Question

Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof (证据)of how I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I _____began to understand. “I guess we may all sometimes,” Mother said quietly. I could her pain and the tension(压力) of the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me turned. I out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face my shoulder and sobbed（抽泣）. I held her and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I , what I could and that it was enough. At that moment, feeling Mother’s back with , I understood for the first time her being so easy to . She was still my mother, she was something : a person like me, capable of fear and and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions(场合) when I sought in her arms.

A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station . “It’s a job I can do, though,” she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on there than a woman learning to type.

1.A. tired B. ashamed C. lazy D. shocked

2.A. crying B. smiling C. thinking D. whispering

3.A. eagerly B. worriedly C. little D. much

4.A. quickly B. gradually C. suddenly D. proudly

5.A. fail B. win C. fall sick D. give in

6.A. learn B. watch C. sense D. recognize

7.A. holding back B. putting away C. sitting up D. stopping from

8.A. found B. worked C. reached D. ran

9.A. to B. up C. through D. against

10.A. tightly B. thoughtfully C. carefully D. politely

11.A. should B. would C. could D. might

12.A. my hand B. tear C. happiness D. patting

13.A. content B. break C. fall D. understand

14.A. therefore B. however C. yet D. though

15.A. more B. much C. little D. huge

16.A. wound B. defeat C. cut D. hurt

17.A. coldness B. memory C. comfort D. support

18.A. supplied B. offered C. paid D. contributed

19.A. different B. hard C. pleasant D. serious

20.A. hitting B. tapping C. beating D. striking

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.B

【解析】

试题解析：作者记叙了自己某一天放学回家，看见了妈妈的哭泣，得知妈妈因为不能快速打字而失业，直到这时，作者才体会到以前只是一味地寻求妈妈的怀抱，却没有真正了解她，直到现在才真正看到母亲的痛楚，知道母亲的不易。在妈妈开始了新的工作后作者也开始对妈妈有了新的理解。

1.】D 考察词义辨析。A疲倦的；B害羞的；C懒惰的；D震撼的。根据后文My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding Mother可知此处与之呼应，But I was____ into stillness by what I saw故应为我被我所看到的震惊到了。故选D。

2.】A 考察词义辨析。A哭泣；B笑；C想；D低语。根据后文中finding Mother in tears发现妈妈在库，可知此处应填crying，故选A。

3. C考察词义辨析。A渴望的；B担心的；C一点；D很多。My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof (证据) of how____ I understood the pressures on her，此处需根据上下文推断我对妈妈的压力有多理解，而从前一句我的震惊和尴尬可知，我之前对妈妈的压力并不了解。故此空填litter，故选C。

4.】B 考察词义辨析。A快地；B渐渐地；C突然地；D骄傲地。根据上下文，猜测句意Sitting beside her on the sofa, I _____began to understand坐在她旁边的沙发上，我渐渐开始明白了，故选B。

5.】A 考察词义辨析。A失败；B胜利；C生病；D屈服；“I guess we may all_____ sometimes,” Mother said quietly，猜测句意：我猜有的时候我们可能失败的很彻底。根据后文中妈妈的痛苦和压力，推断出此空应填失败。故选A。

6.】C 考察词义辨析。A学习；B观看；C感觉；D认识到。I could _____her pain and the tension(压力)，她的痛苦和压力我能感觉到，其它选项意思不符，故选C。

7.】A 考察短语辨析。A收回、阻止；B收拾好、抛弃；C站起来；D阻止。I could ______ her pain and the tension(压力) of ____ the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. 对强烈的感觉只能使用hold back收回，句意：我能感觉她的痛苦和因为我的到来收回强烈感觉的压力。故选A。

8.】C 考察词义辨析。A发现；B工作；C到达；D跑。I out and put my arms around her.考察reach out，伸出双手，句意：我伸出双手抱住她。故选C。

9.】D 考察介词辨析。A put to 无此搭配；B put up提供，建造，举起，提高；C put through接通，完成，使通过；D put against放，放置。She put her face my shoulder and sobbed（抽泣）推测句意：妈妈把脸搭在我的肩上抽泣着。故选D。

10.】A 考察词义辨析。A紧紧地；B沉思地；体贴地；坚固地；C仔细地；D礼貌地；I held her and didn’t try to talk.形容我抱住她，故使用紧紧的，句意：我紧紧抱着她，没有打算说话。故选A。

11.】A 考察情态动词辨析。A应该；B将；C可能；D可能（程度较低）。I knew I was doing what I 推测句意：我知道我在做我应该做的。故选A。

12.】A 考察细节理解。At that moment, feeling Mother’s back with 在那一刻，触摸妈妈的背应该用my hand。其他选项不符题意。故选A。

13.】B 考察词义辨析。A内容，使满足；B打破；C降落；D理解。I understood for the first time her being so easy to . 根据前文所述妈妈的哭泣，可知此处应为我第一次理解到妈妈为什么这么容易崩溃。故选B。

14.】C 考察词义辨析。A因此；B然而；C也，还；D通过。She was still my mother, she was something : a person like me, capable of fear…此空需判断前后两句的关系，根据后文冒号之后的话可以知道作者是在形容妈妈其他的人物特性，所以推断句意应为：她尽管是我的妈妈，也是一个可以拥有很多情绪，会害怕，会失败的人。故选C。

15.】A 考察细节理解，根据上题的解析，可知此处表示，她尽管是我的妈妈，她也会有更多的情绪。故选A。

16.】D 考察词义辨析。A创伤、伤口；B打败；C切断；D受伤。a person like me, capable of fear and and failure.推断句意：一个像我一样的人，会害怕，会受伤，会失败，其它选项不符题意，故选D。

17.】C 考察词义辨析。A寒冷；B记忆；C安慰；D支持。I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions(场合) when I sought in her arms.推测句意：我能够感受到她的痛苦因为她必须在一千种场合下感受我的痛苦，当我在她的怀抱里寻求支持的时候。故选D。

18.】B 考察动词辨析。A补充；B提供；C支付；D贡献。the salary the radio station .提供薪水，offer the salary。故选B。

19.】A 考察词义辨析。A不同的；B艰难的；C高兴的；D严肃的。I had a very feeling now when I passed her door at night，我第一次看见妈妈的痛苦，所以自那以后，所以当我晚上经过妈妈的门口，应该是有一种不同的感觉。其它选项不符题意，故选A。

20.】B 考察词义辨析。A击中；B轻拍；C敲打；D打。heard her away across the paper。听见她在纸上轻轻敲打。Tap away轻击，敲打。故选C。

考点：考察记叙文阅读。