Question

I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.

         What I      most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we      ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to      his family as cold. When we got into the      to go home, his father suddenly appeared.      , he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.

         I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often      me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant    or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his      me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his      morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I      him.

         When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt     . For example, I always return phone calls      and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the      : She wasn’t a good friend! My anger       as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I      and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was      at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be      . Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.

         Far too often, I ignored their       expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my   . Over the years, however, I’ve learned to      other persons, love signs.

1.A. remember             B. enjoy        C. value                 D. admire

2.A. excitedly               B. nervously          C. silently                   D. instantly

3.A. regard                  B. treat               C. take                      D. think

4.A. bus           B. train                 C. car                       D. plane

5.A. Punctually     B. Carefully            C. Proudly                  D. Coldly

6.A. visited          B. interrupted        C. warned                  D. telephoned

7.A. greeting                 B. meeting            C. apology         D. explanation

8.A. interested              B. angered             C. encouraged               D. surprised

9.A. long            B. short               C. warm           D. polite

10.A. praised                B. remembered       C. blamed           D. thanked

11.A. content               B. guilty                C. curious           D. disappointed

12.A. in order                B. in turn

C. without delay      D. without difficulty

13.A. feeling       B. suggestion          C. judgment                 D. belief

14.A. disappeared           B. grew                C. helped                    D. declined

15.A. opened               B. refused             C. hosted                   D. invited

16.A. depressed             B. upset               C. fascinated               D. shocked

17.A. uncaring     B. dishonest           C. unhappy                 D. uncooperative

18.A. unique                 B. common           C. pleasant                 D. familiar

19.A. opinion      B. way                C. mind             D. life

20.A. send                   B. read                 C. give              D. express

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.A

19.B

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者对如何表达爱，一直都有着自己的很强烈的观点。但是，生活中的事情逐渐让作者认识到，每个人都有着不同的表达爱的方式，不能武断而失去很好的朋友。

1.考查动词辨析。作者去看望男朋友的父母时，记得（remember）最多的就是餐厅中钟表大声的滴答声，而作者他们却在静静地（silently）吃饭。A记得；B享受；C重视；D尊敬。故选A。

2.考查副词辨析。A兴奋地；B紧张地；C静静地；D立刻。与loud形成对比，作者他们在静静地吃饭，故选C。

3.考查动词辨析。A看作；B对待；C拿走；D认为。Regard... As...把......看作......。根据“With so little conversation I was quick to     his family as cold”看作，因为交流如此少，作者很快把他家人看作（regard）是冷酷的。故选A。

4.考查名词辨析。When we got into the      to go home此时我们准备回家；结合下文的he began to wash his son’s windscreen父亲开始清洗儿子汽车的挡风玻璃，可知作者和男朋友是开车（car）来的。故选C。

5.考查副词辨析。I could feel he is a caring man through the glass.通过玻璃，作者能感觉到他是一个有爱心的人。可知父亲在擦拭玻璃时候的动作应该是：carefully细心地。句意：我们上车（car）准备回家时，他父亲突然出现了。父亲开始细心地（carefully）清洗儿子的挡风玻璃。故选B。

6.考查动词辨析。根据下文的：he might say when I answered the phone可知，作者的父亲应该是打电话（telephoned）。句意：我父亲经常早晨很早时给我打电话。我接了电话，他可能说，“买些复印纸。价格非常合理的哦。”从没有愉快的问候（greeting）或询问一下我的生活，只是金钱。故选D。

7.考查动词辨析。根据下文的：or inquiry about my life，inquiry（询问）暗示用greeting，从来没有问候过作者的生活情况。故选A。

8.考查动词辨析。根据文章下文的：This manner of his    me and we often quarreled他的态度让我生气（angered），我们经常争吵。根据下文的quarreled可知，是先生气，再吵架。故选B。

9.考查形容词辨析。句意：但是有一天，我考虑到父亲生意上的成功，并且意识到，父亲早晨简短的（short）电话背后隐藏着他对我财政的关心。主要为了体现：作者的父亲默默地关注作者的财政支出，为了体现出父爱。故选B。

10.考查动词辨析。句意：下次父亲再让我购买股票时，我感谢了（thanked）父亲。故选D。

11.考查形容词辨析。句意：当社交风格和朋友的相冲突时，作者常常会感到失望（disappointed）。比如，总是及时（without delay）回电话，定期联系朋友。并期望朋友能有同感。故选D。

12.考查介词短语辨析。A有顺序的；B轮流；C毫不耽搁、及时；D没有困难。当作者与朋友发生冲突，作者总是及时回电话并保持联系。故选C。

13.考查名词辨析。A感觉；B建议；C判断；D信念。句意：作者有一个很少打电话的朋友，她用简短的信息回复作者。作者立刻判定（judgment）她不是一位好朋友。此处的rush to the judgment相当于draw a conclusion。故选C。

14.考查动词辨析。A消失；B增加；C帮助；D下降。句意：随着假期的来临，作者的愤怒增加了（grew）。后来，她来参加作者举办（hosted）的一个聚会，送给作者一件漂亮衣服，是上个月她们一块逛街时，作者喜欢上的一件裙子。对于她周到的做法，作者非常震惊（shocked），作者过去一直认为她不关心人（uncaring），此时作者深感惭愧。显然，作者需要改变对朋友的期望。故选B。

15.考查动词辨析。But then she came to a gathering I      and handed me a beautiful dress后来，她来参加我举办的聚会，并送作者一件漂亮的裙子。A打开；B拒绝；C举办；D邀请。故选C。

16.考查形容词辨析。A沮丧的；B懊恼的、烦乱的；C迷人的、迷惑的；D震惊的。作者对朋友的细心体贴感到震惊，故选D。

17.考查形容词辨析。regretful for how I’d considered her to be      作者原本认为她的这个朋友只是回复简短的邮件，是一个冷漠的人。A漠不关心的；B不诚实的；C不高兴的；D不合作的。故选A。

18.考查形容词辨析。句意：通常，我会忽略她们独特的（unique）表情，急切地期望她们用我的方法（way）处理事情。然而，随着岁月的推移，我已经学会了觉察（read）他人爱的迹象。故选A。

19.考查名词辨析。A观点；B方法；C思想；D生活。in one’s way按照某人的方式，故选B。

20.考查动词辨析。A发送；B觉察、读懂；C付出、给；D表达。作者经过多年的生活经历，已经学会读懂他人表达爱的信号。read在此意为“读懂”他人的爱的信号。故选B。

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