Question

I have to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go shopping with a friend. I was working in my study, my daughter _______to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too quiet and I shouted, “What are you doing?”

No _______. I repeated my question and heard her say, “O h … nothing. ” Nothing?I got up from my desk and ran out into the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick  _______ into the bathroom. I told her to turn around. She _______ I shouted again in a loud _______.”Young lady, I said turn around!”

Slowly , she turned toward me. In her hand was my wife’s new lipstick （口红）. And every square inch of her face was _______ with bright red! It looked messy and_______As the little girl looked up at me with _______eyes, I heard every voice shouted in my head:“How could you … you should know … How many times have you been told…The lipstick _______your mom…” I just thought about which old words I should ________ to use … But just before I  shouted again. I noticed some words in her sweater. In big letters it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL!”

Soon the words became a (n)________to me ! I looked back up into her tearful eyes again. Instead of seeing a bad self-willed girl, I saw  a little angel who was shining with light that I had nearly ________. “ Sweetheart, let’s take a Picture so Mommy can see how ________ you look” I felt lucky that I didn’t speak out the ________words. I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t miss the ________ to prove what a perfect angel he had given me.

1.A. happened    B. preferred    C. used    D. appeared

2.A. reflection    B. wish.    C. answer    D. action

3.A. promise    B. turn    C. decision    D. difference

4.A. refused.    B. agreed    C. accepted.    D. received

5.A. sound.    B. noise.    C. voice    D. shout

6.A. left.    B. fell    C. covered    D. behaved

7.A. pale    B. fantastic    C. ugly    D. wild

8.A. excited    B. scared    C. interested    D. tiny

9.A. paid    B. cost    C. spent    D. took

10.A. pick up.    B. bring out    C. pick out    D. bring up

11.A. secret    B. inspiration    C. discovery    D. encouragement

12.A. warned.    B. fooled    C. hurt.    D. littered

13.A. humorous    B. general    C. awful    D. special

14.A. cruel    B. funny    C. polite    D. private

15.A. course    B. chance.    C. influence    D. direction

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.B

【解析】短文大意：本文主要描述作者在家看女孩时发生的一个小故事。女儿用妈妈的口红弄得脸上很糟糕，作者本想用一些负面的话批评女儿，却被女儿写在毛衣的话所感动。

1.句意：我在书房里工作着，我的女儿在另外的一个房间里看起来玩得正快乐。A. happened to碰巧做某事； B. preferred to 更喜欢做某事； C. used 用，used to过去常常； D. appeared to appear to似乎， 好像。根据后面的 to be having a good time 这个不定式的进行时和上下语境“看起来”玩得很开心。故选D。

2.句意：没有回答。A. reflection反应； B. wish.希望； C. answer回答；D. action动作。根据前面的问句，可知这里应是“没有回答”。故选C。

3.句意：我跟着她看着她，小背影很快决定就进了浴室。A. promise 承诺；B. turn转； C. decision 决定；D. difference不同。从前面的动词 follow, watch 以及 as her little behind 判断，他女儿看到他，赶紧“拐入”洗澡间。故选B。

4.句意：她拒绝了。A. refused.拒绝；B. agreed赞同； C. accepted.接受；D. received接收。根据下一句I shouted again in a loud ___5___的意思，可知他女儿没有听他的话，“拒绝”回来。故选A。

5.句意：我大声地又一次喊道。 A. sound.声音，指自然界的物体发生出的响声； B. noise.声音，指噪音； C. voice声音，指人的声音或鸟的叫声； D. shout喊叫、呼叫。故选C。

6.句意：她脸上的每一寸脸都被鲜艳的红色覆盖着！A. left. 剩下； B. fell 摔倒；C. covered 覆盖；D. behaved行为。本句表示满脸都被口红“覆盖(涂)”着。故选C。

7.句意：它看起来脏乱狂野。A. pale 苍白的；B. fantastic神奇的； C. ugly 丑陋的；D. wild.野蛮的、狂热的。根据And every square inch of her face was ___6___ with bright red!的描述，女孩的脸涂满了明艳的红色，可知它应是脏乱狂野的。揣摩上下文文意，选择契合语境的形容词是做此类题的关键。故选D。

8.句意：当小女孩用惊恐的眼神看着我时，在我脑海里, 我听到了我的每一个呐喊声。A. excited 兴奋的；B. scared害怕的；C. interested 有趣的；D. tiny极小的。根据前文描述可知，女孩应该害怕被爸爸批评，故选B。

9.句意：这支口红花费了你妈妈… 四个单词均有花费之意，但是有区别。(1)spend的主语通常是人，往往用于以下句型: (sb)spend some money/some time on sth. / (sb)spend some money/some time(in)doing sth. (2)take常用于“占用、花费”时间，其主语通常为形式主语“it”或物。句式是: It takes/took sb.some time to do sth=Sth.takes sb.some time. (3) pay为“付款、赔偿”之意，主语通常是人，往往是sb. pays some money for sth或pay sb.(some money for sth)

(4) cost的主语必须是某物。spend … on sth./in doing sth.的主语必须是人。pay … for 的主语也是人。It takes + sb.+ 时间(或钱)to do sth.的主语则必须是形式主语It。 动词cost的常用用法是sth.cost (sb.) some money。注意四个“花费”的主语：pend和pay的主语是某人；cost主语的是某物；take的主语通常为it；把握近义词的固定结构和用法。故选B。

10.句意：我只是在想应该拿出哪些老话来说。A. pick up.捡起、拿起；B. bring out取出; 呈出; C. pick out挑选; 取出; D bring up提出; 养育。故选A.

11.句意：很快这句话成了我的灵感。A. secret 秘密；B. inspiration 灵感；C. discovery 发现；D. encouragement鼓舞。根据语境可知是给了作者灵感。故选B.

12.句意：相反，我没有看到一个任性糟糕的女孩，而是看到一个小天使，她身上闪耀着光芒，几乎被丢弃。A. warned.警告；B. fooled 愚弄；C. hurt.伤害；D. littered丢弃。根据语境应是“丢弃”之意，故选D。

13.句意：“甜心，让我们照张相，这样妈妈就可以看到你看起来多么特别了。” A. humorous幽默的； B. general一般的； C. awful 可拍的；D. special特殊的。因为上文叙述了作者女儿用她妈妈的唇膏涂在脸上，所以他们拍了一张看起来很“特殊的”照片。故选D。

14.句意：我感到很庆幸没有说出那些残忍的话来。A. cruel残忍的； B. funny 有趣的；C. polite 礼貌的；D. private自私的。根据上下文可知，作者认为差点用残忍的话“伤害”了他女儿那颗天真、甜美的心。故选A。

15.句意：我拍了这张照片，感谢上帝我没有错过机会证明他给了我一个多么完美的天使。A. course 过程； B. chance.机会；C. influence影响；D. direction方向。根据miss可知，没有错失机会。故选B。

点睛：整体把握语篇大意，揣摩上下文文意，理解语境并关注作者的情感倾向，选择最契合文意的选项，辨析近义词，把握其固定句式和各自用法。