Question

Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead．

I don't remember when it first started     me --her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and     against my young skin．Finally, one night, I shouted at her: “Don' t do that any more --your       are too rough！” She didn’t say anything in    ．But never again did my mother close out my day with that     expression of her love．

Time after time, with the     years, my thoughts returned to that night．I'm not a little girl any more．Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands I     thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my         

Now, my own children are   . Mom no longer has Dad. It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand     before stealing across my face to brush the     from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so      touched my brow．In my    , thousands of times, I     the night my young voice complained.     Mom's hand in my hand, I said how     I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did,     Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten — and      —long ago.

That night, I fell asleep with a new     for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the     I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．

1.A. surprising            B. hurting           C. annoying                 D. amazing

2.A. rough              B. gentle                   C. smooth                 D. strong

3.A. noises             B. words                    C. feelings                D. hands

4.A. anger               B. silence                  C. reply                     D. fear

5.A. healthy             B. familiar               C. popular                D. perfect

6.A. coming             B. remaining    C. following     D. passing

7.A. often                 B. even             C. never                 D. once

8.A. family                 B. neighbor             C. husband              D. home

9.A. developed      B. grown                    C. moved               D. forgotten

10.A. imagined                  B. hesitated              C. regretted            D. trembled

11.A. hair                           B. tears                     C. dirt           D. kisses

12.A. quickly                     B. roughly                 C. gently                    D. slowly

13.A. memory         B. opinion                 C. history                  D. diary

14.A. chanced                  B. missed                   C. hated                     D. recalled

15.A. Beating                    B. Picking                  C. Catching                D. Stopping

16.A. happy             B. sorry            C. annoyed     D. amused

17.A. and                           B. while                      C. because                D. but

18.A. remembered          B. faded                       C. forgiven             D. apologized

19.A. hope               B. appreciation        C. thought              D. approval

20.A. guilt                 B. pride            C. sorrow                D. Failure

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.A

 【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了无私的母爱。作者小时候嫌弃母亲的手太粗糙，不愿意让母亲摸她的脸。长大后感怀于母亲为家人的操劳，同时也羞愧与自己当初的抱怨，终于在感恩节前夜向母亲道歉。可是母亲已经忘了那件事，早就原谅作者了，作者终于放下了心中的内疚。

1.考查动词。Surprising使惊奇；hurting伤害；annoying骚扰；amazing使吃惊。句意是：我不记得什么时候开始,她拨开我的头发令我非常不耐烦。根据下一句中的“annoyed”提示，应用C项。故选C。

2.考查形容词。Rough粗糙的；gentle温和的；smooth光滑的；strong强壮的。根据下面“你的手太粗糙了”中的“ rough”可知此处应用A。故选A。

3.考查名词。Noises噪音；words单词；feelings感觉；hands手。前文提到妈妈总用手撩开我额前的头发，故这里用D项。故选D。

4.考查名词。Anger生气；silence沉默；reply回答；fear害怕。句意是：母亲什么也没有说。In reply是固定搭配，意思是“作为答复”。故选C。

5.考查形容词。 Healthy健康的；familiar熟悉的；popular流行的；perfect完美的。句意是：但是妈妈再也不用她熟悉的表达爱的方式来结束我的一天了。故选B。

6.考查形容词。 Coming即将到来的；remaining剩下的；following下面的；passing经过的。句意是：一次又一次，随着时间的流逝，我的思绪又回到了那一晚。故选D。

7.考查副词。Often经常；even甚至；never从不；once曾经。句意是：我曾经认为很粗糙的手。故选D。

8.考查名词。Family家人；neighbor邻居；husband丈夫；home家。句意是：我曾经认为是很粗糙的手依然为我和我的家人做事情。后面提到了“我”的孩子，因此指的是家人。故选A。

9.考查动词。Developed发展；grown成长；moved移动；forgotten忘记。句意是：现在，我的孩子长大了。故选B。

10.考查动词。 Imagined想象；hesitated犹豫；regretted后悔；trembled震颤。因为之前“我”表示不愿意让母亲再来摸我的脸，故这里母亲的动作应是带着犹豫的。故选B。

11.考查名词。 Hair头发；tears眼泪；dirt污垢；kisses吻。句意是：撩开我额头的头发。故选A。

12.考查副词。 Quickly快速地；roughly粗糙地；gently温和地；slowly慢慢地。句意是：然后一个吻轻轻地落在我的额头上。故选C。

13.考查名词。 Memory记忆；opinion观点；history历史；diary日记。句意是：在我的记忆里，无数次，我会想起那晚我幼稚的抱怨声。故选A。

14.考查动词。chanced 偶然发生；missed错过，想念；hated讨厌；recalled回想起。因为抱怨母亲手很粗糙这件事是很早以前发生的，故应用“回想起”。故选D。

15.考查动词。 Beating打击；Picking捡起；Catching抓住；Stopping停止。句意是：我一把抓住母亲的手。故选C。

16.考查形容词。 Happy高兴的；sorry抱歉的；annoyed恼怒的；amused愉快的。句意是：说我对那天晚上的事很抱歉。故选B。

17.考查连词。 and 并且；while虽然；because因为；but但是。句意是：我还以为妈妈和我一样记得，但是她不知道我在说什么。前后句意是转折的。故选D。

18.考查动词remembered记得；faded逐渐消失；forgiven原谅；apologized道歉。句意是：她已经忘记了，很久以前就原谅了。故选C。

19.考查名词。Hope希望；appreciation欣赏，感激；thought想法；approval批准，认可。句意是；那天晚上，我睡着了，带着对我温柔的母亲和她体贴双手的感激。故选B。

20.考查名词。Guilt内疚；pride自豪；sorrow悲伤；Failure失败。句意是：而且我长久以来的内疚感也消失得无影无踪了。故选A。

考点：考查人生感悟类短文