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My Forever Valentine

Valentine's Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真地) thought__ _him as my “Valentine Man”．

My first recollection of the__ _he could bring to Valentine's Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a giftwrapped package at my chair.

The card was__ _“Love, Dad ”and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to __ _my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is __ __difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember__ _that ring with pride that all the cards in the world__ __not surpass (超越)．

__ __I grew older, the gifts gave____to heart shaped boxes filled with my____chocolates and always included a ____card signed “Love，Dad”. In those years my “thanks” became___of a perfunctory(敷衍的)response. The cards seemed less____，and I took it for granted that the Valentine would____be there. I had_ _my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love, Dad” just didn't seem quite__ _.

His final card remains on my desk today. It's a__ __of how special father can be and how important it had been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a __ __of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.

Those things never__ __，nor does the memory of a man who never__ _being my Valentine.

【1】A. of B．about C．up D．over

【2】A. memory B．magic C．puzzle D．presents

【3】A. read B．written C．shown D．signed

【4】A. recover B．resemble C．represent D．replace

【5】A. much B．little C．great D．less

【6】A. having B．owning C．wearing D．watching

【7】A. could B．did C．must D．should

【8】A. Because B．Since C．When D．As

【9】A. room B．way C．honor D．seat

【10】A. favorite B．lovely C．dear D．precious

【11】A. usual B．common C．strange D．special

【12】A. less B．little C．more D．much

【13】A. important B．beautiful C．familiar D．standard

【14】A. surely B．always C．regularly D．often

【15】A. let B．kept C．placed D．remembered

【16】A. suitable B．enough C．effective D．sacred

【17】A. signal B．certificate C．consequence D．reminder

【18】A. tradition B．hobby C．habit D．custom

【19】A. lose B．die C．miss D．appear

【20】A. thought B．wanted C．tried D．stopped

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【9】B

【10】A

【11】D

【12】C

【13】A

【14】B

【15】C

【16】B

【17】D

【18】A

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】提到情人节，人们可能马上联想到鲜花、巧克力以及年轻的恋人们。其实情人是一个古老而广泛的概念，包括所有我们深爱的人以及深爱着我们的人，比如我们的父母。

【1】A think of...as...是固定短语，意为“把……视为/看作……”。

【2】B 句意：在“我”6岁那年的情人节，他给我带来了第一次“美妙的”回忆。

【3】D 卡片上有父亲的“签名”。该选项从下文11空后可得到提示。

【4】C 戒指上的红玻璃“象征/代表”我的诞生石——红宝石。

【5】B 对一个六岁的孩子而言，红玻璃和红宝石没有什么不同。

【6】C 表示佩戴首饰只能用wear。

【7】A 世界上所有的卡片都无法与之相比。

【8】D as在此处引导时间状语从句，意为“随着”。

【9】B give way to是固定短语，意为“为……所代替”。

【10】A 该题可采用排除法，修饰巧克力不能用“可爱的”、“亲爱的”、“宝贵的”，但可以用“最喜爱的”。

【11】D 父亲的卡片是“特殊的”。

【12】C 句意：这些年来“我”的“感谢”更多成为一种敷衍的反应。从上下文可知，此处是与以前对比。

【13】A 这些卡片看起来已经不是那么“重要”。

【14】B “我”想当然地认为情人节“总是”会在那儿。

【15】C “我”把梦想和希望“放在”收到那些来自“重要的其他人”的卡片和礼物上。

【16】B 来自父亲的贺卡似乎远远不够(满足女儿的需要)。

【17】D 父亲送“我”的最后一张卡片在“提醒”我：父亲对子女的爱是多么特别又是多么重要。

【18】A 父亲表达的是一种“传统”的爱。

【19】B 该句句意为“这些事情永远不会消失，我将永远记着他，他永远是我最思念的人。”这句话表达了女儿对父亲永远的怀念。die意为“消失”。

【20】D 根据该句句意可知用stop doing sth符合语境。