Question

One day I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my     . Then he said, “Excuse me too ... I didn’t even    you.” We were very    , the stranger and I. Then we went on our ways after saying     .

But at home, a different    is told. How we treat our    ones, the young and the old. Later, in the kitchen, as I cooked our supper, my    entered, very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I       at her. She left, with her little heart broken. I didn’t    how hard I’d spoken.

That    , as I lay awake in bed, God’s quiet voice    to me and said, “While with strangers, you are polite,       with those you love, you didn’t do it properly. Go and look right now on the      floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she    for you. She picked them herself--pink, yellow and blue.”

By this time, I felt    and small and now my own    fell. I quietly went to her bed, “    up, my dear daughter.” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “I found them on the tree. I knew you’d like them,      the blue.” I said, “I’m so      that I missed them today ... And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.” She whispered(低声说), “Mommy, that’s okay. I still    you anyway.” I hugged her and said, “I love you too and love your flowers, especially the blue.”

1.A. rule       B. reply   C. step   D. truth

2.A. see       B. tell   C. get   D. take

3.A. nervous      B. alike      C. polite   D. confident

4.A. welcome      B. thanks      C. hello   D. good-bye

5.A. story       B. message  C. notice      D. activity

6.A. crazy      B. loved   C. blind   D. brave

7.A. mother   B. husband  C. daughter  D. son

8.A. smiled   B. looked      C. shot   D. shouted

9.A. lie    B. care   C. attack   D. realize

10.A. noon   B. afternoon  C. evening  D. night

11.A. looked   B. sang      C. spoke   D. listened

12.A. when   B. but   C. unless   D. besides

13.A. kitchen   B. office     C. dinning-room D. library

14.A. brought      B. bought      C. stole   D. sold

15.A. excited   B. sad   C. happy   D. great

16.A. leg       B. head   C. tears   D. feelings

17.A. Look   B. End   C. Dress   D. Wake

18.A. especially  B. specially  C. except   D. except for

19.A. brave   B. lazy   C. sorry   D. excited

20.A. hate   B. love   C. miss   D. beat

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.D

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者有一天无意撞到了一个陌生人，作者和那个陌生人的态度都很诚恳，他们互相跟对方道歉。作者对待陌生人很有礼貌，但她对待深爱的家人却是另外一种态度。

1.I ran into a stranger”可知，作者撞到了一个陌生人，并向对方道歉，故选B。

2.Excuse me too ... I didn’t even you.陌生人也向作者表示了歉意，他说自己没有看到作者，故选A。

3.We were very , the stranger and I.作者和那个陌生人都为自己的行为道歉，双方以礼相待，故选C。

4.Then we went on our ways after saying .互相道别之后，作者和陌生人分开了，故选D。

5.a different is told然而在家里，事情却是另一番景象，tell a story讲故事，故选A。

6.How we treat our ones, the young and the old.在家中是怎样对待我们所爱的人的呢？根据下一段“with those you love”可知答案，故选B。

7.She left, with her little heart broken.”排除B、D；根据第四段“my dear daughter”可知，走进厨房的是作者的女儿，A妈妈；B丈夫；C女儿；D儿子。故选C。

8.with her little heart broken... how hard I’d spoken”可知，作者的女儿很伤心，作者说话的语气太严厉，说明作者当时是大声地对女儿吼叫，根据最后一段“I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way”可知答案，故选D。

9.I didn’t how hard I’d spoken.作者当时没有意识到自己说话的语气过于严厉，故选D。

10.That , as I lay awake in bed那天晚上，作者无法入眠，evening指的是傍晚，night指夜里，故选D。

11.God’s quiet voice to me and said上帝轻声地对作者说道，speak to sb和某人谈话，故选C。

12. with those you love, you didn’t do it properly你对待陌生人很有礼貌，但却用不恰当的方式对待你爱的人，前后表示转折，故选B。

13.in the kitchen,...my entered”可知，女儿把花扔在了厨房的门口，故选A。

14.She picked them herself这些花是女儿亲自摘来送给作者的，故选A。

15.my own fell”可知，作者落泪了，她后悔伤了女儿的心，故选B。

16.my own fell作者感到惭愧并流下了泪水，其它三项与fell不搭配，故选C。

17.I quietly went to her bed, “ up, my dear daughter.”作者悄悄地来到女儿的床边，她叫醒了女儿，故选D。

18.I knew you’d like them, the blue.女儿知道作者会喜欢那些花，尤其是蓝色的，故选A。

19.I’m so that I missed them today ... And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.作者为自己错过了那些花而感到遗憾，后悔对女儿大吼大叫，故选C。

20.I love you too...”可知，女儿告诉妈妈她爱妈妈，故选B。

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