Question

    “Oh, Sally, Christmas is going to be so terrible this year,” Laura said to me. “Mom and Dad will be out of town on Christmas, and I ______ stay with my aunt Jane. She always treats（对待）me like a five-year-old! I wish I had a ______ family like you, so I could go somewhere else.”

I do have a big family, every Christmas, all of us get together. Later that day, I told Mom about Laura's _____“Why don't you ask Laura to spend Christmas with us?” Mom offered. “Oh, Mom, that would be great!” I was so excited. “There will be an extra（额外的）place at the table anyway, because Mary has a chance to go to France.” Mom went on while washing dishes. “No! She can't go, or she'll ______ Christmas with the family. We always spend it together...” _______I wanted to say more, the telephone rang. It was my brother Jim calling. He asked if Mom and Dad wouldn't ______ too much if he didn't come home for Christmas, because he wanted to go skating with friends. Of course, Mom and Dad said Jim could go, but I wanted them to say no.

On Christmas Eve, Laura came over, which cheered me up a lot.“Where are Mary and Jim?” she asked me. “They've made other ______ so they aren't coming home,” I said. “Christmas just isn't going to be the same this year ______ them.” “Of course.” Mom said. “No two Christmases are ever the same. People ______ Children grow older, new members are added（添加）to the family, and sometimes people die. Do you understand that, Sally?” “Yes, Mom,” I said, “I think I do.”

Next evening, all my relatives（亲戚）arrived. As I looked around the dinner table, I really began to ______ what Mom tried to tell me. I saw the new faces of babies, my aunt's boyfriend, and my best friend, Laura, and I saw the old faces that would always be there. No, I thought. No two Christmases are ever the same.

1.A.can B.must C.have to D.had better

2.A.big B.common C.rich D.usual

3.A.accident B.advice C.interest D.problem

4.A.follow B.miss C.forget D.spend

5.A.When B.While C.Because D.After

6.A.ask B.speak C.mind D.love

7.A.calls B.plans C.suggestions D.mistakes

8.A.against B.around C.between D.without

9.A.change B.appear C.improve D.laugh

10.A.imagine B.remember C.understand D.show

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了Sally通过邀请她的朋友Laura来家里过圣诞节的事情，同时也明白了没有两个圣诞节会一样的，时光一去不复返。

1.句意：妈妈和爸爸将在圣诞节出城，我得和简阿姨住在一起。

考查情态动词。can能够；must必须；have to不得不；had better最好。根据句意，Laura不能和爸爸妈妈在一起，不得不和阿姨住在一起，表示无奈。have to符合题意。故选C。

2.句意：我希望我有一个像你这样的大家庭，这样我就可以去别的地方了。

考查形容词。big大的；common普通的；rich富有的；usual通常的。根据下句“I do have a big family, every Christmas, all of us get together.”可知，作者有一个大的家庭。故此处big符合题意。故选A。

3.句意：那天晚些时候，我把Laura的问题告诉了妈妈。

考查名词。accident事故；advice建议；interest爱好，兴趣；problem问题。根据上文，这里作者应该是告诉妈妈朋友遇到的问题。故选D。

4.句意：不！她不能去，否则她会错过和家人一起过圣诞节的。

考查动词。follow跟随；miss错过；forget忘记；spend花费。根据句意可知作者不同意Mary去法国，因为家人在一起过圣诞节，否则就会错过的。miss符合题意，故选B。

5.句意：当我想要说更多的时候，电话响了。

考查时间状语从句。when连接副词，什么时候，在从句中作时间状语；while连接副词，与……同时，引导时间状语从句；because连接词，因为，引导原因状语从句；after连接词，在……之后，引导时间状语从句。根据句意可知，此处表示“当我想要说更多的时候……”，故选A。

6.句意：他问爸爸妈妈是否介意他不回家过圣诞节，因为他想和朋友们去滑冰。

考查动词。ask问；speak说语言；mind介意；love爱。根据句意，Jim想要和朋友们去滑冰，担心父母会介意。此处mind符合题意，故选C。

7.句意：他们制定了其他的计划，所以不回家了。

考查名词。calls电话；plans计划；suggestions建议；mistakes错误。make plan制定计划。根据句意可知，Mary和Jim对圣诞节有其他的计划和安排。other其他的，修饰plan，用复数形式。故选B。

8.句意：没有他们，今年的圣诞节就不一样了。

考查介词。against紧靠，反对；around围绕，环绕；between在……之间；without没有。根据前文和此句句意可知，每年全家人都一起过圣诞节，今年如果Mary和Jim不在，就不同了。without符合句意，故选D。

9.句意：人们改变了。孩子年龄的增长，增加了新成员，有时人死亡。

考查动词。change改变；appear出现；improve改善；laugh笑。根据“Children grow older, new members are added（添加）to the family, and sometimes people die.”可知，孩子们，家庭和其他的人都发生了变化。change符合题意。故选A。

10.句意：当我环顾餐桌四周时，我真得开始明白妈妈想告诉我什么了。imagine想象；remember记着；understand明白；show展示。根据前文“Do you understand that, Sally?”可知，妈妈想要Sally理解她所说的。当Sally在这里看到吃饭的场景，她明白了妈妈的话。understand符合句意，故选C。