Question

    I argued with my grandfather again because he was drinking beer, which his doctor told him not to do.

I knew I _______ too far, but I could not bring myself to apologize at the time. I tried for hours to sleep. Finally, about an hour before dawn, I found a piece of paper and wrote:

Pappy,

I’m sorry about last night. It’s just that I don’t want you to leave me yet. What am I _______ to do without my Pappy?

Love,

Terra

Then I went outside and spent the whole day wandering around the countryside. My sleepless night caught up with me as I lay under the trees. I _______ mostly of Pappy. I was never sure what he was doing or saying, _______ I was sure that he kept disappearing. That worried me. I awoke to a cool wetness on my face.

I hurried home before sunset. I called out Pappy’s name. There was no _______ but a noise came from his bedroom. He was shuffling (胡乱收拾) papers into an old shoebox as quickly as he could.

“What are you doing, Pappy?” I asked quietly. He looked up, _______ to have been caught.

“Sorting through your literary (文字的) junk.”

He said it as he quietly laughed, but _______ laughing with him I wanted to cry. Here in the golden light of the setting sun was my sweet, loving Pappy, sitting on the edge (边缘) of his bed sorting through my letters.

“Come here and look at this. You were four. Your handwriting was _______ readable. Your mum had to help you with most of it.”

In his hands he held a piece of paper. On it were the _______ , “I am sorry Pappy, Terra.”

“Why did you save that?”

“I’ve saved every apology letter you’ve left me. For that matter, I’ve saved every letter you’ve written me, in the shoebox.”

I knew what he said was true. I gave Pappy a hug (拥抱) and told him I was still ________

1.A.had walked B.had left C.had gone D.had become

2.A.imagined B.thought C.guessed D.supposed

3.A.thought B.reminded C.happened D.dreamt

4.A.but B.therefore C.however D.so

5.A.voice B.answer C.return D.sign

6.A.surprised B.afraid C.excited D.frightened

7.A.without B.instead of C.not D.out of

8.A.hardly B.nearly C.mostly D.almost

9.A.topic B.saying C.word D.words

10.A.happy B.sad C.pleased D.sorry

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.D

【解析】

文章大意：本文讲述了作者因为他的祖父在喝啤酒，又吵了起来。他的医生告诉他不要喝。

作者知道他做得太过分了，但当时无法让自己道歉。找到一张纸，写了一封信，然后出去，在乡间闲逛了一整天，赶在日落前回家。在夕阳的金光下，可爱的爷爷坐在他床边整理信件。作者拥抱了爷爷，告诉他仍然很抱歉。

1.句意：我知道我做得太过分了，但当时我无法让自己道歉。

考查动词。had walked走了；had left 离开了；had gone去了；had become变成了。根据空前I knew 可知，此空应填过去完成时态形式，go too far走得太远，做的过火。结合句意可知，故选C。

2.句意：没有爷爷我该怎么办？

考查动词。imagined想象；thought思考；guessed猜测；supposed假设。根据空前am I 可知，此句是一般现在时态的被动语态，be supposed to do应该做某事，结合句意可知，失去爷爷的日子，作者不知道该怎么做。故选D。

3.句意：我梦见的大多是爷爷。

考查动词。thought想，思考；reminded提醒；happened发生；dreamt梦见。根据上句My sleepless night caught up with me as I lay under the trees可知，此空是“梦见”的意思，应填dreamt，故选D。

4.句意：我不知道他在做什么或说什么，但我确信他一直在消失。

考查连词。but但是；therefore因此；however无论如何；so所以。根据前半句I was never sure what he was doing or saying,与下半句I was sure that he kept disappearing.是表示转折故关系，此空应填but,故选A。

5.句意：没有人回答，但是他的卧室里传来一阵响声。

考查名词。voice声音；answer回答；return返回；sign符号。根据上句I called out Pappy’s name 可知，此空是“回答”的意思，此空应填answer，故选B。

6.句意：他抬起头，惊讶地发现自己被抓了个现行。

考查形容词。surprised惊讶的；afraid担心的；excited兴奋的；rightened害怕的。根据空后to have been caught.可知，此空是“吃惊”意思，应填excited，故选A。

7.句意：他一边轻声笑着，一边说，但我不想和他一起笑，而是想哭。

考查介词短语。without没有；instead of而不是；not不；out of从…里面（走出）。根据空前but可知，此句表示转折关系，结合句意可知，此空是“而不是”的意思，此空应填instead of，故选B。

8.句意：你的笔迹很难辨认。

考查副词。hardly几乎不；nearly 几乎; 差不多；mostly主要地；almost差不多。根据空前was和空后readable，可知，此空应填副词，结合句意可知，此空是“几乎不”的意思，应填hardly，故选A。

9.句意：上面写着“对不起，爷爷，泰拉。”

考查名词。topic话题；saying说；word单词；words话，单词复数。根据空前定冠词th以及are可知，此空应填名词复数，结合句意可知，此空是“话”，单词复数应填words，故选D。

10.句意：我拥抱了爷爷，告诉他我仍然感到很抱歉。

考查形容词。happy高兴的；sad.悲伤的；pleased快乐的；sorry抱歉的。根据空前was still可知，此空应填形容词作表语，结合前文内容可知，此空是“抱歉的”意思，故想D。