Question

A new mother was anxious to see her newly-born baby. But she was       when the baby was in her arms. The baby had been born without ears.

With time going on, it      that the baby' s hearing was perfect. It was only his       that was damaged. When he rushed home from school one day and      himself into his mother' s  arms, she sighed,      that his life was to be misfortunate.

He grew up and became a      with his classmates. He might have been class president,      that. The boy’s s father       the family physician in secret if he could do      to help his son. "I believed I could      on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got," the doctor answered. So the      began for a person who would      ears.

Two years went by. Then the father said, "You are going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need.      it a s a secret," said the father. The operation  was very       , and a new person appeared. " But I must know!" he urged his father. " Who gave  me       _? I could never do enough for him. " "I do not believe you could. " said the father.

The secret was       for years till he stood with his father over his mother' s coffin. Slowly and       , his father raised his mother' s thick brown hair to       that his mother had no outer ears. "Mother said she was       she never let her hair be cut," he whispered gently . "and  nobody ever thought she was less       did they?"

1.A.angiy             B. confused           C. astonished           D. curious

2.A. turned out        B. turned over         C. took out            D. took over

3.A. figure            B. face               C. ear               D. appearance

4.A. threw            B. got                C. sent                D. took

5.A. persuading       B. knowing            C. doubting            D. wondering

6.A. enemy            B. favorite            C. stranger             D. friend

7.A. ever since         B. even if             C. but for              D. as for

8.A. asked            B. advised            C. ordered             D. convinced

9.A. something         B. everything         C. anything            D. nothing

10.A. transplant        B. operate            C. set                 D. fix

11.A. operation          B. interview         C. search             D. examination

12.A. donate            B. operate           C. treat               D. recover

13.A. So               B. And              C. But                D. Or

14.A. normal            B. useful            C. difficult             D. successful

15.A. so much           B. so many          C. too much            D. too many

16.A. discussed          B. hidden            C. spread              D. kept

17.A. desperately         B. tenderly          C. sadly                D. excitedly

18.A. know              B. find              C. show               D. notice

19.A. guilty              B. glad              C. worried             D. regretful

20.A. beautiful           B. ugly               C. careful              D. Fashionable

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。一个孩子生下来就没有耳朵，但他听力功能完好。因为这一缺陷，他从小受到同学们的嘲笑和奚落。长大后，孩子成为了非常优秀的学生，父母亲决定让孩子接受耳朵移植，给孩子一个完美的人生。手术很成功，母亲去世后，孩子才知道是母亲把自己的耳朵给了他。

1.C考查形容词。A.angry“生气的，愤怒的”；B. Confused“困惑的，混乱的，混杂的”；C. Astonished“惊讶的”；D. Curious“好奇的，奇特的”；根据下句The baby had been born without ears.“这个孩子生下来就没有耳朵。”，故C符合题意。

2.A考查动词词组。A. turned out“结果是，生产，出现”；B. turned over“移交给，翻阅，翻过来”；C. took out“取出，取掉，出发”；D. took over“接管，接收”；句意：“随着时间过去，他们发现这孩子的听力是很好的。”故答案为A。

3.D考查名词。A. Figure“图形，数字，外形”；B. Face“脸，脸部”；C. Ear“耳朵，听觉”；D. Appearance“出现，露面，外表”。从前文可知，孩子出生便没有耳朵，但其并没有丧失听力，所以只是外表受到了伤害。D符合题意。

4.A考查动词。threw oneself into one’s arm “投入某人的怀抱” ；B. Got into“进入，陷入，穿上，习惯”；C. sent into“使变得，使处于某种状态”；D. Took into“考虑到，说服”；根据题意，下句说道母亲知道孩子一生将是不幸的，可知孩子第一天上学因为天生的缺陷受到了同学们的嘲笑而感到很受伤。A符合题意。

5.B考查动词。A. Persuading“劝说，说服”；B. Knowing“知道，了解”；C. Doubting“怀疑，疑问，疑惑”；D. Wondering“怀疑，惊奇，想知道”；句意：孩子上学的第一天就受到了挫折，母亲知道了孩子的一生将是不幸的。

6.B考查名词。A. Enemy“敌人，有害物”；B. Favorite“最喜爱的人或物”；C. Stranger“陌生人”；D. Friend“朋友”；根据下句He might have been class president.“他可能担任了班长。”可知，他在班上很受欢迎。故答案为B。

7.C考查固定短语。A. ever since“从那时起”；B. even if“即使，虽然”；C. but for“要不是，如果没有”；D. as for“至于，就某方面说”；句意：如果不是没有耳朵，孩子可能已经成为了班长。Might have been是虚拟语气，即可能实现但没有实现。故答案为C。

8.A考查动词。 A. Asked“询问，要求”；B. Advised“建议，劝告，通知”；C. Ordered“命令，订购，整理”；D. Convinced“说服，使信服”；从下文可知，只要找到愿意捐赠耳朵的人，the doctor愿意为孩子做手术，可知孩子的父亲在询问移植耳朵的事情。故答案为A.

9.C考查代词。A. Something“某事，某物”；B. Everything“一切，所有事物”；C. Anything“任何事，任何东西”；D. Nothing“没有什么”；句意：父亲偷偷地询问家庭医生，任何事情他都可以做，只要能帮到儿子。故答案为C。

10.A考查动词。A. Transplant“移居，移植，移栽”；B. Operate on“给...动手术，给...操作”；C. set on“袭击，唆使”；D. Fix on“固定，确定”；上句父亲询问医生关于帮助儿子的事情，根据情境，此处A最符合题意。

11.C考查名词。A. Operation“操作，运转，经营”；B. Interview“接见，采访”；C. Search“搜寻，调查”；D. Examination“考试”；上句医生说只要找得到耳朵就可以为孩子移植，根据情境可知，此处应该开始搜寻耳朵的捐赠者。答案为C。

12.A考查动词。A. Donate“捐赠，捐献”；B. Operate“操作，经营”；C. Treat“对待，视为”；D. Recover“修复，复原”；根据语境，决定为孩子做移植手术后，就应该寻找耳朵的捐赠者。故答案为A。

13.C考查关联词。A. So“所以”，用于因果关系；B. And“和，而且”，用于并列关系； C. But“但是”，用于转折关系；D. Or“或者”，用于二选一。It指代的是the man who give ears to you，句意：我和妈妈找到了愿意捐赠耳朵给你的人，但这个人是个秘密。根据情境，此处应为转折关系，故答案为C。

14.D考查形容词。A. Normal“正常的”；B. Useful“有用的”；C. Difficult“困难的”； D. Successful“成功的’；根据下句a new man appeared可知手术非常成功，故答案为D。

15.A考查固定搭配。A. so much“这么多，非常”，修饰不可数名词；B. so many“那么多”修饰可数名词复数；C. too much“太多，过高”，后面跟不可数名词；D. too many“太多”修饰可数名词的复数。结合语境，此处省略了help，即so much help。故答案为A。

16.D考查动词。A. Discussed“讨论”；B. Hidden“隐藏，躲避”；C. Spread“传播，展开，散开”；D. Kept“保持，保留，继续”；till“直到...为止”，说明在他母亲去世之前这个秘密都没有被披露，故答案为D。

17.B考查副词。A. Desperately“绝望地”；B. Tenderly“温柔地”；C. Sadly“悲伤地”； D. Excitedly“激动地，兴奋地”；根据情境可知，与slowly为并列关系即“轻轻地，慢慢地”，故答案B。

18.C考查动词。A. Know“知道，了解”； B. Find“找到，发现”；C. Show“显示，说明”；D. Notice“通知，注意到”；上句句意：父亲一直保留着这个秘密很多年，直到他和他的父亲站在母亲的棺材前的那天。根据情境，此处这个秘密被揭露出来，即父亲拨开母亲的头发给儿子看，母亲没有了耳朵。故答案为C。

19.B考查形容词。A. Guilty“负罪的，内疚的”；B. Glad“高兴地，乐意的”；C. Worried“担心的，担忧的”；D. Regretful“遗憾的，后悔的”；根据情境，儿子之前不知道是母亲给他捐赠的耳朵，母亲骗他自己不喜欢剪头发，故答案为B。

20.A. Beautiful“漂亮的，美丽的”；B. Ugly“丑陋的，邪恶的”； C. Careful“仔细的，小心的”；D. Fashionable“时尚的”；根据前文，儿子小时候因为缺陷被同学嘲笑，故这里说在儿子眼里，母亲并没有因此而不漂亮了，表达了儿子对母亲的爱，故答案为A。