；B. ordinary“普通的”；C. clean“干净的”；D. fresh“新鲜的”。根据下文“When I______12______ it from her, I found it weighed almost nothing. I was______13______ disappointed.”我拿到它时几乎没有什么分量。我很失望，以及后文中提到的Mrs. Long送给我的礼物仅仅是几张复印纸，可知这是一个很普通的盒子。故选B。
（12）考查动词。A. lifted“提起，举起”；B. gathered“聚集，集合”；C. cleared“移走，清理”；D. permitted“允许”。根据句意，我将礼物拿过来，才知道没什么分量。结合选项，只有“举起”意思可与这一意思吻合，故选A。
（13）考查副词。句意：对这个礼物，我感觉及其失望。A. obviously“明显地”；B. easily“容易地”；C. extremely“极其地”；D. finally“最后”。根据上文可知，我拿过礼物时，感觉没有什么分量。所以感到极其失望。故选C。
（14）考查动词。句意：然而，她所说的话又让我使我的心为新的可能性而雀跃。A. dancing“跳舞”；B. blowing“吹”；C. spreading“使散开，张开”；D. saving“节省”。Set my mind dancing with new possibilities “使我的心为新的可能性而雀跃”，很形象地描写出了作者收到礼物激动地想知道是什么的心情。故选A。
（15）考查名词。句意：等待的时间好漫长。A. trip“旅行，旅游”；B. reason“原因”；C. purpose“目的”；D. wait“等待”。根据上文的故事情节可知，我从暑期开始就一直等礼物，所以觉得等待的时间过得很慢。故选D。
（16）考查名词。句意：圣诞节早上，带着很激动的心情，我打开了包裹发现了一个扁平的箱子。A. astonishment“惊讶，惊异”；B. entertainment“款待，娱乐”；C. excitement“激动”；D. movement“运动”。根据上文可知，我好不容易等到拆礼物的时候，当然是非常兴奋。故选C。
（17）考查形容词。A. nice“好的”；B. permanent“永久的”；C. similar“相似的”；D. flat“平的”。根据下文“in which I only saw ten _18__ of black paper”我只看到十张黑色的纸，可知，作者看到的应该是一个扁平的盒子。故选D。
（18）考查名词。A. ropes“粗绳，线缆”；B. strings“细绳，线，串”；C. sheets“一张，薄片”；D. bunches“串，束”。由于空格处单词作“纸”的量词，故选C。
（19）考查形容词。句意：就在那个我刚能理解它的圣诞节，收到了那叠纸。A. eventual“最终的”；B. very“正是的，恰好的”；C. complete“完全的”；D. adequate“充分的”。这里强调收到礼物的时间很合适。故选B。
（20）考查名词。句意：从那以后，我收到过很多很好的圣诞礼物，但是没有一件礼物比得上这件礼物的重要意义。A. quality“质量”；B. drawback“缺点”；C. extension“扩大，延伸”；D. significance“重要性”。作者写本文的目的就是强调这件礼物的重要性。故选D。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，副词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
9．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
From the age of five, I was constantly surrounded by fear. It started when I was sent to boarding school. I used to 1 the bed and, the first night it happened, I knocked on the nuns' (修女) door to ask for 2 . Instead, they made me do the walk of 3 , carrying a packet of wet sheets through all the 4 as they announced, 'Make way for the bed - wetter,' and 5 the children to laugh and shout horrible things. That happened 6 .
I grew into a problem 7 and spent much time in bars drinking to forget the hopelessness and 8 . That's where I met my first husband, who turned out to be a 9 man. It was only when he 10 me into a state of unconsciousness that things changed. I knew I couldn't go back - if I did, I would 11 . So I decided to remove the layers of pain and cruelty and 12 them with happiness and success. I started to read books about how to think highly of yourself. I got into 13 and won competitions, I realised, 'I am not a 14 person like the nuns and my husband told me.' I decided to take the 15 I used in sport - my determination to keep 16 - and apply them to everything in my life. That's when I 17 I was a really good business person.
Whatever your past has been, don't 18 it for who you are today. Thy and find something 19 in it. That's the only possible way to 20 those things, be brave and turn everything around.
| 1. A. wet | B. make | C. warm | D. clean |
| 2. A. direction | B. help | C. permission | D. advice |
| 3. A. pride | B. comfort | C. shame | D. apology |
| 4. A. toilets | B. offices | C. classrooms | D. dormitories |
| 5. A. forced | B. persuaded | C. encouraged | D. reminded |
| 6. A. naturally | B. regularly | C. eventually | D. secretly |
| 7. A. teenager | B. mother | C. adult | D. wife |
| 8. A. failure | B. loss | C. disappointment | D. fear |
| 9. A. violent | B. gentle | C. responsible | D. forgetful |
| 10. A. brought | B. talked | C. scared | D. beat |
| 11. A. survive | B. change | C. die | D. fight |
| 12. A. associate | B. replace | C. compare | D. fill |
| 13. A. sport | B. debt | C. shape | D. trouble |
| 14. A. guilty | B. useless | C. desperate | D. horrible |
| 15. A. skills | B. tips | C. principles | D. methods |
| 16. A. cool | B. changing | C. fit | D. going |
| 17. A. imagined | B. forgot | C. discovered | D. suspected |
| 18. A. aim | B. blame | C. repeat | D. make |
| 19. A. positive | B. relevant | C. necessary | D. unforgettable |
| 20. A. give up | B. come across | C. let alone | D. get over |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文,作者小时候因为在寄宿学校的痛苦经历,导致她的童年和少年时期都非常痛苦,但是她意识到不能这样继续下去,通过努力学习改变自己,最终证明自己并非是无用的人。
（1）考查动词。句意：我曾经尿床,第1次晚上发生的时候,我敲开了修女的门去寻求帮助。A. wet“弄湿”;B. make“制作”;C. warm“使暖和”;D. clean“打扫”。.根据下文“make way for the bad weather”可知作者尿床了。故选A。
（2）考查名词。句意：我敲开了修女的房门去寻求帮助。A. direction“方向”; B. help“帮助”; C. permission“许可”; D. advice“建议”。因为当时作者还是个5岁的孩子,对于尿床不知该如何是好,所以只能寻求大人的帮助。故选B。
（3）考查名词。句意：他们反而让我去,提着打湿的床垫在宿舍走。A. pride“骄傲”；B. comfort“安慰”；C. shame“羞辱”；D. apology“道歉”。根据下文可知修女们在宿舍大声嚷嚷给尿床的人让道"可知,他们是要羞辱作者。故选C。
（4）考查名词。句意：他们反而让我去,提着打湿的床垫在宿舍走。A. toilets“厕所”；B. offices“办公室”；C. classrooms“教室”；D. dormitories“宿舍”。作者尿床是在宿舍发生的,所以根据逻辑推理可知,修女让她在宿舍。故选D。
（5）考查动词。句意：她们大声嚷道"给尿床的人让路而且怂恿同学们笑我并大声说些难听的话。A. forced“强迫”；B. persuaded“说服”；C. encouraged“鼓励,怂恿”；D. reminded“提醒”。根据上文"Make way for the bed - wetter"说话的语气可知,修女们故意让其他孩子嘲笑作者。故选C。
（6）考查副词。句意：那样的事经常发生。A. naturally“自然地”；B. regularly“常常”；C. eventually“最后”；D. secretly“秘密地”。根据上文可知,从五岁开始作者就常常被恐惧包围,从文中的"constantly"（持续地）可推断处此空用regularly。故选B。
（7）考查名词。句意：我成了问题少年,常常在酒吧喝酒以此来忘记无助和恐惧。A. teenager“青少年”；B. mother“母亲”；C. adult“成人”；D. wife“妻子”。根据下文中提到的遇到作者的首任丈夫可知她彼时还未结婚,再根据上文讲童年时期,此处讲少年时期,符合逻辑。故选A。
（8）考查名词。句意：我成了问题少年,常常在酒吧喝酒以此来忘记无助和恐惧。根据上文"From the age of five, I was constantly surrounded by fear."从五岁起,我就持续被恐惧围绕，可知此处用fear照应前文。故选D。
（9）考查形容词。句意：在酒吧我认识了我的第一任丈夫,后来才知道他是一个很暴力的人。A. violent“暴力的”；B. gentle“绅士的”；C. responsible“负责的”；D. forgetful“健忘的”。根据下文提到的"他把我打的不省人事"可知,她的丈夫是滥用暴力的人。故选A。
（10）考查动词。句意：在酒吧我认识了我的第一任丈夫,后来才知道他是一个很暴力的人。A. brought“带来”；B. talked“谈论”；C. scared“吓”；D. beat“打”。由本句的"unconsciousness"可知,选项中只有"beat"能让人达到神志不清或失去意识的程度。故选D。
（11）考查动词。句意：我知道我不能再回去,如果回去的话,我会死。A. survive“幸存”；B. change“改变”；C. die“死亡”；D. fight“战斗”。根据上文提到的作者的丈夫是个滥用暴力的人可知,如果再回家丈夫会回变本加厉,比unconsciousness程度更深的是选项中的"die"。故选C。
（12）考查动词。句意：因此,我决定除掉累积的痛苦和残忍,用快乐和成功来代替他们。A. associate“联合”；B. replace“代替”；C. compare“比较”；D. fill“填”。根据下文可知,要用快乐和成功代替之前的痛苦说明作者决定改变她的生活状态,符合文意。故选B。
（13）考查名词。句意：我开始参加运动然后赢得比赛。A. sport“运动”；B. debt“债”；C. shape“形状”；D. trouble“麻烦”。根据下文"I decided to take the 15 I used in sport"我决定把运动中的准则理念运用到生活的其他方面，中的sport可知她之前参加了运动。故选A。
（14）考查形容词。句意：我不像丈夫和修女说的那样是个无用的人。A. guilty“有罪的”；B. useless“无用的”；C. desperate“绝望的”；D. horrible“令人恐惧的”。根据上文中"I started to read books about how to think highly of yourself."我开始阅读关于怎样能给自己高度评价的书，可知,她的丈夫或其他人对她的评价很低,他们都觉得她是没用的人。故选B。
（15）考查名词。句意：我决定把运动中的准则理念运用到生活的其他方面。A. skills“技巧”；B. tips“建议”；C. principles“准则,理念,原则”；D. methods“方法”。下文中的"my determination to keep 16 "（一定要坚持）是作者的原则或是座右铭。故选C。
（16）考查动词。句意：一定要坚持下去的决心。A. cool“冷酷的,冷静的”；B. changing“改变”；C. fit“使适合”；D. going“走,坚持”。根据上下文可知,作者能从一个别人眼中的失败者变成成功的人,最重要的就是她的不懈努力。故选D。
（17）考查动词。句意：就在那个时候,我发现自己是个不错的商人。A. imagined“想象”；B. forgot“忘记”；C. discovered“发现”；D. suspected“怀疑”。根据上下文可知,此处用"发现"是按照事情发展顺序,作者先经过努力和坚持,然后发现自己的长处,符合逻辑和语境。故选C。
（18）考查动词。句意：无论你的过去是什么,都不要因为现在的你而抱怨它。A. aim“瞄准,打算”；B. blame“责备”；C. repeat“重复”；D. make“制作”。根据上下文可知,对于过去的痛苦经历作者并没有抱怨,而是通过改变自己来成就更好的自己,所以她告诫其他人不要抱怨自己的过去。故选B。
（19）考查形容词。句意：尝试并找到它的积极面。A. positive“积极的”；B. relevant“相关的”；C. necessary“必须的”；D. unforgettable“难忘的”。根据上下文可知,作者之所以能成为现在的自己,是因为她学会了"think highly of yourself"并且keep going, 这些都是在逆境中积极正面的东西。故选A。
（20）考查动词短语。句意：能克服那些事情的唯一可行方法是：勇敢让一切都改变。A. give up“放弃”；B. come across“偶遇”；C. let alone“放任不管”；D. get over“克服”。根据上下文可知,该句中的 "those things" 是指困境或不好的经历,所以是需要摒弃或克服的。故选D。
【点评】本题考点涉及动词，名词，形容词，副词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
10．阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A couple in ordinary clothes walked into the Harvard's outer office. "We want to see the president," the man said softly. "He will be busy all day," the secretary spoke 1 , concluding that the couple had no 2 with Harvard from what they wore. "We'll 3 ," the lady replied.
Four hours, the secretary 4 them, hoping that the couple would finally become 5 and go away. They didn't. And the secretary grew 6 and finally decided to disturb the president. Someone of his 7 obviously had no time to spend with nobodies, but he 8 people in such clothes filling in his outer office.
The president, frozen-faced, walked 9 toward the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son that 10 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard and was very happy here. But he was accidentally 11 . And my husband and I would like to 12 a memorial (纪念物) to him somewhere on campus." The president wasn't 13 ; he was shocked, "Madam," he said 14 . "We can't put up a statue for every person who studied in Harvard and died."
"Oh, no." the lady 15 quickly, "In fact, we thought we would give a building to Harvard." The president 16 at the couple and then shouted, "A building! Do you know how much a building costs? The cost of the Harvard's buildings is over 7.5 million dollars."
For a moment the lady was 17 . The president was pleased. He could 18 them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. "Is that all it costs to 19 a university?" Her husband nodded. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California, where they established the university 20 after them—a memorial to a son.
| 1. A. impatiently | B. excitedly | C. enthusiastically | D. awkwardly |
| 2. A. concern | B. problem | C. interest | D. business |
| 3. A. wait | B. accuse | C. explain | D. oppose |
| 4. A. persuaded | B. drove | C. ignored | D. served |
| 5. A. satisfied | B. shamefully | C. nervously | D. discouraged |
| 6. A. embarrassed | B. grateful | C. annoyed | D. panic |
| 7. A. importance | B. action | C. character | D. age |
| 8. A. invited | B. observed | C. thanked | D. hated |
| 9. A. cheerfully | B. hopefully | C. proudly | D. eagerly |
| 10. A. affected | B. attended | C. applied to | D. abandoned |
| 11. A. killed | B. dismissed | C. disabled | D. forgotten |
| 12. A. keep | B. buy | C. build | D. leave |
| 13. A. disappointed | B. sensitive | C. touched | D. deserved |
| 14. A. curiously | B. delightedly | C. sadly | D. coldly |
| 15. A. explained | B. apologized | C. changed | D. argued |
| 16. A. smiled | B. glanced | C. pointed | D. laughed |
| 17. A. desperate | B. amazed | C. ambitious | D. silent |
| 18. A. help | B. attract | C. get rid of | D. put up |
| 19. A. buy | B. start | C. access | D. develop |
| 20. A. named | B. looking | C. followed | D. taking |
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，一对穿戴破旧的夫妇到哈佛大学见校长而遭冷遇，进而自己建立一所新大学——斯坦福大学。
（1）考查副词。A. impatiently“没有耐心地”；B. excitedly“激动地”；C. enthusiastically“热情地”；D. awkwardly“尴尬地”。根据“He will be busy all day”可知，秘书不耐烦地说。故选A。
（2）考查名词。A. concern“关心”；B. problem“问题”；C. interest“兴趣”；D. business“事务”。从他们的穿着看，断定这对夫妇与哈佛无关。have business with固定短语，“与……有关”。故选D。
（3）考查动词。A. wait“等待”；B. accuse“指责”；C. explain“解释”；D. oppose“反对”。根据下文“Four hours, the secretary 4 them ”可知，“我们会等的，”女士回答。故选A。
（4）考查动词。A. persuaded“说服”；B. drove“迫使”；C. ignored“忽视”；D. served“服务”。4个小时，秘书都没有理他们。故选C。
（5）考查形容词（副词）。A. satisfied“满意的”；B. shamefully“不体面地”；C. nervously“紧张地”；D. discouraged“泄气的”。希望这对夫妇最终会灰心丧气并离开。故选D。
（6）考查形容词。A. embarrassed“尴尬的”；B. grateful“感激的”；C. annoyed“恼怒的”；D. panic“惊慌的”。根据“and finally decided to disturb the president.”可知，秘书越来越生气，最后决定去找校长。故选C。
（7）考查名词。A. importance“重要性”；B. action“行动”；C. character“角色”；D. age“年纪”。像他这样重要的人显然没有时间和无名小卒呆在一起。故选A。
（8）考查动词。A. invited“邀请”；B. observed“观察”；C. thanked“感谢”；D. hated“讨厌”。但他讨厌穿这种衣服的人到他的办公室来。故选D。
（9）考查副词。A. cheerfully“高高兴兴地”；B. hopefully“怀有希望的”；C. proudly“骄傲的”；D. eagerly“急切的”。校长面带冷色，骄傲地向这对夫妇走去。故选C。
（10）考查动词。A. affected“影响”；B. attended“参加，上学”；C. applied to“应用”；D. abandoned“抛弃”。根据“He loved Harvard and was very happy here.”可知，我们有个儿子在哈佛上了一年学。故选B。
（11）考查动词。A. killed“杀死”；B. dismissed“开除”；C. disabled“使……失去能力”；D. forgotten“忘记”。根据下文“And my husband and I would like to 12 a memorial (纪念物) to him somewhere on campus.”可知，但他却意外身亡。故选A。
（12）考查动词。A. keep“保存”；B. buy“买”；C. build“建筑”；D. leave“离开”。我的丈夫和我想建立一个纪念碑。故选C。
（13）考查形容词。A. disappointed“失望的”；B. sensitive“敏感的”；C. touched“感动的”；D. deserved“应得的”。校长没有感动，他很震惊。故选C。
（14）考查副词。A. curiously“好奇地”；B. delightedly“高兴地”；C. sadly“难过地”；D. coldly“冷淡地”。根据he was shocked, "Madam,"可知，他冷冷地说。“我们不能为每一个在哈佛学习并去世的人树立一座雕像。”故选D。
（15）考查动词。A. explained“解释”；B. apologized“道歉”；C. changed“改变”；D. argued“争论”。这位女士很快解释道：“事实上，我们想给哈佛建一栋楼。”故选A。
（16）考查动词。A. smiled“微笑”；B. glanced“一瞥”；C. pointed“指着”；D. laughed“大笑”。校长瞥了一眼两人。故选B。
（17）考查动词。A. desperate“绝望的”；B. amazed“吃惊的”；C. ambitious“有抱负的”；D. silent“沉默的”。那位女士沉默了一会儿。故选D。
（18）考查动词。A. help“帮助”；B. attract“吸引”；C. get rid of“摆脱”；D. put up“搭建”。根据“The president was pleased.”可知，他现在可以摆脱他们了。故选C。
（19）考查动词。A. buy“买”；B. start“开始”；C. access“进入”；D. develop“发展”。这就是开办一所大学的全部费用吗?故选B。
（20）考查动词。A. named“命名”；B. looking“看”；C. followed“跟随”；D. taking“拿走”。在那里他们建立了以他们名字命名的大学——来纪念儿子。故选A。
【点评】本题考点涉及副词，动词，名词，形容词，固定短语等多个知识点的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在理解细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析推理，从而选出正确答案。
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