Question

We have been driving in fog all morning，but the fog is lifting now.The little seaside villages are ____，one by one.“There is my grandmother's house，” I say，____ across the bay to a shabby old house.

I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage(朝圣) with Lise，my granddaughter，seeking roots for her，retracing(追溯) ____ memory for me.Lise was one of the mobile children，____ from house to house in childhood.She longs for a sense of ___，and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors ____ for 200 years.

We soon ___ by the house and I tell her what it was like here，the memories ____ back，swift as the tide(潮水)．

Suddenly，I long to walk again in the ____ where I was once so gloriously a child.It still ____ a member of the family，but has not been lived in for a while.We cannot go into the house，but I can still walk ____ the rooms in memory.Here，my mother ____ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary.I can still see the enthusiastic family ____ into and out of the house.I could never have enough of being ____ them.However，that was long after those childhood days.Lise ____ attentively as I talk and then says，“So this is where I ____；where I belong.”

She has ___ her roots.To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human ____.To be rooted is “to have an origin”．We need ____ origin.Looking backward，we discover what is unique in us；learn the ___ of “I”．We must all go home again—in reality or memory.

1.A.appearing                B．moving 

C．exposing                D．expanding

2.A.referring  B．travelling  C．pointing  D．coming

3.A.shared  B．short  C．fresh  D．treasured

4.A.passed  B．raised  C．moved  D．sent

5.A.home  B．duty  C．reality  D．relief

6.A.built  B．lived  C．remained  D．explored

7.A.catch up                B．pull up

C．step down                D．come down

8.A.falling  B．turning  C．rushing  D．bringing

9.A.yard  B．village  C．room  D．house

10.A.adapts to                B．appeals to

C．belongs to                D．occurs to

11.．A.across  B．through  C．along  D．past

12.A.lay  B．played  C．stood  D．sat

13.A.marching  B．looking  C．breaking  D．pouring

14.A.between  B．with  C．near  D．behind

15.A.wonders  B．listens  C．reacts  D．agrees

16.A.began  B．grew  C．studied  D．stayed

17.A.deepened  B．recognized  C．accepted  D．found

18.A.heart                B．rights 

C．interest                D．behaviors

19.A.one  B．its  C．that  D．every

20.A.meaning                B．expression 

C．connection                D．background

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.D

14.B

15.B

16.A

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.A

【解析】

1.根据上文the fog is lifting now可知，大雾散后，村庄出现，因此A项符合语境。

答案 A

2.根据上半句“There is my grandmother's house”及本空后的内容，可知作者是用手指着海湾对面的村庄。refer提到，查阅；travel旅游；come来。

答案 C

3.根据下文作者对自己童年的回忆的描述可知此处应填treasured(宝贵的)。shared分享的；short短的；fresh新鲜的，都不符合句意。

答案 D

4.上文说“Lise是流动儿童之一”，因此后面说Lise从一个房子搬到另一个房子，只有move“搬家，移动”符合文意。故选C。

答案 C

5. 她渴望家的感觉，因此我们来到我和丈夫出生的地方。因此正确答案为A。

答案 A

6. 我们的祖先在那里生活了大约200年。因此正确答案为B。

答案 B

7.我们不久停在房子旁边。catch up追上；pull up停下；step down退休，辞职；come down下来，败落。因此答案B正确。

答案 B

8.句意：思潮翻滚，如潮水之迅速。fall落下；turn扭转，掉过头来；rush急速流动，奔腾；bring拿来。由句意知，C项符合句意。

答案 C

9. 根据上文“We soon __17__ by the house”可知，作者渴望到屋子里走一走。

答案 D

10.它仍然属于家庭的一个成员。adapt to适应；appeal to呼吁；occur to发生在。因此只有belong to“属于”符合题意。

答案 C

11.across 表示动作在某一物体的表面进行；through表示动作在某一物体的空间里进行；along沿着，顺着；past从……旁边路过，经过。

答案 B

12. 我的妈妈坐在卧室窗户前写日记。因此sit“坐”为正确答案。

答案 D

13.看到热心的家人从房子里进进出出。因此只有D项正确。

答案 D

14.句意：我永远不会厌烦和他们在一起。be with sb.“和某人在一起”，符合文意。

答案 B

15. 当作者讲过去的事，Lise专心的听，可知B项正确。

答案 B

16.阅读文章可知作者现在住在外地，带着孙女来寻根，用begin“开始”能够表达出人生航程中的起点。

答案 A

17.句意：她已经找到了她的根。deepen加深；recognize认出；accept接受。只有find“找到，发现”符合文意。

答案 D

18.知道我来自哪里是人心的最大的渴望之一。只有A项符合题意。

答案 A

19.that origin代指root “那种根源”，符合文意。

答案 C

20.句意：回忆过去，我们发现我们的独特之处，学到了“我”的真正含义。meaning意义；expression表达；connection联系；background背景。

答案 A