Question

【题目】 I was often told that God loved me. I wanted to believe that so much.

For nearly a ______ I was shuttled between adoptive families and group homes—14 of them. Some families were nice. Others were ______, like evils in a dark fairy tale. At the age of 12, I was finally ______, by Gay and Phil Courter, a couple with two adult sons. Gay said, “We lived for a ______, and we believe that reason is you.”

I’d been lied to by adults so many times in the past years. I wasn’t sure they ______ loved me. “There will be no ______. All those parents were pretty much the same,” I said to myself. I ______ to call them Mom and Dad. I was particular about the home-cooked meals Gay ______ prepared. I hid in my room as much as possible. I wanted to make them ______ so they’d show their true colors.

One Friday night in the eighth grade, I really ______ things to the limit. A neighborhood girl had persuaded me to ______ out of the house with her to meet some boys. I put Advil(镇痛药) in my parents’ drinks after dinner, ______ it would make them sleepy. Wow! I’d never seen them so ______. “Now they would surely send me back”, I thought. Instead they said. “Ashley, we are family, we have nowhere to send you back to, we must ______ this like a family.”

I ran in ______ to my bedroom, where I spent the weekend. Seeing how much I’d disappointed them made me ______. No one had ever cared for me like that. I didn’t deserve this ______.

Sunday night, Gay came into my room. She ______ down and kissed my cheek. “Love you, sweetie,” she said. For the first time ever, I kissed her back. “Love you too,” I said. That word-love-sounded so ______, yet felt so true. I was discovering that love is what makes a(n) ______.

【1】A.fortnightB.weekC.monthD.decade

【2】A.cruelB.madC.angryD.strange

【3】A.movedB.discoveredC.adoptedD.persuaded

【4】A.familyB.kindnessC.loveD.reason

【5】A.possiblyB.finallyC.trulyD.certainly

【6】A.pointB.choiceC.differenceD.evidence

【7】A.startedB.refusedC.wantedD.agreed

【8】A.happilyB.painstakinglyC.willinglyD.easily

【9】A.madB.relaxedC.contentD.shocked

【10】A.draggedB.provedC.pulledD.pushed

【11】A.runB.jumpC.slideD.break

【12】A.discoveringB.observingC.seeingD.thinking

【13】A.niceB.angryC.differentD.cruel

【14】A.deal withB.put downC.look throughD.write down

【15】A.joyB.tearsC.angerD.laughters

【16】A.ashamedB.annoyedC.excitedD.satisfied

【17】A.serviceB.honorC.honestyD.kindness

【18】A.bentB.tookC.putD.broke

【19】A.differentB.popularC.strangeD.familiar

【20】A.groupB.familyC.adultD.union

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】C

【6】C

【7】B

【8】B

【9】A

【10】D

【11】C

【12】D

【13】B

【14】A

【15】B

【16】A

【17】D

【18】A

【19】C

【20】B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者在将近十年的时间里，穿梭于收养家庭和集体家庭之间。她一直怀疑是否有真爱，直到12岁时，终于在盖伊和菲尔科特这对夫妇获得了真爱。

【1】考查名词词义辨析。A. fortnight两星期；B. week星期；C. month月；D. decade十年。根据下文I’d been lied to by adults so many times in the past years.提示可知，近十年来，我在收养家庭和集体家庭之间穿梭。故选D。

【2】考查形容词词义辨析。A. cruel残忍的；B. mad疯狂的；C. angry愤怒的；D. strange奇怪的。根据后文like evils in a dark fairy tale可知，另一些家庭很残忍，就像黑暗童话中的恶魔。故选A。

【3】考查动词词义辨析。A. moved感动；B. discovered发现；C. adopted收养；D. persuaded劝服。12岁时，我终于被盖伊和菲尔科特这对夫妇收养了。故选C。

【4】考查名词词义辨析。A. family家庭；B. kindness善意；C. love爱；D. reason原因。根据后句and we believe that reason is you.可知，我们活着是有原因的，我们相信原因就是你。故选D。

【5】考查副词词义辨析。A. possibly可能地；B. finally最终；C. truly真地；D. certainly当然。根据前句I’d been lied to by adults so many times in the past years.可知，我被大人们骗了很多次，故我不确定他们是否真的爱我。故选C。

【6】考查名词词义辨析。A. point观点；B. choice选择；C. difference区别；D. evidence证据。根据后一句All those parents were pretty much the same可知，所有的父母都差不多，故这一句是说没有区别，故选C。

【7】考查动词词义辨析。A. started开始；B. refused拒绝；C. wanted想要；D. agreed同意。根据后文的描述可知，我拒绝叫他们爸爸妈妈。故选B。

【8】考查副词词义辨析。A. happily快乐地；B. painstakingly煞费苦心地；费力地；C. willingly情愿地；D. easily容易地。我特别喜欢盖伊精心准备的家常菜。故选B。

【9】考查形容词词义辨析。A. mad生气的；B. relaxed放松的；C. content满足的；D. shocked震惊的。我想让他们生气，这样他们才会露出真面目。故选A。

【10】考查动词词义辨析。A. dragged拖；B. proved证明；C. pulled拉；D. pushed推。八年级的一个周五晚上，我真的把事情推到了极限。故选D。

【11】考查动词词义辨析。A. run跑；B. jump跳；C. slide滑，溜；D. break打破。一个邻家女孩说服我和她一起溜出房子去见几个男孩。故选C。

【12】考查动词词义辨析。A. discovering发现；B. observing观察；C. seeing看见；D. thinking思考。晚饭后，我把镇痛药放在我父母的饮料，看到它让他们昏昏欲睡。故选D。

【13】考查形容词词义辨析。A. nice美妙的；B. angry生气的；C. different不同的；D. cruel残酷的。我会从未见过他们如此生气。故选B。

【14】考查动词短语词义辨析。A. deal with处理；B. put down记下；C. look through浏览；D. write down写下。我们必须像一家人一样处理这件事。故选A。

【15】考查名词词义辨析。A. joy喜悦；B. tears眼泪；C. anger生气；D. laughters笑。根据后文的描述可推知，我带着眼泪跑回我的卧室。故选B。

【16】考查形容词词义辨析。A. ashamed羞愧的；B. annoyed恼怒的；C. excited激动地；D. satisfied满意的。根据Seeing how much I’d disappointed them made me ___16___.可知，看到我使他们多么失望，我感到羞愧。故选A。

【17】考查名词词义辨析。A. service服务；B. honor荣誉；C. honesty坦诚；D. kindness善意。我不配这样的善意。故选D。

【18】考查动词词义辨析。A. bent弯腰；B. took拿走；C. put放；D. broke折断。短语take down这里为“俯身”之意。她俯下身，吻了吻我的脸颊。故选A。

【19】考查形容词词义辨析。A. different不同的；B. popular受欢迎的；C. strange奇怪的；D. familiar熟悉的。根据yet felt so true.可知，“爱”这个词听起来那么奇怪，却又那么真切。故选C。

【20】考查名词词义辨析。A. group团体；B. family家庭；C. adult成人；D. union联盟。我发现爱是组成一个家庭的要素。故选B。