Question

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I grew up with a fat dad------450 pounds at his heaviest. Every week he’d try a new diet, and my family____ eating whatever freeze-dried he was trying at that moment. He hoped every new diet could stop his waistline from______ .My mother, on the other hand, had no____ in preparing food. Therefore,  almost all of our meals____ my dad’s diet foods.

What I remember most about those years is that I was always hungry ------ hungry for food, hungry for nice clean clothes, hungry for someone to ____ when I ran away from home or hid in the closet(壁橱) for hours. I just  ____ to be cared for.      

But on Friday nights,  I was____ hungry. My grandmother would take me to her home for the weekend. When we____, there was always a pot of something cooking on the stove. She taught me how good it felt to be cared for, and how to care for myself and others through____. My grandmother was always____ of my parents’ strange eating habits and ____ on processed diet foods, and made it her duty to teach me how to ____ myself.

After my third-grade year, my dad changed his jobs. ____ as I was, I had to move away from my hometown, Chicago, and leave my grandmother and her delicious food behind. I felt extremely lonely and lost, and I____ my grandmother terribly. My grandmother knew just how I felt------ and she knew the ____: Every week, she would send me a card with a $20 bill, a recipe and a list of what to buy at the market. Her____ filled my body and soul.

Now I’ve grown to better understand my father’s struggles with____. Today, he weighs 220 pounds. Food is no longer a barrier that keeps us____, but a bridge that keeps us connected. There’s nothing my dad enjoys more than talking with me about dietary theories and his weight-loss____. And now I am the one____ sending recipe cards to my father’s house, just as my grandmother did for me.

1.A. put off        B. set out        C. gave up        D. ended up

2.A. changing      B. expanding      C. decreasing     D. disappearing

3.A. fault          B. difficulty      C. interest        D. pride

4.A. consisted of    B. differed from   C. belonged to    D. made up

5.A. follow        B. accompany     C. stop          D. notice

6.A. forgot         B. desired        C. proved        D. pretended

7.A. undoubtedly    B. especially      C. even         D. never

8.A. arrived         B. approached     C. agreed       D. returned

9.A. creativity       B. guidance        C. cooking     D. observing

10.A. envious        B. skeptical        C. proud       D. fond

11.A. judgment      B. influence       C. dependence      D. impression

12.A. feed          B. relax          C. convince        D. enjoy

13.A. Embarrassed   B. Unfortunate     C. Ashamed       D. Unwilling

14.A. appreciated    B. missed         C. imagined        D. responded

15.A. cure          B. reason         C. feeling          D. rule

16.A. expectations    B. recipes        C. promises         D. words

17.A. health         B. money         C. weight          D. promotion

18.A. apart          B. down          C. up             D. out

19.A. problems       B. anxieties        C. benefits        D. victories

20.A. completely      B. casually        C. regularly       D. gradually

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】试题分析：作者讲述了作者小时候由于父亲减肥不得不跟父亲吃一些减肥方面的食物，幸亏外婆教会了自己怎么照顾自己。

1.考查短语辨析。A. put off推迟B. set out出发；C. gave up放弃；D. ended up以……告终。每个礼拜他都换一个新的流行减肥食谱，我们一家就得跟着他一块儿吃冻干糖精的乌七八糟的东西。故选D。

2.考查动词。A. changing改变；B. expanding扩大；C. decreasing减少；D. disappearing消失。他希望每一种新的饮食能够阻止他的腰围增长。根据句意故选B。

3.考查短语固定搭配。本题考查短语have interest in对……有兴趣。另一方面，我母亲，对做食物没有兴趣。根据句意故选C.

4.考查短语辨析。A. consisted of由…….组成；B. differed from与…….不同；C. belonged to属于；D. made up组成。句意：因此，几乎我们每顿餐都是由我爸爸的节食食品组成的。根据句意故选A。

5.考查动词。A. follow跟随；B. accompany伴随；C. stop阻止；D. notice注意到。句意：渴求食物，渴求干净的漂亮衣服，渴求一点点关注，我跑出去或者在柜子里藏几个小时的时候，有人担心。根据句意故选D.

6.考查动词。A. forgot忘记；B. desired要求；C. proved证明；D. pretended假装。我就是想要那么点儿关注。故选B。

7.考查副词。A. undoubtedly毫不怀疑地；B. especially 尤其；C. even甚至；D. never从不。周五的晚上我从来不会觉得不满足。故选D。

8.考查动词。A. arrived到达；B. approached靠近；C. agreed同意；D. returned返回。句意：当我们到那儿的时候，炉子上的锅总是烧着东西。根据句意故选A

9.考查名词。A. creativity 创造力；B. guidance 指导；C. cooking 烹饪；D. observing观察。她教会我被关爱的感觉，教会我用烹饪关爱自己和他人。故选C。
10.考查短语固定搭配。本题考查短语固定搭配be skeptical of怀疑，不相信。我外婆总是不相信我父母奇怪的饮食习惯。故选B。

11.考查名词。A. judgment判断；B. influence影响；C. dependence依耐；D. impression印象。句意：觉得他们太依赖压缩减肥食品。故选C。
12.考查动词。A. feed喂；B. relax放松；C. convince使相信；D. enjoy享受。句意：她觉得教会我怎么喂饱我自己是她的任务。根据句意故选A

13.考查形容词。A. Embarrassed尴尬的；B. Unfortunate 不幸的；C. Ashamed害羞的；D. Unwilling不情愿的。尽管我很不情愿，我不得不从家乡芝加哥搬过去，离开了我外婆还有她做的精致美食。根据句意故选D.

14.考查动词。A. appreciated感激；B. missed想念；C. imagined想象；D. responded回复。我非常想念我的外婆。可知应选B。

15.考查动词。A. cure 治疗；B. reason 原因；C. feeling感觉；D. rule统治。我外婆知道我的感觉，她也知道怎么治好我。故选A。

16.考查名词。A. expectations期望；B. recipes食谱；C. promises答应；D. words话。每周她都会给我寄来20美元，一个食谱还有一个购物单。根据句意故选B.

17.考查名词。A. health健康；B. money钱；C. weight重量；D. promotion升职。现在，我已经渐渐理解了父亲，他苦苦地挣扎于自己的体重数字上。故选C。

18.考查短语固定搭配。这里考查短语固定搭配keep apart使分离。食品不会再横亘在我们之间，让我们疏离。根据句意故选A.

19.考查名词。A. problems问题；B. anxieties 焦虑；C. benefits益处；D. victories胜利。我父亲非常乐于和我讨论减肥理论和他的励志减肥故事。根据句意故选D.

20.考查副词。A. completely完全地；B. casually随意地；C. regularly有规律地；D. gradually逐渐地。句意：现在我会固定给家里寄去食谱，就像我祖母曾经给我寄的一样。根据句意故选C。

考点：记叙文。