Question

完形填空

先通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

One evening last summer, when I asked my 14- year- old son, Ray，for help with dinner, his response(回答)shocked me. "What's a colander(漏勺)?" he asked. I could only blame _________ . In the family, nobody else went into the kitchen except me.  But that night, as I _________ to him that a colander is the thing with holes in it，I wondered what else I hadn't _________ Ray for.

As parents，while we focus on our sons' confidence and character，we perhaps don't always consider that we are _________ raising someone's future roommates，boyfriends，husbands，or fathers. _________  I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course. I was _________  to find that he didn't say no. For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine.

I knew that he would rather have been playing basketball with friends than _________  to mend socks with his mother，but in fact he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. "I appreciate(感激)what you do _________ a mom," he told me one day. Ray now realizes there's  _________ masculine(男子气概的)about being helpless.

Now，not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family. That's _________ I call a man. I'm glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter in-law.

1.A. themselves     B. ourselves       C. myself          D. himself

2.A. explained      B. continued       C. thought         D. advised

3.A. planned       B. prepared        C. produced        D. punished

4.A. even            B. also           C. still           D. either

5.A. But             B. And             C. Because          D. So

6.A. cheerful       B. nervous        C. patient         D. serious

7.A. learning       B. checking       C. asking           D. affording

8.A. by            B. for            C. as              D. with

9.A. something       B. anything       C. everything     D. nothing

10.A. what           B. how           C. why            D. who

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是关于孩子教育的故事。作者想让儿子来厨房帮忙，可儿子连漏勺是什么都不知道，开始意识到父母过度的集中在儿子的自信和性格，于是开始让孩子做家务，意识到妈妈的辛苦，更是送给将来他的另外一半的最好的礼物。

1.C考查代词及语境理解。句意：我不能仅仅责备我自己。A. themselves他们自己；B. ourselves我们自己；C. myself我自己；D. himself他自己。孩子不认识漏勺，仅仅是自己教育的问题，不能只是责备自己。故选C。

2.2】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：但是那天晚上，当我给他解释说漏勺就是上面有孔的勺子时，我想知道我有其它什么还未使他做好准备。A. explained解释，说明；B. continued继续；C. thought想，认为；D. advised建议。给儿子解释他不知道的东西，故选A。

3.3】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：但是那天晚上，当我给他解释说漏勺就是上面有孔的勺子时，我想知道我有其它什么还未使他做好准备。A. planned计划；B. prepared准备；C. produced生产，制造；D. punished惩罚。Prepare sb. for sth使某人为……做好准备。故选B。

4.4】B考查副词及语境理解。句意：作为父母，当我们关注孩子的自信和性格时，可能我们不总是认为我们也在提高某人未来的室友、男朋友、丈夫或是父亲。A. even甚至，更；B. also也；C. still还；D. either也不，用于否定句。儿子将来就是某人未来的室友、男朋友、丈夫或是父亲。提高儿子也就是在提高某人未来的室友、男朋友、丈夫或是父亲。肯定句句中，用also。故选B。

5.5】D考查连词及语境理解。句意：因此我想出了一个计划。A. But但是，表示转折；B. And并且，表示递进、并列；C. Because因为，表示原因；D. So因此，表示结果。想到了培养儿子的重要，所以想出了一个计划。故选D。

6.6】A考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他没有拒绝，我很振奋。A. cheerful高兴的，振奋的；B. nervous焦虑的，不安的；C. patient有耐心的，忍耐的；D. serious严肃的。教男孩子做家务，儿子没有拒绝，感到高兴。故选A。

7.7】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：我知道他宁愿和朋友一起打篮球也不愿和他的妈妈一起学补袜子。A. learning学习，学会；B. checking检查，核对；C. asking请求，要求；D. affording负担得起。根据短文内容，母亲教儿子学做家务。故选A。

8.8】C考查介词及语境理解。句意：我感激作为母亲你做的一切。A. by被，由；B. for为；C. as作为；D. with带有，具有。儿子对母亲所说的话：你作为我的母亲，你所做的一切，我表示感激。故选C。

9.9】D考查代词及语境理解。句意：雷现在认识到对人无助不是什么男子气概。A. something某事，某物；B. anything某事，某物；C. everything某事，某物；D. nothing没有什么。结合上下文可知，作者认为真正的男人是对家人及别人有所帮助，对人无所帮助的人没有男人气。故选D。

10.0】A考查疑问词及语境理解。句意：那是我眼中的男人。A. what什么。指事物；B. how怎样，指行为方式；C. why为什么，指原因；D. who谁，指人。作call的宾语，指事物，用what。故选A。

考点：考查教育科学类短文。