One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been 16 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly ___17__. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could __18 my moves, because she 19 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 20 she had strict sleeping habits, 21 I thought she ought to be able to 22 some of this strictness. I said to her, “ 23 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having 24 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 25 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it 26 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 27 for another ten minutes, until __28 my daughter burst into tears, and 29 that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made 30 . I had started the evening wanting to have a 31 time with my daughter but had 32 my desire to win to become more 33 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win 34 me well. As a parent, I 35 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
16. A. guiding | B. asking | C. training | D. advising |
17. A. allowed | B. expected | C. replied | D. accepted |
18. A. change | B. repeat | C. hurry | D. pass |
19. A. agreed | B. needed | C. begged | D. hated |
20. A. knew | B. learned | C. guessed | D. heard |
21. A. so | B. for | C. but | D. or |
22. A. put up | B. take up | C. pick up | D. give up |
23. A. As usual | B. Go ahead | C. By the way | D. Come on |
24. A. patience | B. luck | C. fun | D. success |
25. A. excited | B. proud | C. anxious | D. angry |
26. A. well | B. again | C. fairly | D. regularly |
27. A. discussed | B. continued | C. counted | D. argued |
28. A. nervously | B. immediately | C. strangely | D. suddenly |
29. A. promised | B. admitted | C. wondered | D. discovered |
30. A. a mistake | B. a decision | C. an attempt | D. an effort |
31. A. free | B. different | C. full | D. happy |
32. A. managed | B. recognized | C. allowed | D. reduced |
33. A. important | B. attractive | C. practical | D. interesting |
34. A. offered | B. served | C. controlled | D. taught |
35. A. realized | B. apologized | C. imagined | D. explained |
解析:
16.B。
从下文作者提议进行棋赛,可知“女儿一直不停地邀请我和她下棋”。
17 D。
接受“我”的建议,用accept。
18 C。
从下文“女儿睡觉要到了”可知“女儿问我是否可以把棋子走快一点”。
19.B。
need to do需要做没事。从上文的at nine o’clock和下文的she had to get up at six in the morning可知女儿需要早睡。
20.A
know知道,清楚;learn学会,了解到(从别人那儿间接知道)。
21.C
从上下文可知语意在此转折。女儿需要睡觉了,可“我”却认为女儿能否改变一下这些严格的作息时间。
22.D。
put up挂起;take up从事,占据;pick up捡起,拾起;give up放弃。
23.D。
as usual像往常一样;go ahead开始做,着手干; by the way顺便问一下;come on加把劲,加油,得了吧。只有come on符合语境,因为他们玩得正高兴,“我”不希望这么早就结束比赛,希望女儿再呆一会儿,和自己多下几局。
24.C。
从上文要求女儿再多呆一会儿可知“因为正在兴头上”,不愿结束比赛。We’re having fun我们玩得正高兴。
25.C。
“我”要求女儿多呆一会儿以陪自己多下几局棋,耽搁了女儿的睡觉时间,故女儿看起来有点“焦急,着急”。
句意是“如果你要下好棋,你就要下慢一些”。只有well符合句意。
27 B。
句意是“我们又继续下了另外10分钟”。
28. D。
nervously紧张地;immediately立刻;strangely奇怪地;suddenly突然。
29. B。
句意是“直到女儿放声大哭并且承认自己被打败”。只有admit符合句意。
30. A。
make a mistake犯错;make a decision做决定;make an attempt企图,尽力;make an effort努力。从下文的So I had to change可知我犯了一个错。
31. D。
与第一段开始句子One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter相呼应。
32. C。
allow sb./sth. to do允许……做……。作者本打算借和女儿下棋搞好父女关系,结果却让求胜的私心占据了。
33. A。
important重要的;attractive引人注目得;practical实际的,实用的;interesting有趣的。求胜的私欲变得比良好的父女关系更重要。故只有important符合句意。
34. B。
offer提供;serve服务,对……有用;control控制;teach教。语意是“我小时候求胜心就很强”。
35. A。
“作为人父,我意识到这种求胜私欲挡住了父女关系的发展,我必须得改”,故realize符合题意。
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