Question

The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board (烫衣板)and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”

Mom clearly explained her     for this lesson. I was going to be    and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good    .

“Learn to iron a shirt,” Mom said, “and you can iron anything.”

But ironing shirts was not     work. It didn’t make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn’t a   operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet, Moreover, an iron produced steam and it carried an element of   .If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you   ,you might bum down the house.

As for technique, Mom   me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled (有褶皱的）parts. Collars had to be done right. Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would   them.

Over the years, I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of   Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.     ,through ironing I’ve learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. “    wrinkles one at a time,” as Mom might have said, “and before long everything will get ironed out.”

1.A. reasonsB. rules        C. emotions    D. methods

2.A. helpfulB. confident        C. powerful    D. independent

3.A. conclusionB. suggestion        C. impression    D. observation

4.A. usefulB. easy        C. special        D. suitable

5.A. directB. single        C. smooth        D. strange

6.A. doubtB. pressure        C. surprise        D. danger

7.A. went awayB. fell down        C. jumped off    D. looked up

8.A. taught B. chose        C. forced        D. sent

9.A. touchB. design        C. see        D. admire

10.A. honestyB. freedom        C. justice        D. pride

11.A. InsteadB. Besides        C. Otherwise    D. However

12.A. Make upB. Deal with        C Ask for        D. Rely on

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.A

【解析】试题分析：文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。作者回忆了自己在上大学前的暑假，母亲教会作者自己熨衣服的技巧。作者母亲认为作者将要独立并且需要学会这个至关重要的技能。通过熨衣服，作者也学会了解决生活中最棘手问题的方法。

1.名词词义及语境理解。A. reasons原因；B. rules规则；C. emotions情感；D. methods方法。reason for ……的原因。妈妈清楚地解释了这一课（指学会烫衣服）的原因。故选A

2.考查形容词词义辨析及语境理解。A. helpful有帮助的；B. confident自信的；C. powerful强有力的；D. independent独立的。这里指作者母亲认为作者将要独立并且需要学会这个至关重要的技能。故选D

3.考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。A. conclusion结论；B. suggestion建议；C. impression印象；D. observation观察。这里考查短语make a good impression留下好印象。这里指正确的烫好的衣服将会帮助作者留下好的印象。故选C

4.考查形容词词义及上下文连串。A. useful有用的；B. easy容易的；C. special特别的；D. suitable合适的。根据后文的种种描述可以得知：烫衬衫不是一件很容易的工作。故选B

5.考查形容词词义辨析。A. direct直接的；B. single单身的；C. smooth光滑的，流畅的；D. strange奇怪的。就像溜冰那样，它（指烫衬衫）并非顺畅的操作。故选C

6.动词词义辨析及语境理解。A. doubt怀疑；B. pressure压力；C. surprise惊讶；D. danger危险。而且，熨斗产生蒸汽并带来危险。故选D

7.考查动词短语辨析。A. went away离开；B. fell down跌倒；C. jumped off跳下来；D. looked up查询。如果当你离开的时候你忘记把它关掉，你也许会把房子烧光。故选A
8.动词词义辨析及语境理解。A. taught教会；B. chose选择；C. forced强迫；D. sent送。关于技术，妈妈教我开始平面空间向外，一直将熨斗向前推到有褶皱的部分。故选A

9.9】考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。A. touch接触；B. design设计；C. see看到；D. admire羡慕。从语境可知，妈妈说它们靠近你的脸，那里每个人都能看到它们。故选C

10.0】考查名词词义辨析。A. honesty诚实；B. freedom自由；C. justice公正；D. pride自豪。a sense of pride自豪感。多年来，我已经熟练的学会了熨衬衫，这给我一种自豪感。故选D

11.1】考查副词词义辨析及语境理解。A. Instead反而；B. Besides除……之外；C. Otherwise否则；D. However然而。除此之外，通过熨衣服，我已经学会了解决最棘手问题的方法。故选B

12.2】考查动词短语辨析及语境理解。A. Make up组成、编造；B. Deal with处理。对付；C Ask for询问；D. Rely on依靠。 “一次处理皱的部分”，正如妈妈曾经说过，“不久之后一切都会解决”。故选B

考点：考查人生感悟类短文