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【题目】 To this day, I remember my mum’s letters. It all ______ in December 1941. Every night she wrote to my brother Johnny, who had been ______ that summer. We had not heard from him since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Mum claimed that there was a direct ______ from the brain to the written word that was just as strong as the light God has granted us. She trusted that this light would ______ Johnny. I don’t know if she said that to ______ her mind or all of ours. But I do know that it helped us ______ together, and one day a letter from Jonny really did arrive. Johnny was alive on an island.

I had always been amused by the fact that mum ______ her letters, “Cecilia Capuzzi”, and I ______ her about why she didn’t just write “Mum”. I hadn’t been aware that she ______ thought of herself as Cecilia Capuzzi. Not as Mum. I began seeing her in a new light, this small _____ yet strong woman. We often sat recalling the days when our family was filled with laughter of four boys. They had all moved away from home to work, enrolled in the ______, or got married. All except me. Around next spring mum had got two more sons to ______. Little by little, the rumour about mum’s letters ______. One day a small woman knocked at our door. She opened her bag and ______ a pile of airmail letters, begging mum to read them from her son who was a soldier in Europe. Mum read the letters one by one. The woman’s eyes ______ with tears. A few days later the woman returned with a friend, then another one and yet another one—they all needed letters. Mum had become the _______ in our town.

“All people in this world are here with one particular ______,” Mum said. “______, mine is to write letters.” She tried to explain why it ______ her so much. “A letter_______ people like nothing else. It can make them cry, it can make them laugh and it makes the world seem very small. My dear, a letter is life itself!”

【1】A. gatheredB. disappearedC. startedD. happened

【2】A. calledB. draftedC. arrestedD. trained

【3】A. linkB. signalC. routeD. result

【4】A. warmB. guideC. tellD. find

【5】A. focusB. calmC. broadenD. strengthen

【6】A. swingB. struggleC. stickD. settle

【7】A. beganB. answeredC. signedD. sealed

【8】A. teasedB. persuadedC. remindedD. informed

【9】A. neverB. seldomC. everD. always

【10】A. liberalB. delicateC. reliableD. uneducated

【11】A. universityB. serviceC. courseD. army

【12】A. cater toB. relate toC. write toD. subscribe to

【13】A. circulatedB. aroseC. fadedD. ceased

【14】A. set outB. pulled outC. put outD. turned out

【15】A. sprang upB. welled upC. looked upD. turned up

【16】A. writerB. editorC. assistantD. correspondent

【17】A. orderB. ambitionC. letterD. purpose

【18】A. ApparentlyB. GraduallyC. InitiallyD. Eventually

【19】A. pushedB. challengedC. absorbedD. relaxed

【20】A. unitesB. drawsC. cheersD. associates

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【11】D

【12】C

【13】A

【14】B

【15】B

【16】D

【17】D

【18】A

【19】C

【20】A

【解析】

这是一篇散文。作者回忆了母亲喜欢写信，信中充满着母亲对孩子的爱，这种爱能触摸到的温暖从指尖到作者的心里。母亲写信的事渐渐传开了，很多人都来找母亲帮忙，她已经成为一名“通讯员”。母亲告诉作者信起到了连接感情纽带的作用，无可替代地把人与人连在一起，信就是生命本身。

【1】考查动词辨析。A. gathered聚集；B. disappeared消失；C. started开始；D. happened发生。句意：事情要从 1941 年 12月说起。作者在回忆，开始的时间是1941 年 12月。故C选项切题。

【2】考查动词辨析。A. called呼叫；B. drafted 征兵；C. arrested逮捕；D. trained训练。句意：母亲每晚都给我弟弟约翰写信，那年夏天约翰应征入伍。由下文“ We had not heard from him since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor”可知，自从日本袭击珍珠港以后，他就一直杳无音信。所以约翰是一名军人，那年夏天约翰应征入伍的。故B选项切题。

【3】考查名词辨析。A. link 联系；B. signal信号；C. route路线；D. result结果。句意：她深信思想和文字是直接相连的，这种联系就像上帝赋予人类的光芒一样强大。母亲把自己对儿子的挂念，都用文字表达了出来。所以她深信思想和文字是直接相连。故A选项切题。

【4】考查形容词辨析。A. warm 使暖和；B. guide指导；C. tell告诉；D. find发现。句意：这道光芒终会照耀到约翰的身上。由上文可知，约翰杳无音信，母亲写信给儿子，并相信上帝能够帮助她找到自己的儿子。所以这里用光芒比喻上帝的帮助，照在约翰身上，实际上就是找到了约翰。故D选项切题。

【5】考查动词辨析。A. focus（使）集中；B. calm 使安静；C. broaden 扩大；D. strengthen 使稳固。句意：虽然我不肯定她是否只是在安慰自己，或是我们。母亲对儿子的挂念只能通过信的形式表达出来，可见这也是在安慰自己或者家人。这更是一种希望。故B选项切题。

【6】考查动词辨析。A. swing 摇摆；B. struggle挣扎；C. stick 钉住；D. settle解决。句意：但我们一家人却因此更加亲密。而最终我们终于等到了约翰的回信。母亲的信是情感的纽带，所以家人也因此而更加亲密。故C选项切题。

【7】考查动词辨析。A. began开始；B. answered回答；C. signed在…上签字；D. sealed 封上。句意：母亲总以“塞西莉娅卡普奇”署名，每每令我忍俊不禁，还要嘲笑她几句。根据常识可以判断出，写信要在信封上写上寄信人的姓名和地址。所以signed “在……上签字”符合句意。故C选项切题。

【8】考查动词辨析。A. teased 取笑，调侃；B. persuaded说服；C. reminded提醒；D. informed 告知。句意：母亲总以“塞西莉娅卡普奇”署名，每每令我忍俊不禁，还要嘲笑她几句。因为母亲以“塞西莉娅卡普奇”署名，所以作者忍不住会“嘲笑”她。这种“嘲笑”即使孩子的一种天性，也是一种母亲和孩子之间的一种特别的爱。故A选项切题。

【9】考查副词辨析。A. never决不；B. seldom 很少；C. ever曾经；D. always一直。句意：以前我一直没有留意到她把自己当成塞西莉娅卡普奇，而不是母亲。always是含有肯定意义的程度副词,其基本意思是指某个行为发生频率的百分之百或某种状态存在的自始至终。这里表示以前作者一直没有留意到母亲把自己当成塞西莉娅卡普奇。故D选项切题。

【10】考查形容词辨析。A. liberal 慷慨的；B. delicate雅致的；C. reliable可依靠的；D. uneducated 未受过良好教育的。句意：我不禁以新的眼光打量自己的母亲，她是多么优雅，又是那么矮小，但是又很坚强。作者以新的眼光打量自己的母亲，此时母亲时优雅的。所以 delicate“雅致的”符合句意。故B选项切题。

【11】考查名词辨析。A. university大学；B. service服务；C. course课程；D. army军队。句意：现在他们都因工作、入伍或婚姻纷纷离开了家。enroll in the army“入伍”。由前文可知，母亲的孩子有参军入伍的。 所以 army“军队”符合句意。故D选项切题。

【12】考查动词短语辨析。A. cater to 迎合；B. relate to与...有关；C. write to 写信给……；D. subscribe to 同意。句意：第二年春天，母亲也要开始给另外两个儿子写信了。由上文“wrote to”可知，本空处是原词再现。说明母亲也要开始给另外两个儿子写信了。故C选项切题。

【13】考查动词辨析。A. circulated 传播；B. arose 产生；C. faded 逐渐消失；D. ceased 停止。句意：母亲写信的事渐渐传开了。由下文可知，很多人来找母亲读信或者写信，所以母亲写信的事渐渐传开了，很多人才会找她来帮忙。故A选项切题。

【14】考查动词短语辨析。A. set out着手；B. pulled out 抽出；C. put out扑灭；D. turned out结果是。句意：女人打开背包，掏出一叠航空信。她乞求母亲帮她读信的内容。信是女人在欧洲参战的儿子写来的。and 连接两个并列的动作，所以先是打开背包，然后掏出一叠航空信。故B选项切题。

【15】考查动词短语辨析。A. sprang up 突然冒出；B. welled up 涌出（泪水）；C. looked up查找；D. turned up出现。句意：听完，那女人的眼里充满了泪水。由前文可知，女人的儿子在欧洲作战，是一名士兵。所以这个女人在听完信后哭了起来。故B选项切题。

【16】考查名词辨析。A. writer作家；B. editor编辑；C. assistant助手；D. correspondent 通讯员。句意：妈妈变成了我们城镇的通讯员。很多人找母亲读信或者写信。所以母亲成了城镇的“通讯员”。故D选项切题。

【17】考查名词辨析。A. order命令；B. ambition野心；C. letter信；D. purpose目的。句意：每个人来到这个世界都有一个特别的目的。显然，我就是来写信的。这里说明了每个人来到这个世界都有一个特别的目的，以此说明母亲的目的是什么。故D选项切题。

【18】考查副词辨析。A. Apparently明显地；B. Gradually逐渐地；C. Initially 最初；D. Eventually最终地。句意：每个人来到这个世界都有一个目的。显然，我就是来写信的。由“mine is to write letters.”可知，我就是来写信的，这是很明显地。故A选项切题。

【19】考查动词辨析。/span>A. pushed推；B. challenged挑战；C. absorbed 吸引；D. relaxed 放松。句意：母亲试着解释她为何如此沉迷写信。由上文可知，母亲喜欢用信表达自己的情感。所以 absorb “吸引”符合句意。故C选项切题。

【20】考查动词辨析。A. unites团结；B. draws勾画 （轮廓）；C. cheers欢呼；D. associates 使相关。句意：信无可替代地把人与人连在一起。由下文“ It can make them cry, it can make them laugh and it makes the world seem very small”可知，信让人笑，让人哭，让世界变小。所以信起到了纽带的作用，无可替代地把人与人连在一起。故A选项切题。