语言朋友(49)after night, as was often the case, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the __1__ ，then kiss my forehead.I don't remember when it first started __2__ me .But it did.Finally one night, I shouted out at her, “Don't do that any more － your hands are too__3__！” She didn't say anything in __4__ my day with that familiar __5__of her love.
With the years passing, my thoughts__6__ to that night, when I missed my mother's hands, missed her goodnight__7__ on my forehead.Sometimes the incident seemed very __8__ , while sometimes far away.But always it was hidden in the back of my __9__.Now Mom is in her seventies, and those hands that I __10__ thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my __11__.And now my own children are grown and gone.One Thanksgiving Eve，as I __12__ in the bedroom of my youth, a__13__hand hesitantly run across my face to__14__the hair from my forehead.Then a kiss, ever so __15__， touched my brow.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night and my young voice __16__ “Don't do that any more your hands are too rough！”__17____18__I was for that night.I thought she'd remember, as I did.But Mom didn't know what I was talking about.She had__19__， and forgiven long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new __20__for my gentle mother and her caring hands.And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
解题导语：本文是一篇记叙文讲述了母亲一如既往的爱让作者多年来的负疚感消失了。 push out of the place“拨开”。A
2．A.pleasing
B．frightening
C．satisfying
D．annoying
解析：根据下文“Finally one night, 可知母亲这种行为令“我”很恼火。故选D。D
3．A.sweet
B．tough
C．ugly
D．rough
解析：根据下文“your hands are too rough”可知选D。D
4．A.take up
B．give up
C．end up
D．break up
解析：根据文章首句“Night after night”可知选C。end up“结束”。C
5．A.expression
B．symbol
C．promise
D．experience
解析：句意：母亲再也没有用那种熟悉的方式表达她的爱。A
6．A.remained
B．returned
C．occurred
D．missed句意：随着岁月的推移我的思绪又回到那天晚上。B
7．A.story
B．greeting
C．kiss
D．song
解析：根据上文“she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, 可知选C。C
8．A.close
B．serious
C．different
D．unusual
解析：根据句中while的对比意义可知选与“far away”相反的词。故选A。A
9．A.brain
B．mind
C．spirit
D．heart
解析：句意：但是它总是隐藏在我的脑海。B
10．A.once
B．even
C．still
D．always
解析：根据本句中的“still”表达的时间延续的意义可知选once“曾经”。A
11．A.husband
B．children根据语境可知此处作者要表达的是母亲一如既往的辛劳与无私的爱。选最符合语境。C
12．A.slept
B．stood
C．sat
D．laid
解析：根据下文内容可知此处指A
13．A.rough
B．reliable
C．thin
D．familiar
解析：句意：一只熟悉的手犹豫地掠过我的脸拨开我前额的头发。D
14．A.tidy
B．touch
C．brush
D．wiped
解析：此处选brush表示“拨开”头发。C
15．A.gently
B．friendly
C．closely
D．weakly
解析：此处选gently形容母亲的动作温柔。A
16．A.wept
B．whispered
C．complained
D．struggled
解析：作者想起小时候对母亲的这种行为感觉不满意。complain“抱怨”。C
17．A.On time
B．All at once
C．Once again
D．As usual
解析：结合语境可知作者应该是突然抓住母亲的手。all at once“突然”。B
18．A.grateful
B．anxious
C．sorry
D．excited
解析：根据上下文可知此处指作者对母亲表达了自己的歉意。故选C。C
19．A.remembered
B．written
C．forgotten
D．kept
解析：根据上文“But Mom didn't know what I was talking about.”可知选C。C
20．A.memory
B．sense
C．pleasure
D．appreciation
解析：句意：那晚带着感激“我”睡着了。多年来萦绕我心头的负罪感再也无处可寻了。D
七选五
Possessing a car gives one a greater degree of freedom.With the building of good fast motorways, long distances can be covered rapidly and pleasantly.__21__ You will no longer be forced to rely on public transport or work locally.You can choose from a greater variety of jobs and probably change your work more frequently as you are not limited to a small area.
Although you can afford to buy it now, you have to consider the future.__22__ However large the first sum you have to pay, you have to spend more in running the machine, the various taxes, the fuel, and of course the repairs.The last is especially endless.Any single repair may cost you thousands.
__23__ As more and more cars are produced and used, an even larger amount of poisonous gas is being sent out.Some of the contents of this gas, such as lead, can cause actual harm to the health of people.Many of the minor illness of modern industrial society, such as headaches, tiredness, and stomachaches may just arise from the gas.
__24__ It has been said that when a man is sitting behind the wheel, his car becomes the display of his personality.People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind the wheel.They are ill mannered, aggressive and selfish.All their hidden character seems to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
Traveling by car actually brings more inconvenience.Driving a car may be more comfortable than taking a crowded bus.But any advantage of driving a car is often gone in traffic jams, endless queue of cars through all the main streets.__25__
A．Driving a car usually bring out a man's worst qualities.
B．Driving a car may cause many traffic accidents.
C．If you have a car, you can move around freely.
D．Considering this, I don't support the use of more cars.
E．A car may bring you heavy financial burden.
F．More cars can produce serious air pollution.
G．Knowing you are able to drive makes you more confident.
答案：21～25 CEFAD