Dear son,
The day that you see me old, have patience and try to understand me. If I get 1 when eating, if I can not dress, have patience. Remember the hours I spent 2 it to you. If, 3 I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times, do not 4 me. Listen to me 5 . When you were small, I had to read thousand and one times the 6 story until you get to sleep. When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me 7 scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I 8 , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my 9 on new technologies, give me the necessary time and not 10 me by mocking smiles. I taught you how to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to 11 life. . . When at some moment I lose the 12 in conversation with you, do not become annoyed, as the most important thing is not my 13 but surely to be with you and to 14 you listening to me. When my 15 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your hand, the same way I 16 when you gave your first steps. And when someday I say I do not want to live any more and that I want to die, do not get angry. Try to understand that my age is not lived but 17 .
Some day you will discover that, 18 my mistakes, I always wanted the 19 thing for you and tried to prepare the way for you. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 20 . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, son!
Your father
1. A. angry B. satisfied
C. tidy
D. dirty
2. A. teaching
B. mentioning
C. warning
D. talking
3. A. before
B. when
C. unless
D. until
4. A. disturb
B. interrupt
C. upset
D. break
5. A. finally
B. soon
C. instead
D. too
6. A. good
B. interesting
C. difficult
D. same
7. A. or
B. nor
C. and
D. but
8. A. invented
B. realized
C. spotted
D. imagined
9. A. view
B. prejudice
C. favor
D. ignorance
10. A. look down on
B. look into
C. look up
D. look through
11. A. overcome
B. confront
C. defeat
D. challenge
12. A. sight
B. theme
C. memory
D. touch
13. A. narration
B. conversation
C. statement
D. thought
14. A. have
B. make
C. get
D. force
15. A. exhausted
B. broken
C. folded
D. injured
16. A. made
B. worked
C. did
D. tried
17. A. wasted
B. spent
C. counted
D. survived
18. A. in spite of
B. regardless of
C. rather than
D. other than
19. A. worst
B. least
C. most
D. best
20. A. mercy
B. support
C. enthusiasm
D. patience
【拓展训练】
选用框中的look短语填空。look down upon; look into; look up; look through
1. Ted seems to _______________ poor people.
2. Peter starts _______________ the mails as soon as the door shuts.
3. Many people have to _______________ the meaning of this word in the dictionary.
4. The public wished the government to _______________ the cause of the fire.
【文章大意】父爱是伟大的。当父亲逐渐老去时, 我们应该如何对待他呢? 请品读一下一位父亲写给儿子的一封信吧!
1.【解析】选D。考查常识。根据常识, 老人生活不能自理时, 吃饭的时候会弄脏。
2.【解析】选A。考查上下文语境。依据上文, 年老的我不能很好地吃饭、穿衣, 你要记着我花了多少时间教会你吃饭、穿衣。
3.【解析】选B。考查语法结构。此处表示“当我给你说话时, 我一再重复说同样的事情, 请不要打断我。when引导时间状语从句。
4.【解析】选B。考查词义辨析。disturb侧重指打扰, 干扰, 妨碍; interrupt侧重打断别人的讲话或行动。
5.【解析】选C。考查上下文语境。承接上文。请不要打断我。相反, 听我说。instead表替代。
6. 【解析】选D。考查词汇复现。由上文I repeat the same things thousand and one times, 可知在你年幼时, 我必须一遍又一遍地读着同样的故事, 直到你睡着。
7.【解析】选B。考查固定搭配。由前面的neither一词可知此处应用nor。neither. . . nor. . . 既不……也不……
8. 【解析】选A。考查词义辨析。记得小时候我曾编出多少理由, 只为了哄你洗澡。invent发明, 创造; realize意识到; spot发现; imagine想象。
9.【解析】选D。考查词义辨析。当你看到我对新科技的无知时, 给我一点时间, 不要挂着嘲弄的微笑看着我。view观点; prejudice偏见; favor偏袒; ignorance忽视, 无知。
10. 【解析】选A。考查短语辨析。look down on/upon瞧不起; look into调查; look up查阅, 向上看; look through浏览, 仔细检查。
11.【解析】选B。考查词义辨析。我曾教了你多少事情啊: 如何好好吃, 好好穿, 如何面对你的生活。overcome克服; confront面对; defeat战胜, 打败; challenge向……挑战。
12.【解析】选C。考查常识。年老之人在谈话中应该有时会失去“记忆”。
13. 【解析】选B。考查词汇复现。由上文When at some moment I lose thein conversation with you. . . 可知应选B。narration叙述; conversation谈话; statement声明; thought思想。
14. 【解析】选A。考查固定搭配。对我而言重要的不是对话, 而是能跟你在一起, 有你倾听我说话。have sb. doing是固定结构。
15.【解析】选A。考查前后照应。老人的腿应该是“疲惫的”。exhausted疲惫的; broken断了的; folded折叠的; injured受伤的。
16.【解析】选C。考查词汇复现。当我疲惫的双腿不听使唤时, 扶我一把, 如同我曾扶着你踏出你人生的第一步。此处用did指代前面提到的动作, 以避免重复。
17.【解析】选D。考查上下文语境。作者已是风烛残年, 这个年纪与其说是在享受生活, 还不如说是艰难度过。survive“艰难度过”最符合语境。
18.【解析】选A。考查短语辨析。有一天你会发现, 尽管我有许多过错, 我总是尽我所能想要给你最好的。in spite of尽管; regardless of不管, 不顾; rather than而不是; other than除了。
19.【解析】选D。考查常识。父母总会给孩子最好的东西。
20.【解析】选D。考查词汇复现。用爱和“耐心”帮我走完人生。patience一词与文章开头The day that you see me old, have patience and try to understand me. 相呼应。
【拓展训练】
1. look down up
2. looking through
3. look up
4. look into
After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their hometown feeling glad to be back, they noticed 1 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a 2 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”
But John 3 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 4 work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” “It has nothing to do with us,” Mary 5 .
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 6 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children! ”John 7 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are! ”“In the 8 ,” cried the woman. “Down the hall and to the left.”
In spite of Mary’s disagreement, John 9 for the basement which was full of smoke and 10 hot. He found the door and two children. 11 he left he could hear some more sobbing. He 12 the two badly frightened children into 13 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 14 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 15 ! That house will fall down any second.”
16 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 17 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 18 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the 19 and fresh air, he found that he had just 20 his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
1. A. directionB. mistakeC. dangerD. smoke
2. A. homeB. plantC. storeD. kitchen
3. A. ranB. walkedC. droveD. rode
4. A. atB. offC. toD. on
5. A. whisperedB. noddedC. disagreedD. required
6. A. ruinsB. piecesC. flamesD. silence
7. A. pushedB. seizedC. greetedD. stopped
8. A. basementB. departmentC. houseD. hall
9. A. wentB. reachedC. askedD. rushed
10. A. heavilyB. slightlyC. partlyD. terribly
11. A. IfB. AsC. SinceD. Unless
12. A. comfortedB. deliveredC. recognizedD. protected
13. A. cheeringB. freezingC. waitingD. suffering
14. A. manyB. severalC. threeD. two
15. A. dangerousB. foolishC. practicalD. painful
16. A. ThereforeB. SoC. InsteadD. But
17. A. wideB. endlessC. final D. dirty
18. A. particularB. interestingC. familiarD. fortunate
19. A. carB. sunlightC. crowdD. arms
20. A. rescued B. foundC. lost D. missed
参考答案141.DACBC CBADD BBCDA DBCBA： 完形填空 I was on my lunch break in the city, enjoying a salad at an outdoor cafe, when a disheveled（蓬头垢面） homeless lady came walking towards me. She was yelling and
26
everyone who walked past her for spare
27
and she looked like a mess. My
28
reaction was fear... to close off and hope she didn't come near me, but she did. I was on the phone and when she
29
yelling, I said, "I'm on the phone," in the nicest way I could, assuring(向……保证) myself what she needed was a lesson in
30
. She walked away, mumbling（自言自语）, "I'm
31
you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'll leave." And she turned the corner.
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, I would feel relieved or satisfied, but something in me couldn't
33
. Without another thought, I looked in my
34
for the spare change I had. Even I started searching through my entire purse, the pockets, everything --- for all of the change I could
35
find to give.
I got up and walked towards this lady and gave her all I
36
. She held my hand and said, "Thank you!" Her hand was
37
and dirty, but I didn't mind
38
her hand. I wanted to be there for her for some reason, when normally I would
39
the other way. She looked at me and said, "Will you touch my face?" And for some reason, I did. I put my hand on her cheek and she started to
40
. I could
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it was as if she had not been touched by a loving, soft hand in ages,
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, and so I held it there, trying to
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her with my heart open. It was powerful.
She thanked me and walked away quietly. And I walked away with an open heart, trying to
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sense of what had just happened. It changed something in me and has made me want to be a
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person to the people I meet during my day.
26. A. greeting
B. praising
C. applying
D. begging
27. A. change
B. room
C. time
D. food
28. A. usual
B. instant
C. soon
D. general
29. A. came across
B. came out
C. came over
D. came through
30. A. common
B. trouble
C. polite
D. manners
31. A. calling
B. hurting
C. annoying
D. abusing
32. A. Fortunately
B. Normally
C. Luckily
D. Unfortunately
33. A. rest
B. appear
C. enjoy
D. exist
34. A. car
B. table
C. wallet
D. seat
35. A. necessarily
B. possibly
C. likely
D. certainly
36. A. earned
B. searched
C. found
D. made
37. A. soft
B. rough
C. large
D. neat
38. A. washing
B. waving
C. wiping
D. holding
39. A. lead
B. set
C. turn
D. show
40. A. cry
B. laugh
C. yell
D. shout
41. A. understand
B. sense
C. know
D. learn
42. A. if necessary
B. if any
C. if so
D. if ever
43. A. persuade
B. comfort
C. entertain
D. receive
44. A. take
B. get
C. catch
D. make
45. A. kinder
B. richer
C. wiser
D. happier
参考答案
26-30 DABCD
31-35 CBACB
36-40 CBDCA
41-45 BDBDA