Question

I am the only person who has reached senior middle school in my family. So, I am the “best-educated”. But I also used to be the most because I never thought about my manners. As a busy , I always come home from school late. When I get home at , it is time for my meal. After eating, I go to school again. But one day, when I was ready to go to school after lunch as usual, Dad stopped me. “Could you me some time?” he asked, “just one .” I looked at the time and found I didn’t have much time left. “OK, Dad, but please make it .” “All right, I know you are , so I will just ask you two questions. Could you how many things you have done for our ? And, could you tell me how often you say hello to your family members when you get home?”

That day, when I was at , I thought about the questions without understanding why Dad had asked them. Then, my friend, a girl from a rich family, asked me what was me. I told her. After listening, she laughed. “Hey! That’s nothing ! You know, I never do anything or say hello to anybody when I am at home, either.” Then she added, “As far as I know, 90 percent of our have never done these things.” Really? At that moment, I why my dad had asked me those questions. It was because it is good to say hello to your family. However, most of us students don’t know, or even this. How sad we are! I finally realized how I should answer my dad’s questions. First, I would do all those things that are called good manners. Second, I would my classmates to be aware of their manners as soon as possible. That night I told these things to Dad. “Good,” he said, “Better late than never.” The next afternoon, when I got home, I saw Mum in the kitchen cooking. “Hi, Mum, I’m ,” I said. She looked at me and gave me a big .

1.A. shy B. impolite C. angry D. anxious

2.A. senior student B. shop assistant C. school teacher D. housewife

3.A. time B. night C. noon D. spare time

4.A. spend B. take C. spare D. lend

5.A. thing B. hour C. question D. minute

6.A. easy B. happy C. quick D. simple

7.A. impolite B. polite C. patient D. busy

8.A. look about B. make sure C. find out D. take out

9.A. family B. members C. house D. promise

10.A. bed B. school C. table D. home

11.A. suddenly B. obviously C. clearly D. simply

12.A. surprising B. paining C. puzzling D. delighting

13.A. dangerous B. normal C. valuable D. important

14.A. family B. class C. neighbor D. town

15.A. wondered B. understood C. knew D. noticed

16.A. way B. exercise C. chance D. manners

17.A. think about B. care about C. call for D. hunt for

18.A. force B. remind C. allow D. ask

19.A. home B. late C. sorry D. hungry

20.A. cake B. suggestion C. smile D. chance

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：作者是家里唯一上高中的。但他对家人却很冷淡。一天，父亲的两个问题让他意识到他的错误：不向家人问好是一种无礼的行为。于是，他改变了。

1. 考查逻辑推理。A害羞的；B不礼貌的；C生气的；D焦急的。根据空缺后的“because I never thought about my manners.”和下文可知，我曾经是最没有礼貌的。A、C、D三项均不符合文意，故选B。

2. 考查名词。A高中生；B店员；C教师；D家庭主妇。根据“I always come home from school late”可知我是个忙碌的高中学生。故选A。

3. 考查名词。A时间；B夜晚；C中午；D业余时间。根据下文的“But one day, when I was ready to go to school after lunch as usual”可知此处要填noon，表示中午回到家。A、B、D均不符合语境，故选C。

4. 考查动词辨析。A花费；B占用，拿，取；C抽出；D借出。根据下文可知，父亲问我是否能抽出一点时间。A、B、D三项均不符合语境，故选C。

5. 考查逻辑推理。根据“I looked at the time and found I didn’t have much time left.”，再联系上下文可知父亲问我是否能抽出一分钟的时间，A、B、C均不符合语境，故选D。

6. 考查形容词辨析。A简单的，容易的；B高兴的，开心的；C迅速的；D简易的。根据上一句“I looked at the time and found I didn’t have much time left.”可知，我剩下的时间不多了，让父亲快点。A、B、D均不符合语境，故选C。

7. 考查形容词。A不礼貌的；B有礼貌的；C耐心的；D忙碌的。此处是说，父亲知道我很忙，因此就问两个问题。A、B、C均不符合语境，故选D。

8.考查动词短语辨析。A四处寻找，查看，调查；B确保；C查明，弄清楚；D取出，拿出。此处是父亲问我的第一个问题：你弄清楚了你为我们这一家人做了多少事情？故选C。

9.考查名词辨析。A家人，家庭；B成员；C房子；D诺言，承诺。根据上下文，此处是指为家人做了哪些事情。B、C、D三项均不符合语境，故选A。

10. 上文说到，我吃过午饭要去上学时父亲问了我两个问题，此处应该是我回到了学校，be at school 在学校，故选B。

11. 考查副词辨析。A突然地，出其不意地；B明显地；C清楚地；D简易地。根据上下文可知，我没有想到父亲会突然问我这样的问题，故A项符合语境，B、C、D三项均不符合语境，故选A。

12.考查动词辨析。A让……吃惊；B疼痛；C困惑，使……迷惑不解；D高兴，使……高兴。我不明白父亲为什么会问这样的问题，朋友问我是什么让迷惑不解。A、B、D均不符合文意，故选C。

13.考查形容词。A危险的；B正常的；C有价值的，珍贵的；D重要的。从后一句“You know, I never do anything or say hello to anybody when I am at home, either.”可知，我的朋友认为不问候家人不是件重要的事情。故选D。

14. 考查推理判断。A家人，家庭；B班级；C邻居；D城镇。朋友又说，据我所知，我们班有90%的同学不做这些事（问候家人）。根据语境，A、C、D均不符合，故选B。

15. 考查动词辨析。A想知道；B理解，明白；C知道，了解；D注意到。听了朋友的话，我明白了父亲为啥要问我这样的问题。故选B。

16.考查固定短语。本处考查结构it is good manners to do sth.做某事是有礼貌的。way方式，方法；exercise练习，锻炼；chance机会，均不符合语境，故选D。

17.考查动词短语。A思考，考虑；B关心，在乎，挂念；C要求；D搜寻，寻找。此处是说，我们大部分学生不知道甚至不在意这一切。A、C、D不符合语境，故选B。

18.考查动词辨析。A强迫；B提醒；C允许；D要求，请求。我应当提醒我的同学尽快地意识到他们的举止，而不是强迫、允许或要求。选B。

19. home在家；late，迟的，晚的；sorry抱歉的；hungry饥饿的。上一句的“when I got home”呼应此处的空缺：我回到家问候妈妈“Hi, Mum, I’m home.”故选A。

20.考查名词辨析。A蛋糕；B建议；C微笑；D机会。妈妈看着我，冲我开心地笑了。give sb. a smile 对某人微笑，A、B、D三项均不符合语境，故选C。

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