一、单项填空
1-5代词、连词和名词
1.(安徽省安庆市五校联盟2015届高三3月联考)—What do you do as a volunteer in Africa?
—_______! There are many poor people there, who need a lot of help.
A. Little
B. Everything
C. None
D. Something
www.gkxx.com【答案】B
2.(安徽省安庆市五校联盟2015届高三3月联考)Sorry to have kept you waiting so long, but it’ll still be some time _______ Mr. Smith is available.
A. when
B. before
C. after
D. since
【答案】B
【解析】固定句型：It will be long before +从句(从句中用一般现在时)，意为：还要……才能……。除此之外，before还可引导句型：It was not long before+从句(从句中用一般过去时) 解释为没过多久就……。句意：很抱歉让你等了这么久，不过史密斯先生还要过一会儿才有空。故选择B。
3.(浙江省六校2015届高三3月联考)Our nation should first develop modern law _______ in ruling the country by law.
A. awareness
B. opportunities
C. regulation
D. principle
【答案】A
【解析】awareness意识；opportunity机会；regulation管理，规则；principle原理，原则。句意：在依法治国方面，我们国家应该首先培养(公民的)现代法律意识。由题意可知选A。
4. (2015届高三第二次全国大联考江苏卷)I have battled with my _______ whether I should keep the extra money given to me or return it to the seller.
A. awareness
B. conscience
C. commitment
D. competence
【答案】B
【解析】句意：我和我的良知进行了激烈的斗争，我是应该把售货员多给我的钱留着还是给退回去。awareness意识；conscience良知，良心；commitment承诺，许诺；competence能力。因此选B项。
5.(湖北省八校2015届高三第二次联考) If you can’t trust your friend to have a relationship with another person you consider a friend, it’s a clear _______ of a problem in your friendships.
A. disappearance
B. symbol
C. symptom
D. settlement
【答案】C
【解析】句意：如果你连介绍另一个人给自己的好友都不放心的话，显然你们的友谊存在问题(字面意思是：你们的友谊有问题的一个很明显的征兆)。disappearance外貌；symbol象征；symptom征兆，症状；settlement安置。故选C。本题容易误选B项。请领悟下列例句 中“symbol”真正的含义：Many people like white color as it is a symbol of purity. 许多人喜欢白色因为它是纯洁的象征!
6-10介词和介词短语
6.(江苏省常州市武进区2016届高三上学期期中)By tradition, in Britain, 21 guns are fired as a general rule _______ the Queen on her birthday.
A. in memory of
B. in salute to
C. on behalf of
D. in celebration of
【答案】B
7.(湖北省八校2015届高三第二次联考)The writer conveyed a positive attitude through his works. _______, his
readers are motivated and are themselves becoming a source of motivation for others.
A. On the whole
B. In the meanwhile
C. In the way
D. On the contrary
【答案】B
【解析】句意：作者通过他的作品传递了一种积极的态度；同时，受到激励的读者又成为激励他人的源泉。后一句是读者也被感动了，也开始带动其他人。可知这两句是递进关系。on the whole整体上，表示总结；in the meanwhile同时，表示递进或并列；in the way妨碍；on the contrary相反，表示转折。所以选B。
8.(北京市朝阳区2015届高三第二次综合练)It was cold outside but the door wouldn’t stay shut, so I put a chair
_______ it.
A. against
B. above
C. behind
D. near
【答案】A
【解析】句意：外面非常冷，但门关不上，因此我用把椅子把门顶住。根据the door wouldn’t stay shut可知门关不上，故用椅子顶住，因此选A项。
9.(江苏省南京市、盐城市2015届高三下学期第二次模拟考试)He abandoned teaching _______ a career as a musician.
A. in favor of
B. in terms of
C with regard to
D. with reference to
【答案】A
【解析】句意：为了把音乐作为事业，他放弃了教学。或者：他弃教从事音乐。A. in favor of赞成/支持……；喜爱……；in terms of就……而言，在……方面；with regard to关于；with reference to关于。故该题正确答案为A。
10.(山东省枣庄市第十六中学北校区2015届高三10月月考)The historical play put on by my classmates left a
deep impression on us. Every one of us thought their show was _______ a failure but a great success.
A. next to
B. except for
C. far from
D. apart from
【答案】C
11-16副词和形容词
11.(湖北省八校2015届高三第二次联考)The Spring Festival is the most joyful time of the year, but it can also be
_______. With all the traveling, visiting relatives, and gift-buying, the holiday can become a tense time for many families.
A. beneficial
B. optional
C. commercial
D. stressful
【答案】D
【解析】春节是一年中最快乐的时光，但它也能给人以压力。因为要旅行，拜访亲戚、购买礼物，春节让不少家庭倍感压力。由后面一句话知，春节既给人幸福又给人带来压力。beneficial有益的；optional可选择的；commercial商业的；stressful有压力的。故选D。
12.(湖北省八校2015届高三第二次联考)The electronic red-packet has been so _______ that AliPay and Tencent
Wechat compete against each other openly and secretly since the beginning of this year.
A. popular
B. convenient
C. favorable
D. arbitrary
【答案】A
【解析】popular 受欢迎的；convenient 方便的；favorable最喜爱的；arbitrary专制的，随意的，任性的，随心所欲的。句意：电子红包如此受欢迎以致支付宝和腾讯微信自年初以来就明争暗对。
13.(湖北省八校2015届高三第二次联考) You are to meet with frustration in the pursuit of success and through greater effort and hard work your dream will definitely come true. Put it _______, “No pains, no gains.”
A. frequently
B. firmly
C. openly
D. simply
【答案】D
【解析】句意∶追求成功的过程中你可能会遇到挫折。然而通过尽心努力，你的梦想一定会实现的。简单地说：没有付出就没有收获。frequently频繁地；firmly坚定地；openly开放地；simply简单地，故选B。
14.(湖北宜昌市第一中学2015届高三下学期第一次模拟)Dale and her husband have _______ ideas on how to spend a vacation. She wants to sleep on the beach for a week, but he prefers visiting museums.
A. reasonable
B. brilliant
C. relevant
D. contrary
【答案】D
【解析】句意：黛尔和丈夫对如何度假持相反的意见。她想在沙滩上睡上一个星期，而他的丈夫更想去逛逛博物馆。reasonable合理的；brilliant 明智的；relevant相关的；contrary相反的。根据下文可知他们对于度假的态度是不同的，故选D项。
15.(江苏省常州市武进区2016届高三上学期期中)The crashed plane had been kept in service for longer than
_______ intended.
A. originally
B. vaguely
C. temporarily
D. consistently
【答案】A
16.(湖北宜昌市第一中学2015届高三下学期第一次模拟)No matter how many times Mike says it was an accident, I believe he _______ tried to knock me down.
A. voluntarily
B. deliberately
C. randomly
D. Cautiously
【答案】B
【解析】句意：不管迈克说了多少遍那是一场事故，但我相信他是故意要把我扳倒。voluntarily自愿的；deliberately故意的；randomly随机；cautiously谨慎。根据句意，可知我认为这不是一个事故，说明这是故意的，故选B项。
17-30动词和动词短语
17.(湖北省八校2015届高三第二次联考)There is a beautiful Chinese song called I Came Over the Ocean to See You. Why not do that in reality on this Valentine’s Day? Keep your plan a secret and _______ suddenly.
A. show up
B. cut in
C. show off
D. cut down
【答案】A
【解析】句意：有一首中国优美的歌曲，名叫《漂洋过海来看你》。为什么不试着在情人节这天把它变成现实呢？你可以秘密计划，然后在节日当天突然出现(她面前)。show up出现，露面；cut in插入；show off炫耀；cut down砍倒。所以选A。
18.(湖北省八校2015届高三第二次联考)He made up his mind to enjoy his guitar and to accumulate as many happy experiences as he could so that when he retired he would be able to _______ his life with satisfaction.
A. get away with
B. make up
C. look back on
D. put up with
【答案】C
www.gkxx.com【解析】句意：他决定享受吉他给他带来的快乐并积累足够的快乐经历以便他退休了能以满意的心态去回顾自己的生活。get away with侥幸逃脱；make up下决心；look back on回顾；put up with忍受。故选C。
19.(湖北宜昌市第一中学2015届高三下学期第一次模拟)Having been working for a famous multinational for years, I have _______ considerable knowledge and rich experience in this field.
A. attained
B. distributed
C. grasped
D. Conveyed
【答案】A
【解析】句意：由于在一家著名的国际公司工作了好多年，因此在这个领域，我已经获得了大量的知识和丰富的经验。attained获得；distributed分发；grasped抓住；conveyed传送。根据词义可知是获得了经验和知识，故选A项。
20.(湖北宜昌市第一中学2015届高三下学期第一次模拟)Cloning technology can _______ human life by creating human organs to replace those which fail to function.
A. adjust
B. substitute
C. extend
D. Transform
【答案】C
21.(湖北宜昌市第一中学2015届高三下学期第一次模拟)Because Rosa _______ her big brother so much, she tries to imitate the way he walks and talks.
A. looks up to
B. looks down on
C. looks out for
D. looks forward to
【答案】A
【解析】句意：罗莎仰慕她的哥哥，所以她尽力模仿哥哥走路的样子和说话的方式。looks up to仰慕，尊敬；looks down on瞧不起，看不起；looks out for小心；looks forward to期盼。根据句意，故选A项。
22.(湖北宜昌市第一中学2015届高三下学期第一次模拟) If we _______ the fact that the man has been in prison, he seems to be a suitable worker for the job.
A. refer to
B. get through
C. set aside
D. account for
C
【解析】句意：如果我们撇开这个男人还在坐牢这个情况，他看起来倒是很适合做这个工作的。refer to涉及；get through渡过(难关)，通过；set aside放在一边，不考虑；account for是……的解释。根据句意，故选C项。
23.(2015届安徽省合肥市高三第二次教学质量检测)At the end of the game, players traditionally _______ their shirts with each other.
A. substitute
B. iron
C. swap
D. transform
【答案】C
【解析】substitute代替，替换，代用；iron熨烫，给……上脚镣手铐；swap用……替换，把……换成，掉换(过来)；transform改变，改观，变换。句意：比赛结束，运动员们按照传统相互交换球衣。根据句意可以判断选C。
24.(湖北省重点高中2015届高三上学期期中联考)Instead of praising your kids for their intelligence, you should
_______ your praise on the effort they put into succeeding at task, experts say.
A. allocate
B. concentrate
C. circulate
D. accumulate
【答案】B
25.(湖北省重点高中2015届高三上学期期中联考)This journey is a great chance for you to broaden your horizon and will _______ how the earth is formed. We hope you won’t throw it away.
A. keep an eye on
B. take advantage of
C. throw light on
D. keep track of
【答案】C
【解析】keep an eye on注意，照看，留心，照管；take advantage of 利用；throw light on阐明，有助于了解；keep track of记录。句意：这次旅行对于开阔你的眼界是个大好的机会，有助于你了解地球是如何形成的。我们希望你不要放弃这个机会。
26.(2015届安徽省合肥市高三第二次教学质量检测)The nation’s top health administration office is _______ an increase in the cigarette tax to control smoking in China.
A. making for
B. catering to
C. pushing for
D. answering for
【答案】C
【解析】making for走向，前往，冲向; catering to供应伙食，迎合，面向；pushing for急切、强烈地要求， 为……奋力争取；answering for符合(……需要)，对……负责。句意：国家最高卫生行政部门正在着力增加烟草税以控制中国的吸烟状况。根据句意可以判断，故选C。
27.(江苏省南京市、盐城市2015届高三下学期第二次模拟考试)It might have _______ your notice, but I am very busy at the moment.
A. quitted
B. neglected
C. escaped
D. denied
【答案】C
【解析】句意：也许你没注意到，可我此刻忙得不可开交。quitted离开，停止，摆脱；neglected疏忽；忽略(neglect要用“人”来作主语)；escaped溜走，逃脱；denied否定，而escape one's attention/notice：被某人忽视；故该题正确答案为C。
28.(江苏省南京市、盐城市2015届高三下学期第二次模拟考试)The frozen waterfall has attracted floods of tourists to _______ the natural beauty.
A. cherish
B. admire
C. observe
D. discover
【答案】B
【解析】cherish珍爱；admire欣赏，羡慕，钦佩；observe观察；discover发现。句意：冻住的瀑布吸引了大量的游客来欣赏自然美景。故该题正确答案为B。
29.(江苏省南京市、盐城市2015届高三下学期第二次模拟考试)—Do you know the story of Niulang and Zhinu?
—Of course. Their love story was _______ as an example for hundreds of years in China.
A. taken up
B. kept up
C. picked up
D. held up
【答案】D
30.(天津市和平区2015届高三下学期第二次模拟)Getting all your teammates _______ in a game is the key to
victory.
A. trapped
B. settled
C. stuck
D. involved
【答案】D
【解析】trapped设圈套；陷入settled定居，解决；stuck刺入，阻塞；involved包含，牵涉，使卷入。involve in sth.使参与/陷入，牵扯到；句意：让你所有的队友参与到游戏中是取胜的关键。故选D。
二、短文填词
(改编自山西省山西大学附属中学2016届高三10月月考)My Italian Grandmother was a wonderful woman. I always felt blessed growing up in her home
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a boy. She worked hard, laughed loud, and was never afraid of
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life threw at her.
When she fell and broke her hip in her
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(eighty), my Dad was forced to admit that he could no longer take care of her at home. It was with a heavy heart
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Dad moved Grandmother into a nursing home.
Our whole family gathered together for her 90th birthday in the nursing home dining room. It was a wonderful celebration of her life and the love we all had
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her.
Shortly after that birthday, however, life gave her the
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(tough) challenge of all as age and illness started to take her mind from her too. The Dementia(痴呆)grew worse and worse. At times when I visited her she didn’t know
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I was. During one of these visits I was holding her hand while she slept. When she awoke, her eyes stared at me and I could tell she didn’t recognize
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. She looked down at my hand
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(hold) hers and instead of pulling hers away, she smiled at me. Then she closed her eyes and went
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(peace) back to sleep. I could see then that even though her mind didn’t remember me, her spirit still remembered love.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，在文中讲述了作者的祖母。祖母是一位勤劳，开朗而且勇敢的人。在她80
多岁不幸摔伤后，家人不得不把她送入养老院，在那里大家快乐地为她度过了90岁生日。在那
之后祖母的痴呆变得越来越严重，作者感到虽然祖母有时候不记得家人，但是她的精神中一直有
爱存在。
1.【答案】as
【解析】考查介词。表示“作为”，用介词as。此处表示的意思是“当我还是个孩子的时候”。
2.【答案】what
3.【答案】eighties
【解析】考查数词习语。in her eighties“在她八十多岁时(她摔了一跤，臀部摔断了)”。
4.【答案】that
【解析】考查强调句式，即“it is/was+被强调部分+that+其它”。本句被强调的是状语with a heavy heart。
5.【答案】for
【解析】考查介词。本句中，定语从句we all had her用来修饰先行词love，将这个定语从句还原为简单句，则为we all had love
her。表示“爱某人”，用have love for sb.，所以填介词for。
6.【答案】toughest
【解析】考查形容词的比较等级。根据空格前的定冠词以及后面表示范围的短语of all，可知用形容词最高级形式。
7.【答案】who
【解析】考查宾语从句。根据句意，“奶奶不知道我是谁”，用who引导宾语从句。
8.【答案】me
【解析】考查代词。从语境可知此处是指作者，因作宾语，用人称代词宾格形式。
9.【答案】holding
【解析】考查非谓语动词。从结构判断此处是非谓语短语作后置定语，表示主动关系，用现在分词。
10.【答案】peacefully
【解析】考查副词。修饰谓语动词went，用副词形式作状语，所以要在名词peace加后缀-ful构成形容词peaceful，再加后缀-ly构成副词peacefully。
三、完形填空
(改编自江苏省盐城市2016届高三上学期期中考试)Before I turned 29, my parents moved to Queensland, where I arrived for a visit six months later. I
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upon my mother with hugs, and for the first time in my life I said, “I love you, mom!” Then I gently
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, expecting some kind of reciprocation. But it never came. Instead, she appeared
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in horror.
When I was back at work, I overheard a workmate on a call to her mother and she concluded it with “I love you, Mum.” As
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as that. Why wasn’t it like that in mine? Something had to be done about this
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situation once and for all.
My
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came the next Sunday during my weekly phone call to my mother. After we had shared our usual pleasantries and
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, I took a deep breath and asked, “Do you love me, Mum?” After a short
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, she replied, “I love you. Don’t be silly. You know we never said things like that in my family.”
“Well, I want it to be said in ours. From now on I want to
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our conversations with ‘I love you.’”
In May 2000 my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was
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to hospital, and I phoned every day to
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her. One evening when I rang, a nurse answered the phone and regretfully informed me that my mother’s condition had rapidly worsened. She wasn’t expected to
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it through the night.
Knowing I couldn’t get a flight in time, I asked the nurse to put the phone next to my mother’s ear so I could talk to her. “She’s
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conscious,” the nurse replied. “It’s unlikely she’ll hear you.” But I didn’t care. I wanted to do it
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.
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she’d placed the phone by my mother’s ear, I started
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and telling Mum over and over again that I loved her. At first, all I could hear was “Hmmmm” — but then, like a miracle, with a deep
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she said, “Love you …… love you, darling.” It was the last thing she said before drifting into
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.
Although I was overwhelmed by her death, the surprising part was how well I
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. Of course, losing a parent is extremely painful and I shed many tears, but receiving those lovely last words made it much more
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. I had closure in the best possible way.
语篇解读：看似不必要不重要的一句“I love you”却是亲人之间表达爱的重要形式，有时还会起到意想不到的效果或创造奇迹。不要再吝啬对亲人说出来“I love you”。
1.A. fell
B. struck
C. relied
D. depended
【答案】A
2.A. pushed off
B. turned up
C. pulled away
D. looked on
【答案】C
【解析】A. pushed off 推迟，离开；B. turned up出现；C. pulled away离开，脱身；D. looked on观看，看待。句意：我慢慢地松开怀抱，期待着她的回应。故选C。
3.A. deserted
B. frozen
C. guilty
D. clumsy
【答案】B
【解析】A. deserted 荒芜的；B. frozen 凝固的；C. guilty内疚的； D. clumsy笨拙的。句意：相反的，她好像笼罩在恐惧之中而僵住了。根据句意选B。
4.A. simple
B. sacred
C. apparent
D. original
【答案】A
【解析】A. simple简单的；B. sacred神圣的；C. apparent显然的；D. original最初的。句意：我回去上班时，无意中听到一位同事给她母亲打电话。她最后说：“我爱你。妈妈。”就那么简单随意。为什么我家不能这样呢？根据句意选A。
5.A. stress
B. crisis
C. emergency
D. love
【答案】D
www.gkxx.com【解析】A. stress 压力；B. crisis危机；C. emergency紧急情况；D. love爱。此处指“我要采取某些措施来彻底改变这个关于爱的问题。”根据句意选D。
6.A. potential
B. opportunity
C. inspiration
D. choice
【答案】B
【解析】A. potential潜能；B. opportunity机会；C. inspiration灵感；D. choice选择。句意：我的机会来了，接下去的周日，我和母亲进行每周一次的通话。故选B。
7.A. interests
B. secrets
C. expectations
D. updates
【答案】D
【解析】A. interests兴趣；B. secrets秘密；C. expectations期待；D. updates更新，近况。句意：我们一阵寒暄并彼此说了近况后，我深呼吸，问道：“你爱我吗，妈妈？”根据句意选D。
8.A. preparation
B. friction
C. hesitation
D. identification
【答案】C
9.A. end
B. start
C. continue
D. hold
【答案】A
【解析】A. end结束；B. start开始；C. continue继续；D. hold拥有。句意：但我希望在我们家能听到这句话。从现在起，我希望我们聊天结束时能对彼此说“我爱你”。故选A。
10.A. permitted
B. admitted
C. allowed
D. sentenced
【答案】B
【解析】A. permitted允许；B. admitted准许；C. allowed允许；D. sentenced判决。admit sb. to hospital“接受入院，收治”与to搭配，此处是被动形式，故选B。句意：2000 年5 月，母亲被诊断出患有胰腺癌。妈妈被送进医院接受治疗。
www.gkxx.com11.A. check on
B. attend to
C. call on
D. see to
【答案】A
【解析】A. check on 核实；B. attend to注意，照料；C. call on拜访，号召；D. see to注意，负责，照料。此处指我每天给母亲打电话询问病情。因为自己不在母亲身边，故选A。
12.A. take
B. face
C. make
D. cool
【答案】C
【解析】make it是个习惯搭配，在此指病痛好转，此处是否定形式指病情加重。故选C。句意：一天晚上，我打电话，电话是护士接的，电话中护士遗憾地告知我，母亲的病情急剧恶化。她可能熬不过那个晚上。
13.A. entirely
B. absolutely
C. slightly
D. barely
【答案】D
【解析】A. entirely完全地；B. absolutely绝对地；C. slightly轻微地；D. barely几乎不。句意：她几乎没有了意识。指母亲此时已经失去了意识，故选D。
14.A. therefore
B. otherwise
C. anyway
D. somehow
【答案】C
【解析】A. therefore因此；B. otherwise否则；C. anyway无论如何；D. somehow以某种方法。句意：但是我不管，无论如何我要做到。此处指让母亲听到我说话。故选C。
15.A. Before
B. Once
C. Unless
D. Since
【答案】B
【解析】B考查连词。A. Before在前；B. Once一旦；C. Unless除非；D. Since因为，由于。与下文51题联系起来考虑。
16.A. whispering
B. yelling
C. screaming
D. sobbing
【答案】D
【解析】A. whispering低语；B. yelling 大叫；C. screaming尖叫；D. sobbing抽泣，哭泣。句意：护士一把电话放在母亲耳边我就开始边抽泣边不停地对她说我爱她。因为知道母亲当时的病情很重，自己又不能赶过去所以很伤心而抽泣。根据情境选D。
17.A. sigh
B. conversation
C. thought
D. sleep
【答案】A
18.A. calmness
B. unconsciousness
C. hardness
D. sickness
【答案】B
【解析】A. calmness冷静；B. unconsciousness无意识；C. hardness困难；D. sickness疾病。这是她陷入昏迷前说的最后一句话。此处指母亲在无意识之前最后说的话，故选B。
19.A. prayed
B. clarified
C. coped
D. concluded
【答案】C
【解析】A. prayed祈祷；B. clarified阐明；C. coped处理；D. concluded下结论。句意：尽管由于母亲的去世我受到了打击，但让我吃惊的是我的处理方式十分恰当。此处指怎样看待这件事，故选C。
20.A. authentic
B. arbitrary
C. precise
D. bearable
【答案】D
【解析】A. authentic真正的；B. arbitrary任意的； C. precise精确的；D. bearable可忍受的，支持得住
的。此处指听到母亲最后那么亲切的话更能支撑我。故选D。