38. A. conclusion　　　　　　　　 B. suggestion　 C. impression　 D. observation

37.A. helpful B. confident　 C. powerful　　 　　 D. independent

36. A. reasons　　　　　　　　　　 B. rules　　　　　 C. emotions　　 　　 D.methods

2. They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay shaking in the dark until the winds died away.

[翻译]这里的风很大也很冷，猛烈地摇晃着我们小小的宿营货车，我们颤抖着躺在车里一直等到风慢慢退却。

[分析]本句是由and连接的两个并列结构。前一句中有现在分词短语rocking our little camping truck violently作伴随状语，因为动词rock与主语they构成主动关系，所以使用现在分词。后一句中有shaking in the dark在句中做伴随状语。同时后句中含有时间状语从句until the winds died away。

七（2014湖南卷）

The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board (烫衣板)and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”

Mom clearly explained her 　36 　for this lesson. I was going to be　 37 　and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good　 38 .

“Learn to iron a shirt,” Mom said, “and you can iron anything.”

But ironing shirts was not 　39 　work. It didn’t make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn’t a 　40 　operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet, Moreover,an iron produced steam and it carried an element of 　41 　.If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you 　42 　,you might bum down the house.

As for technique, Mom 　43 　me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled (有褶皱的）parts. Collars had to be done right. Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would 　44 　them.

Over the years, I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of 　45 Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something. 　46 　,through ironing I’ve learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. “　 47 　wrinkles one at a time,” as Mom might have said, “and before long everything will get ironed out.”

1. When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”.

[翻译]当我们餐厅生意失败的时候，我们乘坐一辆宿营货车朝北部的德克萨斯州，希望在那里重新开始。

[分析]本句中的when our restaurant business failed是一个时间状语从句，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas是真正的主句。现在分词短语hoping to have a “fresh start”在句中做伴随状语。动词hope与句子主语we构成逻辑上的主动关系，所以使用现在分词的形式。

50. [答案]D

[试题解析]考察形容词辨析及语境理解。经营：一天晚上站在满天的星星下面，我认为自己应该感谢所有经历的这些苦难，我们走过了最困难的日子也翻越了公园的围墙，我们在困难中成为真正的一家人。

[长难句解析]

49. [答案]A

[试题解析]考察上下文串联。A货车；B公园；C房子；D营地；根据文章第一句we headed north in a camping truck to Texas,和42空rocking our little camping truck violently可知我们被迫生活在一辆货车里。故A正确。

48. [答案]B

[试题解析]考察上下文串联。根据文章第一段When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”可知我的经营餐厅的生意失败了。本句说明这次失败让我感觉到我们也许会失去自己的家庭。

47. [答案]C

[试题解析]考察名词词义辨析及上下文串联。A生意；B生涯，事业；C家庭；D形象；根据下一行 I thought I might lose my family as well.而卧认为也许我会失去我的家庭。可知作者经营餐厅失败让作者没有时间来经营自己的家庭。

46. [答案]B

[试题解析]考察动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A借用；B挣得；C邮寄；D提高；在接下来的几个星期里我们学会了如何在货车里生活下来，并学会了靠妻子做代课教师挣得的那一点点的钱生活。