Question

The Quiet Hero

It was Mother's Day, the day we celebrate everything about mothers and everything we do.But I'll ____ that Sunday in 1996 was bitter and sweet for me.As a single mother I ____ to think of my shortcomings—how many evenings I couldn't spend with my children，and how many things I couldn't ____ my waitress's salary to buy.

But what ____ kids I had！My daughter Maria was a senior in college and Denny was at home from his freshman year at Harvard University.They were ___ impolite enough to complain，but there were so much more I ____ I had done for them.I just hoped they ____.

As I walked into the ____ quietly to start breakfast，I was greeted by a vase ___ a dozen red roses！When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them？But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them，in the quick，manly ____ of an eighteen?year?old.It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago.It ____：...she took a day off from her busy ____ to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium.It took 3.5 hours just to get there，and they had to be there early ____ he could see his hero take batting practice.___ their arrival，she took her hard?earned money to buy an over?priced T?shirt on which was ____ his hero making a diving catch.After the game，of course he had to ___ his hero's signature，so she stayed with the little boy ____ one o'clock in the morning...

It took me long enough to ___ it，but I finally know who the ____ hero is.Mom，I love you!

And suddenly，it was a ___ Mother's Day，after all.

1.A.admit B．adopt C．deny D．refuse

2.A.intended B．liked C．tended D．hesitated

3.A.stress B．spare C．strengthen D．spend

4.A.poor B．great C．faithless D．pretty

5.A.merely B．usually C．never D．often

6.A.wished B．hoped C．expected D．desired

7.A.supported B．understood C.approved D．disgusted

8.A.living?room B．kitchen C．bedroom D．study

9.A.including B．containing C．possessing D．pinning

10.A.handwriting B．description C．tone D．scratch

11.A.wrote B．recorded C．memorized D．read

12.A.event B．content C．schedule D．circumstance

13.A.or B．for C．but D．so

14.A.At B．In C．On D．By

15.A.impressed B．printed C．presented D．pressed

16.A.buy B．abandon C．get D．swap

17.A.before B．until C．after D．when

18.A.see B．hear C．realize D．tell

19.A.actual B．true C．imaginary D．visual

20.A.sad B．bitter C．happy D．exciting

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

1.从文段语意可以看出admit“承认”合适，其他三项在此讲不通。

2.tend to do sth.“趋向于做某事”，此处表示“由于是一名单亲妈妈，我常(自然不自然地)想到自己的不足(即自己感觉愧对孩子)”。

3.结合上下文可知此处用spare“匀出，挤出”，表示“有多少我无法从女侍者的薪水中匀出来买的东西”，根据句中出现的to buy，可排除D项。

4.从后文对子女的介绍(女儿Maria是大学四年级的学生，儿子Denny是哈佛大学新生)可知，此处用great，表示儿女是多么出色。

5.用never(impolite)to...“从不……而是……”。

6.上文表示儿女是好样的，未曾抱怨什么，而“我”感觉有那么多我希望为他们做的事而事实上没有做到，此处用wish“(不切实际地)希望，企望”，体现自己心有余而力不足。

7.用understand表示希望儿女“理解”。

8.由后文to start breakfast可知是进入厨房。

9.此处的意思为“装着一打玫瑰花的花瓶”。

10.根据上文中出现的note(便条，短信)和下文中的story(故事)可知，此处为handwriting(书法)。

11.前面出现的两个It均指“the note”。表示便条上写着什么时常用The note reads/says...。

12.根据第一段中“how many evenings I couldn't spend with my children”和下文所述可知，此处用schedule表示“繁忙的工作安排”。

13.此处用so(that)引出目的——“以便于他看到自己心目中的英雄的击球训练”。

14.on one's arrival“某人一到达”，属固定搭配。

15.结合生活常识可知，用printed表示买了一件“上面印着英雄前冲接球的T恤衫”。

16.考虑孩子的“追星”心理并结合生活中的现象可知，孩子“要得到心目中英雄的签名”，故用get。

17.根据行文逻辑和生活常识可知，用until表示“她陪儿子一直到凌晨一点”。

18.由上下文可知，此处用realize表示儿子思想意识的顿悟，即意识到妈妈的伟大。

19.从下一句“Mom，I love you！”可知，只有true“真正的”能体现说话者表达的情感。

20.读了儿子的信，做母亲的很自然的心理感受是“幸福的”。故用happy。