Question

Every New Year's Eve in the past, we had breakfast at Aunt Dot's house.  My most vivid

____of the meal was the centerpiece（中心装饰品）that Aunt Dot always ______ on her kitchen table-seven sets of salt and pepper shakers.  It wasn't until years later that I finally asked Aunt Dot about the unusual centerpiece.

She was then 87 but she______invited us to the last breakfast of the year. I had ______early that morning to help with the meal______．Though weak, Aunt Dot was______stirring（搅拌）pancake batter(糊状物)as she______my question. "You know I arrange those salt and pepper shakers on the table every single year.”

“I know," I said,_______plates on the table. "But______do you always do that on New Year's Eve morning?"

“It helps to remind me that_______the holidays are over, there's another whole year of them coming," Aunt Dot said thoughtfully.

I nodded________,"1 guess that makes sense. "

"Let me tell you something more," she said.“I’ve learned over my many Tears that nothing really______; every ending in life is really just another new______. " She pointed at me with the batter-covered spoon. "_______ that, my dear. "

"I will," I told her.

In the spring of that year, after a short illness, Aunt Dot passed away. To my_____, I got the holiday salt and pepper shakers which I thought would be given to her own children. I_______Aunt Dot wanted to make sure I remembered her philosophy.

I continued Aunt Dot's breakfast_____ at my own apartment with the salt and pepper shakers centerpiece______. The pancakes are never as delicious as Aunt Dot's,______the center of the table is covered with those old salt and pepper shakers,______us all that every ending is really just another beginning.

1.A. dream    B. memory    C. mind    D. worry

2.A. changed    B. listed    C. arranged    D. cooked

3.A. still    B. even    C. ever    D. just

4.A. come through    B. come up    C. come over    D. come across

5.A. orders    B. purchases    C. shares    D. preparations

6.A. enthusiastically    B. nervously    C. sadly    D. bravely

7.A. went through    B. figured out    C. replied to    D. made out

8.A. removing    B. appreciating    C. washing    D. setting

9.A. when    B. why    C. what    D. where

10.A. now that    B. in case    C. as though    D. even if'

11.A. in vain    B. in doubt    C. in agreement    D. in demand

12.A. ignores    B. stops    C. requires    D. lives

13.A. beginning    B. surviving    C. challenging    D. escaping

14.A. Remember    B. Forgive    C. Forget    D. Experience

15.A. disappointment    B. surprise    C. sadness    D. relief

16.A. find    B. decide    C. guess    D. notice

17.A. principle    B. method    C. law    D. tradition

18.A. under control    B. broken    C. changed    D. in place

19.A. but    B. so    C. and    D. for

20.A. announcing    B. reminding    C. persuading    D. suggesting

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.D

19.A

20.B

【解析】本文讲的是在每一个除夕的早晨。我们都会去阿姨家吃早餐。她每次都会在桌上放盐和胡椒，虽然她87岁了，她还是给我们做早餐，告诉我就算假期结束了，还有一个整年的到来，每一个结束都是另一个开始。

1.考查名词及语境的理解。根据“Every New Year’s Eve in the past, we had breakfast at Aunt Dot' s house. My most vivid ___1___ of the meal was the centerpiece (中心装饰品)that Aunt Dot ”句意：过去的每一个除夕，我们都在阿姨家吃早餐。我最生动的回忆是中心装饰品的餐。故选B。

2.考察动词及语境的理解。根据“ Aunt Dot always ___2___ on her kitchen table — seven sets of salt and pepper shakers. It wasn’ t until years later that I finally asked Aunt Dot about the unusual centerpiece.”句意：阿姨点的总是在她的餐桌，多年以后我才终于向姑妈询问了这个不寻常的核心问题。且此事发生在过去，应用过去时。故选C。

3.考察副词及语境的理解。根据“She was then 87 but she ___3___ invited us to the last breakfast of the year. ”句意：她现在87岁，但是她仍然邀请我们在一年的最后吃早餐。故选A。

4.考察动词短语及语境的理解。根据“I had ___4___ early that morning to help with the meal ”句意：我过来的很早，帮她做饭。A. come through通； B. come up出现 C. come over过来；D. come across遇到。故选C。

5.考察语境的理解。根据“I had ___4___ early that morning to help with the meal ___5___ . ”句意：我过来的很早帮助她准备早饭。故选D。

6.考察副词及语境的理解。根据“ Though weak, Aunt Dot was ___6___ stirring (揽伴) pancake batter (糊状物)”句意：尽管身体虚弱，阿姨还是热情地搅拌着糊状物。 A. enthusiastically 热情地；B. nervously紧张地；C. sadly 悲伤地；D. bravely勇敢地。故选A。

7.考察动词短语及语境的理解。根据“Though weak, Aunt Dot was ___6___ stirring (揽伴) pancake batter (糊状物)as she ___7___ my question. ”句意：尽管身体虚弱，阿姨还是热情地搅拌着糊状物当她回复我问题时。A. went through经过； B. figured out理解； C. replied to回复；D. made out辨认出。故选C。

8.考察语境的理解。根据““You know I arrange those salt and pepper shakers on the table every single year.”“I know,” I said, ___8___ plates on the table.”句意：你知道我每年在桌子上安排盐和纸，我说，放盘子 。故选D。

9.考察疑问词及语境的理解。根据“But ___9___ do you always do that on New Year’s Eve morning?”句意：但是你为什么在除夕早上做呢？故选B。

10.考察短语及语境的理解。根据“It helps to remind me that ___10___ the holidays are over, there’s another whole year of them coming,”句意：这有助于提醒我即使假期已经过去了，还有一个一整年的到来。A. now that既然；B. in case以防；C. as though好像； D. even if即使。故选D。

11.考察短语及语境的理解。根据I nodded ___11___, “I guess that makes sense.”句意：我同意的点头。A. in vain徒劳的；B. in doubt没有怀疑的；C. in agreement 同意的；D. in demand有需要。故选C。

12.考察动词及语境的理解。根据““Let me tell you something more,” she said. “I’ve learned over my many tears that nothing really ___12___”句意：让我告诉你更多的事情，我明白了很多眼泪没什么可以阻止。故选B。

13.考察语境的理解。根据“every ending in life is really just another new ___13___ .”句意：在生活中真的是一件事情的结束时另一件事情的开始。故选A。

14.考察动词及语境的理解。根据“She pointed at me with the batter-covered spoon. “___14___ that, my dear.”句意：她指着我，记住那个，我亲爱的。故选A。

15.考察形容词及语境的理解。根据“ To my ___15___ , I got the holiday salt and pepper shakers which I thought would be given to her own children. ”句意：使我惊讶的是，我假期有盐和胡椒瓶，我想她会给自己的孩子。故选B。

16.考察动词及语境的理解。根据“I ___16___ Aunt Dot wanted to make sure I remembered her philosophy (生活信条）.”句意：我猜阿姨想确保我记得她的哲学生活信条。故选C。

17.考察名词及语境的理解。根据“I continued Aunt Dot' s breakfast ___17___ at my own apartment with the salt and pepper shakers centerpiece ___18___ .”句意：我继续点传统的早餐在阿姨的公寓。故选D。

18.考察语境的理解。根据“I continued Aunt Dot' s breakfast ___17___ at my own apartment with the salt and pepper shakers centerpiece ___18___ ”句意：我依然在适当的位置点早餐。A. under control在控制下； B. broken 打破；C. changed 改变；D. in place在适当的位置。故选D。

19.考察介词及语境的应用。根据“The pancakes are never as delicious as Aunt Dot’s, ___19___ the center of the table is covered with those old salt”句意：煎饼是从不一样好吃，但是我们所有人被中心覆盖着。故选A。

20.考察语境的理解。根据“and pepper shakers, ___20___ us all that every ending is really just another ”句意：我们所有人记着，每一个结束之时另一个开始。故选B。

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