Question

    It was one afternoon a few months after Tom and I were married. Max, Tom’s son walked into the dining room, where I was looking _______ my old photos.

These months I was learning to let Max come_______ on his own. If I moved too quickly, he ran away. If I was patient, we often ended up playing, laughing, and recently, even sitting together on the sofa with a book.

“Who’s that?” he pointed to one photo.

“My mom. I suppose she is your grandma Sylvia.”

“Cool. Who is that to me?”

“That was my grandfather. He died a few months ago.”

“Hmm. Too bad he had to die.”

Death is always a painful(痛苦的) _______ especially for a seven-year-old child who lost his mother only two years before. I secretly put away the pictures of dead relatives.

He began to finger through the photos. “Who is that to me?”

Under his finger I could see my own face. I should have known the answer to his question. But I said, “I’m your_______ mom. I’m sorry that your first mom died.”

“What should I call you?” he asked.

Mom, I wanted to cry. I held back.

“You can call me Mom or Betsy, _______ feels OK for you.”

I waited, _______ my new title.

“Sweet.” He said, walking out of the room.

For a couple of days after that, Max _______ a new title for me. “Can we go bowling?” “Can I watch TV?” he would ask, and follow the questions by mouthing Mom, _______ the word Mom was always silent.

One weekend, he suddenly said, “I notice I don’t call you Mom.”

“I noticed that too.”

“_______ I say Betsy, I mean Mom. Moms die, you know. I think it’s maybe __________ if you’re just Betsy.”

Tears(眼泪) were filling my eyes.

“Hey, Betsy?”

“Yeah,” I said, taking pleasure in the new announcement of my old name.

1.A.for B.around C.up D.through

2.A.from B.true C.close D.back

3.A.subject B.present C.message D.information

4.A.natural B.past C.only D.second

5.A.neither B.both C.either D.every

6.A.thinking B.expecting C.waiting D.admiring

7.A.worked out B.watched out C.took out D.came out

8.A.so B.instead C.but D.as

9.A.Until B.Before C.When D.Unless

10.A.kinder B.safer C.sadder D.harder

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了新婚后不久的作者和丈夫前妻留下的小男孩马克斯的生活故事。作者婚后想让马克斯叫自己妈妈，但马克斯一直不肯叫，最后马克斯才讲出原因。他之所以不喊作者妈妈是因为妈妈会死，觉得叫作者名字可能会更安全一些。

1.句意：汤姆的儿子马克斯走进餐厅，我在那里浏览我的旧照片。

look for寻找；look around环顾四周；look up向上看，查阅；look through浏览。根据文意可知，此处表示“我在那里浏览翻我的旧照片”的含义，“浏览”用look through表示。故选D。

2.句意：这几个月我学着让马克斯自己走近我。

from从……；true正确的；close亲密的；back返回。根据句意可知，此处表示“这几个月我学着让马克斯自己走近我”的含义，构成come close短语。故选C。

3.句意：死亡总是一个痛苦的主题，特别是对于一个两年前才失去母亲的七岁孩子来说。

subject主题；present礼物；message消息；information信息。根据后文“especially for a seven-year-old child…I secretly put away the pictures of dead relatives.”可知，此处表示“死亡总是一个痛苦的主题”的含义。故选A。

4.句意：我是你的第二个妈妈。你的第一个妈妈去世了，我很难过。

natural自然的；past过去的；only仅有的；second第二个。根据下文“I’m sorry that your first mom died”可知，我是马克斯的第二个母亲。故选D。

5.句意：你可以叫我妈妈或贝琪，你想叫哪个都可以。

neither两者都不；both两者都；either两者之一；every每个。根据上下文可以得知你可以叫我Mom或者Betsy，这是两个选项，所以二者选一。故选C。

6.句意：我等待着，期待着我的新头衔。

thinking认为；expecting期待；waiting等待；admiring钦佩。根据句意可以得知，我在等待并且期待我的新的称呼。故选B。

7.句意：在那之后的几天里，马克斯为我想出了一个新头衔。

worked out算出；watched out小心；took out拿出；came out出版。根据句意可知，一段时间之后，Max想出了我的新称呼，work out有“解决、想出”之意。故选A。

8.句意：然后跟着说出“妈妈”这个词，但是“妈妈”这个词总是不发声的。

so所以；instead而不是；but但是；as因为。分析“and follow the questions by mouthing Mom, ___8___ the word Mom was always silent.”可知，前后两句构成转折关系，表示“但是”的含义。故选C。

9.句意：当我说贝琪的时候，我是说妈妈。

Until直到；Before在……之前；When当……时；Unless除非。根据文意可知，此处表示“当我说贝琪的时候，我是说妈妈”的含义。故选C。

10.句意：我觉得如果你只是贝琪的话会更安全些。

kinder更善良；safer更安全；sadder更伤心；harder更难。分析文意可知，此处表示“我觉得如果你只是贝琪的话会更安全些”的含义，因为马克斯怕我会像他生母一样会去世。故选B。