Question

The Little Angel

Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon(外科医生） come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy?”

The surgeon said, “I’m ____. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ____ it.” 

Sally ____into the chair. The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the ____?” Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers ____ through his thick curly hair. “Would you like a lock（一撮）of his hair?” the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeon cut a few hairs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to ____ his body to the university for study. He said it might ____ somebody else. “I said no at first, ____ Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.’”

“My Jimmy had a heart of ____, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.” she went on.

Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmy’s ____ on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was ____. It was even harder to enter the ____ house. She carried Jimmy’s belongings, and the lock of his hair to her son’s room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room ____ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, ____ herself to sleep.

It was around midnight when Sally ____. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said,

“Dear Mom,

I know you’re going to ____ me, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more ____ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to ____a little boy so you won’t be so lonely, that’s OK with me. He can have my room and old toys to play with.

Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more. The cancer is all ____. I don’t have to stand that ____any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say I’m a Special Angel! I  love you, Mom.”

1.A. worried     B. sorryC. happy D. grateful

2.A. make B. passC. winD. like

3.A. knocked    B. lookedC. sank        D. got

4.A. house         B. church    C. hospital     D. university

5.A. anxiously        B. lovinglyC. patientlyD. angrily

6.A. donateB. moveC. showD. lend

7.A. affect    B. help    C. protectD. impress

8.A. for            B. and    C. soD. but

9.A. gold    B. stone              C. wisdom     D. bravery

10.A. toys    B. clothes    C. belongingsD. letters

11.A. long    B. smoothC. difficult    D. dangerous

12.A. emptyB. familiarC. bigD. old

13.A. roughly    B. exactlyC. especiallyD. possibly

14.A. put    B. sent     C. cried        D. buried

15.A. wrote        B. spokeC. sleptD. awoke             

16.A. understandB. forgiveC. leaveD. miss

17.A. withB. around    C. onD. in

18.A. saveB. hostC. visitD. adopt

19.A. lost    B. gone    C. cured     D. spotted

20.A. depression    B. sadness C. pain    D. stress

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述莎莉的儿子死于癌症，并且把遗体捐献给大学做研究，妈妈十分不舍，在孩子的床上发现儿子写给自己的信，安慰妈妈不要悲伤，天堂的天使是很温柔的。

1.B考查形容词辨析A. worried着急的；B. sorry对不起；C. happy高兴的；D. grateful感激的；句意：医生说，对不起。我们已经尽力。根据上文提到Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon(外科医生） come out of the operating room.在手术室外等待医生，可见医生说尽力了，所以是对不起。

2.A考查动词辨析A. make 使；B. pass经过；C. win赢得；D. like喜欢；句意：我们已经尽力了，但你的孩子已经不行了。根据下方提到The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the ____?”可知孩子死了，故选A项。

3.C考查动词辨析A. knocked敲；B. looked看；C. sank下沉；D. got得到；句意：莎莉一下子坐到椅子上。根据上文提到We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ____ it.”可知母亲经受不起这样的打击，一下坐到椅子上。

4.D考查名词辨析A. house房子；B. church教堂；C. hospital医院；D. university大学；句意：在他被送到大学之前你需要看看你儿子吗？根据“It was Jimmy’s idea to ____ his body to the university for study.可知把儿子送去大学做研究，故选D项。

5.B考查副词辨析A. anxiously焦虑地；B. lovingly柔情地；C. patiently耐心地；D. angrily生气地；句意：当说再见时，她温柔地抚摸着儿子浓密的卷发。根据语境，母亲与儿子说再见时，不舍地爱抚着，故选B项。

6.A 考查动词辨析A. donate捐赠；B. move移动；C. show展示；D. lend借出；句意：这是他自己的主意把尸体捐献给大学做研究。Donate sth to sb 把某物捐给某人，故选A项。

7.B考查动词辨析A. affect影响；B. help帮助；C. protect保护；D. impress留下印象；句意：他说这样能帮助到他人。根据下方提到Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom可见可以用来帮助别人故选B项。

8.D考查连词辨析A. for因为；B. and并且；C. so因此；D. but但是；句意：开始时我说不行，但他跟我说，妈妈，当我死后又没有用。根据句意两个句子是转折关系，故选D项。

9.A考查名词辨析A. gold金子；B. stone石头；C. wisdom聪明；D. bravery勇敢；句意：我的孩子有金子般的心，一直在考虑别人，总是尽可能地去帮助别人。根据文中提到总爱帮助别人，可见有金子一样的心，故选A项。

10.C考查名词辨析A. toys玩具；B. clothes衣服；C. belongings所有物；D. letters信；句意：当妈妈走出医院时，把吉姆的头发放在包里。根据上文提到“Would you like a lock（一撮）of his hair?” the surgeon asked.可知留下了撮孩子的头发，故选C项。

11.C考查形容词辨析A. long长的；B. smooth光滑的顺利的；C. difficult难的；D. dangerous危险的；句意：回家之路是那么的艰难。根据文中提到儿子死去，捐出自己的身体，对于母亲来说，回家之路是那么的艰难，故选C项。

12.A考查形容词辨析A. empty空的；B. familiar熟悉；C. big大的；D. old老的；句意：回到空空的家更难过。与上句话提到The drive home was ____回家之路很难，而回到空空的家更难，故选A项。

13.B考查副词辨析A. roughly粗略地；B. exactly确切地；C. especially尤其；D. possibly可能地；句意：她开始收拾孩子的东西，这些东西一直在她熟悉的地方。根据文中可知母亲熟悉孩子每件东西的位置，故选B 项。

14.C考查动词辨析A. put放；B. sent 送；C. cried哭；D. buried埋藏；句意：她躺在孩子的床上，抱着孩子的枕头，哭着睡着了。根据句意，母亲抱着孩子的枕头肯定是哭到不行，故选C项。

15.D考查动词辨析A. wrote写；B. spoke说；C. slept睡觉；D. awoke醒着；句意：午夜时，莎莉突然醒了。根据下方提到Lying beside her on the bed was a letter.床上放着封信，所以是妈妈突然醒来看到的，故选D项。

16.D考查动词辨析A. understand理解；B. forgive原谅；C. leave离开；D. miss错过，想念；句意：妈妈，我知道你肯定在想我，我也想你。根据语境得知儿子提前给妈妈写的信，说想念妈妈，妈妈肯定也在想念着他，故选D项。

17.A考查介词辨析A. with与。。B. around在。。周围；C. on在。。上；D. in在。。里；句意：妈妈，我爱你，一直爱你每天。With表示伴随，故选A项。

18.D考查动词辨析A. save挽救；B. host举办；C. visit访问；D. adopt收养；句意：如果你收养个小孩，你就不会那么孤单。根据you won’t be so lonely 可知要妈妈收养个孩子，故选D项。

19.B考查动词辨析A. lost失去；B. gone去；C. cured治愈；D. spotted找到；句意：癌症也会消失。根据上文提到Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more.想我时不要悲伤，我不再受伤，可知天堂没有疾病了，故选B项。

20.C考查名词辨析A. depression沮丧；B. sadness悲伤；C. pain痛苦；D. stress压力 ；句意：我不必在忍受痛苦。根据下方提到The angels in Heaven are so tender.天堂里的天使是如何的温柔，可知天堂没有痛苦，让妈妈放心，不要悲伤，故选C项。

考点：人生百味类短文。