Question

We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are 36 , one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say, 37 across the bay to a shabby old house.

I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lisa, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) 38 memory for me. Lisa was one of the mobile children, 39 from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of 40 , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors 41 for 200 years.

We soon 42 by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories 43 back, swift as the tide (潮水).

Suddenly, I long to walk again in the 44 where I was once so gloriously a child. It still 45 a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk 46 the rooms in memory. Here, my mother 47 in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family 48 into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being 49 them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lisa 50 attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I 51 ; where I belong. "

She has 52 her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human 53. To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need 54 origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the 55 of "I". We must all go home again—in reality or memory.

31.       A. appearing   B. moving              C. exposing           D. expanding

32.       A. referring     B. travelling           C. pointing             D. coming

33.       A. shared B. short                 C. fresh                 D. treasured

34.       A. passed       B. raised                C. moved              D. sent

35.       A. home         B. duty                  C. reality               D. relief

36.       A. built           B. lived                  C. remained           D. explored

37.       A. catch up     B. pull up        C. step down         D. come down

38.       A. falling        B. turning              C. rushing             D. bringing

39.       A. yard           B. village        C. room                D. house

40.       A. adapts to    B. appeals to          C. belongs to         D. occurs to

41.       A. across B. through             C. along                D. past

42.       A. lay             B. played        C. stood                D. sat

43.       A. marching    B. looking              C. breaking            D. pouring

44.       A. between     B. with                  C. near                  D. behind

45.       A. wonders     B. listens        C. reacts               D. agrees

46.       A. began  B. grew                 C. studied              D. stayed

47.       A. deepened    B. recognized  C. accepted           D. found

48.       A. heart          B. rights                C. interest              D. behaviors

49.       A. one            B. its                     C. that                   D. every

50.       A. meaning     B. expression  C. connection D. background

Answer 1

本文是一篇记叙文，取材于Ardis Whitman的You must go home again。祖母俩回Nova Scotia为Lisa寻根问祖，对于作者本人来说，追溯童年那些珍贵的回忆。通过奶奶的追忆，Lisa这个居无定所的孩子有了根的感觉，俩人都得到了收获：家是我们生活的根；在自己身上有着独一无二的东西；学会了理解“我”的含义。本篇难度：中等。

{篇章结构}：

段落	关键词	大意推测
第一部分（para.1---2）	driving, the fog is lifting. in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage， seeking roots, retracing memory.	大雾天，祖孙俩开车前往Nova Scotia，Lisa去寻根，作者追忆过去。
第二部分（para.3--4）	the memories rush back, my mother，the enthusiastic family，I could never have enough of being 49 them. " So this is where I began ; where I belong. ”	来到作者奶奶的屋子旁，记忆如潮水般涌上心头，。房子已经属于一个族人。奶奶开始讲述童年，回忆当年的自己和母亲，回忆起热情的家人，以及和他们呆在一起的种种快乐。Lisa 听着奶奶的讲述，认为这儿就是她的根。
第三部分（para.5）	To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human heart. Discover… .We must all go home again—in reality or memory.	就知道自己的根在哪里，是human heart(人类内心)的巨大的渴望之一。通过这次朝圣寻祖，祖孙俩心灵都有触动：发现了自己身上独一无二的东西，领悟了“我”的含义。 点题：每个人都要回家，在现实中也好，在记忆里也好。

{解析}：

36. A。根据上文的语境及词义辨析推断。根据文章第一句中the fog is lifting now，（雾正在消散），可知景色正在逐渐呈现在眼前。故选A。B. moving移动；C. exposing暴露；D. expanding扩大。

37. C。根据句内及下文的语境。across the bay（越过海湾），说明作者边指着海湾另一边的一破旧的老房子边介绍：那是我的祖母的房子。point to指着，指向。A. referring参考、涉及；B. travelling旅行; C. coming来。

38. D。根据句内及上下文的语境。第一段中提及到，“There is my grandmother's house”。如今，作者本人已经当奶奶了，此时正带着孙女在Nova Scotia(新斯科舍) 进行一次朝圣，为孙女寻根问祖，为自己追溯当年珍贵的记忆。用D. treasured更加贴切文章。A. shared共享；B. short短的；C. fresh新鲜的。

39. C。根据句内语境及生活常识推断。mobile children（流动儿童），（moved） from house to house, 居无定所，从一个房子搬到另一个房子，是对该短语的具体描述。A. passed传递；B. raised举起；抚育，抚养；D. sent送，寄出。

40. A。根据生活常识和文化背景推理。对于一个居无定所的流动儿童来说，他们更渴望a sense of home“家的感觉”，而非: B. a sense of duty 责任感，C. a sense of reality真实感，D. a sense of relief如释重负

41. B。根据词义辨析。我带着孙女来的这个地方是我和我丈夫出生的地方，同时也是我的先祖们祖祖辈辈居住了200年的地方。Live有长期居住、生存之意。A. built建造，及物动词，句中缺少宾语；C. remained继续存在; 仍然存在；    D. explored探索，研究，考察。

42. B。根据上文及词义辨析。第一段首句：We have been driving in fog all morning 。说明祖孙俩在车上。雾散时，远远看见了作者奶奶的屋子，此时车已经到屋子旁。pull up 指（车或驾车者）减速停下。A. catch up赶上；      C. step down辞职、下台、 让位；D. come down 下来， (价格、温度、比率等）下降；着陆；崩塌。

43. C。根据句内语境及词义辨析推断。我们在屋子边停车，我对孙女讲述这房子原来是什么样的，各种相关的记忆如潮水般rush back（冲回来）涌上心头。A. fall back后退，退却；B. turn back往回走、阻挡、翻回到；D bring back sth拿回来、使…恢复、使…回忆起来sth。

44. D。利用下文原词复现解题。 “…, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house,”能住的应该是房子或者房间，故排除A. yard庭院。这个地方目前没人入住，我们无法入内，但是记忆中我还能在各个房间走来走去。说明作者突发奇想，想去走走当年孩童时代呆过的房子。C，room，和后文rooms 有出入，故排除。B. village，村庄，既然已经到房屋处了，那必定已经处于村庄之中，故排除。

45. C。根据词义辨析。房屋现在belong to(属于)一族人，但是目前空着没人住。所以作者进不去。A. adapts to适应；B. appeals to吸引；D. occurs to发生。

46. B。根据词汇的意义和用法辨析。作者想象着自己walk through the rooms（穿过记忆中的每个房间里）。A. across横穿; C. along沿着、顺着; D. past经过。

47. D。根据词汇的意义辨析。当年母亲（sat）坐在窗台上写日记。A. lay躺；B. played      玩；C. stood站。

48. D。根据词汇的意义和用法辨析及生活常识推断. 根据后面的into and out of the house，选用排除法：A. marching 行军；B. looking into调查，look out of从…朝外看；C. break into…破门而入, break out of …. 摆脱（束缚等）、突破…。pour into and out of the house （家人们）川流不息地涌进涌出。

49. B。根据词汇的意义和用法辨析及生活常识推断。当年的我和他们呆在一起从不觉得厌烦。have enough of（对某人或某事）感到厌烦。be with sb与某人一起。句意为：I had always enjoyed with them。 

50. B。根据句内语境及词汇的意义辨析判断。as I talk（当奶奶讲当年的事情时，Lisa聚精会神地听。A. wonders       怀疑、想知道、惊讶；C. reacts     反应；D. agrees 同意。

51. A。根据上下文判断。第二段首句：I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lisa, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) 38 （treasured）memory for me.作者带着Lisa来寻根问祖。听了奶奶一番陈述，Lisa作出结论：这儿就是我的根开始的地方。我属于这个地方。Lisa 不是在这长大的，更不用说在此学习了，stayed(停留;逗留;留下)，选项用了过去时态，Lisa 以前没来过此地，故排除BCD。

52. D。根据词汇的意义及上下文推断。理由同51。A. deepened使加深；B. recognized 认出、识别；C. accepted接受  。

53.A。根据词汇的意义及文化背景的推理。通过寻根问祖这事，知道自己原籍在哪里，就知道自己的根在哪里，是human heart(人类内心)的巨大的渴望之一。B. human rights人权；C. human interest人情味；D. human behaviors人类行为。

54. C。根据语法现象推断。need that origin，此处特指，人们需要知道自己这个家族的起源。A. one一个起源；B. its，主语是we，its无从指代。D. every 每一个。

55. A。根据词汇的意义。通观全文，通过这次朝圣，祖孙俩都有收获：在自己身上有着独一无二的东西；学会了理解“I”的meaning（含义）。我们都要再次回家，或者在真实的生活中，或者在记忆中。B. expression表达；表情，措辞；C. connection连接；关系；D. background背景。