Question

While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I noticed a man coming toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to his family.

First he moved to his younger son as he laid down his bags. They gave each other a long, loving hug. they separated, I heard the father say, “It’s so good to see you, son. I missed you so much!” His son smiled somewhat shyly and replied softly, “Me, too, Dad!” Then the man stood up, gazed in the of his older son and said, “You’re already quite the young man. I love you very much, Zach!” They too hugged a most loving, tender hug. After several , he turned to his wife and declared, “I’ve saved the best for last!” and to give his wife the longest, most passionate kiss I ever remember .

For an instant they me of a newly-married couple, but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be. I puzzled about it for a moment and gathered my to nervously ask, “Wow! How long have you been married?” “Almost twelve years.” he replied, breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well then, how long have you been away?” I asked. The man turned and looked at me, “Two whole days.”

Two days? I was . By the intensity of the greeting, I had he’d been gone for at least several weeks — if not months. I know my expression me. Hoping to stop our conversation politely and continue with my for my friend, I said almost immediately, “I hope my is still that passionate after twelve years!”

The man suddenly smiling. He looked at me straight in the eye, and with power that burned right into my soul. He told me something that left me a person. He told me, “Don’t , friend …decide!” Then with a wonderful smile, he and his family turned and left together.

I was still watching that special family walk just out of sight when my friend

to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without , and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “ My future!”

1.A. appreciate B. watch C. comfort D. greet

2.A. As B. After C. Because D. Since

3.A. mind B. eyes C. heart D. head

4.A. months B. hours C. moments D. weeks

5.A. proceeded B. inspired C. pretended D. promised

6.A. dreaming B. studying C. seeing D. sensing

7.A. thought B. exposed C. warned D. reminded

8.A. confidence B. courage C. imagination D. patience

9.A. on B. after C. without D. by

10.A. directly B. finally C. cautiously D. deliberately

11.A. discouraged B. frightened C. delighted D. shocked

12.A. assumed B. planned C. realized D. decided

13.A. discovered B. overlooked C. betrayed D. withdrew

14.A. research B. search C. control D. touch

15.A. marriage B. relatives C. family D. friends

16.A. continued B. kept C. tried D. stopped

17.A. different B. reliable C. wonderful D. perfect

18.A. remark B. imagine C. hope D. quit

19.A. called on B. dropped in C. came up D. waved at

20.A. hesitation B. decision C. difficulty D. intention

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.C

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者去机场接朋友时看到的一件事，这件事给了作者很大触动，知道了要保持婚姻幸福的秘诀。而且也被提醒不要去希望未来是什么样子的，而要现在就开始真正去做。

1.A. appreciate感激；B. watch 观看，注视；C. comfort安慰；D. greet问候。从情理可知男子在下飞机后与家人相聚，应相互问候，选D。

2. 连词辨析。A. As 当…时候；B. After 在之后； C. Because 因为；D. Since自从，因为。根据语境判断作者听到的话是在他们拥抱完分开的时候，选A。

3.A. mind思想；B. eyes 眼睛；C. heart心脏；D. head头。从常识可知跟人说话的时候都应该正视对方的眼睛，选B。

4.A. months 月份；B. hours小时；C. moments时刻；D. weeks周。从当时的情景可知他在和儿子拥抱过之后，过了一会他转向妻子，其他不合语境，选C。

5. A. proceeded开始；继续进行；B. inspired 激励；C. pretended假装；D. promised承诺。从情景可知当那个人和孩子说完话后开始吻他的妻子。proceed to do “开始干某事”。

6.A. dreaming做梦；梦想；B. studying学习；C. seeing看到；D. sensing感觉。作者描述自己在机场看到的情景，所以填C。

7.A. thought 想，认为；B. exposed 使暴露；C. warned警告；D. reminded提醒。从作者的描述可知这个人和他的妻子表现的非常恩爱，好像新婚夫妇一般，选D。句意：他们立马让我想起了新婚夫妇。

8.A. Confidence信心；B. courage 勇气； C. Imagination想象力；D. Patience耐心。因为作者不认识那个人，所以他是鼓起勇气上前询问，选B。

9.. 介词辨析。A. on在之上；B. after 在之后；C. without没有；D. by通过。根据下文The man turned and looked at me,可知陌生人在回答作者问题时目光也没有离开自己的妻子，选C。

10.副词辨析。 A. directly 直接地；B. finally 最后；C. cautiously谨慎地；D. deliberately故意地。从上文可知这个陌生人开始没有去看作者，而是一直在注视着自己的妻子，所以是最后才转过身来，选B。

11.形容词辨析。 A. discouraged 使泄气；B. frightened 使害怕；C. delighted高兴的；D. shocked震惊的。根据下文中I had he’d been gone for at least several weeks — if not months.可知作者开始的时候以为他们是分别很长时间了，所以当听说他们才分别两天的时候，对他们的表现感到非常吃惊，选D。

12.A. assumed假定，认为；B. planned 计划；C. realized 实现，意识到；D. decided决定。从后句内容可知作者本以为他们分别很久，选A。

13.A. discovered发现；B. overlooked忽视，俯视；C. betrayed 背叛;出卖;；D. withdrew撤退。根据下文内容可知作者的惊讶表现在了脸上，选C。

14.名词辨析。 A. research研究；B. search 寻找；C. control 控制； D. touch触动，触摸。从上文可知作者来机场是为了接朋友，所以选B。

15.】A名词辨析。A. marriage婚姻；B. relatives亲戚；C. family 家庭；D. friends朋友。根据上文内容可知作者是对男子和他妻子的感情而感叹，所以选A。

16.A. continued继续；B. kept 保持；C. tried 尝试； D. stopped停止，阻拦。从后句话可知原本微笑着的陌生男子郑重地对作者说了一番话，由此判断此处指他不再微笑，选D。

17.形容词辨析。 A. different不同的；B. reliable可靠的；C. wonderful好的；D. perfect完美的。陌生男子的 话使作者幡然醒悟，对婚姻有了不同的看法，所以选A。

18.A. remark 话语;评论；B. imagine 想象；C. hope希望；D. quit放弃。根据上文中“I hope my is still that passionate after twelve years!”可知填C。

19.A. called on号召；B. dropped in 拜访；C. came up 走上前来，被提出；D. waved at挥手。作者来机场接朋友，却碰到了这感人的一幕，所以这时指朋友走来过来，选C。

20.名词辨析。A. hesitation犹豫；B. decision决定；C. difficulty困难；D. intention意图。从故事的讲述可知作者听了陌生男人的话后，对生活充满了热情，所以当朋友问他在看什么的时候，他毫不犹豫地告诉他在看未来。选A。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读