Question

One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to      me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done          and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to       your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me       for the rest of the night. I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the       decisions adults had to make.

For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d        wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her           and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.

          During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large         apartment, I became       how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then         I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on        family and work.            difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a           attitude.

Back home, I        myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she           to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be        . I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable        .

My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the       has really taught me. Sacrifices       in the end. The separation between us has proved to be       for me.

1.A. attract          B. praise            C. surprise          D. promote

2.A. little           B. much            C. well              D. wrong

3.A. refuse          B. leave             C. contact           D. forgive

4.A. wondering      B. sleeping           C. explaining        D. regretting

5.A. poor           B. timely            C. final             D. tough

6.A. nervously      B. politely           C. eagerly            D. curiously

7.A. patience       B. presence          C. intelligence         D. Influence

8.A. empty         B. expensive         C. comfortable        D. modern

9.A. interested in B. doubtful about  C. aware of      D. satisfied with

10.A. when         B. where            C. which             D. that

11.A. abandoning    B. balancing         C. comparing         D. mixing

12.A. Faced with     B. Supplied with      C. Depending on      D. Insisting on

13.A. different      B. friendly           C. positive            D. general

14.A. criticized     B. informed          C. warned             D. reminded

15.A. offered       B. managed          C. attempted           D. expected

16.A. grateful       B. independent       C. energetic           D. practical

17.A. examples      B. limits            C. rules              D. goals

18.A. question       B. experience        C. history            D. occasion

19.A. run out        B. come back        C. pay off            D. turn up

20.A. blessing       B. gathering         C. failure             D. pleasure

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.B

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：作者的妈妈有了晋升的机会，但是她需要到巴西工作，这就意味着她将不得不与家人暂时分开。这件事让作者第一次体会到了大人做决定的艰难。与妈妈分开的日子让作者逐渐学会了独立，这应该算是好的一面。

1.allowing you to skip a grade”可知，作者的妈妈用跳级来形容她职位上的提升，故选D。

2.allowing you to skip a grade”可知，应该是学习好的学生才有机会跳级，故选C。

3.but you’ll have to 38 your friends但是，跳级意味着要离开自己的朋友，故选B。

4.I was puzzled.”可知，妈妈的话让作者感到困惑，作者整晚都在思考这个问题，故选A。

5.I realized the decisions adults had to make作者第一次意识到大人们很难做出决定，根据第三段第三行“appreciate the tough choices”可知答案，故选D。

6.and then tell her every detail of my day”可知，作者迫不及待想把一天所发生的事情告诉妈妈，故选C。

7.A phone call, however, could never replace her 作者认为一个电话无法代替有妈妈在身边，故选B。

8.how lonely my mother must have been”可知，当看到空空的公寓时，作者意识到妈妈很孤独，故选A。

9.I became how lonely my mother must have been作者认识到妈妈一个人在巴西很孤独，be/become aware of知道，意识到，故选C。

10.It was then I started to appreciate...正是在那个时候，作者才开始理解妈妈的艰难抉择，it is/was...that是强调句型，这里强调的是时间状语，故选D。

11.on family and work这里指妈妈想兼顾家庭和工作，在两者之间取得平衡，故选B。

12. difficult decisions, she used to tell me,面临艰难抉择时，妈妈总是告诉我......，故选A。

13.with passion and a attitude妈妈让作者用热情和乐观积极的态度来对待艰难抉择，故选C。

14.I myself that what my mother could do回到家后，作者提醒自己要像妈妈一样战胜孤独，remind sb of sth/that...提醒......，故选D。

15.If she to live in Rio all by herself如果妈妈能在里约独立生活，manage to do sth做成某事，故选B。

16.live in Rio all by herself...I learn how to take care of myself”可知，作者决定学着独立生活，故选B。

17.and set high but achievable 作者学着照顾自己并给自己定下很高但能够实现的目标，故选D。

18.But I will never forget what the has really taught me.作者永远都不会忘记这次经历教给作者的道理，故选B。

19.The separation between us has proved to be for me.”可知，牺牲得到了回报，作者把不能和妈妈生活在一起看作是一种牺牲，故选C。

20.The separation between us has proved to be for me.对作者来说，与妈妈分开结果证明是一件幸事，因为它让作者学会了独立，故选A。

考点：生活类短文阅读