Question

That was when my son was 6 years old. My son is now 22 but whenever I look at him even as a grown man, I remember the small child with .

Our cat was to give birth. And like all young children, my son was very interested in the birth of the babies. During the following week, he never stopped me for a chance to witness it. At last, I agreed. I answered all his questions and prepared him the best he might not be shocked or frightened.

That when my son arrived home, one baby cat had been born. He was so at what he saw that he would put his hand on the mother cat’s stomach and feel the other babies . When the mother cat began to very loudly, it was clear that the second baby was on its way. My son but never said a word. Then he asked me, “Mum, why does she cry so loudly when the baby comes?” I that it was not a hurtful pain but a pain of great pleasure the mother.

When the of the third baby was coming by the crying of the mother cat, my son hugged (拥抱) me with tears his face, saying, “Mum, I’m sorry for the I brought you to have me.” My heart almost stopped. With a(n) choice of words, I told him that his birth has brought me but smiles, and that I would like to it 100 times.

Now my son is a grown man, but he always that night, for it was on that night that he finally what the word “love” meant.

1.A. smiles B. tears C. interest D. care

2.A. willing B. determined C. ready D. upset

3.A. begging B. searching C. thanking D. commanding

4.A. unless B. until C. as if D. so that

5.A. morning B. afternoon C. noon D. night

6.A. amazed B. frightened C. angry D. sad

7.A. jumping B. sleeping C. moving D. growing

8.A. laugh B. cough C. cry D. shout

9.A. watched B. noticed C. found D. responded

10.A. realized B. explained C. expressed D. added

11.A. in B. with C. on D. for

12.A. loss B. birth C. performance D. protection

13.A. suddenly B. peacefully C. actually D. naturally

14.A.calming down B. rolling down C. setting down D. turning down

15.A. pain B. trial C. cruelty D. violence

16.A. hopeful B. careful C. useless D. informal

17.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

18.A. join in B. suffer from C. dream of D. go through

19.A. regrets B. remembers C. ignores D. prefers

20.A. understood B. decided C. admitted D. doubted

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析:本文讲述的是作者的孩子通过观察他家的猫咪生小猫咪了解到他自己妈妈的伟大之处。

1. smiles微笑 B. tears眼泪 C. interest兴趣 D. care关怀，照料；本文讲述是作者的儿子通过观察自家的猫生小猫了解到自己母亲的伟大之处。第一段是整个故事的总述，第二段和第三段讲了猫咪生小猫的细节和作者儿子的反应，根据第四段：my son 58 hugged (拥抱) me with tears 59 his face,可知作者的儿子因为心疼自己而流下了眼泪，这使作者永生难忘即使那时她的儿子还是小孩子的时候，故选B.

2. willing to愿意做……, be determined to决定做……, be ready to为…….做准备, be upset to对……感到心烦；句意：我们家的猫准备生小猫崽了。根据句意，故选C.

3. begging祈求B. searching搜索C. thanking感谢D. commanding指挥，统帅；句意：在接下来的几个星期里，他从未停止祈求我给他一个机会见证（猫生崽）。根据句意，故选A.

4. unless除非 B. until直到 C. as if好像D. so that以便，以至于；句意：最后，我同意了。我回答了他所有问题并且为他做了最好的准备以至于他不被震惊到或被吓到。根据句意，故选D.

5. morning早上 B. afternoon下午 C. noon中午 D. night晚上；根据最后一段：Now my son is a grown man, but he always that night,可知儿子是晚上回来看小猫出生，故选D.

6. amazed吃惊的 B. frightened害怕的 C. angry生气的 D. sad伤心的；句意：他是如此的吃惊他所看到的一切以至于他将手放在猫妈妈的肚子上，感受其他猫崽的活动。根据句意，故选A.

7. jumping跳 B. sleeping 睡觉 C. moving移动，活动 D. growing生长，成长；句意：他是如此的吃惊他所看到的一切以至于他将手放在猫妈妈的肚子上，感受其他猫崽的活动。根据句意，故选C.

8. laugh大笑 B. cough咳嗽 C. cry叫喊，哭 D. shout大叫；根据第三段：Then he asked me, “Mum, why does she cry so loudly when the baby comes?”（然后他问我，“妈妈，为什么当她的孩子出来的时候它叫喊的如此大声？”）可知横线上填cry，故选C.

9. watched观察，注视 B. noticed注意到 C. found找到，创立 D. responded反应，回答；句意：我的儿子注视着（猫妈妈）但是他没有说一句话。根据句意，故选A.

10. realized 意识到B. explained解释C. expressed表达D. added增加；因为前文提到儿子问“我”问题，所以，“我”在回答他。句意：我解释到这不是那种造成伤害的痛苦，对于一个母亲来说，这种是痛并且快乐着。根据句意，故选B.

11. in在….里面 B. with和…一起 C. on在…之上 D. for对于，对……而言；句意：我解释到这不是那种造成伤害的痛苦，对于一个母亲来说，这种是痛并且快乐着。根据句意，故选D.

12. loss减少，亏损 B. birth出生，血统 C. performance表演，执行 D. protection保护，防卫；根据第二段：Our cat was to give birth.可知，故选B.

13. suddenly 突然地 B. peacefully安静地 C. actually实际上 D. naturally自然地；作者的儿子因为看到猫妈妈生小猫如此的辛苦，所以他突然理解到了自己的母亲是多么的伟大，句意：我的儿子突然抱着我，眼泪从他脸上滚落了下来。故选A.

14. down平静下来B. rolling down滚下来 C. setting down放下，定制D. turning down减小，关小；句意：我的儿子突然抱着我，眼泪从他脸上滚落了下来。根据句意，故选B.

15. pain痛苦 B. trial审判，审讯C. cruelty残酷 D. violence暴力，侵犯；句意：妈妈，我很抱歉当你生我的时候给你带来这么多痛苦。根据句意，故选A.

16. hopeful游戏望的 B. careful仔细的，认真的 C. useless无用的，无效的 D. informal非正式的，通俗的；因为儿子突如其来的懂事使作者感到感动和震惊，所以，对于儿子的道歉他想说些什么，但必须得认真地斟酌她的用词，故选B.

17. something某事 B. anything任何事 C. nothing无事D. everything一切，每件事；句意：我认真地思考着我该如何用恰当的语言回答他，我告诉他他带给我除了微笑别无其他，并且我愿意经受这样的痛苦一百次。可知作者很爱她的儿子，觉得儿子是上天赐予她的最好的礼物，故选C.

18. join in 加入，参加B. suffer from忍受，遭受C. dream of梦想 D. go through参加，经受；句意：我认真地思考着我该如何用恰当的语言回答他，我告诉他他带给我除了微笑别无其他，并且我愿意经受这样的痛苦一百次。根据句意，故选D.

19. regrets遗憾 B. remembers记住，记得 C. ignores忽视，不理睬 D. prefers宁愿，更喜欢；句意：现在，我的儿子已经长大成人，但是他永远记住了那个夜晚。因为就是在那个夜晚，他才理解到了“爱”的意义。根据句意，故选B.

20. 考查动词。A. understood理解 B. decided决定 C. admitted承认 D. doubted疑惑，怀疑；句意：现在，我的儿子已经长大成人，但是他永远记住了那个夜晚。因为就是在那个夜晚，他才理解到了“爱”的意义。根据句意，故选A.

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